The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-16
WHOLE NUMBER 1890.

VIM. n. Johnson of Aberdeen, Oak,
was i'm town last Sunday. He has com
menced IA suit against the Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad, on account Of the
recent accident by which his son lost a
leg He lays his damages at s25,OOO
Will Sellck has been trying quite
hard To be sick. Contrary To the advice
of his physician, ne was out on the
streets yesterday Better be a little
careful, Will Keep good hours, stay
in doors when so directed and you will
preserve your health and reputation,
even though you do lose "A little fun.
Bro. Cole of the Courier, intimates
that the prayer meetings drew the
electors from the democratic caucus.
There's hope for Paw Paw yet.-Ad
rance. Thank you, Bro. Russell, but
You are ''off the track again" Paw
Paw is not democratic town and, from
IA political standpoint, doesn't need
praying for. If there was any truth at
all in the lntimation, il indicates that
there's hOpe-however faint-for the
democratic party Perhaps the AdUance
was thinking of its own town, a town
that pretends to be strongly republican
and yet invariably elects a democratic
! supervisor.
A good many anxious glances were
cast ut the dense black cloud that rolled
up from the west last Friday ut about
! five o'clock p. IN. 1t was so dark that
lamps had to be lighted in all business
places. Had it been in Dakota or Min
nesOta, the entire population would
have sought their "holes in the ground"
There was but little wind, but it was
| followed by heavy rainfall, with cold
weather on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, accompanied with snow squalls
Snow on the 14th of May is rather late
in the season. Wasn't one of our ex-
changes rather previous about winter
not lingering in the lap of spring?
There has been radical change of
! time on the railroads. The corrected
! time tables of the narrow gauge and the
Central will be found in this paper
| Every change of mails that is made is
change for the worse All day mails
on the main line, both east and west,
now leave this place at $50 "a. IN. We
have been unable to ascertain at what
hours our mails may be expected to
arrive. Even the postmaster himself
has not yet obtained the desired infor-
nation. They will probably come just
as it happens That is about the kind
of service we have always had since
the mails have been carried on the fast
trains.
Commander Gardner, in his general
order relating to the observance of Me-
mortal Day, urges that all comrades,
whether members of the grand army or
not, unite in doing honor to the patriot
dead; that municipal officers, clergy
men, teachers and pupils and the citi
zens generally be requested to partici
pate in the exercises. 1t is to be hoped
that his suggestions may be needed.
The commander Of Brodhead post will
publish next week, in the columns of
! the local press, an order embodying the
foregoing suggestions and whatever
else may be needed for the information
of the grand army boys or the general
public
A. G.. Martin has purchased the half
interest of his partner, O. w. Rowland,
in the NORTHERNER at Paw Paw. This
gives Del the swing with about as good
piece of property as there is in this
county. just what Bro Rowland pro-
poses to do in the future, we do not
know, but we wish him prosperity i'm
all his undertakings. The NORTHERNER
will continue, of course, to advocate
republican principles, and we presume
with the understanding that the success
of the party as whole is not to be sac
rificed to help the desires of any one or
two or more chronic and unworthy
Office seekers, should there happen to
be any hitched TO the republican party
in this county.-Sentinet. True, Bro.
Stewart, true, but we do not anticipate
that there will be any unworthy persons
on the ticket. Van Buren republicans
are not in the habit of nominating that
class of men. The NoRTHERNER has
no fear that any republican candidate
will be nominated whom it cannot
heartily and conscientiously support.
Wilson Lake Of South Hastings, has
ploughed in six consecutive days, with
one team, fourteen acres of land, about
two and one-third acres a day. Can
any one in Barry county beat that? If
so, Wilson would like to see the chap
Journal. If Mr. Lake will step over to
Paw Paw, Van Buren county, we can
show him a man that beats his record
all hollow In this vicinity, to plow n
acres day would be considered a fair
days work for boy, but for man it
would be nothing extraordinary. Wes-
ley Hall, battle SCARED veteran of
the late war, living two miles south
from this village. who has been lame
from rheumatism for the last fifteen
years, plowed in four days of ten hours
each, just eleven acres and twenty-one
rods, six acres of which was sod. Wes
says that, although he was suffering
with neuralgia and toothache, he could
have made better time if one of his
horses had not had the distemper, on
account of which he had to work mod
erately and stop frequently. He de-
clares that the above is no fish story or
dream, but an actual fact, to which he
will adhere as long as grass grows and
water runs.
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