The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-05-18

watery depths.
On Wednesday evening the work of
Paw Paw Lodge A. o. ". w. was in.
spected by Grand Master Workman
Burns, who spoke in highly compli-
mentary terms of the work being done
by the Order.
Muskegon, Saginaw, jackson, Lam
sing, and Adrian have all formed inn
provement companies and hung out
their shingles as "boom towns" with
great inducements offered TO manufac-
turing concerns.
There will be meeting of the Ladies
Lecture Association at the Court House
on Friday, May 81, at 2:30 p. m. 1t
is hoped every member will make an
extra effort to attend, as it will be an
important meeting.
The First Division of the Ladies' Aid
Society, comprising eleven energetic
members, will give social at the Pres
byterian parlors this evening. Supper
from to z, followed by short pro-
gram. Come everybody.
The delegates from the several town
ships and villages will meet with the
Soldiers Relief Commission at Bangor
on Thursday, May 26, at 10 a. m. Old
soldiers are requested to hand names
OF INDECENT comrades to their delegates.
Rufus Bigelow of Arlington, a gentle
man 20 years of age and an old settler
of that place, was instantly killed at
Grand junction on Tuesday, May 10.
His team becoming unmanageable ran
away, throwing him out and breaking
his neck
our Rural Homes, a monthly agri-
cultural paper, will hereafter be issued
from this office by Messrs. Glidden and
Martin, under the editorship of the
former gentleman who has already
demonstrated his ability to make good
farmers paper.
Paw Pawites are kicking vigorously
over the recent taking off of the Kala-
mazoo accommodation, thereby leaving
our mail to wait for the train from Jack
son. 1t is great Inconvenience for our
business men to wait until middle of
the forenoon for their morning mail.
On Monday evening at Masonic Hall
the Royal Arch degree was conferred
on DR.. Whalen, Rev. A. G.. Jones, and
Cyrus Sherrod, after which all repaired
to the Dyckman House where fine
banquet was spread for them. The
dining room was filled by the merry
party, visiting members being in attend
ance from Decatur, Lawton, Lawrence,
Mattawan, and Kendall.
Geo. III. Paine, secretary OF the
National Loan and Investment Com
pany of Detroit, was in town last week
looking over the business in this section
and gives very flattel'ing report of the
Companys condition. He says that,
though they are taking in money at the
average rate of $1,000 per day, they can
not supply the demand made upon
them for loans. This shows that the in
stitution is as much of a convenience
to borrowers as to lenders.
Young Harry Nash, son of Ed. Nash,
met with quite an accident on Monday
night. A horse for which he was car
ing suddenly began kicking, striking
him in the face and breaking the bridge
of his nose. He was also injured about
the back, though at this writing it is
not considered serious. Mrs. Nash is
subject to heart difficulty, and the eX-
citement induced quite a severe attack,
SO that the accident created consides-
able stir in the neighborhood
1t is an i'll wind that blows nobody
any good" and the long stretch of cloudy,
rainy weather has been such an ideal
! time for the terracing of our streets
that the good work has gone on continu-
ously and, at the present rate, terracing
will soon be the rule rather than the
exception, even the business portion of
Main street having caught the infection
Now if we could only have water works,
our little town might vie in beauty with
any village in this broad land.
The new Childs-Drexel Printers
Home recently dedicated in Colorado
Springs, over-looks the Garden of The
Gods and is constructed of white lava
stone with red sandstone trimmings, al
a cost of $50, 900. The two philanthropiC
gentlemen after whom it is named con
tributed the first $40, 900, and the Inter
national Typographical Union has done
the rest. 1t is noble work and an en-.
during testimonial to the fraternal
sympathy existing among members OF
the craft.
We omitted to announce last week
that there will be regular services al
the Presbyterian church for the next
three months, as Rev. III. w. Harvey
has kindly consented to act as "chink
iuS lOi OhdO lChSIu VI tiihCy uuli ~
which he will occupy the pulpit when
ever no candidate is at hand, on condi
ton that the search for regular pas
tor be vigilantly continued. Mr.. Har
vey's many friends are congratulating
themselves on even this short opportu
nifty to hear his eloquent sermons. Next
Sunday evening Mr.. Harvey will com
mence series of lectures on Bible his
tory and geography which will be illus
trated by means of large outline maps
Mrs. Jacob Shutters of Paw Paw has
a son who, six years ago, went tc
Colorado fortune-hunting, declaring he
would not return until he was
successful. 1t looks now as If his
dreams were about to be realized, for q
recent copy of the Telluride, published
at San Miguel, Colorado, contains the
following regarding this same young
man; "John Mcdonald of San Miguel
while prospecting up Mill Creek back
of that village, discovered blanket
deposit of mineral that had been ex
posed by a rock and dirt slide, that may
turn out to be the Lost Bonanza" from
which it is believed has come the large