The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10

Last year at THIS tlme we were eating
flour made from wheat of that years
growth. Harvesting is but just begun
IN this vicinity.
Lake Park is enjoying boom. Al
ready four new cottages have been
erected there this year, and still there 5
more 10 follow.
Percy Lindsley and wife, Of Fort
Wayne, Ind, made a brief visit here
last week, arriving Wednesday and re-
turning Friday.
Conrad Lich, of Big Rapids, former
resident and highly respected citizen of
this place, spent couple of days i'm
town last week.
John Hennesey is visiting his rela-
tives here for the first time in ten or
twelve years He is resident of the
state of Indiana.
Mr.. Thos. Adriance has had his ele-
CANT farm residence newly painted,
using a light drab with darker trim
mings. 1t looks very neat.
Junia Warner and his bride have been
visiting at the home of his father for
the past week. They leave for their
home in California tomorrow.
Claude Snow came home last We'd
nesday and returned to Lima, Ohio,
Friday. He is with Fred Snow, learn
ing 1.-THE art preServative of arts"
Mrs c. G.. Searls Joined her family
i'm Grand Rapids last Monday. She will,
however, return here in the fall and
look after Mr.. Avery'S millinery in
tereStS.
The common council did not take up
the matter of electric lights last We'd
nesday evening, as was expected, but
deferred action until the evening of the
18th inst
Rev. Jones, of Kalamazoo, delivered
"A fine sermon at st. Marks church last
Friday evening No more meetings will
be held at this church until some time
in August
Some idea may be had of the magni-
tude of the business of l.. Perrigo &
Co. from the fact that they paid out for
the one item of bottles, in the past three
months, $4,000
Mr. Aaron Raymond had the misfor-
tune to fall down stairs last Friday and
break his collar bone He was brought
to town and DR.. Maynard repaired the
damages as far as possible.
The Hartford Day Spring wants to
"sort up" little. We observe by last
weeks issue that they are short on cap.
Ms Or, was it old 'blue monday" re-
ferred to, and not worthy capital?
Messrs. Conner & Osborn have ship
ped their wool. Their books show that
they have purchased thus far this season
10000 lbs, and paid therefor Sll ,5l4 05
an average of about 30 cents per lb.
Several prominent Pawpawans are
out, $40 to S25 each, according 10 the
amount of their faith in Kilrain. An
expensive luxury, this sporting business.
1t makes flour high and scare in places.
They find snakes in nail kegs and
horseshoe boxes i'm Decatur hardware
stores now We have been looking for
this result ever since they commenced
diluting their drinking water with pep
permint.
Frank Clancy'S dray team came very
near making havoc with themselves,
the vehicle to which they were hitched
and Stan. Let's head the other day.
Fortunately all this was averted, but il
was a close call
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Longwell are en-
ioying visit from their little grand
daughter, Fay Kelley, who came all the
way from her home in Cadillac alone
an undertaking that many older ones
would have shrank from.
The wool season is practically over,
and dealers are now baling the clip. In
round numbers, about l00,0 lbs have
been bought here. A few lots are still
i'm the hands of the growers, but for
what reason held mo feller can find
out"
The mercury has been rooSting high
for some days past, and our granger
friends wear smiles cOrrespondingly
broad Corn is growing like weeds, :"
wheat is rapidly maturing, timothy hay
is coming TO the front, and there never
was OCCASION for more profound graft
tude than now.
Broughton makes a suggestion anent
the celebration of the 4th of July, 1890,
which will strike responsive cord in
the collective breast of Young America,
especially when it is noted that the red
school house shoe alone is to be worn
in the procession. See his adv.
The little steamer on Lake Cora be-
came disabled i'm mid-ocean on the 4th
of July by the breaking of the main
shaft, having on board large number
of excursionists. Fortunately num-
ber of small boats were cruising in the
vicinity, and they took line from the
disabled steamer and towed her to her
dock.
Visitors 10 Lake Cora on the Fourth
were compelled to make late hours of
IT. The train due at the lake at . p. m.
became disabled west of that point and
did not arrive until 1890. Added to
this, some were in such a hurry TO catch
even this late train, that they were
left and did not finally reach home till
i'm the we sma' hours.
One of two things is certain; Either
the farmers of this region are crazy, or
the Deering binders and mowers are
great machines Wes. Young Is setting
up and starting on an average two n
day, and has orders which will keep
him at this pace for the next ten days.
The same activity seems TO prevail in
his other lines of implements.
Sup't Ihling, of the r. d 5. II. X. r.,
has generously given his employees the
use of a train for an excursion TO South
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