The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-04-27
Advertised letters: VIM. Curter, Geo
Powers, o. + Tyrrell, E.E. Woodward,
Miss Jennie Claxton, Julia 4. Mum.

A telegram received yesterday an
nounced the sudden death at jackson
of Charlie Smolk, oldest son of John
Smolk.
The Sunday-schools of Porter, Ant
in an Institute held at the latter place
on April 3Oth.
Mrs. G.. l.. Eaton surprised her hus-
band with little circle of friends in.
vited to meet him on his return last
Friday evening.
IL. w. McCabe has purchased Jay
RandalPs house on the corner of Paw
Paw and LaGrave streets and is having
it thoroughly repaired.
Hyers Colored Musical Comedy Com.
pany will appear in their novel enter
tainments at Opera House Friday and
Saturday evenings.
Edward Barr of Ligonier, Ind, and
Rev. Thos. +. Barr of Kalamazoo, uncle
and cousin of Mrs. b. +. Heckert made
her brief visit last Friday
Mrs. DR.. Harrison has been quite i'll
for two weeks past with acute rheum-
atism, but is now up about the house,
though her left arm is still quite help
| less.
Mrs. Charlie Chappell is enjoying a
visit from sister living in Chicago.
We are told that Mr.. and Mrs. G.. con
template removal To South Haven
next month.
The executive committee of the Old
Settlers Association will meet at the
home of Mr.. j. b. Breed the second
Wednesday in May for the purpose of
making arrangements for the annual
picnic.
There will be daily mail from Paw
Paw to Glendale beginning to-day.
What an excitement this item might
create among Glendale bellies, if our
compositor should chance to spell that
male
j. n. Babcock, who was so seriously
hurt by the over-turning of load of
hay, died on Saturday at $3.50 a. m. and
was buried Monday afternoon. The
funeral was from the house, Rev. Jones
officiating.
Last week at Ann Arbor the w. II. G..
had most exciting election for presi-
dent, spending the whole forenoon in
making decision. Mrs. Cornelia
Perry of Bellevue was the successful
candidate
Col. G.. V. r. Pond, the newly APP
pointed asst adj't gen'l who succeeds
X. w. Noyes, is here for the purpose of
experimenting the removal of the G..
A. K. effects to their new headquarters
at Ann Arbor.
The case of Mrs Elizabeth VanAu-
L. A.. ~ a. NJ ID II.
ing damages in the sum of 5000, has
excited considerable interest this week
and been conducted by quite an array
of legal talent.
By request, the 4th division of Paw
Paw Grange will repeat the reading of
extracts from "Hiawatha," with tab
leaux, at Grange Hall, on Friday even
ing of this week.
f. A. Blackman of Hilsdale has been
so i'll as to be compelled to give up at
tending the meeting of the National
Press Association to which he was ap
pointed delegate.
M. p. Allen will start next week for
Mandan, n. d., to visit his boys, j. ID.
and G.. f. Mrs. Moon, his daughter,
with her little son Leon will accom-
pany him from Chicago.
Mrs. Sarah Boynton of Wolcott, N.
Y, is visiting her sister, Mrs. DR..
Dunning, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Dun
ming of Bay City were also entertained
at the doctors last week.
South Haven is to have a Ladies' Ma
rine Band formed by ten of the enter
prising young ladies of that port. We
predict that it will be immensely popu-
lar at campaign celebrations next fall.
The citizens of Allegan have for some
time been lighting their streets with n
system of incandescent electric lights
which does not give satisfaction, and
on Monday evening O. G.. Vahue, pres
ident of their village board, and Trus-
tees Upper, McDuffee, Fairfield, Dib-
BILE, and MOhnke, accompanied by sew
eral other citizens of Allegan, were
here looking over our plant with view
to the adoption of some arc light system
in their village.
A letter received last Monday by
Decatur Downing contained the not un-
expected information that Frank Mil
lington's death was caused by his own
act, the result of dose of morphine. The
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April 10, and the victim fingered until
Sunday morning. Will Downing, brother
of Mrs. Millington, left for San Antonio,
Texas, Immediately upon receipt of the
telegram, and the letter referred to
stated that they would start for Mich.
on the "a instant. The deceased was a
young man of much natural talent and
many good traits of character, but
learned all too early that "the way of
the transgressor is hard" and his life
might well prove n useful lesson to
every wild and wayward youth.
A. G.. Glidden last Thursday had a
rather expensive reminder that neither
the laws of gravity, nor frisky tenden-
cies of sober family steeds are to be ig-
nored with impunity Mr.. q. was en-
during the trials and tribulations Incl
dent to the moving of household goods.
With great equanimity and little fore
thought he had piled very top-heavy
load of furniture into his narrow plat
form wagon and was all ready to drive
out of the yard when he remembered
some wished-for article in an upper
chamber. Leaving his reliable(D horse
standing united, he calmly went in
ouest of said article when, presto the