The true northerner., 1899-09-06


South Haven temperance workers ar
talking of trying to get 600 people Il
subscribe $40 each to start Temperance
drug store.
A we'll 20 feet in diameter and 36 fee
deep has been dug in Coldwater, from
which million gallons of water are ob
tanned each day. The supply is so grea
that its depth has not yet been lowered
The crop of peppermint, which is nov
being harvested in southwestern Michi
gan, is yielding better than was at frs
anticipated. The estimate for the yea
is about three fourths of the usua
amount.
Mrs. Geo. w. Cooper of Chicago re
Gently narrowly escaped drowning, while
in bathing near the forks of the river a
South Haven. Mr.. A. V. Knapp, re
sorter, heard her cry for help and res
cued her.
Rev. W. H. Osborne, of the state labor
bureau, estimates that the crop OF celery
in Kalamazoo county will aggregate one
million dollars. The city stands second
to one in the industry, being exceeded
only by Detroit.
All previous records of heavy ship
ments of fruit from Benton Harbor were
broken by the enormous shipments
Wednesday night, the number of pack
ages and tonnage exceeding anything
heretofore known.
4 =. ~, |. of h,
commission merchants that the apple
growers of Michigan are sending their
fruit to market in barrels below the
the standard size, thus injuring the fruit
trade of this state.
Another Michigan celebrity has an
swered the final call, the death of Frank
Ives, champion billiardist of the world,
occurring at Progresso, Mexico, late
Wednesday night. Ives was born in
Plainwell, Mich, 33 years ago.
Captain n. f. Simpson of Hartford re-
ceived telegram from Washington offer
ing him a captains commission in the
10th regiment of volunteers, which he
accepted, leaving on Thursday last for
ten days in the recruiting service at
Chicago.
A bold robbery occurred last Wednes-
day night at the home of E. Merrifield
near Bloomingdale by which John Van
Dorm, who lives on the farm, had stolen
from his clothing the sum of S1l5.20
The loss was not discovered until the
next morning and there is no clue to the
thief
The sailing yacht Starlight left South
Haven for Chicago, Sunday. When a
few miles out, the spars and rigging were
carried away by the wind. Prompt action
by the life saving crew and assistance by
the steamer Glenn brought her into port.
Three men and one woman were on board
the yacht.
The building of. the big dam near Al
Logan seems to have inspired other vii
lagos along the Kalamazoo river with
ambitions to go and do likewise Plain
well was the first to start similar pro
iect, and now Galesburg has discovered
that there is a first-class site for a water
power right in the village.
Five ladies and two gentlemen, at
tired in dainty evening dress, hatless and
purseless, after showering rice upon the
Peake-Jones bridal party as they were
starting from Kalamazoo west. remained
too long on the cars and were consequent
ly carried as far as Lawton, where they
remained supperless, for the want of the
price, until the conductor kindly furnish
ed them with passes back to Kalamazoo
Property holders residing in the vicin-
ity of Barron lake, one of the finest re-
sorts in Michigan, have petitioned III. d
Smith, judge of Cass county circuit
court, to issue an injunction restraining
the Niles Water Supply Co. from taking
water from the lake. 1t is the contention
of the petitioners that the waters of the
lake have receded fifty feet during the
present summer, and that if the present
drain continues the lake will eventually
be wiped out, as it has no inlets whatever
Should the injunction be granted, the
city of Niles would not suffer greatly, as
the city owns plant and draws its wat
er supply from artesian wells There are
many local consumers of Barron lake
water, however, as many people prefer
it to artesian water Barron lake is a
mile long and halfa mile wide, and is locat
ed four miles east. 1t is frequented by
hundreds of people, who flock there from
all over the country in questof recreation
and fine fishing, for which the lake is
noted.