The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-05-20

DIR. Nj. +. Whalen is now nicely
located in the rooms formerly occupied
by Mills, Osborn q Goss, over Longwell
Bros drug store.
The Marcellus News will adopt the
"cash in advance" system Sept. l, and
after that date mo cash no paper" will
be the motto. Correct.
Fred Babcock sold his household
goods at auction last Saturday, and
with his family will start for Redlands,
Cal, in couple of weeks.
Mrs. A. j. Roundy returned homo
last Thursday evening from six
months visit with her sons in San
Francisco and San Jose, Cal.
The date now fixed by the Electric
Light Co. for the completion of the
works and turning on of the current is
Saturday evening OF this week.
On Saturday of this week the
Women's Mission society of the Free
Baptist church will meet at the home
of Mrs. Minerva Wilson to sew
Chas. Olds is doing thirty days time
in Jail, having been convicted in JUS
tice MOrtimers court of larceny, which
was committed at dance in Keeler.
We are panied to note that Col. Ty-
ner's health is In a very unsatisfactory
condition, wound received during the
war giving him much trouble of late.
At the M. E.. church last Sunday
morning, Rev. Hathaway took up "a
collection for the several benevolences
OF the church. About $l30 was raised.
b. II. Beebe, of Marcelus, is using a
Snow hOt-air furnace and is satisfied
with its performance. See his testi-
monial attached to NJ. Snow q Sons
adv.
Hon. G.. l.. Eaton spent Sunday in
town. He is in hopes that the Michigan
legislature will get itself sufficiently ION
record" to adjourn by the middle of
June.
w. FL. Dansby planted 10000 wall
eyed pike in Pugsley's lake Monday.
This aggregation of incipient brain
food was from one of the state hatch
cries.
The Hartford Horse Association will
hold matinee at its new track on
Friday, May Goth. Free Trade, Tariff
and other good ones will enliven the
occasion.
Are we to have a celebration at Paw
Paw on the coming 4th of July, and
spend our money at home, or shall we
shut up shop and sit out on the wood
pile and think?
The Woman's Suffrage bill was up in
the Senate last Thursday and Fridlender
voted no. He don't propose to give his
two wives the power to vote him out of
his own wigwam.
Hon. Geo. l.. Yaple will crate at
Battle Creek Memorial day. Wonder
if Gov. Winans has been invited to adj
dress an assemblage of ex-union soldiers
on that occasiony
All ex-prisoners of war are requested
to send their names, with rank, COM
pany and regiment, to j. l.. Richard,
secretary of eX-prisoners' association,
Pennington, Mich.
The shipment of frogs and turtles
has become quite an industry in the
vicinity of Little Prairie Ronde, quite "A
number OF crates of those fruits being
shipped daily from Marcellus.
Benz. Holt has purchased the house
and lots in the northern part of the
village recently owned by Frank
Clancy, and will take immediate
possession. Consideration, 1919
DR.. Hendrick is adding to his resi-
dence IA half dozen rooms which will be
fitted up for the accommodation of
patients requiring treatment in the line
of his speciality, oriticial surgery.
Gov. Winans' pet measure of wiping
out the state board of health got black
eye last Wednesday, when the senate
public health committee reported ad-
versely the bill to abolish the board.
The Lawton Leader is authority for
the statement that there were upwards
Of 300, 900 grape vines set i'm the vicinity
of that village the present spring. The
area covered was some 450 or 500 acres.
G.. G.. Chamberlain is the new post
master at Breedsvlle, vice S. Mum
son, deceased; and +. S. Sheperd oc-
cupies "A like position at Mcdonald,
vice G. j. Gibbs, resigned, both in this
county.
w. III. Glidden, administrator, will
sell at auction on Saturday next, at the
residence of the late Edward Foreman,
northeast of Mattawan, the personal
estate of said deceased. Sale commences
at 10 q. m.
Next Saturday evening, if it is chilly,
the Epworth League will sell ice cream
at Mrs. OdelPs millinery rooms. But if
the weather is favorable the court
house yard will be used. A cordial in
vitation to all.
The Van Buren, County Teachers
association will meet at South Haven
June and 6. Prof. Fitch, superintend-
ent of public instruction, will be in at
tendance and deliver a lecture on the
evening of the 9Th.
Rev. Day, of Lawton, interested a
large congregation at the NJ. f. church
in this place Sunday evening with per-
sonal experiences during seven years
labor as miss ionary among the Indi-
ans of the northwest.
The Sunday School and evening
service at the Free Baptist church will
be held at the usual hours next Sunday.
The morning service will be taken up
on account of the Memorial exercises
ot tho Eircf Rantict nhnroh