The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-08-05
WHOLE NUMBER 1898


sequence of this Frank Thomas has to
divide himself up into two reliefs and
run all the trains-a perfect ''snap" for
Frank.
Reports to the state board of health
show diarrhoea, rheumatism, neuralgia
and bronchitis, in the order named, as
causing the most sickness in Michigan
during the week ending July %. Diph-
liberia is reported at % places, scarlet
fever at 27, typhoid fever at %, and
measles at 10 places.
Several driven wells in the northern
portion of the village, from which an
uninterrupted flow of water has been
had for years, have almost, and in one
or two instances entirely, gone dry.
Either the weather bureau or the bu
reau of navigation should be called up
on for an explanation of this freak.
Mrs. j w. Roberts and children left
Monday morning for Chicago, at which
point Mr.. Roberts will join them and
the party will proceed via st. Paul and
the Northern Pacific to Tacoma, their
new home. The best wishes of our en-
tire people go with Prof. Roberts and
his excellent family to their new field of
labor
Many will remember the disap-
pontment they brought upon them
selves by delaying the purchase of sea-
son tickets for the lecture course Of
last winter. To avoid this, the ladies
make their commencement early for the
coming course, and those who fail to
secure tickets cannot charge it to want
OF opp ppOrtunity.
With the exception of County Clerk
Anderson, there is not county officer
on duty this week Judge Heckert is
represented by j. +. Chandler; Sheriff
Thomas by j +. Showerman; Treasurer
Wells by A. T. Anderson, while Miss
Hope Tyner holds the helm at the reg
ister's Office. All the absent officials are
Grand Army men and are at the Ma
tional Encampment.
Instead of the usual yearly expendi-
ture for paints, oils and varnishes for
Frightening up the interior of our pub
lie school building, it occurs to us that
corps of good strong women, armed
with soap, water and scrubbing brushes,
would be more effectual and more in
the line of economy. Let us try it once,
as an experiment What say you, gen
tlemen of the school board?
AS the season advances it becomes
more and more evident that the apple
crop of this section will be light one.
Orchards that six weeks ago gave prom
isc of u good yield are now almost bar
rem of fruit, and the few apples which
still cling to the branches are under
sized, misshapen and flavorless. Will
some horticulturist tell us what is the
matter with our apple trees?
Floyd Bush, aged 10 years, only son
of Phil Bush of Gobleville, was drowned
at Mill lake, near that village, on the
afternoon of the Goth ult The lad was
unable to swim and waded beyond his
depth. Two boys, Willie Austin and
Otie Long, were with him-One sitting
in a boat watching him bathe and the
other picking berries near by. The
alarm was given and the body recov-
cred in very few minutes, but life was
extinct. Floyd was a general favorite,
and his untimely death has cast pail
of gloom over large circle.
By an ordinance passed by the village
council last Friday night, owners of
shade trees bordering the streets are
required to trim the same SO that their
branches will not interfere with the
efficiency of the electric lights. This is
to be done not later than the 10Th inst.
The street commissioner will furnish
teams for the removal of the brush. 1t
is hoped and expected that property
owners will promptly and cheerfully
comply with the requirements of this
ordinance. Then, with our sidewalks
in good condition and our streets well
lighted, our village will present an APP
pearance of which we may all be justly
proud.
DR.. j. ID. Hamilton is not of that class
of business men which believes in re-
ducing advertising space, or quits adj
vertising altogether, when the usual
dull season of midsummer comes. On
the contrary, he seizes upon this oppor-
tunity to look through his stock; make
memoranda of lines that are running
low; order larger invoices of such goods
as his trade tells him are in special de-
mand, and keep the people informed as
to his ability to supply their needs. He
is none of your seidlitz powder fellows,
that phiz and foam and slop over, and
then ilatten out into insipidity; he is in
the procession to stay, and if the others
falter and fall out by the wayside, he
has little procession of his own and
keeps the band playing.
The headquarters train which left
Lawton at 1915 Monday morning con-
sisted of six coaches, filled with COM
rades from Brodhead Post of Paw Paw,
Ellsworth Post of Hartford, Wadsworth
Post of Lawrence, Burnside Post of De-
catur l.. T.. Woodman Post of Lawton
and Geo Allen Post of Covert. Many
of the comrades were accompanied by
the ladies of their families. The head
quarters car "a Pullman) was beauti-
fully decorated with flags and bunting.
At Kalamazoo Hon. and Mrs. G..
Burrows boarded this car and continued
of the party until'the arrival of the train
at Detroit. The coaches from South
Haven, over the X. IL s. II. having on
board the Posts from South Haven,
Bloomingdale and Gobleville, aud
veterans from the various stations
along the line, were attached to the
headquarters train at Kalamazoo, so
that the train which pulled out of the
Celery city consisted of eight coaches,
filled TO the doors. At Jackson the only
stopping place between Kalamazoo and