The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-19


w. j. Sellick is at home again ready
for business.
Miss Kate Fletcher of South Haven,
is the guest of Mrs. B. +. Heckert.
Mr. and Mrs. A. +. Barker were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. =. +. Allen on
Sunday last.
The 'juvenile pole" now flies a long
streamer, bearing the legend Young
Republicans"
The Eclectics will meet at the school
house this evening. All invited. Inter
esting discussion
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold coffee social at the residence
of o w. Rowland next Tuesday evening
Broughton, the great advertiser and
go-ahead merchant, has something new
and interesting in this paper. Read it,
There will be no preaching at the NJ
+. church next Sunday, but the Sabbath
school will convene at the usual hour
A young ladies uniformed republican
club has been formed in this village
Repubicanism is becoming so popular
that the girls and boys all want To par
take of it and even the babies cry for it.
The Sunday school convention for
the townships of Paw Paw, Lawrence
and Decatur, advertised to be held at
the Disciple church in this village, has
been postponed until Friday, October
9Th next.
Don't forget the republican mass
meeting at Bloomingdale next Saturday
af ernoon, to be addressed by Col w.
W. Berry of Ills, and Col. b. +. Heck
ert of Paw Paw A grand time is an
ticipated.
An exchange says that during the
campaign there will be lots of kerosene
oil burned and lots of whiskey drank,
and sagely remarks that it were better
to drink the oil and burn the whiskey.
Good advice.
Elder Blanchard said his style of
talking did not seem to please the pro-
hibitionists; he didn't pitch into the
republican party enough to suit them.
and his throat was sore anyway and he
was going home.
The following letters remained un-
called for in the Paw Paw postofiice for
the week ending September 17th Mrs.
Amanda Davis, John Gearhart, r. NJ.
Green, Tracy Mitchell, +. L. Porter,
John Scott, Merton ID. Sears.
There is a lady in Paw Paw so ''wide
OUT that she is frequently escorted
home by two gentlemen, one on either
side, who are SO far apart as To be bliss
fully unconscious that they are not
each enjoying monopoly of her society.
The percentage of Notifications of the
signal service predictions throughout
the state of Michigan for the month of
August was as follows: Weather, 1913
per cent; temperature, ~ per cent;
temperature and weather, "a per cent.
The 3d annual meeting of the artillery
association of Michigan will be held IN
tbe senate chamber at Lansing, Oct.
18th, 1888. All artillerymen eligible to
membership. For full particulars, ad-
dress the secretary, G. j. Burnett, Ian
sing, Mich.
No, the NoRTHERNER didn't print
those bills advertising the lady to speak
at the prohibition tent. Nobody need
borrow any trouble about any bills
! from this office for any political party
unless they are properly ordered. We
are not doing work for fun.
Judge Buck held brief session of
court last Friday morning. VIM. Tom
linson and Henry 7. Hudson of Waver-
! ly, appeared before the court and were
admitted TO citizenship. No other bus
mess appearing, the court adjourned
until Monday, the 18th inst.
Mrs. Ella C. Underwood, by an order
of the probate court, made on the APP
! plication of her husband and on the
certificates of Drs Whalen and May
| narI Nvoc ,,VoponnoaH ipcana with
tendency to suicide and homicide,
prompted by jealousy, and taken to the
Kalamazoo asylum on Monday last.
Mr.. James Bennett has fitted up the
brick store opposite the court house,
lately occupied by Fred Bilsborrow Us
n hardware store, for q restaurant
Evel ything is arranged in fine style.
Mr.. Benne,ts reputation rs caterer
will, doubtless, attract a good many
patrons 10 his new place of business.
At rhe request of Mr. Pomeioy the
great horse dealer, aud for the benefit
of our horse men, we call attention to
the great international fair TO be held
at San Antonio, Texas, Nov 1922, in
elusive. Ten thousand dollars are OF
fered i'm premiums for horses alone.
For full particulars, address John T.
Dickinson, secretary, at San Antonio.
The masons have made arrangements
TO pI oceed Immediately with the con-
sti uction of their new block on the cor
ner of Main and Niles streets. 1t will
be brick building, two stories high,
forty feet deep with SiXty-six feet front
on Main street. The NoRTHERNER will
be locaied on the lower floor and the
upper room will be occupied as ma.
sonic hall. The building will make a
very desirable addition to the business
portion of the village.
The great prohibition tent has come
and gone. IL it will seat $500 persons,
as advertised there must have been
from 1900 to 2,450 vacant seats at the
several meetings held therein. The
Sunday service was fairly well attended
and contained little or nothing that
could have been exceptionable TO any
body and much that was good. The
advertised torch light procession failed
TO materialize. 1t is not probable that
a single vote was gained for the prohi
bition party.
We saw Ed. Hayes staggering along