The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-26
Miss Nina Mccabe is visiting friends in


Jackson.
Jerry Doughty was around one Gay this
week. shaking hands with his old friends
here.
A ten pound boy made Mr.. and Mrs. JAS.
Abrams, of Lawrence. happy on Thursday
morning last.
Fry's concert troup gave an entertainment
to very slim audience al the Opera House,
OH Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Glidden and Hiram
Chaplin were called here on account ot the
illness of g. b. Chaplin.
One of A. G. Glidden's tramp burglars is
under the doctors care at the Jail. Too
many regular meals don't agree with him.
The seventh annual meeting OF the spirit
ualsts and liberalists will be held AT School
craft. on Aug. 2sth. DR.. Juliette H. Sever
ance of Wis. and Hon. Wilkes Angel of y.
T.. will address the meeting.
The wedding of Herrick Sutton and Miss
Anna Gilman. occurred on Tuesday evening
and that of Eugene Brsdt and Miss Gettie
Coy took place on Wednesday evening OF
this week. Quite large company OF in
vited guests attended both weddings and
each bride was the recipient of many nice
presents.
The latest news from the President would
indicate that lie was little better. He has
taken and retained more liquid food IL the
last "a hours than he has before III the same
length of time for more than q week. He
has lost ~ pounds of flesh since he was shot
and is very week and delirious at times. The
feeling seems to pervade the whole country
that he will die.
Spence. Hurlbut aud two other gentlemen
from Detroit came near being drowned one
day last week. They were up TO Macknaw
fishing and caught a forty FOUNDER. which
in foudering about in the boat capsized it..
The three men clung TO the boat and were
rescued from their periIous position. when
neraly exhausted. by tug that happened 70
be passing.
We are pleased 10 learn that Prot. Dan
ham has purchased the hat and fur store of
Miller Bros, who had one of the largest and
finest stock of goods in that line in kalama-
700. No doubt the Prof. will he more than
pleased To see his Paw Paw friends now.
especially if they wish to purchase something
nobby in the hat or gents furnishing line.
Success TO YOU Prof, is the wish of the
Northerner.
Our former good looking fellow citizen.
Lou. Melchor, looked in upon us on Thurs
day morning. Lou. tried his hand at glass
ball shdeting at jackson. as he was passing
through there OF Wednesday. He shot with
some of the crack shots of the country, and
with four others divided first money. taking
every ball easy Who he was and where he
came from. was what they were all anxious
to find out
A couple of tony gentlemen with gor-
geous turnout, have been selling patent
medicine on the corners of our streets several
evenings this week. If the gentleman who
does the talking, is as We'll skilled i'll COM
pounding his liniment as he is yersed i'll
anatomy, We would expect him TO proclaim
il cure-al. While We listened 10 his
blarney one evening, he asserted THAT the
sciatic nerve was the largest nerve in the
body and it connected directly with the
heart Which is about as near the truth,
as for Ms TO say the Almena telegraph line
reached to the north pole. Beware of hum
bugs.
The county examining board met at the
county clerks Office on Tuesday and organ
lied by electing Mr.. Stout chairman and
q. +. Burkett secretary. The per cent of
the questions TO be correctly answered by
any teacher to entitle him to receive a certifi
cate was established at -. and that no ap
plicant will he granted certificate who falls
below G0per cent in amy branch. The COM
pensation of the Sec. for special examinations
was fixed at one dollar. To be paid by the ap-
plicant. The following places were designat-
ed for holding the public examinations:
Lawrence. Sept. 3d. 1881 Bloomingdale.
Sept. TO- 1881: Decatur, Oct. <. 1881 Paw
Paw. Oct. %. 1881 Hartford. March. 2s.
1882 South Haven, March, 20. 1882 Paw
Paw. March. 81. 1881 Lawrence. June. IL.
1882.
4 CARD.
To the kind friends who during the past
year have SO kindly ministered to Us in our
Affections. we wish 10 express our warmest
thanks To do this personally il iplpoSsible