The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
WHOLE NUMBER 1894.

Prospect Hill cemetery last Friday,
when the horse they were driving be
came frightened and ran away In
turning some sharp angle in the drives
the carriage tilted 10 one side and threw
both the ladies out. iniuring them some
what. The horse then made short work
Of the demolition of the carriage, nor
was il captured till the wreck was com
plete.
Two boys, one son of Eli Bierce, of
this village, the other IA son OF VIM.
Blaisdell, of Arlington. were quite Sc
verely bitten by dog in this village
last Friday The dog has hitherto been
well-behayed and good natured, and
this fact of itself adds to the anxiety Of
the friends of the boys The dog may
not be rabid, and there may not be a
rabid dog in the county, but no dog
should be allowed To run at large un-
muzzled, at this time of the year espe-
cially.
A mass convention of the voters and
tax payers of this village il called TO
meet at the court house, Friday even
ing of this week. at o'clock, 10 discuss
and give expression To their views on
the subject of lighting the village by
electricity Let there be a full attend
ell, whatever may be their action, will
feel that they are endorsed by the peo-
pie. The NORTHERNER, speaking only
for itself, would he very glad to see
this modern Improvement adopted,
and believes that eminent satisfaction
will result from it.
Last Sunday evening was the time
for the regular monthly union temper
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much richer treat i'm store for them
than they would naturally expect 1t
happened that Mr. o. +. Angstman,
lawyer from Detroit, was visiting here
with friends and was invited TO deliver
/ his lecture on "The Crime of POntius
! Plate He accepted, and an audience
that tested the capacity of the Free
Baptist church listened to him for an
hour as he handled, in mastery man-
ner, this, to Paw Paw audience, novel
and intensely interesting subject.
Those people who think that there
will he no road built from the Ohio
coal fields To the Lake, may change
their minds on reading the following
dispatch, dated Lima, July 23d: "Sev-
eral gangs of laborers were put to work
to-day on the grade of the Columbus,
Lima X Milwaukee railroad. beginning
work on the NJ G. Henry farm The
timber is fast being cut and the con-
tractor arrived here to-day To take
charge of the work of blowing out the
stumps Messrs Brown and Mowry,
capitalists from New York, are here in
conference with Mr.. Farout and other
officers of the company tonight
Paw Paw has been singuarly fortun-
ate in never having been mulct in dam
ages for injuries caused by defective
sidewalks; but she should be warned
by the experience of other towns which
have had TO pay goodly sums for broken
limbs, etc, and see to il that many of
the man-traps which abound in the
village be repaired Our street com
missioner is Jealous and efficient of
ticer, but he needs the authority of the
board Of trustees To make these repairs,
and the NORTHERNER has heard it inti-
mated that that portion Of the board as
comprises the committee on streets is
ether ignorant Of or careless about the
wishes of the people. Some attribute
ii TO penuriOuSnesS.
A pleasant party gathered at the home
of Rev. f.. H. and Mrs Harvey last
Wednesday evening on the occasion Of
"A parlOr concert social. Excellent music,
both vocal and instrumental. and de-
liciOuS lunch were features of the occa-
sion. The Kings Daughters were S15
the richer by the proceeds. The pea
nut song, by the little girls. created
much amusement; the ladies' quartet
elected great applause; the contralto
solo by Mrs. j. j. Paige was very sweet,
and the instrumental music all fine, es-
pecially the concluding piece of twelve
hands, executed by Mesdames Chap
pell, BasSett and Hudson, and Misses
Chappell, Longwell and Koons. THE
Sword of Bunker Hill" sung by Col.
Hawkins, showed that w. K. had lost
none of his old-time patriotism.
Lille Perdue asks for divorce from
Robert Perdue, and if her statement is
true she ought to have one. She says
she married Robert at Benton Har-
Dor on the cath of March, 1887; that al
most Immediately after their marriage
Robert quit work and, necessarily, quit
providing for her; that she remained
with him and was in every way duti-
full and loving wife, doing all she could
to make their home happy one, until
the 18th day of September, 1887, when,
there being not mOuthful of food In
the house, no fuel, and her supply of
clothing becoming scant, she was COM
PEELED To go out to work to earn for
herself the necessaries of life; that from
that time to the present he has neglect
ed and refused to contribute in any way
to her support, although she has re
peatedly urged him SO to do; and she
asks the court to annul and make of
none effect the aforesaid marriage
Members of the G.. A. r. and all 9TH
ers from this vicinity who desire to at
tend the National encampment at Mil
waukee, August 27-30, can do so with
trifiing expense and not pay a cent in
to the Golfers of the great railroads.
Supt. Ihling, of the T. & :. III. r. r.,
informs the NoRTHERNER that if there
are a considerable number who wish to
go, he will run special train from
Lawton TO South Haven on Monday af
ternoon, August 26th, at one fare for
the round trip. The steamer Williams
is under charter TO carry all who wish
to go for 81 80 the round trip. She will
leave South Haven Monday evening
and return Friday evening Comrades
from Marcellus, Schoolcraft, Lawton.
Mattawan, and Paw Paw ought to fill
four cars. Post commanders will con-