The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-01


The Phoenix Telephone Company will
buck the Bell monopoly ut Jackson.
Mrs ]. Gruendal, of Grand Haven,
insane over religion, hanged herself in
small shed.
The storm Of last week is said to have
cost the Chicago and West Michigan not
less than $4,000.
Edward Jennings was arrested at Ben
ton Harbor on suspicion of having cut
and rified n mail pouch.
Temple Clare County, is just recovering
from a diphtheria scare. There have
been thirty-three cases and three deaths.
Since il was announced that Bad Axe
was to have telephone exchange, every
town in the thumb has started cry for
one also.
Joseph c.. Hoyt, one Of the oldest bust
ness men in Battle Creek, died Monday,
| aged 6S. He was in the undertaking bus
mess for forty years.
Evangelist james Letch is making il
hot for sinners at Marion. Several OF
the worst characters the town has even
known have been converted.
Mrs. William Quick and Miss Bertha
Ireland, prominent ladies of Holly. were
arrested on the charge of stealing goods
from Calkins' dry goods store.
Joseph Crippen who had been in Hills
/ dale County's poorhouse for fifty years
and was its first inmate. died Wednesday
! He was known rs "Slobbering Joe"
1t has been decided, although nfor
mally, by the Mayor. city attorney ant
nearly all of the officials of Ironwood, Il
repudiate the last issue of city bonds.
amounting to $4,000.
The Chicago and West Michigan Rail
road next spring Will be extended from
lronton to East Jordan, giving the latter
town great boom as n summer resort
and as a proposed county seat.
A 2-year-old daughter of Russell Skin
ner, of Prescott swallowed some pre-
! pared dye, and doctor and Il stomach
pump were necessary 10 keep her from
crossing to the golden shore.
One of the charges against Superintend
cnt Clarke of the Flint deaf school, was
that of destroying State property. Ii
transpires that he cut down n shade tree
! that was in cverybody's way.
Miss Louise Hopkins, of Peoria, H..
| in the class of '07 ut Ann Arbor, has had
her mind affected by hard study. The
trouble has been coming on for some time,
and Saturday she became violent.
Peter Schier and family, of Kalamazoo
love their dog as much MS they would
first-cousn ut least. The faithful animal
warned them that the house was on fire,
and they escaped just in the nick of time
Sad story of an Adrian hunter lost in
! Cottonwood swamp, near Ogden. Wan
! dered about with his dog two days with
out food. Finally cut off dogs tail, made
some dogtal soup-and gave the poor dog
! the bone!
Attorney General Maynard declares
that legislative acts authorizing villages
to issue bonds for public improvements"
are invalid. Such acts must state the
particular public improvements for which
! it is proposed to issue bonds.
Rev Henry " Crouden. the Univcr-
salist minister of Port Huron, is said to
he a candidate for chaplain of the Ma
tional House of Representatives. Dur
ing the war he received charge of shot
that left him totally blind for life.
The Michigan Tradesman says that II
prominent hotel of Jackson is "ratty;"
the furniture is aged, the carpets vile, the
table by no means first-class, the closets
are a menace to the health of guests, and
the charges are $3.50 per day. The man.
agement also controls the only other al
legged first-class house in the city.
Reports from all parts of Michigan
tell of furious snOwstorm Wednesday,
accompanied by fierce gale. The steam
e. a. II.
City and drifting north with the foe. AL!
trains on the Chicago and West Michi-
gan were abandoned as were also trains
on the Big -Four north of Elkhart.
The divorce reformers should at once
turn their attention to South Dakota. The
laws in that State were certainly loose
enough before, but now the term of resi-
dcnce necessary to move in the matter OF
severing matrimonial ties has been re-
duced from six months to three. This is
the strongest move that any State has
yet made in the direction of making mar.
riage Il farce.
Mayor Pingrec's long and bitter fight
with the daily newspapers of Detroit has
resulted in the formation of n plan by
which he intends to present his own side
of al public questions that he thinks the
papers will not print. He has had made
fifty large blackboards, three feet in size,
which he intends to paddock To posts i'm
prominent places about town and on
which he proposessQ post full bulletins
of all public works from his own point Of
view. He also is considerinh the advsa-
bility of establishing a daily paper
The Grand Lodge, Ancient Order Unit
ed Workmen of Michigan, was in session
at Kalamazoo. The reports show that
the membership was increased 36f i'm the
year, and now has % G52 members. Tween
ty-five new lodges have been organized
during the year. There was paid in bene-
ficiaries for 216 deaths $431 DIT The
total amount paid since organization is
S3,01S,0OO. Over 100 were given the
Grand Lodge degree. There were $50
delegates present, who were entertained
at the Academy of Music They meet
next year in Detroit.
The stockholders of the Seventh Day
Adventist Publishing Association met ut