The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-21
Local Department.

Bert Bryar of Grand Rapids, spent
st. Patrick's Day at home with his
mother.
The Van Buren, county district lodge
of good templars will meet at Lawton
next Friday.
Mr. l.. +. Butler of Greeley, Colo,
has been visiting his brother, Mr.. w
III. Taylor of this village.
A. c. wants somebody who owes for
the NoRTHERNER, or someone else, to
bring him ten bushels of oats.
Judge Severens of Kalamazoo, was
in town last Monday, looking after a
little legal business in our circuit court
The Disciples held an enjoyable social
last evening at the capacious and hos
pitable residence of Mr.. A. Hathaway
Mrs. Nellie Conklin of Hartford, was
the guest of her old schoolmate, the
editors wife, on Monday and Tuesday
last.
No services were held at the Free
Baptist church on Sunday last on ac-
count of quarterly meeting at Glidden'
burg.
Mrs. Riley Bangs is seriously i'll with
pneumonia, n disease which seems to
be more than usually prevalent this
spring.
Observer is on deck again this week
We hope he will be more punctual in
his attendance than he has been fol
some time past.
Judge Hilton spent portion of last
week in Chicago where, we understand
he has some thought of securing de
sirable business connection.
We have furnished Stanley Il Co. OF
Waverly, with five hundred fine card
folders, advertising their excellent and
well known horse, Young Luck's All.
"The Affections Eternal" will be tn,
topic of discourse at the First Baptis
church next Sunday morning. In tn,
evening, "Paul's Thorn in the Flesh.
The ladies of the +. w Baptist churcl
will hold maple sugar social at tn,
residence of Chas. Hoskins on Tuesday
evening, March 27th. A very cordia
invitation To ALL
The mission circle will meet at tn,
residence of Mrs. f. B. Dunning Oh
Thursday afternoon, March 22d. Mr.
and Mrs. III. w Harvey will be presen
to greet old friends.
The members of Waverly grange viii
hold a maple sugar social at their hal
on Saturday, March oath. Sugar will
be sold at ten cents dish. A cordia
invitation is extended to all.
The new South Haven steamboat vii
be launched next Saturday, at tw,
O'Clock p. IN. A good many people viii
be likely to be attracted TO our siste
village to witness the novel sight.
Mrs. Odell the fashionable milliner
has a new card in this paper. Tn,
ladies will be interested in knowing
that she has a large stock of the lates
styles of spring and summer goods.
The Berean society will give a literar,
entertainment at the home of Miss Ma,
TerIill on Friday evening, March 23d
A collection will be taken for the bene
fit of the society. Everybody invited.
The following is list of the letter
remaining uncalled for in the Paw Paw
postoffice for the week ending Marcl
18th: Dr. Broffit, Chas. Hunt, Levi
Jones, G. Q. Lyon, Francis G.. Russell
Llpna a. w afner.
| Presbyterian social this evening a
the church Rev. III. w. Harvey. b.
special request, will be present an,
deliver his address on the Lights an,
Shadows of Army Life" Everybod
invited. No admission fee.
Notice Gilman's new lad" 1t shoul
have appeared last week, but Ed was
little too late getting around with it.
customer who cannot be suited eithe
with foot wear or groceries by one O
the other of the two Eds, must be har
TO please.
The residence of w. S. Glidden ESQ
of Antwerp, was destroyed by fire las
Saturday afternoon. The fire is SUP
posed to have originated from a defect
i've flue A portion of the contents wa
saved. Partially insured i'm the Va
Buren County Farmers Mutual.
The NoRTHERNER has provided itsel
with an entire new outfit for doin
record and brief work, and is now pre-
pared to do such work in a style tina
cannot be excelled by any Office in tn
state. We invite the attention of lit
gants and attorneys to this fact.
/ Last Sunday evening, the pastor {
the Christian church delivered the sec
ond of a series of discourses upo
"Bible Characters and Bible Incidents,
his theme being "Esau and Jacob
The attendance was fine and all preser
appeared to be deeply interested.
We are compelled to once agai
remind those who are indebted to tn
NoRTHERNER that, on account of tn
fire and the consequent large expens
we have been compelled TO incur, W
need every dollar that is due TO us.
very large portion of our subscriber
have responded to former notices, bt
there are a few who have not. IL yo