The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-05-27
WHOLE NUMBER 2149.

Chas. Geiser, the Michigan Central Dag
gageman at Lawton, was the man re-
ferred to; this is mistake, and the
NoRTHERNER takes pleasure in setting
him right in the minds of any who had
such an idea 1t was Frank Geiser who
was arrested.
Complaint is heard from farmers all
over this section of the state that the
Hessian fly is doing great damage to
wheat. Many fields are almost totally
ruined, and where the fly is at work the
crop will be short There are, however,
many fields that are not affected, and
from such the yield will be very heavy.
In nearly every piece of wheat. more or
less rust Is found, aud il is difficult to
tell as yet just how much damage this
will do.
An exchange says: IF 4 thief can be
sent to the penitentiary for stealing a
S75 horse, it is hard 10 see why he
should not get the same punishment
for stealing S75 bicycle" So it is; and
there is no reason To be found, either in
the law or elsewhere, why the man who
steals S75 wheel should not be sent to
the penitentiary. There isn't a court
in Michigan but would send the con-
victed bicycle thief to Jackson just as
readily as it would the convicted horse
thief.
A few days since, party of pleasure
seekers were sailing up Black river on
Capt. Ludwig's yacht. Ex County Treas
urer Wells-he is quite a sailor you
know-was stationed at the bow to
TO throw the lead and watch out for OBJ
structions. Relaxing his vigilance for
moment, the vessel ran smack against
snag. The boat stopped, but hi. kept
going and went to the bottom "head
on" He spoke never word when he
started on his aquatic journey and only
remarked "by gol" when he returned.
Last Saturday evening, Harry Waters
and Alva Norwood were riding on
tandem, along Main street, when the
front fork of the machine broke and
threw them both violently to the ground.
Norwood was but little hurt. Waters
received hard fall and it was thought
for little time he was seriously injured.
But, fortunately, although stunned by
the fall, he soon recovered his breath
and was all right except for few Sc
we're bruises about the head and face.
He was attending TO busin ess as usual
Monday morning.
Just north of Cole Rawson's barn,
south of town, there has always been a
small pond. The dry seasons were too
much for it, and it became perfectly
dry This spring he plowed it, and
turned up an old rifle barrel and S2.50
gold piece. Just how they came there
is a mystery, but 1t is suspected the
the money, at least, was part OF some
ill-gotten spoils that were thrown into
the pond for concealment and never re-
covered. Mr.. Rawson thought he saw
another gold piece as the dirt turned
from his plow, but was unable to find
it. Cole will do some lively cultivating
in the vicinity of his little gold mine.
The dates for the county christian
endeavor convention have been detin-
itely settled as Tuesday and Wedn es-
day, June 80 and July /. The sessions
will be held in the Disciple church, Paw
Paw, and will commence Tuesday after
noon. The closing session will be We'd
nesday evening. The program has not
been fully arranged. but some very in
teresting papers and discussions are in
prospect. Rev. j. A. Johnston of Kal-
amazoo will deliver an address the first
evening, and some speaker from abroad
will occupy the second evening. Special
music is being arranged to enliven the
convention. These meetings OF the &.
+. are among the most interesting as
semblages held in the county, and are
growing in favor. A large number of
delegates from abroad will be in at
tendance, and Paw Paws homes should
be thrown open in their usual hospta-
BILE manner for the entertainment of the
visitors
A. L. Stevenson, chief Of the Paw Paw
fire department, was hOnored by cleo
ton as president of the state association
of firemen at Ithaca, last week. Mr..
Stevenson has long been prominent in
the work of the state association and
has presented many interesting papers
at its meetings. He read paper this
year, "Why should the tiremen repre-
senting the fire departments of our
cities and villages meet in conventions"
Paw Paw was honored also by another
place on the program, David l.. Dillon
writing a paper, "Will the method of
fighting fire change to any extent in the
future?" Mr.. Dillon was unable to be
present at the convention, but his paper
was read. The next meeting of the as
sociation will be at Detroit. the third
Wednesday in May, 1897. mir. Steven
son was chairman of the committee that
selected the location for the next con-
vention.
When he was brought into Justice
Sirrine's court Thursday morning, for
examination, Montgomery Mccormick,
the youthful tourist" charged with
stealing from Michigan Central board
ing car at Mattawan, had in his mind
break that created lots of excitement
and a merry foot race. Scarcely had
he taken seat beside Sheriff Lamber-
son, before he jumped and ran out of
the door, down the back stairs, through
the alley, into the street, with the sheriff
and crowd from the justice court close
at his heels. AS he ran through Main
street, the officer fired three shots
in an effort to intimidate him, but
each shot seemed to lend speed to his
feet. Prosecutor Titus was among the
pursuers and soon distanced the rest of
the crowd, overtaking and recapturing
Mccormick near the creamery. He was
turned over TO the sheriff and taken
back to the court for examination, and
was bound over for trial at the Septem-
ber term of the circuit court. No one
had previously supposed that Lincoln
Titus was a sDrinter but he can steD