The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-06-22
Local Department.
The local political pot boils.

at Adrian.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed G.. Tuckey
on the 18th inst, boy baby. All well.
The Republican state convention is
called To meet at Grand Rapids, Tues
day, July 81.
Mr.. +. p. Grimes left Monday for
Independence, Iowa, where his wife
and daughter are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rawson of Kala-
mazoo spent last Sunday with friends
in Paw Paw.
John b. Sykes, jr., of Grand Rapids
has been visiting the old folks at home
for week past
Il. j. Cavanaugh, Esq, was in attend
ance upon the supreme court at
Lansing Tuesday.
Housekeepers will be interested in
matters found in j. G. Warmers new
adv. in to-day's paper.
DR.. Shillito of Marcellus was in Paw
Pow Tuesday, a witness in some case
on trial in the circuit court.
The Masons will meet at their hall at
p. m. (sharp) to-day on account of the
funeral of the late Harry ID. Longwell.
Miss Anna Mulcahy's canary most
remarkable songster, escaped or was
taken from its cage Wednesday even
ing, and she is inconsolable.
As the picnic season approaches, par
ties should not forget that the grounds
at Eagle Lake have been put in splendid
condition for all such festivities.
Charley Thayer and Ralph Jennings
each ride new bicycle, purchased of
j. II. Waters Il CO., who carry a fine
stock and invite an inspection of the
same.
At the Grange this (Friday) evening,
the question will be discussed, "Is it
advisable to nominate United States
senators at the coming state conven-
tion?"
Mrs. Annis Stanley returned Monday
from Otsego, accompanied by her
daughter Ida, Mrs. +. A. Wilson,, whom
she has been nursing through three
weeks illness with typhoid fever.
Harry Showerman's big stock of light
summer suits disappeared so rapidly
during the recent hot weather that he
was compelled to order a fresh and still
Mrs. Annie Irving of Buchanan, Miss
Emma Dingman of South Haven, and
Miss Catharine Hlliard of Hartford
were guests of Mrs. j. A. OLeary on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Rev. Fr Mulcahy has recently at
tended commencement exercises at As
sumption College, Canada; St Mary's
ho nj
versity of Notre Dame, at Notre Dame,
Ind.
The Wolverine Pharmacy will occupy
its new and elegant home opposite the
court house next week. This store,
when completed, will be the finest in
town and should be visited by every
body.
Mrs Chas. Wildey last Saturday gave
party in honor of the 18th birthday of
her daughter Winnie. About twenty
of the young lady's friends and associ-
ates were invited and very pleasant
occasion is reported.
Last week Mr.. Geo w. Koons went
to Chicago for visit with his oldest
sister, arriving there at z O'Clock on
Wednesday morning He found her
lying at the point of death, and at $50
in the afternoon she breathed her last,
aged ga years.
Mr.. Rowland has so nearly completed
the enumeration in the village as To fix
the population at l404 "a gain of 13
during the past four years. To be sure,
this is not an overwhelmingly large in
crease, but it is better than loss of 10,
as was the case with the preceding
count.
On Friday next Paw Paw and Hart
ford will play game Of ball on the
new home grounds Ot the former. Our
boys will be resplendent in their new
uniforms aud, this being the initial
game of the new organization, il is
hoped they will be encouraged by
large attendance.
Drs. Spinney of Detroit and Baldwin
of Lawrence were here Monday fore
noon and performed difficult and del
icate surgical operation upon Miss
Maud Balfour of Hartford. An incision
was made at the knee, the cap raised,
and large quantity of pus extracted.
An attack of la grippe year or more
ago left Miss Balfour in debilitated
condition and this difficulty was one of
the results. The operation was entirely
successful and the friends of the patient
are hopeful of her speedy recovery.
The three mile drive directly south
from this place has for several years
been considered the finest of all the
highways radiating from the village.
Hard and smooth, with an even sur
face, it was a real pleasure to ride or
drive over it. But now all is changed,
and the old-fashioned corduroy" road
encountered almost everywhere i'm an
early day would be perfect boulevard
in comparison with the thing that our
south neighbors have made of this once
beautiful highway. The labor expended
in this work of ruin was ten thousand
times worse than thrown away.
A lady residing about two miles north
of the fair grounds has of late noticed
that somebody or something was COM
hitting depredations in her poultry
yard, where she had fine flock of very
promising broilers rapidly maturing.
Determined to sift the matter to the
bottom, she instituted watch over the
premises and last Saturday was amply