The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-21

Henry Corey of Porter has rented his
farm for one year and will spend that
time in visiting and prospecting in Ne
braska and other points in the west.
Every one is cordially invited to at
tend the Country Fair" at the home of
Mrs. Will Miller on Friday evening, un-
der the auspices of the ladies of St.
Marks church.
The question as To whether the local
option law of this county will be re-
pealed in two years depends on how
judiciously the next legislature amends
it.-Bangor AdUance.
Hon. G.. l.. Eaton, II. A. Chaplin, Nj
u. Richardson and wife and n. w.
Armstrong left Saturday for Washing
ton, ID. C., To participate in the G.. A.
X. National Encampment.
The b. Y. p. u and Sunday school of
the first Baptist church will give mis-
sionary program next Sunday evening,
this year being the centennial of Bap-
tist missions. All are invited.
The grape crop of Van Buren county,
the heaviest and best ever grown, is
now being harvested and many car
loads daily are being shipped. The
market is satisfactory to shippers.
Mrs. G.. H. Scott met with quite a
serious accident one day last week
While driving home from Benton Har-
Dor her carriage overturned, throwing
her out and fracturing some of her ribs.
There is no danger of a potato fam
inc in Van Buren, county rs long as
Pine Grove "holds her bigness" An
other mammoth crop from that town
ship is reported as ready for harvesting.
The Bangor Adrance of the 10th inst.
reads the Decatur Republican fine
little lecture on modesty-'pesOnified
gall" he terms it. Profit by it? Not
much His head isn't constructed after
that pattern
Prehaps one of the finest prize society
banners in the state is owned and will
be carried by the Allegan Lodge of X.
o. L. M. in the grand parade of the
order on Thursday, Sept Goth, that be-
ing one of the five big days of the Fair.
Hon. Henry F. Thomas, Republican
nominee for congress, will address the
citizens of Lawrence tomorrow Thurs
day. evening. He should, and un-
doubtedly will, have rousing recep-
ton.
A rumOr was current on our streets
Saturday evening and Sunday that Mrs.
May Myers Chase had died suddenly
from heart disease. We are glad to be
able to state authoritatively that that
lady is in excellent health.
The Woman's Missionary society of
the f. w. Baptist church will meet at
the home of Miss Grace Woodman on
Saturday. next. A full attendance is
most earnestly desired. One of the fea-
lures of the meeting is the picnic dinner.
Special attention is called to the ex-
tensive list of special premiums offered
in the premium list of the Allegan
County Fair, to be held Sept. % to Oct
|. If you have not received copy of
the list send at once to the Secretary
for one.
o. w. Rowland and Henry Shaefer
are taking quite little whirl on their
"bikes" They rode from here to
Chicago, where they intended to spend
several days, and then make a some
what extended tour through the interior
of Illinois.
w. II. Dansby a day or two since
learned that one of his little boys was
carrying q loaded revolver around in
his pocket, evidently bent on taking
to the road" The young warrior was
quickly divested of his arsenal and sent
to his mother.
We wish that one or the other of our
banks would subscribe for enough of the
Worlds Fair souvenir half-dollars to
supply at least their customers with one
each. Perhaps there would be nothing
''in it" for the banks, but it would ac-
commodate their friends.
The Plainwell Union Ag'rSociety will
hold its 18th annual fair Oct. 4, 3, q, z.
The management expect to make this
the most successful meeting the society
has ever held. For premium lists and
other information address w. III.
Hooper, Sec'y, Plainwell, Mich.
Fabe Martin of Dowagiac is trying to
persuade colored men of the state to
vote the Democratic ticket. If Fabe
weilds any influence ut all it will be
where he is unknown. The colored
people down in this end of the state are
'onto" Fabe and his unsavory record.
Miss Minnie Fellows of Lyons, Ia,
will have charge of Mrs. j d. Hamil-
tons millinery parlors until after the
the opening, when she will GO to Mar
cellus to manage branch store and
Miss Roze Palmer of Chicago will take
charge of the trimming department
here.
The campaign was opened in this
county Monday evening at Grand Jun
ction by Hon. Henry +. Thomas, Re-
publican candidate for congress for
this district. The Republican COM
mittee has about completed its plans
for the campaign, and very shortly the
battle will open all along the line.
Luther Beecher, the well-known
capitalist, died at his residence in
Detroit on the evening of the 10th inst.
OF Brights disease, aged n. He has