The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-25

toWnoulp OF LHWronCc, uic~ 100. :, -,
remains were taken to tho state OF ne" io'~
for burial on Friday last.
James Bennett is moving his oid store
house onto the ground where MS saoo.
building stood and will continue his busi-
ness until his year expires.
II can hardly be considered that Paw Paw
is situated in the midst of timbered coun-
try, and yet there are a good many sawlogs
being drawn into town this winter.
Our Gobleville correspondent reports the
following deaths: Mrs. Geo. Walker and
little daughter of Hosea Scott, both OF Ken
dali, and Chas. Barringer of hlmena'
The nickel social of the Y. l.. III. B. at
Elder Pallster's last Saturday evening was
a decided success The tableau OF Blue
Beard and his Wives" was very neat.
The steady winter weather and hne sleigh.
ing has made quite a boom In the WOOD
business. BY the way, our previous offers
concerning wood on subscription are still
open.
A collision occurred on the NJ. G. Il. X.
near tho Lawton depot last Thursday even
ing, caused by freight train breaking into
three sections. A blue line car loaded with
merchandise left the track, telescoping box
car loaded with coal, converting 1t into kind
ling wood. 1t took all night to clear away
the wreck. All passing trains took the side
track.
Col. w. X. Hawkins met with serious
accident on Saturday last. He was shoveling
snow from the roof of his house, when he
slipped and fell to the ground, distance OF
Noa4d
and his spine badly injured. The probabili-
ties are, however, that be will recover, being
of vigorous constitution, notwithstanding
his eighty years.
George w. Longwell invited some twenty
five of the members of the fire company into
Broughtons store and presented each of
them with goods of their own selection to
the value of two dollars and a half each, as a
reward for their efforts in saving his prop
erty. 1t was a generous thing to do and the
boys desire TO return their sincere thanks.
His liberality will not soon be forgotten.
Rev. Jonathan Woodman, father of the
late l.. c. woodman and one of the oldest
ministers of the +. w. Baptist church, died
last Wednesday morning at the residence OF
II. w. Hilton, Lowell, Mass, and was buried
VI, on the o2d inst He was we'll known by
all of our Older citizens, as O powerful
preacher and influential man in the denomi-
nation.
Bro. Cole AID his wife went visiting ore
cold evening last week, at the residence of
Bruce Cummings u couple of miles north Of
town. When they got ready to return, t.
found their horse had left them. Being good
on foot, they took what they supposed to be
the track of their missing steed and followed
it to town, but found NJ horse Bert hired
O livery and drove -bae Z. when he found his
rig near where be had loft it. He thinks the
walk in the cold did him lots of good.
South western Michigan has reason 10 re-
joice thus far over its mild winter weather.
rhe coldest point yet reached in this vicinity
is six degrees below zero, while in Northern
Michigan the mercury has ranged from
Is 9 TO 40 , and in the North west as low
as -6S is reported, and over a thousand per-
sons have been frozen to death. A good
many of our people have been cured OF the
Dakota fever by the extreme cold and terri
BILE loss of life reported from that section Of
the country.
good many of our friends and patrons
have responded to our request made last
week for payment Of subscriptions. TO
all such we return our sincere thanks for
their promptness. There are still some who
should do likewise. We hope they will not
forget nor neglect to call and settle up.
Every dollar that is our due is needed and
needed n0ir, in order to- enable us to pur-
chase new presses, type, stock, etc. Please
remember our necessities and your own
obligations.
Mr.. James Seagraves of Eaton Rapids
Mich, is the lucky purchaser of Young Re-
cruit, and the Cleveland Bay Horse Company
have parted with one OF the best Cleveland
stations in their stable. The company will
through Mr.. G. T. Gilman, deliver Recruit at
Eaton Rapids on Saturday, Feb. 4th, 1888
aud will present Mr.. Seagraves their import
ed Oxfordown rain and a Scotch collie. This
horse leaves many friends among our breed
ers, who had hoped to profit by his services
this year and had not been able heretofore to
do 80 on account of his age aud the demand
for his services. His colts sold readily a,
weaving time for 800, and only q few
could he bought at that price.
Last Wednesday morning, Kelly and Far
row, the Hartford burglars, made theil
escape from Jail. They were recaptureo
before they got ont of town. Elmer Powers
was the fi,st man to overhaul them aud was
about to give them battle when Officer
McCabe arrived on the scene and with drawn
revolver persuaded them to paths of peace
They were speedily returned to their olt
quarters and Powers was five dollars the
wealthier for his bravery, being rewarded tC
that extent by Sheriff Todd. The breaking
was effected by the use of piece of one o
the iron bedsteads, with which they pried
the staple ont of the door Mrs. Todd dis
covered the escape just as they we're leaving
the Jail, and her prompt alarm was the occs
sion of their speedy recapture. On Thurs
day morning, the two men were agair
brought before Judge Buck, who set asid,
their former sentence of three years and 81,
months and resentenced them to five year.
each in Jackson. A year and half of i'm
prisonment for the privilege of fifteen min
utes' run was paying pretty dear for th'
whistle. Sheriff Todd took the convicts tc
Jackson by the first train, immediately aftel
their sentence.
Circuit Court.
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