The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-28

The steam barge Il. w. Sn00f was
set aAoat early Tuesday morning.
Her former engineer has arrived and
is at work putting the machinery in
running order, when she will be TAX
en- to the dry dock for repairs. Capt.
Ed. Stuillebeam and Capt. John Pc
rue, assisted by large corps of men,
did excellent work in raising the
boat, and indeed have proved them
selves good wreckers.-,S0uM Hdcen
Messenger.
Johnnie b. Tompkins drove into
town early Monday morning with no.
load but Frank Writ comfortably
seated on the wood rack. He made
quick turn in front of Potts grocery
when the horses started to run,
throwing Writ from the sleigh like
the end boy in "crack the whip"
Tompkins fell between the hobs
but held to the lines and was dragged
across to Smiths shop where one
horse went on each side of tele-
phone pole, breaking the harness but
doing no serious damage.-Decdtur
Republican.
Saturday morning last Mr.. j. A.
Lindsey was very much surprised to
discover that his office had been en-
tered the night before by burglars.
Entrance was made by pushing in
the front door, the lock to which is
defective. The thief or thieves thor
oughly ransacked every shelf and
drawer, opening and scattering
around every paper found, but OBJ
tanned no booty to reward their eff
forts. Mr.. Lindsey thinks that some
person (boys in his opinion) saw him
place the money that he from time to
time received through the day, in one
of the drawers to his desk and sup
posed it was left there over night,
but they learned that such was not
the case.-Day Spring.
Mrs. George Hannahs died at her
Michigan Avenue home at half past
seven O'clock Wednesday morning,
aged fifty-three years. She was taken
i'll week ago last Sunday but moth
ing serious was anticipated until the
afternoon of Monday last. The i'm
mediate cause of her death was in
ternal hemorrhage. To mourn her
unexpected death she leaves a hus-
band and family of four daughters
and two sons, among the former be-
ing Mrs. Rev. w. Ii. Thompson of
Lansing, Mrs. James M. Hale of Los
Angeles, California, Mrs. 5. +. Gar
field who was with her in her illness,
and Miss Louise and Miss Carrie.
The two sons are George b. of
South Chicago, and Master Marvin.
In addition to this immediate family,
Mrs. Hannahs was blessed with a
circle of friends that included every
lady who knew her in the village,
and all will extend their sympathy to
the stricken mourners-Sentinel.
The following letter to the Bangor
11dU01ce from .. :. Hoag of Irving
ton, clearly defines his views regard
ing our county jail:
''In your last issue / saw "a cores
pondence in regard to raising $4,000
to build Il new county Jail. We all
know where the old Jail is, and likely
If will be put i'll the same place or
near the old one. We have built "a
new fire proof building and now if it
is necessary to build new jail | say
build it, but before we vote the money
we want to know if it is absolutely
necessary, for it is hard times for
farmers to pay taxes these days. l
would suggest that two, or three tax
payers from every township would
make it their business to go to Paw
Paw and see the jail and make re-
port before town meeting. The cor
respondent says, little money now,
a little money by and by, and solid
fixture at Paw Paw. We had better
pay little at time than to build
both court house and jail at time.
have been tax payer in this town
ship since 1852. Now when we Ge-
neva chaps get started for Paw Paw,
we can take the narrow gauge at
Lawrence and we will soon arrive
there safe and sound. Now tax-pay-
ers, we want to look this thing fair
and square in the face, for if we
should be called upon to build jail
and court house, both at time, it
would grind little hard"