The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-07-09

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pede, carrying eight persons, has been
placed on the L. d s. IL. X. X. for the
convenience of the guests at the PENN
sular
The Young Ladies Mission Band of
the Christian church will serve ice
cream in the court house yard on Fri
day evening. They hope To be liberal
/ ly patronizcd.
f. X. Morgan. Lynn. Tirrell, Ed.
Snow and James Bullard accompanied
by their wives celebrated the Fourth
at Decatur. They speak highly of the
entertainment furnished.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Martin leave
next Monday ON the Press Excursion To
/ the Yellowstone Park, Salt Lake City
and other points of interest in the West
They expect To be absent several weeks.
The Free Baptist, First Baptist and
Christian churches have decided To
! hold union services on Sunday evenings
during July and August, commencing
next Sunday evening at the Christian
church.
Judge Buck, one of the most popular
Grand Army men in Michigan, is Presi
dent of the s. & ). Association of ). w.
Mich, this year, and he is sparing no
effort TO made the Reunion a grand
success.
The stencil from the bed of the river,
south of town, Is becoming almost un-
bearable To those living in its vicinity
Hurry up the building of the abutments
of the new bridge, and save us from
malaria.
j ID. Monroe is now fully prepared
and equipped for the prosecution of all
pension claims Read his notice on
this page. He means business and
soldiers will find il to their interest
to consult him.
Letters remain in the Paw Paw post
Office addressed to the following: ID. p
Cliff, s. I. Curtis, j. o. Dean, Mrs. +.
III. Oliver, Mrs. Louisa Sherwood, Mrs
Steven Sherwood, Miss Nellie Webb,
Mrs. Matilda A. Wilson
Supervisor Tyner, of Lawrence, was
in Paw Paw Monday. His nomination
| by the Republicans, for the office of
Register of Deeds, seems to be an ac-
cepted fact. In our estimation no bet
ter selection could be made.
All members of the various camps of
Sons of Veterans are cordially invited
to attend the Kalamazoo Reunion
Tents will be assigned them and they
will have the same accommodation as
are afforded Grand Army men.
Paw Paw youngsters were very for
tunate in receiving no injuries from
the use of fireworks on the 4th, although
they were very enthusiastic in their
efforts to celebrate and invested liber-
ally in tirecrackers, torpedoes and
powder.
VIM. Summers, farmer living near
Bangor, raised a fOur-yearS-Old son of
Young Wilkes which he took, without
previous fitting, to the June races at
Bangor and there drove him an easy
mile in 2:50, and Immediately sold him
for 81 900 cash.
Mrs ID. ID. Crowfoot sent to this
Office one day last week small rasp-
berry bush, not more than IL inches
high, which carried the most wonder
ful load of fruit we ever saw on so
diminutive a bush. 1t was literally
"alive" with berries.
In the case of Clara Caldwell, of
Breedsville, against Thomas Gould, of
the same place, charging assault and
battery, which was to have been tried
before Justice Mason yesterday after
noon, no witnesses appearing on the
part of the people, it was dismissed and
the defendant discharged.
Lake Park presented very lively
appearance on the 4th. 1t is estimated
that nearly thousand people visited
this resort during the day and, although
the sudden change in the temperature
tended to cool their ardor somewhat,
all appeared to enjoy themselves quite
well A variety of amusements was
afforded, each of which was literally
patronized. The addresses of Sullivan
Cook, of Hartford, and DR.. johnson, of
Battle Creek, were listened to by a large
and attentive audience.
We take the following items, which
we believe will be interesting to our
readers, from the report of our school
for the past year, as furnished to Direc-
tor Maynard Amount paid teachers,
regular extra and special including
Superintendent, $780, 90. Amount paid
for incidentals, S942 .12 Total number
of pupils enrolled, 356. Average num-
ber of pupils to each teacher, based on
average number belonging, 81. Cost of
education per capita for superintend-
ence and instruction. S10.15. Eighteen
studied Latin and eight studied German
Number of nonresident pupils, SO.
The many friends of Mrs. Melchor
were panied to learn of her sudden
death which came SO Unexpectedly on
Thursday last. She had been seriously
sick for several weeks but change for
the better had recently set in and hopes
were entertained of her complete re-
covery. She died while sitting in her
chair with apparently no warning of
the pending dissolution. The funeral
services were held at the house on Sat
urday, Rev. Pallister officiating A
large number of relatives and many
friends were present. The remains
were deposited in Prospect Hill Gene
terry.
Preparations are making for one of
the biggest and best reunions ever held
by the Soldiers and Sailors of South
western Michigan. Governor Luce,
General Alger, Department Commander
Duflield, Hon. j. G. Burrows, Rev.
Washington Gardner, Pension Agent
Harvey, Past Department Commanders
Rutherford and James and many other
prominent Grand Army men will be
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