The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-07

w. X. Tayler, the abstract man OF
Kalamazoo county, was called here
yesterday as a witness i'm the Jones'
Breck litigation.
Several left here yesterday morning
for Chicago to witness the unveiling of
the Grant monument i'm Lincoln park
which occurs to-day.
Invitations are out for the wedding of
MIR. Harry ID. Longwell and Miss Lila
b. Duncombe, at the brides home in
Keeler on Thursday, Oct. 18th.
Miss Edith White left last Thursday
for a weeks visit at her home i'm Men
don. Miss Heald, of Hartford, assists
in the postoffice in the meantime.
Mr. Peter Fraley, of Socorro, N. NJ,
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ella Har-
rison, in this place, and testing the eli
mate of Michigan for rheumatism.
Born, Sept. 30th, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Downing, (Jerome, Mich.) O.
pound boy. All well, and grandpa
Downing has ordered new silk hat.
Miss Libbie Ward, of Sodus, n. Y,
who for three weeks past has been Wis
iting Mrs. |. A. Whitman and other rel
atives here, left yesterday for her home.
Albert Grout and wife left last week
for thirty days visit with friends in
Kansas, which will of course include
Chas. +. Galligan and family at FL
Dorado.
Ed. Wilson arrived at this place last
Friday evening on visit to his mother,
until Monday, when he left
for Manhattan, Kansas, where will per-
locate.
Freese & Rohde are drawing an i'm
mense custom 10y their one price method
of doing business-a sure "leader," not
the rocker they are giving
away as premium.
Our fair-going people divided their
last week about equally be-
tween Dowagiac, Kalamazoo and Allie
gan, at all of which we learn large
crowds were in attendance.
These are the days when the patriotic
male citizen attends all the horse races,
far and near, no matter whether the
wife and baby have shoes or not. obs
cipliDe must be maintained"
The Maple City Literary Society will
meet at the home of Mrs. Rose Smith,
Monday evening, Oct. 18th. All mem
bers are requested to be present to be-
gin the reading course together.
The owners of some of the dogs poi
soned last week claim they are going to
make it hot" for the persons who dis
the doctored meat. All they
lack now is to find out who did it.
Mrs. j. ID. Hamilton desires to call
the attention of the ladies of Paw Paw
and vicinity to special line of trimmed
hats which she will show on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. +.
church will have a coffee social, with
pumpkin pie and cheese. All come
and enjoy it with our new pastor at the
church parlors, Tuesday evening next.
The woman Sprague, mentioned a
couple of weeks ago as being in Jail
charged with enticing girl from her
home for immoral purposes, was dis
Monday by order of the court.
Mrs. Henry Collins, an old lady over
20 years old, living at Decatur, fell
while going out of doors Monday morn
ing, breaking her leg above the knee.
The same limb was broken about two
years ago.
The Missionary society of the Disci-
pie church will meet with Mrs. David
Woodman on Thursday afternoon at
half past two. This is the yearly meet
ing, and all members are requested to
be present.
Next Saturday afternoon is the date
of the auction sale of fine stock includ
ing 20 Jerseys and 15 colts, at the Ingle-
wild Stock Farm, near the depot. This
will be "a rare chance To procure a
choice family cow.
About seven o'clock last Friday even
ing one of the lamps in Squier Bros
store at Decatur exploded, and
four hundred dollars damage by fire
resulted. Tally another home-run for
Democratic low-test oil.
Levi Mcpherson, of Waverly, coveted
an AK belonging to John Salisbury, and
made short cut To its possession by
stealing it. For this tritling pleasantly
Justice Mason yesterday fined him 50
and costs of prosecution.
1t didn't knock all the humor out of
Mat, anyway. Drawing his check for
the amount of fines and costs, he made
it read: "The First National Bank will
pay A. Il. Anderson or order three hun
dred dollars = whisky tax"
One Henry Maxam, of Porter town
ship, is wanted by the officers for max
ing a criminal assault on a young girl
of that township. AS soon as he realized
the extent and Nervousness of his crime
he skipped for parts unknown.
Geo. w. Congdon, of Decatur, was
before Justice Mason Monday after
noon, charged with violation of the
local option law. He was held to bail
in the circuit court and will be
arraigned in that tribunal to-day.
Jasper Austin, of Waverly, brought
to shis office few days ago sample of
the fruit grown in his orchard. Fifteen
apples-Fall Pippins and Pound Sweets
weighed lit pounds, several of them
measuring over 10 inches in circumfer-
ence.
The twelfth annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of the fourth district will be held in the
Presbyterian church, Burr Oak, Oct.