The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-02

Prominent Antwerp republicans talk
of nominating Mr.. Leonard Crandall
Tor township treasurer. The selection
would be an excellent one, as Mr.. &. Is
"A. careful, accurate and taking
business man, as we of Paw Paw can
attest for we have tried him.
On the evening of Easter Monday, at
O'Clock, memorial service for Miss
Kate Ocobock will be held ut ST. Marks
church, at which time an altar cross
and vases will be placed in position.
Rev. c. Z. Mills, of Kalamazoo, will of
ficiate, accompanied by the vested
choir.
George Bagley who at one time run
a meat market in this place, died last
Thursday at South Haven from the ef-
fects of injuries received by falling into
hole between two buildings, while in
toxicated, the evening previous. The
remains were taken to Decatur for in
terment.
We would deem it special favor If
our friends in the several townships of
this county will send us, Immediately
after next Mondays election a ballot
of each party with the vote for each
candidate noted opposite his name, so
that we may he enabled TO publish the
result i'm our next issue.
Immediately upon her return from
Benton Harbor, Mrs. +. III. Harvey re-
ceived news of the illness of her mother
who resides in Battle Greek, and at
once repaired thither, returning the
latter part of the week bringing her
mother with her, for needful rest and
change.
The explosion of DIR. Ferguson's steam
vulcanizer, one day last week, made
things quite lively for the doctor, who
fortunately happened to be in an adj
joining room, though close beside the
instrument but moment before.
Another instance when "a miss proved
as good as "A mile"
The Nashville Students held forth at
the opera house last night, and we hear
the entertainment characterized as
thin" The audience, also, was thin,
owing no doubt to the fact that the com
pany was not advertised. Ii is a poor
policy TO bring a 50-cent troupe to this
place and then keep their coming a pro-
found secret.
On Monday evening, between and
p. m, ties, railroad iron and other OBJ
structiOns were placed on the track of
the Il. Il s. Ii. r. r. between Giles
pies crossing and Lawton. by means Of
which the train leaving here about . p.
m. was derailed. Supt Ihling offers
800 reward for information which will
lead to the arrest of the guilty parties.
Mr.. A. +. Hayes, for several years in
charge of the jobbing department of
this office, first-cass printer and a
firms ttpnr nrt ny has hnn0ht
interest i'm job printing establishment
at Lima, Ohio, with Fred Snow, another
Paw Paw boy, and left for that place
last Wednesday We commend Messrs.
Snow 4 Hayes to the business men of
Lima.
The passenger depot of the L. & s.
II. r. r., in this village, was nearly
consumed by fire last Wednesday after
noon. The steamer was promptly on
the spot and, Notwithstanding the high
wind which was blowing, the firemen
succeeded not only in saving the freight
house, only thirty feet distant, but also
greater portion of the walls of the
depot. The building was insured
The dining room girls at the Dyck-
man were reveling in fun yesterday
morning-April /. Regular boarders
were considered legitimate targets for
their shafts of merriment and, what
with stitching the knives and forks TO
the table cloths, filling the individual
sugar dishes with salt and bringing on
soft-b boiled egg-SheHS, the girls had a
jolly time and everybody seemed will
ling they should.
The remains of A. A. Fosdick were
last Friday disinterred and DR.. Nj. +.
Whalen made critical examination of
the wound inflicted by the shot that was
fired in the back 1t was found that
the bullet entered between the 9Th and
9Th ribs, passing through the body and
coming out between the 10th and 11th
ribs. The contents of the stomach
were also carefully examined and the
conclusion reached that the last food
taken by deceased could have only been
in the stomach short time when death
occurred.