The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-07-29
WHOLE NUMBER 1897

Mrs. Jehiel Glidden, mother of A. C.
passed the S5th milestone of her lifes
journey on the Gath inst. Up to few
weeks ago she was able to entertain
her callers and read the NORTHERNRR
| ly awaited, but at the present she is
rather feeble. She makes her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Nelson.
The short series of meetings recently
held in the Methodist church by five
young students of Oberlin college, were
well attended and conducted in quiet,
earnest manner, well calculated to be
productive of good. The singing by the
quartet is very fine and highly at
tractive feature of these meetings, some
of the selections being as effective as
any sermon.
AS threshing advances and reports
come in, it becomes more and more ev-
dent that the yield of wheat per acre
this year will be considerably in excess
of that of any former year, in this Sec
ton of the state at least The range is
from 2S to about 3S bushels per acre
and the quality is of high grade. The
market, of course, is not yet settled at
any definite figure.
Last Friday the liquor men had their
day in court"-that is, the officers had
them In court to answer for infractions
OF the law in respect to their peculiar
avocation. The parties arrested were
Geo. III. Rix of Lawton, j. Nj. Longwell
of Paw Paw, Zimri Warner of Lawrence
and w. A. Palmer of Hartford. Each
entered bail for trial at the next term
of the circuit court.
The news-gatherer for the Courier
sometimes jumps at conclusions and
states them for facts, thus swelling the
local columns of that enterprising sheet
with rather unreliable items, as in last
weeks issue in which he informs the
friends of Mrs. Harry Eggleston that
she will he pleased to see them at the
home of her sister, Mrs. DR.. Harrison,
when the truth is that the lady in ques-
tion has not even thought of coming to
Paw Paw this season.
General r. A. Alger, president of the
general citizens committee on the en-
campment, wants the eXcursionists who
go to Detroit on parade day, August 4,
to take their lunches with them. He
thinks that it will be impossible for
them to leave their places on the side
walks in the midst of the parade, which
will last nearly all day, for the purpose
of getting their dinners, if indeed the
restaurants of Detroit are able to feed
the crowds on that day, which is some
what doubtful.
The corps of teachers for our public
schools is now complete with the ex-
ception of assistant in the high school,
and is composed as follows: Superin-
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Miss Lille Rosewarne; grammar room,
Miss Cora Hinckley; End intermediate,
Miss Dora Smith; 1st intermediate,
Miss Jennie Whitmer; End primary,
Miss Lena Snow; 1st primary, Miss
Lois Wilson. Mrs Hattie ShOwerman
is re-engaged as teacher of penmanship
and bookkeeping
Frank Cutter is having a serious time
in getting a well down in the rear of
the county ire.proof building. He had
about ninety feet down last Thursday,
having driven through clay, gravel and
rock, when in pulling up the pipe it
parted, leaving siXty-six feet OF it in
the ground. Work was began again in
another spot and they are now down
some eighty feet, having found about
the same class of "filling" as before. 1t
yield any very large dividends.
At regular meeting of Brodhead
Post No. 81 G. A. r., on Monday even
ing, Quartermaster X. Nj. Buck was
elected to the command of the Post
during the week of the National En-
campment. This action of the Post was
rendered necessary by the fact that both
Commander Spicer and Senior-Vice
Commander Rawson are serving on the
personal staff of the Department Com
mander-the former as A. q. NJ. Genl
and the latter as Aide-de-Camp. This
is merited compliment to Comrade
Buck, who was a brave soldier and an
efficient officer.
One of the features of the coming g.
A. Il. encampment at Detroit will be
big picnic at Belle Isle on Wednesday
Mayor Pingree and Controller Rush
have let contracts for furnishing the
following: Fifty thousand sandwiches
(corned beef, tongue, ham and cheese),
635 punches of bananas, 10000 turn
overs, $4,000 fried cakes, 30 barrels of
lemonade, 625 gallons ice cream with
cake) 1000 gallons of coffee, barrels
of pickles, 10000 cigars, 10 barrels of
crackers and 10 full cream cheeses. 1t
seems that with all these provisions
furnished the veterans ought to be able
to "do the rest"
About four months ago one Edward
Messer, of Columbia township. was ar
rested on a charge of bastardy, but gave
the officer the slip and since then has
kept himself in Indiana. His move
ments were closely watched, however,
and last Friday Sheriff Thomas, learn
ing that Messer was at home, dispatch
ed Officer Showerman to round him up.
He was found sick in bed at his fathers
house, and the officer hesitated to as
sumo the responsibility of forcibly re-
moving him. On Monday, accompanied
by Justice Elam l.. Warner, the sheriff
went over to Columbia, placed Messer
under arrest, and bail was then and
there entered for his appearance at the
September term of the circuit court.
The American Educational Aid asso-
citation is a western society that finds
homeless children and places them in