The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-02-23


Will Miller is indisposed TO an extent
that has confined him to his house fol-
several days.
On Tuesday evening next the Odd
Fellows of Paw Paw will have "Long.
fellow" social at their hall All Odd
Fellows and their families are cordially
invited.
A double all wool brown ashaw. was
lost somewhere between Paw Paw and
Plum Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 30, last
The finder will be suitably rewarded 10y
leaving it at the store of +. Smith & Co
+. III. Woodman will sell at auction
March 9Th, commencing at 10 a. M,
four head of horses some hogs, n large
Wnantity of farm tools and machinery,
pd twelve or fifteen tons of hay. ii
McCabe, organist.
Unofficial returns from most of the
TOWNSHIPS in Allegan county indicate
that the local option law was carried al
the special election held Monday by a
majority of something like one thousand.
The vote was very light in every voting
precinct in the county.
Beauty and attractiveness are attain
ing Royal Worcester Corsets They i'm
prove poor form and give to a good
form that elegance of appearance which
a woman desires These goods are sold
n Paw Paw by Sellick a. Co.
The newly-appointed medical exam
ming pension board for southwestern
Michigan has organized as follows:
President, DR.. G. NJ. Bell Benton Har-
Dor; secretary, DR.. Otis Moor, Niles;
treasurer, DR.. g. r. Herkimer,. Dowa-
giac. The board meets at Niles.
Capt. Ed. Stewart of the South Haven
Sentinel has long been the acknowl-
edged authority on snake matters In
the last issue of his paper he gives the
following timely hint: "As spring opens
and you can again get out through the
country and meander through the beau
tiful tall green grass, there is one thing
you should remember about snakes. If
you surprise one and it runs it is the
male, while if it stops to do battle il is
the female. OF course it is case where
you can use-your own judgment about
dealing gently with the weaker SEX"
Hon. L. L. Lyon, superintendent of
the state experimental station at this
port, says the late warm weather did
not continue long enough to start the
growth of fruit buds The great peach
crop in Southwestern Michigan is still
uninjured, and the prospects are favor
able for a plentiful crop. The thorough
work of the local yellows commissioners
in destroying infected trees for several
years past has practically done away
with the pest. Peach trees and small
fruits will be extensively planted in
many sections of the lake shore fruit
belt the coming Season.-SOaM HdCen
Sentinel
Rev Irl r. Hicks "March forecasts
are gloomy enough. He gives us a con
! tinued round of storms from the 3d to
the 29th, divided into four separate
| periods, probably to allow them a
chance to change hands at the bellows, :"
and promises that each period will close
by polar wave of great seYelity for
the season. Tornadoes in ttEd south
and billiards and snow blockades in
the north are expected to be ON tap all
the way from the 4th to the Sth, and
| from the 18th to the 18th the whole
country from the Pacific to the Atlantic
will be swept. The month will close
cold and fair. On the whole, Mr.. Hicks
does not set up very cheerful bill of
fair for the coming month.
Frederick Westfall, living four or five
miles southwest of Covert, afteI at
tempting to kill his wife ended his own
life "Wednesday morning by cutting his
throat, the arteries in his wrists, and
ending the job by hanging himself.
Before killing himself he set the house
on fire, but both bodies were carried
! from the house before the fire reached
them. Westfall had quarreled with his
wife, who had hit him over the head
with Il plate He seized butcher knife
and lascerated her head, face and hands
terribly. She guarded off the blows so
that none proved fatal, though she is
seriously wounded. A teu-year son
went to his mothers assistance with a
pitchfork, but the father intimidated
! him by threatening To shoot him with
a revolver
This issue of the NoRTHERNER begins
a new volume and the management has
| decided To commemorate the event by
new departure-One that we have had
under consideration for long time and
one which many of our friends and
patrons have importuned us to make,
viz: TO reduce the subscription price of
the paper To one dollar year. Com
mencing with this date and number
and continuing for period of ninety
days Gas an experiment. we will furnish
the NoRTHERNER one year for one
dollar. That all may have the benefit of
this reduction alike, this offer applies
TO all subscribers who renew for one
year during the ninety days, and To all
new subscribers sending in their money
during the period specified If this
plan works as well as we trust it will,
one dollar year will become the per
manent price of the paper. If not, at
the end of the ninety days we shall go
back to the old price.
The Chicago Inter Oceaa has in its
circulating department. alone nearly
one hundred men and women, not TO
mention the carriers who deliver the
paper to all parts of the city before