The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-04-19
WHOLE NUMBER 209l.

Geo. l.. Bruner has taken John Wall,
a hustling young man and "a good work
man, into partnership in the building
and contracting business. The firm
name is Bruner, Wall x Co.
Lynn Ocobock, George Harrison and
Joseph Mather are among the recent
additions To the roll of the sick They
all sent for Dr. Whalen, but he was I'LL
with rheumatism and unable to attend
to his patients.
Dogs killed three sheep for Mr. A. G..
Glidden last Tuesday night and badly
manned two others. A member of the
town board of Antwerp has investigat
ed the slain and wounded i'm order 10
| fix the damages. The farms IN that vi
cinity will not he a healthy place for
dogs for some time to come.
A conflict of testimony served to ac-
quit Daniel McAlvey of Arlington Of
the accusation made against him by
eXSherif McFarlin, to-wit: Striking
Mae in the face and knocking out one
of his teeth while he (Mac) and Stan
Lett were engaged in official duty
arresting McAlvey on charge of
! larceny.
Mrs Anna G.. VanDyke, wife of Frank
! NanDyke, died last week Thursday ev.
ening. Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist church last Sunday
Peter and Albert Van Dyke, of Niles,
sons of deceased together with their
wives, and Mrs. Beach, "A daughter, and
her husband of Porter were present at
! the funeral.
John Sherrod one of Paw Paws most
| ~ cit do
after a long illness, aged sixty-siX years
Funeral services were held at his late
residence yesterday, Elders Brooks and
Mutchler officiating. Burial at the Cud
deback cemetery. Deceased had many
friends in this place who sincerely sym
pathiZe with the bereaved relatives.
Considerable local interest has been
manifested in the recent finding of
| ChcOra wreckage along the lake shore,
and especially in the finding of float
ing bottle near Saugatuck containing
what purported to be message from
Engineer Mcclure of the lost boat, say
ing they were disabled and about to
sink almost in sight of land. This
message is generally regarded as
fake" perpetrated by some cruel
practical joker.
Judge by reading the Leader and dis
patches from that village to the daily
papers, because Paw Paw business men
insist that the travelling men who
receive their patronage shall, occasion
ally at least, patronize Paw Paw hotel
or a Paw Paw hack line. 1t is even
threatened that some of the festive
drummers will not come to Paw Paw
| hereafter. Woeful calamity! We ven
ture the assertion that every business
man here and elsewhere would heave Il
sigh of relief if one-half these gentle
manly solicitors of trade were called off
the road /.
The following interesting item ap-
peared in the Kalamazoo NelCS yester
day. We know nothing concerning
the truth or falsity of the report: News
comes from reliable source, that the
South Haven u Eastern narrow gauge
line from LawtOn To South Haven, has
been sold to the Chicago and West
Michigan company, which will take
possession about June |. The two rail
roads intersect at Hartford The
purchase means that the Chicago and
West Michigan will have new lake
port, South Haven, and be enabled To
do good fruit business, while residents
along the narrow gauge will have better
train service-a thing for which they
have long been contending'
Geo. L. Bruner is authority for the
statement that dam could be built
across the river near the north bridge,
making pond to overflow "the flats
and furnishing water power of at least
5O0-horse power, and that without in
terferng in the least with any rights of
the owners of powers above This
matter is worth investigating Such
power would be Il big inducement for
the location of manufacturing plants
here-a fruit package factory, for in
stance, most of the product from which
could be consumed ut home and an en-
terprse with the success of which trans
portation facilities would make little
difference. 1t Paw Paw can devise some
way of getting something made here to
ship out in quantities, some means will
be provided for economical shipment.