The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-21

ID. ID. Crofoot is looking over the
country in the vicinity of Old Point
Comfort, Va, with a view to locating
there. He could find plenty of worse
places without leaving Michigan.
There will be Temperance social at
the First Baptist church on Wednesday,
Sept. Goth, for the benefit of the Tenn
perance school. A l0-cent supper will
be served from to 8 o'clock p. m.
Miss Dora f. Smith, for long time a
popular teacher in the public schools of
this place, was married last Monday
night AT her home in Lawton to Mr..
Chas. w. Harper of the same place.
The Engle-Thayer-Rawson combina-
tion of hunters left yesterday for the
Upper Peninsula. They were accom-
panied by Col. G. +. Foote of Kalama-
zoo and Rus. Munger of Schoolcraft.
Broughton don't like to move crock
cry and glassware, and is determined
that he will not-much of it, anyway.
He "gets out of it" in way peculiarly
his own. See his adv. in this paper.
Nick Welch has the names of a party
of boys from this village who visited his
vineyard the other night and commit
ted other depredations along the road.
They may hear from this affair later.
General Eaton and Messrs. Chaplin
and Spicer returned last Saturday from
the g. A. h. National Encampment at
Pittsburgh, and report very pleasant
time. Gen. Eaton remained over Sun
day at his home here and went to Ian
sing Monday.
The teachers of Paw Paw and vicinity
are requested to meet at the home of
Commissioner O'Leary tomorrow (Sat-
urday) evening to organize Teachers
reading circle. There are nearly one
hundred members in the county. Are
you interested?
Mr.. John Veley of Pine Grove left at
this Office day or SO since Il sample of
yellow dent corn raised by him, six ears
of which weigh 81 lbs, are st inches in
circumference at the middle, and III
inches in length. Mr.. Veley is in favor
of dry seasons.
John Ray of Decatur was brought
over here last Saturday on another
complaint of violating the local option
law. He gave bail to the November
term of the circuit court. 1t behooves
John to tread lightly, as one conviction
already stands to his account.
Harry Snow left last week for Della
ware, Ohio, where he enters the Ohio
Wesleyan University. Harry graduated
from the Paw Paw high school with the
class of '94, is a bright, manly young
fellow of excellent habits, and we
prophesy for him a career of useful
ness.
A. +. Bailey, for number of years
connected with the Cassopolis VigiLdnt,
has bought half interest in the Marcel
lus NeWS, and will have charge of the
mechanical department. Mr.. b. is No.
printer and exactly such man as the
NeUS has long needed. DR.. Davis will
retain the editorial chair.
For the fifth time in succession, G.. +.
LaGrave of Chicago was elected secre-
tary and treasurer OF the u. 5. Railway
Mail Service Mutual Benefit associa-
ton, at It's regular annual meeting held
in Cincinnati few days ago. Mr.. La
Grave was born and reared in Paw Paw
and we take pleasure in recording his
successes.
The Plainwell Union Fair, Oct. 2-5,
offers some extraordinary attractions.
In addition to the usual features, the
management this year has engaged the
noted Jackson Roman Hippodrome Co.,
which will give free exhibition on the
fair grounds each afternoon. Address
VIM. ii. Hooper, sec'y, for any needed
information.
The Michigan l. OF M. is having the
same sort of difficulty as is frequently
encountered by organizations domina-
ted by the sterner sex. EX-Great Rec
ord Keeper Ada l.. johnson of Saginaw
is short in her accounts with the order
to the tune of $4,000, and if she don't
disgorge within ninety days she will
learn what her SisterO L Ms think of
her; SO there, now.
Julian Ralph, whose realistic descrip
tions of persons and places are familiar
to most American readers, has entered
a new teld-that of fiction. He has
written for Harper's Magazine several
short stories of tenement-house life in
New York, and the first of these, des-
cribing an organization active in poll
tics, will appear in the October num-
ber under the title of "The Pinochle
Club"
Chairman Smith and Sec'y Chandler
of the Republican County Committee
propose to make things lively in this
county during the campaign before us,
and have already booked several dates
with excellent speakers. We are prom
ised at least one rousing, old-time mass
meeting at this place with speakers of
national renown on the platform. We
shall next week announce the dates of
some of the earlier rallys.
Mr. VIM. Sexton has received infor-
nation of a dastardly outrage perpe
trated few nights ago upon his aged |
and mother-in-law, living |
near Union City, Pa. Three men bat
tered down the front door of their resi- |
dence, entered their sleeping room and |
their money. On their re-
fusal to disclose its whereabouts, they |
were terribly beaten and finally bound |
and lighted lamps placed at their feet,
when, to save their lives, they told |
where the money was kept. The rob !
bers secured about $50 and fled.
Persons who have fretted and fumed |
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