The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-01
School begins next Monday.

to peep again.
McCabe is moving into the house vacated
by VIM. Reed.
Guy Harrison IS printers devil at the
NoRTHERNER Office.
The new county officials enter upon their
duties next monday.
Mr.. l.. II. Harrison has gono on q short
visit to Jackson, Mich.
Mrs. j. Il. Root returned last Monday from
weeks visit at Chicago.
New Years dance at Longwells Opera
House Wednesday evening.
Slippers can be had at Carroll & Co.'S at a
discount Of 20 per cent. now.
Long and Pearsall have moved their bar
ber shop under Longwell's drug store.
ID. A. Harrison and wife of Kalamazoo,
will spend couple of weeks in this village.
Joseph Bache of Chicago, spent his Christ
mas in this village, guest of Miss Lettie Dar-
ling.
Mrs. j. J. Carroll returned from Chicago
last Monday. Her sister, Miss Minnie Fisk,
accompanied her.
Uncle TOMS Cabin, by G. H. Boyd's Com
pany, at the Opera House, Thursday evening,
Jan. lst. Best on the road.
A. L. Stevenson has returned from Chica-
go, where he has been to spend the Holidays.
al. says there is no place like Chicago for
fun.
A game OF polo at the new rink on Friday
evening Jan. 9th, between the Young Alerts of
kalamazoo, and the Excelsior club of Paw
Paw.
The regular monthly union temperance
meeting will be held at the Baptist church
next Sunday evening. Elder Harvey will
otficiate.
There will be game of polo at Hartford
on Saturday evening next, between the cham
pions of Benton Harbor and Excelsiors of
Paw Paw.
Quite number of Paw Paw people went
to Lawrence last Tuesday TO witness the
marriage of Mr. JEFF. Jennings and Miss
Lucy Keene.
Father Wernert has received orders from
Bishop Burgess of Detroit, to take charge
of the Battle Creek parish. Paw Paw peo-
pie will regret to have Mr.. Wernert leave
this place.
1t is very desirable that all members of the
Van Buren, County Agricultural Society
should be present at the annual election of
officers next Tuesday. Important business
will demand their attention.
The TRUE NoErHERNER published at Paw
Paw, Mich, is In error when ii says "Dr.
William Perry of Exter, n. H.. the Oldest
living graduate OF Harvard, voted for Cleve-
land'' DR.. Perry voted for James G Blaine,
and always votes the republican ticket.
-Erter On. H. Gasctts. All right Dr., we
are glad TO make the correction.
"Clum" Engle says his peaches are all O. X,
the lowest temperture on his hill, during The
recent cold snap, being 4 , below zero. At c
o'clock Friday morning when it was 90 be-
low in the village it was but ? : degrees be-
low at his place. This is a remarkable illus
tration of the theory of atmospheric drainage.
Had there been any wind to mix up the at
mosphere hls peach crop would have been
cooked.
Our old army comrade, John Il. Kinney of
Strasburg. Mo-, son of w. ID. Kinney OF Law
ton. visited us last Tuesday. John has been
in Missouri about eight years, and is home
for his frst visit. he looks as natural as he
did when we travelled that state with him in
the days of the war. 1t does anold soldiers
heart good to meet one of the old boys.
John and ourself sojourned in the confederacy
together nearly four years. He well recol-
J lects when we used to order Kinney to "ride
Fosters mule"
Mr. Geo. w. Gould of Bramhall Oak,
writes rs under date of Dec. 26th as follows:
"rhe weather has been nice here until about
| | Tor, Iox-s xula 20 INa olD
and cold, Dec. 18th and 18th, 30o below
zero, 22d, AZ % below, oath, rs Q below, at
Highmores. 52o below. How does this
; compare with Paw Paw? Money Is close,
prices low and crops poor in Hyde county
this season. OF course the cold was intense
but according to all accounts people don't
; feel the cold in Dakota.
, On Monday evening the Excelsior and
Zigzag Polo Clubs disbanded. new club
was formed from the best players of the for
, mer clubs. which change makes the new
team the strongest in the county. The Off
GERS and members are as follows: John II.
BTyar, President; Louis X. Woodman, Gen.
Man. and Ref. Robert IL. Chapman, Sec. !;
Robert Dillon, Treas. Harry ID. Longwell,
Captain; John Thomas, Sub-captain. Geo.
Flanders, VIII Holt, Geo. Longweli. Fred
Mosier, Will Showerman, Frank Van Ness.
The Canton Adgocato in speaking of the
drama entitled the "Ticket Of Leave man."
as rendered by the Canton dramatic club,
at Canton, Dakota, last Thursday night,
pays a very fine compliment to our former
towns-p people, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stevens,
who are members of the club. The Adc0-
cate says "The drama was handled not only
in an acceptable manner, but gave better sat
isfaction than has the event of any travelling
troup visiting Canton this Season. As
T Meter Moss, the jew, Mr.. Fred l.. Stevens
handled the difficult character in very
} happy manner, and as leading lady Mrs
+. i. Stevens happily filed her position
rendering the pathos and the joys in true
comparison to actually"