The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-08-03
Mrs. f. r. Morgan has been enjoying

Mrs. +. X. Morgan has been enjoyin,
a visit with her father, Mr.. G. A. Hook
er of Allegan, and cousin, Mrs. Eft;
Perrin of Coldwater.
Supt. of Public instruction Fitch o
Lansing delivered lecture on English
politics before large audience at the
Disciple church Monday evening.
Mrs. DR.. Ocobock leaves to-day fol
Denver, where she will probably spend
six months with her daughter Edna
Fred accompanies his mother as far as
Chicago. They go via South Haven
and the lake.
Mrs. John / Breck arrived home from
England last Thursday, having enjoyed
her trip out and back exceedingly. Mr.
Breck is detained at Montreal, where
his sheep are held in quarantine foI
fourteen days before being allowed to
be shipped inland.
The Allegan Journal reports, as the
effects of the electric storm of last
Thursday night, the burning of four
barns in different parts of the county,
the killing of several head of stock and
the partial wrecking of a dwelling
house in the village.
G. IL. Adams, sec'y of the Allegan
County Agricultural society, and W. w.
Peck of South Boardman, Mich, made
us pleasant call on Monday. Mr..
Adams informs us that they are deter
mined to outdo this fall any previous
fair ever held by them. Their dates
are Sept. q to Oct. l.
The Peoples county convention held
at Hartford, July 30th, after filling the
delegation to the state convention at
jackson and electing |. W. Van Fossen
chairman of the county committee in
place of o. S. MCGOWAN, resigned ad-
journed to Saturday, Aug. 13, at the
same place, when a county ticket will
be put in nomination.
David Sanborn, proprietor of the San
born House, Marcellus, died last Thurs
illness. He had been identified with
the material interests of his village for
many years; was ig-hearted, liberal
citizen, and will be sincerely mourned
by a wide circle of friends. He leaves
a wife and three grown children.
N. o. Martins mare Nellie Nj. started
at Marcellus last Thursday with field
of three in 3-minute race, best two in
three, and won easily in two straight
heats. This young mare is doing some
very fine work under the skillful hand
ling of Jerry Baker, and later on she
will be heard from in more Important
events. Mr. Baker is also handling
horses for Geo. III. Rix, Mat. Murphy
and John Gould-all good ones and all
doing finely.
A little before midnight Monday the
old "toll house" on the west side, now
owned and occupied by John Syke, Jr.,
as an ice house, was discovered to be on
fire, and before the engine could be got
to the scene the building was too far
gone to try to save, and was in ashes
in short space of time. About 60 tons
of ice was stored in the building. There
are many rumors afloat about "boot-
leg" beer and midnight oil, but they are
vague, contradictory, and entirely un-
trustworthy.
The Berrien county Democratic con-
vention was held at Berrien Springs on
Wednesday of last week. After nominat-
ing county ticket and ratifying the
Chicago ticket and platform, resolu-
was adopted indorsing Roman I. Jarvis
of Benton Harbor for congress. Jarvis
is well known here, having lived in
this village for several years in the 70s.
He is glib-tongued fellow, and if he
isn't an anarchist pure and simple he
has reformed of late. Nominate him
for congress, gents, and we will look up
his pedigree.
A splendid rain shower Thursday
evening had a tendency of putting
everybody and everything into good
nature with themselves and their sur
roundings. For five or six days pre-
ceding that not one man in a dozen
could look thermometer squarely in
the face without suspecting the instru-
ment of lying few degrees and of in
dicating a lower temperature than act
ually prevailed. Nothing makes one
suffer from the heat as much as to watch
a thermometer that doesn't mark the
weather up to his opinion of it.
Gilbert H. Hudson of Bloomingdale
announces himself as candidate for
sheriff of this county, subject to the de-
cision of the Republican county con-
vention. Mr.. Hudson was born in this
county AZ years ago aud has always
lived here excepting only the time
while battling for the old flag in the
ranks of the First Michigan cavalry.
He has always been Republican, al
ways worker, and his only reward has
been the consciousness of having given
a good account of every talent entrust-
ed to his keeping. Those who have
known Mr.. Hudson all his life are his
warmest supporters.
Now that Van Buren, county is to
have two representatives in the state
legislature, instead of one as contem-
plated by the gerrymander which has
just been declared unconstitutional,
our neighbors of the Northern district
are looking about for their best timber,
of which they have plenty. We heard
yesterday the name of Mr.. Gilbert
Mitchell, of Geneva, mentioned by
gentlemen prominent in their respec-
tive localities in the northwest corner
of the county. Mr.. Mitchell would be a
credit to any constituency, and we
should be delighted to hear that he had
been selected by our neighbors to
them.
On Wednesday of last week Anson
Goss of Bangor placed in Arlington hill
cemetery the finest monument in the
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