The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-01

by Mrs. Anna Barton at her home, Mr..
Sydney A. Smith, of Columbia, and
Miss Lille M. Sibole, of Breedsviile.
The Farmers Union will meet at
III. IL. Jennings Wednesday, June Sth,
and all interested are requested 10 re-
member that Happy Corners" is the
place.
Judge Heckert was the speaker of
the day at Bangor last Monday, and
Mrs. IL. drove over with him Sunday
night for Il visit to her old friend, Mrs
A. b. Chase.
There will be no services in the Free
Baptist church next Sabbath on account
of yearly meeting The upholsterng
of seats is expected to be attended to
during the interim between this and
Children's Day.
II. s. Myers, having been rendered
his present position of principal of the
Holland high school for another year at
an advance of 800 in salary, has de-
cided to accept and postpone the COM
pletion OF his college course still an
other year.
Personally we are not acquainted
with the family of Nelson Armstrong,
but supposed we had good authority for
our statement that four children were
left motherless by Mrs. Armstrong;
death. However, we find we were mis-
informed, as there are but two.
The Michigan Yearly meeting of
Free Baptists will convene with Goble-
vile church June 10. The meeting
promises to be one of unusual interest.
Among the speakers expected the
following names speak for themselvs:
Rev. Nj. j. Coldren, of Indiana; Rev c..
A. Vincent, of Boston; and Rev. Ii. Nj i.
Ford, Hillsdale.
The ladies of the COterie desire to
announce that their library will be
thrown open to the public in very
short time, and any one can become a
subscriber, entitled to draw books for a
year, by the payment of one dollar and
fifty cents. For further information
apply to Miss Clara Anderson, or Mrs
G. E. Chappell.
On Friday next w. ID. Marks, State
Fish Commissioner, will bring here
500, 900 young wall-eyed pike for plant
ing in the lakes near this place. The
young fish will be delivered to different
individuals selected by the Commits
sioner, who will see to their distribu-
ton. The quota assigned to COlum.
Engle will be placed in Three Mile
Lake.
Miss 10 Wilson closed very sue
cessful school year at "Oak Grove" last
Friday with beautiful exercise ar
ranged especially for the flowery month
of May in which Nellie Sheldon was
crowned Queen. A merry time was
had over the light refreshments, and
the teacher received a book and other
presents rs testimonial of her pupils
love and appreciation.
There will he State Checker Tourna-
ment in Detroit on November Is next,
at which the prizes will aggregate $3.50;
the first prize will be 800. Now is the
time for our local checker players to
brush up. The winner will have his
expenses paid us "A participant of the
Worlds Fair Tournament in Chicago
in 1898 All interested from the interior
will be given reduced rates at Detroit
hotels and boarding houses.
Complaints still continue over the
new time-card of the Mich. Central, and
"a Dowagiac paper sums up the situation
as follows; THE Cent? al people might
have devised a more unaccommodating
local service, but they doubtless never
did, and there's kicking all along the
line from Chicago to Detroit" Unless
the predicted change of June betters
matters considerably, the kicking will
90 on with renewed vigor.
An infant industry has been started
in this village by Masters Lee Stevens,
Charlie Matthews, and Clare Ander
son. This juvenile firm having formed
o-partnership, is constructing a large
flat bottomed boat on strictly scientific
principles, and ut its completion it is
to be launched on the raging Paw Paw
with all due formality, not omitting the
traditional bottle of wine. It's owners
confidently expect to realize large
revenue in '93 by plying between this
place and the Worlds Fair city.
Quite an excitement was created or
Main street yesterday morning by the
violent out-cries of an insane man
brought to Judge Heckert for the re
quisite entrance papers to the asylum
and large crowd gathered about the
carriage in which he sat. The unfortun
ate man was Ira Van Auken, brother
of Mrs. Loyal Crane, and it seems that
he has not been in his right mind fol
some time, but did not become violent
until last Monday night. He was taken
to the jail for safe keeping until his re-
moval to Kalamazoo.
The concert given by the Eolian
Quartet was thoroughly enjoyable, and
the graceful demeanor of the young
ladies won them as many compliments
as did their sweet singing. The Cuckoo
Song" elected the heartiest of the en-.
cores, and the power and depth of Miss
Smiths contralto was greatly admired
The young miss who took the part OF
mezzo- contralto was substitute for a
sick member of the quartet and did SO
remarkably well that no one would sus.
pect her of having but two weeks prac-
tice for this occasion. The quartet eX.
pect to spend the summer at the Chicago
Conservatory of Music.
The Ladies' Lecture Association on
last Friday found themselves in re-
ceipt of enough names to warrant them
in laying out as extended Course as
that of last year, and its members are
much encouraged over the interest
evinced by this ready response on the
part of the public 1t was voted f.
have five lectures and two musical en-
tertainmentS and to make an effort &c