The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1893-01-18
In making the House COMMITTEES, we

In making the House COMMITTEES, W,
note that Speaker Tateum assigned
Hon. +. A. Wildey of this county a.
follows: Chairman of committee Oh
local taxation; third on fisheries, ano
second on committee on ways anC
means.
For several days past there has beer
no attempt made to run trains on the
Il. & >. III. west from this place. Both
the heavier engines are disabled, but
the pony" manages to keep commune
cation open between this place and the
Central.
The new union depot, corner of Fort
and Third streets, Detroit, will be
formally opened on Monday next. The
several roads which will enter this depot
are the Canadian Pacific, Detroit, Ian
sing ~ Northern, Flint d Pere Mar
quette, and the Wabash.
A South Haven dispatch to the Kala-
mazoo Telegraph says that projectors of
the scheme for converting the narrow
gauge into a standard gauge road, and
extending it To Marcellus or Leesburg
on the Grand Trunk, were in that place
last week looking over the situation.
The stereopticon views of "a trip a
round the world" and the lecture con
nected Herewith, given at the First
Baptist church last Saturday evening,
would have made a delightful evenings
entertainment if the temperature of the
room hadn't been quite so near zero.
Hon. j. j. Woodman addressed the
House at Lansing last week in favor of
bill appropriating $50, 600 for the agri-
cultural and live stock exhibits at the
Worlds Fair. The bill went through
the house with a "whoop," but it meets
with considerable opposition in the
! Senate
The series of papers of much prac-
tical value on pets in the Home" by
Olive Thorn Miller, will be begun in
the number of Harper'S Bazar for Jan
uary 21st. The same number will con-
tain charming short story, by
Gertrude Smith, entitled "a Lone Old
Woman"
The Welch Chair Co. is now comfor-
tably quartered in the old town hall
building and turning out some elegant
work. Atpresent they are giving spe-
cial attention TO repairing upholstered
furniture. They have handsome line
of goods and do good work at reasona-
be prices.
And now comes the Dowagiac tax
payers, kicking vigorously about their
electric light business, claiming that it
costs the city from $400 to 5000 per
month for what they characterize as
very poor service. They can get plenty
of dark for nothing. That's what we
use in Paw Paw.
Delegates from all over the civilized
world are flocking to Battle Creek for
the great Seventh-Day Advent conven-
tion which is to assemble in that city on
the 18th of February and remain in
session four weeks. 1t is expected to be
the largest gathering ever held by any
religious denomination.
Sheriff Thomas has announced the
following appointments to his staff:
Under sheriff, Wesley j. Thomas of
Paw Paw; deputies: w Il. Shrine and
j +. Showerman of Paw Paw, Ii. Ii.
Van Camp of Decatur, Dan Pool of
Hartford, Chris. Young of Gobleville,
John b. Vorce of Covert.
The oldest .inhabtant is now cover
hauling his catechism" in order to find
out how long since we enioyedC) just
such another spell of weather as for the
past five weeks. For thirty-three days
snow has fallen every day Tor night
and good portion of the time the
mercury has been "out of sight"
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank of
Paw Paw, held on the 10th inst, the
| following were elected directors for the
ensuing year: f. Smith, n M. Pugsley,
A. b. Copley, H. M. Olney, II. w.
Broughton, David Woodman and f. +.
Parks. No change was made in officers.
Jesse Wilson, aged S5 years, died at
his home i'm Almena, Wednesday, Jan.
11th, from apopleXy and paralysis.
Mr.. Wilson was an old pioneer, having
| lived on the farm where he died since
1855. He was the father of Mr.. IL. b.
Wilson of this place. Funeral services
at aim enaSaturday. Mrs. Wilson, the
wife, is very ILL.,
Further complications are arising in
the electric light matter. 1t is now un-
derstood that Geo. +. Fisher, secretary
of the Chase Electrical company of De-
troit, of whom G.. +. Harrison of the
Allegan Electric Light and Power Co.
agreed to purchase dynamo, will soon
begin a suit for damages against the
company. -Attegan Gazette.
The Decatur correspondent of tho
Detroit Tribune telegraphs a stick full
to that journal about great Farmers
Institute-an important gathering OF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, etc. After elabor-
ating and amplifying to his hearts
content he casually remarks, paran-
thetically as it were, that said Institute
was to convene at Paw Paw Oh!
Local weather wiseacres have been
telling us that we were to have no more
"old fashioned, York State winters
climatic changes were such that mildel
weather would prevail, and that finally
we should have no more snow in this
latitude. Twas pretty summer story
but twenty-seven inches of snow and
thermometers marking 12o below zero
tell different tale.
Who'll Pick de Cotton?" song anC
chorus by 5. W. Straub. This is one o.
the best songs that we have seen in a
long time. 1t is full of JUNCTION anC
: pathos peculiar to the race that "pickeC
de cotton" thirty years ago. 1t will
doubtless be very popular. The pub
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