The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-18

legal tender for subscription to this
paper, the board of supervisors having
decreed that no more bounty shall be
paid on the varmints. This action on
the part of the supervisors, however,
will not interfere with cases of absolute
must"
The members of the high school, and
especially those of her class, were much
grievcd when informed that Miss Floy
Snow had severed her connection with
the school. Being IA leading member of
her class, and highly esteemed by all
her school friends, she will be greatly
missed. Miss Snow goes To Chicago To
take course in music.
Mrs. Ohlinger of Korea, who is trav-
cling in Michigan in missionary exten-
sion work, will lecture at the Disciple
church next Tuesday evening under the
auspices of the Y P.S.C.E. She is said
TO be very interesting speaker. All
are invited To attend. No admission
fee will be charged, but collection
will be taken To defray expenses.
At the jackson Poultry show last
week, Mr.. +. Il. Grimes of this place
won on Black Minorcas: 1st on cock;
1st and 2d on hen; 1st and I'd on cock'l;
1st and 2d on pullet, and lst and 2d on
breeding pen. Having the highest
scoring-hen, breeding pen and trio,
and ten highest scoring birds in the
show room. On Plymoth Rocks he won
1st, 2d and 3rd.
The cold wave which struck this Sec
ton last Friday night attained sut1i-
cient vigor To send the mercury down
to 13 degrees below zero at 5 O'Clock
Saturday morning, but weakened be-
fore noon of the same day. A furious
snow storm set i'm about the same time
and continued until fourteen inches of
the beautiful had fallen, making, of
course, excellent sleighing.
Tomorrow Saturday has been set
apart by w. r. Sellick IL Co. as special
dress goods day, and no lady anticipat-
ing the purchase of dress in the near
future should neglect the opportunity
thus presented of saving money, as the
prices have been literally cut TO the
quick. And while there, just ask to see
that new novelty in ladies' shoes.
Miss Kittie Ward won the piano in
the Kalamazoo Telegraph's voting con.
test, which closed at 10 O'clock last Sat
urday forenoon, she receiving 36, ,466
votes as against 30, ,229 for her closest
competitor and out of total vote OF
$40 Miss Ward formerly lived in
this place and has host of friends
here who "voted early and often" for
their favorite during the entire cam
paign
Mr. Wildey of this county has intro
duced bill in the House reducing the
salaries of the Justices of the Supreme
Court from $1,000 to $1,000. This is
understood to be in line with the ideas
of the State Grange, as expressed ut its
recent session He has also an impor
tant amendment to the tax law of 1893
which requires that fifty per cent of the
assessment must be paid within the
month of December or the whole tax
becomes due Jan. /. with penalty of
four per cent added If fifty per cent
is paid i'm December, the payment of
the balance may be deferred until the
following June. On all sums paid in
December the collection fee is one per
cent
Donovan 0f Bay" Is in the swim He
voted with the Republicans in the
House for Mcmillan, thereby making
it possible, for the first time in the his
tory of Michigan, to elect United
States senator by unanimous vote.
The cheers and applause which fol-
lowed the announcement of his vote
caused an uprOar for several minutes,
and mammoth bouquet with huge
lily towering up from its center was set
on his desk. In voting on the short
term senatorship, however, he cast his
ballot for Hon. John Strong, his party
candidate. The total vote for Mcmillan
was ninety eight and was unanimous,
Messrs Stoll and Waldo of Wayne being
the only absent members.
No international bugbear ever van
ished more quickly than the time hon
ored fear that China might some day
break down her reserve and decide to
overrun the world. Photographs of
Chinese soldiers practicing with bows
and arrows and fighting under paper
umbrellas have totally demolished what
Japan's well trained and equipped ar
my has left of China's military prestige.
New light on Chinese reticence and de-
sire for peace at any price is promised
from Julian Ralph's articles on China,
which will appear i'm Hdrper'S Magazine
during the year. Mr.. Ralph undertook
the journey to China as soon as war
broke out, and has recently returned
with abundant material on the subject
of Chinese life and character. His ar
ticles will be illustrated by Mr.. &. ID.
Weldon, who worked conjointly with
Mr. Ralph, and will be published as
early as the preparation of the illustra.
tions will permit.
Chester F. Allen, for over half a cen
tury an honored and respected citizen
of this place, died at the home of his
son Seth f. on the morning of the 11th
inst, aged 7S years and months. Mr..
Allen located in Paw Paw in 1912 and
followed the avocation of carpenter fol
several years, when he entered the en-
ploy of the Michigan Central Railroad
Co. and remained with it until 1858
when he was rendered and accepted
the position of superintendent of build
ings, cars and bridges for the c., b. 4
Q. Il. r., with headquarters at Aurora
I'll. This position he filed for twelve
years and resigned it to enter the EN-
ploy of the Pullman Co., going TO De
trot and experimenting the building
of their works in that city, and then
acted as general purchasing agent fol
that corporation until 1876, when he
resigned and settled down with his