The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-24

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in Lawrence township on the 10th inst.
aged 6s years. Funeral from st. Mary,
church in this place on the 18th; buria
in the Catholic cemetery.
Kirke Noyes went fishing the other
day, the first time since he has been
affixing "P. NJ" to his autograph, and
brought in fine string of perch and
silver bass, with a few black bass.
General and Mrs G. L. Eaton arrived
at their home in this place on Tuesday
Mrs. Eaton will remain here several
! weeks, the general returning to his du.
ties in Lansing within few days.
Harry Dopp and wife, Mrs. Munger
and Miss Peacock, went to Kalamazoo
Monday TO attend the reunion of the
Sixth Mich. Infantry-Harry's old reg.
iment-and report an excellent time.
An excursion to Grand Rapids and
Ottawa Beach will be given by the S.
Ii. & f. and G. a. w. M. railways next
Sunday. Special train will leave Paw
Paw at 7:40 q. NJ. Round trip 81 90.
Commencing Tuesday, Sept. 11th, the
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Nj. +. church will be held at jackson
Gentlemen of the cloth will now look
TO the condition of their pastoral fences.
Ten or dozen couples of the Lake
Cora resorters attended the dance given
by the ball team at the opera house
Wednesday evening, which, by the way,
was a decided success in every partic
ular.
The fine male quartet - Messrs. Jen-
nings, Bacon, Cooper and Adriance-
that has been such an attraction at the
Nj. +. church of late, no longer caters
to the musical tastes of that congre-
CATION.
The Cassopolis Democrat says that
VIM. Jones of Youngs Prairie threshed
3,450 bushels of good marketable wheat
from 100 acres of land. 1t was clover
sod, turned under and well titled and
seeded with one bushel per acre.
The Endeavor society of the Christian
church will give coffee social at the
residence of Mrs. George Weston next
Tuesday evening 1t is desired that all
members of the society attend, as busi-
ness of Importance is to be transacted.
The second grand annual rally of
Sunday schools of Kalamazoo county
will be held in Kalamazoo on Thursday
of next week. Governor Rich will be
present and address the children. The
Michigan Central gives half fare rates.
Charles G. Knapp of Coloma, mem
Der of Carter's sect of fanatics known
as the "Chosen Sacred Seven, has gone
violently insane. His mania seems TO
have homicidal tendency and his wife
the special object of his frenzy. He has
been locked up.
The Populists of Cass county held
their county convention at CassOpolis
last Saturday. 1t is said the delegates
in attendance and the candidates put
in nomination bore unmistakable Dem
ocratic earmarks - considerably TO one
side of the road, SO to speak.
McCabe's "Mastodon" minstrels, the
organization which so tired our people
a few weeks ago, stranded at Niles the
other night. The manager skipped with
the box receipts while the torture was
taking place, leaving fourteen stalwart
coons to shift for them selves.
Mrs. w. r. Shrine left last Saturday
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daughter, Mrs. +. L. Bates, at Pent-
water. Reed says he can't say word
as to the "cause and provocation, and
not much as to "bed and board" but
certain he is that he is left"
The mixed paints manufactured by
the A. Lakey Company of Kalamazoo,
and sold here by j. H. Waters IL Co,
have given the very best of satisfaction
to all who have used them. Our oldest
and best painters consider them by far
the best prepared paints in the market.
The Detroit EUening NeOS yesterday
attained its 21st year. The event was
celebrated by the Company chartering
a steamer, hiring brass bands and glee
clubs, and giving its friends and adver-
tising patrons grand excursion on the
river, during which the guests were
most royalty entertained.
Mr.. & Ii. Bailey, manager of Tromp's
photograph studio, left Tuesday for a
visit at his home in iceland. And right
here we wish to say that during his
stay here he has been turning out a
class of work equal to any we have ever
seen and far superior to any ever be-
fore executed in this place.
Sellick's idea of doing business in
tight" times is correct: Handle none
but good goods, mark them at the low
est possible living figure, keep stock
replenished and the money moving,
and if line doesn't go on schedule
time, put it into u bargain SALE" with
out regard to cost. See their adv.
Prof. b. Mincer, an expert eye spe-
cialist of large experience in fitting
lenses to weak eyes or eyes abused by
wearing inferior glasses, will be at
the Dyckman House, Paw Paw, Monday
and Tuesday, Sept. 3rd and 4th, and at
the Central Hotel, Gobleville, Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 9TH and Sth. See
his adv on the 4th page of this paper.
Examination and consultation free.
Still another ball team has been or
ganized in Paw Paw THE Wolver-
ines"-named in honor of DR.. Hamil.
ton, who is liberal patron of that class
of sport. On Tuesday of last week they
went to Glendale and met with defeat.
Friday they played the Waverlys and
beat them A to 10. To-day they will
give the Almenas taste of their metal
at the fair grounds. Give the boys a
rousing benefit.
Dan Robb is the head center of base
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