The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-08-01

X. w. Noyes is spending a week a
home with his family.

DIR. +. B. Dunning has returned from
his visit to New York. He thinks the
state is sure for Harrison.
Foreman Hayes of the NoRTHERNER
Office is off on short vacation. Fred
Snow is filling the vacancy.
Be WISE" says Oppenheim this
week 1t will certainly be manifesto
tion of wisdom to take his advice.
Judge Hilton and Lawyer Tabor
have gone on a prospecting tour To
Utah and other points in the far west.
A fine little boy recently took
up his residence with Mr.. and Mrs. G..
II. Butler. We extend congratulations.
Quite number of the ladies of this
place "excurted" to Macatawa park,
leaving their liege lords at home. Sort
of hen party.
The following letters remain uncalled
for ut our postOffice for the week ending
July 30: Mr. j. III. Black, Mr.. Lever
rier U. Knowles, G.. f. Pogers.
Teachers examination tomorrow
and next day at the high school room
in this village. Teachers are expected
to be on hand at eight o'clock Thursday
morning.
Uncle Lewis Parrish of Porter, writes
Il voted for Gen. VIM. Henry Harrison
and, if live long enough, shall vote for
Harrison next fall. am almost eighty
five years old
The Paw Paw republican club meets
on the first and third Monday evenings
of each month in the upper rooms of
Aliens new building. A general invi-
tation is extended.
Prof. Green of South Haven and f.
A. See of Gobleville, chairman and sec
retary of the prohibition party county
committee were in town last Saturday
looking after their party fences.
Bartram & Millington have an essay
on the drug and grocery trade, in this
paper. Frank didn't mention all the
goods they have in stock, but it wasn't
his fault. He hadn't paper enough.
The Free Methodist campmeeting
near Hartford begins to-day. The
grounds are located in a beautiful beech
grove along the line of the narrow
gauge between the village and river.
We add the following names to our
list of Harrison veterans: Nelson Cole,
p. N. Teed, Chauncey Palmer, NJ +.
Miner, Chauncey Finch, Sanford Mon
roe and j. Wilson of Almena, M. Gage
of Lawrence, Leander Fluett of Paw
Paw.
Special train to the Lawrence con-
vention tomorrow. Leaves Lawton at
900 and Paw Paw at $50, returning at
close of convention. Fine opportunity
for parties who want to spend the day
at Four Mile Lake. They won't have to
get up SO early in the morning.
The Niles district campmeeting will
be held at Crystal Springs from August
9TH to 10Th inclusive. Admission by
season tickets at twenty-five cents each.
Railroad stations, POkagon on the M.
&. and Berrien Springs on the G. w. &
Nj. Hacks To and from ali trains.
Mrs. Susan Morrison of Antwerp,
died on Thursday last, at the residence
of her son, Robt. Morrison, at the adj
advanced age of ninety-two years.
Funeral services were held on Sunday
last, Rev. +. H. Harvey officiating
The burial was at the Bangs cemetery
Elias Markell writes the NoRTHERNER
as follows: II am now seventy-two
years old; / voted for Harrison and
Tyler too" and, if spared until the
coming election, expect to vote for his
grandson, and | also pledge myself to
get five democratic friends to vote the
ticket" Good for uncle Elias.
Mr.. +. +. Stevens, who was convicted
of making false entries on the books of
the First National Bank of this village,
was, on the eth ult., sentenced to five
years at Ionia. The people Of this
place sympathize deeply with his family
and would gladly have had different
outcome of the case, had it been pos
sible.
| DR.. Bartram arrived i'm Montreal
Sunday with IA horses, having made
the trip from Liverpool in nine days.
An English breeder writes the com
pany Bartram has paid long prices
but he has some of the best blood in
England, and could have sold here be-
fore leaving, ut n good advance" He
has one Shire and 13 Cleveland Bays.
On the application of Samuel Holmes,
one of the superintendents of the poor
and the certificates of Drs. Maynard
and Whalen, that Mrs. Lucina Israel of
Pine Grove, was suffering with insanity
of homicidal tendency, she was ordered
| by the probate court to be taken TO the
Kalamazoo asylum. Sheriff Todd con-
veyed her to that institution last Wed.
nesday.
A short time since, Mrs. John Searls,
while fishing in Three Mile Lake,
caught gill-net with some thirty OF
forty pounds of fish entangled within
its meshes. One John Malloy laid claim
to the net and, on the 27th ult., Mr.. c.
+. Dey, deputy game and fish warden,
made complaint against Mr.. Malloy,
before Justice Mason, for a violation OF
the fish law and, on Saturday last, he
was arrested and arraigned. In default
of $500 bonds, he was committed to jail
to await his trial which is to take place
to-day Perhaps John will wish he
hadn't claimed that net.
The republican caucus on Saturday
last was organized by the election OF
B. +. Heckert as chairman and A. G.
Martin as secretary. The following Is
list Of the names of delegates chosen
TO attend the convention TO be held al
Lawrence tomorrow: G.. III. Butler
f. A. Wildey, p. A. Dean, w. M. Hall
w. Il. Hawkins, III. w Slovenian
Julian Sheldon, w. III. Glidden, Jason
Woodman, w. Ii. Filley, Fred Bilsbor
row, Harris Oppenheim, G. w. Young