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


Sunday in Paw Paw.
Mr.. NJ. p. Allen has erected two
story summer house at Lake Park.
Miss Lucy Conger of Chicago, is
visiting her many Paw Paw friends.
Preece, the tailor, has resumed bust
ness and has new lad in this paper.
Lake Park has become a very popular
place of resort for the citizens of our
village.
Mr.. j. j. Garcia has opened new
dentists office in town. See his bust
ness card
Mrs. George S. Baker and children
of Chicago, are visiting at Mrs. DR..
Andrews
Quite a number of our citizens have
been putting down sidewalks of Port
land cement
Mrs. Barton has returned from her
vacations; services will be held as usual
in the Free Baptist church.
Mrs. Frank McGmrin, with her
baby, of Salt Lake, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Z. ID. Darling
Dr.J W Doyle, one of Paw Paws own
sons, who recently graduated from Ann
Arbor, has opened an office here.
Van Buren, county Pomona grange
will hold its next session at Bangor on
the 10th inst, ut ten o'clock Il. m.
The NoRTHERNER acknowledges the
courtesy of Mrs. ;. III. Jones-a beauti-
full bouquet of cut flowers. Thanks
VIII Strowbrdge received severe
sunstroke on Friday last, but is now
doing well and will probably recover
Mr. and Mrs Schutt and family of
Indiana, are at the Jail; not as prisoners,
however, but as guests of Colonel Todd
and wife
The percentage of Notifications of
signal service predictions at this place
for the month of July were as follows +:
Weather 62; temperature 20.
Mr. David Woodman showed us n
stalk of millet seven feet and eight
inches long bearing a head fourteen
inches in length. Who can beat it?
Dr. +. w. Bartram, master of Paw
Paw grange, will give history of his
trip to Europe, at the next session of
the grange, Friday evening, August
10th
We were in error last week i'm stating
that Mrs Susan Morrison died at the
residence of her son it was at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. Sidney
Cox.
Harry Myers read an interesting
paper at the meeting of the republican
club last Monday evening, on the atti-
tude of the republican party toward
prohibition.
Lew Woodman spent few days at
home last week He has returned To
st. Louis, Mo, to resume his duties rs
inspector of Texas cattle for the state
of Michigan.
The following letters remained un-
called for in the Paw Paw postoffice for
the week ending August 6 Mr.. Allen
Cation, G.. w. McCor, Mr. John Rhoads,
+. b. Sheldon.
Charley Cole of Hillsdale, formerly of
the Courier, was quite severely injured
i'm ball game last Thursday by run
ming into a post Although it laid him
up for few days, he has nearly recov-
cred.
Paw Paw creamery had sold its butter
at an average of fifteen cents per
pound. We misunderstood our inform
ant that was the cost and not the
selling price.
o. f. Wilcox thinks he can compete
with Harry Wilson IN the harvesting
line. Mr.. Wilcox says he cut eighteen
acres of wheat and did it without work
ing at night, the job taking just thirteen
hours of time.
About sixty teachers were present at
the examination held IN this village on
Thursday and Friday last. A list of
the successful applicants will be pub
lished in the columns of next weeks
NoRTHERNER.
Judge Buck came over from Kalama-
ZOO last Monday to hold an adjourned
term of court. The only business
transacted was the granting of decree
of divorce to Mrs Rosa A. Hill from
her husband, William =. Hill.
The only place in which the recent
eclipse of the moon failed to completely
fill the advertised programme was at
South Haven. The Sentinel astrono-
mer (?) says il was not a total eclipse
at that place, and we have to believe it
as he carries hatchet.
Hon. John T. Rich, railroad commits
sioner, inspected the narrow gauge
yesterday. A special train was run
over the road, conveying the commits
sioner, superintendent, and invited
guests. We regret that we were una
BILE to make one of the party.
Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Crane of Detroit,
have been visiting their many friends
i'm town for few days past Mr. Crane
has been doing business in Tennessee
and reports that the republicans have a
fair fighting chance of carrying that
state at the approaching election.
A public meeting has been appointed
TO be held at the common council room
ON Friday evening, the 18th inst, to
consider the feasibility of arranging for
a fair to be held next fall ON the old
fair ground. There should be large