The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-16
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Jay advertises new line OF special bar
gains this week.
Mr.. L. G. Butler, the grocer. has had his
store front repainted.
Judging from the sample sent us, the new
bakery is doing good work.
Bowen advertises some very desirable bar
gains this week. Look at them.
The odor from the leaking tile on KaIama-
zoo street reminds one OF a first class frog
pond.
Pitching quoits is all the rage now with
young men OF leisure like uncle John Bath
rick and others.
Mrs. John Raleigh of Brockport, n. Y,
is spending few days with her niece, Mrs.
Z. j. Richardson.
Claude Long will move his barber shop
into L. Il. Harrison's building on Main street,
which he has fixed up in fine shape.
JIG. Miller has been appointed postmaster
at Bangor rice c. G. Phillips removed
Another case of offensive partisanship.
The Electric Light has adopted the pho
netic mode of spelling. That system can be
made to cover multitude OF orthographical
sins.
Our "city dads have had portion OF St.
Joseph street covered with gravel A good
thing. Suppose they try Paw Paw street
next.
II is becoming very fashionable for the
ladies to wear their hair short; "shingled :"
as ii were. Good bye switches, for time at
least.
Brodhead Post Ct. A. r., has voted TO
attend the Benton Harbor reunion as q Post.
1t is desirable to have as full an attendance
as possible.
The ladies of the Presbyterian society re-
turn thanks to Mr.. Conner, for his kindness
in favoring them with the use of his spa
cious grounds on July 4th.
The assessment made by the Farmers
Mutual Insurance Company of this county,
is % cents on hundred dollars, instead of
| 20 cents, as we stated last week.
Chas. voigt, Randall's new baker, has
recently moved his family from Berrien to
this place, and We presume his jolly face will
be still more beaming, if that be possible.
Miss Abbie Barker is coming back to Paw
Paw. We understand that the old people
will return and that the family will once
more take up their residence in our village.
Little Ned Harrison was quite seriously
hurt on Wednesday last, by falling upon one
of the pickets of the fence which he was at.
tempting to walk. Little boys take warning !!
Mr.. Ed. S. Smith, who is well known to
our citizens, and highly respected, has been
appointed postmaster at South Haven, pice
Mr.. Chas. Delamere, whose term had expired.
Regular meeting of Paw Paw Lodge F. 81
A. NJ, on Tuesday, July 21st Work in the
Sd degree. A cordial invitation is extended
to the brethren of other Lodges TO be pres
ent.
| The Courier, poor old chronic, kicks and
finds fault with the Job work done by Us,
and then patterns after the NoRrHERNER's
styles as closely as it can with its limited
amount OF material.
| The following is list of advertised letters
remaining uncalled for in our post Office for
the week ending July 18th: Beans, VIM. /;
Clark, Mrs. NJ. G. L.; Ingles, Miss A. !:
Moore, w. c.; Welcher, Mrs. Fanny.
Rollin, Rawlins, Roolin, ROLAND, Roland,
anything but Rowland, is the way our broth
er editors have it. If fame, as it is said, con-
sists in having ones name misspelled in the
newspapers, we must be on the high road.
Inc Free Metnooists VIII hold camp
meeting from July 29th to August 4th, at
their camp ground in Lawrence. We un-
derstand that reduced fare will be given on
the railroad. to those who attend the meet
ing.
Editor Brown of the Northeastern 7'rib-
uns, at Mt. Pleasant, formerly of the South
Haven Messenger, has been convicted of
criminal libel fined and imprisoned in the
common jail of the county. "The villain
still pursues him p"