The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-09

(nickel plated) should write the Detroit
Times, which proposes to give away
5000 pairs for new subscribers.
Irving Copeland left Monday for
Rochester, N. Y, where he has posi-
ton in drug store. Irving is an in
telligent, ambitious lad of irreproach-
able habits, and we wish him success in
this his first venture into the busy
world.
The proprietor of the NORTHERNER
will take in the trip to Mammoth Cave,
while the editress will make one of the
New Orleans party, and promises to
keep her eyes wide open in behalf of
our readers, SO as to give them all pos
sible benefits of her observations.
Married Nov. IL, 1891, by the Rev.
Dr. Lawrence, pastor of the Second
Baptist church of Chicago, H., Miss
Gladys Rogers of Paw Paw, to Mr..
lgnazio Ferraro of that city. The
newly welded pair are now at home to
their friends at 3lS Armitage Ave.
The Free VIII Baptist church of East
Arlington, Rev /. Z. Bates pastor, will
dedicate their new house of worship on
Sunday morning, Dec. Goth, in connec-
ton with their quarterly meeting which
begins on Friday evening, the 18th, with
a sermon by Rev. Hart of Gobleville.
The Presbyterian chicken pie supper
of last week called forth the usual num-
ber of people with social inclination and
epicurean appetites, and netted the
goodly sum of $l5. AS the result of the
annual meeting the new officers are
Mrs. M. +. Whalen, president; Mrs A.
G. Martin, vice-pres; Miss Zilpha Harri-
son, secretary; Miss Elsie Tuttle,
treasure.
AS our subscribers will testify, it is
not our habit to send out frequent dun
ming letters, and that they appreciate
this is very evident from their readiness
to respond when fire or business
changes of any sort require the straight
ening up of our accounts. 1t is seldom
that any one takes offense when we find
this necessary, and we wish to give our
patrons due credit and thanks therefor.
1t is a little funny that the hue and
cry recently made by several of our
state and county papers over what they
are pleased to term 1.-The failure of local
option at Paw Paw" should come upon
the heels of so many cases of convicted
liquor sellers as have had to pay the
penalty within the last six months; but
as Brother Rowland intimates, the wish
for failure is probably father to the
thought.
Nov. 2Sth, 1891, 21 out of "a applicants
u list of the successful ones:
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Cross; Try Harvey; Amanda Layman;
Grath; Grace Moulthrop; Frank Moul-
throp; Miller Overton; Arthur Stevens;
Minnie Schweizer; s. ID. Snyder; Clara
f. b. White.
The lucky star of the Electric Light
Co. does not seem to be in the ascen-
dency this season, and their last mis-
hap is the washing out of the dyke built
by them to prevent the water from over
flowing their dam into the highway east
of town Since the wash out the water
has backed up so as make this road
nearly impossible, and people living i'm
that vicinity were last week compelled
to make detour by the territorial road.
This is matter that should be attended
to at once.
Another open switch, this time at
Decatur, narrowly escaped wrecking
the New York express at that station
last week. Fortunately the train was
running less swiftly than usual, and
timely application of the brakes pre-
vented any more serious results than
the overturning of the engine. This
criminal carelessness on the part of
switch men is becoming SO common that
the following stanza might appropriate
ly be inscribed over every railway
switch;-
"'Tis the wink of a eye,
Tis the draught OF breath,
From the blossom OF life
To the paleness of death"
!. f. Chandler returned from little
trip to South Haven last Thursday, de-
claring that he had been frightened out
of at least five years of his natural life,
by witnessing the collapse of the new
two-story brick block that is in process
of erection by e. b. Pomeroy and the
Masonic fraternity of that place. Mr..
Chandler had made a tour of the build
ing but a short time before, and found
workmen in the basement strengthen
ing the foundation, which had been
declared somewhat defective. Men were
also at work on the lathing of the upper
story, and one can imagine the conster-
nation of the bystanders to see the south
and west walls sinstantaneously collapse,
letting the roof and falling timbers in
upon them. Mr.. G.. says that the
screams were appalling, but by SEEM
ing miracle only two were hurt, one
quite seriously.