The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-12-10

Treasurer Mcneil says that tax payer
are responding to his appeals for rev
enue quite promptly.
Seth Allen and family are again set
tied in the honse belonging To the vii
lage, back of the engine house.
Uncle Sans checks are just now
making glad the hearts of the boys who
so fairly earned this recognition in the
dark days of 6l-5.
Anyone knowing of the whereabouts
of bucket belonging to the fire de,
partment, which was lost at the recent
fire, will please inform the department
Good, elegant dollars, "as it were,
are now being freely surrendered to
the rapacious tax-gatherer for the priv
ilege of keeping worthless CANNES,
don't you see?"
Charlie Pepper, while handling some
boxes flied with dried fruit, on Friday
last, slipped, iniuring himself To such
an extent as To render it necessary for
him To remain indoors for time.
Broughton has been obstructing the
sidewalks again opening his mammoth
stock of holidays goods. No complaint
people To town, and helps trade
generally.
Mrs. Clara Stevens came up from
Battle Greek yesterday to see her many
friends and To arrange for the trans
portatiOn of about "a car load of those
elegant presents given her on the occa-
sion of her marriage.
ii. w. Showerman has some very at
tractive goods in great variety of styles
i'm the way of black and mixed neck
scarfs, and nObby line of neckties and
silk caps marked at prices that tell
their tale of cheapness.
Little Leon and Carmalita Martin are
each the happy pOssessors of an elegant
and unique sled presented by an east
ern relative, who is the patentee and
one of the directors of the Tubular
Steel Sled CO., of Montrose, Pa.
G.. X. Avery is ordinarily very quiet
and mild hammered sort of man but
what he says he means. He talks rather
loud this week (see adv and you are
invited to inspect his stock of holiday
goods in verification of his statements.
Now is the winter of the average
citizens discomfort as he begins TO
think how he will fill the holes in the
Christmas stockings. For his ben
we can say a myriad of suggestions may
be gathered by walk through Brough-
ton's Big Store.
sented by that veteran actress, Jane
Coombs and company, at Longwells
last Wednesday night, is highly spoken
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be regretted that more general notice
was not given.
Prentice & Goodale, the wide awake
and justly popular furniture dealers,
have already won an enviable reputa-
ton for fair dealing. They make some
assertions in their adv this week it
would be well for all intending
purchasers to investigate.
The Ladies' Aid society of Almena
will hold social at Mrs. Eliza Hay
den's on Thursday evening, Dec. nth.
A programme will be given consisting
of recitations and quotations from
LOngfellow. Refreshments will also be
served. Everybody invited.
Will Shoemaker, aged %, was buried
Saturday, Dec. 9Th. He had been suf-
fering from rheumatism and consump-
ton but an attack of measles no doubt
with the same disease. The funeral
was held in the Lyle school house.
The meeting for the organization of
dancing class last Friday evening was
rather slimly attended, but the school
will probably he formed. The first
lesson and dance will, if possible, be
given next week Thursday evening.
Notice will be made in next weeks
NoRTHERNER.
One of our young men, while riding
with Miss - the other evening, be-
came so blissfully unconscious of things
mundane, that clothes line got, in
some manner, entangled with the car
riage top. carrying that useful and or
namental attachment by the board.
Moral: Use a cutter.
Unless you are able to resist strong
temptation you better keep away from
Longwell Brothers store for the
dazzling array of seasonable goods
therein displayed Cat the astOnishingly
low prices asked) are sure to throw you
off your guard. Don't fail to read their
epistle to the people in this issue.
Htlt was WtuuluR dJ huOlphuS
Browns on Wednesday, Dec. 3D., and
Matte Brown became the wife of Perry
Clark. Mrs. Anna Barton officiated
and was Immediately summoned to the
home of III. II. Jennings to assist in the
brief ceremony of laying away to It's
rest the infant boy of Will and Lily Mel
son.
The following Paw Paw people left
for Lansing on Monday, to attend the
State Grange which is in session in that
city this week: Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Woodman, Mr.. and Mrs. g. f. Gilman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Cummings, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G.. Gould, Miss Grace Wood
man. Miss Clara Salt, A. &. Glidden,
w. G.. Reynolds, G.. II. Butler, Harry
o. Sheldon and Harry Wilson.
DIR. O'Dell was seventy.six years old
last Monday. Among those who took
dinner with, and assisted in celebrating
the birthday anniversary of the genial
doctor, were his son, Barney, and fami-
ly, l. b. Conner and wife, John Smolk
and wife, Rev and Mrs. Hathaway and
o. w Rowland and wife. BY a re.
markable coincidence Mrs Smolk was