The true northerner., 1889-04-03
Local Department.

Mrs. +. +. Stevens is vising friends al
Dowagiac.
Charley Hathaway, of Albion, spent
Sunday at home.
Hon. j. $ Cross, was i'm town a few
hours last Thursday
Ed. Phillips has bought himself q
home on Gremps street.
Our public schools closed last Friday
tor a vacation of one week.
Mrs. +. Darling is expected back
from her visit TO Salt Lake City soon.
Rev. Goodman is in town, visiting nj
the home of his father-in-law, Il. K
Harrison.
Mort Buck is building quite an adj
dition To his already commodious dwell
ing house.
Mr.. Coffinger, chief of the Niles fire
department, was visitor to our village
on Monday.
Henry Holt has purchased the fine
residence of Joseph Kilburn, on La.
Grave street.
DR.. G.. V. Hilton, of Woodlawn Park,
is in town, the guest of his brother, Hon
o. n. Hilton.
Throop Anderson is clone lorn'
widderer, his wife being on visit to
friends at Berlamont.
Mr.. David Woodman arrived home
last Saturday from California, where
he has spent the winter.
Mrs. +. Johnsorehas returned from
Chicago and opened dress-making
rooms over Chappells store.
Thomas Welch calls the attention OF
breeders to his noted stallion, Bay
Wilkes, elsewhere in this paper.
Mrs. Lessie Brown, Martin Minnerd
and Arson B. Ward, have uncalled for
letters in the Paw Paw postoffice.
Charley Cole brought his wife here
from Hillsdale one day last week, and
will go to keeping house at once.
Judge Buck held an adjourned session
of court Monday, but there was nothing
of material Importance before him.
Ben Wilkes has been sold, or rather
snapped, for some farm land and village
lots in Dakota. Land value at $4,000.
Jessie Barton is slowly recovering
from an attack of rheumatism of the
heart, but is yet confined to his house.
Fred Bilsborrow's ad. blossoms ont
this week with new cut, and Fred's
store is literally jammed full of goods.
Porter A. Dean Is in very precarlous
state of health, and grave doubts are
entertained of his ever being any bet
ter
Mrs. Chas. Duncombe, of Keeler, is
in town and will spend couple of
weeks visiting her mother and other
friends.
Died, in this village on Saturday last,
Maggie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. |. j.
Hackley, of consumption, aged about
fifteen years.
Commencing with tomorrow even
ing, prayer meetings at the M +. church
will be at Bop. m, instead of o'clock,
as heretofore.
Resolved, That the Van Buren, county
press association bounce every one of
its members who says Eye editor" 1t
smells too ancient.
Bill Butler met with slight accident
last week. He says he fell down and
stepped on himself; anyway he was laid
up for few days from the mishap.
A woman drove into town last Thurs.
day, and on alighting from her buggy
in front of Longwell Bros, she discover
ed that the tires were off both hind
wheels
Hon Chas l.. Eaton arrived in town
last Thursday and remained here until
yesterday (Tuesday), both branches OF
the Legislature having adjourned for
one week.
The ladies of the Free Baptist church
will hold warm sugar social at the
residence of +. n Douglas Tuesday
evening, April 9th. A special invita-.
tion to all.
Chas. Wildey purchased. while in
Canada, last week, two Clydesdale
mares. They are fine lockers and will
weigh upwards of twelve hundred
pounds each.
The furniture for the new masonic
hall will be put in place this week. II
has been manufactured TO order, and
will correspond, in point of elegance
with its surroundings.