The true northerner., 1896-01-17
WHOLE NUMBER 213u.

VI cOuSunpJlOn. Ills W1e, VINO started
last week Tuesday TO go To him, was
with him when he died. He was buried
in Florida. The four months old son
OF the parties died in this place last
Monday at the residence of Mrs.
Abigail Flanders, mother of Mrs. Ro-
denbaugh. The doubly afflicted rela-
tives have the sympathy of many
friends.
The Niagara Fire ms. Co. has settled
with +. g. Bartholomew, Esq. of Wal
lingford, Conn, who had 5000 mort
gage on the Breck house on Kalamazoo
street, destroyed by fire something like
year ago. The company paid his
claim and took an assignment of his
interest in the policy, the balance of
which, if paid, would belong to Mrs
Geo. +. Breck. 1t is not likely that it
will ever be paid. as the company
claims that the policy, which was os-
tensibly the property OF the Brecks by
assignment, was fraud on the insurers
by having been made out TO fictitious
person. The policy was for 81 200, the
mortgages interest being first lien
thereon.
"BrdtnS, IA New York journal of ad-
vertising. publishes each week exam
piles of good advertising. In the current
number, among ads. from Philadelphia,
Boston Cleveland, Baltimore, etc., is one
from Paw Paw. 1t is one of Broughton's
and was set up in the Courier" The
foregoing paragraph appeared in our
contemporary last week, and is true in
every respect, except that the adver-
tisement was set up in the NORTHERNER
office, which confirms by high author
ity the judgment previously formed by
people of this locality as to the place
where correct topographic display may
be procured. The copying of the adv
was compliment to Mr.. Broughtons
skill as an advertiser.
The board OF supervisors convened
in special session on Monday last for
the purpose of considering the petitions
on file praying for another election On
the question of county prohibition.
After very carefully examining the pc
titions and accompanying poll lists,
the board determined that they were
insufficient to require an election. The
total vote cast in the county at the last
general election for state officers was
1894; necessary number of petitioners
to call an election, 400. The board
found but ], ,401 names of legal petition
ers on the petitions filed. The petit
tions from the townships of Bangor and
Lawrence were declared to be null and
void because the posted copies did not
contain all the names attached to the
original petition, as the statute re-
quires. The Hamilton petition was
also thrown out because the party be-
fore whom it was sworn to was not
notary public, as he signed himself and
as the affidavit declared him to be; he
is a justice of the peace. Quite large
number of names were also stricken off
the petitions because they did not APP
pear on the accompanying poll lists.
The board finished its work and adj
journed at two o'clock Wednesday after
noon. The opponents of the law say
they will get up new petitions at once,
demanding an election.
The would-be humorist of the Lawton
Leader got in his work last week in an
article ridiculing the claims Of Paw Paw
to consideration from the new manager
of the narrow gauge railroad. 1t spoke
of Supt. Meredith being a practical
man, who would know better than to
listen to the claims of e-tracked
village Now, it happens to be the case
that side-tracked villages are the only
excuse for the existence of roads OF the
character of the one presided over by
Mr.. Meredith. Not only that, but Paw
Paw is the only one of the side-tracked
villages OH the line Of the road that can
give to the road sufficient business to
put it back onto paying basis. When
the road was receiving the entire Paw
ID h..lf 80
fourths of its entire freight business was
into and out of Paw Paw, as Mr.. Mere
dith can readily satisfy himself by ref
erence to the old books of the company,
or by consultation on the matter with
the former superintendent, MIR. Ihling
The truth of the matter is that Lawton
is blessed with much better means of
transportation and shipping than the
narrow gauge can furnish 1T, and conse-
quently its people are not patrons OF
the road except when they want to
come to the county seat on business
with the public officials, or to buy goods
of Paw Paws progressive merchants.
The same is true of Hartford and South
Haven. That leaves Paw Paw, Law
renee and Covert TO furnish to the road
the bulk of its business. If Mr.. Mere
Leader credits him with being, he will
not be slow To see the point. Lawton
does not furnish enough business to the
S. II. q +. to have any claims whatever
on the road, nor can the management
expect to get sufficient business out of
Lawton to make it an object to cater to
its desires. On the other hand, il will
be well for Mr.. Meredith to consider
the fact that Paw Paw never had by the
railroad so prompt and satisfactory a
freight service as it now gets by teams.
About twenty-four hours is saved now
by the overland route. The only object
the people of this village would have in
transferring their patronage back to
the road, is that we all are interested
in the only railroad we have, and are
anxious to do all in our power to enable
the owners of it to give good service to
the public and to make little money
for themselves at the same time, pro-
vided, always, that the management
sees fit to accord to this village salts
factory freight accommodations and
passenger connections. The people of
Paw Paw have no desire to be dictate
rial to the road, and only ask what is
due to them as the only parties who can