The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

MIR. and Mrs. J. .. IuckeY made flying
visit to their friends here the fore part OF
this week.
! The McGibeny Family is the largest and
youngest musical family in the world. Don't
fail to hear them.
Longwell's store, Longwell, and Longwell's
boys taken together, make very complete
business arrangement.
DIR. j. Andrews and NJ U. Richardson will
attend the reunion of the Sd Mich. Cav
at Grand Rapids next Friday.
Eighteen new members Joined the Meth
odist church last Sunday. great work has
been done at this church during the past few
weeks.
Frank Millington and Covert IL Bartram's
horse got up another runaway last Saturday
This time the cutter was converted into
kindling wood.
The famous McGibeny Family will appear
at Longwell's Opera house, Monday evening
March Sd, for the benefit Of the Presbyter-
ian church of Paw Paw.
! We have received roll of PalIiser's Useful
Details, a book of forty large plates of useful
| aCoiSho iOl dISiAAISCbS
| by Palliser Il Co., Bridgeport, Conn.
There will be a special meeting of Brod-
head Post g. A. r., on this Thursday even
ing, for the purpose of work. general at
tendance of the members is requested.
Brad. Stanton's little nine year-old girl, is
the best organist We ever saw for child of
her age. She plays better than good many
| oldar Oirlc IN hava ,,oo. -
You can purchase special family ticket
to the McGibeny concert which will admit
four persons, reserved seats, for $l.50.
These reduced rate tickets are sold only in ad-
vance.
Bro. Russell, of the Bangor Adoanee made
the NoETHERSER a pleasant visit on Friday
last. Judging from what he says he is fully
determined that his paper shall continue to
Ad0cnce.
The lads and lasses of this village enjoyed
themselves hugely in celebrating the ami
versary of st. Valentine. Hundreds of the
white winged missives were mailed at the
post Office.
There will be union meeting next Sunday
evening, at the Disciple church, under the
direction of the Y. M. G. A. All are invited
to attend and learn the aim and object of
this association.
II you don't believe the NoRTHERNER is
the peer of any paper published in Van
Buren county, as good local newspaper, we
invite you to compare it with any, or all OF
them, and their name is legion.
Keane's Comedy Company, which played
at Longwell's opera house on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday evenings of last week. con
sists of really fine actors, much better than
the generality of travelling troupes.
Charles Mortimer of Hartford, made the
| Nortserner call last Friday on his way
bone from Detroit where he had been TO
attend the grand encampment of Dad Eel
lows. He reports very pleasant time.
O. w. Rowland is attending the session of
the Grand Lodge L. o. o. F., at Detroit. as
a representative of Paw Paw Lodge. He
| will take in the reunion of the Sd Michigan
Cavalry at Grand Rapids, on Friday of this
week.
Geo. w. Robertson, Masonic Grand Lect-
urer, will hold Lodge of Instruction at the
Hall of Rising Sun Lodge, L. d A. NJ, at
Lawrence, Mich, on the 9th day of March
next. All master masons are invited to be
present.
VIM. II. Filley, proprietor OF the Clifton
House, says he recently had the pleasure of
riding from Pine Grove to Paw Paw, with
Hiram Flanders, in just forty one minutes.
Our village Marshal must drive a pretty
lively stepping nag.
We attended the monthly rhetorical exer-
cises at the Union school last week Wednes-
day. They were very creditable to the lady
teachers who, in the absence of Prof. Rus
sell, had them in charge, as well as to the
scholars themselves
The next meeting of the w. G. T. U. will
be held in the parlor of the First Baptist
church, at half-past 3 o'clock Thursday after
noon, February 21st. Let every temperance
woman attend this meeting, as work of i'm
portance is before us.
| The Decatur fremen will give a grand
anniversary ball at the town hall, in that vii
lage on the evening of February 22d. Music
| by the Kalamazoo orchestra. 1t is intended
that it shall be the social event of the season
in that pleasant village.
Twenty-seven persons joined the Pres
| byterian church in this village last Sunday.
| They have found good society, and will, if
they attend church as they ought, have the
pleasure of listening TO good music by good
choir, and to good preaching by good man.
Covert q Bartram had a lot of fine ceiling
paper that they wanted to show, and Jim
we mean Jim Leech-wanted to show his
work and 80 between them they have ele-
gantly decorated the ceiling of the New York
drug store. Just look at it when you 90
in there to buy goods.
An application has been made to have the
board of school inspectors detach the lands
of A. Haywood, Z. Vandevere and II. G.. Sax
ton from what is known as the Wildey dis.
trict in this town and attach the same to the
Allen district in Lawrence, thereby forming
another fractional district between the two
townships.
The mistake in last weeks NoErHERNER in
reference to the date of the donation at
Lawton, was occasioned by the gentleman
who ordered the cards for the occasion Civ
ing us the wrong date. Our Lawton cor
respondent was in no way responsible for
the item. The donation will take place on
Friday evening, Feb. 22d.
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