The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-03

town and will remain over the Fourth
Ed. is looking well, but shows the col
lar-marks of work and care.
Rev. l.. d. Boynton will remove his
family To Kalamazoo next week. The
best wishes of our entire community
go with this estimable family.
Rev. Dewey, of Hartford, occupied
the pulpit of the Disciple church i'm this
place last Sunday morning and even
ing, having exchanged with Rev. Pal
lister.
The strawberry crop in this vicinity
was unequal to meet the local demand.
Dan. Spicer received twelve or fifteen
crates per day, all of last week, from
Covert.
The new building being put up for
Mr.. Chas. Northrup is progressing
finely. Harry Showerman has leased
the building and viii occupy it as soon
as completed. II
Farmers will befespecially interested
in the prices of binding twine which in
this market is as follows: Hemp. 16
cents; Standard, IL; Manila, 1S. Sisal
is not quoted here.
Married, at Meriden, n. H., on the
Goth ult, Mr.. Willis H. Durkee and
Miss Annie Cummings both of Worces-
ter, Mass. The groom is son of the
late Elisha Durkee.
The harvest of the earlier varieties of
cherries is now nearly completed. The
yield from orchards i'm this locality has
been fair and good prices have been
realized by growers.
1t looks something strange that Adam
Forepaugh, the great Snowman, and "A
large number of our citizens should
happen to have business i'm Kalamazoo
on the self-same day.
Mrs DR. Andrews has had the maple
trees which stand in front of her resi-
dence trimmed up SO as 20 let in more
air and sunlight-an example many
others would do well to follow.
The valuation of the property owned
by the state of Michigan i'm the city of
Kalamazoo. used for the insane asylum,
including grounds and buildings, APP
proXimates closely 81 ,000, 5000, ,-kdia-
maZoo Telegraph.
Frank Clancy will run teams for pas
sengers to Lake Park and Lake Cora on
the Fourth contributing - per cent of
the receipts to the fund for the Johns
town sufferers Such generosity will
find its own reward.
Broughton has been looking up the
midge business, and has arrived at the
conclusion that if the farmers lose by
this pest they can get even" by two
or three timely visits to the "all around
store" Read his adv
A number of gentlemen, admirers of
base ball, propose fitting up a ball park
on the common near the Paw Paw mills,
work to begin at once. Though some
what late, they hope to see some good
ball played here this season.
Mr. A. Hathaway has a dog, mag.
nificent specimen of the St. Bernard,
which has as clear case of St. Nitus'
dance as need be. If there have been
cases of this kind heretofore they have
not come under our observation.
Last Tuesday evening the Odd Eel
lows of this place gave an ice cream
banquet in the court house yard for the
benefit of the JOhnStown sufferers. Ii
was well patronized and handsome
draft forwarded to the stricken district
aS "A result.
Dana Smith left few days ago for
St. Joe, where he goes to take charge
of the engine i'm the new summer hotel,
"Planks Tavern-on-the-B Beach, which
is to be opened to the public this week.
1t is claimed this is to be one of the
finest resorts in the country.
Imagine: Act II. scene H., Macbeth.
Enter Glamis, on his way To Duncan's
bedchamber. He pauses to soliloquize
and has repeated about one line, when
in rushes Surry Smith To turn down the
lights and nearly overturns the thane
in his efforts. Oh, for dagger
Van Buren, county is noted for good
weekly newspapers, and if the Paw Paw
TRUE NoRTHERNER can help it that
reputation shall never fail. The TRUE
NoRTHERNER keeps up with the pro-
cession aud has an eagle eye for Van
Buren, county news.-hdt Telegraph.
Clover hay making is now in full blast
and the merry rattle of the mower Is
heard in every direction. The season
is late by about two weeks as compared
with former years Timothy is late To
about the same extent. We learn that
the timothy crop, generally, is light.
Geo. w. Taft, son of Rev l.. b. Taft,
of the First Baptist church of this place,
was married on Wednesday of last week
to Miss Mary Boyden, daughter of Rev.
j. s. Boyden, of Novi, formerly of the
Kalamazoo college Mr.. and Mrs. Taft
leave for Japan in October to enter up
ON missionary labors.
The lamp on the Main street bridge
exploded one evening last week, and in
an instant portion of that structure
was in flames A number of men were
on the spot at once and had no difficulty
i'm subduing the fire as soon as the oil
was consumed With electric lights we
shall stand i'm no danger of occurrences
of this kind.
The wife of Hank Smith, formerly of
this place, committed suicide at her
home i'm Kalamazoo on Monday of this
week by taking trough on rats" Fam
ily troubles are said to have been the
cause of the rash act. 1t will be re-
membered that son, Jack, blew his
brains out at the family home a year
or SO ago.
Some over-inquisitive individual was
prowling around + :. Millington's res
idencp and peprinQ i'm at the windows