The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-05-28
south Haven.

Mrs. o. j. Flanders is very sick with
fever and lung difficulty.
The prospects are fair for peach
crop in this section-most of the or
chards showing an abundance of bios
SONS.
An infant son of f. Crouch is alarm.
ingly i'll with inflammation of the bow
els. There are no hopes of his re.
covery.
The government dredge Farquar is
here doing some work near the mouth
of the harbor She is to remain but a
few days.
The scow Mary +. Packard loaded
with lumber and logs for Racine last
Saturday, taking seven or eight car
loads of logs on deck.
The steamer Williams makes an en-
ira trip every Sunday from Chicago to
this port with excursionists, of which
there are quite number.
The long continued wet weather has
retarded corn planting i'm this vicinity
very much. Indeed, but very little gar
den corn is planted as yet.
Geo Smith has purchased the Lyons
planning mill property, and will proceed
to erect new building and put the ma
chinery in order for business.
Comrade Noah Griswold is very sick
and is being cared for by Zach. Chand
Ter post, of which he is member. He
is suffering with kidney disorders and
abscess.
Dave Cooley's bakery and confection-
10, FL q
$500 or 800 by tire, which originated
near the chimney of the bakery, Mon
day afternoon.
Mr.. Harvey Ransom and Miss Eula
Hubert, both of this place, were mar
ried at the residence of the brides pa
rents on the evening of the Goth inst,
Rev. Stevenson officiating.
III. NJ Marshall, of Lawrence, was on
our streets one day last week. Your
correspondent remembers him as a dis
penser of music from the violin in those
days tor nights, rather when we used
to trip the light fantastic before the
"wah"
Mr.. W. p. Lapham, of Albion, Neb.,
who left Bloomingdale some nineteen
years ago, was visiting at this place and
at Bloomingdale last week. When he
left Nebraska, on the 25th of April,
corn was up and nearly large enough
to cultivate.
The log boom of the Hannah mill
broke during the storm of last Thurs
day and let many logs out into the
lake. The mill shut down and all
hands started i'm pursuit of the derelicts
meeting with only partial success.
William House, "A veteran of the late
war, has been sick with complication
of disorders since last December, and is
graduating losing ground. He is in
Strengthened circumstances, and it is
this class of cases that makes us wish
for the time to come that brings will
it n general pension law.
The steam yacht Pearl, of Muskegon
! Capt. Clayton, and DR.. Stanton as en-
gineer, with their ladies on board, pu
into this port for fuel and shelter from
an approaching storm last Thursday af
ternoon After the squat had blown
itself out and they had taken their pc
troleum, which they burn. the little
craft steamed away for St Joe.
Rev and Mrs. Ferguson went to OF
sego last Saturday for weeks visit
and Rev. e.. b Kulp, of Otsego, came
here in exchange. Mr.. X, who is {
member OF Zach. Chandler post of this
place, delivered very interesting me
mortal address To- the veterans on Sun
day at the NJ +. church, on which oc
casion eighty of the "old boys" were in
line and marched To the church from
their armory. An elaborate programme
is prepared for Decoration Day, ant
everybody is invited to participate il
the exercises.