The true northerner., 1889-09-18
w. SEPTEMBER
Look for big announcement b.,
Sellick K Son next week.

Look for big announcement by
Sellick x Son next week.
l.. :. and Mrs. Russell. of Bangor
leave tomorrow for IA six weeks visit
in the east.
{. X. Avery is too busy receiving
and marking new goods to change his
adv. this week. Watch for it next
week
Rev. w. j. Hathaway was elected
treasurer of the Michigan Conference
at its session last week, for the third
successive term.
Capt Geo. |. and Mrs Nash, Of Mar
cellus, drove over To this place Sunday
for a visit to Mrs. X. c. Nash, who is
very seriously ILL.,
Henry Shaefer has purchased the
house and lot of Mr.. Searls, corner of
Main and LaGrave streets, and will oc-
cupy it about October /.
Jerome Hopkins has returned home
from two months soiourn i'm Massa-
chusetts and New York, and Rhoda is
now. equal to the task of raising "A
smile.
G.. w. Young who was superintend-
ent of the division of farm implements
at the state fair, was presented with Il
handsome silver tea set by the exhibit
tors in his department.
Many of our people will attend the
Grand Rapids fair, and none should
fail to see that wonderful productions
Pains Last Days of Pompeii" See
adv. elsewhere in this paper
Bartram & MiIIington, in order to
make more shelf room for their propri-
etary medicines, are offering their
stock of books for sale at cost Look
over their catalogue in this paper
Hon. Chas. l.. Eaton left Monday for
Buffalo, n. Y, To attend the 2Sth an
nual reunion of his battery-the 23d
New York-which occurs to-day. Mr.
Eaton will remain in the east week or
ten days.
Dana p Smith returned home last
Friday from St. Joe where he has been
employed as engineer at Plank's Tav-
ern-on-the Beach since the opening of
that resort. The house is closed for
the season.
Erastus Crane, a brother of +. A.
Crane, died at his home in Kalama-
ZOO, Monday. Funeral from the Chris
tian church at this place at 2 p. m. to-
day, under the auspices of the masonic
fraternity.
B. F. Warner will have sale of
horses at the stock yards on Monday,
Sept. 23d. Among the lot is seventeen
head of mares and colts, and twenty-one
yearlings and two-year-olds. They are
Hambletonian and Morgan stock.
Frank Eldridge received trihing
scratch from shot fired by cowboy,
on the fair grounds at Lansing last
Wednesday. One or two others were
quite seriously wounded by the same
discharge, which was purely acciden-'
tai.
The adultery case of the people vs..
Chas. Brown occupied the attention of
our circuit court from Monday noon to
Tuesday evening, and resulted in the
conviction of respondent. VIM. Dean,
bastardy, settled As we go to press
John Elyea is on trial
Married, at the residence of the brides
parents, in this village, on the evening
of the 1th inst, James Il. Preece and
Julia f.. Fluett, Rev. +. II. Harvey
officiating. Now, Jim, that the affair
is consummated. we will say it to your
face: We wish you all the luck and
happiness imaginable.
There seems to be considerable ac-
tivity i'm the live hog market, and buy
ers are so plentiful that the farmer
is certain to get all his stock is worth.
Indeed, the competition is so brisk that
occasionally buyer gets on the wrong
side of the line dividing profit and loss,
whereat the farmer is happy.
Our Australian compositor caused us
to say i'm last weeks issue that Fred.
Snow was leader of the band at Lima,
Ohio, and owing To the proofreader
losing his pebbles it appeared SO in the
paper. Such is not the case, however
Bert Snow is leader Fred. plays from
bone and Claude blows the tuba.
Rev. l.. b. Taft and family were
most agreeably surprised last Saturday
morning by the arrival of party of
friends, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fieldhouse, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson and Mrs Cooper, all
VI w Hllt lptOl, NuO Itlldiutu ONt
Sunday and attended services at Mr..
Tafts church.
There will be no preaching at the
Free Baptist church during the re-
mainder of this month. as Mrs Barton
has accepted resting spell kindly ten
dered by her people. The Sunday
school and young peoples meeting will
be held at the usual hours. Regular
services will be resumed on the first
Sunday in October.
In hearing on claims against the
estate of c. w. Dorgan, deceased in the
probate court few days since, quite
"A little struggle took place over claim
of some $500 made by John Deal. The
claim was not proven TO the satisfaction
of Judge Heckert, who disallowed it.
l.. A. Tabor, attorney for Deal, threat
ems To appeal TO the circuit court
Marcellus is nothing if not indus
trious and enterprising. The frog har-
vest having passed and the chief har-
vester being locked up for perjury, the
attention of the rustlers is turned to
the millions of turtles which swarm in
the lakes adjacent TO that village.
Within the past few days five tons of
these birds have been shipped to Gin