The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-04

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brought his family here and will be.
come permanent resident.
Neil Graine left Tuesday forenoon
for Kalamazoo to join Peter V. Johnson's
forces and string of trotters for the sum
mer campaign. The horses were shipped
to Grand Rapids Wednesday.
The publication of Mr.. Du Maurier's
'Trilby" will not be completed in Har-
per's Magazine until August. 1t is an
nounced that the novel will be brought
out in book form soon afterwards.
Holmes & Bilsborrow have the very
finest stock of fishermens goods ever
shown here, comprising everything in
that line from the old stand-bys of our
boyhood days to the latest fads of mod
crn sportsmen. See their adv.
James Heddon, proprietor of the
Dowagiac Times, has commenced the
publication of the Bee Keepers Quarter
| ly, the initial number of which would
indicate that it will be a great help TO
all engaged i'll the keeping of bees.
ID. ID. Crofoot returned last Saturday
| from Tennessee, where he had been to
close up the deal for the property he
contracted for some time since. On
getting right down to business, it was
discovered that the title to the property
was "cloudy" SO the trade is off.
Bishop Foley of Detroit confirmed a
class of twenty at st. Mary's church
Wednesday forenoon. The ceremony
was witnessed 10y large congregation
and was very impressive. Miss kittie
| Fitch, new conl ert to the faith, was
| baptized and received into the church.
A lady patron at Lawton in sending
in her renewal for THE NORTHERNER,
says: II couldn't keep house without
the paper, and shall value the Inter
Ocean which you are SO generously Civ
ing your patrons. If there are any
other good things on your free list, send
them along"
The village dads have finally reached
high water mark in making the assess
ment for village taxes, the rate being
| fixed this spring at l per cent of the
valuation the maximum allowed by
the charter. However, if this does not
raise sufficient revenue, the valuation
may he raised ad infnitum until we are
all millionaires.
As it is conceded that Van Buren
county will name the next state senator
for this district, the matter of selecting
| the right man is under consideration.
| Several good ones have bee mentioned,
the last of them being Hon. &. ID. Law
ton. AS the nomination is one of mu-
tual interest, the Gazette sincerely hopes
Mr.. LawtOn will become his cOunty's
choice. So very highly qualified is he for
the place, it is no disparagement of the
abilities of the other gentlemen named
to say that Mr.. Lawton is the best
equipped of them all.-AHegan Gazette.
Chauncey f. Ocobock of Chicago and
Miss Edith b. Newell of Antwerp were
married yesterday forenoon at the home
of the bride, Rev. Anna Barton officlat-
ing. The wedding was quiet affair,
no invitations being extended save to
the immediate family friends of the
principals and the high school gradu-
ates of the class of 80, of which the
groom was member. The newly
welded pair took the noon train for
Chicago, where they will at once settle
down To the stern realities of life.
"Chan" has a lucrative position in the
u. 5. mail service, where his trustwor-
thness and close application to busi-
ness have gained for him rapid pro-
motion and preferment.
The state legislature to be elected
next fall will have two United States
senators to elect-one to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Stock
bridge, whose term would have expired
in March 1899, and one in the place of
Senator Mcmillan, whose term expires
i'm March 1895. The death of Senator
Stockbridge will undoubtedly make it
certain that Mr.. Mcmillan will succeed
himself, and the struggle will be for the
unexpred term of Senator Stockbridge.
While under ordinary circumstances
the temporary appointee of Gov. Rich
might be considered to haye good
start in the race, still, if he should be
| from the eastern part of the state, the
appointment of course would not avail
| him, as the western half of the state
would have the right to insist on NAM
| ing Mr.. Stockbridge's successor.
An affair occurred at Three-Mile lake
last Saturday forenoon which would
have been amusing to cOntemple had 1t
not contained elements of a serious
character which might have resulted in
the loss of life. Messrs. A. G. Martin
and l.. w. Showerman drove down to
the lake in the morning for the purpose
of whipping" the shores for black bass.
The boat they were using was a mere
cockle-shell, and, when near Grass
island on the west side of the lake and
about opposite Wint. Reynolds farm,
by some unguarded movement the boat
was caused to careen to one side, when
il filled and sank in an instant AT that
spot the water is only about three and
half feet deep, the "bottom" simply a
shoal of moss and soft muck which
would not sustain an ounce of weight,
so there was no possibility of emptying
and righting the frail craft, which might
easily have been done had the nature of
the bottom been different. From the
spot where they stood in the submerged
boat to the shore was some fifteen or
eighteen rods, and the same formation
of bottom extended over the entire dis
tance, the moss of course laying on the
surface as the water shoaled, so that il
would have been no slight task to at
tempt to swim ashore, even though one
were stripped for the hazardous under
taking. But, fortunately, both gentle
men possess good pair of lungs, and
it is said that the echoes of that lake
have not been aWakend as they were on