The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

Mrs Rhoda Hopkins has Miss Hattie
Cooley's new volume of poems, entitled
"Ripples of Song
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey OF Richland, Mich,
are visiting their son, II. w. Harvey, pastor
OF the Presbyterian church of this village. -,
Union Thanksgiving services win be held
at the Pirst Baptist church in this village.
Rev. Jas. Goodman will deliver the address
There will be coffee social held at the
parlors of the First Baptist church, Wed
nesdsy evening, Nov 14th- Everybody in
vited.
All those who wish to receive instruction
in painting and drawing next term at Oak
Park Seminary, are requested to send their
names TO the principal Immediately.
An autumnal Sunday school concert con
Quoted by S. L Bowen, will be held in the
First Baptist church, next Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock No services in the evening.
Mrs. Chas. II. Smith, Mrs. j. Gorton Smith
and Mr.. Chas. Smith, relatives of Capt. Ed.
Smith, arrived here from Hartford, Conn.
on Thursday last, on a visit to the Capt's
Married, Tuesday afternoon, November
! 9Th, at the residence of the brides sister
Mrs. 5. II. Jones, Ar, John L. Clapp of Paw
Paw to Miss Sarah A. Thorndike, Camden,
Maine, Rev. w. c. Burns, officiating.
Before Esq. Warner, during the past week,
Daniel Conway charged with intoxication.
Plea guilty. Sentenced = - days IN the
county jail Also George Hight, same Of
| fense. tried, convicted and tined @lO and
costs.
Winfield $. cn-Haucock--is once again
an inmate Of our county Jail, charged with
an assault with intent to commit rape. He
was but recently discharged from the states
prison at Jackson after serving ont an lS
months sentence for the same Offense.
| In the list of members of the Northwest
ern Beekeepers' Society which recently held
a session in Chicago, we notice the following
names from this county: IL. ID. Burrell,
| Bangor; A. s. Haskin, Lawrence; Il. ID.
| Ward, Lawton; and j. c. Gould, Paw Paw
Harry Longwell, manager of Longwell's
Opera house, has arranged to favor our cti-
zens with a course OF lectures from eminent
men during the coming winter. The frst
lecture of the course will be delivered by
Benz. +. Taylor, on the evening of Novem-
Der alst, inst
Last Thursday Mr.. Myron Hoskins brought
to our Office stem of blackberries picked
from his garden, on which there were eight
full grown berries four of which were fully
ripe. We would like TO have few quarts of
such fruit If Mr. II. has more than he wants
Tor his own use.
South Haven ladies have organized and
mustered into service Zach Chandler Re-
lief Corps No !, Woman's Relief Corps De-
partment of Michigan, auxiliary to the
Grand Army OF the Republic. South Haven
feels proud of having Relief Corps No. /,
and Camp No. l, Sons of Veterans.
The winter term OF our Union School
which begins just after the holidays,
will be AZ excellent term for nonresident
pupils 10 join the school. No pains will be
spared either by teachers or by the board TO
maintain the present high reputation Of the
school, and to make it profitable to all who
shall attend.
Fred Shaefer returned from Aberdeen,
Dakota, last Thursday He brings favorable
reports from that country. All the Paw
Paw folks in that region were we'll. He
says Flanders has refused $4,000 for his
claim, and that Wilkins has declined an offer
of $1,000 for his. That is better than they
could have done In Michigan.
Judge Mills held court in this village on
| Saturday afternoon last The case of VIM.
Anderson VS.. l.. Dana Hill, the Dowagiac ditch
case-was decided in favor of the defendant.
A stay of proceedings was allowed for twenty
days in order to enable the parties to settle
4 l., - boa -
heard in the supreme court.
| The Detroit dailies-Post and Tribune,
and Free Press--have reduced their price to
three cents per single copy, or seven dollars
per year Can il be possible that the pros
pect of O new two cent morning daily moved
them TO this course? We predict that if
they continue this reduction in price, it will
be "hard shedding" for the new paper, should
there be one.
! The case of the Van Buren, Division of
the Toledo and South Haven Railroad Com
pany vs. James Carroll came on for trial
before Justice Warner last Thursday. Judg-
ment was rendered for plaintiff and appeal
ed to the circuit court. Several other pend
ing cases of the same kind were adiourned
| to await the result of the trial of the Carroll
case in the circuit.
Quite a disastrous IRE occurred in Hart
| ford last Friday night 1t broke out about
midnight in the planning mill of Olds Bros
which was entirely consumed. Three barns
which stood near by were also destroyed.
A strong wind prevailed, and it was with
great difficulty that several houses near the
scene of the confagration were saved. We
bear that there was no insurance on the
property burned.
Benz. f. Taylor, who opens the lecture
course in our village on the 21st inst, is too
we'll known, and has too high reputation as
popular, interesting, and entertaining
speaker, to need any particular commenda-
ton from us. We hope to see large audi
ence assembled to hear his address. and thus
encourage the movement 10 bring before our
people higher and more intellectual order
of entertainments than trashy plays and
minstrel shows,
! The monthly union temperance iheehhg at
the Baptist church last Sunday evening was
| largely attended. The address by Z. A. Crane
Esq, was listened to with great interest.
The speaker presented sofne novel ideas