The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-18
WHOLE NUMBER 1878

Henry Waite on Wednesday, April lst,
at 10 O'Clock i'm the forenoon. Election
ofo fiicers will occur at this meeting.
The farm house of Geo. w. Hutchins,
two miles north of the fair grounds, was
totally destroyed by fire about O'Clock
yesterday morning, the fire originating,
it is supposed, in defective chimney
Most of the contents were saved. The
building was insured for $400 and the
contents for $780, ID. ID. Noble, agent
Mrs. +. S. Burlingame, of Rhode
Island, one of the foremost temperance
workers in the state during the fight
for prohibition, and president of the
state w. {. L. u. at that time, has be-
come the general agent and secretary
of the Free Baptist Woman's Mission
AIRY Society, and is now in Michigan i'm
the interests OF that cause She will
speak in the Free Baptist church of
this village, on Thursday evening of
this week, and those who come to hear
her will enjoy rare pleasure. Go and
Judge for yourself of her merits. A
collection will be taken for missions at
the close of her address.
Samuel g. Mather died at his home
in the village of Lawrence Monday at
10 p. in. The funeral will occur at 1890
a. m. Friday, from the late residence, if
the weather is fair; if not, from the
church. The Masonic fraternity will
have charge of the obSequies. Deceased
was born in Geneseo, n. Y, in 1926;
moved To Michigan in 1S4S, settling i'm
this county. In 1865 he opened hotel
i'll Lawrence, which for many years and
until it was destroyed by fire few
years ago, was very popular resort,
and SANS" warm-hearted geniality
was the prime attraction. He was very
widely known and highly esteemed. A
post mortem examination disclosed the
fact that death was caused by cancer of
the bowels.
The crop report for March, compiled
at the state department from reports
from S0f correspondents. contains the
following: The snow fall in the south
ern and central sections averaged five
and one-half inches, but il did not re-
main long enough to afford more than
partial protection for the wheat plant.
There was much thawing and freezing
weather during the month, but only
twice was the ground thawed to any
great depth. No correspondents in the
southern counties report the ground
well covered with snow Three hun
dred and seventy-nine correspondents
in this section report wheat injured.
The top is in some fields badly Drowned,
but the injury to the root cannot be
determined. The ground in the north
ern counties has been well covered,
and little or no damage is reported.
Paw Paw will be pardoned for little
feeling of pride that among her citizens
are found those considered capable and
worthy of filling the exalted and re-
sponsible position of Department Com
mander of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. At its regular annual session,
held last week at Muskegon, the State
Encampment of the order unanimously
elected Hon. G. l. Eaton, representative
in the state legislature from this dis
trict, to the command of the depart
ment. As the National Encampment
will be held ut Detroit the coming sum
mer, the duties of the Department
Commander will be much more labOri
ious than ordinary, but those who know
Mr.. Eaton best have no fear that the
interests of the department will suffer
neglect at his hands. He will he ably
assisted in the work before him by
Capt. X. w. Noyes, whom he has APP
pointed Assistant Adjutant General and
Lieut.. Dan Spicer, Assistant Quarter
master General. The headquarters of
the Department will be opened in this
place in "A few days.
Not content with giving five first
class entertainments for one dollar, the
Ladies' Lecture association held meet
ing last Friday and voted to give still
another, To which all season ticket
holders should be admitted for the small
payment of ten cents. With this slight
charge, there will he enough in the
treasury to defray all expenses and still
leave nice little fund for another
year. As this has been an experimental
year, and as some have thought it
would be better to have no reserved
seats, it was decided to try this plan,
and therefore the seats will be free TO
all for this sixth entertainment. Such
being the case, probably many will
wish to exchange their season tickets
for the new tickets before that evening,
and TO accommodate them, the treas
urer will be at the NoRTHERNER Office
from one O'clock to five p. IN. on
Monday and Tuesday, April 20 and 81.
Forty tickets will also be on sale at the
same place at twenty-five cents each.
The entertainment will occur on the
evening of Apr. q, and the doors will
be open precisely at seven O'Clock. The
program will consist of costumed inn
presentations, song recitals and auto
harp solos, given by Miss Olive Thomp-
son. The following from the Burlington
HdtCk-Eye. under date of March 8, 1891,
will give an idea of her style and excel
lence: "A good sized and appreciative
audience greeted Miss Olive Thompson
last night. She appeared first upon the
stage dressed in a clinging gown of
white, made striking by orange rib
bons, which set off her dark hair and
eyes to splendid advantage. She was
pretty, graceful and attractive in every
way, but when she began to speak the
audience was perfectly carried away,
and listened with rapt attention. She
is excellent as an elocutionist, but her
costume recitals or impersonations were
superb and won the unbounded admira-
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