The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-07-15

iSn III dDOuI Iline our county cOfFeS-
pondents concluded the Fourth-of-July
festivities and resumed business at the
old stand?
The ladies of the Free Baptist society
will serve ice cream and cake at the
home of Mrs. Darling on Wednesday
evening, July %.
l.. Ii. Titus addressed the students at
the Hartford summer normal school, on
Thursday morning last. His subject
was "School Law"
An important trial was had at the
stores of Messrs. Prentice d Goodale
lately, a full report of which is given in
their advertisement to-day.
The w. G.. T. U. of Mattawan will
have mental contest at the Congrega-
tional church on Friday evening, July
Gath. All are cordially invited.
The abutments for the new iron
bridge at the foot of Main street will be
completed and ready forthe superstruc-
ture by the last of the present week.
Wheat harvesting in this vicinity is
over. The crop Us whole is not quite
SO good as that of last year, but it is
fair and farmers have no grounds for
complaint.
Miss Cora Ruggles, late teacher in
the second primary department of our
public schools, has secured a position
in the Duluth schools and will go there
next month.
A vein of rock has been struck by the
parties driving the well in the court
house yard, and their progress is slow.
At noon yesterday they were down
about eighty feet.
90. W. denies the soft impeachment
as to the Courier'S report of commence
ment. Well, no matter; it was good
report, and its architect should engage
in newspaper work.
The Ladies' Lecture association will
meet at Grange Hall on Friday of this
week at 2 p. M. A full attendance is
earnestly desired, as business of import
ance is to be transacted.
Read what Broughton says to-day
with reference to giving away those ell.
egant plush albums He also says
word about 4t-cent oil and intimates
that tradesmen sometimes have old
clothes.
Following are the officers of the West
Michigan Press association for the en-
suing year f. A. Blackman, of Hills
dale, presidents; James Heddon, of Do
wagiac, secretary; l.. K. Slusser, of Man
celOna, treasurer.
G.. G. Dempsey, a poolseller al the
Kalamazoo races last week, failed to
pay up about $400 pools in his posses
siod, leaving town with that sum in his
possession, and the interested parties
are hot in consequence.
1t seems to be useless expenditure
of money to maintain are lights in
places where the dense foliage of the
shade trees prevent their giving light
more than half a block. Why don't the
marshal order these trees trimmed?
The G.. f. society of the Presbyterian
church will sell ice cream on the lawn
by the rink next Friday evening. The
proceeds go toward building the addi-
ton to the church, and it is hoped as
large number as possible will attend.
A casual observer will notice that Hi
Chaplin walks a trifie more erect than
usual and that his stride is correspond
ingly heightened. We see no reason
for this assumption of dignity. He's
only just plain, everyday grandpa,
anyway.
Marshal Whitbecks brigade is still at
work laying new sidewalks, giving pref
erence at all times to those localities
in the most pressing need of relief
No citizen who has the good of our viii
lage at heart objects to this expenditure
of the public funds.
There was a quiet wedding at the
parlors of the Dyckman House Wednes-
day, July Sth, Rev. w. j. Hathaway
performing the ceremony. The con-
tracing parties were Mr. Edward Suth-
erby, of Westwood, Mich, and Miss
Cora Harvey, of Bangor.
The meeting of the West Michigan
Press Association served as a reunion
for quite number of the Jolly Yellow
stone party, and the cordial greetings
and hearty hand-shaking attested the
mutual goodwill and attachment that
still binds them together rs one band of
brothers and sisters.
j. II. Crane, the secretary of the
Fennville fruit growers association,
says the crop of peaches this season
will be larger than for many years
past. He estimates the crop on the
lake shore section south of Holland at
1900, 900 baskets, crop that will re-
quire 1900 cars to move.
Mr.. John Tuckey, than whom there
is no better authority on wheat matters
in this section, advises farmers in whose
wheat there is any considerable amount
of smut to let such crop stand in the
stack or NOW until it is thoroughly dry
before threshing; that the wheat will
grade the better for it.
The Quincy Herald published series
of Lansing letters, over the signature
"F. =" during the session recently closed,
which attracted considerable notice by
the terseness of their tone and the ac-
curacy of the pen pictures drawn. We
learn that Frank Eaton, who was teleg-
rapher at the capitol, was the author.
An enterprising dry-goods firm of
Kalamazoo paid neat little compli-
ment to the Press Association by the
display of mimic power press, very
ingeniously constructed of handker-
chiefs, spools of silk, ribbon, etc, COM