The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-30
WHOLE NUMBER 1882.

Secretary Cornish reports 80 appli-
cants at the Teachers Examination
held in Bloomingdale, on Friday of last
week A list of the successful ones will
be published in our next.
The Lowell carpet mills shut down on
the 25th inst. for one week, throwing
out of employment 1000 operatives.
The stock on hand, all fresh and new.
was eagerly picked up by the carpet
trade throughout the country. The
name of X. W. Broughton appears in
the list of large buyers. His purchase
was shipped direct from the mills at
Lowell to the BUSY Store" Paw Paw.
A number Of ladies met at the home
of the Misses Bitely at o'clock yester-
day afternoon for farewell visit with
Mrs. r. o. Beebe previous to her de-
parture for the East. The occasion was
complete surprise to Mrs. Beebe as
she had not received the slightest init
nation of any such intention on the
part of her friends. A picnic supper
was served, and, from inception To close,
all united i'm the verdict-"a perfect
success"
After talking with the business men
and canvassing the matter thoroughly,
the Board of Directors of the Fair have
decided that it would not be for the
best interests of the society to under
take, at this late day, to give spring
fair, but they will bend all their enefg gies
towards having first class fall fair.
The track will be put in the best OF con-
ditiOn and none but members of the as
sociation will be allowed to use il before
the Fair, and an early date will be fixed
regardless of fairs in other places near
by, which we hope will give Van Buren,
County the best local fair in south
western Michigan this year.
The little son of Rev. ii. w. Harvey
had a narrow escape from drowning
Monday morning. The domestic, while
doing the family washing, had left
tub of water standing on the floor into
which the little one fell head foremost,
while no one was in the room, and was
unable TO recover himself. Fortunate
ly, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey both heard
the splashing of his struggles from
where they were, and fastened TO find
the cause They found him choking
and strangling in the sudsy water, and
none too soon, for he could not have
lived much longer. He soon recovered
from his unfortunate experience, and
we believe is no worse for it.-Alie0dn
Journal, 25th.
"Ben" Silvers, received a pension
check amounting to two hundred and
fifty dollars Monday, and, yesterday
morning, having taken quite cargo of
river water, he charged some of his
associates with having relieved him of
the money and called upon the Sheriff
To investigate, Offering a reward of S25
for its recovery. Mae not sharing the
belief that he had been robbed went on
an exploring expedition through the
pockets of the self imposed victim and
found the money safely deposited in
side his vest. Silvers' happiness at the
discovery was complete and he insisted
on paving at least five dollars, which
was finally accepted The entire
amount of the check will doubtless find
its way into the channels Of trade with
but little delay.
The Speicher school house, in the
township of Bloomngdale, was the
scene of some careless shooting, on
Sunday evening last John Webster,
aged IL years, was flourishing revOlv-
er quite promiscuOusly on that occasion,
pointing it first at one and then another
accompanying his actions with threat
to shoot someone and finally brought
the weapon to bear upon Bert Loehr
and pulled the trigger. The ball en-
tered the lads face near the lower part
of the right nostril passing through into
his mouth and, as it has not been found,
it is believed that, in the excitement,
he swallowed it. The wound, while
quite serious, is likely to heal, but an
ugly scar will remain to remind him of
the affair DR.. Hathaway, of Bloom
ingdale, was called and dressed the
wound. Young Webster was brought
TO Paw Paw by the Sheriff, on Monday,
and taken before Justice Mason, who
admitted him to bail in the sum of
three hundred dollars with Mrs Mum
ford as surety. The trial is set for Fri
day, May 2d.