The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19
WHOLE NUMBER 1861.


the Clifton House on Sunday morning,
we certainly had no intention of reflect
ing on the house on its management, as
Mr.. Showerman can not be held re-
spOnSible because party of Kalama-
700 toughs congregate in the vicinity of
his hotel.
As il is the endeavor of the NoRTHER-
NER To send To each subscriber "A clean.
neat copy, perhaps we ought To apollo
gize for mailing an edition disiigured
with footprints. Instead of doing so,
we advise each reader To follow the
trail and demand satisfaction for him
self. The tracks seem To lead to Brough-
tons shoe department.
On Saturday and Sunday next will
be held the first quarterly meeting of
this conference year at the M. f.
church. Preaching Saturday afternoon
at 2-30, followed by the quarterly con
ference. and preaching again i'm the
evening. At 9:30 Sunday morning the
love feast, followed by preaching and
communion service. Presiding Elder
Masters will be present.
On Tuesday next, at the court house
in this village, vii. be held a union
meeting of the various farmers clubs
of this vicinity. The meeting will be
called To order at | 80, a presiding of
iicer elected and some other business
transacted, when adjournment for din
ner will be held. After dinner pro-
gramme, consisting of papers on farm
! ing interests, rccitations, music, songs,
etc, etc, will be filled by the best tai.
ent of the vicinity.
+. Il Reed, of Almena, brought TO
this office last Friday morning the top
of plant which had grown in his
garden to a height of seven feet. The
larger leaves were ten inches across,
and afforded such protection from frost
that buds and blossoms were plentiful
lower down Botanists say the plant
resembles Jews mallOw-( (cOrchOruS al
itOriuS). We forwarded the specimen
to the Agricultural College at Lansing
Rev II. G. Waters, of Springfield,
Ohio, who has been preaching tempo
rarily for the Church of Christ of this
place, was waited on yesterday at the
Clifton House, by committee of
Sir Knights of Pythias from Lawton,
bearing an invitation from the Knights
OF that place To preach them a sermon
next Sunday ut p. m. Mr.. Waters,
beinga Sir Knight of the order, has
accepted the invitation, and general
invitation is extended to the public to
attend the services.
Mr. l.. b. Coy, as agent for Messrs
Holden and Martin, of Livingston coun-
ty, n. Y, sold on Monday to Geo. w.
Tyler Il Co. the property known as the
Landphere mills, including the lands,
buildings, rights of flowage, &c The
consideration is 81 900, and the pur-
chasers are in possession and have al
ready set a gang of men at work The
old mill (what there is left of it) will be
raised and avail put under it, the fiume
rebuilt the dam repaired and strength
ened, and the power thus obtained will
be utilized in driving the machinery of
an electric plant to be put in for light
| ing the streets of this village The for
mer owners of this property should con-
gratulate themselves on this transac-
ton, for, while the property is excel
! lent for the purpose designed, il must
be borne in mind that there are several
other idle water privileges, nearer the
center of the village than this, for
which purchasers have been sought for
II long time, and thus far without sue
cess. Mr.. Coy has successfully engin-
eered several other real estate transac-
tiOns for these gentlemen, getting sat
isfactOry prices in each instance. On
the other hand with the outlay of cap.
ital To put this property in the proper
shape, it will be an excellent invest
ment for Tyler IL Co, as they have a
20,years' franchise from the corporation
at 81 900 per year, and will have room
To put in a paper mill or any other
manufacturing industry requiring water
power, that will be To them valuable in
the end. Let us hope, then, that this
may be followed by other business ven
lures till all of our magnificent water
power is put TO use.
On Saturday last the Ladies' Lecture
Association held IA business meeting for
the discussion of several important mat
ters, the principal one being the sale of
season tickets. So great has been the
success of the enterprise that much
care is necessary to avoid overselling
the capacity of the Opera House, and it
was unanimously decided To limit the
sale of season tickets To 400, thus leav-
ing margin for the sale of single tick
cts, rs from the latter the greater rev.
enue is derived, and ample opportunity
has already been given for every one to
secure a season ticket. The fact that
some desire had been expressed for
changing the hour of commencement
TO 7:30, was mentioned, but when it
was remembered that in most of our
business houses erery clerk holds a
ticket, it was at once apparent that
many would be greatly Inconvenience
by an earlier hour; therefore the doors
will open at seven and entertainment
begin promptly at eight o'clock, and it
is hoped that all having reserved seats
will make an effort to be on time. The
eXpediency of doing away with reserved
seats was also freely discussed, it be-
ing decided that such a course would
cause equally as much trouble as the
present method, since many would in
sist on lend seats near middle of house"
and be dissatisfied if not ushered ac-
cording to their desire. 1t was voted
that the Longwell Brothers be instruct
ed to have the board open for the next
lecture throughout Thursday and Fri
day, Dec II and 10, and let no one Sc
lect seats on any other day, and at no
time without presenting tickets. If all
will kindly make note of this, we
trust no further Misunderstanding
may arise. Also please to remember
that, while only $50 chairs can be re-