The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03

Seward Il Marshall have seasonable
word with respect To the care of ma
chinery, which every one owning such
may profit by. See their adv.
The long continued drouth, from the
effects of which all kinds Of vegetation
had become scorched and withered,
was broken Wednesday evening by a
refreshing shower.
Governor Mckinley of Ohio and Gov.
ernor Rich of Michigan, accompanied
by their families, are fellow passengers
on the new steamer Northwest, bound
for trip up the lakes.
The new uniforms worn by the Mich
igan Central brakeman consist of knee
pants, blouse and cap in gray, with
black trimmings. The letters M.C.RR.
appear across the blouse.
Misses Nellie Him, Alice Sheldon,
and Bessie McCarty of Kalamazoo, and
Gertrude Mitchell, Pearl Haggart and
inertia Noyes are camping at Lake Park,
chaperoned by Mrs. X. w. Noyes.
Anna Phalaski, giddy maiden living
at Bethel, Branch county, is accused of
giving false information to the census
enumerator, she claiming to be only 1O5
when she was actually 107 years old.
Mrs. Chan. F. Ocobock (Edie NewelD
of Chicago is home on a visit, and Chan
will be here in couple of weeks to
spend his vacation III camping, fishing,
visiting, and having a good time gen.
orally.
Paw Paw Grange has accepted an in
vitation from Waverly Grange to at
tend basket picnic at School Section
lake tomorrow. An interesting pro-
gram has been arranged and a pleas
ant occasion is anticipated
The races to come off at this place on
Saturday of next week will undoubtedly
attract big crowd, as the very liberal
purses hung upwill insure the presence
of horses that will make things inter-
eSting. The track is being well taken
care Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Glidden and their
children leave tomorrow for Cedar
Springs, where Mrs. G. will spend two
or three weeks with her people. On
Monday Mr.. q. will go to Lansing to
attend commencement exercises at the
Agricultural college.
Mrs. A. Stewart, mother of Capt. w
home in Coloma on the 2Sth ult. De-
ceased was widely known and highly
esteemed among the older of our citi-
zens, she having been for many years IA
resident of this village.
Are you thinking of buying parlor
suite, bedroom suite, or a set of those
modern high back dining chairsg Be
sure to examine j. Ed. Phillips stock
before purchasing. His goods are of
the latest styles and his prices are right
See adv. in this paper.
Sellick d Co. are making sweeping
reductions in the price of all lines of
hot weather goods, determined to clear
their counters and shelves for the re-
ception of early fall goods. A glance
at their adv. will convince you that a
little money will buy heap" of mer-
chandise at that house.
Never in its history has the favOrite
old Wolverine Pharmacy been SO well
stocked with everything that goes to
make up the equipment of a tirst-class
drug house as to-day, and never before
in this market were the same class of
goods sold so cheaply. These facts ac-
count for the greatly increased trade at
that concern
Scores of our people are out of town
enjoying what little of cool breeZes can
be found at the various resorts in the
neighborhood. Society circles are all
broken up, and it would be difficult to
count a quorum" at any attempted
gathering Consequently news items
are at a premium and the architect of
this department is weary.
Some good races ought To be pulled
off at the matinee one week from to-
morrow at the Paw Paw fair grounds.
Two hundreds dollars, in three purses,
will be raced for, as follows: $50 trot
or pace, purse $40 2:35 trot, purse $50;
free for all-trOt or pace-purse 300.
All races to be mile heats, best 3 in B.
Horses called at o'clock sharp.
An unique base ball contest came off
at Glendale Wednesday afternoon, IA
picked-up nine, none of whom had
played a game in fifteen years, being
ptted against the Glendale first nine,
the conditions being that the 'Old fell
for every one made. At this odds the
game stood a tie at the end of the 9th
inning-32 each.
In its proper place in this paper will
be found the Republican state ticket
nominated at Grand Rapids Tuesday
by the largest convention which ever
assembled in the state. The ticket is a
strong one and will commend itself to
all thoughtful men, irrespective of for
mer party affiiliation. That this ticket
will be triumphantly elected in Novem-
ber goes without saying.
Elsewhere in this paper will be found
an adv. of "Kansas farms for sale" 1t
will be remembered that Butler county
was the home of our former townsman,
the late Chas. +. Galligan, and is one
of the richest agricultural counties in
that state. Persons desirous of invest
ing in these rich lands will be sure to
get trustworthy information regarding
them by addressing Johnnie" Galligan,
who is well known TO everybody in and
about Paw Paw.
A lot of fellows from somewhere went
over to Bloomingdale Wednesday, rep
resented themselves as being the Paw
Paw base ball team, and essayed to
teach the Boomers how to play ball