The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1902-01-17

st. Joseph ationalists are pre-
pairing to build new church.
Holland tax payers will vote at the
spring election on the proposition OF
bonding SIS 900 for city gas plant.
G. w. Williams has resigned the
presidency OF the Williams Transporta-
ton company at South Haven. John
Mackey succeeds him.
The local option question, which was
submitted To the board OF supervisors
last week, failed to carry on account OF
insufficient number of signatures
don Leader.
Will Mosier and Chas. Goodrich OF
Mattawan were in Decatur, Wednesday,
to inspect the Decatur canning factory.
They are contemplating the erection OF
factory in their village and 5. j. Sherrod
is assisting in organizing the company
Decatur Republican.
The decorators have finished work up
on the rotunda in the court house, and
it is very artistic indeed. 1t seems to be
the sense of the members of the board
of supervisors to continue the work and
finish the entire court house in the same
artistic manner.-Grand Haven Courier
Journal.
James j. Atkinson of Grand Rapids
has been appointed court stenographer
for this circuit. to succeed Mr. Knapp,
by Gov. Bliss, upon recommendation OF
Judge Coolidge He will reside in St.
Joseph. Harvey l.. Sherman is acting
for this week, as Mr.. Atkinson is sick at
Grand Rapids.-St. Joseph Herald.
South Bend Tribune: The Indiana
Railway company hopes to have cars
running from South Bend to st. Joseph,
Mich, by way of Niles and Berrien
Springs, before the close of the present
year Unless something occurs To pre-
gin as soon as the spring weather will
permit.
w. ii. Kenoyar, after two months ex-
perience as publisher of the Lawton
Tribune, has leased the plant to f.. O..
Moore. Mr.. Kenoyar has sought new
field of labor We don't wonder. There
never was any excuse for the Tribune.
The Leader thoroughly filed the field,
and there is not and never was room for
second paper 10 Lawton.
The Michigan State Anti Saloon league
will hold a convention at Lansing, Feb
urary 10 and IL, to consider methods of
aiding in local option elections in counties
next spring, and also the matter of secur-
ing prohibitory amendment to the state
constitution. All churches, young peo-
pies societies, temperance organizations,
oranges and farmers clubs are urged to
send delegates.
The people OF our village were given a
scare Sunday evening, which they do not
care to have repeated right away. After
the services at the church Mr.. r.. Van
Sluys, who has a small grocery just west
of f.. j. Merrifield's store, opened his
building to accommodate some custom
ers who wished goods. He lit a small
bracket lamp and in taking it down it
fell to the floor and Immediately set fire
to the goods piled under the counter.
Mr.. Van Sluys tried to extinguish the
flames, but as the fire spread so quickly
the fire department was called out; the
engine was got in position, but when
ready it was found that the suction pipe
to the engine was frozen, making it use
less. A bucket brigade was formed and
after a hard fight the blaze was extin-
guished, not, however, before it had
burned several holes in the west side and
the roof of the building aud badly
damaged the goods. The stock of goods,
which is valued at $500, will be almost a
total loss as those that were not burned
were so badly smoked as to render them
useless. They were insured for 800
Bloomingdale Leader.