The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-03-27
Equinootial continued, ON Tuesday last.


the first of April.
Capt. Geo. III. Prentice of I,awton, has
been appointed as an aid on the staff of COM
mander-in-chief Shank, of the G.. A. r., with
the rank of Colonel.
Covert IL Bartram, and Free 4 Martin have
stretched a manifesto across Main street, be-
tween their respective places of business, SO
plain that he who runs may read.
It is expected that Miss Cora Belle Tarr
of Albion college, who is said to be a very
fine elocutionist, will give q public reading
in this village,at an early date.
The ladies of the NJ. L. church will serve
warm sugar at the residence of Mr.. John
Walker, from o'clock to $50 O'Clock, on
Friday evening next. All are invited.
Quite large crowd assembled on our
streets last Friday afternoon, to see the man
with the trick mule and the trained horse.
Nothing like free show to draw crowd.
DR.. w. B. Hathaway, for many years past a
resident of this village, has removed to Bloom
ingdale. The NoRTHERNER wishes the DIR.
prosperity and success III his new field of
labor
The Daily Qialamazoo) Telegraph of the
2lst inst, contains an engraving of the new
court house to be erected by the Kalama-
zulus. IL win be a very handsome and con-
venient structure.
The next regular examination of teachers
will be held in the High school rooms at this
place, on Friday and Saturday of this week.
All applicants for certificates must present
themselves on Friday.
Prater has traded his house and lot in the
village for a 20 acre farm near Pugsley's
lake. He will move out there soon, but both
himself and wife will continue their picture
trade IN town, as usual.
Hank McCabe saw man hastily crossing
the street last Monday morning, at an early
hour, with a pair of scales in his arms. He
was Just about to arrest him for larceny,
when he discovered il was Ed. Gilman, 90
ing TO weigh the baby.
MIR. S. S. Hamill, the celebrated elocution-
ist, will give Shakesperean reading at the
Opera house next Monday evening. 1t will,
doubtless, be an entertainment well worth
the hearing. We understand it is for the
benefit of Oak Park Seminary.
A large number of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. V. Burdick swooped down upon
them last Tuesday evening. on occasion OF
its being their 35th wedding anniversary.
1t goes without saying that good time was
had. They always have that at Burdick's.
Arthur DeLong, Albert Mitchell, and
Chas. Fuller of East Arlington, were arrested
and brought before Esq. Warner on Tues
day last, where they pleaded guilty to dis
turbing religious meeting at the Hicks
school house, and were each fined s. and
costs.
Edison Woodnan has recently sold one pair
of mares 10 John Miller of Buchanan, a
pair to @. II Lee of Dowagiac, one pair to
Hon. N. b. Hayes of Muir, and single one
to G. ID. Richmond of Paw Paw, obtaining
for the lot the sum of $500. Edison un-
derstands perfectly, the business of breeding
horses.
The Mattawan stabbing affray, to which
we alluded last week, was ad justed between
the parties without any arrests being made.
We hear that tho party who handled the
knife, or rather his father, pays the man who
was cut, one hundred aud fifty dollars. The
charge was simply assault and battery. so it
was susceptible OF compromise.
The spelling school which was to have
been held at the First Baptist church last
Monday evening, under the auspices of the
Baptist and Presbyterian societies was, on
account of bad weather, postponed until
next Friday evening at the same place. An
amusing and interesting time is anticipated.
general invitation is extended to every
body. prize will be given to the one who
"spells down." Admission ten cents.
few days since, two young men, minors,
were subpoenaed to appear before Esq. War
ner, where they disclosed the fact that they
had procured Intoxicating liquors at Dams
by's saloon. On this disclosure a complaint
was made against Mr.. Dansby, who was ar
rested, on charge of selling and causing to
be sold, intoxicating liquors to miners, in
violation of the liquor law. The trial of the
cause is set down for Thursday the 27th
inst, at ten o'clock a. III.
About 40 of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. II. Mosier made them social visit last
Monday evening. 1t was a most complete
surprise on them, as they had not the slight
est idea of what was coming. 1t was intend
ed for celebration of Charley's 45th birth
day. They staid until the early hours of
morning, and had regular "you bet" time.
good deal of merriment was created by an
image-a cake-made to represent Mosier
himself with his frontal protuberance, and a
fragrant Havana in his mouth.
The Messenger advertises that South Haven
will hold its township election on Tuesday,
April first. We always knew South Haven
was smart town, but did not think it could
get so far ahead of oil the rest of the state.
To nominate their ticket for the April fool
election, the same paper advertises that the
! republicans will caucus on Saturday the
2Sth. Up here we caucus on Saturday the
29th. This confusion of dates arises, no
doubt, from the adoption of standard time,
and some body is liable to get April fooled.
It is just possible that it may he the Messen-
ger.
| joint meeting of the Boards of School
Inspectors of the townships of Paw Paw
and Lawrence, was held in this viii
lage, on Tuesday last, at the Office of w.
III. Mason Esq. There were present at the
meeting, Messrs. Haskin and Potter of Law
renee, and Messrs. Rowland, Maynard and
Mason of Paw Paw The occasion of the
meeting was the consideration of petition
to detach lands situate in this town, belong
ing to Hiram Saxton, Elihu Vanderyeer,
Lorenzo Durham. VIM. Salt and Abijah Hay
ward from the Widev district i'm Paw Paw