The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-03-30

newark, N d., WlSheS me address OF
any members of the old First Excelsior
Brigade who may chance to see this
notice, so that he may mail them circu-
lars and program Of reunion to be
held early in April.
The new method of voting is summed
up succinctly by Attorney General Ellis
who says when the voter does not wish
to vote straight" ticket, he should
put an X under the party name and
strike off from the ticket the names of
candidates for whom he does not wish
to vote; then place an X opposite the
names of candidates on the other ticket
for whom he does wish to vote.
On the evening of April 4th there will
be a meeting held at the Court House
for the purpose of organizing a Young
Mems Republican Club, and large
turn out is desired. 1t is through the
younger men of any association that
new energy is infused into its ranks,
and there should be young Republicans
enough in this vicinity to make things
hum" during the coming campaign.
A unique entertainment is booked
at Longwell's Opera House for March
81, to be conducted by j. w. Coffey, or
The Skeleton DUDE, assisted by Miss
Leone Vanira, who has won an envia-
BILE reputation as a whistler. Mr.. Cof-
fey has starred" it two seasons with
the Barnum show, and is living skele-
ton, being five feet nine inches tall and
weighing only 80 lbs. He is a living
parody on the dude, a perfect caricature
on mortality, and Is said TO make a
great hit wherever he goes.
The fourteenth convention of the
Paw Paw, Decatur, and Lawrence
Association was held at the Free Will
Baptist church on Saturday of last week.
1t was the decided to suspend the tri-
township association and organize each
township separately. l.. G.. Stewart
was appointed to attend to the organ
izatiOn of Decatur and III. Jacobs of
Lawrence. M. III. Pugsley was elected
president of Paw Paw, D. w. Rowland
ice-president, and w. j Bale secretary,
and treasurer.
A little before three o'clock yesterday
afternoon the ominous sound of the fire.
bell soon filled Main street with an
anxious crowd, and the fire engine was
speedily on its way to the residence of
Frank Harrison, in the southwest por-
ton of the town. The fire was confined
to the wing of the house and originated
in the attic, and the hook and ladder
company were so promptly on hand
that all danger was over by the time
the engine arrived, though little de-
lay would have resulted in quite blaze.
We would respectfully call the atten-
ton of the Hillsdale Democrat to the
status of affairs in our sister village of
as illustrative of chow they do
it" in anti-local-optiOn towns. Last
weeks Gazette says, Last Saturday
afternoon was time of more than
usual drunkenness and rioting on the
streets and that means a great deal"
1t then gives n deplorable account of
dirty, drunken, and disgusting wretch
es who reel about, engaging in numer-
Gus street brawls, and reveals gener-
ally deplorable state of affairs.
Commissioner Hinckley returned on
Friday from Lansing where he went to
make definite arrangements for the
summer Institute that is to be held here
this season. 1t will open about July 5,
and continue until the August eXamina
ton, and will be in charge of w. H.
Cheever, the progressive Superintend-
ent of the Lansing schools, than whom
no better conductor could be found.
Hinckley and Supts Sage
and O'Leary will assist in the work,
and the Institute will be of incalculable
value to the teachers of our country.
Text books will be used and much
Normal work be done, especial atten-
tion being given to new methods in
reading and number work. In fact, it
promises To be more like summer
Normal than regulation Institute.
The question of assessing highway
taxes on money basis, which is To be
decided by the voters of this township
on Monday next, is most important
one, for well graded roads are potent
factor in the prosperity of every COM
munity, to say nothing of the pleasure
derived therefrom Men of much expe-
rience claim that by this proposed
method the work would be done at
such times and places as would do
most good, and that the money expend-
ed would accomplish at least twice as
much as by the old hap-hazard method
of working out" the tax. Coming at
season when our roads are in their
worst condition, it is a propitious time
for the consideration of the sad truth
that the roads of Paw Paw township
are not, as a whole, what they should
be, and therefore something must be
wrong with the method SO long pur-
sued. Let every voter prepare himself
to vote intelligently upon this matter
At the Republican caucus held last
Saturday the name of c. w. Young was
placed at the head of the ticket. Mr..
Young needs no Introduction to the
voters of this township. He grew up
here and is known of all men. He has
been very successful as business man.
Some years ago he served the township
as supervisor for five consecutive years
in the most satisfactory manner. He is
peculiarly, and we might say eminently,
fitted for the duties of the office. The
assessment rolls in the township clerks
Office show that more personal property
was assessed, by several thousand dol
lars, than ever found its way on the roll
before or since his incumbency. No
favoritsm was shown, but each prop
erty holder paid taxes on what he pos
sessessed, whether rich or poor. This
town never had better service i'm this
Office than that rendered by Mr.. Young.