The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-11
Our NeighbOrs.

T. b. Roberts, well-known colored
man of Pine Grove township, took a
rather questionable method of raising
the wind" a short time ago. He drew
up a note and mortgage for 1925 AID
signed some other mans name to them.
Armed with these material evidences
of wealth, he went to Allegan and sold
them to Gen. ID. Il. Prtchard for their
face value. The sequel To this little
piece of financiering is that Roberts
last week pleaded guilty in the Allegan
circuit court to a charge of forgery.
Benton HarDor and st. Joseph have
about agreed on plan of consolida-
ton, and now they are searching for IL
new name without any semblance To
either of the old ones. These have
been suggested: Neapols. Venice, Al
ger, Rochelle, st. Mary, La Sale FL
dorado, Winchester, Amazonia, West
Liverpool, Freeport, Port Washington,
Bluff City and WATERFOWL.
The general conference of the Sew
enih-day Adventist church convened in
Battle Greek last Thursday. The dele
CATION in attendance is the largest ever
known in the history of the conference.
Thirty states are represented and six
European countries have sent dele
gates, as well as Australia and South
Africa.
Six of the oldest conductors on the
Michigan Central railroad were dis
charged last Wednesday because of dis
cOvelieS 10y spotter in the general SUI
perlntendent's office They are Me
Hawley, l.. ) Rogers, Charles Cham
bers, Charles Sperry, +. a. Grosvenor
and Abner Devell.
h.. ed C hoa
show influenza, bronchitis, neuralgia
and rheumatism in the order named as
causing the most sickness i'm Michigan
during the week ending February %.
Diphtheria was reported at ~ places,
scarlet fever at 46, typhoid fever at 10
and measles at 30 places.
VIM. Il. Wells, the well-known De.
troit lawyer and lecturer on law at the
state university dropped dead in the
Wayne circuit court room last Tuesday
morning. Just ~ he had concluded an
argument in case he was conducting,
from heart failure.
The first annual sparriug and wrest-
ling contest for the championship of
Michigan will be given under the aus
pieces of the Michigan Athletic assOcia-
ton on Friday and Saturday evenings,
March 20 and 81, at the Lyceum thea
ter, Detroit.
orr Little ones md the Nursery for
March is one of the brightest numbers
we have seen of that always bright and
interesting magazine for the little peo-
pile Published at 81 80 per year by the
Russell Publishing Co., Boston, Mass.
Postmaster-E Editor Becraft, of Dowa.
giac, is so far recovered from an eight
weeks illness as To be able To ascend
the stairs to the sanctum of the Repub-
tican. So says his paper, and we are
glad to note the fact.
The total registration at the state
university up to date is: Literary 1 ,134,
law $50, medical 397, dental 141, phar-
macy SO, homeopathy 78; total 2,435.
The largest enrolment of any college
in the United States.
The Detroit Journals calendar for
1891 is the neatest specimen of typogra-
ply, engraving, enclosing and press
work we have seen in many a day.
The total number of Grand Army
posts in Michigan is 403, and the mem
bership in good standing on the Both of
September last was 20, 903.
The Schoolcraft village authorities
are wrestling with the problem of how
TO suppress card playing and the sale
of playing cards in their village.
Hon. j. G.. Burrows has arrived at
his home in Kalamazoo. Senator Stock
bridge will be detained at Washington
until about April 1.
The annual meeting of the Cass
County Wool-Growers' association will
be held at Vandalia on the 9th and
18th inst
On the Detroit board of trade last
Saturday, May wheat sold as high as
S1.0j, declining and closing weak at
S1.03i.
nUsEa pUa.ER pusES.