The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11

The Lawton division of the common
veal army has disbanded. Transports
ton and subsistence is the most urgent
demand of these people; that denied
their zeal for the veal weakens and
they soon again find their individual
levels.
Rev. Van WInkle of the Disciple
church is going TO try his hand at rails
ing potatoes, having planted an entire
lot. AS the reverend gentleman is un-
married it is evident he is preparing to
relieve possible destitution on the part
of his parishioners.
Otto Gilman, son of Mr.. e. +. Gilman
of this place, has the distinction of
standing at the head of the class in
stenography at the Kalamazoo business
college where he is studying, which will
give him the first situation the college
will he called upon to fill.
At the Wolverine Pharmacy they are
too busy to write new ads. Jas. A.
Leech and his workmen are newly paint
ing and decorating the store, (which,
when completed will be the finest in
town. and the rush of housekeepers for
that wall paper keeps every clerk on
the jump.
From the May crop report we copy
the following cheering paragraph: "The
present outlook for an average crop of
apples is encouraging. The figures for
the southern counties are 81 per cent;
central and northern "a per cent, and
the state SO per cent. Peaches promise
from tive-eighths to threefourths of a
full average crop"
Messrs. Wise d Tuckey of the Paw
Paw mills have recently made eXten-
sive changes and improvements in their
purifier and bolting apparatus, so that
their flour now equals In quality the
product of the Dowagiac mills or any
other mills in the state. We know
whereof we affirm in this behalf, hav-
ing tried it ourselves
1t will be remembered that Dr. w
III. Nelson and wife of this place, while
driving to Hartford last November,
were struck by a train on the 6. Il w 4.
Nj. Railway two miles north of Hart
ford and the doctor considerably shaken
up. He has commenced suit against
the railway company, claiming ten
thousand dollars damage.
Mrs. Ida l.. Shenk of South Haven
died at the Hygeia sanitarum in Kala-
mazoo last Friday evening from shock
to the nervous system produced by
chloroform and the surgical operation
for which it was administered. De-
ceased was about 50 years of age and
had many acquaintances in this place
She has been an invalid for many years
Clark Mckenzie of Buchanan, aged
60 years, who served four years in
battery M, First New York artillery,
and who is almost helpless, has been
notified that unless he furnishes adj
ditionai proof his pension of $40 per
month will be reduced to So. He at
once forwarded the affiidavits of five
physicians certifying to his incapacity
to labor
General" Coxey, "Marshal" Browne,
and Christopher Columbus Jones were
found guilty Wednesday in the police
court at Washington of violating the
laws of the District of Columbia. The
maximum punishment is 5000 fine and
120 days in the district Jail. Coxey
and his lieuteDants made application
for new trial and entered into new
bail in $500 each.
DR.. Miller or one of the physicians i'm
charge of the treatment department of
the o. +. Miller Rupture Treatment Co.
of Detroit, will be at the Dyckmau
House, Paw Paw, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday May 26th, eth and 28th. The
company has numerous good friends and
patients in this village and vicinity, to
whom they refer. Consultation free to
all ruptured persons.
The high school graduating class this
year numbers thirteen-nine young la
dies and four young gentlemen, namely:
Rena Van Fossen, Lolita Showerman,
Matte Cooley, Jessie Hewson, Estelle
Hutchins, Mildred Carlisle, Daisy Orr,
Bertha Wise, Irmah Wilcox, Harry
Snow, George Andrews, Frank Young,
Ralph Jones. This is the second largest
class in the history of the school.
A singular freak of lightning is re-
ported from Casco, Allegan county, as
occurring there during one of the
furious storms of last week. In barn
belonging to n. Buckingham stood
three horses, side by side. The middle
one was killed while the others were
uninjured. Henry s. Bennett of
Geneva had horse killed by the same
means on the same day. Neither barn
was set on fire.
Attorney General Ellis has filed a
very important opinion with the.auditor
general, giving the latter power to sell
state tax lands without their first being
offered for sale by county treasurers.
In accordance with this decision the
auditor general will sell all state lands
for 1890 and former years on presenta-
tion of applications to purchase the
same. 1t will, of course, be understood
that all subsequent taxes must be paid
on the purchase of these lands.
The steamer City of Duluth, of the
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
Transportation company's line, arrived
at Benton Harbor last Saturday morn
ing laden with fifteen carloads of flour
from the Imperial Milling company of
Duluth, Mimi. This is the opening of
the new line from Duluth, which is to be
operated in the name of the Imperial
Milling company of that place, and
Benton Harbor is to be a distributing
point for their great output of flour.
Hence the arrival of the first boat met a
hearty welcome.