The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-10-04
WHOLE NUMBER 1924.

Prof. Aseltine of Hartford is i'm town,
his school having been dismissed on ac-
count of several suspicious cases of sore
throat, which some of the doctors say is
diphtheria and some say ii is not
The Saith annual reunion of the 10Th
Michigan infantry will be held at
Chelsea, Wednesday, October Is. Among
the speakers will be Gen. b. M. Cutcheon,
Judge G. b. Grant and Judge Geo. Nj.
Buck. A number of the old members of
the regiment reside in this county.
The all night electric light service has
been temporarily abandoned so as to
make the running of street lights pos
sible. The water is very low. The
clutch pulley for attaching the engine
has been shipped and should be here
now. We hope the engine may prove
efficient when newly attached.
G. w. Young was taken i'll with acute
Indigestion at Grand Rapids last week
Tuesday. He was in serious condition
for some days, but is now better 1t is
thought he will be well enough to come
home to-day or tomorrow. Mrs. Young
is at Grand Rapids caring for him. His
son Frank is also there from Ann Arbor.
Frederic F.. Bowen, the Chicago piano
tuner, will be in town a few days next
week Leave orders for tuning at Il.
Smith q Co.'S or the postoffice. Mr..
Bowen will be accompanied by Harry
Depew, the champion dance player of
America. Mr.. Depew renders his music
in the most artistic fashion and plays to
continuous applause everywhere.
Bangor papers advocate the passage of
curfew ordinance to keep children off
the streets after dark. Might better
enact an ordinance compelling parents
to look after the welfare of their children,
which would be as much within the line
of the authority of the common council
as would curfew, and would be just as
easily enforced, and quite as likely to be
obeyed.
Some of the provisions of the new
game law. Mourning doves cannot be
killed at all. Open season for partridge
and quail, Oct. 20 to Nov. 80. Minks,
raccoons, skunks and muskrats must not
be taken during the months of October
and November. Deputy Warden Thayer
says the provisions will be enforced, and
desires to warn all against violations of
the law
Some time ago, Lansing administra-
tion organs were boasting Of the prompt
ness of the state department in getting
out the public acts of the last session of
of the legislature, but more than ninety
days have passed since the adjournment,
1 the new laws that were enacted have all
gone into effect and nobody, in Van
Buren county at least, knows what they
are. 1t is to be hoped that they may be
sent to us some time before the next ses-
sion.
The following young men have been
examined as recruits since Capt. Simpson
opened his recruiting station here: Daniel
Robb, Harry Nash, Frank Hanson, Nor
gan Burns, David Green, Henry Nichols,
Mark Chaffee, Jesse b. Thomas, Will
Campbell, Don Taylor, Chas. Krauthaus,
Terry King, Frank Long, Theo Clapp,
the latter failing to pass the examination.
Thomas, Robb, Chaffee, Campbell, Long,
Krauthaus and Nichols have been mus
tered into the service and will go to Fort
Smelling, Mimi, next Friday.
Saturday night, the 2lst of October,
the Ideal Entertainment company are to
give an entertainment in Longwell's
opera house for the benefit of the K O.
L. M. For the guidance of our readers
we will say that we have examined let
ters written by many well known editors,
clergymen and opera house managers,
testifying to the merit of this entertain
ment, which will be one that our citizens
cannot afford to miss, especially as the
profits are to be kept here at home.
We advise our readers to carefully read
the printed programs that are being dis
tributed, as they clearly set forth the
nature of the entertainment.
A few days since, the Northerner re-
ceived through the postofficea postal in
vitation, reading as follows: Lafayette
Light Guard ball, town hall, Tuesday
evening, June 13, 1876. The company Of
yourself and lady is respectfully solicit
ed. Room managers, L. j. Chaffee, j. M.
Longwell, music, Ocobock's band; bill,
s1OO" We don't know which one of the
old boys has had the card in his posses
sion for the past % years, but have no
doubt this item will recall pleasant recol-
lections to the minds of many. Twenty
three years make many changes in a
community, and especial in social affairs.
Why not have a Lafayette Light Guard
ball nowY
On the evening of the 23d of September,
1886, during the county fair, Melvin
Howard, negro, was arrested by Special
Policeman r. w. Mentor, for disorderly
conduct. On the way to Jail he broke
loose from the officer, drew razor and
and proceeded to slash things. He gave
Mentor severe cut across the abdomen
and also cut terrible cash in one of the
thighs Of Walter Brown, another colored
man. Howard succeeded in escaping from
custody, but was found during the night
at Lawton. Mentor lodged complaint
against him for assault with intent to
murder and, being arraigned before Esq.