The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-12-07


ton, succeeded Mr.. l.. G.. Hurd as freight
and passenger agent of the L. & S. ii. X
X. at this place on Dec. l. He will move
his family here in a short time.
David Anderson, jr., "a graduate from
the law office of Heckert Il Chandler oi
this place, and who was admitted To the
bar during the past summer, will open
law office in South Haven, having
rented that of the late A. p. Thomas
Rev. G. p. Linderman has Just closed
a successful series of meetings AT
Sparta, Mich, in which the church was
greatly revived and goodly number
converted. He began another meeting
at Ortonville, Oakland county, Sunday.
The American Express Co.'S Office
Will be removed from the depot TO one
of the stores in the Manning block.
This will be an Improvement over the
old regime. Mr.. l.. G.. Hurd will con-
tlnue to act us agent for the company
Especial attention is called to the
prospectus of the NelO York Press, to be
found elsewhere in this paper. We
consider The Press one of the ablest Re-
publican papers in the United States,
and its price places it within the reach
of all.
At a regular meeting of Paw Paw
Lodge No. Is, |. o. o. F., held on Fri
day evening Nov. 25, the following
officers were elected: N CIV. H.
Mason; V. G.-Harry Mcneil; r. s.
Z. M. Snow;P. S.-Jay Rickard; Treas
j. II. Waters.
Robert Oaks of Decatur, while taking
lumber away from a buzz saw at
Wilson's mill, got his hand too close
to the saw and is now minus the middle
finger of his right hand Bobby" has
been frequently warned against
"monkeying with buzz saw"
The Rodlands Call Fact of Nov. 25
says; ID. ID. Wise and wife, c. A. Wise
and wife, John Loveridge and wife, j.
w. Lewis and wife and H. b. Smith and
wife (most all of them familiar names
to our readers) took Thanksgiving
dinner at j. w. Marvin's in Grafton.
Ira Stretch, dry goods merchant of
Dowagiac, has failed, with liabilities at
S15, 900 to $50, 900. He has compromised
with some of his creditors at % cents
on the dollar. Previous to fact of his
being insOlvent becoming known, he
had sold out his business to A. G. Oyler.
M. II. Hogmire drew load of pep
permint oil to Bangor Wednesday,
which brought $1,S40.7O Mr.. II. had
before sold $l,700 worth this season.
The shipment Wednesday was the most
valuable single load of farm produce
ever brought to the village.
Last Thursday Judge Buck pronounce
ed the following sentences: The Covert
robbers, Monroe Parker and Robert
Buchanan, were sent to jackson, Park
er for one year and Buchanan for three
years. Jud Dyer, jr., of Hartford, con
victed of larceny, got one year at lonia.
Mr. S. Nj. Chaffee of Elk Rapids spent
Saturday and Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. j Chaffee, of this place
He was called to Grand Rapids in
attendance upon the United States
court, and found time between cases
for this brief visit, the first in nine
years.
Mrs. +. Durkee left for Worcester,
Mass, last Friday, intending to spend
the winter with her mother and other
relatives there. She was accompanied
10y her son Hubert who is engaged To
travel this winter for an Eastern firm
in the interests of the Chautauqua Com
bination.
A special train is talked of for those
who wish to attend the Scott Siddons
entertainment at Lawton on Dec 14th
All desirous of going are requested to
leave their names with Mrs. Heckert as
early as possible, that arrangements for
reserved seats and tickets may be made.
Admission, 80 cents.
We hear it intimated that new pa
per of the Democratic persuasion is to
be started in South Haven. 1t would
occur to IA casual observer that to di-
vide the business of that place into
three parts would not leave very wide
margin of profits for any of them.
Nevertheless, success to the enterprise
if it goes"
Last Friday morning the supreme
court declared the preliminary pro-
ceeding by which local option was
adopted in Gratiot county irregular and
void, and the county will hereafter be
'"wet." 1t was upon an application for
a mandamus compelling the county
treasurer to receive and approve the
saloon bond of one Covert.
We were in error last week in
announcing the death at Chicago of
Don G. Rogers by saying that deceased
was at one time register of deeds of this
county The Don G. Rogers in question
was son of John w. Rogers, formerly
postmaster at Decatur, who was "a
brother of the Don. C.. Rogers we had
in mind when writing the item.
The Kalamazoo Telegraph made its
appearance on the Goth ult. printed on
Cox duplex press from new dress of
type. The paper was handsomely
printed, result seldom attained with
a new piece of machinery so complcat-
ed as projecting printing press. we
congratulate our neighbor on these SUD-
stantial evidences of prosperity.
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the State Agricultural society,
held at Lansing on Thursday last, 1t
was decided, in view of the worlds
Fair, not to give state exposition next
fall. Thus far but 80 per cent OF the
premiums earned this year have been
paid, but provision for paying the
halance will be made at the annual
f ,ha cociatV i'm ,JanuarV