The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-08-31

OuT tOuuITy w eek guests RETURNED
to their homes in Chicago last Saturday,
most of them with considerable more
baggage than they brought with them.
Mrs. Frank Downing and children,
who have been visiting relatives in this
place for several weeks past, have re-
turned to their home in Hillsdale
county.
The +. w. Baptist ladies will hold a
cake and coffee social at Mrs. Jennie
Averill's on Tuesday evening, Sept. g..
Everybody come, for officers will be
elected.
Gov. Winans has appointed Levi L..
Barbour of Detroit Regent of the Uni
versity to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Charles Stuart Draper of
Saginaw.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Harvey of Al
logan and Pension Agent Harvey and
wife of Detroit last week paid IL visit
TO their brother, Rev. w. ii. Harvey,
and family.
At the annual schoolmeeting, to be
held next Monday evening, two trustees
are TO be elected in place of X. W.
Broughton and j. w. Free, whose
terms expire.
Mr. Herrick, living two miles south
of town, killed fourteen rattlesnakes in
one half day, last week, and claims that
il was not a remarkably good day for
snakes either.
Sullivan Cook, stand upl Please ex-
plain to your many(D subscribers what
about that new press and type from
which you were TO print that Peoples
Alliance paper.
One of the Chicago lady guests at the
Pennsular a day or two since took a
Glib. black bass from Lake Cora. The
big fellow came very near taking his
captor captive before she finally landed
him.
Mrs +. &. Butler and family are en-
joying visit with their son and brother,
IL. G. Butler, and his wife and little boy,
from lronton, Ohio, the first visit he
has made to the home of his boyhood
in eighteen years.
One of l.. II. Titus children last week
had mild attack of scarlet fever
which readily yielded to treatment and
the child is now convalescent. The dis
ford, where the family were recently
visiting.
There were exactly sixteen people in
attendance upon the Prohibition con-
gressional convention at Hartford on
Tuesday of last week. The balance of
the party are peddling roOrbacks for
the Rowland-Cuddeback-Van Auken
combination.
A party consisting Misses Judd of
Dowagiac, Cora Nelson and Franc
Grannis of Paw Paw, and Messrs. Nj.
Reese and Frank Nelson of Escanaba
and Geo. Green of Hillsdale went into
camp at Lake Park yesterday for
weeks outing.
Mrs. Hannah Brooks died at Lawrence
on Tuesday morning in the S9th year of
age. The remains were brought here
for burial at Prospect Hill. Funeral
from +. b. church ut 2:30 this afternoon.
Deceased was an aunt of Mrs. Minerva
Wilson of this place.
Last Sunday afternoon the barn of
Chas. Mather, near the Brummel school
house in Waverly, burned TO the ground,
together with buggy and harness be-
longing to Mr.. Varney, the tenant, and
some agricultural implements belonging
to Jasper Huey. Boys and matches.
Mrs. X. w. Noyes returned from a
two weeks visit to Chicago on Monday.
While there she attended the wedding
of her oldest son, ARTHUR j. Noyes, who
was married Wednesday, Aug. 18th, to
Miss Annette Post Mrs. Noyes was
to and from Chicago by
Miss Maggie Mcguire.
Judge Buck held a short session of
court here last Friday forenoon, hearing
assigning cases, etc. On their
plea of guilty, Robert Oaks, Peter Cal
licott and Daniel Keefe, all from Deca-
tur, were sentenced for violation of the
local option, CallicOtt for 40 days in
Jail, and the others for 30 days each.
The Lansing Bicycle Club hang up
some very handsome prizes to be con
tested for during the state fair week in
that city. In addition to the particular
prizes for each of the ten events, gold
medal valued at $50 will be given to
the rider making the best time during
the meet. For full particulars address
+. A. Bowd, president, Lansing.
The Y. p. s. G.. f. of the Presbyter-
ian church will serve supper in the
church parlors on Friday evening, the
chief feature of which will be peaches
and cream. The question, "Who is the
most popular salesman, gentleman or
lady," will then be decided. Supper
and one vote, fifteen cents; extra vote,
five cents.
We commend to the careful perusal
of our readers letter in this issue from
the pen of Mr.. +. w. Athony of Malta
wan, lifelong temperance man and
an educated, broad-minded gentleman
who occupies a position in refreshing
contrast to the narrow views held by
the one-idea few who are making all
this noise about the "open saloon"
We learn by the Allegan papers that
L. X. Harrison and milford Buskirk
have projected a contract with the
authorities of that village for lighting
its streets by electricity. The. first
mentioned parties have purchased what
they consider a sufficient water power
to drive their machinery and work on
tbo ku;lJ;nc.e ;e hooin az once.