The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-25

family.
The steamer Glenn will commence
her trips between South Haven and
Chicago about April /. So says the
Sentinel.
The Willing Workers will give an ice
cream social at the paElors of the First
Baptist church on Friday evening of
this week.
John Huntington, well-knOwn citi-
zen of the southern part of this town
ship, died on Friday last of cancer of
the stomach.
There is much sickness at present in
our village and adjacent country. La
grippe and pneumonia seem TO be the
prevailing maladies.
JAS r. Galligan has sold his farm
and will remove with his family to Ore
gOn He has an auction sale of farm
property on the 9TH of April.
Mrs. Ida Snow is agent for the pub
fishers of the Personal Memoirs of Gen
Sherman with an appendix by James
G.. Blaine. This book will go.
Judge Mills, of Kalamazoo, is a fire.
quent visitor to our village nowadays,
being called here on matters connected
with his extensive law practice.
c. w. Graham writes us from Car
thage, South Dakota, ordering THE
NoRTHERNER. He says "Mrs. G. thinks
she can't keep house without it,"
Will Reafsnyder, a dumb man, aged
% years, left the county house on the
14th ult., and County Superintendent
Chaplin advertises him in this paper.
James p Edwards, of Houghton, has
been appointed and confirmed Commits
sioner of Mineral Statistics, the position
so ably flied by Hon. G.. ID. Lawton.
The winter term of Paw Paw school
closes Friday afternoon with joint exer-
cises in the high school room. Patrons
and friends of the school are invited.
AT the "Wolverine" things are NOV
ing along in their accustomed channels,
only the doctor says he can't find time
to write new advertisement this week.
AS this is the time of the vernal equi-
nox we shall expect the usual influx of
long haired rhyme. Don't bring 'em
yourself, dear poet, don't; send 'em by
a boy
Miss Corey left Monday for Chicago
via South Bend, where she will make a
short visit, proceeding thence to the
city to select her new stock of mil
lenery.
Mrs. Fred Bassett "helped out" at the
postoffice two or three days during
Mrs. McKellar's illness. 1t carries one
back to old times to see Cynthia" fir
ing mail matter.
A Longfellow program was carried
out in the high school Tuesday morn
ing Such exercises inspire an appre-
citation for good literature and should
be given frequently.
Secretary Cornish travelled during
the month of February, on business
connected with the schools of this cOun-
ty, 500 miles. A pretty good record of
work for short month.
Some fellow up north who is not
afraid to "rail ut dignitaries" suggests
that rs former legislature was called
the "hawbuck," f" the present one should
be christened the "squaw-buck."
The following persons visited our
CliZbe, G.. w. Cornish, Lola Douglas,
Gremps, Eugene Hinckley and Winnie
Wildey.
Alex. McWilliams will sell an i'm
mense amount of farm property
horses, cattle, sheep, swine, agricultur
al implements, etc, at auction on Tues
day next, commencing at 8 a. m. ii.
w. McCabe will swing the gavel.
A. T. Halls little boy Frank sustained
"a vicious attack of typhoid pneumonia
during the past week, and on Saturday
his life was despaired Of We are glad
to learn, however that he has wealth
cred the storm and is doing finely.
BY an oversight in making up the
forms of the NORTHERNER last week
the advertisement of ID. l.. Thornton,
of Lawton, was left out, although at
tention was called to it in the local
columns. 1t will be found in this pa
per.
Some one sends us "A few items head
ed "Plopper District" AS the princi
pal item, and the one for which the
communication was evidently written,
was of personal nature, and the cor
respondent neglected to send his name,
we decline to publish it.
In preparing the list of those who
secured certificates at the recent teach
ers' examination in this place, the name
of Miss Adda Sherrod should have APP
peared, but was inadvertently omitted.
We learn that Miss Sherrod's standing
was exceptionally good.
Mrs. W. G.. Bliss is agent for the
personal Memoirs of Gen Sherman"
This work has been eagerly looked for,
since the death of its illus
trious author, and of course all will
avail themselves of the opportunity
now offered of securing it.
The Prairie Farmer figures up the re-
suits of bushel of corn distilled as fol- |
lows: The distiller gets gallons of
whiskey, which retail at S15; the gov
ernment gets $3.50, the farmer gets 40
cents; the railroad gets ST. the retailer
gets 81, and the consumer gets drunk.
The funeral of Sir Knight Sam'l G..
which occurred at Lawrence |
last Friday, was the largest ever held /
i'm that plapp There were one hundred /