The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-18
Lawtou.

Miss Rose Mckinney was in the city last
Thursday, visiting relatives.
Good sleighing now, and the new cutters
are being brought out for use.
Frank Hennessy of Wisconsin, is in town,
calling on his numerous friends.
Jimmy Williams, formerly of this place,
has been visiting friends in town.
A smash-up on the Central, Tuesday night
of last week, delayed all night trains.
The first snow blowing of the season was
done last Monday. Fred Rowlee has charge
of the work for the winter.
A number of the young people attended a
party given at the residence of Johnny
Gould last Friday evening.
John jefferson of Bangor, who was here
during the furnace days, was shaking hands
with old friends on the street last Saturday.
Frank Morrill,, Bertha McElheny, Kittie
Smith and Jennie johnson, attending school
at Ypsilanti, will spend the Holidays at
home.
AZ meeting of the school board last Sat
urday evening, ii was decided to hire the
present teachers for the remainder of the
school year.
mairpouch was DIR .wn under the wheels
of the express on Monday of last week and
the contents strewed along the track toward
the furnace.
Miss Anna Buechner was out on Friday
evening last, for the first time since the Sc
rious accident that has SO long kept her con-
fined to the house.
j. S. Cowgill's gentemallly clerk. Charley
Hight, was helping Juan McKeyes at the
drug store last week, there being more bust
ness than Juan could attend to.
Our heavy weight constable took charge
, of l.. f. Buffers barber shop fixtures to sat
isfy Kalamazoo creditor, one day last week.
Mr.. Butler is out of town at present.
Farmers don't like our open winter be-
cause there is no sale for wood. They find
it hard to get $1.75 per cord for it. Prob
ably they will have to come down a peg be-
fore the winter is over.
We hear that the young ladies of this
place will give select leap-year party on
Christmas eve, at Morrill's hall, and that the
young men will give party at the same
place on New Years eve.
A lever with which Lewis Dine was work
ing the other day, flew back and struck him
In the face, knocking out one of his worries
and causing his face to resemble piece of
beefsteak ready for the frying-pan.
One of the most pleasant select leap-year
parties of the season was given last Friday
evening by Miss Estella Lawton at her home,
n large number of her friends enjoying it.
Part of the programme was "taffy-pull''
which was pretty we'll contested by ALL our
professor getting the honors or, we might
saw, the candy. All were well pleased at the
wav they were entertained by Miss Estella
and her mother, and il was pretty well to-
wards the wee sma' hours when the party
broke up, and the young ladies escorted
their "felows" safely home.
w. J. Scott, the most popular and also the
most innocent peddler on the road, was set
ting up the cigars last Saturday, saying that,
as the rag trade was 80 dull at present, he
had gone into the matrimonial business,
having been united in marriage about a week
AGO TO Miss Sarah Ann Dickey. He says
that. unlike SHAFT, he was unable to keep the
matter from the public, as he was the hap
piest man in the country, and was only toe
clad to tell the good news. AS long as Law
ton keeps its peddling population. there is
no danger of Van Buren, county going dem
ocratic. Mr.. Scott says that, after returning
from his European trip, he will go to house.
keeping at once.