The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-05-25
PAW PAW VAN BUREN COUNTY. MICHIGAN, MAY 25 1892

Mrs. Hanford Cuddeback, living wes
of town, starts tomorrow for Northern
Michigan where she will visit three
sons and daughter. Her friends hope
she may return with improved health
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby
terian church are making arrangements
for the decoration of its interior. Wint
Reynolds will do the job and demon
strate his skill in the art of plasticoing
The dog poisoner is abroad and three
CANNES bit the dust yesterday, one of
them being the pet dog that has been
SO faithful an attendant of Stan Briggs,
and the the latter looks very lugubriouS
nowadays.
We are in receipt of an invitation to
dinner to be given by the Alumni AssO-
citation of Olivet College on June %.
Hon. Thomas w. Palmer, President of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition will
deliver the alumni grafton.
There will be highly important
meeting of the Ladies Lecture Associa-
ton at the Court House on Friday,
May %, at 2:30 p. m. All members are
requested to stick pin in their calen-
dars so as not to forget the date.
1t is suggested by the G.. A. X. that,
if those who have charge of the flowers
at the church on Memorial Day will
kindly care for them, they can be used
on Monday and thus prevent waste
or scarcity for Decoration Day.
The case of Rix VS.. Miller came be-
fore Justice Mason yesterday and the
prosecution closed their evidence
The case was adjourned for week or
ten days to give the defense an oppor-
tunity for collecting testimony in their
side.
The second annual June races of the
Nashville Driving Park Association will
be held on June 9th and 10th, with lib
eral purses for trotting, pacing, and run
ming races. Write to the secretary, Len
W. Feighner, Nashville, Mich, for pro-
gram.
Capt. Ed. Smith suffered quite q
severe shock of paralysis yesterday
morning, rendering him unconscious
for some time and greatly alarming his
friends At this writing he is quite
comfortable, and able to be about the
house.
An association has been formed in
Germany to organize excursion parties
to visit the Worlds Fair and incident
ally Niagara Falls, and number of the
larger cities. 1t is proposed to accom-
plish this within period of sixty days
and an expense of between $3.50 and
$500.
w. j. and w. II. Sellick, Mr. and
Mrs. +. f. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs L. K
Woodman, Mrs. Mary Parker, Mrs. o.
F. Parker and daughter Lizzie, all at
tended the funeral obsequies of Mrs
f. w. Sellick, last Thursday. Mrs
Sarah Barnum was not well enough
to go.
The last number of Hdrper'S Weekly
has supplement- devoted to an article
on Athletic Development at West Point
and Annapolis, and among other por-
traits we find that of our Paw Paw boy,
+. w. Clark, who is Captain and Right
Guard of football team at the former
place.
Ypsilantians are much elated over the
removal of the Worthwhile Keeley Insti-
tute to their city. The beautiful Swift
property situated on the Huron river,
has been purchased as the site of the
new cure at cost of $40, 900, and an
effort will be made to make this the
institute of Michigan.
P.F. Merrill, son-in-law of Mrs. II. .
G.. Drown, has closed out his business
in Ithaca, and was in town yesterday
en- route to Denver and the far west on
prospecting tour. He was accom-
panied by L. Nj. Scott of Ithaca, and the
two gentlemen may touch the Pacific
coast before their return.
The second annual spring meeting of
the Dowagiac Union Fair Association
will be held June 10Th and 10th. The
Association has one of the best half
mile tracks in the state, and offers
liberal purses and stakes. For entry
blanks and particulars address w. H.
Palmer, Sec, Dowagiac, Mich.
We understand that the ladies of the
Isabella Club at Lawton are canvassing
their village with view to arranging
a Lecture Course for the coming winter.
This is good work and we hope to see
them succeed. The officers of the Club
are as follows;-President Mrs c. ID.
Lawton; Vice-President, Mrs. G.. W.
Lawton; Secretary, Mrs. N. 0. Martin
Treasurer, Mrs. j. w. Mitchell.
A large congregation gathered at the
Disciple church last sunday To listen to
the discourse on Sabbath Observance
Rev. Ware is concise and forcble
speaker and presents the aim and work
of the National Union in manner
calculated to interest all classes of
people. There is no question that some
thing must be done, if we would pre-
serve the Christian Sabbath, and with
it the mental, moral, and physical we'll
being of the American people.
The 18th annual convention of the
State Firemens Association, held at
Hillsdale was very interesting one,
and every possible courtesy was ex-
tended To the visitors, the business
houses being decorated in their honor.
The delegates from Paw Paw were A.
T. Stevenson and Fred Lord, and the
former received the honor of being
elected 1st Vice president of the Associa-
ton. w. p. Perry of Hillsdale is the
newly elected president and the next
meeting will be held at Grand Haven
Yesterday morning a member of /. b.
Conners family finding the door of the
furnace-cellar open, mistrusted that
all was not right, and little investiga-