The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-01-15
WHOLE NUMBER 1917.

mont, some weeks ago, were arraigned
before Judge Buck on Monday They
plead guilty To the charge, and were
each sentenced to confinement i'm the
House of Correction, at Ionia, at hard
labor, for a period of ten years.
Great preparations are making for
the Y. l.. M. b. concert at the Disciple
church next Wednesday night Prof.
Oles, the violinist, will be assisted by
the following home talent Mrs Harvey,
Mrs. Gilman, Mrs. Paige and Mr.. Bruce
Cummings. Gertie Pallister and Jessie
Harrison will give recitations. Admis-
sion 25 and 10.
Harrison Babcock, for breaking into
the dwellings of Messrs Thayer and
Wildey and for various other depreda-
tions throughout the county, was. on
Monday, sentenced TO confinement in
the State Prison at Jackson, for five
years. Under the escort of Sheriff Nc
Farlin, he was yesterday taken TO his
new field of labor.
Sheriff McFarlin and Under Sheriff
McCabe left for jackson and Ionia
yesterday with prisoners. Arriving al
Jackson they had their prisoners, but
had no papers to show why they had
derson to forward the commitments, so
they could deposit their charges in the
institutions TO which they were assigned.
The various provisions of the new
election law were freely discussed by
the supervisors at the recent session.
The expression of opinion among these
gentleman was generally favorable to
the bill. 1t is not believed that it will
apply to the April election. There can
be no doubt that the measure, if strict
ly complied with, will result in the at
tainment of a much greater degree of
purity in our election system than has
heretofore prevailed.
The January session of the board of
supervisors closed on Saturday. The
miscellaneous and county officers
claims were all allowed The Sheriff
was authorized TO have the court house
and Jail painted-a much needed i'm
provement. While some talk of intro
ducing resolution providing for the
submission of the question looking to
the removal of the county seat was in
dulged in, it was for some reason
thought best not to do so, and the mat
ter rests IN Stdtu quo.
A very interesting session of Paw
Paw Grange was held at their hall last
Friday night. The following was the
programme under the direction of
Worthy Lecturer Bartram: Instru-
mental music, Miss Dora Webb; My
Last Summers Work, Jennie Averill;
Duet, Miss Grace Woodman and Clara
Salt; Discussion and questions upon
Mrs. Averill's paper; Solo, Yesterday,
To-Day, Bruce Cummings; Recitation,
How Betsey gave up the papers, Mrs. +.
Welch; Solo, The Spider and the Fly,
Mrs. G. L. Gilman.
Eddie Sutton, son of Mrs. Milan
Richardson, was quite seriously injured
last Monday morning by being thrown
from horse which he was riding He
had been out TO his grandfather's and,
returning, the horse became unmanage-
able and ran away with him. The boy
kept his position, however, until the
horse made a sudden turn near the First
Baptist church throwing him to the
ground bruising his head and limbs TO
considerable extent. Dr. Maynard
attended the boy and says his injuries
will not be of a permanent character.
Babcock, who, il was believed, made
the night raids on the dwellings of
Messrs. Thayer and Wildey recently,
was brought to Paw Paw last Saturday
evening, by Mr.. Fitz Camp, of Bangor,
who arrested him in the township of
Arlington. The watch and chain belong
ing TO Mr.. Wildey were found carefully
and somewhat ingeniously concealed in
his clothing. He is likely TO become a
guest of the State for term of years,
and, as he has acted in similar
capacity before, he is supposed to be
tolerably familiar with the peculiar re-
quirements of his host.
T. b. Hill, of Mattawan, was again
before Justice Rowland last Friday, on
a warrant sworn out by his wife, charg-
ing trespass. Judge Heckert conduct
ed the defense, and Lawyer Annable
acting for j. /. Breck, had charge of the
prosecution. A large number of wit
nesses were examined on both sides.
Able arguments were made, learned
decisions were rendered by the court,
and, after careful and prayerful delib-
Grafton on the part of the jury, COM
posed of four good men and true, a ver-
dict of "six cents damages" was rem
dered. This the defendant paid-''and
the end is not yet" they say.
One of the pleasantest social gather
ings of the season was held at the resi-
dence of +. A. Wildey, on Thursday
evening last. On invitation of that pop
ular gentleman, an adjourned meet
ing" of the board of supervisors opened
its session in the spacious parlors of
Mr.. Wildey at O'Clock p. m, of the
evening named, and, unlike the usual
sessions of that august body, goodly
number Of their humble constituents
were admitted to the deliberations and
accorded an equal voice and vote on
all questions considered with the one
exception-that of music-when that
matter was attended to, the roice of Sup
ervisor McAlpin, of Keeler, was heard
above and beyond all others. Among
the honorary members of the board,
Judge Heckert took the cake in sing
ing, and also large share of that com
modify at the refreshment table. Sup
ervisor Hart not being present to move
an adjournment, that important and
difficult task fell to the lot of County
Treasurer Butler, who acquitted him
self, although entirely unprepared for
the emergency, with great credit, and
succeeded, after numerous delays and
much filibustering on the part of several
who seemed determined to stay to