The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-01
WHOLE NUMBER 1880

name. The mayor OF I'll Dorado has
appointed her one of the Judges of cleo
tions i'm that city 1t will be borne in
mind that women vote in Kansas on
some questions.
There was a quiet wedding ut Grand
father Richards on Wednesday, March
25th. The bride was Emily G.. Cook,
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John
Cook, of Decatur, and the man who
was made happy that day was Merritt
A. Bradley, of Los Angeles, Cal. The
ceremony was performed by Mrs. Anna
Barton.
There is no implement farmers are
more exacting about than the plow, and
manufacturers are fully alive to this
fact and constantly making improve
ments. 1t seems as though absolute
perfection is at last obtained i'm "The
Imperial" which is sold here by G.. W.
Young. This implement is attracting
much attention.
The Marcelus NelCs is already tired
of the Michigan "reform" legislature
characteriZing it as "a sweet-scented
body of bribers and wire-pullers, and
adds that it Twill have rather large
contract on its hands if it reforms itself,
without tackling any of the outside
evils or abuses" This is the estimate
of an Independent journal.
Members of the Grand Army will not
forget the services at the Disciple church
next Monday evening, commemorative
of the twenty-tifth anniversary of the
organization of the order. Capable
speakers will be i'm attendance, good
music, good singing, and an interest
ing occasion generally. Let there be a
good turn out Everybody invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. V. Sage, of Hart
ford, were in town over Sunday on
their way to Detroit, the latter being
called to that city through her appoint
ment by the State Board of Education
as member of the visiting committee to
the Home and Day school, located
there. This is an honor well merited
by so progressive teacher as Mrs.
Sage.
Col. Tyner, commanding the Van
Buren, battalion, G.. A. r., thinks he
can march on Detroit six hundred
strong at the time of the National en-
campment. He has secured quarters
for that number of men and expects the
boys to "fall in" promptly at the word
of command. The battalion will go as
escort to Department Commander
Eaton.
An even 20 of the leading Republican
editors of the state congregated ut
Grand Rapids last Friday and formed
an association for the advancement of
the principles of the Republican party,
with Perry Powers, of the Cadillac NeUs
and Express, president; Fred L Ward,
of the Ailegan journal, vice president,
and M. l.. Cook, or the Hastings Ban
ner, treasurer.
We hope none of our readers have
spent any considerable time tugging
away at horse shoes which were spiked
down to the cross walks, or any consid
cradle muscle in kicking old hats, which
a large stone, out of their
paths. These are only April pleasant
ries, but it makes n fellow feel awful
sheepish to make one of these breaks
and then have "A dozen other fellows
laughing at him.
There will be an ice cream social at
Grange hall on Friday evening of this
week. All grangers will sell their
wives, daughters, sisters, cousins and
aunts to the highest bidder, their mar
ket value to- be determined by the
they reflect. All who have
the same class of property To dispose
of are cordially invited To be present
at Z O'Clock sharp. Ice cream will also
be served to those who do not care to
attend the auction sale
At an informal meeting of the village
board, on Monday, it was decided to
consider the arc lights for street light
ing rs in commission, commencing with
that day. Until their power is increas
ed, which will be about the 10Th inst,
the company will be unable to supply
commercial lights. The matter of ad
ditional street lights is in the hands of
the street committee and will remain
in allegiance until the company demon
strates its ability to light them.
A petition, numerously signed, was
presented to- the village council at its
last meeting, asking that the work of
building and repairing sidewalks be
done under direction of the council and
the expense spread upon the village at
large. The petition was laid over un-
til the next regular meeting. Certainly
something should be done for oar side
walk system before the village has some
heavy damage suits on its hands. Kal-
amazoo has now pending suits aggre-
RdJlHR poo,VVV lol iuJuiltS tiiuS lcCclNcN,
and il is thought all of them will be
sustained by the courts.
We are sorry to learn that George
Hale is soon to leave town, as young
men of his stamp are an addition To any
place. That his lively interest in the
young peoples is appreciated by them, is
attested by the little surprise party ar
ranged for him by members oil the
Christian Endeavor Society, on last
Saturday evening A tea party given
by Miss Pugsley was followed by
more general evening gathering, at
which time Mr.. Hale was presented
a beautiful Oxford bible.
The high school room was filled to it,
utmost capacity last Friday by friends
and patrons of the school to enjoy the
exercises closing the winter term. The
room was tastefully decorated with fol-
iage plants, flowers, etc, while upon
the blackboards were designs illustrat-
ing the work of the high school classes.
The program consisted of single and
class recitations. songs, dumb-bell cxer-