The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-18
WHOLE NUMBER 1918.


is simply immense. No charge for ad
mission.
Married, by Mrs. Anna Barton, at
her home i'm Paw Paw, Dee. 18th, De
witt G. Epson, OF Almena, and Miss
Sarah Wright, of Oshtemo.
Have you done your duty as IA neigh
bor by calling at Broughton's store and
looking over his attractive stock of
holiday goods? Ii not, do so without
delay.
As we shall not visit you again until
after Santa Claus has got IN his work,
we take this occasion TO recommend
you all to his favorable and most gra-
cious consideration.
Most business men would be afraid
To put i'm such mammoth stock of
holiday goods a Broughton has done
He says that the prices put upon his
goods are sure 10 sell them. Go there
and be convinced.
We had intended, in this issue, To give
the affidavit Of John Cassidy, i'm the
Tabor ease, but lack of space has
/ prevented. The affidavit is very clear
and explicit on the points involved in
the case, and ii true, must certainly
prove very damaging to Mr.. Tabor.
There will be three trees at the Pres
! byterian church on Christmas eve,
which will, Of course, be laden with
presents, as old Santa Claus has prom
iSed 10 make an unusually rich display
of his wares, this year For additional
nSertainment, a Christmas concert by
the Sunday school.
The ladies of the NJ f. church will
hold a chicken pie social, this (Wednes-
day afternoon and evening, at the va
cant store formerly occupied by Harry
| Showerman Some pretty Christmas
things, consisting of toys and useful
articles, for sale supper from , till 8.
Bill for supper, 10 cents
Died, in this village, Sunday morn
/ ing, Dec. 18th, of typhO-malaria, Lena,
Oldest child of VIM. and Mary f. Hal
stead, aged 10 years, II months and II
days Mrs Anna Barton conducted
/ the funeral services at the house on
Tuesday afternoon, and the remains
were deposited in Prospect Hill ceme-
/ terry
Gentlemen representing the Ameri-
can Building and Loan Association, of
/ Minneapolis, Mimi, were in Paw Paw
| yesterday, for the purpose df inter
eSting our people in this enterprise.
| We understand that "A considerable
amount of stock was subscribed, and
! that a company will be organized here,
and officers elected.
Some time ago the Lansing post
Office received bulky letter addressed
/ TO y Bagold," which was unclaimed.
/ This morning Postmaster Foster re-
ceived n letter from a man in a county
"up north, not SO very far north
/ though, asking about the letter he had
sent To the governor and saying he
/ had supposed until few days ago that
y. Bagold" (Begole) was still govern
/ or.-LdRSiHg Republican.
Bartram d Milington have made a
great change in the appearance of the
/ interior of their store, and if there is
any doubt OF being able to find any
/ thing that may be desired in the way of
Holiday or staple goods, a visit To their
store will soon dispel any such doubt.
/ 1t is also very evident that their pride
/ in the business of l.. Perrigo d Co. has
not caused them to overlook the details
of the retail department
Mr. j. r. Gray, of Kalamazoo, gener-
al manager of Grams Atlas and map
agency, spent "A couple Of days in town
/ last week, taking twenty-five orders for
/ the new edition of their Universal Atlas
of the world. which shows that our
citizens appreciate a good work. An
Atlas of the world in the home and
Office is one of the modern necessities,
and at the price at which this book is
sold, no family can afford to be without
a copy
On Christmas eve quite novel enter
tainment will be furnished at the Chris
tian church A mammoth floral bell,
graced by pyramid ON either side, and
laden with gifts for old and young, will
be one of ;he principal attractions
Prior to the distribution of the presents
a pleasing exercise. entitled Merry
Christmas Bells" will be rendered by
the Sunday School. Everybody is in
vited to share the festivities of tile
occasion.
Mr.. G. L. Whitney, of Muskegon,
was in Paw Paw Monday night as adj
vertised, and addressed the Business
Mems Association in the Council
rooms. A goodly number of business
men were in attendance and the adj
dress was listened 10 very attentively.
Mr.. Whitney threw out good many
valuable and practical suggestions rs
to the best methods TO be employed in
conducting business, and the impress
sion which he made was very favor
able
j w. Boyntou, of Grand Rapids,
was i'm Paw Paw last week, for the pur-
pose of talking railroad to the enter
prising citizens of our side-tracked
town. The proposed route of the new
road is from Grand Rapids to some
point on the Michigan Central. Mr..
Boynton made certain propositions,
and a committee, consisting of G.. W.
Longwell, G. w Young and Jay Cum
ings, was appointed to investigate the
matter and take such steps as the cir
cumstances should seem to warrant
One of the latest novelties, says
bright eyed contemporary, is the shoe
social The ladies are all arranged be-
hind a screen so that only their shoes
can be seen by the ihen. The price
generally ranges from Is to 90 cents,
aud the purchaser has no idea whose
shoes he has selected. But when he
claims the purchased property he re
ceives the wearer also and conducts
her 10 supper and supplies her with
Ofhpr deligacipS aS lone as she will ac-