The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-09-13

ing forty dollars. The money was the
price he received for his wheat and was
what he had with which to pay his taxes
and live through the winter. He is an old
man, II, and finds it doubly hard to bat
tie with Observation-Disclosures Republican.
Fred Guernsey, Bangor boy. is in the
Cass county Jail awaiting examination Oh
the charge OF having stolen bicycle from
an Indian girl in Silver Creek, whom he
had promised to marry. Under Sheriff
Britton of this county arrested him.
Fred has been in trouble before.
There is one thing that is causing our
townsman Hon. c. G. Phillips, some lit
tie thought, and that is, how tall his son
Henry will be when he gets through
climbing mp into the world. The boy is
now ID years old, and measures six feet,
three inches in his ks.-Bangor Ad-
vance.
Lightning struck the large barn of G..
o. FRASER, near Covert, Tuesday evening
of last week, and the building with its
entire contents, including several hun
dred bushels of grain, was destroyed
The entire building was mass of flames
almost instantly The loss was estimat-
ed at $4,000: partly insured.
At Dowagiac last Thursday evening
the Cradle Songs of Many Nations
was given at the Beckwith theatre, un-
DER the direction of Miss Gertrude
Charles of Decatur, who had trained
oh d. nd 60, . h.
ment. Miss Charles expects to leav, ia
Italy next month, where she will COZ
tinue her studies in music
Several business men of South Haven
have combined with the Williams Trans
portation company forming "a company
with over 81 100000 behind it. The com
pany has purchased one of the finest
steel side-wheel steamers on the LAX )
which is licensed to carry l,500 passei
gers. AS it VIII make Is miles an hour
the time of the run across the lake vii
be lessened to only five hours.
a young man dressed in suit of Uncle
Sans blue, has been making a house tC
house canvas in a number of towns, sell
ing seed from a plant of Porto Rico
whose wonderful qualities and rare
beauty as represented by the young man
made many purchasers of the seed. One
woman, who purchased some and plant
ed it, has fine crop of mustard. Othel
purchasers of the seed are anxious t.
learn what it will bring forth.
Postal Clerk r. Ct. Myers of the South
Haven division is taking a vacation TO
the first time since entering into the gov
eminent employ. He is relieved by Or
vile Bates, who was recently appointed
a substitute clerk, and who will also re
lieve Clerk Elder on the G.. X. Il S. lin,
as soon as Mr.. Myers vacation has ex
PRED AL railway postal clerks nov
wear badges, instead OF the old style CAP
which bears the official number of eacl
and is provided by the government.
Considerable indignation is felt to
ward Mrs. Doolittle of Bangor at tn
course she has been taking to get rid o
her children-two small boys. After run
, ming away from the county house tn
second time, where she had previousl
{ found them place, they found thei
! way home, distance of ten miles, an,
on entering the house were driven ava
by their mother and were obliged t
} spend the night on a dry goods DO,
where they were found the next morn
ing and cared for by hospitable ladie:
Arrangements are being made to hav
the children sent to the Coldwater pub
lie schools.