The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-24

a union bible meeting will be held at the
f. w. Baptist church next Sunday evening.
Mr.. Grimes of Niles, will deliver an address.
Rev. o. ID. Watkins of Lawton. will preach
at the M. T.. church next Sabbath morning
Rev. q. l.. Cole goes to Keeler to hold quar-
terly services.
Look over BroughtOn's picture gallery oil
fine shoes and then go and buy pair for
your wife, and children and not have them
running around barefooted any longer.
Under the law, as construed 10y the Attor.
ney General, and he is, no doubt, correct,
bondsmen for liquor dealers, must live with
in the corporate limits of the village or city
where the business il carried on.
Mrs. I'll. X. Odel and Mrs. Emma Mar
shall have recently returned from Chicago
where they purchased an elegant lot of mil
linery and hair goods Read their new
cards in our "business notice" column.
X. w. Noyes has something new and in
teresting to say TO our patrons this week.
BE sure and look over his new ad., and then
go and see his new stock of wall paper and
other goods which he proposes to sell "cheap
for cash"
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dence of Mr.. A. G.. Higgins, last Monday
evening. As usual they had a good time.
Their plan is TO so early-supper at half
past six-and then enjoy themselves after
ward. We like that way.
4 copy of the Wall Lake Gowa) Journal
says 1.-The Fletcher school commenced on
Monday of last week. Miss Carrie Y. Nc
Kendrick is teacher" Miss Carrie is tho
daughter of Rev. w. n. McHendrick, form
erly of this village. now located at Wall
| Lake.
Hartford has followed the example of De-
catur, and availed itself of its privilege un-
der the local option law, and has passed an
ordinance making the saloon business illegal
in that village. Decatur, we believe, was the
first village in Michigan to enact such an
ordinance.
We have recently added the Berrfsn
! Springs Era to our list OF exchanges. The
| Fra is number one local newspaper, and
well worthy of liberal patronage, which,
| Judging from the appearance of its adver-
tising columns, is well understood by the
business men of Berrien.
We had the pleasure, few days since, of
calling upon Bro. Russell at the Office of the
Ady0nce. Business seemed to be good with
him. Bro. Phillips or the Reflector, was busy
distributing mail, and, az our stay at Bangor
was very limited, we only had time TO "shake
his paw" through pigeon hole.
The Methodist Protestant church of Por-
ter will hold their quarterly meeting at their
church in that township on Saturday and
Sunday April 26th and 9th. Services at
p. M, on Saturday, conducted by Rev. G. p.
Goodrich, who will also preach on Sunday
evening in Lawton, at the hail of Woodman
Post g.. ~ r., at 1880 p. 10.
The w. c. Il. U. continue to hold their
meetings at the roopls of the \. NJ. c. A. at
2:30 every wednesday. At $3.50 the young
people and children meet at the same place
under the direction OF Ursula Harrison.
Let every one interested in the work OF
humanity come and join the Union and give
their support to the good work.
special meeting of the board of super
visors will be held on the I'd day OF May
next, for the purpose of taking into consid-
Grafton the matter OF our county Jail, and 10
devise some method, if practicable, to put it
into proper and suitable condition for use.
We hope the board may arrive at some con-
clusion that will be satisfactory to all.
The Niles district musical association is IN
session at the NJ. T.. church this (Wednes-
day. afternoon. On Thursday subjects of
general interest will be discussed. Sermon
this evening by Rev. A. NJ. Gould of Niles,
and tomorrow evening by Rev. A. ID. New
ton of Dowagiac. The public il invited to
attend ali the exercises of the association.
A Aying visit to the village of Covert made
on Friday last, served to convince us that
| hYc 30 thr;y hot linz
The close times A railroad outlet is the one
thing they need, and they are anxiously
awaiting the advent of the marrow gauge,'
and are ready to give it big boost when its
managers are ready to build another link
westward.
We have been shown statement over the
signatures of a majority of tho school board
of District No. 3, of Porter township, and
several other good citizens, setting forth
that the report that appeared in one of our
county papers, that their teacher, Mr.. Geo.
Hathaway did not complete his term of
school in their district is untrue. They say
he did complete his school and that he gave
no substantial reason for dissatisfaction.
The Messenger says "the statutes require
that all dissolutions of partnerships, and all
new partnerships, shall be advertised in a
newspaper for the term of six weeks" The
Messenger is not correct. 1t is only that
peculiar class of partnerships known as
"linIted partnerships" which are required
10 be thus advertised. General partnerships
may be formed or dissolved by mutual agree
ment without any such advertising.
Riley Bangs has purchased the so acres
east of town known as the "Will Bilsborrow
farm" and recently owned by BENZ. G. Shell
don, giving his house and lot on Kalamazoo
street, aud $4,000 therefor. With his re-
newed health, Mr.. Bangs feels a strong de-
sire to again become granger. and has lost
no time i'll moving out to his new home.
We have just become familiar with his pres
ence on our streets, and hope he will come
to market often.
Quite an exciting scene occurred in the
store of G. w. Longwell on the afternoon of
the 18th. 1t seems that one Reynolds of
Chicago, an agent for the cutlery firm of
Henry Sears q Co, was examining a dam
aged revolver which Mr.. Longwell had pre-
viously purchased of him, and, after looking
at it, took up another which lay beside it,
and before Mr.. Longwell could prevent rails
ed the hammer, remarking "what's the matter
of this one? AS he spoke, he pulled tho