The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-30

the state to vote local OptiOny Try
Allegan, Bro White.
Since G.. +. Gilman decided to confine
his trade exclusively to footwear, Ire
has built up great trade in that line,
and as his goods are the product of the
best manufactures in the country, they
are sure To give satisfaction.
A bill was introduced in the house of
representatives ut Lansing one day last
week providing for the payment of 800,
state bounty, To all Michigan soldiers
i'm the late war who served ninty days
or more previous To- Feb. /, 1863.
The county clerks of this state are
combining their efforts To make the term
of their office four years. The idea was
originally conceived by Clerk Ware, of
Port Huron, and he is mailing circulars
asking for signatures of those fayoriDg
his scheme.
Mr. Geo. w Cornish is visiting schools
this week, in the place of Mr.. A. &.
Martin, who is confined To his home by
sickness. He was threatened with
pneumonia, but prompt medical assis-
tance averted this and he is now doing
fairly well.
Geo. Barber surprised his friends last
Thursday evening by becoming convert
ed ut the Christian church, and at nine
o'clock in the evening he was taken to
the lake, hole was cut i'm the ice aud
he was baptised in the chilly waters
Decatur Republican,
To the jobbing department of the
NORTHERNER we have recently added
"A number of new fonts of type latest
styles of faces - which puts us in better
shape for executing fine work than ever
before, and we can guarantee absolute
satisfaction to our customers.
Union meetings were continued at
the First Baptist church throughout
last week, and the present week the NJ.
+. house is. open. The attendance il
good and the several pastors are giving
these meetings their best efforts. The
results, of course, is in other hands.
The February Vide Amake is an ex-
ceptiOnally interesting number Aside
from the serial stories by j. Il. Trow-
bridge and Margaret Sidney, this mum
ber has several short stories by popular
authors, poems, puzzles, etc. Only So
40 year. ID. Lothrop Company, BoS-
ton.
The NoRTHERNER force, from first
villain" to utility had 'heads on 'em"
last Wednesday. No, there was no un-
due hilarity around the concern, but
there was "A surplus of gasoline smoke
which retired the crew in one, two,
three order Hereafter we shall take it
in homeopathic doses.
At the annual election of officers of
the w. G.. T.. l.. for the current year,
h.. g. oil oil.
Mrs c. A. Hunt; recording secretary,
G. NJ. Whitbeck; cor. sec'y, Mrs. +. II.
Browne; treas'r, Mrs. +. NJ Snow. The
Union will meet at Mrs. Odell's every
Friday at 2:30 p. IN. until further notice.
In our report of the organ concert at
the Presbyterian church, in last weeks
issue, we inadvertently omitted mention
of one of the gems of the evening. viz:
the recitation by Pussy Broughton of
viii Cartons famous ballad, The New
Organ" rendered in manner which
would have done credit to an elocution-
ist of maturer years We ask pardon,
Pussy.
Elsewhere i'm to-day'S paper we pub
lish the prospectus of the New York
Mail and Express, and we wish To com
mend ii to our readers rs in the broadeSt
sense a national newspaper, most care
fully edited, and adopted To the wants
and tastes of intelligent readers through
out the entire country. Sample copies
are sent free, and we advise our read
ers to send for them.
p. +. Olds, Il Son, of Lansing, have
Just completed and set up for the NOR
THERNER Office one of their celebrated
ne-horse power gasoline engines We
shall be able To speak more advisedly
of its performance hereafter. Mr.. j. W.
Miles, an expert machinist and en-
gineer, come on and put the engine in
position and started it. We found in
him a gentleman who knows his busi
ness, does it well, and is a credit to the
firm which he represents.
One day last week Mrs. Hanford Cud-
deback, of this township, took large
dose of aconite, through mistake, think
ing she was taking cough remedy.
OF course she was not long in discover
ing her error, and by the prompt use
of the means at hand she dislodged the
drug from her stomach and neutralized
its effects. A cool head is a pretty good
thing To have about the house in such
emergencies, and it is evident that Mrs.
Cuddeback possesses that article
Mr.. and Mrs Jesse Barton were most
completely surprised by party of their
friends, numbering from 75 to 100, on
the evening of the 23d inst, it being the
25th anniversary of their wedding. A
number of Mrs. Barton's friends from
the Lyle neighborhood conspired with
the members of her church here, and
the Job was most effectually done. An
elegant silver tea set was presented
and happy time enjoyed Mrs B..
has strong hold on the affections of
her people, and they seize every oppor-
tunity presenting itself to manifest their
preference.
Nearly three years ago o. M. Kimmis,
formerly of this place, and who was a
! freight conductor on the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas road, was fatally shot in his
room at Denison, Texas. The affair
was shrouded i'm the deepest mystery,
and all efforts To solve il were fruitless.
The mother of the murdered man who
then, as now, lived here, went on To
Denison and remained with her son un-
til his death Recently a gambler
named Griffith, who lived at Denison at
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