The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
Local Department.

Notice Fred Bassett's new lad" of
of grand holiday opening.
Van Scoter's elite minstrels at the
opera house on Thursday evening Dec.
18th.
A Chinese pagoda is announced as
the Christmas attraction at the M. +.
church.
The Darling boys are putting up a
fine new barn on their farm just south
of town.
Miss Kate Fletcher of Kalamazoo.
was the guest of Mrs. Judge Heckert
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Foote are visiting
at ST. Johns. They will remain until
after the holidays.
See the new holiday advertisement
of Messrs Martin d Murphy, the live
Lawton druggists.
James Leech has returned from
Washtenaw county, where he has been
on business for few weeks.
Remember the humaniphone social
Wednesday evening at the town hall.
Admittance free All invited.
The first quarterly meeting of the NJ.
+. church for the ensuing year Will be
held in this village on Sunday next.
S. II. Blackman will go to Pasade-
ma, Cal, to visit with his daughters,
Mary and Matte and their families.
Great minstrel show tomorrow even
ing. See advertisement in another
column. Look for the street parade.
Hereafter the east bound afternoon
express will stop at Lawton-a decided
improvement in railroad accommoda-
tions.
McCabe says it was combination Of
AK and clothesline. You ought to know
better than to be meddling with the AK,
Hank.
Notice Shefer's new Photographic
card. He is doing some very fine work
and, for limited time, he offers spe
cial inducements.
Lost, between Smiths clothing store
and the depot, a gents kid glove, stitch
ed back, red lining. Will finder please
leave it at this office?
The many friends of Miss Della Put
nam will be pleased to learn that she is
taking course of surgical treatment
at the National Institute, Indianapolis.
A Christmas Sunday school concert
will be given ut the Christian church
on Sunday evening, Dec Odd. Also a
Christmas ship on the following even
ing.
Be sure and notice the many desira-
BILE articles that Broughton, the great
all around merchant, advertises TO sell
for five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents
each.
Lawyer Annable has purchased from
Judge Hilton his New York reports and
quite number ~ legal text books
Mr.. Annable now has the largest law
library in town. Ed. likes to keep up
with the times.
BY order of the probate court, Geo.
III. Brown of Waverly, and Eva l..
Waight of Bloomingdale, have been
added to the list of Van Buren's indi-
gent insane and are now domiciled at
the Kalamazoo asylum.
The 7th annual meeting of the secre-
taries' and examiners association of
Michigan will be held in the senate
chamber at Lansing, commencing on
Thursday, Dec. 27th, 1888, at nine
o'clock in the morning.
The Phelps, Dodge q Palmer COM
pany of Chicago, have commenced q
replevin suit against Emmett /. North
rup, assignee of Harris Oppenheim, for
the recovery of about S400 worth of
goods purchased of that company.
Ed. II. Lindsey was surprised on
Friday morning last, his birthday, to
find gold watch under his plate at the
breakfast table, present from his
wife. What's the matter with that
kind of a wifeY o. She's all right!
The following letters remained un-
called for in the Paw Paw postoffice for
the week ending on Monday, Dec. 10th
Isaac G.. Baird; Mrs. Edith Coulson, Mr..
Rice Jennings. Parties calling for the
above will please say advertised.
We didn't know as there was but one
Hank Hopping in town but we saw a
second one the other day. 1t was Auc-
tioneer-constable Hank McCabe and
he was hopping three hops. He aver
aged just two feet and half per hop.
Miss Lucy Bangs, having purchased
of the masons the lot south of their
new block, has also bought the house
that stood just east of Broughton's
residence and had the same removed to
her lot When completed, il will make
desirable place and its removal is al
so n great Improvement to Broughton's
elegant premises.