The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-18

FOR the past TWO years Branch county
has had local option, which has proved
a dismal failure. A special election was
held in that county last Monday TO de-
eide whether local option should con-
tinue or return be made TO high
license, when local option was defeated
by very decisive vote.
The music loving people of Paw Paw
will seldom have an opportunity to hear
as fine male quartet as the Orpheus
Club, which appears at Longwell's on
Thursday evening, May "a. This club
comes with the most fiattering CON-
mendation of the press from all parts of
the state. Admission, 20 cts; reserved
sets, 30 cts. Tickets at Longwers.
The Michigan supreme court has de-
cided that a bicycle rider has just as
much right in the road as a buggy, and
drivers must turn out and give them
half of the road. Drivers are liable for
all damage done to a wheel or its rider
in case the wheelman is not given half
the highway. Farmers and others who
drive on public roads should paste this
in their hats.
The manager of the Chicago Weekly
Inter ocean has given notice to the pub
fishers of all newspapers throughout the
country that the clubbing rates now af-
forded them will cease June l, 1884, so
we are enabled to extend the time in
which we giUe the Inter Ocean aaOay to
all new subscribers, and all old ones
who pay up to one year in advance, to
the date above mentioned. From and
after that date the Inter ocean cannot
be secured for anything less than its
regular subscription price-S1 a year.
Thus it behooves all who wish to avail
themselves of the unprecedented offer
OF the two papers one year for one dol
lar TO act quickly.
On Saturday evening, May 2Sth, the
editorial force of the Kalamazoo Daily
NeUS will retire from the Office in favor
of the ladies, who will issue an edition
on Monday, May 21, which will be
unique in the newspapers experience of
Kalamazoo, as every article contained
in the paper will be written by a woman.
and the entire work of the paper-ed-
torials, Stories poems, society news. To-
Gals, church announcements, business
management and mailing will be in
their charge. The proof reading, and
all work outside the printing depart
ment, will be in their hands. The pro-
ceeds from the advertising. sale of the
paper, etc, will go to the Industrial
school. The paper will be for sale by
the regular agent here and will be in
great demand.
Henry johnson, well known char
acter here and who has spent the major
part of his life in 'shantying out" along
the streams and around the lakes in
this vicinity, died Friday evening, aged
about AZ years. Deceased was about
town during the day Friday and told
several of his acquaintances that he was
not feeling well and feared he was GO
ing to have an attack of fever and be
laid up for time. This was as late
as O'clock Two hours later he was
dead. Telegrams were sent to brother
of deceased, A. l.. johnson, living at AL
Logan, and to a married sister, Mrs. F.
K. Jones of Grand Rapids, both of whom
came on at once. The funeral services
were held Monday afternoon and the
remains laid away in the family lot in
the Bangs cemetery.
Many people are mystifed over the
manifestations given by Mrs. Joseph
Seereiter, spiritualistic medium living
at Battle Creek. In the presence of a
crowd of people, in the daytime, Mrs.
Seereiter will wash her hands in bowl
of water and then wipe them dry. Sub
mitting her left hand to the inspection
of any one desiring it, she will hold it
aloft, close ii for moment, and upon
opening it again it will be found satur-
ated with oil, which will sometimes run
oyer the hand and drip upon the floor.
This she uses to heal any i'm the audi
ence who may be suffering with head
ache or any other pains. She claims it
has been given her for healing pur-
poses. Mrs. Seereiter is the wife of a
prominent business man and is II very
worthy lady, and would not enter upon
any scheme of deception.
One of the most terrific rain storms,
by almost incessant peals
of thunder, visited this section Tuesday
night, commencing little before mid
night and continuing until nearly day
light. The atmosphere was surcharged
with electricity to that extent that the
whole heavens seemed a-baze, while
tongues of forked lightnings darted in
rapid succession hither and thither
a-twart the blazing dome, rendering
the scene one of terrible grandeur. A
few minutes before midnight an electric
bolt followed the wires into the tele-
graph office at this pl ace, burning out
the wires, and undoubtedly would haye
set the building on fire had it not been
discovered by the night watchman, +.
b. Lord, who forced an entrance and
the blaze. G.. III. Butler
informs us that 451 inches of water fell
during the night at his place.