The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-09
WHOLE NUMBER 22O3.

2Sth Mich. Infantry. died at his home
Sunday night. The funeral was held
Tuesday at his residence, conducted by
Rev. l. z. Bates.
A camp of Sons of Veterans, to be
known as Major Hudson camp No. SO,
was instituted in Maccabee hall, Satur-
day evening. Judge Heckert acted as
mastering officer, assisted by several
comrades of Brodhead post, e.. A. X.
The new camp has 40 charter members
and the following officers: Captain, f.
III. Ball; 1st lieut., Horace Buck; 2d
lieut., +. l.. Billiard; chaplain, Chas.
Bennett; 1st serg't, Chas. Leach; q. S.,
Roy Tuttle; serg't of guard, Herbert
Loveland; color serg't, Fred Burke;
principal musician, Harry Spicer; corp
of guard, Rolla Loveland; camp guard,
Chester Hurlbut; picket guard, Robert
Smith; camp council, j. +. Chandler,
j. b. Rickard, M. o. Rowland.
"a Southern Romance" given by
home talent Thursday evening, for the
benefit of St. Marks church. was
fine production and was greeted by
good house. Before the curtain was
raised, the audience was entertained
by music by the mandolin club-Messrs
Neil and Ray Chappell and Willie
Snow-and by an orchestra composed
of Mrs j. +. Chandler, pianist, Miss
Leta Packer, violin, and Mr.. Claude
Snow, bass viol. The play was under
the direction of Mr.. Frederic Kimball
All carried their parts well. The cast
was as follows: Joe Laurey," noun
taineer and Illicit distiller, Frederic
Kimball; "Colonel Sandusky Doolittle,"
A. Lynn Free; "Miss Althea Layson,"
Mrs. Bertha Harrison; Frank Layson,"
Elton Rogers; Horace Holton," Geo.
Andrews; "Neb," the negro hostler,
Jas. D Grady; "Miss Barbara Holton,"
Mrs. Rose Miller; "Madge Briefly"
Miss Kate Harris.
Some three weeks ago, an item APP
peared in the Northerner to the
effect that Fired Fespner" had stolen
team and carriage from John &. Stat
ford of Keeler and a reward was offer
ed for his arrest and conviction. The
team was found at a Hartford livery
barn, where it had been left by the al
legged thief after having borrowed it to
drive to a dance at Lawrence. At the
same time Fespner, whose real name is
Emil Voznaik, who is but "A fifteen
years old lad, and who had been living
with Stafford for the past six months,
took his employers overcoat and also
sold quantity of butter and eggs be-
longing TO Stafford, appropriated the
money aud skipped for Chicago, where
his parents reside. He was captured
and returned to this county. A warrant
was issued by Justice Rowland charg
ing him with simple larceny. On being
arraigned on Thursday last, he pleaded
guilty to the charge. County Agent
/ oh hov inu tah ha
recommended that Voznaik be sent to
the Lansing Industrial school for boys
and he was accordingly sentenced to
that institution to remain until reach
ing the age of seventeen years. The
| judgment of the court was approved
by the probate Judge and the boy taken
to Lansing, where, it is to be hoped, he
will receive mental and moral training
that will inure to his benefit and ad-
vantage.
During the past three years there
has been considerable trouble in this
state caused by rye getting mixed in
the wheat. A large quantity of wheat
that would otherwise be of fine quality
is utterly ruined for milling purposes
by the rye that is mixed through the
grain, and many dollar is lost TO the
farmers that might easily and readily
be saved by the exercise of little care
during the next two weeks to cut the
clusters Of rye out of the wheat fields.
Michigan mllers require the best grade
of perfectly clean wheat in order to
produce flour of as fine quality as they
have been making the past ten years or
more. Michigan first grade flours are
| Justly celebrated in the most discrimin-
ating markets, both at home and in for
egn countries. This reputation cannot
be maintained except by the use Of first
class grain. Wheat mixed with rye
brings only low price in any market.
Farmers cannot spend little time TO
better advantage than to go through
the wheat fields in the early part of
June and cut the rye out clean. 1t
might also be mentioned that letting
rye remain in wheat will sooner or lat
er deteriorate the wheat by the wheat
running into rye, making mongrel
wheat. Where at present Michigan has
such good name for its good quality
of wheat as well as flour, it can soon be
ruined if this letting rye grow in the
wheat is persisted in.
Under the heading, "Merriman's de-
SIRE" the Detroit Evening News pub
fishes the following: 'In canvassing
the names of men who may be taken
up next year by the anti-Pingree repub-
licans for governor, Senator George w .
Merriman of Van Buren, county should
not be overlooked. The Merriman
railroad taxation bill, which, if it gets
the Endorsement of the supreme court,
will increase the revenues of the state
from the railroads something like $780,
900 annually, is presumed to he very val
liable campaign thunder, which friends
of the senator say could be worked
with telling effect. AS to whether he
has desire to enter the lists against
Gov. Pingree is another thing. His am
bition has been to succeed Congressman
Hamilton at Washington. But then
the governor is always bigger man
than any of the states congressman,
and the senator is looking toward
While Senator Merriman has not train
ed with the Pingree wing of the party,
ne hasn't, like some members of the up
per house at Lansing, who groveled at
the feet of corporation lobbyists, thought
it smart to below on all occasions a
personal dislike of the governor. He is
a banker of large means, and he didn Z
shape his course in the legislature with
a view of currying favor with powers
that might be able TO throw federal
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