The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-12-13
John MutchIer has. been reappointed

postmaster at Bangor.
A Constantine paper says that at least
half the taxpayers of that village are
women.
On account of the large Increase of
business at our postofiice, our postmaster
has had to increase his bonds To the
government. Bloomingdale Leader.
1t is very probable that should present
plans he carried out South Haven may
soon have one of the largest organized
athletic associations in this part of the
state.-Tribune.
The city or village in Michigan which
is not trying at present to get a canning
factory will soon be entitled To place
in the freak class, If things go ON as they
are at present.-Detroit Free Press.
Mud is diSagreeable, but at the most
! il can onl, uddy the outside of man or
vehicle 1t comes by the fall of rain or
snow, it can be avoided or prepared for
or paved against; but vulgar yituperation,
personal abuse, unrefined criticism are
infinitely worse-they injure the pro
Queer, they lover public taste, they offend
deceocy, they overreach their mark
South Haven Tribune.
Saturda, morning, November 23, while
Mrs. Fred g o,Dn was pouring coffee she
noticed thai her nine months old daugh-
ter. Thelma. was abodt To fall from its
go-cart. She attempted to rescue the
chiid and in odoing spilled the contents
upon her, badly scalding the little ones
head, ace and Ieft arm. The burns were
SO severe THAI physician had to be
summoned Lawton Leader.
Howard Hall the Decatur actor who
is starring this season in The Man Who
Dared, had very close call during the
company 5 recent engagement in Buffalo.
During the third act of the play, in
which Mr. Hall enters den containing
three of the largest African lions ever
brought to this country, one of these
animals sprang upon Mr.. Hall, and to
save his own life he was obliged to kill
the lion. The body of the lion is now on
exhibition in a show window in Detroit.
Local debts of the West Michigan
Traction company as Benton Harbor to
the amount Of about "A thousand dollars
have been paid, but the freight bills
have not and the boat which was to do
such wonders in the way of lake traffic,
is tied up at the docks. In speaking of
the proposed road the Benton Harbor
Palladium says the proximity of cold
weather will probably throw over until
spring all work of actual construction
and that it cannot be denied that the
citizens there are losing faith in the
ability of the company to build the line
while the dream of tunnel through the
bluffs grows more grotesque.
Here is one papers idea of market
report Young men, steady: girls, lively
and in demand; coffee, considerably
mixed; fresh fish. active and slippery
wheat, a grain better than barley; eggs
quiet, but will probably open in a few
days; whiskey, steadily going down;
onions, strong and rising: breadstuffs
heavy: boots and shoes, those in the
market soled, and steadily going up and
down: hats and caps, not as high as last
fall, except foolscap, which is stationery
tobacco very slow and has downward
tendency, money, close enough to get
hold of; feathers, light and going up; iron
firm; butter, growing stronger: opium
drug on the market; advice, good but
no demand