The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-03
WHOLE NUMBER 1889.

Another Of the pioneers of Van Buren
county has gone over to the silent ma
iority. Freeman Hall. one of the early
settlers of Almena, died at his home in
that township ON the 26th ult. aged
1s years. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. Ii. A. Pallister from the late
residence on Friday and the remains
were buried in the cemetery at Almena
Center
Wool 10 the amount of $4,000 was
bought in this market last week, as
follows: Conner x Osborn, Is, 900; John
The prices averaged about the same as
the week before. The higest price
paid during the week was by Mr.. Van
Auken, "a cents, for few extra fine
small lots. As we 90 TO press wool is
coming in freely at 3l@33 cents.
We don't want to be quoted as say
ing that Geo. +. Breck is going to start
a menagerie, but that he has the nu-
cleus of one is a fact He had some
legal business 10 transact with Adam
Forepaugh, the great Snowman, at Kal-
amazoo the other day, and that gentle
man was so well pleased with the out
come that he sent Mr. Breck a pet
monkey as a present for the baby.
Things have arrived at great pass
when a newspaper can't mOralize a lit
tie Bit using an imaginary somebody as
a text, without having to stand up and
explain TO every third man you meet
whom was meant A safe rule TO fol
low in such cases, especially if the de
ductiOns of the writer seem rs il were,
a trifle familiar, just say TO yourself,
"Ihat'S me !" and you have solved the
problem
The Michigan legislature adjourned
last Friday at midnight, and while it is
true that perhaps the history of this
legislature, as a whole, will not be the
most edifying reading for the children
of many of its members, we have the
satisfaction of knowing that the trust
placed in the keeping of our represent
ative, Hon Chas. l.. Eaton, was held
sacred, and his voice and vote were al
ways on the side of the people and the
right.
A paragraph has been going the
rounds OF the papers published IN those
of our neighboring towns which are not
particularly friendly To our new rail
road enterprise, to the effect that the
pected To construct the road had con
cluded not To make the investment.
The NORTHERNER can say positively
that there is not a shadow of truth in
the statement. No longer ago than last
Saturday the committee appointed to
secure the right of way through this
county received letter from the head
quarters of the company, urging the
committee TO push forward its work as
rapidly as possible, as committee of
these capitalists would be over the line
at the earliest practicable day The
chairman of the committee informs us
that everything is moving forward in
good shape and that our prospects were
never SO bright as they are to-day.
As is well known, the wheat, rye
and oat fields all over the country are
literally alive with the insect mentioned
last week as having been discovered
in this vicinity about the Goth ult As
to their destructiveness opinions differ
some farmers claiming that their
wheat is already badly injured, while
others as stoutly maintain that they
will do but little damage. Hon. j. j.
Woodman informs the NoRTHERNER
that the aphiS is neither new To science
nor a stranger 10 the wheat fields of
Michigan He believes that to reason
ably early sOwn wheat the damage by
this insect will be slight Mr.. Wood
mans views are coincided i'm by other
prominent agriculturistS/in in this state,
among whom may be/mentiOned Mr..
William Strong, Qtykalamazoo county,
who informs the Telegraph that he has
had his eye on this midge for years,
eh,,g s., 81. laI g.. Il
especial damage from them.
Say what you may about the Michi-
gan legislature, certain il is that il has
helped the republican party redeem its
pledges to the people in regard to the
regulation of the liquor traffic, and the
state has now on its statute books two
as good laws in that behalf as were
ever enacted-the Watson local option
law and the Damon high license law.
By the enactment of these laws the re-
publican party has redeemed its pledges;
placed itself in the list of sure republ-
can states, and left the third party with
out a mission. The high license bill
makes a uniform beer or whisky license,
$500; wholesale tax, 5000; brewers tax,
S6j. Sworn statements must be made
yearly by druggists that the law has
not been violated. Now, shall we eX-
pect the third party prohibitionists to
wheel into line with the republicans
and help TO carry into effect these
measures, or will they persist in their
Inconsistencies and continue to dance
to democratic music?
1t is fortunate for our people that
the managers of the great war cyclic
rama of "The Andrews Raid" had a
date on which they could stop here, and
few public spirited citizens prevailed
upon the agent to fill that date-this
Wednesday evening at Longwell's
opera house The paintings and lee
ture are descriptive of one of the most
daring exploits of the war, namely,
raid by % picked men from three Ohio
regiments of infantry, into the heart
of the confederacy and capturing a train
of cars from the enemy's camp, sur
rounded by 10000 armed rebel soldiers
Mr.. j W. Knight, who tells the thrill
ing story before the audience, was a
locomotive engineer and one of the
men selected for the hazardous enter
prise. 1t takes two hours and a half TO
relate the story and explain the life-size
paintings. and no one should miss this,