The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-20
WHOLE NUMBER 1922

The NoRTHERNER believes it would
pay the village government of Paw Paw
To purchase and keep team of heavy
horses To draw the engine. IL already
owns the lot on which small barn
might be erected in the rear of and ad-
joining the engine house. A man is al
ways in the employ of the corporation,
and it would not materially add to his
"chOres" to take care of a team. If
thought advisable to allow the team to
be away from the engine house at all
more than for needed exercise, ii might
be employed in hauling gravel for the
streets in summer and clearing side
walks of snow i'm winter. Gentlemen
OF the council, why not give this sug-
gestion little thought?
Postoffice Inspector Fitz was here
last week for the purpose of settling up
with Postmaster Mcclellan and seeing
that all was clear sailing for his sue
cessor when he should step in. The
task of the inspector was not a difficult
one. He informed the NORTHERNER
that he found Mr.. McKellar's books
and accounts exceptionally clean and
free of errors his cash balancing to q
penny. And right here we wish to add
that Mr.. McKellar retires from the
management of the Office with the
hearty good will of all its patrons, ire
spective of party, and, what is of far
greater value even than this, the con-
sciousness of an arduous duty discharged
to the satisfaction of himself, the people
and the government
There seems to be no abatement of
the prevailing epidemic as yet-the
number of cases being fully as great as
at any time since it appearance among
us. Our local physicians are riding and
prescribing day and night and are well
nigh worn out by their constant vigils.
While the young and middle-aged SEEM
to withstand the attacks of the disease
with little difficulty, it is a matter of
more serious moment with the aged, as
witness the mortality among the latter
class of patients in this neighbOrhOod
of late. Among those more seriously i'll
at present are: Col. w. r. Hawkins,
Mrs. DIR. Dunning, Mrs Martha Bills.
Mrs. l.. Crandall, Mrs. &. p. Rawson,
Gen. and Mrs. T. A. Granger, Mrs. A.
G.. Jones, Mrs. Jessie M. Brown, Mrs
Mead, Mr.. Merriman.
The Hartford Day Spring character
izes the proposed lighting of the court
room with electricity as an additional
extravaganza, and commends in neg
atve sort of way the refusal of the
board of supervisors to allow it. Now,
the facts are about these: Eight mean
descent lamps would suffice for the
room That would cost eight cents per
hour; and as two or three hours would
be the extreme limit of time they would
be used in any one evening, the expense
could not exceed twenty-fonr cents per
evening session. Now, then, figure up
the cost of oil, chimneys, time of janit0r
in taking care of and lighting lamps,
and the Extravaganza" of the proposed
method will he found to exist only in
the imagination of the editor and the
churishness of the board
At Beatrice. Neb, on the evening of
the Sth inst, was given IN interesting
exhibit of typewriting and stenograph
ic skill, in which Mr.. G.. Fl. McGurrin,
court reporter for this judicial circuit,
cclipsed all former performances of his
own and broke the worlds record by
attaining "a speed of l6l words per min
ute on No. Remington typewriter,
and 333 words per minute in shorthand.
After the accomplishment of these
wonderful feats Mr. McGurrin gave ex-
hibitiOns of typewriting blindfolded
the keyboard of the machine, operating
it in this manner with marvellous pro-
iiciency Another test was to demon
strate the speed of the carriage, or
least time occupied in writing a full
line of sXty-five letters, which he ac =
complished in five seconds on No. 2
instrument.
The lecture of Hon Samuel Phelps
Leland, on Friday evening last, which
was SO skillfully arranged and happily
presented, gave universal pleasure and
satisfaction To our people. Despite the
prevailing sickness, the opera house
was well filled with an attentive audi
ence While the subject of World
Making" was, To us, an attractive one,
our interest was intensified by the rare
faculty which the speaker possesses of
communicating his own enthusiasm To
his hearers. The subject matter was
of value, and its explanation couched
in well-chosen, smoothly flowing Ian
guage, interspcrsed by flights of fancy
and finely rounded periods of eloquence
which were a delight to all who were
to listen. The attractive
and dainty draping of the
stage were due To the taste and skill of
Mr. and Mrs M. d. Buskirk. 1t is
very gratifying To the ladies to find the
gentlemen SD willing to "lend hand"
in any way that shall contribute to the
success of their enterprise.