The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-07
Local Department



Bro johnson, of the Decatur Republican,
made us fraternal visit on Thursday last.
Foster & Slovenian have opened their
| new grocery store in Warmers meat market.
The Excelsior boys came out ahead in the
polo game at Coolies, last Saturday evening.
issue and then go and look over his stock of
goods.
Mrs. Chas. Wernicke started on Thursday
last, to rejoin her husband at Shoshone,
Idaho.
Rev. w. w. Lamport will preach at the M.
Z. church next Sunday, both morning and
evening.
Lost, in this village, four fold, one foot,
ivory rule. The finder will please leave it at
this Office.
Isn't il about time that our citizens should
begin to make arrangements for Fourth of
July celebration?
Hon. Z. p. Hill of Decatur, and Mr.. A. b.
Chase of Bangor, each honored the NORTH
ERNER Office with call on Monday last.
Lost, about two weeks since, somewhere in
this village, plaid shawl. The finder will
confer favor by leaving it at the NoRTH-
ERNER office.
Mr.. A. Z. Bartlett, formerly connected
with the Kalamazoo publishing company, is
now district agent for the Harden grenade
fire extinguishers.
Married, by w. II. Mason Esq, on the
9th day of April, 1885, Mr.. Henry A. Rog-
ers to Miss Harriet Conklin, both of Paw
Paw. Shake Hank.
disastrous fire occurred at Grand juno
tion last Saturday afternoon, consuming the
hotel, and the stores of Rogers, and Feazell,
and some other property.
Quite large number of the friends of
Miss Nellie Richardson, few days since,
gave her q very pleasant surprise. 1t was
Miss Nellie's birthday, and a very pleasant
time was had. q
Your attention will surely be attracted by
the new 'ad" of G. w. Young, dealer in bug
gies and agricultural implements. Yves. says
he is determined to sell only the best goods,
and at fair prices.
The bills advertising the spring meeting
of the Van Buren, County Agricultural
Society, printed at the Northerner office,
are novelty in this section, and attract a
good deal of attention.
Mr.. G. A. Gombert of Milwaukee, archi-
tect of the Four Mile Lake House, was in
town last week looking over matters and Wis
iting with his brother law, Mr. John III
ling.
Senator Monroe was in town last Monday
looking after the interests of the Duncombe
estate, of which he is administrator. s. n.
Hurlbut of Detroit, Mrs. Duncombe's brother
was also here.
The meeting of the stockholders of the
Almena telegraph company at Asa Glidden's
last Saturday evening was adjourned to the
Office of Z. Il. Annable, in this village, on
Saturday evening, June 9th.
The cards of Kelly & Miller, merchant
tailors, and of j. II. McCahon, surgeon den
tist will be found in this paper They all
have the appearance of being gentlemen
who understand their business.
The following letters remain uncalled for
in our postoffice for the week ending May
4th: Beam, John; Brown, Miss Matte: /:
Lee, Mr.. Frank; Ludington, Mrs. Rose I:
Patterson, Mrs. Cornelia; Ward, TO.
Officer Montague of Kalamazoo was in
town last Sunday on track of a team of
horses stolen from Mr.. u. Il. Durkee. He
thought he was on the right track, and that
the team had been run to Whiskey Run.
An injunction was served on county treas
urer McLain last Monday morning, restrain
ing him from selling certain lands advertised
for sale for the collection of $345.57 ditch
tax, on the Armstrong ditch in Waverly.
Clothing is getting cheaper and cheaper.
Whole suits, "corkers," for three dollars, for
two dollars and half, and for two dollars
l<z
tinue to drop. Competition is the life of
trade"
We call attention to the new card of Mrs.
Odell, fashionable milliner, to be found
among our "business locals" Mrs. Odell
has q fine stock of new spring and summer
goods and is ready to do work that will
please her patrons.
No Office in the county is better prepared
to do good Job work than the Northerner
Office, and were ii not that our foreman is
a modest man, we would add that no Office
has a better workman than he. Bring in
your work and see If you are not pleased
with what you get.
letter from Elmer Shrine to his parents,
states that he has been promoted to the po-
sition of express messenger on the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad. His run is between
Leadvile and Denver. He receives a salary
of $50 per month. His friends here will re-
joice in his prosperity.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. nj. Manning of Albion,
Mich, have been visiting friends in town.
Mr.. Manning was called here on business
connected with the Duncombe estate. His
health is greatly improved, but his eyesight
is much impaired, one eye being entirely
blind, from the effect of cataract.
In the matter of the appeal of Alice
Meyer vs. her guardian, Dorsey Fletcher,
the decree of the circuit court of this county
was vacated and a decree entered in the
supreme court that the guardian pay to the
ward $471.3O, less costs of all courts. This
will probably leave little or nothing for the
ward.
At the sale of the Duncombe estate last
Monday, about $4,000 worth of property
sold for cash, and about S11, 900 worth was
taken by creditors to apply on their claims,
pro ratd. II. o. Beebe purchased the house
and lot in this village for 81 ,635, Ed. Crane
the store building for S2t5. subject to a
$500 mortgage. The balance of the real
estate, not taken by creditors, was sold to
l.. 3. Monroe Of South Haven, A. b. Chase
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