The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-16

ne u Ntt CluO Will meet with MIS-.
w. G. Y. Ferguson Tuesday evening
next.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Flanders OF
Marcellus visited Paw Paw friends a
part of the present week.
Rev. f.. X. Van Wrinkles theme for
next Sunday night will be Adjoining
the Doctrine of God our Savior"
A somewhat lengthy but excellent
communication from friend i'm the
northern part of the state is unavoid-
ably crowded out this week.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
give an Easter social Friday evening,
March %, at the home of Mrs. Levi
Lyle. All are cordially invited.
Misses Kittie Fitch and Anna Mul-
cahy attended the ST. Patrick's banquet
at Niles last evening. Rev FIR Null
cahy of this place took part in the
program.
Mrs. Odell announces the arrival of
new goods, including some specially
fine Easter bOnnets and hats. Mrs.
Marshall is in charge of the trimming
department.
Another complaint was made against
j. ID. Hamilton Wednesday, charging
violation of the local option law. The
examination will occur before Justice
Mason Tuesday
p. X Bowen of Lawrence died Tues
day morning of consumption, aged "a
years. Funeral yesterday morning from
St. Mary's church; interment in the
Catholic cemetery.
The Charity" club, after vacation
of three months, resumed work at Mrs.
Matte Raleigh's on Thursday of last
week. The work taken up was cloth
ing for orphan children.
At the corporation election held last
Monday, Marcellus voted by "a majority
in favor of bonding the village in $4,000
for water works. Alexander Taylor,
Republican, was elected president.
Holmes & Bilsborrow announce that
they are prepared to quote prices on
fence wire, barbed or plain, that will
knock the wind out of any competitor
They are also headquarters for Boydell
Bros famous mixed paints. See their
adv.
b. f. Warner will sell at auction at
the residence of the late Anson +.
Barnes quantity of Empire State pota-
toes, canned fruit, half barrel of pork,
heating stoves and other household
goods on Friday, March 23d, at l:30
p. m.
There will be most important busi-
ness meeting of the Ladies' Lecture
association at the court house tomorrow
Saturday afternoon at half past two
o'clock. If possible, every member of
the association should be present at
this meeting.
The services at st. Mary's church
next Sunday will be elaborate, it being
Palm Sunday. Holy communion at
7:30 II. M; blessing of the Palm at 10;
solemn high mass at 1890; Sunday
school at IL noon; vespers, benediction
and sermon at 7:30 p. m.
We are informed by the village mar
shall that there remains on the corpora
tion tax roll of 1893 at least $500 un-
paid. Men who neglect or refuse to
pay village taxes are barred from kick
ing about sidewalks, lights, streets, or
any other village improvements.
If the trustees, or others, who have
charge of ST. Marys church should
happen around in front of that structure
on most any of these pleasant evenings,
they would find proceedings going for
ward there not laid down in any ritual
or rlfbric we have ever had access to.
Fire 'em out.
Our Lawrence readers will bear in
mind the great auction sale of live stock
and farm implements at the farm of
Edward Parks, half mile east of Law
renee village on Thursday next. A
number of fine horses and valuable
cows are included in the sale, which
commences at 10 a. m. sharp.
The initial number of the Kalamazoo
Daily NeWs found its way to our table
yesterday, and clean, bright, newsy
issue it was. 1t will be independent,
politically, but it promises to make it
hot" for what it considers wrong, no
matter where found or by whom per-
petrated We welcome the NeiCS and
hope and believe it will succeed.
The Detroit Evening News commends
the action of Gov Rich on the salary
amendment fraud in the following style:
''In this affair Gov. Rich is becoming a
bigger man in Michigan every day that
it lasts. He has established himself in
the popular mind as strong, honest
executive, who has no favorites, even
within his own party, and who is bound
to root out fraud whenever he finds it,"
The "Charity" entertainment given
at the Disciple church Tuesday evening
was not as well attended as was hoped,
the net result being only about six
dollars. A lot of boys took possession
of the gallery and made such fearful
racket that at times it was difficult to
hear word spoken from the platform.
The program was excellent and every
number admirably handled, and but for
the confusion spoken of the entertain
ment would have been pleasing one.
Perhaps never in the history of
modern Journalism has any newspaper
gained so rapidly in public favor rs the
Chicago Inter Ocean. Within the past
two years il has, by adopting progressive
methods and injecting push and enter
prise in all its departments, forced itself
into the very front rank of great Chica-
go newspapers. That this popularity
is deserved is beyond question The
publisher during this time, Mr. III.
IN L. ost al