The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-10-28
Election next Tuesday.
Register next Saturday.

Electlon next tuesday.
Register next Saturday.
Ice on wednesday morning, Oct. 27th, for
the first time this fall.
Hon. Henry Chamberlain will make fus- !
ion speech this "wednesday evening, at the
Opera House.
Cider is selling for only one dollar bar
rel, and cider drinkers are cellaring a large
supply for their winter use.
Prof. Cozy Norris, with his troupe of
trained dogs, gave an entertainment at Long
wells Opera House on Tuesday evening last.
Tho Prof is the dog-gonedest man we ever
met.
The last republican meeting of the cam
paign will be held ut the opera house on
Monday evening, Nov 1st. Local speakers.
including Hon. j. j. Woodman, will occupy
the time.
Hon. j. q, Parkhurst and Geo. T.. BreclS
have been doing good service for the repub-
lican party. We hear the best OF reports
from their meetings. They go into the second
district this week.
Broughton's persistent advertising in this
paper has brought him such a run of custom
that he had no time 10 prepare n new "ad".
He desires us to say that he still has some of
those celebrated two dollar calf boots left.
Rev. s. Smith of Bangor, called on the
NoRTHERNER last Monday morning. He ex-
changed pulpits last Sunday, with Mrs.
| Barton, she speaking at the Covey Hill
Church and he at the Free Baptist Church,
| in this village.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Presbyterian Church. will be
held at Mrs. Seward Hawkins. on Saturday,
October Both, at three o'clock p. III. 1t is
highly necessary that az many ladies be pres
ent as possible.
The following il list of letters remaining
uncaled for in the post Office at Paw Paw.
for the week ending October 25th: Mr.. John
Allen, Il. n. Foulk, II. b. Landerville, Mr.
Frank &. Lewis. Mr.. Charles II. Parmelee
Miss Free Smith, Mr.. Z. Taylor. Antonio
Varilc.
Hon. J. j. Woodman will address the cti-
zens of Bloomingdale and vicinity, on the
political issues of the day, on Thursday
evening. October 2Sth. All who desire to
hear n clear, lucid, candid exposition of the
principles of the republican party will have
an opportunity to do so SO on that occasion.
The examination of Eugene Labadie, for
Justice Rowland, on Wednesday of last week,
and resulted in his being held for trial at the
next term of the circuit court, in the sum of
$1,000. The bond was promptly given, with
VIM. Nj. Lyle and Henry L. Labadie as sure
ties.
That was a married lady and not Paw
Paw Miss on whom that dapper, Iecatur
dude with the dark mustache and freckled
tria 10 lya 4.
while going to and returning from the Chica-
so exposition, couple of weeks since. She
had lots of fun at his expense. The chap
said he knew Sam. first rate.
Progress is the name of a newspaper pub
lished by the Paw Paw Public schools. Vol.
l., No. l, is just ont and does credit TO those
who have charge of its publication. We can
not say as much for those Berrien Springs
parties who do the printing The NoRTHER-
! NER is pleased to offer a good word for the
new enterprise, and believes that it may be
made a source of pleasure and proft-intel-
lectual profit, we mean. not financial. Sub
script:on price. twenty-five cents per annum,
ten copies
The first years labor of w. j. Russell,
pastor of the Christian Church, will close
next Sunday. His sermon in the morning
will be devoted to q retrospective view of the
work and prospective view OF the coming
year. Since locating here. Mr. Russell has
preached 16l sermons, given six lectures,
solemnized seven marriages, attended eleven
funerals and made 100 pastoral calls. Twen-
ty-nine persons have united with the church.
twenty-four by baptism and five by letter.
He has given the best of satisfaction to the
society over which he presides and is held in
high estimation by the public generally. The
church has wisely retained him for another
year.
Mrs Armenia l.. Fitch was born in Water
town, N. Y, August 9th. 1906; was married
in 1924 to Henry Fitch. Their early mar
ried life was spent in the state of New York.
They moved to Mattawan in 1856, and to
Paw Paw in 1866. She died on Wednesday,
October Goth, 1886, at the residence of her
sister Mrs. Morgan Danielson of Mattawan,
where she has been residing for the last five
years. She had been a member of the Uni
versalist Church for the past fifty years was
very benevolent, and generous to a fault, and
in her every day life exhibited true chris
tian character. The funeral services were
held on Friday morning, at ten o'clock, at
Mattawan. and the remains brought to Paw
Paw for interment. She leaves a large circle
of relatives and friends who mourn her loss.
i Farr's Address.