The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-10-28
Hartford.

Mr.. Wolcott, formerly of watervliet has
taken possession of the Richmond House.
Prof. Bradt reports great progress in the
school. The students are doing hard, earnest
work.
Messrs. Ocobock u Thompson and Hins-
dale Il Bowen will move into their new stores
this week.
Elder Matthews has been again called TO
preach at Big Rapids and left here on the
22d. He is, at present, filling a vacancy.
Fenimore Stratton is not working at the
Day Spring office. Mr.. Russell of the Ban
! COR AdcdHce has accepted a situation there.
but Miss Nellie still remains at the head
The supper given at the Congregational
Church. by the young ladies of that society,
on Tuesday evening last. was decided sue
cess net proceeds. over ten dollars.
Lieut.. Wendell Simpson and wife arrived
in Hartford on the Thursday evening train,
completely surprising the members of his
family. They left on Monday, for their home
Texas.
Our Methodist minister lost many warm
friends by his remarks at the close of Mr..
Fairs address last Friday evening. and es-
pecially 10y his manner of putting questions
TO the speaker.
Milan Crager died on Thursday last. from
injuries received by the kick of a horse. His
funeral services were held at the N. T..
Church. on Saturday. Rev. l.. w. Earle of
Benton Harbor. delivered the address.
The opera house was crowded TO listen 70
the address of Hon. Geo. 4. Farr. who has
been a worker in the temperance cause for
many years. He thinks the third party move
ment has retarded prohibition for years. and
advises all friends of prohibition 10 stick to
the republican party.
Mrs. Gilbert Leach died at her home,
at two o'clock a. m. last Monday. Al
though she had been sick for two or three
weeks, her death seemed sudden. as not many
of her friends were aware that she was dan
gerously ILL., She was a member of the
Disciple Church. which has recently been
organized here.
The Congregational Church was filled to
its seating capacity to hear Rev. Samuel lay
| lor; subject " Nazareth and the Nazarene.'
All felt deep interest in the sermon. Mr..
Taylor is becoming very popular and draws
large audiences. Prof. Jones of New York
will take part in the singing next Sunday,
assisted by fifteen members of the choir.
The Hartford correspondent of the Free
Press and Courier, claims to be strong
advocate of temperance, and undertook To
admonish your correspondent for not uniting
with the third party movement; but when /
replied that 1 wanted to exterminate all liquor
from the country. that ! would not rent
a building for the sale of liquor. nor have a
barrel of cider IN my cellar with faucet in
il, for my children to drink from until il
became vinegar, and that was more than she
could say, she dried up and left for other
quarters.
1t must be humliating indeed. for a
man like Hon. IL. G. Sherwood, democratic
nominee for congress- a man who holds up
his head like an English lord, 20 lower him
self to visiting saloons at ST. Joseph Benton
Harbor, Watervliet and other places. solicit
ing votes, stopping on the streets and shaking
hands with old "bums" and asking their
support. How do such things look for n
man who aspires to represent the fourth con.
gressional district and make laws for the
people! Now, every vote cast for the third
party candidate helps to elect this man Sher-
wood. Compare him with man like Mr.
Burrows! Don't waste your votes and don't
trade, but vote the republican ticket straight