The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
Mr.. +. ii. Lindsey has been quite ill
with tonsilitis and inflammation of the
lungs, but is improving gradually.

friend Johnny Cook. They will be apt
to go along together very nicely.
The new signal pole is daisy. w.
X. Shrine is the scholar and gentleman
who selected il and drew il To town.
Let us hope that we may have better
weather hereafter.
How many feet of earth i'm hole
three feet square and three feet deepg
Some of Paw Paws wise men have been
puzzling over the problem. Can't some
boy or girl solve it?
Willie Hawkins came home from
Lansing, where he is attending college,
last Thursday, seriously i'll with tonsil-
tits. He reports good deal of sickness
among the students there.
The per cent of verifcation of the
signal service predictions at this place
for the month of March were as follows:
Weather, seventy-four per cent; tenn
perature, sixty-three per cent.
Mrs j. b. Smith received an elegant
Easter boquet from her brother, n. b.
Crane of East Portland Oregon, con
sisting of cherry and peach blossoms,
lilies, etc. Let's all go to Oregon.
Judge Hilton was in Chicago most of
last week. Commissioners Holmes
looked after probate matters i'm his alb
sence, his partner, Mr.. Chandler, being
unable to attend to any business.
Messrs. A. Hathaway of this place,
and John A. Lindsey of Dowagiac,
have bought the Decatur lumber yard
and will carry on the business under
the firm name of Hathaway II Lindsey.
George f. Butler, the veteran dray-
man, has purchased Burdick's outfit
and is now doing business on his own
hook. Burdick says he is going to raise
grapes for living, on Bassett's place
in Antwerp.
Beau says that report about his 'mus-
tache forcer" was canard. This much
ut least, can be truthfully said with
reference To Beau; he never gets red
headed" at little joke, even if it is ut
his own expense.
Clayt. Simmons, better known as
"Satchel," has LINED out" with the
Mayne show. Clayt. will be in the
heighth of his glory when firmly plant
ed on a lofty red wagon and drawing
the ribbons over n couple of pairs of
balky, contrary mules.
Saturday last was wonderfully fine
day and, in consequence thereof, n
larger number of people were in town
than there had been on any previous
day for long time. Our merchants,
especially those who advertise in the
NORTHERNER, had large trade.
The Detroit Evening Journal offers
$500 i'm gold to any individual who shall
correctly guess the three hottest days
of the approaching summer. The
Journal is always enterprising and
has placed itself safely i'm the very front
rank of the evening papers of the coun-
try.
We noticed i'm the Brodhead (Wiscon-
SIM Independent, some very compliment
tary notices of Mrs A. +. Bulson, in
connection with social events at that
place. Mrs. b. was formerly of this
county and has large circle of friends
and acquaintances among the readers
of this paper
Mr.. j. G. Warner has purchased Ea-
tons bakery and grocery stock and
placed Mr. and Mrs A. T. Foote in
charge. Mr.. Webb will be the mana
ger of the bakery. Jerome is branch
ing out. He will continue business
with A. w. Showerman at the old stand
the same as heretofore.
The Sunday school concert last Sun
day evening at the Disciple church,
drew out large audience, the house
being crowded to its fullest seating
capacity. The exercises were very sue.
cessful and interesting and notwith-
standing the time and place, were
greeted with much applause.
VIM. Henry, an old soldier, member
of the Goth Ills. Sharpshooters, died last
week Monday at his residence near
Gliddenburg, from the effects of an
ugly wound received while in the SER
vice He was member of A. Lincoln
post, c. A. r. of Bangor. Funeral
services were held last Wednesday.
The Van Buren, county convention of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union will be held at the Congrega-
tional church i'm South Haven, on the
11th and 18th of April, 1893. An inter
esting programme has been prepared.
All christian workers, rs well as those
who would like to be christians, are
especially invited to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs n. Rice of this place,
have just returned from an extended
visit south and west They spent sew
eral weeks with their son Frank and
other relatives at Louisville, KY, visited
their daughter Josephine in st. Louis
and spent pleasant winter with an
other daughter, Mrs. j. ID. Sanders, at
Mine La Motto, Mo. On their return,
they visited Mrs. Rice's brother and
family at Sycamore, Ills.
Last Saturday night, Matt sent one of
his men out to Mr.. Pugsleys to inform
him that his son-in-law was on his way
west and would like to meet him in
Kalamazoo on Sunday. The messenger
routed Thos. Tuckey out of bed and
told him his brother was dead. Mr.. L.
came down at once TO learn the partic-
ulars and found that he had been
fooled. Great head that messenger has
on him. He must have known that il
was very near the first day of April.
The republican caucus held on We'd
nesday last was well attended, harmoni-
Gus and enthusiastic. After the nom
nations were completed, township
republican club was organized, not
simply for the approaching campaign,
but as permanent organization. 1t Is
expected and desired that every repub-
lican i'm the township should be enrolled
as a member of the club and as means
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