The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-05-08

Miss Phebe Crandell returned home
from Decatur last Saturday, where she
had been visiting for two or three weeks,
the guest of Mrs. Theo Harlan.
Our people are now revelng in such
luXuries as strawberries. string beans
and lettuce, and the festive cucumber
with its Jamaica ginger consort will be
ON tap in few days.
The AlIegan papers are trying to coax
the people of Kalamazoo To put up"
for the new railroad before Battle Greek
steps in and secures the plum. Why,
| bless your innocent hearts, haven't you
heard that the road is To be built TO
South Haven via Paw Paw?
Miss Hattie Pope, sister of Mrs. 8 Il.
Bowen, died at Battle Creek Monday
afternoon. The remains will be buried
at Prospect Hill Immediately after the
| arrival of the train at three o'clock this
/ Nv ednesday) afternoon. Brief services.
VIII be conducted at the grave by Rev.
/ Taft
Mrs. Gremps, for many years highly
! respected citizen of this place died AT
the home of her son, Will Buchanan, at
Caro-, Mich, on "Wednesday last The
and inferred at Prospect Hill Sunday,
the funeral taking place at the Presby-
terian church. Deceased was 73 years.
l month and 10 days of age.
Rev. David Rood, of Covert, for many
years IA missionary in Africa, will de
liver an address at the First Baptist
church in this place next Sunday even
ing. He comes to us on invitation by
the Ministers association here, who
wish in this way to give an opportunity
To the people To hear about "the dark
continent and the work being done
there.
Street Cmmi ssioner Bullard has been
doing some very excellent work on the
streets of this village He has adopted
a system of leaving terrace of nine
feet in width outside the rows of shade
trees, and grading between the terraces
so that the streets are left crowning and
i'm good condition To receive the gravel
If the street committee and council con
tinue the liberal policy which has char
acteriZed them so far, Mr.. Bulard will
turn over to his successor i'm Office an
example in street making which it will
be difficult To excel
The State Firemen's ASSOCIATION, i'm
session at Lansing last week, elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, l.. A. Bentley, of Ea-
ton Rapids; vice presidents, &. G.. Dun
ham, of Cadillac, +. w. Peabody, of
Albion and John Nebele, of Lansing;
secretary and treasurer, w. A. Tuller,
of Pentwater; statistician, q. +. Jack
son, of Ithaca; representative To nation
al convention, j. b. Bohnett, of Battle
Greek. The next annual convention
will be held at Cadillac ON the third
Wednesday in May, 1890.
On May LIST, 1s49, at this place, Uriel
&. Lee and Margaret Sherrod, then in
the fresh bloom of young manhood and
womanhood, We're united in marriage
by Elder Samuel Gilman, which event
is duly set forth in an ancient looking
document which was unearthed by the
erstwhile bride on Wednesday evening
of last week on the occasion of an un-
ceremonious and unannOunced visit of
some seventy or eighty of the friends of
the long welded couple To their home
to celebrate with them the 10th ami
versary Of the happy event. And it was
a celebration, in everything implied in
the term.
lUTOugn lne courtesy Ol MI. TIdnh
s. Miljngton, of the Wolverine drug
house, we were shown through the eX-
| tensive laboratory of that concern,
where is manufactured not only the va
rious noted "Wolverine' preparations,
but the thousand and one medicines,
extracts, etc, of L. Perrigo Il Co, man
ufacturing chemists To the uniniti-
ated the whole thing is a puzzle, and
no matter how fluently your escort may
discourse on the merits of the "double
acting percolators," or the relative vir-
| tues of the various connections pre-
| pared there, the bewildered scribe can
only look wise, nod at stated inter
walls and leave the building in thank
full frame of mind for the blessings of
health.
On Thursday last Chairman Eaton, of
the house military committee, reported
favorably the bill providing for the es
tablishment of soldiers relief commits
sion in each county. 1t provides for the
relief of Union soldiers. sailors and ma
rines who, by reason of their families,
do not wish to enter the home. The
commission shall consist of three men,
appointed by the Judge of probate in
each county, two of which shall he hon
orably discharged Union soldiers. The
funds for carrying out the provisions of
the bill shall be raised by tax each year
and known as the soldiers relief fund
The bill was prepared by the legislative
committee of the G.. A. r., of which
Judge Geo. NJ Buck, of this circuit,
was a member.