The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
) COUNTY MICHIGAN OCTOBER

ne ldulcS OF the Nj. r.. cnurcn VIII
havd social at the residence of Mrs.
Harry Dopp ON Tuesday evening of
next week. Refreshments A cordial
invitation To all.
The stone gutter that was laid on the
north side of Main street has proven SO
satisfactory that preparations are being
made To lay a similar one on the south
side of the street.
Rev. X. +. Jones, pastor of st. Luke's
church of Kalamazoo, will hold service
at St Marks church i'm this village, on
Monday evening, Oct. 29th. All are
invited to attend.
Married, July 4th, 1887, at Niles,
Mich, by the pastor of the NJ. +.
church, Nh. Will Showerman to Miss
Hattie Maynard both of this village;
such is the current report.
Correspondents will please bear in
mind the fact that advertising matter
cannot be inserted among news items,
and also that no newspaper can afford
to insert advertisements gratis.
Mr.. M. j. Buckner advertises an
auction sale of farm property, IA large
quantity, at his farm one mile west Of
Covey Hill church, n.Waverly, at ten
o'clock on Saturday forenoon, Nov. 3d.
The following is list of the letters
uncalled for in the Paw Paw
postoffice for the week ending October
22d: Mrs. Sarah j. Hoard, Chas.
Hymes, John ID. Smith, Seymour Wal
lace.
The republicans will run up an ele-
CANT new strcamer, forty-two feet in
length, for the massmeeting, their old
one having become badly dilapidated
by reason of long exposure TO the
weather.
The total of taxes of all kinds to be
collected in this township for the cur
rent year is S17, ,239 81; last year the
was $50, 996. Ia decrease of
So, 756.17, which will be very gratifying
to the taxpayers.
The NORTHERNER has already print
ed s. 900 election stickers" and is
ready To fill all orders that may be re-
ceived from any candidate of any party.
1t has unrivaled facilities for doing that
kind of work. Send in your orders.
Isaac Spaulding of Waverly, aged
years, voted for General
Harrison in 1910, and will take great
pleasure in voting for General Harri-
son in 1888, should his life be spared
until election day.
We understand that Rev. III. w. Har-
vey, having rested now for about n
year from pulpit labor, is about to ac-
lively resume the work of the ministry,
having accepted a call to serve the
Presbyterian church ut Allegan.
The board of supervisors was bound
to remain in session until winter should
come, and Providence kindly sent the
first snow of the season last Saturday
whereupon the board at once
with neatness and dispatch.
The NoRTHERNER acknowledges the
receipt of a fine, steel engraved calen-
dar, the finest thing in the calendar
line that il has yet seen, from +. u.
Wilson, G. p. A. of the G.. Il n. w. R'y.
Copies of the same can be had for %
cents. Address, as above, Chicago, Ills.
An article from the pen of Gen. p H.
Sheridan, fully illustrated, including a
full page portrait of the author the
last one taken, will appear in the
November number of ScribRerS Mdgd-
zine. Published by Charles Scribner's
Sons, 743 Broadway, n. Y. Price, %
cents number; $500 year.
Sneak thieves are putting i'm lots of
funny business nowadays. Not sat
isfied with the contemplate meanness
of robbing the masonic corner stone
they invaded the Methodist church last
Sunday evening and went through the
pockets of the overcoats that were
hanging in the entry. Shame!
Mr.. partridge of the Barnes dis
trict, Lawrence, recently met with
serious accident. He had put his horses
into Maynard's barn and, as he was
going out, one of them kicked with
both feet, one foot striking Mr.. Bar
fridge in the back, the other grazing
and cutting his face and breaking his
false teeth. Mr.. b. was insensible for
time.
On Saturday, November Sd, from
nine o'clock am. to five o'clock pm,
the several township boards of regis
tration will be in session. No republi-
can should lose his vote by reason of
not being registered. If you are not
sure your name is already on the regis
ter, call on the board that day and see
IL. DOl Stlt III 1Oul W
a friend, that won't answer, but go
yourself and get registered. You can
not vote if your name is not on the
registry. Remember the date and
don't neglect the matter Registration
closes at five pm, November 3d.
No Van Buren county soldier ought
to hesitate "a moment as to whom he
should vote for To fill the office of sher-
iff. McFarlin has an honorable record
as a soldier, while Mr.. Stout's record
in that direction consists of the follow
ing statement made by himself, as we
are advised by one who heard it: "Yes,
| gave a man 5000 to go to the war in
my place, because / believed / could
make more than that at home" This
remark was made in reply to the false
and contemplate statement that no
soldier enlisted on account of loyalty,
but for the money he was to receive.
This paper will reach many of its
readers the day before the republican
massmeeting in this village Probably
il is wholly unnecessary to remind
them that great time is anticipated
and that they will miss "big thing" If
they do not attend; everybody is COM
ing, anyway. The advertised speakers
are Hon. Ben Butterworth of Ohio,
Hon l. II Stock bridpp of Kalamazoo