The true northerner., 1892-09-07
WHOLE NUMBER 1855

l.. III. Harrison and G.. +. Harrison,
co-partners, doing business under the
firm name of the Paw Paw Electric
Light and Power CO., on the 1st inst.
commenced suit in the circuit court
against the village of Paw Paw in an
action of trespass on the case for S2O,-
900. This suit is the outcome of the
ordinance recently passed by the council
annulling the electric light contract. A
hot fight may be confidently looked
for. The summons is returnable Oct. IA.
The thirteenth annual reunion of the
Soldiers and Sailors association of
Southwestern Michigan, held at Sturgis
last week, was an unqualified success.
The attendance was large and every
thing passed off pleasantly. Comrade
X. X. Pealer of Three Rivers was elect
ed president of the association; A.
Brakeman, Otsego, Secy; G.. M. Hall,
Union City, treas'r. The following
county vice-presidents were elected
ii. +. Thomas, Allegan; II. ID. Dix,
Berrien; VIM. Wyrill, Branch; G. f.
Shaefer, Cass; III. l.. Wilkins, Calhoun;
u. G. Chase, Kalamazoo A. j. Kaiser,
ST. Joseph; n. w. Holcomb, Van
Buren.
At meeting of the Republican state
central committee, held at its head
quarters in Detroit on Friday of last
week, it was decided to call state con-
vention to meet ut Grand Rapids Sept.
9th to nominate a candidate for
associate justice of the supreme court,
and also candidate for secretary of
state to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Dan Soper. Under the
10, hx- ho oI,
of the committee, secretary elected to
fill vacancy will take office as soon as
the vote on state officers is canvassed,
and this would permit the secretary of
state to have a voice in canvassing the
election returns for the state legislature.
e. +. Gilman returned Monday from
the Detroit Exposition where he had
been with his string of Cleveland Bays.
He didn't get quite all the prizes Of
fered by the association, but fair share
of them at least, itemiZed as follows:
1st on yr. old stations, End on 3 VI. old
stations, 1st and End on 2 yr. old stall
lions, lst on yearling stations, 1st and
End on yr old mares, 1st on yr. old
mares, 1st on 2 yr. old mares, 1st on
stallion and four mares of any age, sill
yer medal on best stallion of any age,
silver medal on best mare of any age,
gold medal on handsomest and best
horse, stallion, mare or gelding of any
age or any breed against 20 entries. His
horses are at Lansing, where they will
be exhibited during the state fair next
week.
We can conceive of no debatable
question, either side of which could
long stand such Incorporate harangues
in its favor as those used by most of the
prO-optiOn speakers, and especially that
delivered in this village last Sunday
evening. Such teachings as those of
the speaker on the occasion referred To
emanate neither from an over-stocked
brain nor heart filled with anything
sweeter than gall and NORWOOD"
Their only effect is to disgust and repel,
and there can be no doubt that such
utterances are largely responsible for
the alienation of many lifelong temper
ance men from the camp of the local
optionists. In looking over the list of
townships giving maiorities adverse to
the law, il becomes evident that, had
the campaign been longer and these
over-zealous speakers had more time
to educate() the people on the topic at
issue, they would have lost every town
ship in the county; for where the most
of that class of work was done-in Ant
werp, Decatur, Hamilton, Keller, Paw
Paw and South Haven-every township
voted in the negative from 10 to 113
majority.