The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-25


Geo. Flanders and family, of Marcel
lus, are in town.
John Parker, of Dowagiac, is spend
ing Christmas in town.
Miss Eva Hayes is quite seriously i'll
with some throat difficulty.
Fred Richardson, of Chicago, is
visiting his Paw Paw friends
j. G.. Garvin is putting up a number
of his Justly celebrated wagons for use
in the far west
Bartram 4 Millington are invoicing
their stock. They will soon have on
hand new and fresh lot of goods,
and invite your attention To the same.
Robert Chapman, of this place, and
Mary Cline, of Glendale, are To be.mar-
ried at the home of the brides uncle to-
day, and this evening reception VIII
be held at the home of the groom.
Miss Jennie SHETLAND, of Kalamazoo,
who has been before the courts in that
city SO frequently during the past year,
charged with dishonest practices in GER
tain real estate transactions, was, last
Friday, sentenced by Judge Buck To
two years in the House of Correction at
Detroit.
A. Lincoln Post, c. A. r., of Bangor,
elected the following officers last Fri
day evening: Commander, L. NJ Har
vey; 5. " c., l.. 5. Russell;J j. V. c., A.
Chapman; Surgeon, Frank Lee; q. NJ,
Burse Merriman; q. of d., &. w Peters;
o. of e., H. Beaver. Delegates to State
Encampment, A. Chapman, b. Merri-
man and w. p. Austin.
Mr.. G. c. Phillips, Chairman of the
county committee, filed the necessary
papers with County Clerk Anderson
last Thursday, and the latter at once
issued the notices assembling the board
of supervisors in special session on the
third day of January next, when 1t Is
expected the date for special election
on the County Option measure will be
fixed upon.
Married, in Paw Paw, Mich, Dee.
cath, 1889, by Rev. r. Linderman, Mr.
William O. Wilcox, of Three Rivers,
Mich, To Miss Ida NJ. Crane, recently of
Gilbert's Mills, n. Y. The happy pair
are soon to establish their home in
Three Rivers, Mich. Miss Crane has
for several years, been teacher in
Alabama She is a very pleasant lady,
evidently cultured and refined.
While number of pupils of the Til
den school, Detroit, were rehearsing
for a Christmas cantata, last Thursday
afternoon, the highly inflammable cos
tune of one of the little girls took fire,
and the same was at once communica-
ted TO ten or Il dozen others, resulting
in the very serious burning of quite IA
number of the children, five of whom
have since died, and three or four
others are not expected to live.
At the annual election of officers for
the Major Dickinson post of the grand
army of the republic, held at the
armory Saturday evening, ). Nj. Trow-
bridge was elected commander, Jas. >.
Donahue senior vice. Sylvester Hosner
Junior vice, John Wardrum quarter
master, Fred. Dustman surgeon, G. j.
Dusenbury chaplain, w. +. Stewart
officer of the day, Asa w. Benson officer
of the guard, w +. Stewart represent
ative to the State encampment and
Daniel Bayless alternate.-Souh HaCen
Sentinel
The Goth birthday of Mrs. Hannah
Failing was very pleasantly celebrated
at her home in Almpna, last Wednes-
day. Her five children, several grand
and great grand children, and num-
Der OF neighbors and friends were pres
ent and the occasion was heartily en-
ioyed by all. Grandma Failing retains
her mental and physical faculties in Il
marked degree for one SO far advanced
in years She was the recipient of a
number of appropriate and useful pres
ents, and, at the parting, all united in
the hope that she might be spared to
participate in, and enjoy similar greet
ings in the future.
The service at the Presbyterian
church, on Sunday evening last. com
memorative of the landing of the Pill
grims Just two hundred and seventy
years ago, was very interesting,
and was listened To by an audience
which filled the church to its utmost
capacity. Irving Copeland was first
upon the programme with recitation,
in which he acquitted himself very
credltably Mr. + A. Wildey and Mr..
A. G. Glidden read essays appropriate
to the occasion In these, while they
pursued a different line of thought,
both reached the same conclusion
that we, the descendants of the Puri-
tans, are the cream of the earth. 1t
goes without saying, that the reading
by Lynn Free was first class. While
the music by the choir was of high
order the solo by Mrs. O.. +. Gilman
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