The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-10-26

Chas. w ilklnSon Is at home again.
Charles Ritson intends locating here.
Mr.. Sparks now occupies the Devoe
house.
Wright Tuxbury arrived in town on
Wednesday
Potatoes are being shipped from here;
40 cts. per bushel being paid.
Clarence Westcott returned from
North Dakota. He has been there two
years.
Dir. Carpenter is building nice little
barn on his lot; will put up a house IN
the spring.
Mrs. Mcclure of Clinton, who has
been visiting at her sisters, Mrs. +. Nj.
Streator, returned home Tuesday.
Darius Austin of Hillsdale, veteran
of the lst Mich. +. Il NJ, is visiting rel
atives, friends and comrades in town.
Now comes f. Houseknecht and
wishes to put up $50 that he will pick Il
nine from Pine Grove and beat the
Coolies.
Mrs. Robinson of Nebraska is visiting
at w. IL. Fergusons this week. Mrs.
Hunt of Glendale also visited there
Wednesday.
The merry go-round has left town.
They were here nearly two weeks and
averaged ten or twelve dollars night.
It's hard times.
Elder Holley is rushing his house,
having the wall laid and commenced
laying the brick. Sheldon has put down
good well for him.
Mrs. Mary Whelpley of Crystal Val
ley will occupy her residence here this
winter. iced Beddo will go to Monta-
que, his wife being there now.
Marb Thayer came from Battle
Greek Monday. He reports his wife in
Il fair way To recover, after undergoing
an operation for tibrous tumor. He,
himself, is in good health. having en-
tirely recovered the use of his foot.
The potato crop is being harvested
but most of the tubers appear to be a
little green. Many say that if the frost
had not come they would have grown
all winter, as they took on second
growth after the rains. The crop is re-
ported ut from 100 to 100 bushels per
acre.
The granary of Mr.. Sebring, an old
gentleman living just north of town,
and hardly able to be around, was bro.
ken into one night last week aud about
sixty bushels of wheat, the joint prop
erty of himself and Scott Lober, taken
Any one who would rob an old man
like Mr.. Sebring deserves To have the
bran made into mush and the mush
rammed down his throat with a pile
driver
Victor M. Gore spoke here Monday
night To crowded house He proved,
To the satisfaction of every Republican
| in the audience, that it was necessary
to return that party to power. The old
glee club did not put in an appearance
and a quartet was made up, partly of
outsiders. They sang "We'll stand by
the party" and MARY had little
lamb" This is the song as we under
stand it:
Mary had little lamb
Ii had a wooden collar.
She took IL down to town one day
Phil bought il for dollar.
He Knocked the poor thing in the head
The deed was very rash;
Then put il in the market
And doubled on his cash.
The mine black crows" of Paw Paw
came over last Friday to play return
game of ball with the nine of this place
and, with the aid of the umpire, who
stuck strictly to orders, carried off the
money. The Paw Paws are good play
ers, and well matched with our boys,
and why they should resort to under
handed measures we cannot guess; but
there was over $50 at stake, and il must
be carried off. Wonder how much of it
the Coolies pitcher got? Our boys in
fifth inning were gaining, hand over
hand, and the umpire, no doubt, found
that something must be done, and i'm
talking it over with the Lawton pitcher
quickly came to a conclusion, and the
next fly which our boys sent away over
center field was declared caught, while
one OF our men scored and another was
on the point of scoring. Twenty men
or more were watching the fielding at
that time with particular interest and
saw the center fielder miss the ball and
the right fielder pick it up and throw
it. The decision came just at the time
when the Lawton pitcher was about
used up and needed rest, and during
the half hour before the thing was set.
tied he recuperated sufficiently to re-
new and finish the game. The Coolies
were justly indignant over the affair
and lost the game through the rankness
of the umpire.