The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-08-06
WHOLE NUMBER 1916.


evening of this week, for three weeks
visit with relatives at Churchville, N.
York. The little girl is staying with
her grand parents in Lawrence.
The State Teachers Institute for this
county will be held at Hartford, com
mencing at 10 a. m. Monday, Aug. 1S,
and closing at p. m Friday, 22d. MIR.
w. V. Sage, Hartford, local committee.
Married, at Paw Paw, July Gath, by
Rev. III. B. Taft, George Young and
Nellie Cook, both of Hamilton Also,
same place and by the same, July Both,
Elmer Eye and Annie Allerson, both of
Paw Paw.
B. +. Warner started for Idaho last
evening to purchase another lot of
horses, having disposed of the majority
of those recently brought here, and ex-
poets To be gone till the latter part OF
this month.
According To the census returns of
Enumerator Richardson, the popula.
tion of this village is l392-a falling off
of 30 since 1880 There are 76 widows
ond SO soldiers and soldiers widows in
the village.
The iron for the new bridge has final
ly arrived, and the highway, made use
less for an unnecessary length of time
by seemingly unreasonable delays, will
soon be i'm better condition for travel
than ever before.
Keep lookout for the special pre-
miums To be announced next week and
make your entries. Every one should
help the fair by exhibiting his stock
and thus help himself 1t is to your ad-
vantage to exhibit
A free entertainment, will be given
on the streets this evening, TO consist
of stereopticOn illustrations of scenes
from the Carrie Lamont troupe which
will appear ut Longwelrs opera house
next Monday night.
The Teachers Institute, which will
be held at Hartford Aug. 1922, prom
ises to be very interesting Among
other prominent educators who will be
present is Prof. b. A. Hinsdale, of Ann
Arbor, who will deliver lecture.
Mr. and Mrs Atwell and daughter,
Mr.. Merrill and Mr.. Mcneil, all of Chi
cago; Mrs. Chas. Fox and son, of Bay
City, and Mr. and Mrs Harper and
family, of Lawton, have been guests of
Postmaster McKellar the past week
Mr.. f. w Brooks, a Chicago gentle
man stopping at Lake Cora, has been
having wonderful success at his favorite
amusement-fishing- late. having
caught no less than 80 bass weighing
from two to six pounds each, within the
past five days.
We understand that the Peninsular
at Lake Cora is crowded with guests
and new applications for accommoda-
tions are being received daily; upwards
of hundred have been refused owing
| to lack of room. John has demonstrated
the fact that. he can not only superin-
tend a railroad, but he can run a
hotel"
Everybody is invited to attend the
Free Baptist social held in the Free
Baptist church on Wednesday evening
of this week, where they will be enter
tanned by lecture from Rev. G.. b.
Hart of Gobleville. Subject, "Who is
To Blame?" Everybody will enjoy it,
Everybody is invited Admission only
/ ten cents.
! The Rev. Mr.. Grigsby, of Hastings,
preached morning and evening at the
| Presbyterian church last Sunday. The
congregation was treated To discourses
! full of logic and genuine gospel doc
trines such as it has seldom had the
pleasure of listening to. Everyone who
had the good fortune to hear the Rev
erend gentleman speaks in the highest
terms of his efforts and he evidently
made many friends here.
The following is an approximate esti-
mate of the returns of the census, in
| Van Buren, county, as furnished by Su-
pervisor Henderson: Amena, 9S3; Ant
werp, ,922; Arlington, 1,544; Bangor,
2,373; Bloomingdale, 1,944; Columbia,
,542; Covert, 1881; Decatur, 1,7S6;
Geneva, ,433; Hamilton, 964; Hartford,
2,4l6; Keeler, 1,116 Lawrence, 1,779;
Paw Paw, 2,44S; Pine Grove, 1,73S; Por-
ter, 900; South Haven, 2,9l4; Waverly,
Lila.
Mrs. Lyman Tuttle, aged 81 years,
died at the home of her son, George L.,
! last Saturday midnight. She ate dinner
with the family OH that day, and was
feeling quite well until few hours be-
| fore her death, when she was found
| lying upon the floor in paralyzed con-
dition. DR.. Dunning was promptly sum-
moned, but she was beyond human
help and died without being able to
speak again The funeral was from the
late residence on Monday afternoon,
and the interment was at Prospect Hill.
On Monday evening, August 11th,
Miss Carrie Lamont will appear in this
city in her great success, La Cigale,
which formed such grand hit in New
York city last season. She is support
ed by strong company. The piece
will he produced with all the original
scenery and costumes and this occasion
will be the first appearance of the
European wonders, Reino Il Bentley,
the worlds greatest acrobats, who have
been especially engaged by Miss La
mont to appear in the circus scene in
last act This will be one of the strong
est attractions that will appear here
this season.
The WALLACE of Lawton suffered from
another Obstructive fire last Wednesday
evening. CarelessneSs with matches
paobably was the means of setting fire
to u barn filled with hay belonging to
Eek Robinson from which the flames
leaped to Stoker IL McKinney's furni-
ture and undertaking rooms and an
empty wooden store, and thence, fed
by the strong wind the ravaginv ele-