The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-16


replevin suit was tried before Esq. Ma
son, on Tuesday last between VIM. Z. Viii
cox, plaintiff and Calvin Wilcox, defendant.
The parties were father and son. Judgment
was rendered in favor OF the father, the de-
fendant.
Among the many newspaper men we met
on the editorial excursion, was Bro. Black
man of Flint, accompanied by his wife, both
OF them looking bale, happy and hearty, and
as prone to wander along the beach IN search
of pebbles as in days gone By.
Mr.. VIM. Dorgan is getting up quite a
reputation as an orator. Several of our ex-
changes speak very highly of his grafton at
Gobleyille on the Fourth of July. VIM. is a
graduate Of our Public School and bids fair
TO be an honor to his alma mater.
The Four Mile Lake House will be opened
about the first of August. 1t will be one of
the finest and most complete hotels in Mich
igan. Work on Music Hall is also being
rapidly pushed John expects great influx
of guests as soon az he is ready 10 receive
them.
E. S. Hoskins, the milk man. is as early
in the season with his harvesting as he is
mornings with his milk, he had his last load
of wheat in his barn on Monday last, it being
the twenty-seventh one from twenty-five
acres of land. How is that for the poor oak
openings?
Chas. Mason and George Longwell are the
champion fishermen OF the season. Last
Thursday they secured 162 fine perch in
a short time at -Four Mile lake. BY the way
when that elegant hote! OF Mr.. Ihling's is
completed, what a fine place il viii be for
fish-dinners.
A temperance N eeting will be held at the
Christian church on Friday evening, July
18th. Rev. Z. b. Sutton, state lecturer for
the Michigan State Temperance Alliance,
and deputy at large of the l. o. G.. t. will
address the meeting Topic, Home VS..
The Saloon.
The reputation of the NoarHERNER Office
for doing first class work IS too widely ex-
tended 20 need constant blowing and boast
ing. Last week we received orders for work
from Marcellus, and from the city Of Kaia-
mazoo, and the orders we're not counter
manded either, but were filed to the satisfac-
ton of our customers.
Died, at some unknown period OF his, her
or its checkered career, the Lawrence CORES
pondent of the True NoRrHERNER. Requ-
eScdt in pace.
We have no correspondent now,
How sadly falls the sound upon the ear,
And mid lifes gavest, busiest scenes,
Twill always start tear.
The spiritualists and Iberalists of Van
Buren county and Southwestern Michigan
will hold camp meeting at Four Mile Lake,
from July Both to August Sd. Reduced rates
will be given on the railroad. This will af-
ford fine opportunity To visit this famous
pleasure ground. and to see the costly i'm
provements that have been erected there.
The present board of examiners lave
granted, during the past school year, 80 GER
tificates, as follows: 1st grade 4, "a grade
6, 3D. grade 260, specials 40. There are i55
schools in the county, SO there have been
Just two teachers licensed for each school,
on an average. Tie supply would seem to
be equal 10 the demand.
Miss Nina Rowland met with a painful
accident last Monday. She was upstairs
alone, and window fell down on her hand,
MASKING the little finger of her left hand.
She was unable TO release herself and no
person being in hearing she was held pris-
oner for some little time, until Bangs War
ner heard her cries and ran 10 her release.
DR.. Maynard dressed the broken finger.
The Dowagiac Times says. "Mr. Lyle
informs Us that his wool bought at Paw Paw
cost him considerably less per pound than
that purchased here" Mr.. Van Auken, who
is interested with Mr.. Lyle in the wool pur-
chased in this market, and who did the buy
ing, says that Mr. Lyle informed him that
his Dowagiac wool cost less, on an average,
than his Paw Paw wool. There is no better
wool market in western Michigan than Paw
Paw.
Upon consultation with some OF our fruit
growers, who know all about the ripening of
peaches, it has been deemed best to announce
the picnic at this port for Wednesday, the
eth day of September. It is hoped that
every family living within ten miles of this
harbor will try and be in the village that day
and help make that the largest family picnic
ever held in this county. 1t ia further hoped
the newspaper men will prepare themselves
for day of recreation and rest from their
labors.-SentiReI.
An affray took place in the western part of
this township, last Sunday night, in which
there was some shooting and some cutting
done. The actors were Mel. Beals and Walt.
Brown, young colored man. Beals was the
only one hurt. he received a stab in his
left side, directly over his heart, which, had
it not been that the knife struck rib, would,
probably, have proved fatal. AS /. was, he
was not seriously injured. Young Brown
has sloped. II is currently reported that
there was woman in the case, as usual.
"The Paw Paw Northerner was 80 improved
in its appearance last week that it looked
like different paper, the result of new lot
of very handsome type used in its advertise
ments. Decatur Republican.
"The True N0ytheraer, Paw Paw, is out
with new dress of advertising type and the
appearance of that sterling paper is very
much improved thereby. ."--Kaldmozoo Daily
Telegraph.
But the Courier thinks the NoRrHERNER
suffered "marked deterioration" o, dear
how bad we feel
The cyclone that swept over the country
on Wednesday night of last week, did not
forget to pay some slight attention to Van
Buren county. It struck the inhabitants Of
" the valley" about midnight and did con-
siderable damage. j. w. Stuyvesant had a
straw stack turned bottom side up, his barn
somewhat racked and two apple trees arS
one pear tree blown down; Thomas Ander.
son had thirty fine, large apple trees up.
rooted and his barn partially wrecked Mrs.