The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-18
Local Department.
Races at Paw Paw tomorrow.

Harry Longwell and wife are visiting
Keeler friends.
The Coterie will meet with Mrs. j. c
Warner May 90.
Mrs. M. U. Richardson is visiting
in Battle Creek.
"Historia" at Longwell's opera house
next Wednesday evening.
Judge Heckert was at South Haven
Tuesday on probate matters.
Miss Minnie Bush of Coolies is the
guest of her sister, Mrs j. ID. Holmes.
Edgar Darling of Detroit made a fly
ing visit to this place the fore part of
the week.
Bangor has citizen who vegetables
under the euphonic name of William
Turnipseed.
Attention is directed to the new adv.
of the Haven Seed Co. of South Haven
in this issue.
l.. X. Robinson and wife of Mishawa-
ka, Ind, are visiting friends in Lawton
and Paw Paw.
Hillsdale county, at the special elec-
tion Monday, sustained local option by
small majority.
We are panied to learn of the serious
illness of Mrs. John Ihling with enlarge
ment of the liver.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. b Coy left Tues
state of New York.
Tickets for Historic on sale at Long
wells. General admission, % cents; re-
served seats, 30 cents.
At Sellick's they are offering splen-
did values in capes and jackets, to close
out stock, at ruinous prices.
Hon. j. G. Paskhurst of Decatur was
at the county seat Wednesday on busi-
ness with the probate court.
A competitive examination of candi-
dates tor a West Point cadetship will
be held at Kalamazoo June 2.
Don't miss the grand concert at Long
wells opera house, May Gath, by the
best male quartet in Michigan.
All who are to take part in Historic
are requested to meet at the opera
house at 7:30 Saturday evening.
Ocobock Bros. are untiring in their
efforts to keep their "Model Market"
stocked with the best in the land.
Mesdames Lock of Grand Haven and
Lowe of Grand Rapids are visiting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Sykes.
Those interested should bear in mind
the Old Peoples picnic, Thursday, May
cath, at Lyman o. Waite's, Almena.
Holmes d Bisborrow have given the
front of their store new dress OF paint,
materially improving its appearance.
A couble of sheep belonging to Chas.
Mather, living just across the river,
were killed by lightning Tuesday night.
Miss Mollie Averill, formerly of this
place. is "A member of the graduating
class of the Benton Harbor high school.
F. p. Grimes of this place shipped
three coops of his famous Black Mi
norca fowls to Columbus, Montana, last
week.
James Sylvester, living just this side
of Mattawan, lost his barn and its con-
tents by fire Tuesday night. Struck by
lightning.
The quarterly district meeting of the
Michigan Christian association will be
held in the Disciple church at this place
June to 10.
Rev. j. F. Linderman's hen park was
flooded by the heavy rain of Tuesday
evening and thirty-five young chickens
were drowned.
Miss Lydia l.. Conway left Monday
for st. Paul, Mimi, where she will
spend several weeks with friends and
then go on to California.
JzLx go, of o,,. ,.;II.ra
marshal, is the owner of a ten days old
chicken with four fully developed legs.
And the chicken is all right.
The w. c. Il. U. will meet at Baptist
church parlors tomorrow at 230 p. IN.
All interested in temperance are in
vited. The Union desires the presence
of all members.
Brodhead Post c. A. X. will attend
services in body at the Nj. +. church
in this place on Sunday, May 27th. Rev.
Warren of the Presbyterian church will
preach the sermon.
Rev. III. w. Harvey will deliver the
Memorial day address at Marcellus.
Thomas Manning Post is to be con-
graduated on securing so able and
eloquent a speaker.
IS we WISH tnOSe OF our SuDScrlOerS
who have paid any monies to agents on
account of this paper within the past
month, would send us at once amount
paid, and to whom.
Fred Stapleton, yard master at Owosso
for the r., A. A. Il N, and j. s. Nc
Farren, a conductor on the same road,
visited Paw Paw during a short vaca-
ton and were guests of w. IL. Dansby.
There is no probability of Coxey get
ting any recruits for his "army" from
among Paw Paw painters; they are too
busy with their personal veal to look
after the "commonweal." Carpenters
ditto
A small gold chain, with fob and
plain gold ring attached, was lost last
Saturday evening between the postofhce
and Lake Park. Finder will be suita-
bly, rewarded by leaving SAME at this
office.
Tuesday morning, during a storm, a
bolt of lightning struck an oak tree
near the house of Gus. Lundquist at
Coloma, shattering the tree and break
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