The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03

Some time ago Elder Hart agreed ia
give us an item now and then in regard
TO his work The other day he gave us
the startling item, at Is dry and hot.
Nj. f. quarterly meeting next Sstur-
day and Sunday The presiding elder
will preach Saturday afternoon. Pro-
bationers will be taken into the church
Sunday.
Elder and Mrs. Hart arrived home
last week Friday. They were accom-
panied by "A Mrs. Miller of East Hamlin
N. Y, who will visit friends here and a
daughter at st. Joe.
Millspaugh and Cal Myers pumped
their way To South Haven last Satur-
day. 1t was not very tiresOme going
down, but coming back convinced them
tina. there was quite IA grade.
Our people have realized this sum-
mer more than ever before the need of
street sprinkler. 1t would be good
thing To have around in dry time, and
we hope another season TO have a good
one.
Our friend Kimball, who had a free
notice given him i'm the NeOs last week,
interviewed the editor and an apology
was i'm order. He (KimbalD objected,
we suppose, to being called a gentle
man.
Mrs. Eph. Cook of Kansas, who has
been visiting in Waverly and vicinity
for the past two months, left that be-
nighted town last week and returned
home. She said it was too dry here
for her.
Elder Kelley returned to Chicago on
Thursday of this week. For the past
week he and his family have been camp
ing out at Mill Lake. A picnic was
held at the Lake Wednesday in honor
of his visit among us.
Mr. Rogers, spoken of last week, has
returned home and, being interviewed
by the constable and Justice, agreed in
the future TO support his family. Pres
ent indications are that the family will
remain broken household.
Little Willie Rogers, son of Stephen
Rogers, was taken to the State Indus
trial school at Lansing, sentenced until
seventeen years old on complaint of the
father for larceny, the parents testify
ing that the lad was ten years old.
Several "original packages" arrived
at the freight office Monday and were
carted to destination by the back street
route. One man claimed that he never
ordered the package that came in his
name; that some one forged his name.
Died, at his home north of this place,
on Wednesday night, the Goth inst, Mr..
Allison Holmes. Deceased was con
fined to his bed only few days but had
long been n sufferer from that dread
Bright's disease. The funeral took
place ut the house on Friday following,
Elder Darling officiating; burial at Rob
inson cemetery.
Mart Westcott says the article in the
NelCS last week, wherein his name was
mentioned, was all right except that he
did not open up any argument, and
that Mr.. Kimball did not strike him
with cane. and finally that Mr.. Kim
ball is n fine old gentleman only when
no one is present but himself. Other
wise the item is correct.
There seems to be an unwritten law
in this burg that child under 10 years
of age can have the run of the town
and commit all sorts of depredations
and become nuisance to the public,
and nothing can be done with them if
their parents do not see tit To take care
of them. Such incorrigibles are found
here and have carried high sail for
years past, and have been encouraged
in their course by being told that the
law could not touch them. This Is "A
disgrace 10 the community and should
be remedied. Notwithstanding the or
diuance, "A dozen children ut a time can
be found climbing upon freight ears
and endangering their lives.
Pine Grove has a huckleberry swamp
and everybody, far and near, knows it.
From time immemorial people have
went eberrying and traversed this
swamp from center to circumference,
and no one to dispute their right. But
now comes Mr.. Ed. Houseknecht and
says "'rhus far and no farther;" but
people do not regard barbed wire un
less they run against it, and when they
saw this fence in the swamp they paid
no attention to it, but attended strictly
to business and filled their pals with
berries. Now Mr.. Houseknecht appears
on the scene and politely requests them
to donate to him, as royalty, a share of
the gathered fruit In some instances
this appears to have been objected to,
and Mr.. Ii. appealed TO arms to enforce
his demand for toll, shooting one man
| i'm the leg and another through the hat,
the bullet clipping off lock of hair i'm
its passage. The circuit court will de-
termine the legal aspects of this affair,
Mr.. HOuseknecht being under $1,000
bonds To show cause for this lombard
ment