The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-03
WHOLE NUMBER 1889

Last Thursday the house ways and
means committee recommended the
sum of 1925, 900 for the state exhibit at
the Worlds Fair It was made the spe-
cial order for to-day at 1890. An at
tempt will be made to increase it TO
$3.50, 900. The committee was divided
between 800, 200 and $3.50, 600 and the
amount reported is "a compromise
VIM. Phillips two year old Joe Gavin
colt won the two year old race at the
Matinee, at Hartford easily in two
straight heats on Friday of last week,
1.4S and 1.4St Those having two
year olds about here better shy clear
of this fellow, as there have been one
or two good Joe Gavin two year olds
bred at Owosso. Cora Beebe 2 229f as a
two year old was the best one in the
state. Edwin Boothe by Joe Gavin as
a two year old trotted full miles in 2.45
and was sold for $500 TO Kentuckey
parties. James McCloud is wearing a
broad smile also, as he bred the Phillips
colt, and still owns his dam.
For nearly a year past IL. w. McCabe
has held warrant for Art. Williams,
known as Jack the Kisser," of this
place, who was wanted in st. Joseph
county for felonious assault But the
Kisser was sly dog and led the Off
GERS many a merry wild goose chase.
Last Wednesday evening McCabe
learned that Williams was in this
neighborhood and giving the tip to
Sheriff Thomas and Under-Sheriff Sir
rine, they surrounded the house and
shared their game. An officer from
Centerville came over after Williams
and took him back, but as the evidence
against him on the graver charge could
not be readily secured he was allowed
TO plead guilty to simple assault and
took 80 days like little man.
Mrs Matilda Quick and Mrs. Louisa
Reed (both better known, perhaps, by
their maiden name-Mull)-we before
Justice Mason on Monday, charged by
William Long, sexton of Prospect Hill
cemetery, with "wilfully mutilating and
injuring ornamental plants, &c; or, to
express it in plain Saxon, stealing flow
ers from graves in that cemetery On
the evening preceding Memorial day
couple Of ladies living at some distance
from here visited the cemetery and set
out some Towering plants on the graves
of friends. Scarcely were their backs
turned before the Null women had the
flowers in their possession. The sexton
witnessed the proceeding, hence the
complaint. The Cemetery Association
is determined that this sort of vandal-
ism shall cease, and every infraction of
the law will meet with prompt punish
ment - not, however, for the mere sake
of furnishing any one, hut for the pur-
pose of protecting the property of lot
owners and securing graves from desc
Grafton. This firm and decided stand
of the officers of the Association will
meet the hearty approval and support
of every good citizen. The respondents
in this case were held for trial in the
circuit court, r. K. Quick entering bail
for their appearance.
1t is getting to be Il real luxury to
walk about our streets now. Never
before in the history of our village were
the walks in as good condition gener-
ally as at present, and if the good work
is kept up few weeks longer we need
not blush TO have strangers who visit
here walk about and look us over criti-
cally The council met with some OPP
position in this work at first, as was
expected, some claiming that the
money would be more profitably en-
ployed if expended in graveling the
streets, while others fortunately for
the town but few in number) kicked on
general principles about the expendi-
Cure of money for any purpose unless
it was to carry grist to their individual
mill. But this opposition has gener-
ally subsidized and the wisdom of the
council in first looking after the neces-
sites of nine-tenths of the people be-
fore preparing luXuries for the remain
ing tenth, is conceded on all hands
Let us stand by the council and its
street committee until the work now
in hand is done, and then we can con.
slider the claims for other improvements
i'm the order of the needs of the people
for them.
Memorial day was observed here i'm q
fitting manner, and we cannot but note
that its recurrence is coming to be more
and more set apart by all for the pur-
pose of visiting, caring for and beauti-
flying the graves of loved and lost ones;
and as the years pass by in their never
ending march to the silent somewhere
this sentiment will grow and thrive un-
til it permeates all classes in all COM
munities of our land, and the city of
the dead will be the Mecca towards
which all faces will turn on the 30th of
May. The day was magnificent. Pre-
ceded by the new Paw Paw cornet
band, and followed by the fire depart
ment in uniform, the public schools in
charge of Supt. Roberts and his corps
of teachers, and scores of carriages filed
with citizens from town and country,
Brodhead Post c. A. X. marched TO
Prospect Hill in the morning. At the
close of the peculiar and impressive
exercises of the Order at the grave of a
soldier, the multitude was dismissed
for an hour, the time being occupied in
the distribution of flowers, wagon loads
of which were at the disposal of the
several committees. This labor of love
performed, the several organizations
reassembled and marched back to the
village, again disbanding for dinner.
The court house yard had been provid-
ed with seating capacity for many hun
dreds of people; flags, flowers and
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