The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-09-24
WHOLE NUMBER 1853.

at her home i'm Decatur last Saturday
night. Deceased was 6l years of age; a
most estimable lady, and sister of Benz
Hathaway, the farmer poet, of Little
Prairie Ronde.
Hon. Milan Wiggns, of the North
ern district of this county, was unani-
mously renominated by the convention
held at Grand Junction last week. Mr..
Virgins made good record in the last
! legislature and was recognized as
painstaking, careful and conscientious
member, and the endorsement just
given him by his constituents was well
! deserved.
Any claim agent who causes ii to be
understood that he and he alone, or he
especially has "a pull on authority at
Washington, so that, To insure favor
able consideration of their eases, would
be pensioners must employ him, is en-
gagged in levying blackmail and any
official, high or low, who knowingly
acts in such "A way as To give cOunte-
nance to that scheme, Is prOstituting his
office To become the confederate of a
backmaier.-De Detroit Tree Press
Memo Graft made complaint before
Justice Mason Monday, charging Helen
Mitchell with the larceny of 81 50 from
/ his person while in her room Saturday.
Facts developed at the examination
yesterday point TO the improbability of
! his having had that sum OF money; that
the pocketbook which he carried was
her property; that she had been put
! ting up" for his shirts, neckties, etc,
and that he had been fired" from IL
pool room the same evening because he
had not the wherewith to pay for his
games. The woman was discharged.
Geo +. Breck, while on his recent
visit TO England, purchased at the
annual sales from the best tlOcks in
| England, 10 ewes and 80 bucks-full
bred Shrophires. The bucks are intend
ed to sell to men who intend establishing
! flOcks or for use in flocks already estab-
! lished He also has few rams for sale,
at less figures, for the purpose of cross
breeding for early mutton lambs. John
| Thonger an expect English shepherd,
accompanied the shipment. He will re-
turn to England and act as purchasing
agent for Mr. b. when he wishes to re-
inforce his flocks.
South Haven had disastrous vista
tion from the fire tiend last Thursday
night. Eleven buildings and as many
stocks of goods were destroyed-the
10 ses aggregating, as nearly as can be
estimated, $50, 300, with an insurance
of S11 ,175. The village has no organized
fire department nor means of fighting
the element. The buildings destroyed
were mostly wooden structures of COM
paratively small value, and if they shall
| be replaced with those of better
materials it will be good thing for the
town in the end. The postoffice occupied
one of the burned buildings, but every
thing in it was saved.
Edison Woodman is home again with
his herds of Percherons and Shetlands,
which he has been exhibiting at the
Detroit and Lansing fairs. His Perch
eron stallion Horace Cthe head of his
stud) won first at Detroit as against "a
competitors, and the same prize al
Lansing as against IA. Mr.. w. took
four other prizes on Percheron mares
and six on Shetlands, at Detroit, and
six at Lansing on the same his cash
prizes aggregating S400. Mr.. Woodman
feels well satisfied with the results of
the circuit as his stock was in competi-
ton with that of all the prominent
breeders in the state.
The Senatorial convention at Allegan
on Wednesday of last week put in
nomination that sterling Republican,
JOnu w OdINtlluh, VI JOWH-
ship, Alegan County, than whom no
better selection could have been made.
Mr. Garvelink has served as Supervisor
of his township several terms, and has
also represented the First Allegan
county district in the lower branch of
the state legislature two terms. Recog-
nizing his eminent fitness for higher
sphere of usefulness, the Allegan Re-
publicans presented his name before
the convention for Senator, which
means his election by at least $500
plurality.
The following appointments, for the
Niles district, were made at the Mus
kegon conference of the NJ +. church:
Berrien Springs, j. w. Gosling;
Buchanan, w. T. Cook; Cassopolis, j.
H. Buttleman; Decatur, w. Prouty;
Dowagiac, s. G.. Davis; Eau Claire, j. H.
skinner; Edwardsburg, w n Young
love; Keeler, j. III. Emmons; Hartford,
j. X. Ogden; Lawton, f. II. Day;
Marcelus, X. Stinchcomb; Niles, Il.
Cox; Paw Paw, w. j. Hathaway;
Pokagon, j. b. Tallman; st. Joseph, j.
w IL Carlisle Stevensville, +. III. Nix;
Vandalia and Mottville, j. f. Arney.
Presiding elder, Levi Master. Next
years conference will be held at Grand
Rapids.
Last Friday John Sprague and Nor
man Sharp, of Almena, went TO Coolies,
where they filled up with something
that bereft them of reason and rem
dered them unfit to care for them
selves On their way home, during the
night, Sharp fell out of the wagon but
was not missed by Sprague. Saturday
morning Sharp was found lying by the
roadside in an unconscious condition.
He was taken to the house of Mr.. Clark,
near by, and cared for, but died the
same evening. Deceased was AZ years
old, unmarried, and had lived in the
vicinity OF Watkins mill for about two
years His relatives, if he has any, are
unknown here.
Ladies, attention! 1t has been long
time since the people in and around
Paw Paw have had the privilege of at
tending a good lecture course, and
there seems now to be general desire
for something in the way of literary inn
provement. Therefore it has been de-
cided to call meeting of all ladies who