The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-04-10
WHOLE NUMBER 1777.

The Courier draws consolation from
very shallow fountains In compiling
election returns last week, he congratu-
lates himself and his party that 1--WE
quote him, rer bdtim) "Pine Grove has
at last got back where she belongs-in
the democratic line State ticket-dem-
ocratic, l01;republican, 147" We trust
Pine Grove will keep i'm that same line
Last Friday evening the general store
OF j. III. Rippey x Son, at Berlamont,
was totally destroyed by fire. Insured
Mr.. BurkhOlder's barn was i'm danger of
ignitlng, and he termed his horses loose.
As they ran from the barn valuable
mare received a kick from another
horse, breaking her leg. DIR. Bartram
went over To set the leg and save the
animal, and thinks he will be success
full
The farmers union held their annual
meeting at b. {. Sheldon's, as advertis-
ed, and a very good time was enjoyed.
As the committee on music was absent,
III. Sheldon, A. Auton, Miss Libbie
Sheldon, and Miss Hattie Hoskins kind
ly favored the union with several selec-
tions of their own. The officers for the
ensuing year are: III. Jennings, pres't;
j. Horning, vice-pres't Mrs Horning.
sec'y; Mrs. Zelie, treas'r.
The following business was disposed
of in the circuit court here on Monday:
Zimri Warner, keeping gaming rooms,
pleaded guilty; sentenced to pay fine
of $50 or three months in jail ID. III
Everett, same charge and same plea;
$50 or three months. Frank Fry, plea
of guilty to a charge of larceny; $50 or
go days i'm jail. John Brown, attempted
rape; pleaded guilty; 81 years To Jack
son. -Four DEGREES of divorce granted
The Ministerial Association of Paw
Paw held their usual monthly meeting
ON Monday afternoon at the residence
of Rev and Mrs +. H. Harvey. In ad-
dition TO the several pastors and their
wives, Revs. Goodman, temporarily re-
siding here, III. w. Harvey, of Allegan,
and Rose, of Kalamazoo, were present.
After attending to several items of busi
ness, the assemblage sat down to a re-
past which reflected great credit on
the hostess and to which ample justice
was done.
Nearly six years ago Jane Brown, of
Waverly, gave her note to {. w. Luce,
of Columbia, for value received. In
order that it should not outlaw, Mr.
Luce sued the note "A few days ago be
fore Justice Mason. On the return day
the maker of the note, who is now Mrs
ID. {. Lockman, set up the plea that at
the time the note was made she was of
unsound mind, and consequently inca
pacitated for the transaction of busi-
ness. The jury looked upon the plea as
too diaphanous for this climate and re-
turned "A verdict accordingly
The board of supervisors of this county
for the current year will stand eleven
republicans To eight opposition. The
therefore, of the conduct
of the affairs of the county is with the
and when the board meets
it should be organized as a republican
body and its standing committees should
be made up in a way that will insure
harmony in the work of the board. In
looking over the list of names one would
have no difficulty in selecting chair
man for the board who is not only re-
publican, but who would so construct
his committees that the whole county
would be compelled to acknowledge the
wisdom of his appointments. Let us
have no jobs, or bargains, or swaps.
The Hartford Day Spring, under the
editorial and business management of
Mr.. {. G. Phillips, comes out -as five
column quarto, well filled and well
such "A paper as the peo-
Pile of Hartford will delight'to patron
iZe. Mr.. Il. is an excellent newspaper
man who will give pure and
tone To his sheet and put him
self in accord with the best interests of
the people to whom he caters. If he
will allow us, however, we would like
to make one suggestion in regard to
and that is that he transpose
the matter on his 4th and Sth pages,
running editorial and political matter
on his 4th page. We believe he would
be pleased in the change.
A few republicans and three or four
democrats got together at Bangor on
before town meeting day, and
put up a job which they thought would
knock out the straight republican ticket.
They put up what they called "Citi-
zens' ticket" and To give it an air of
respectability they headed it with M.
II. Hogmire for supervisor. The tickets
were printed and on hand for business
Monday morning. Mr. Hogmire was
when his attention was
called to one of them, but he lost no
time in denouncing the job, and pro
claimed publicly that he would not
qualify if he received every vote east in
Arlington on such ticket. Nj. H. Hog
mire is not the man to lend himself To
any such dirty piece of work.