The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-05
Local Department.

Read Broughton's new "ad."
Mrs. viii Snow is visiting friends in
Battle Greek.
Mrs. A. p. Barnes of Aurora, Ills, is
visiting relatives here.
Our school opened last Monday under
very auspicious circumstances.
Mrs. Ada NJ. Qua and daughter of
Gaylord, are visiting at Il. b. Quas.
Rev. j. w. Bancroft will oflciate at
st. Marks church next Sunday at the
usual hours.
Mr.. +. c. Tuckey has moved into
Conner's old house just north of his new
brick dwelling
Pomeroy the great horse dealer, will
make "A brilliant display of Texas curl
osities at the Michigan state fair.
Mrs. w. w. Osgoodby of Rochester,
n. Y, has been visiting with Ebert
Barker and family of Pine Grove.
Elder Hurd and wife have returned
to town and have taken up their resi-
dence with Mr.. and Mrs. MerTiman.
Miss Fannie Jennings returned Satur-
day from Long Lake, where she has
been spending a few weeks with friends.
Miss Flora Marsh, formerly of this
place, is visiting with the family of Mr.
and Mrs. G.. w. Koons and other friends
here.
Miss Ella Pike has resumed dress
making in her rooms over the NORTH
ERNER office, after vacation of several
weeks.
Fred Longwell started on Tuesday
morning for Lincoln, Neb., where he
has resided for the past two or three
years.
l.. w. Melchor stopped over here one
day last week to see his mother, while
on his way to Chicago, where he intends
to locate.
Judge Buck, on Monday last, granted
a decree of divorce in the case of Nellie
White VS.. Henry White. No other
business.
VIM. n. johnson of South Haven, is
what the Courier calls our genial friend
JAS H. Jimmy is good lawyer, but
he never kept hotel.
b. +. Heckert Esq will deliver an
address on the political issues of the
day next Friday evening at the Hicks
schoolhouse in Arlington.
The district convention at the Disci-
pie church next Sunday, will not inter
fere with the Sunday school, the latter
holding its session as usual.
Pete finally recovered that overcoat
that he lost while at the South Haven
convention, SO he can't accuse the re-
publicans of having stolen it,
East Decatur and the Lee district
boys played ball last Saturday on jim
Galligan's farm. Score, forty-eight to
twenty-five in favor of the Lees.
The Detroit EUcning Journdl, the
best evening paper in Michigan, has
entered upon the sixth, and what bids
fair to be the most prosperous year of
its existence
A three days tent meeting will be
held in the grove near Jacob Carrs
residence in Waverly, under the aus
pices of the Free Methodist denomina-
ton, commencing on Friday of this
week.
Warner has purchased a new patent
oven for his bakery, which works nicely
when he don't heat it up by the cent?
grade scale. He has also secured the
services of Mr.. Smith, an expert baker
from Hartford.
A prohibition club was organized at
the town hall last Wednesday evening
with the following officers; j. w Free,
president; G. +. Hutchins and +. w
Douglass, vice-president; G.. w. Hutch
ins, secretary; + A. Granger, treasurer
The club meets again this evening.
The democrats nominated the follow.
ing candidates yesterday at Hartford
Probate Judge, VIM. Killifer; sheriff
Byron Stout; clerk, Milton Pugsley
register, j. ii. Haynes; treasurer, G
w Crawford; prosecutor, o. A. Goss
commissioners, w. III. Mason, w. n
Cook.
We notice a call i'm the last number
of the Paw Paw Herald for currency
land-labor reform -greenback- union la
Dor convention, to be held at FOul
Mile Lake Cora; but, as there is nc
date fixed for the holding of such con,
vention, we conclude that it is intended
to wait until after election.
The annual convention of the w. G
L. u. of the fourth district of Michigan
will be held in Kalamazoo, September
1914. Silver medal contest on the
evening of the 18th, and an address by
Rev Anna Shaw on the 14th. Delegates
and visitors will address Mrs M. +
Pengelly, 141 Catharine street, for en-
tertainment.
A short time since, our Bloomingdal,
friends had the privilege of listening tC
a political address delivered by a lady
from prohibition standpoint. 1t is
reported that, at the close of her lee
ture, proposition was made to take
up collection, but she declined, say
ing that her expenses were paid by tn,
democratic central committee.
The percentage of verifications ot
the signal service bureau at this station
for the month of August were rs fol
lows: Weather, 80 per cent; tempera
ture, 81 per cent. Ihe failure in the
weather prognostications consisted eX
clusively of false predictions of rain
the rain flag having been ordered up OF
eight different days when no rain fell