The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

Ine Antwerp mutual protection association
will hold its annual meeting at the Richmond
school house, on Monday, Oct. 9th, at 7:30
p. m.
o. w. Rowland is acting as clerk of the
board of supervisors, Mr.. Myers, county
clerk, being engaged in court, ON the Barker
trial.
N. Welch will give private or class lessons
in dancing this winter. See his card of
announcement in another column of this
paper.
Harry Longwell is attending the State
Pharmaceutical Association at Detroit this
week. Harry is the only druggist from this
village in attendance.
The ladies of the First Baptist church will
have chicken-pie supper next Tuesday eve
ming, Oct. Goth. Tables ready at 5:30. Every
one is invited Supper 10 cents.
Mr.. A. d. Munger of Chicago, dropped in
upon us last Monday and renewed his sub
scription. He said that he had come to
regard the NoRTHERNER as one of his family.
Papers on "The power of example" will
be read before Paw Paw grange, Friday eve
ming of this week, by Mrs. Alice Gould and
L. w. Van Fossen, TO be followed by discus
sion.
Miss Maude Chaplin of Chester, Ind, who
made an extended visit with Paw Paw friends
a short time since, changed her name on the
4th instant to that of Mrs. Horace L. Viii
liams.
There will be fish-pond social at the res
idence of VIM. w. Hall in Porter, for the
benefit of the Porter M. E. Sabbath-school,
on Wednesday evening, October 2lst. All
are invited.
Mr.. Bowen has had the old warehouse on
on his lot next to the bank turned around
and set on the corner of the lot, so as to
make room for that new block which he in
tends to build.
"Santee BilI' gave an exhibition at the
opera house, last Thursday evening, to
small audience. He is clever juggler and
his short sketch of his life and adventures
was quite interesting.
The following is a list of letters remaining
uncalled for at our postoffice, for the week
ending Oct. 18th: Hunter, Mrs. Roberts
johnson, Mrs. Atty; McOmber, G.. B.; Moore,
John H.; Russell, A. A.
Mrs. A. Engle of Eagle Grove, Iowa, is
visiting relatives and friends in and about
Paw Paw. She will be away from her home
all winter, making her head quarters with
Mrs. Travis at Hartford.
On Saturday evening last about twenty
five of the young people gave Miss Bertha
Myers a genuine old fashioned surprise, bat
Miss Bertha proved equal to the occasion
and entertained her company right royalty.
Frank Rice, who recently finished a course
in pharmacy at Ann Arbor, started for East
Saginaw last Saturday, where he has ac
cepted position as clerk in a drug store.
The best wishes of the NoRTHERNER go with
him.
Mrs. Harriet Harrison of Almena, on Sat-
urday last sent to the editor, box of ele
CANT blackberries, picked from her own
vines that morning. She thinks if we have
an open winter she will have berries the year
round.
Fair premiums will be paid in full, and
parties to whom they have been awarded can
obtain orders for the same by calling on the
secretary at his Office in the Court House,
first door on the left, at any time prior to
Nov. 25th.
The first social party of the season will be
given at the opera house this Thursday
evening, under the management of George
Longwell and Will Bryar. The boys expect
coming winter.
Broughton propounds great many ques-
tions to the readers of the NoRTHERNER this
week, under the head of "what the people
want to know and it would pay you to turn
to his column and see how many of them
you can answer.
We learn that b. T. Stearns has been en-
gagged to take charge of drugstore in
Aberdeen, Dakota. We congratulate Frank
upon his good fortune, as well as his employ-
ers, who have thus secured very capable
and efficient man.
Miss Clara l.. Matthews, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G.. w. Matthews, formerly of this
village, now of Sioux Falls, Dak., will be
married on Thursday evening" the 18th inst,
to Mr.. WILDER M. Gordon. MAY they live
long and prosper"
Quite number of the boys, and some of
the girls of the grammar school, have been
seen smoking on the streets. It is bad
enough for boys to begin that filthy habit,
but when the girls take it up, we think it
high time something was done to put stop
to it.
A party of Paw Paw boys drove to
Dowagiac last Friday to see the fair. They
started for home about 8 o'clock p m, ran over
stump in the road got dumped; team got
away and they had to tramp about eighteen
miles, arriving home Saturday morning
about eight o'clock. Claude Long knows all
about it.
In our report of the fair last week, we gave
G. +. Il J. Nesbitt of Schoolcraft, credit for
six head of registered Holstein cattle,
whereas they had but two, the other four
belonging to ID. w. G. Lytle of Porter. Mr..
Lytle is breeder of this grade of cattle. the
bull exhibited by him being the sire of the
calf shown by Messrs. Nesbitt.
The report of County Treasurer McLain,
for the year ending Sept. 30th, 1886, shows
the total receipts from all sources to have
been S84 ,371.39, and the disbursements S82,-
5S1.84, leaving balance on hand of S1,7S9.
90. The estimated liabilities for the coming
year are $25, 40. 53; estimated resources S3,
22055, leaving to be provided by tax about
$4,000.
The South Haven Messenger, has entered
upon its 9th volume. Among other things,
its editor says in last weeks issue: ut shall
be our aim in the fufure IA in the raet To