The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-08-31
WHOLE NUMBER 1854

| The attention OF breeders, agrlcul-
turists, and all others interested in
Agricultural Fairs, is directed to the
adv. of the Allegan Fair in this paper.
The management are sparing neither
laher nor expense to make this the larg-
est and most attractive fair ever held
in Southwestern Michigan. Write G..
ii. Adams, sec'y, for premium lists and
other information.
Mr.. John Sherman, while driving a
valuable young Nighthawk colt on Kal-
amazoo street last Thursday evening,
collded with another rig and was
thrown from his sulky and seriously in
jured. His colt thrust one of its fore
| legs into the wheel of the other vehicle
and the leg was broken in three places.
The animal, which had been sold that
day for 5000 for delivery on Monday,
had to be shot at once
Some weeks ago we made mention of
a fearful accident happening to II ay
Warner, a lad of IA years living in
Wayne township, Cass county, in which
he was dragged about forty rods with
his feet fast in the Stats of his road cart
and his head hanging between the thill
of the cart and the wheel. He was
picked up unconscious and remained in
that condition for nearly five weeks,
when all at once he reused up and is
now rapidly recovering. He remem-
bers nothing since he was thrown out.
DR.. Rose of Decatur had charge of the
case, which he considers remarkable
one.
1t would seem to require the cheek of
an ironclad to go before an audience
fnp tVih ih,,ti &c 4
carry on the local option fight rs it has
been carried on. The trickery, chican-
cry and misrepresentation employed by
the detective bureau" would put to
shame the manipulators of fake horse
race. That this is fact is evidenced
by the withdrawal of the best men of
the lot from the local option camp. 1t
is SO all over the county, and right heie
at home they miss the support of such
men as Edgar Adriance, Samuel COnsa-
lus, DR.. Harrison, and scores of others,
lifelong temperance men and earnest,
consistent christian gentlemen.
The Labadie- -Rowell dramatic COM
pany will present the great drama "In-
gomar the Barbarian" at Longwell's
opera house this "wednesday evening.
This production was in the repertoire
of the late Lawrence Barrett, unques-
tionably the peer of Booth. 1t is classic,
abounding in grand situations and
thrilling climaXes, and chnnOt be ham
died by transformers" That full
house will greet this great combination
there is no doubt. AS "Ingomar" Mr..
Labadie stands well to the front among
the great delineators of that character,
while the "Parthenia" of Mrs. LaDadie
iS ft,l ,,f fa;t
fulneSs to nature. An excellent stock
company support the two stars.
The high place which the Paw Paw
public school occupies among the educa-
tional institutions of the state is due i'm
u large measure to the intelligent adj
miniStratiOn of the trustees and other
officers connected Herewith, and no
more fitting testimonial of appreciation
of their zeal in behalf of the school
could be rendered Messrs. II. w.
Broughton and j. w. Free, whose terms
as trustees expire now would be their
unanimous reelection. We are proud
of our school and wish to keep it up to
the high mark it has attained. TO this
end we should try no experiments so
long as true and faithful officers are
willing to serve. Turn out to the school
meeting Monday night and see to it
that these gentlemen are reelected.
In o. w. Rowland's compilation of
criminal statistics which we have had
occasion to call attention to heretofore,
he said the county didn't owe dollar;
that there was over 81, 900 in the treas
ury, and that it would probably not be
necessary to borrow, &c, &c. Now,
when the NORTHERNER has shown up
to the taxpayers the true condition of
he cOunty'S finances, viz: that $1,000
more Of tax was spread last fall than
ever before; that every dollar of it was
expended; that the only moneys i'm the
treaSurer's hands belonged to the school,
library, institute and drain funds, and
that the current expenses of the county
to-day are being pail from 60rroWed
money, Mr.. Rowland makes his paper
say that Van Buren, county will borrow
some thousands of dollars less this year
than in previous years to pay county ex-
penses until the taxes come in" Oh,
indeed! That's quite different tune.
But why did he SO grossly misrepresent
the case in the first placer And why is
he and his fellow plungers still recitlng
the same story in every school house
and at every crossroads in the county,
Is it because they think the erds VIII
justify any means employed?
We regret exceedingly being com
PEELED to dissent from statements made
by the clergy from their pulpits, as II IS
generally conceded that "the cloth, If
not infailible, are pretty nearly correct
in their utterances on issues OF fact; but
there are assertions being made contin-
uously by these gentlemen that are ma
terialIy divergent from the facts. 1t is
being charged on the occasion of every
temperament meeting held nowadays
that the statements made by this jour
nal with regard TO the financial condi-
ton of the county are not true. Now,
as a matter of fact, THEY ARE TRUE in
every particular. We have not employ
ed the use of single figure but those
taken from Mr.. Rowland's wonderful
compilation and from the books of the
county treasurer. We prove this by an
article in this issue from the pen of Mr..
G.. III. Butler, who was county treasurer
during the entire period under discus