The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-03-11
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

niOnuds.
Mrs. Cal. LaGrave and son are visiting
friends in Chicago.
Prof. Z. Z. Bradt and wife spent Sunday
with friends in town.
Win Northrup and wife of Bangor, visited
friends in town last Sunday.
Mr.. j. G. Gould is home from his winters
sojourn IN the state of Vermont.
The "Pentecost Band" has struck our
town. They hold forth at Town Hall.
We will give the rest of that shear story
just as soon as the fellow gets the snakes out
of his boots.
| We invite township committees to send in
their caucus notices which will be published
free of charge.
DIR. A. $. Haskin of Lawrence, made us
brief but pleasant call on Tuesday last.
Game again DR..
The Presbyterian society will hold a social
at the residence of Mr.. j. w. Free on Friday
evening, the 18th inst.
Remember the donation at the M. E.
Church, "Wednesday Supper
from four o'clock until ten..
The Odd Fellows held one OF their enjoy
able socials at the residence of Mr. G. V.
Burdick on Tuesday evening last.
Messrs. Oeobock and Davey are rapidly
putting Longwelrs store into proper condi-
tion to receive new stock of goods.
The first seven days of March were very
pleasant, bright and sunshiny. Monday, the
Sth, was ushered in by snow storm.
j. n. Upham and family of Cheboygan,
Mich, visited friends in town last week.
Nels. looks hale and hearty as buck.
We call attentio. % Chappells card in this
paper, and his prices therein stated for plated
ware. He don't mean 10 be out done.
Ira Hubert has taken the partition out
of his store giving him much more room for
the fine stock of groceries he has ordered.
| Quite large number of people from other
towns attended the recent quarterly meeting
of the Christian Church held in this village.
Conner d Wood have very fne display
of carriages and other vehicles in the rink.
II is worth while TO call and look over their
goods.
The date of the silver wedding of Mr. and
Mrs. Nj. II. Hogmire is March 18th, instead
of the 18th. as the types made us'say in last
weeks NoRrHRRNER.
Prof G. d. Lawton made us a pleasant
call on Saturday last on his way home from
the Lake Superior region where be has been
most of the winter.
Prof. f. ID. Jacobs, who is again in this
part of the country, is the happy father of a
new girl. We thought something caused him
to look unusually radiant and happy.
The span of matched Norman horses that
Deputy Sheriff Hodge was displaying on our
streets few weeks since has been sold to
q. w. Shipman of Detroit, for the sum of
500.
j. j. Carroll has removed his stock up
stairs into the rooms formerly occupied by
Mrs. Emery, while the store is being repair
ed. His customers are invited 10 ''come up
! higher"
G. w. Young and A. NanAuken have pur-
chased the Paw Paw Roller Rink. We sup
pose they will fill it with carriages and agricul-
tural implements. At any rate, it is safe to
say they will not run il as a rink.
The following letters remain uncalled for
at the postofiice for the week ending Mar. 81:
Mrs. John BEEN, Geo. w. Buckner. Mrs.
Iibbie Curten, j. A. Demerett. Caleb Edfield,
Mrs. Thurzie Noonen. James a. shannon,
J. ID. Sherwood.
Lou. Woodman is homo from Notre Dame
on account of i'll health. 1t is said he is af-
ficted in the same way as was his brother
Mark. Mrs. q. Hilton has gone with him to
Wakesha, Wis, with the hope that his health
may be benefited.
If the dispatches received by our under
ground line are correct two of Paw Paw Is
good looking young ladies are about to enter
upon a matrimonial voyage with n couple Of
our most estimable young gentlemen before
the rising and setting of many suns.
We call attention to the article on railroads
published in another column. 1t contains
some ideas worthy of consideration by our
people. Its author seems to have been thor
oughly familiar with his subject and conver-
ant with the railroad history of Paw Paw.
Married by Rev. l.. Il. Fish. March 3d.
1856, at the residence of Mr.. VIVA. Pugsley
of this township, MIR. L. Il. Lane of Kalama-
zoo, to Miss Nettie Il. Pugsley of Paw Paw
A large company witnessed the ceremony
and the presents were numerous and costly.
The public are cordially invited TO an
open meeting at Grange Hall. at eight o'clock
Friday evening, to listen to select readings
| by MIS-. Louie warmer. ana taik OH Call-
fornia and the great west 10y ID. Woodman.
A closed meeting of the Grange will he held
promptly at seven O'Clock.
Robert Lang of Jackson. has secured the
services of ii. w. McCabe in closing out a
large stock of Rogers Bros. silver plated
knives, forks and spoons. Hank says he is
going to do away with securing brick in Van
Buren, county. Many of our citizens have
purchased and are very much pleased with
the goods.
On Friday last, one Thomas Elliget of In
diana, being somewhat overloaded with ''tan-
gle-leg', succeeded in capturing pair of
shoes which were being displayed in front OF
w. ). Selick's dry goods store. The marshal
took him in and on Saturday morning he ap.
peared before Esq. Warner, plead guilty, and
was fined 81 and costs or 10 days in the
cooler. He took the cooler.
We desire to call attention of farmers and
business men to very useful book, by Hen
~ Haigh, q lawyer of Detroit, entitled Farm
Law" The work is for sale by our towns
man, Mr.. X. Haigh, brother of the author.
We have examined the book and unhestat-
ingly pronounce il the finest work of the
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