The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-08-13

Fred Lords daughter is very i'll.

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Friday from a western trip.
Mr.. and Mrs r. C. Nash spent Sun
day with friends in Marcellus.
o. Scott Wood, of Ionia, has been
visiting in town for several days.
Judge Heckert is attending the nation,
al encampment G.. A. Il. in Boston.
Little Claude Lowery, of Lawrence,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Martin are hourly
expected home from their western trip
Hon. II H. Howard. of Bloomingdale,
was visitor at this office last Saturday
Quarterly meeting at the Lawton NJ
+. church next Saturday and Sunday.
Frank Veiey, of Kendalls, had two
sheep killed by lightning one day
last week.
Miss Glenn Baker, former typo on
this sheet, is spending a few days with
friends in town.
j. &. Warmers new residence is about
ready for occupancy, and is one of the
finest in this village.
The bridge at the foot of LaGrave
street is completed and travel over that
thoroughfare resumed.
Ira Hubert has sold his grocery stock
and good will TO Mrs. A. ID. Munger,
who has taken possession.
Miss Nina Randall, of Worcester,
Mass, is visiting old-time friends and
acquaintances in this vicinity.
The First Baptist Sunday school will
picnic at Lake Park next Friday meet
ing at the church at 8 a. m. sharp.
A drove of sixty or seventy Oregon
horses passed through this place Mon
day afternoon EN- route to Grand Rapids.
NJ U. Richardson is testing the vir-
tue of Boston baked beans and warm
ing himself at Grand Army camptires
this week.
An S-years old child of James Shears,
of Waverly, died Saturday from inju-
ries sustained by falling from a ham
mock recently.
Several Marcellus horsemen have in
dicated their intention To send their
flyers" over here to our coming horse
and stock show.
Robert Morrison will move into his
new house in a short time, the painters
now being engaged in giving it the fin
ishing touches.
Mrs. Maggie Pepper returned Mon
day from a two-weeks' visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Downing, in
Hillsdale county.
Mr. and Mrs G. p. Rawson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dustin Thorpe and a party of their
friends, camped at Three Mile lake a
part of the past week.
JAS. III. Waters has SO far recovered
from his long illness as to be able TO be
at his store most of the time, attending
TO his correspondence, etc.
Mr. and Mrs. jackson, of Holly, n.
whom are Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Coy and
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Wells.
Married, at the Clifton House, in this
village, on the 9th inst, by Rev. ii. A.
Pallister, Walker Smith and Mrs. Ida
Wade, both of South Haven.
If the reader OF this item wants to
find five or six hundred dollars, he
should read carefully local adv. under
the heading Hay farm for sale"
Henry Shaefer is executing some of
the finest specimens of the Photographic
art we have ever seen. A visit to his
studio will well repay the time taken.
Geo w. Tyler, prominent business
man of this village, was in the present
Paw Paw postoffice on Monday morn
ing for the first time in his life. Queer,
isn't it?
The Michigan State Bankers associa-
ton will hold a convention in Sagi-
Bay City will entertain the visitors on
the 11th.
On Friday and Saturday of this week
there will be a racing meeting ut the
South Haven driving park. The purses
hung up ought to attract some good
horses.
Prof w. V. Sage, of Hartford, writes
us that teachers attending the Institute
at that place can obtain board at pri-
vate houses for 80 cents per day, and at
the hotels for S1.00
Mr. Averill, father of Mrs G. +. Gill
man, died at her home in this village
on Monday. The remains were sent to
Vermont for burial, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Gilman.
For the lowest prices in every de-
partment, call at w. j. Sellick d Sons
and look over their line. Especially in
dress goods are they showing the larg-
est assortment in the county.
The Lawton Leader is authority for
the statement that the Lawrence Bros.
of Little Prairie ROnde, Cass county,
harvested 10 acres of wheat which
averaged 80 bushels per acre.
w. A. Olmstead & Co., of Chicago,
are putting some forty or fifty yards of
stating on the blackboards of the pub
lie schools-the liquid stating which
has been in use proving a failure.
BY reference to the probate court
proceedings il will be seen that Mrs.
Heckert has not been idle during the
absence of the Judge, but has kept busi-
ness going right forward at the old
stand.
Robert f. Burk, a 13-years-oId lad
whom Rev. Fr. Marker, of St Mary's
church had in charge, was before JUS
tice Mason last Saturday, charged with
the larceny of five dollars from his nom
inal guardian, and general truancy.
The lad was sentenced to the Reform
School until II years of age, and the
sentence suspended for go days on his
promise of good behavior.