The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-05-15

LaWt0n.
Kalamazoo base ball club plays the md
nine here Saturday.
O. S. Adams shipped carload of cast
iron to Kalamazoo, Saturday.
Miss Amelia Desenberg returned from
Bloomington, H., Saturday.
Peter Mcclellan and wife of Paw Paw,
visited at Harve Harper's last Sunday.
Miss Rose McKinneyof Ostemo, made her
many friends here little call last Sabbath.
Frank Johnson and wife from theSpper
peninsula. have been visiting their relatives
here.
Jim Taylor and family left for Richmond,
Ind where they expect to make their future
home.
John Free did the invoicing for Kinney,
Adams q Co. Henry Buechner is now at
the helm
Orrin Robinson of Sherman, formerly of
Lawton, is here on business connected with
his law suit
Burmese student from Kalamazoo col
lege. will lecture at the Baptist church next
Sunday eve.
O. C. tiay is expected home SOON with his
Kentucky bride The whole town will
turn out to welcome him.
The boys are having huge sport fishing in
the lakes and ponds near here, and some
fine fish are being caught
Henry Desenberg and Chas. Geiser are
making Improvements OH their residences
which greatly adds 10 their looks.
Miss Carrie Willard expects to go to De
trot TO spend the summer. Crawford, we
know how to sympathize with you.
Miss Jennie Bassett of Vulcan, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey smith, started for Buffalo last Thursday.
Geo. Rix and Captain Johnson are calling
upon the people Of this village and township.
Hope they won't be mistaken for book
agents.
We hear that VIM. Johnson will accept a
situation at the narrow gauge depot. He
has been for years in the employ OF Kinney,
Adams {, CO.
Memorial services will be held il this
place May 30th, and al citizens are invited
to Join with the Ct. a. Il. boys and assist in
carrying out the programme of the day.
Quite number of costly monuments have
been placed in our cemetery within the last
year, and these together with the flowers in
full bloom, make it look very beautiful.
DR.. Hipp's father died or Monday of last
week aged p years. lie had been here but
a short time, and was troubled with paraly
sis. The funeral was held at the NJ. L.
church on Thursday last.
Maze Harrington of Iludington. will move
here and start a harness shopin the building
now occupied by his father MAZE is an old
Lawton boy, well known in these parts and
will. no doubt, DO good business.
The village dads have passed an ordi-
nance prohibiting ball and marble playing,
catching or trains or any number OF persons
congregating upon the streets. The dads
will find the latter hard to live up to but if
others do as well as they do, probably there
will be no trouble.
We alluded TO one of our business places
last week a. a ranch at which the proprietor
took ofense and stopped his paper, think
ing, probably, that the word meant some
thing disreputabe. The dictionary SAYS the
word means a large farming establishment.
and no one ought to he offended at that un-
less they are ignorant of the signfcation of
just such simple words.
Mrs. Nellie Kennedy, wife of Amaziah
Kennedy, died last week Wednesday. The
funeral was held at the Baptist church ON
Friday last. Mrs. Kennedy was in perfect
health up to the time of her death which
was very sudden and unexpected. She
leaves young husband and bright little
girl of four years, to mourn her untmely
taking away.