The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-06-29
Local Department.

at home.
DIR. Hamilton has put Snow furnace
into his new store.
Mrs. Harry Dopp has our thanks fol
"a mammoth bouquet OF roses.
Harley Breck's greyhound succumbed
to the work Of the dog poisoner Sunday
Fenner Hayes and Percy Northrur
returned Tuesday from their western
trip.
Mrs. C.. G.. Cole has been quite seri
ously i'll the past week, but is now i'm.
proving.
Mr.. VIM. Sexton is making extensive
repairs and improvements upon his
residence.
Mrs. Fred Snow and children OF
Lima, Ohio, are visiting relatives in
this place.
The loser of keystone" can recover
the same by applying to MIR. X. w.
Broughton.
Hay-making is going forward to some
extent just now and the crop is said TO
be lighter than usual.
>. M Rawson and wife of Decatur
spent Tuesday afternoon and night with
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Crandall.
Mrs. Emma Gilman and son Don of
Minneapolis are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gillespie.
The Paw Paw High school alumni
hold their annual banquet at the Dyck-
man House this friday evening.
We understand the South Haven q
Eastern railroad will soon have two
more locomotives in commission.
Paw Paw and Keller will play a
game of base ball this afternoon on the
new grounds of the Paw Paw club
Game called at 2:30.
DR.. Hamiton's new store will not be
ready for occupancy before the first of
next week = probably they will COM
mence moving Monday.
We will be glad to get few copies of
The NORTHERNER of last week. Those
of our friends who will spare theirs will
favor us by handing them in.
Chas ID. Thayer last Sunday rode his
wheel from this place to White Pigeon,
a distance of forty miles, and returned
Tuesday in the same manner.
While cultivating corn, Wednesday,
Mr.. e.. p. Rawson had his great toe in
collision with a shovel of the cultivator,
sustaining severe injuries thereby.
Mr.. g. H. Bailey, at the Buckhout
gallery, is executing some magnificent
work in photography, as visit there
will demonstrate. Give him call
Mrs. Thomson of Detroit and Mrs
Mitchell of Chicago, sisters of Mrs. +.
Nj. Snow, the latter accompanied by
her two children, are here on visit.
Little Lila Hoger of the first primary
department is the only one out of sew
enty pupils who has been neither absent
nor tardy during the entire school year.
The Ladies' Columbia bicycle is in
disputably the standard wheel of the
world, and is made and recommended
for the special use of lady riders only.
The Fourth of July is no good to the
average boy without fireworks, and
Jas. F. Bullard, at Mungers old stand,
has full stock of everything in that
line. Call on him.
According to the figures of the census
enumerator, Paw Paw township has
2425 inhabitants, % less than in 1890.
There are over %, 900 volumes in private
libraries in the village.
Henry Sherman has secured situa-
ton on the lithOgraph car of Andrews
Bros Il COwan's circus. Henry's expe-
rience in bill posting will render him a
valuable man to his employers.
A fair apple crop is promised in this
county-the first in three years. While
a good many orchards have been ruined
by the canker worm, the ravages of the
pest has not been so general with us as
in many other localities in the state.
May Bell Deming, aged ii years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Deming,
died at her home Monday night of con-
sumption. Funeral from the house at
2 p. m. Wednesday, Rev. A. G.. Jones
officiating. Interment at Prospect.
Elaborate preparations are making
for big day at Eagle Lake July 4th.
All sorts of athletic games will be in
dulged in, boating. fishing, dancing, etc.
Bring the children, and let them enjoy
a day in healthful sport and pastime.
Excellent music on the grounds all day
and during the evening.
The trial of Attorney. General Ellis,
charged with completely in election
frauds, came to an end at Mason on
Monday by the disagreement of the
jury, seven being for acquittal and five
for conviction. There will not be an
other trial of the case before September,
even if it is ever tried again.
A farmer living in the vicinity of
Scott Lake, this county, on going to his
barn one morning recently found that
some miscreant during the night had
shaved the tails and names of valua-
BILE pair of horses. It's pity that some
of these night prowlers can't be caught
in their acts of cussedness and made an
object lesson of.
The Teachers Institute convenes at
South Haven July 9th for a three weeks
session. Every teacher and would-be
teacher, who can possibly do so, should
avail themselves of this opportunity to
gain valuable "pointers" to the pro-
fession nowhere else obtainable. Prof.
j. A. O'Leary of Paw Paw will give all
required information rs to details.
That party of young people who went
to the rink Wednesday night to do their
visiting and gossiping ought to have
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