The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25

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Hiram Palmer is very sick
Mrs. Canaan is said TO be seriously
i'll.
Mr. Confer has the wall of his new
house up.
Mrs. Kirvan has moved to the Mrs
Stone house.
Nanny Clark is building an addition
10 his house.
Elder Strychnine occupied pulpit
here recently.
Mrs. Kirvan was visiting last week
at Eagle Lake.
Elder Hart made a short visit to
Hudson last week.
The martial band will play at Bloom
ingdale Memorial day.
Friday and Saturday last we were
treated TO snow storms.
aunt James" daughter Jenny of Lee
was visiting her last week
Chas. Wilkinson is at Battle Creek
again in the nursery business for Bragg
a. Co.
Frank Campbell has the wall built
for new house. He also has a new
drive well down.
We understand that Elder Holley has
sold his grocery business to Otsego
parties.
Ed. Covey has moved from the West
colt place to his own, in the west part
of town.
DR.. Post was called by telegram Sun.
day night to Holland to attend an old
patient.
We notice Miss Lois Daratt is again
in this city, seemingly much improved
in health.
Tuesday and Saturday evenings con-
cert on the street by the Gobleville
cornet band.
A base ball team is being organized
at Bloomingdale. Now, what's the mat.
ter with the Coolies?
When a preacher from outside comes
here and abuses other denominations,
it is called preaching.
We like to fish as well as the next
man, but realize that it would have a
very bad effect upon our veracity.
If anyone finds in our items anything
that is not strictly true, come to us
kindly; we are willing to be forgiven.
We neglected last week to record the
baptism of ten people at Lake Mill by
Elder Hart, and seven joined the +. IS.
church.
Those who set out tomato and sweet
potato plants have found to their sor-
row that winter was not over; their
plants froze to the ground.
Two students from Battle Creek went
through to Bloomingdale last Saturday
to attend the funeral of DR.. Hathaway.
They returned Monday.
The frequent calls which DR.. +. j.
Post receives from Berlamont, his old
home, obliges him to open an Office
there one day in each week-Thursday.
Well bet n dollar we said last week
potatoes were selling at 80 cents, not
40, as the types made us say. Proba-
bly, the comp. buys by the half-bushel,
and thus got things mixed.-ED.
An exchange says the whisky and
sugar trusts have Jared we'll with the
tariff Performers" and if there are any
other trusts that need help, let them
speak up. "In God we trust" has not
had an inning yet, probably because
there is no one to lobby for it.
Horsemen who wish to show driving
through town, object to crosswalks be-
ing raised above the common grade of
the street, for the convenience of foot
passengers, but such objections have
little weight with our street commits
sioner; he gets there just the same.
A change in running trains on the X.
~ 5. Ii. is now talked of, probably on
account of our item last week in regard
to Feek's stage line; but this, Mr.. Feek
informs us, was a mistake; he merely
runs a livery stable and will drive his
customers in whatever direction they
wish TO travel.
Last week Thursday night we expe.
rienced the hardest rain storm of the
season. We also i'm the afternoon had
genuine hail storm. Although many
saw hail stones as large as hens eggs,
walnuts, etc., the largest we saw meas
ured three inches in circumference
Had there been wind, windows and
growing crops would have suffered.
Last Sunday we were called to attend
the funeral of DR.. William Baker Hath
away of Bloomingdale, who departed
this life on Friday morning last after
several months sickness, which seemed
to be general wasting away of natures
forces. The funeral sermon was deliv-
cred by Ed. M. g. Cady, an Adventist,
from Battle Creek, the text being from
Job xiv 1914. The Elder was accom-
panied by two students from the col.
lege who came to join the choir Ser.
vices were held at the Baptist church
and burial at Evergreen cemetery. De.
ceased was 70 years of age.