The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-30
Local Department.


We don't hear any complaints about
dry weather.
f. j. McEntee of Kalamazoo, was in
town last Saturday.
Work on the new brick block is pro-
crossing quite rapidly.
Oddfellows' social next Tuesday even
ing at David Chapman's.
Fenner took in some of the Chicago
Detroit ball playing last week.
The first instalment of brick for the
new block has been delivered.
Guy, Sir Guy, has been in town, Civ
ing the boys pointers on Chicago.
Lost, by John Searls, one heavy,
flowing mustache. No reward offered.
The monthly temperance meeting
has been adjourned from June 10th to
July 1st.
b. f. Heckert will address the old
soldiers and citizens of Lawton this
afternoon.
We noticed our former townsman,
Ed Martin of Kalamazoo, on our
streets yesterday.
Some of our fruit men allege that the
hard frosts couple of weeks since
killed all their grapes.
Will Snow has had his house newly
painted in colors. 1t now presents a
very handsome appearance.
Horton, the barber, now occupies
one-half of Searls' new building, oppo-
site the NoRTHERNER office.
Bro. Van Fossen of the Herald, is
taking in the meeting of the Michigan
State Press Association at Detroit.
Wheat in this vicinity is looking we'll
The weather has been exceedingly
favorable, both for wheat and grass.
Jos Davey has had his fine residence
repainted in colors. Jim Leech was
business.
Don't forget that the Eclectic society
holds its last meeting for the term at
the schoolhouse this - Wednesday
evening.
Lew. Roberts welded the razor in
Pritchard's tonsorial parlors last week,
while Frank was visiting friends at
Charlotte.
Next Sunday evening, there will be a
Sunday school concert at the Disciple
church. A cordial invitation is extended
to everybody.
John Mackey of South Haven, has
been appointed chairman of the demo
cratic county committee, rice VIM
Killifer, resigned.
Almon j. Hutchins has gone as del
egate from the state intercollegiate
prohibition club to the national con-
vention at Indianapolis.
The ball game at Lawton last Thurs
day, between the Dowagiacs and the
Lawtons, resulted in victory for the
visitors. Score, eight to two.
Died, May 9th, of consumption, Mary
T. Case, daughter of +. 5. Magoon,
aged thirty-six years. Funeral on the
11th, Elder Tanner officiating.
Wint Reynolds and Charlie Butler
have an lad" in this paper concerning
their fence machine. We think the
machine is all they claim for it.
The following letters remained un-
called for in the Paw Paw postoffice for
the week ending May 2Sth: VIM.
Elliot, Emma Field, l.. wilkins.
Rev Mr.. Higgins, who conducted n
series of meetings at the M. +. church
in this place couple of years since, has
been spending few days in town.
As result of the decision on the
local option law, Dowagiac is cursed
with five whiskey shops. Two of them
were started the very day the opinion
of the court was promulgated.
Lost, q calfskin pocketbook, contain
ing two notes of 300 each, given by
Eugene Brown and his father TO Horace
Wygent. The finder will confer favor
by leaving it at the NoRTHERNER office.
That man, woman and child who had
a spearing jack out on Pugsley's Lake
last Wednesday evening had better look
if they are caught repeating the viola
ton of the law.
We understand that meeting of the
Van Buren county branch of the Mich
igan club has been called by Secretary
Breck to be held at his Office on
Friday next; we have been unable to
ascertain at what hour of the day.
An item i'm some of our exchanges
states that the court has decreed that
w. X. Hawkins of this village, should
pay his wife the sum of SIC, 900 alimony
and also pay an annuity for the support
of herself and child. The item isn't
true. There has been no decree of any
kind and no judicial hearing of the
matter. Whatever has been done
toward the adjustment of the unfortu-
nate trouble between Mr.. and Mrs.
Hawkins has been done without the