The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-18

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Last "Wednesday Allison Cook, a
young man of Is, hired horse and car
riage from Samuel Vought, of Marcel
lus, for few hours drive. On Thurs
day afternoon he fetched up here, fed
his horse and started east. 1t trans
pires that he drove through To Kalama-
ZOO that night, and the next day went
To the farm of an acquaintance in
Cooper township. The officers got on
his track and followed to Cooper, where
they found Cook hid under barn. He
was taken back to Marcellus.
The house of Phillip Sherrod was en-
tered on Thursday last by about seventy
people, who surrounded that good man
and his wife, made them prisoners for
a day, and locked them in with the key
of friendship Too surprised To resist,
the unarmed couple quietly surrendered
and the surprisers had it all their own
way A good dinner was prepared,
speeches made, an easy chair presented
and Uncle Phil and his wife were left
to frame the golden day in silver mem
cries.
Two notable articles appeared in the
issues of Friday and Saturday last of
the Detroit journal. One had refer
ence to the outrageous Senate steal at
Lansing, and the other was carefully
compiled resume of the effects on trade
and prices of the Mckinley bill. The
Republican party of Michigan is fortu-
nate at this iuncture to have so able an
ally in its cause rs the journal, and we
believe the two articles referred To will
greatly aid the cause in the present
campaign.
Several members of the family of S.
p. Harvey, of Bangor, took what they
supposed 10 be quinine capsules Friday
morning. Will Harvey is principal of
the North-Side graded schools. While
engaged i'm his work he noticed that he
was growing sleepy and sent one of the
pupils home to warn the family. An
other son was found asleep. 1t was
with great difficulty that the effects of
the drug were overcome. The druggist,
by mistake, had given them morphine
instead of quinine.
Mrs. Angelina Danielson died at her
home in Mattawan on Saturday morn
ing last, aged n years The old lady
lived alone, and two or three days pre-
cedng her death she had been found
lying paralyZed on the floor, where she
had lain some 5wo days, in her night
clothes and nearly frozen. Her son and
other neighbors forced an entrance to
her house and found her in the condi-
ton as above.
Charles S. Williams, of Owosso, one
of the Democratic nominees for regent,
is lucky man, whether he wins or not.
An educated and refined lady Temporal
rily resident of Ogden, Utah, writes
us inquiring if our conscience will not
allow us to support Mr. W., and gives
her reasons for making the request.
Mr.. Williams should have had our cor
respondent in Michigan during the
campaign.
The Easter number of The Household
is gem In addition to the many
good things always found in its columns,
the number at hand has fine piece of
music appropriate for Easter. No
housewife should deny herself of the
many helps TO be found in this valuable
publication. The Household Co, so
Bloomfield ST., Boston, Mass, $1.10 per
year.
Thomas NJ. Wilson. the defaultlng
eX-clerk of the board of state auditors,
is dangerously i'll ut his home in Lans-
ing. All the energy and vitality char
acteristic of the man have departed
since the recent disclosures, And it is
stated that he has expressed to his
friends a wish that he may not recover.
We have received the initial number
of The Radical, published and edited at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, by F. j. Lyons, an ex-
Romanist evangelist who labored in
this vicinity for several months some
three years ago. Monthly, 80 cents
year.
Grace l.. Furniss, author of those very
popular parlor farces, "A Veneered
Savage" and "A Box of Monkeys"
contributed similar play, entitled,
"Tulu" To the number of Hdrper'S
Bdzdr published March 18th
An illustrated paperon the Nicaragua
Canal, giving an account of the pro-
gress and present condition of that
enterprise. formed one of the attractive
features of the number of Harper'S
Weekly published March 18th.
Hartford has hut one colored family,
that of Samuel Johnson, and the Day
Spring says every member of this fam
lily is sick