The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-27

Qrue Nortbermer.
Paw Paw, MICHIGAN, july ~, 1877
Inra department.
Services at the Disciple Church next Sunday
as follows:
Sermon, 101S A. NJ, Subject: "A Great
Row Settled" 719P M, Subject: 1.-The Turks. "
IRVING A. SEARLEs, Pastor. .
b. M. Williams, OF Lawrence. has gone to
Pstoskey.
The western Michigan fruit crop will be .
large one this year.
The long talked of excursion to Diamond
Lake takes place to-day.
Chauncey Ocobock is building nice barn on
his premises on Niles street.
Charley Matthews and family have returned
from visit to Pennsy lvania.
Lat Monday John Free aud family left for
q months visit in Minnesota.
Our Agricultural College letter is published
on the first page Of to-day's paper.
Prank Smith, one of the clerks in W. J. Sell
hicks store. is taking months rest,
Miss Georgia Bradley will please accept our
thanks for basket OF nice harvest apples.
Several Of our citizens intend visiting the
Petoskey camp meeting, which commences next
week.
On Monday last, Misses Minnie Tuttle and
Edith Keables, Of Decatur, made us brief but
pleasant call.
Miss Mayhala Rockwell, OF Breedsville. was
in town this week visiting her sister, Mrs.
Dell Cummings.
The blackbirds are the dly enemies OF the
cut worm, and also OF the black bugs that in
fest the squash vines.
Leroy Osborn is erecting very tasty resi-
dence on the site formerly occupied by the old
livery barn, on Oak street.
Fenner Hayes, who has been travelling with
Burr Robbins show since II started out in the
spring, has returned home.
The Van Buren, County Society of Spiritual
lists will hold their quarterly meeting in South
Haven, August 4th and 9Th.
We call the readers attention to an article
entitled Save the trees which liz published
in another column OF this journal.
Under the heading, Hartford Locals, ;" the
Day Spring contains this Item Grace Green
wood is at Dowaglac visiting friends
Died-In Waverly, on Wednesday morning,
July 25th. OF cancer in the stomach. Mrs. Mi
nerva H., wife of Geo. Belts, aged 80 years.
Last week Wednesday an Odd Fellows Lodge
was organized at South Haven. Several gen.
tlemen went from here to assist IN the eere-
monies.
Rev. s. NJ WIlkie Will preach in the First
Baptist church of Paw Paw next Sabbath, July
80, at the usual hours All are invited to come
and hear him.
John Doughty, OF the Isabella Enterprise,
has been visiting relatives in this village for
the past three weeks, and taking rest from
the arduous duties OF newspaper work.
The true friends OF the working classes will
never encourage them to communism. There
must be some proper means of self protection
short Of murder and incendarism,
A day or two ago, l. b. Conner showed us a
sample of Delhi wheat that had lain around for
ten years. 1t was sent him as far back as when
he and Delos Harrington were doing business
together.
On Wednesday last Columbus Engle was in
town, exhibiting a sample Of ripe peaches.
They were Of the variety known as the Alexau-
der, and which ripens about two or three weeks
earlier than Hale's Early.
One Of our nice young men had better luck
other day.--the first one caught being a stylish
young lady Guess we won't give any names,
but J. can tell you ali about it.
We think potatoes must be plenty this year,
when one OF the neighbor girls goes into Mr..
Joseph Davey's garden and digs twenty-six
large and several small ones out OF one hill.
Wonder what Joe thinks about it.
Wonder what caused Hsdsell to visit the
County, Clerks Office, the other day? Perhaps
he was gathering statistics" for the Press so
as to avoid the trouble (?) Of appropriating
the Courier editors brain-exhausting produc-
tons
We we're the recipient of couple of baskets
OF the incest red raspberries we have seen this
season, from Charley Mason, the little son of
Williamson Mason, of this village. They were
from the fruit farm of Hon. A. S. Dyckman, OF
South Haven.