The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-03

Rev. DIR. hunting or halamaZOo, VIII de-
liver the address at the reunion of Van
Buren, County Battalion, held at Four Mile
lake, on June 11th.
Evangelist Higgins has demonstrated in
his meetings here at the NJ. T.. Church, that
he is the right man in the right place. Ser
vices every evening.
List of letters remaining uncalled for at
the postoffice for the week ending May 29th;
Mrs. L. N. Goodrich, B. f. Goenes, Joseph
f. ALL, S. j. Brindle.
The teachers of this county would do we'll
to remember that the last examination for
the school year will be held at Decatur on
Saturday of this week.
Elder Russell will be in attendance at the
district quarterly meeting at Milburg next
Sunday, consequently there will be no meet
ing at the Disciple Church.
Col. ]. X. Miner of the Sd Mich. Cav, is
once more full fedged Col, having been
promoted from Major of the 4th U. S. Cav.
to Col. of the sth U. S. Cav.
Mrs. Rebecca McCarson died at her daugh-
ter's residence, Mrs. Henry Wait, on Satur-
day last, at the ripe old age of 92 years.
The remains were taken East for burial
All lCe-CTedtn SOClhl Will DC uelQ dL tue
residence of w. j. Russell, pastor of the
church of Christ, on Tuesday evening of
next week. cordial invitation is extended
to ALL
II. A. Cole, /. w. Van Fossen, and o. w.
Rowland, together with their wives, are
taking in the editorial excursion this week.
"JFc" did not as We were rather afraid of
those "births."
Sam La Mont kept account of the number
of persons who drank at the Criterion min
eral spring on Sunday last, and found in the
six hours which he kept tally, his columns
footed up just jS7.
At Paw Paw Grange on Friday evening
June 4th, Mrs. G.. f.. Gilman will give Sc
lect reading, and L. w. Bartram will read
paper on stable management of stock.
Grange will open at 1880.
The facts as set up in the complaint of
Mrs. Sarah A. Masters, charging DR.. A. w.
Hendrick with obtaining deed under false
representations, could not be substantiated
|, and the case was R0lle pressed.
After getting down about fifty five feet,
the pipe at the creamery well was broken off
leaving the point and about twenty feet of
pipe in the ground. A new wells being put
down on the north side of the building.
The Free Methodists will hold their camp
meeting, for Lawrence district, on the Curry
farm 315 miles southeast of Decatur, from
June 9th to 18th. Straw and tent poles free.
No huckstering allowed on the ground.
One of our young people lost, on Saturday
last, rubber gossamer, somewhere on the
road between Prospect Hill and the mill
race. The finder will confer favor by
leaving the same at the NoRTHERNER Office.
BY order of the President. there will be
meeting of the Paw Paw High School Alum
nj Association on Friday June 4th, at 4 p. M.
at the High School building. Every
member earnestly requested to be present
at 1880 sharp.
The Criterion Spring Company have
shipped samples of the water from their
other springs to Ann Arbor for analysis. 1t
cost 800 for the old one and if the others
cost in the same proportion, and we have no
season to doubt it, there will be snug little
sum to pay for this work.
Those who attended the strawberry festi-
val last week, report very fine time and
the ladies are we'll satisfied with the neat
little sum of $25, as q compensation for
their labor. The young "Alerts" assisted
very ably with some fine music for which
the ladies were duly grateful.
James II. Wheeler of Alamo. was Charged
before Justice Warner, May 2sth, with OBJ
tanning money and notes from Marvin
Fosdick under false pretenses, and on being
arraigned, he waived an examination, and
in default of $500 bail was committed to
iai ", axuait triol nj rayf farm M r00rt
As Mrs. Daniel Rix, her son, and her
hired girl were driving home from the fair
last Thursday, the team took fright, over
turned the carriage and injured its occupants
somewhat. but not seriously. 1t was reported
at first that Mrs. Rix was killed. but, fortu-
nately, such was not the case. The ac-
cident was caused by one of the tugs becom-
ing unfastened.
Mr.. Isaac Monroe, president of the agri-
cultural society, lost valuable horse last
Thursday evening under peculiar circum-
stances. His hired man was driving home
after the fair, leading young horse behind
his sulky. The led horse became frightened,
ran against the sulky, which was upset, and
jumped on the horse that was being driven
killing it instantly.
Died, of heart trouble, at his home little
east of this village, on Saturday, May S0th,
George l.. Cogswell, aged seventy two years.
He was taken while in his garden early in
the morning, and calling for help said 81
shall not live long" and in few minutes
passed away. The funeral was held at the
First Baptist Church. June 1st, at two o'clock
under the auspices of the f. and A. NJ.
Our information. in regard to the organi
zation of Good Templars' Lodge here last
week Tuesday evening, was q little too pre-
vious. There is no such lodge here, but we
understand there is to be one sometime in
the near future. If Bro. Van Fossen had
taken pains to investigate instead of copying
our mistake, he would not have fallen into
the same error that we did. He had three
days in which to discover the truth. LATER
The lodge was organized Tuesday evening,
with 13 charter members 10y G. G. Phillips
of Bangor.
Mrs. James Carroll of Arlington, aged 63
years. breathed her last at five o'clock on
Friday morning, May 2Sth. Mrs. Carroll
has long been known as one of the
old residents of Arlington, having lived on
the same farm since 1855. During the last
twenty years of her life she was q confirmed