The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

was destroyed by fire But little of the
furniture was saved. No insurance.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Free Baptist church will meet at
the residence of Mrs. JAS Waters, on
Saturday of this week. Picnic dinner.
Married, by Rev. w. T. Hathaway,
at the Nj. +. parsonage, on the 18th
inst, Robert McCan, of Decatur, and
Gertrude Dickerson, of South Haven.
According To the report of the Mich
igan Central freight agent at Lawton,
there were one thousand tons of grapes
shipped from that station this season.
The retention by the Presbyterian
society of the services of Rev. CliZbe
is now IA settled fact, and the congrega-
tion is greatly pleased to have it thus
decided.
Rev. w j. Hathaway spent Monday
and Tuesday of this week in Grand
Rapids, attending meeting of the
Church Extension Society, of which he
is treasurer.
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Amos III. Stevens and Clara Hayden,
which is To be solemnized at the Pres
hyterian church, IN this village, Tues
day evening, Nov 25th.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church is requested To assem-
BILE at the residence of Mrs. A. G.. Mar
tin on Saturday, Nov. %, at ? p m for
the discussion of important business.
f. p. Smith will have an auction sale
of horses, cattle and other farm pro-
perty at his farm near Gliddenburg, on
Wednesday, Nov. Goth, commencing at
10 II. m H. w. McCabe will swing the
gavel.
G.. A. Miles, school teacher at Colon
st. Joseph county, a'few days ago bru-
tally flogged little girl for eating on
ions, which he had forbidden A JUS
tice of the peace assessed him $l2 for
his fun.
Tomorrow, from To and from to
8 p. M, is the time set apart for ballot
ing in the M. +. church on the question
as to whether women shall be
allowed seats as delegates in the gen
eral conference.
A democratic farmer insisted on
slowing his crop of turnips in the eel
lar of the capitol building. He ex-
planned that his party was in power
now, and by gosh he was going to have
a share in the spoils.
Miss Molle Bathrick, of Battle Creek,
place, aud well known to many people
here, wa married last Wednesday even
ing to Mr.. Will Marvin. Both parties
are prominent in society circles.
The hunters have eturned-Colum
Engle. Bill Thayer and Seward Haw-
kins arriving last Saturday, and Sam
and milford Buskirk on Monday. The
Engle party got fourteen deer and two
beaver, and the Buskirk party thirty
two deer and one wildcat.
1t used to mean something to say that
a man didn't "know as much as hen, :"
but il don't any more. 1t didn't take
the hens in this locality long to find out
there was a duty of five cents per doz-
en- on eggs, and they are conducting
their business accordingly.
At the recent election, i'm this county
there were nearly 1000 less votes east
than two years ago, and over 800 less
than four years ago, which was an "off"
year 1t was not so much of Demo
cratic gain that carried Michigan for
that party as Republican apathy.
A party of four or five gentlemen,
mostly from Kalamazoo, have pur-
chased the plant and franchises of the
Saginaw EUening Net0S, and are max
ing of it first-class paper. NJ o.
Rowland, of this place, is member of
the company and its business manager.
Van Buren county has 9,245 children
of school age and entitled to share in
the semi-annual apportionment of the
primary school interest fund, amount
ing to S7,11S.65 for the county. Paw
Paw has of this number 693 children,
the apportiOnment for which will be
1888 81.
About as lively a real estate transac-
tion as we have heard of lately was that
between Joel ID. Monroe and Chas. f.
Adams one day last week. In just seven
hours from the time the first word was
spoken, Adams had bought, paid for,
and moved upon the farm of Monroe,
near Lawton.
Mr.. ii. Nj. Arnold, of Pawtuckct, r.
l., wants to subscribe $50 towards erect
ing a monument over the English grave
of Anna Sewell, the authoress of BLACK
Beauty" of which publication nearly
200, 600 copies have already been issued
from the office of "Our Dumb Animals"
10 Milk ST., Boston.
The Michigan Central r r. Co. has
advanced the pay of conductors of
passenger trains from 800 to
S110 per month, and the pay of brake
men on same trains from $40 to S45 per
month. On local runs. where trainmen
are paid by the trip, some advances
have also been made.
We neglected to acknowledge the re-
ceipt, last week, of the first number of
the Gobleville NeICS, Jas. NJ Hall, edi-
tor and publisher This new candidate
for public favor presents very fair
is well filled with crisp and
spicy local items, and it should, and no
doubt will, be well patroniZed.
The teachers of Northern Van Bu-
rem county will hold the second meet
ing of their association for the present
year at Bangor, on Saturday. the Goth
inst. An interesting programme has
been prepared, and all Interested in
matters are invited TO at
tend and take part in the discussion.
The Detroit Journal has given away