The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-06
Local Department.

large furniture stock.
Slight frost in some localities on the
! morning of June 1st
Elder Pallister preached at Decatur
last Sunday afternoon.
X. w. Noyes of Lansing, spent Sun
day in town with his family.
Mrs f. w. Dart of Lansing, is visit.
ing her daughter, Mrs Geo. +. Breck
Next Sunday will be observed as
children's day at the Free Baptist
church.
The foundation of the new brick
block is all complete and the walls are
rising rapidly.
The Allegan Gazette has enlarged to
a six column quarto, the same size as
the NoRTHERNER.
A large number of our people are
taking in the old settlers meeting at
South Haven to-day.
The hearty handshake and the per-
suasive voice of the candidate are once
more abroad in the land.
Bro. Cole and wife, as well as Mr..
and Mrs Bro. Van Fossen, took i'm the
press association at Detroit.
Last Monday was the day on which
old pensioners executed their vouchers
for their quarterly payments.
The oddfellows had very pleasant
social last evening ut the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Chapman.
Geo. Il. Chamberlin and wife of Hart
ford, visited at the residence of DR.. M
K. Whalen on Thursday and Friday of
last week.
Rev Mr.. Bell delivered the memorial
address, under the auspices of Colwell
post, G. A. r., at Bloomingdale last
Wednesday.
A little boy, son of John Clapp Jr.,
fell from box last Saturday and broke
one of his arms. DR.. Whalen reduced
the fracture.
r. G. Nash is setting type in the
NORTHERNER Office, press of job work
necessitating an addition to the work
ing force of the Office.
NJ p Allen has commenced his new
building opposite the NoRTHERNER
office. 1t will be one story, wooden
building, twenty by forty.
The 10th annual reunion of the Cass
county pioneers will be held on the fair
ground at Cassopolis, Mich, on We'd
nesday next. Gen. r. A. Alger, orator.
The following is list of the letters
remaining uncalled for in the Paw Paw
postoffice for the week ending June 4th
Dawson Brown, Mrs. DR.. Gales, Mrs.
Addie Thomas.
The verifications of signal service
predictions at this station during the
month of May were as follows: Weather,
"a per cent; temperature, 6S per cent.
average, II per cent.
The boiler of Lyons planning mill at
South Haven exploded last Monday,
blowing out one. side and one end of
the building. Fortunately, and almost
miraculously, no one was injured.
The woman's relief corps, assisted by
the grand army; are about closing a
contract with Mr. |. A. Whitman for
erected in the Marcellus cemetery.
Attorneys appreciate the NORTHERN
ER's facilities for doing elegant brief
and record work. No Office in this part
of the state has finer outfit for that
business, and no office turns out better
work of that kind.
Mrs. j. Hungerford of Waverly, is
entertaining her brother, W. III. Holmes
and his wife of Wisconsin. Mr.. Holmes
is one of those irrepressible newspaper
fellows, being the editor of a flourishing
republican paper.
The annual meeting of the Van Buren,
county pioneers occurs to-day at South
Haven. We regret that we were not
informed as to trains, rates, steamboat
excursions, etc, in time to make proper
announcements in last weeks NORTH
ERNER.
The children's concert last Sunday
evening at the Christian church passed
off very nicely. An immense crowd
packed the church full and all seemed
to be pleased with the exercises, which
were of very entertaining and inter
esting character. The church was ele-
gantly decorated for the occasion.
Rev. Edw. Bell has resigned the pas
torate of the First Baptist church in
this village, the resignation to take
effect on or before August 1st. The
church accepted his resignation with
regret, and unanimously voted series
of resolutions expressive of their appre-
citation of him as a man and minister.
| The 14th annual meeting OF the
Michigan pioneer and historical society
and legislative reunion will be held at
Lansing in representative hall on the
18th and 18th insts Reduced rates at
hotels and half fare on railroads. Ad.
dress ID. l.. Crossman, secretary, Ian
sing, Mich, for any desired information.
The ladies of the ninth division of the
Presbyterian society, Mrs. +. Smith,
Mrs. Kimball, Mrs. Robt Beebe, Mrs.
G. X. Avery, Mrs. Peter Mackellar and
Mrs. Will Miller will give a strawberry
social at the residence of Mrs. G.. K
Avery on Wednesday evening, June
9Th A very cordial invitation extended
to all. Everybody come.
Court convenes next Monday, when
it is expected the Sneed case will be
tried. Canon, the wounded man, who
has been detained as a witness in the
case, has entirely recovered from the
effects of the shot. This is fortunate
for Sneed, as he will not have To face a
trial for murder, as he would have done
IL the wound had proved fatal.
A flower festival will be held at the
First Baptist church on Tuesday even.