The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-07-26
County and state.


Over $4,000 baskets of peaches were
Monday.
Nelson Truesdale of Arlington lost
barn full of old hay by fire. Origin
unknown. Loss 5000, with insurance.
A letter-from the department OF inte
rior, Indian service, received by Chief
Simon Pokagon, notifies him that each
of his tribe will receive 81 500 at once,
and guardians must be appointed for
the minors. The members of the tribe
are jubilant.
Glen, the 12.year-old son of Enos
Smith of Allegan, was drowned while
bathing in the river at that place Tues.
day morning. The body was recovered
late in the afternoon at a point one mile
below the place of drowning, whittier il
had been carried by the rapid current.
r.. 5. Thompson of South Haven, ed
itor of Michigan EntedcOr and also of
the Ne,os, was elected president of the
Christian Endeavor Press association of
America at the big Y. p. ). G. 4. con.
vention in Boston. The Boston Stand
ard prints portrait of Mr.. Thompson.
Engineers have been figuring on the
power which could be developed by the
Paw Paw river below Watervliet. The
experts estimate that at the present en-
traOrdinary low stage of water 700 horse
power is indicated, while an average
during a normal season would show J.,
300 horse power.
DR.. e.. w. Cornish of Lawton, assisted
by Drs. Rose and Maxwell of Decatur,
| Hamilton, Perry and Storrs of Lawton,
and other doctors, ten in number, per-
formed very difficult surgical opera
ton on the ll-year-old daughter of Chas.
Griffith last Sunday afternoon. Ii con.
sisted Of the removal of the dead and
diseased bone from the right arm be-
tween the shoulder and elbow.
LOADED or unloaded?" is the proper
question To ask now when buying water
melons Some genius has conceived
the idea of concealing pint bottles of
whisky in watermelons and selling them
ut one dollar each, or less, according To
the size Of the melon and quality of the
whisky. The melon is plugged" the
bottle placed inside, the plug replaced
and the cut covered over with wax, and
then the melon is turned over To await
"A purchaser. The scheme originated
in Indiana, but is supposed 70 work
best in local-Option counties AHegan
| Gdzette.
John Jefferson's fine young horses in
pasture inside the &. x w NJ. h. X got
out on the track near Bangor, re.
Gently. When the south bound express
went through they became frightened
and all took for the track, soon becom.
ing entangled in trestle. The train.
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ing them all bodily to the ground below
wire fence and badly bruised One fine
mare, sewed up by the veterinary, was
entirely ruined for sale and perhaps
for work 1t is supposed that they be-
came frightened at the lightning that
severely shocked three Maccabees on
their way from meeting. One of them
Deb Starr, was unable to work the next
day.
The Decatur correspondent of the
kalamazoo Telegraph writes: "The cen.
sus of the POttawatomie Indians of
southwestern Michigan has just been
completed, and shows the remnant of
this once powerful tribe To number only
2lS souls. The enumeration was taken
under the directions of the department
of the interior, and was for the purpose
of finding the number who are entitled
to participate in the distribution of
Sl04 900 claimed as arrears due the
tribe. The remnant of thetribe is mostly
domiciled in Silver Creek township,
Cass county, and on tract of land near
Watervliet, in Berrien county Dissi.
patton, civilization and intermarriage
together are proving too much for these
children of the forest. The deaths an
nually outnumber the births, and bits of
legend will soon only remain 20 tell the
tale of Pottawatomie occupation of
Michigan"