The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-01-08
PAW PAW VAN COUNTY. MICHIGAN, JANUARY
Attorney Thomas, of South Haven,
was in town yesterday.

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Mrs. Searls having closed her engage
ment In the store of &. X. Avery, has
returned to her home, at Grand Rapids.
A. Harriet has moved upon the Milo
Huey farm and opened blacksmith
shop on the corner, near his residence.
The publishers of the Youths Com
pdnion sent out one of the prettiest hOli-
day cards that we have seen this season,
Your attention is called to the official
call in another column, for the County
Option election, which occurs Febru-
AIRY 24.
Sheriff McFarlin, arrested at Law
renee, Tuesday, Mrs. Clarinda Crippin,
charged with selling liquor without
| license.
The leading druggists of Paw Paw,
Baltram IL MillingtOn, make an inn
portant change in their advertisement
this week.
DR.. +. b. Dunning went to Roches-
ter, n. Y, last week, To attend his
brother. pention of whose illness was
made in this paper.
Mrs. j. III. Tanner, of Marshall, has
been visiting among her hosts of friends
in this place a number of days, return
ing home on Monday.
An examination of applicants for APP
pointment to Annapolis Naval Acad-
emy will be held at Niles, on the TWEEN
tieth day of February.
Henry Rhodes, an old-time resident
of this village, died in Chicago recent
ly, and his remains were brought here
last week by his son Frank.
The following letters remained un-
called for at the postofiice i'm this vii
lage, on the Sth, inst: Mr.. Gottliel
Kiegler, and z. w. Eldridge.
Mrs. Clara Merrill, of Ithaca, Mich,
has been visiting her mother, Mrs
Henry Drown, for several days She
returned to her home Monday
Mr. and Mrs John T. C!app left for
Boston last Thursday. They expect to
remain in the East until spring, or, as
John puts it, until we get homesick."
The marriage of Ora F. Moore to
Miss Eta NJ. Branch, of Lawrence, was
solemnized by Mrs. Anna Barton at
her home on Tuesday afternoon, Dec.
3lst.
The board of supervisors convened
for their January session on Monday,
of this week. Thus far only the regu-
lar routine work has engaged their at
tention.
Mr.. Seward Hawkins and his father
have dissolved business relations for
the present. Seward informs us that
he has no definite plans in view for the
future.
Mrs. S. Hayden, formerly of this
place, has returned from Englewood,
and will make her future home with
her daughter, Mrs NJ. q. Wise, of
Coolies
DR. Maynard brought TO our Office
yesterday, an egg which measured six
and three fourths by eight and one half
inches. A six months pullet was the
producer.
La grippe" has fastened its clutches
upon five Detroit bank tellers The
NoRTHERNER sincerely hopes that the
running incident to that disease will
not take the direction of Canada.
The Southern Van Buren, County
Teachers Association will meet at
Lawrence on Saturday next. The pro-
gramme prepared will prove very in
teresting to both teachers and others.
Harry Slovenian makes an import
ant change in his advertisement this
week. He is having, Notwithstanding
the usual dull times which follow the
holiday season, substantial and increas-
ing trade.
T. b. Hill, of Mattawan, was brought
before Justice Rowland last Friday, on
warrant sworn out by his wife,
charging trespass. b. +. Heckert ar
gued the case in behalf of Hill and
succeeded in having it quashed.
Married, by Rev. f. II. Harvey, of
Paw Paw, on the evening of Jan. 1st.
1890, Mr.. Levi VanSteenburgh, of Do
wagiac, and Miss Alice Ackley, of Deca-
tur. The ceremony was performed at
the home of the bride in Decatur
A bullet was shot through one of the
windows of the Christian church Mon
day. Such indiscriminate shooting is
not only careless and needless, but is
exceedingly dangerous as well, and is
prohibited by law in this corporation.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of this place held special meet
ing yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs +. G.. Butler for the purpose of
holding memorial service for Mrs
X. G.. Nash, one of their number, re-
Gently deceased
Some of the members of the 3d
Mich. Cav. Association have under
stood that the reunion of that regi
ment is to be held on the eth of this
month. Secretary Rowland informs us
that it will be held at Kalamazoo, on
the eth of February.
The board of supervisors met pur-
suant to call, at the county seat Friday,
for the purpose of making necessary
arrangements for the calling of a special
election on the County Option measure.
The official report of the meeting is
published i'm another column. !
Comrades Harvey, Heckert, Monroe
and Eaton attended the public installa-
tion of the officers of l.. G. Woodman
post, at Lawton, last Saturday night.
They report having had very enjoy
able time, the only drawback being the
fact that Comrade Harvey got pretty
ful1-ha atp three summers