The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-17
PAW, BUREN, COUNTY. MICHIGAN.


Rev. j. II. Fleming of Brooklyn
Jackson Co, will preach in the Presby
terian church next Sunday morning
and evening.
MIR. and Mrs. DR.. Ferguson returned
from Canada last Thursday, and ar,
now costly settled in their rooms al
Mrs. Bryar's.
A. j. Crosby Jr. of Novi, Oakland
Co., the Grange state lecturer, gave 9
very pleasant talk at Grange Hall last
Friday evening
There will be fun for the little ones
this evening at the home of Mrs. VIM
Mason, who has arranged "a Peanut
Hunt" for them.
Now that John Syke, Jr., has trans
formed the old toll-gate into an ice
house, we presume therell be no duty
on Canadian ice.
O. w. Rowland, III. X. Wells, and
Hon. G.. l.. Eaton are in Grand Rapids
to-day attending the annual reunion OF
the Bird Mich. Cavalry.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
M. +. church will occur on Saturday
and Sunday next, and Presiding Elder
CarlySle VIII De present
Ed Bullard, who was so i'll with La
Grippe when visiting here some time
ago, has had q relapse, with gatherings
in the head and serious time gener-
ally.
r. w. Broughton and A. G. Martin
attended the Peninsula Commandery at
Kalamazoo on Friday evening, at which
time the Order of Malta was conferred
upon them.
The little hand. book of information
issued by the National League of Re-
publican Clubs, is a marvel of brevity
and completeness and boon to Repub-
lican editors.
The region round about the steeple
school house is just getting fully into the
tolls of La Grippe. Mesdames Robert
and Dan Morrison are among the re-
cent sufferers.
A few days ago Mrs. f. Lamont
slipped on the door step and fell so as
to strike on her side, injuring her so
badly that it is feared some ribs are
cracked or broken.
Tuesday evening, Feb. 90, at the resi-
eft of the NJ +. church. Cream and
cake will be served.
Mrs Albert Grout, who was called to
Conneaut, Ohio, some three weeks ago
by the serious illness of her brother, re-
turned last Saturday reporting him on
the high road to recovery.
On Friday night next, Department
Commander Eaton will muster II. p.
Merrill Post of Bay City, which will be
the nineteenth Post to organize during
Mr.. Eaton's incumbency of the office.
Mrs Sim Morton fell on the icy road
the other day and dislocated the bones
of her arm, but she was taken to DR..
Dunning who fixed up matters so well
that she was soon able to return home.
John Spacheen, living west of town,
is an honest hard working man who
has won the esteem of all with whom
he has had any deal, and we are sorry
to learn that no hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
The MarcelluS NelOS celebrates the
fourth year of its present management
by devoting almost its entire space to a
pen picture of that progressive town,
in which the past and present are most
vividly contrasted.
Frank Thomas has been making a
plucky struggle against grippy tenden-
cies for some time back, but last week
was compelled to give up beaten and
spend part of the week in bed, though
now again at his post.
The Farmers Institute Association is
i'm service to-day and tomorrow at Go
al nd l..rs .,fT ln
are in attendance Several of our towns
men will aid in the diffusion of knowl-
edge by reading papers.
The shimmering, shifting auroral
light seen on the northern horizon last
Saturday night was something worth
beholding, and those who called it
"storm lights" found the prediction
verified by the next days snow fall.
Paw Paw is the only township in this
county which, under the new law, will
be compelled to have two voting pre-
cincts. In due season it will be divided
by the township Board, and new reg
istraton be necessary that voters may
know to which precinct they belong.
Circumstances beyond the control of
the ladies necesstated change in the
Illue uISb dSSiSlcu lOI IHe ltSJ bWO cu-
tertainments in their lecture course,
and Robert Nourse will be with us on
the evening of March 11th, while the
Redpath Star Concert Co. will appear
April 9th.
The local Board of tho Children's
Home Society comprises the following
individuals Pres, Mrs. Alice +.
Doughty; Vice Presdts, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. T. Hall; Sec, Mrs. Eva Anderson;
Treas. Rev. Anna Barton. This an
nouncement should have been made
before, but got mislaid during our sick
ness and absence.
The jolly sleighload of young married
people that attended the dance at De-
catur last Thursday evening, included
j. +. Chandler, l.. X. Woodman, K. L.
Goodale, Frank Staplcton, and Harry
Longwell, each accompanied by his
"better half" Elton Rogers and Chas.
Hathaway were also present with two