The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-28
Local Department.
Township meeting next Monday.


Rey. +. H. Harvey is spending the
week with his parents.
Frank Millington is very proud of
that elegant new counter scale.
Judge Mills was i'm town last Satur-
day looking after legal matters.
Ed Wilson is once more sticking
type in the NoRTHERNER office.
A. +. Barnes of Ovid, has purchased
the Salisbury farm of Mr.. G.. f. Breck.
Notice what Sellick d Son, the rush
ing dry goods men, have to say this
week.
Warren Haven of Bloomingdalc, is
reported as dangerously i'll with lung
difficulty.
Walt. Wilson has lot of corn, oats
and bran To sell from on board the cars
in this village
G.. +. Gilman has been quite i'll for
some time past, but is again able to at
tend To business.
Teachers examination at Bangor on
Friday next, beginning at half past
eight O'Clock "a. IN.
March has fully sustained its reputa-
ton as being the most disagreeable
month in the year.
"Errie- Bragh" is the original way
i'm which the AdCdnce puts the well
known Irish motto.
John Ward of Bloomingdale, an old
gentleman of about eighty years, was
buried last Monday.
The mercury varied sixty degrees
during the fore part of last week-maX
imum 65 minimum So
Attend the caucus of your party and
help nominate good men, or else don't
kick against the nominations.
That new pole in front of our office is
the one we propose to elevate, and we
are not ashamed of it, either.
Until April Odd, mails at the Paw
Paw office, both east and west, will
close at 10:45 Il. M. and 7:45 p. IN.
Oppenheim of the boot and shoe and
gents furnishing store, has something
to say to his many patrons this week.
When Charley Young comes home he
will find himself the happy father of n
new daughter, born last week Tuesday
The union labor party was formally
organized in this place last Friday
evening at meeting held for that pur-
pose.
Judge Buck has been here since Mon
day engaged in a continuation of the
! Threadgould-Ch;.r case from De-
catur.
We notice that the pension claim of
! COmrade III. A. Wells, one of our old
boys, has been allowed. Glad of it,
Hank.
Ed Bullard has been going around on
Rheumatism or gOut, the latter we
guess.
A card from Elder Linderman re-
quests us to send his NoRTHERNER to
Phoenix, Oswego county, n. Y, to
which place he has removed.
That ever popular hostelry, the Dyck.
man House, has recently been painted
inside, papered and decorated in first
class style; j. A. Leech, artist.
Frank Thomas was too previous in
the matter of donning his ancient white
tile and, as consequence of SO doing
was laid up with an attack of tonsiltis
That man Broughton is rustler and
no mistake. What neXt?" is the ques
ton he asks this week. We can't an.
swer it. Give us an easier one, please
Notice the new lad" of III. u. Nelson
the furniture man. He has a fine as
sortment of new goods of all deScrip
tiOns at Osborne's old stand, opposite
the NORTHERNER office.
The farmers union club of Antwerp
will meet ut the residence of AL. Miller
on the first Wednesday in April for the
election of officers. All members az,
requested To be present.
John S. VanKirk, the well known
horse man, died yesterday just after
midday. He had been i'll but few
days. Mr. VanKirk was quite wei
along i'm years and had been citizer
of this place for long time.
On Thursday last, a committee o
OddfellOws went To Kalamazoo and pur
chased an entire new set Of regalia fol
each branch of the order-subOrdina
encampment and Rebekah lodges.
The following letters remained un
called for at the Paw Paw postoflice fol
the week ending March 26th VIM
Avery, Andrew Carey(2), CharlcyDrake
Mr.. Lockman (snake doctor), Aim;
Palmer, j. A. Wimund.
:. p Skies of Keeler, died on the 21s
|. inst, after a prolonged illness. He wa
one Of the old pioneers having removed
from Massachusetts, to Michigan il
1887. He was sixty-two years of ag,
at the time of his death.