The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-26

Let no republican vote be lost on account
of not being registered.
Jimmy Dunning Of Bay City, il visiting
his parents and other friends in town.
Judge Hilton is having his Office in the
court house, repainted, papered and ceiled.
Joe, the butcher, is preparing to start a
new meat market under the Dyckman House.
The town was filled with toams last Satur-
day afternoon, and our merchants appeared
TO be doing thriving business.
Sellick, the great dry goods man, is open
ing large stock, and great variety of new
goods, this week. Observe what he has to
say to you.
Mr.. Riley Wood of Wetmore, Kansas, q
nephew of our townsman, q. s. Wood, is in
town. He will probably remain here during
the summer.
The Free Baptist society will hold q musi-
cal and literary social at the residence of
Messrs. Brewer and Snodgrass, on Tuesday
evening of next week.
Bobby, the liliputian typo of the North
erner, went to Cassopolis last Saturday even
ing and gave an exhibition of fancy skating
at the Casaopolis rink.
Owing to the pressure on our columns. we
have omitted our railroad time tables this
week, an omission for which we will try and
make future reparation.
Bowen, of the Deep Cut will put in a
large and elegant stock of hate, caps, and
gents furnishing goods. he is now III Chi
cago making his purchases. See his new
"ad."
Judge Mills will hold an adjourned ses-
sion OF our circuit court on Saturday, the 28th
inst, for the transaction of any business
that may come before him.
MIR. JAS. III. Crane was in town one day
last week, on his way home from Evansville,
Ind where he had been for some time past,
on life insurance business.
The next Odd Fellows social will be held
at the residence OF Bro. Wm. II. Mason, on
Monday evening next. Supper at six o'clock.
All members and their friends are cordially
invited.
Paw Paw Lodge No. Is. !. q. o. f., has
provided itself with a new $50 set of official
regalis, purchased of Frank Henderson of
kalamazoo. $40 of the price was paid by
the Daughters OF Rebekah. ont of their
"social fund"
The last dance OF the season, under the
auspices of the Paw Paw dancing club, WAS
held at the opera house, last Thursday eve
ming. Music, Buck q Geer's orchestra.
The party was success, numerically, SO
cielIy and financially.
Visitors TO Chicago should not fail TO see
the wonderful panorama 'The Siege of Paris
now exhibited in the immense pavilion on
Wabash Avenue, corner OF Hubbard Court.
1t is one of the features OF Chicago that will
be remembered by all who attend.-LqJgy-
cite, (Ind) Sunday Times.
Ex-sheriG Showerman-now "mine host
OF the Clifton House-is fine specimen of
the traditional landlord, fat, good -natured
and Jolly. We warrant that guests who pat
ronize his house, will be so well treated that
they will not hesitate to call on him second
time, should opportunity offer.
! IL you did not see the eclipse on Monday,
you have lost the last opportunity.-NeS
GER. Is it indeed true that the sun viii never
be eclipsed again? We had supposed that
there must be from two TO five eclipses of the
sun in each and every year. What is the
matter? Has the order of the universe been
changed, or is the final consummation AZ
hand?
This town has learned what pint OF
whiskey can do when properly applied. A
short time ago Jake Philips got outside oI
pint and sustained injuries which cost Sic
in doctor bill and nursing, and not being
able financially to pay the bill, it will be O
town charge, one for the tax payers to pay
This explains who pays the whiskey bill
Day Spring
One of the most pleasant social events oi
the season took place at the residence of Mr
and Mrs. @. II. Mosier, on Friday evening last
1t was asurprise party planned and successful
ly carried out by n large number of their
friends. in honor of the fact that their host
had just reached the age OF forty-six. Those
who know Mr.. Mosier and his family, vii
readily believe that "high old time" was
had.
The total amount of delinquent taxes fol
1884, returned by the various townships oi
the county, and by tho county treasurer re
turned to the auditor general, is Ss3O0i.25
On this amount the county gets credit FOL
the state tax, $2S1.S0. Taxes on part-paid
swamp lands, TO the amount $5377, were re
turned 70 the commissioner of tho statt
land Office. S336GO unpaid ditch taxes
were returned 10 the county treasurer.
Not long since, Mr. Ed. Anderson, who il
running Anderson's mill, at Hartford, found
i'm grist OF wheat. a queer looking package
which be was about TO throw into the fire
but on second thought he showed it TO Mr.
Eber Rowland, who was also working in tht
mill, and who recognized il as a dynamit,
cartridge. IL went into the river instead o.
the fire. Mr.. Whitcomb, the man in who's,
grist il was found, had had dynamite arounC
for blasting purposes, and cartridge had beer
carelessy thrown into his grain. Anderson
told him if that was the kind OF grain h'
brought TO mill, he needn't bother to briny
any more, as he didn't care for that kind o
custom.
We had the pleasure, on Thursday eve
ing last, of being present at o joint dis
cussion between the Lawrence and Barne
district lyceums, held at the high schoo
room in Lawrence. The discussion wa
preceded by entertaining musical an
literary exercises. not the least interestin
feature Of which was the minutes of tn
previous meeting of the Lawrence lyceun
written az n chronicle, and read by tn
secretary. The question discussed was Re
solved that the statesman has done more 70
thiq Nation than tha uarriorv Tho T,au