The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-06-19

locality, but Jim Leech boasts Of dining
from that bill of fare last Sunday.
To compensate for the cold and back
ward weather which has characterized
the season thus far, we are now having "a
class of weather which makes corn and
farmers and other garden sass laugh.
Our neighboring exchanges are speak
ing in very complimentary terms of a
lecture, "Asbury and His Times, which
Rev. W |. Coggshall, presiding elder
of this district has been delivering re-
Gently.
Bartram Il Millington's horse, attach
ed to their delivery wagon, took fright
at clap Of thunder during the storm
yesterday morning and ran away. Ii
was caught north of the fair grounds.
Damage slight
A travelling artist has been doing
some fine work in lettering and design
ing on glass fronts. We noticed es-
pecially neat jobs on Walt. Wilson's
market, Ed. Nash's grocery and Ben
nett's restaurant.
A horse, standing in front of the First
National bank during the storm Tues
day morning, was knocked down by an
electric shock w III. Filley had an
umbrella knocked out of his hand by
the same agency.
The Woman's Mission society of the
Free Baptist church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Barton Saturday after
noon of this week. Each lady is re-
quested to bring a small bundle of any
thing she may choose.
Junia j. Warner, a former Paw Paw
boy, will be married at Taylorsville,
KY, on Monday of next week To Miss
Ethel Lindsey King. Mr. and Mrs +.
l.. Warner will attend the wedding,
leaving here on Friday.
The Otsego base ball team will play
at Lawton next Saturday. This is one
of the best amateur teams in the state.
They recently defeated the Lawtons at
Otsego by score of to /. A good
game may be expected.
Walter H. Wilson bought one day
last week of Samuel Consalus three
3-years-old steers, the aggregate weight
of which was 4460 lbs, and on Monday
he bought fourteen 2-years-olds of Geo.
W. Lyle, the lot weighing 1850 lbs.
The Union house was again opened
appearing in the title role. The house
has been re-modeled internally, sample
rooms provided for travelling men, and
in.
A bill allowing county clerks 81 20 for
issuing marriage licenses, instead Of 80
cents as at present, passed the senate in
good shape the other day, but the house
was in no humor for doing good natured
things, and "sat down" on the whole
scheme.
Tom Burgess went to Chicago last
week in quest of talent for Burgess Il
Wilson'S variety show He returned
Friday, accompanied by an elaborate
buttOndire. The talent will see us later
And the waters, in their tireless search
for their level, still run down hill.
The Chinese family, at First Baptist
church last Thursday evening, were
greeted with a good house and gave
perfect satisfaction. The bazaar in the
lower room did good bussiness-al-
most every lady buying at least one
article to add to her list of curios.
Geo. f. Breck visited with the family
of his brother-in-law, DIR. Bulson, at
jackson, last week. They live in the
house owned and occupied by Mrs.
Latimer at the time of her murder, and
Mr.. Breck occupied the room in which
the unnatural crime was committed.
Broughton has rugged up convenient
currency for the.little folks to use when
they play show" He sells so many
different articles for a nickle-any and
all of which can be subdivided down to
any intnitismal coin used by the young
managers. His adv. in to-day's paper
explains the whole business.
The Paw Paw Courier of last week
misrepresented the facts concerning Mr..
A. G.. Cross visit to that village last
week. He went there on his own in
dividual responsibility To inspect the
merits of the shat churn," and not as a
delegate of the Business Mems associa-
tion.-Bangor Democrat.
&C. Searls and John Searls and fam
ily left for Grand Rapids on Monday
Mrs. &. G.. Searls will remain here until
the summer millinery season is over,
when she too will go. These families
will be much missed by large circle
of acquaintance in which they have be-
came universal favorites.
Rev b. Roberts, pastor of the Afri-
can NJ. +. church of Battle Creek, was
in town day or two last week solicit
ing funds for the payment of a mort
gage on his parsonage. He informed
us that he met with success here. The
reverend gentleman is relative of
Lew. Roberts, of this place.
Since the price of hard cider at De-
catur has been reduced TO 20 cents per
galon-"man cider"-we notice that
the length of the snakes killed in that
vicinity has increased from feet II to
IL feet A. Another reduction OF five
cents per gallon and they will be re-
porting sea serpents in the Lake-of-the-
Woods.
Dick Hayes is on his regular annual
visit to friends here-having a 3O-days'
furlough from the soldiers home. He
is looking first rate and says he is in eX-
cellent health. Aside from his pension,
he gets 50 month for services in the
culinary department of the home, and
is thus accumulating quite little sum
of money.
Frank Tucker, with an enlarged and
strengthened company, will produce
The Two Orphans at LongwelPs
opera house next Monday evening. Mr..
Tucker was very successful throughout
,bo ctoto with this nlaV last season re-