The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23
Local Department.

Heman st. Clair is visiting friends in
this village.
J.D. Monroe has sold his place in
town to Mr.. Graf.
Will La Grave of Chicago, is visiting
friends in this place.
Bert Snow and family are again res
idents of our village.
The First National Bank will not be
open on Wednesday, May 30th, Memo
rial Day.
Conner & Osborne's speciality, this
week, is road carts. They keep the
best there is going.
Chas. H. Smith Esq. of Hartford,
Conn, is visiting his brother, Capt. Ed.
of the long brick store.
The Lawton Leader will ensmall
itself eight columns, becoming five
column quarto instead of six.
Mr.. p. w. Henley rejoices over the
news that his wife and babies have
arrived safely in Erin's green isle.
Jack Heffron, who took care of Mr..
Preece during his recent illness, is very
i'll with the same disease, erysipelas.
The leap year supper given by the
Y. l.. M. B. at the residence of Miss
Minnie Sh@fer, was very pleasant
affair.
Sheldon, the jeweler, has crossed the
street with his shop and now occupies a
corner in the Office of w. r. Hawkins,
the broker.
The Wolverine drug store has some.
thing new to offer this week. The boys
propose to make business hum while
DR.. Bartram is away.
The ladies of the +. w. Baptist society
will hold pound social at the residence
of Walter Wilson on Tuesday evening
May Goth. Everyone invited.
A. Van Dyke of Niles, formerly OF
this village, was in town the fore part
of the week. He is running meat
market in that city and is doing good
business.
We understand that Elder Harvey
will make the battle of Cold Harbor, al
which place he left leg on the field, a
topic for his next Sunday evenings
discourse.
The cleanest, brightest, spiciest
newsiest evening paper in Michigan OF
any other state, so far as we know, il
the Evening Journal of Detroit Long
may il wave!
Matt Longwell had a runaway last
Sunday. Himself and Jack Wood were
in the carriage; both were thrown out
Matt was somewhat bruised and con
siderably shaken up.
Miss Cummings class in music will
give rehearsal next Friday evening al
7:30, at the high school room. A cordia
invitation is given to all friends and
pupils of the school TO be present or
that occasion.
Mrs. Geo. w. Matthews of Siou,
Falls, OAK, accompanied by her mother
arrived in town last Thursday. They
will probably remain some little time
1t is not likely the old lady will return
to the West.
| "Milkshake" is the name of the new
soft drink sold by A. T. Foote at tn,
bakery. They say 1t is fine. TIL,
machine that stirs il up has wonder
full lend shake" Dansby also has /;
similar machine.
The members of the several choirs o
the village are invited TO meet at tn,
Disciple church next Saturday evening
at 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of prac
ticing music for the Sunday unior
memorial service.
The young ladies of this place viii
give leap year party at the Longwel
opera house on Saturday evening o
this week. Gentlemen will have to b,
on their good behavior now in order 3,
get an invitation. Spectators ten cents
Elder Harvey was marrying couple
few days since and, asking the bride
groom the usual questions, II he woult
love, cherish, etc, was astonished Il
receive the reply, II will If she behave
herself" Quite an important proviso
Some time since, we alluded to tn,
fact that there was an old lady living IL
Aurora, Ills, who was living in he
second century. Her name was Philen;
johnson, familiarly known to he
friends as Grandma Johnson. She die,
on the 9Th inst, at the extreme old ag
of 103 years.
Mrs Cora ID. Martin is at st. Clair
Mich, attending to her duties as one o
the state visitors of the Somervill
academy, located at that place. Tn
board OF visitors appointed for that in
stitution are Prof. b. l.. D'Ooge o
Ypsilanti, Mrs. G.. ID. Martin, principa
Of our public school, and Jas. M. San
born of st. Clair.
A few days since, Wilbur Stevens
who was working on some low lam
belonging to ex-Sherif Shrine, stirre,
up couple of blue racers. They reare
, themselves on their caudal appendage
and proceeded to attack the disturbe
of their peace, who retreated in goo
order until he secured a stout cudge
| when he accepted the offered wager 9
battle, coming out victorious. Thei
snakeships measured, respectively, 81