The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-17
II. III. Nichoalds is building couple of
very nice buggies.

what the weather clerk has been doing for
us.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Brown returned from
their winters sojourn in the ''land of flow
ers" last Thursday. Jesse says he enjoyed
his stay in the south very much indeed.
Jay Sherman writes from Lansing that it
is boy this time; born last Monday.
Mother and child doing we'll and the father
as we'll as could be expected under the cir
cumstances.
lady-Mrs. Streator-now living in
Antwerp, lost her husband a few weeks since.
He was member of lodge of A. .. u. W.,
in California and few days since the widow
received from his lodge check for $4,000.
This order pays all losses with commendable
promptness.
X. W. Noyes Esq. has purchased the stock
of drugs, groceries, etc, formerly owned by
the firm of Duncombe, Stearns & Co. We
are glad Kirk has bought this business. He
is thoroughly familiar with il and can make
more out of it than any other person could
expect to make. Observe his advertisement
in another column.
Mr.. ii. w. Dunton has been spending a
lew lOWAi, dlltI tllo III
terests of the A. O. u. w. His labors have
resulted in the addition of several new men,
bers TO the Lodge here. There is no society
in existence that affords more reliable and
! economical insurance than the A. .. L. w.
Each of its members is insured for the sum
! of $4,000.
The "Governor'' aliaS the kid knows
what boys stole his eggs and at. what
store they sold them. He thinks he can
stand past losses, but proposes 10 make
things warm for the lads if the offense IS re-
peated. Boys, robbing henroosts is stealing,
and the lad who does it is a thief, and is
taking steps in the direction of the states
prison. Don't do SO any more.
We invite the attention of our readers to
a communication from "Shade Tree" pub
lished in another column. The suggestions
therein contained are timely, and should
they induce the planting of a single tree
which, otherwise would have been neglected,
the object of the writer will, in a measure,
have been attained. Let all men observe
'Arbor Day." that future generations may
rise up and call them blessed.
Judge Mills has instructed County Clerk
Heath to communicate with the supervisor
of each township in the county, with n view
of ascertaining the preference of the board
as to what Jail shall be favored with keeping
Van Buren's prisoners: whether they shall be
sent to Berrien or kalamazoo. The extra
expense of boarding out our prisoners will
soon use up the sum of $4,000 asked of the
people, for new jail.
The cosmopolitan character of our Ameri-
can magazines has never been better illus
trated than i'll the announcements of the
May HdIper'S. Certainly American topics,
authors, and artists are thoroughly repre-
sented, but there will be also papers on Eng
lish, French and German subjects, written
by Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Germans,
and illustrated by English and French art
lists. William Black, William Sharp, Alfred
Parsons, A. +. Jacassy, and Dr.. Moritz Busch
are among the contributors in question. Yet
HdYpers is commonly counted the most
American of our magazines.
An adjourned meeting was held at the
town hall last Monday evening, for the pur-
pose of organizing sportsmen's club.
Quite number were present and an organ
ization was perfected by the election of the
following officers: @. G. Engle, president;
o. w. Rowland, vice-president L. II. Lind
sey, secretary; j. w. Free, treasurer. 1t
was decided to name the organization, "The
Paw Paw Game and Fish Protective Asso-
ciation," one of its main objects being the
enforcement of the game and fish laws of
the state. a committee consisting of Messrs.
A. w. Showerman, l.. II. Lindsey and o. w.
Rowland was appointed to prepare consti-
tuition and bylaws and the meeting adjourn
ed until Monday evening, April 18th.
The Allegan Journal and Tribune, phoenix
like, has arisen from its ashes, and comes to
Us in an entire new form and dress. It's
publishers in its last issue say: "Only few
brief weeks ago our paper entered upon its
18th volume, free from all financial obliga-
tions, possessing one of the largest and best
equipped printing offices in the state, vari-
ously estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000.
But the disastrous confiagration of March
10Th carried off this fine office and one of the
finest editorial libraries in the state, and left
Us at the mercy of the insurance companies
with something less than $4,000 with which
to start again. Notwithstanding the great
disaster which befell our village on that i'll
starred day in March, we are once more on
our feet and beginning to recover from the
great losses we suffered We are pleased to
see that the Journal is again "on its feet .
1t is one of the best papers in the state and
we hope to see it flourish and prosper. Bro.
Don, here is our sf