The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

MISS heDecCu Fry VIII uOb Do
happy until the robins nest again.
DR.. Z. A. Palmer of Hartford, made rs a
very pleasant call on Saturday last
M. l.. Hackley of Grand Island, Neb., is
here on n visit to his brother Beau.
Now is good time to bring in that green
wood and pay up your subscription.
Broughton's new 'ad" is for boys and
girls. Old folks are not to read it,
new boy at Will Shows, born last Fri
day morning and VIII is az happy as clam.
John Parker and his sister, Mrs. Carrie
Stebbins OF Dowagiac, spent thanksgiving
with their parents here.
Eye Jay See' has another especial sale'
next Friday. Look it over you will be sure
to see something you want
The Young Ladies' Mission Band will
meet at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A +.
Mcneil next Saturday afternoon.
Ed Phillips isn't blacksmithing much at
present: too busily engaged in nursing big
Jobs comforter on one of his hands.
Paw Paw Encampment l. q. o. +. is
having boom. There il good prospect
of large increase of its membership.
Mrs. Dr. Robinson OF Grand Rapids. who
was an intimate friend Of Mrs. Hattie Long
wells, WAS in attendance at Mrs. LIS funeral.
Miss Lulu Potter and Miss Ida Stearns,
teachers in the Kalamazoo schools, spent
their thanksgiving vacation with friends in
this village.
The first sleigh OF the season made its
appearance in town last Friday morning.
IL oil thnn
sand than snow.
The Christian Church Social will be heh
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Mcneil on
on Tuesday evening of next week. Supper
at the usual hour.
Venison, coon, possum, duck, turkey,
rabbit, partridge and squirrel constituted
Joe's recent display of wild game at the
Longwell market.
Miss Laura Jennings arrived here from
Dakota last Saturday accompanied 10y her
brother Lester. While there she taught
six months term of school.
The district quarterly meeting of the
Christian Church will be held at Blooming
dale. beginning on Thursday, the 2d inst, and
continuing over Lords Day.
We understand that dancing party was
given by Miss Kittie Buckhout at her home,
one evening last week. 1t reports are true,
a very enjoyable time must have been had.
Through the kindness and courtesy OF
Mr.. G. G. Engle-that's Clum-we have been
permitted to regale ourselves and family on
some of that Upper Peninsula venison.
Thanks, Clum.
Henley, "The Artist Tailor, is down with
the dphtheria. This is the first case that has
been reported and DR.. Hilton, the attending
physician, says he does not think anything
serious will result from this.
The husband and parents of the deceased
Mrs. Hattie B. Longwell desire to ac-
knowledge their appreciation of the kindness
and sympathy of their many friends i'll their
time of sorrow and affliction.
The annual meeting of Paw Paw Chapter
No. "a, II. A. M. will occur on Monday
evening Dec. 9th, at O'Clock sharp.
Election OF officers and work. All com
panions are requested to be present.
The prospectus of the Inter Ocean will he
found in another column of this paper. We
will furnish the TRUE NoRTHERNER with the
weekly edition Of the Inter ocean for $3.50,
and with the semi-weekly edition for $500.
The first three months of the present
school year shows an enrolment of one hun
dred and three in our High School depart
ment fifty-five of whom are non-residents.
This is the largest enrolment ever had in
this department.
Elder G. p. Linderman, formerly pastor
of the Free Baptist Church in this village,
now of Lakeview, Pa, made a flying visit to
friends here on Tuesday and Wednesday
Loot Thara t,onnla har.a xyha
glad to greet him.
Owing to an unavoidable accident, few
of our last weeks papers were poorly printed.
Those of our subscribers who received such
papers will please excuse us. 1t is something
that seldom occurs and will not, probably,
happen again very soon.
Miss Abbie Barker has closed her school
in this village, she having been offered and
having accepted the position of preceptress
in the Decatur schools. We are quite sure
Miss Barker has the educational qualifi-
cations to fill her new situation in an able
manner.
Mr.. Russell, pastor of the Christian
Church, will deliver an address next Sunday
morning, on the subject of "Literature in
the Home" A special invitation is extended
to the young people to come out and hear
him, as the address will be of particular
interest TO them.
The following is a list of letters remaining
uncaled for in the postoffice at Paw Paw,
for the week ending November 29th: Mr..
Chauncey Benjamin, Mr.. James Crane, Mrs.
Gustin or Sarah Day, John Nelson, Edgar A.
Peck-Physican, Mr.. Frank Phillips, Frank
Ward, Mr.. w. A. Wilson.
James Clancey, one of Paw Paws ball
tossers, who has been laying very i'll for sew
eral weeks past at Ann Arbor, is convalescent
and seen on our streets once more. Jim,
having been in the law business some, saved
his point by objecting very strongly. He is
all right unless the case is carried up.
We announce the Alba Haywood Specially
Combination at Longwell's Opera House
next Friday and Saturday evenings Entire
change of programme each evening. See
what the press says Of them. See photo
graphs at Longwell's Drug Store. Secure
your reserved seats in advance at Longwelrs:
no extra churge. Admission % cents.
Mrs. J. f. Phillips came near getting badly
burned the other day. She was wearing a
canton flannel dress and, having occasion to
strike paror match, spark ignited the