The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-04
PAW PAW, VAN BUREN, COUNTY. MICHIGAN. MAY
Local Department.

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DIR. Palmer of Hartford was in town
Wednesday.
Miss Kate Fletcher of Kalamazoo is
the guest of Mrs. Heckert.
Mr.. VIM. Long is visiting brother
at Shelby, Oceana county.
Lew. Salsbury's boy had his leg broken
by the kick of a horse Sunday.
Mrs Gertie Bradley of Decatur visit
ed Paw Paw friends over Sunday.
The "B-flat" club will meet with Mrs.
w. X. Sellick next Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Rawson of Deca-
tur visited Paw Paw friends the other
day.
The Coterie will meet with Mrs. j +.
Phillips Wednesday, May 9th. Social
day.
Born, April Goth, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Markillie of Southwest Paw Paw, a
lib girl baby.
James Redfield is the new postmaster
at Corwiil, this county, vice Almon l..
jerks, resigned.
Mrs. ID. ID. Crofoot for the past week
has been seriously i'll with malarial
fever, but is improving.
Ex-Postmaster General Frank Hatton
died at his home in Washington ID. c.,
last Monday of paralysis.
DR. w. +. Hoyt of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
will locate here in the near future for
the practice of medicine.
Flags were displayed at half-mast at
this place yesterday out of respect for
ha lafn l. k,.;I
The spring meeting of the Marcellus
Driving club will be held on Wednesday
and Thursday, June 13 and IA.
A grand excursion will be given to
Grand Rapids Sunday, May 18th. See
time card and rates on 4th page.
VIM. Bryant is again in charge of the
baths at the mineral spring house and
keeps everything in excellent order
Twin babies, boy boy and girl,
engross the attention of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Hutchins. Born Monday morning
Mr.. A. f. Jennings of Lincoln, Neb.,
and his mother of Decatur were calling
on friends in this place last Saturday.
p. b. Emery and wife and Charley
Emery will remove to South Haven,
where the latter has job at blacksmith
ing.
II. w. McCabe's three e-year-old Bay
Wilkes colt is developing into a very
! fine driver under the handling of Mac
himself.
The work of putting the grounds, cot
tages and boats at Lake Park in trim
for the seasons business is in active
progress.
Mr. l.. V. Moulton of Grand Rapids
will speak on the subject of Spiritual
ism at the court house in this village on
Sunday, May 13.
The second division of the Ladies'
Aid society will give an ice cream social
at the home of Mrs. w. G.. Bliss, Tues
day eveving, May Sth.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Gilbert of Chicago
were here Wednesday and Thursday,
having came over to be present at the
Ocobock-Newell nuptials.
The house-cleaning season is in full
blast and housekeepers. are reminded
that Selick Il Co. have an elegant line
of carpets, mattings, curtains, etc.
Supervisor Warner is now busily en-
gagged in the not very pleasant task of
finding out how little taxable property
the people of this township possess.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Coy expect to
leave on the 18th inst. for a visit with
relatives in New York. They will be
absent until about the middle of July.
Mr. and Mrs. j. l. Breck left Monday
night for jackson, their future home,
where Mr.. b. has already established
himself in the practice of his profession.
Mr.. L. G Butler has sold his fine pair
of bay horses to the city of Battle Greek
for the use of the fire department. The
price paid was $4,000. 1t pays to raise
good horses.
A. l.. Free, president of the alumni of
the Paw Paw high school, calls a meet
| ing of its members at his home at 7:30
o'clock Saturday evening A full at
tendance is desired.
Judge b. +. Heckert, X w. Noyes,
&. w. Young, James +. Chandler, |. b..
Conner and Nathan Thoms attended
the funeral of Senator Stockbridge at
Kalamazoo yesterday.
Now, if George Lucas had dumped
less paint into the river and spread a
little more upon some parts of the
power hose, it would not have pre-
sented that hungry, tired appearance
it does.
As is customary with him, James
Walker brings the earliest home grown
laddishes to town, but his son George,
who is something of a gardener himself,
was but a few hours behind with lot
of beauties, outdoor grown at that.
A. Hathaway's new planning mill was
started up yesterday afternoon and, al
though the engine and machinery are
all new, everything worked to perfec-
ton, which must have been gratifying
to Mr.. l.. w. Whitbeck, who has had
supervision of its construction.
A party of young people from Kala-
mazoo, the Misses Daisy Miller, Kate
Newton, Mabel Mills, Anna Goodale,
Margaret D'Arcus and Bertha Law
renee, and the Messrs. Phil Lawrence,
Fred Murphy, Lawrence Burke and
Will Johnson, were in Paw Paw over
Sunday, guests at X. w. Broughton's
and Judge Heckerts.
l.. X. Woodman H. f. Squier, j. f..
Chandler and A. w Showerman drove