The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-09

hollow of her foot while at play around
IA pile of old lumber.
Rev. G.. w. Taft, son Of Rev. III. Il.
Taft, of this place, accompanied by his
wife, left Monday for their field of mis-
sionary labor in Japan. They will sail
from San Francisco on the 18th inst.
for Yokohama.
Hank McCabe was quite seriously in
jured Monday, at jackson, while sell
ing horses there ut auction. A wild
fellow, which Hank was handling, threw
him violently against the gate of the
corral. cutting and bruising him con
siderably. He came home for repairs.
The firm name of f.. G.. Butler, so
long and favorably known To the peo-
pie of this vicinity is no more. The
firm that succeeds the old house will be
known as +. G.. Butler & Co, and the
business will be carried on at the old
stand, with old-time Difference to the
tastes and wishes of their customers.
Ben. Cooley, whom all the old-time
residents of Paw Paw well remember,
died at the home of his aunt, Mrs. lila
Vickery, in Schoolcraft, on the Goth ult
Mr.. G.. was Il son of Anthony Cooley,
VI AulS plsttt lOi DttIS
and at one time of the drug firm of
Cooley IL Barrett. Deceased was por-
trait painter of some note.
By strict economy and a close atten-
tion To business for 10! these many
years, Chris. Allison, of the Cassopolis
Democrat, had boarded up "A pair of
shoes, watch and eight dollars in
cash But now comes along a bold
and daring thief and gathers to him
self all this wealth at one fell swoop, az
it were. Let's restore the death penal
ty, noW.
Our long time friend and neighbor,
Hon. David WOodman, was united in
marriage yesterday afternoon to Mrs
Elvira j. Abbott, of Kalamazoo, the
ceremony occurring at the residence of
+. A. Crane, Esq, the knot being tied
by Elder II. A. Pallister, pastor of the
Christian church. We heartily con-
gratulate both the contracting parties
and wish them all possible happiness.
l.. G. Whitney, president of the State
Business Mems association, has been
made state lecturer of that organization
He is expected to visit this place on or
about the 2Sth inst. when he will deliver
two lectures-one to the public gener-
ally, explaining the purposes and use
fulness of local associations, and the
other to members of the association
only, upon matters peculiar to their in
terest.
ID. w. Brodhead, of Decatur was
lodged in Jail here last Friday in default
of $500, in which sum he was held to
the circuit court to answer a charge of
conspiracy, in persOnating an officer,
making a suppositious arrest and get
ting Sl5 out of his victim. ROb't Oaks,
jr., who was arrested with Brodhead
and on the same complaint, gave the
officer the slip while looking for bail,
and is still looking
The following claimants for pensions
were made happy through Galligans
agency for the week ending Oct. 9TH:
Calvin Hail. Paw Paw; James N Crutch-
field, Arkansas City, Kansas; Edwin
Thompson, Petoskey; Lewis June, Vo-
linia Ellen NJ. Hall, Wallingford, CT;
Sebra G.. Inlay, Paw Paw; Nelson p
Woodruff, Gobleyille; James Deal,
Racine, Wis; +. K. Colburn, Paw Paw;
John Wood, Logansport, Ill.
The board of Supervisors convene
next Monday, Oct. 14tb. The political
complexion of the board is eleven re-
publicans to seven opposition. While
we believe that the deliberations of the
board should not be colored by party
bias, we just as firmly believe that it is
proper that its organization should be
made in accordance with the political
views of its members. The republi-
cans have majority on the board; let
them perfect its organization, and then
let the people of the county hold that
party responsible for the conduct of its
servants.
Last Monday morning was such an
one as would fill the soul of anything
this side of toad with poetry. A hard
frost had fallen Sunday night, and as
the bright, warm sun came out and
rested upon the foliage of the trees,
they seemed to be undergoing process
of dyeing in which every color known
was being used. As the frosted leaves
became warmed they lost their grip on
the branches and a perfect kaleido-
scopic shower of failing leaves" filled
the air and carpeted the earth with
robe such as would have made
Solomon, in all his glory" wild with
envy.
The managers of the fair have expect
ed large exhibit of horses, but the
entries are surprising them. The races
are filled far enough TO warrant them
i'm saying that every race will be started,
and the only trouble they are liable TO
have i'm that direction is to be able To
get the races all on in the time they
will have. In the other departments
the horses are being entered as never
before The stalls on the ground are
all taken, tents put up, and barns out
side leased to furnish room for the
horses on exhibition. There will be
better display of horses than was ever
before at any fair in southwestern
Michigan.
The patriotic offer of the Detroit
Tribune to pay half the expense of an
American flag for each of the public
schools of that city has been accepted
by thirty four of the schools already
The Tribune has effected an arrange
ment with the manufacturers by which
these flags are furnished at just half
the list price, and it seems as though
every school in the state would soon
have one. The NoRTHERNER is desir
Gus of seeing "old glory floating from
the dome of our public school building,
and reiterates the offer of paying one
L A II a.