The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29

hauc thc NOhlhEhNEk Pheasant cal
yesterday.
The State printing office at Lansing
has sent out over 1000, 900 ballots al
ready, and more shipments are being
made daily.
There will be chicken-pie social al
the home of David Woodman on Tues
day evening next. Supper at q O'Clock
A cordial invitation to all.
Rev Fr Marker is directing the i'm.
provement of the grounds about the
Catholic rectory, and they are assum.
ing very neat appearance.
The Marcellus teachers visited our
schools last Thursday. This is the sec
ond corps of teachers who have visited
Paw Paw, in a body, during this term.
On Tuesday evening of last week
burglars entered the residence of j. G
Miller, of Bangor. and carried off suit
of clothes, gold watch and about $3.50
in cash.
The Reed harrow concern, at Kala-
maZOo, has bought 800, 900 similar
establishment in New York and will
move it bodily to Kalamazoo early next
summer.
If you have moment to spare, step
in and look at a solid antique oak bed
room suit offered by Prentice d Goodale
at SlS.35. It's a beauty as well as II
bargain.
Work on the large reservoir at the
upper end of Main street progresses
rather slowly. Among other things, a
delay in delivering brick has retarded
the work.
We understand that Messrs. Freese
x Rohde intend closing out their stock
of clothing, at any sacrifice, rs they re-
quire the room occupied by it for other
lines "f goods
The Y. p 5. u. of the NJ +. church
will hold Halloween social at the
parsonage on Friday evening at eight
O'Clock. Come prepared to crack both
jokes and nuts.
The official ballots printed for Alpena
county are full of errors and must be
printed over again, and if other coun-
ties don't have the same experience we
shall be mistaken.
Beatrice Hickok, the 5-years.old
grand. daughter of Mrs. 5. ii. Harrett,
left for her home in Wayne, Mich
alone, last Thursday, after a two
months visit with her relative here.
Cora b. Hess is in Jail at Allegan,
charged with bigamy. She was arrest
ed on her return from wedding tour
with one Daniel Warner, while Mr.
Hess claims she was his wife all the
time.
The young ladies of the First Baptist
church will give "Gottschalk" recital
at the residence of Mr.. c. +. Chappell
on Friday evening of this week. Pro
gramme to begin at o'clock. All are
cordially invited.
Grandma Wood, almost 90 yers old,
is guest of her grand daughter, Mrs.
Maggie Pepper. The old lady is las
smart rs cricket" and assists in the
work of the house with all the alertness
of a young housewife.
Every township in the county is fairly
ablaZe with enthusiasm, and every in
dication points to an old-time Republi-
can majority. Indeed, the same cheer
full reports reach It's from all over the
state. Michigan is awake
The question of the admission of
women To the general conference of
the Nj. +. church is to be decided by
ballot - every member of the church
who has attained the age of twenty-one
years being entitled TO vote.
A tramp was found bathing in the
river at Battle Creek, and thereupon he
was arrested for being insane. The
Judge of probate rules that, according
to general belief, a tramp who goes
near water betrays his diseased mind.
Elder H. e.. Waters, of the Disciple
church, addressed large congregation
at the M. K. church last Sunday even
ing on the occasion of the regular union
temperance meeting. The reverend gen
tleman left an llentimpression with
his hearers.
Merritt & Stanley's minstrels delight.
ed as fine an audience last Friday even
ing as has assembled in Longwell's
opera house in many day. 1t is re-
freshing to occasionally have troupe
visit us of which nothing but words of
praise can be said.
At the close of a reception given by
Mesdames Anderson and Heckert last
Wednesday evening to the board of su.
pervisors and other invited guests,
they presented each of these la
dies an elegant gold pen as souvenir
of a very pleasant occasion.
The Ladies' Aid society of the NJ f.
church of Almena, will hold a Cob
web" social at Mr.. M. +. Miners to-
morrow evening. An interesting "spi-
der programme will be given and prizes
awarded to the best unravelers of the
webs. A cordial invitation to all
The Bonfield Detective Agency, of
Chicago, presented a bill to the board
of supervisors amounting to 1891 81 for
services rendered in an attempt to un-
ravel the mystery surrounding the Fos-
dick tragedy of last March. After cut
ting out an item of s20.25 the bill was
allowed.
Some eastern parties have been MAX
ing inquiries about water power and
privileges here with view, as we un-
derstand, of erecting paper mills. We
certainly know of no better location
for such an enterprise, and of no other
enterprise yielding better returns for
the capital invested.
In the matter of the liquor cases men
toned last week, eleven of the respond
ents have piVen bonds i'm $500 each for