The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-06-15
Local Department.

South Haven over Sunday.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs
II. p. Nelson on Saturday at 2:30 p. m
j. f. Buckhout and wife now occupy
the Flanders residence on Paw Paw
street.
Commencement exercises of the Do
wagiac High school next Wednesday
evenings
The COterie will meet at the home of
Mrs g. +. Breck, Wednesday, June 90.
Social day.
Mr.. w. j. Sellick left Tuesday for
New York, whence he will tomorrow
sail for Europe.
Services will be held at ST. Marks
Episcopal church June 17th All are
cordially invited.
Mrs +. p. Grimes and daughter Edith
are on a visit to Independence, Iowa,
her former home.
Special communication of Paw Paw
Lodge No. %, +. & A. NJ, Tuesday even
ing, June 10Th. Work.
Frank Van Dyke has collected ten
dollars and presented the same to the
Baptist Sunday school.
George III Carr, an experienced bar
bcr, has bought and taken possession
of Lew. Roberts shop.
1t is limited that one or more clark
horses" are being groomed for the race
for the "sheriff's cup"
Mr.. Geo. w. Koons went to Chicago
Wednesday morning on visit to his
daughter and her family.
Superintendent Wilson of the Benton
Harbor schools was in town over Sun
day, the guest of his brother.
1t is important that all members of
the Grange should be present at the
meeting this friday evening.
The Cass County Pioneers associa-
tion will hold its regular annual picnic
at Cassopolis on Wednesday next.
Miss Winnie Anderson of Hartford is
here to spend the summer in the family
of her uncle, DR.. G. S. Maynard.
DR.. Whalen went to Ann Arbor yes
terday to consult with the state board
of health officers with regard to small
poX.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
house yard this friday evening, COM
mencing at $50.
Free q Hagerman will furnish mate
rials and build large barn for James
Sylvester, near Mattawan. This firm
advertise their business.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G..
Glidden is frightened by the advent of
a new boy baby, born on the 4th inst.
All well and doing finely.
Mrs. II. r. Odell is offering an elegant
line of trimmed and untrimmed sum-
mer hats at ruinously low prices, and
invites an inspection of the same.
We are indebted to Frank Sykes for
a lovely bouquet of flowers, grown in
the gardens of his father, j. b. Sykes,
who can fill all orders for the same.
E. e.. Butler d Co. have had placed
in their store a self-registering and self
measuring oil tank, and it's worth the
price of gallon of oil "to see the old
thing work"
The June crop report from the office
OF the secretary of state says the out
look for apples is promising, the figures
from all parts of the state indicating
nine-tenths of an average crop.
The Saints, or the "Church of the Liv-
ing God" as they call themselves, are
holding big campmeeting near Grand
Junction. They opened up yesterday
and expect to continue the meetings to
the 25th inst.
The South Haven 4 Eastern railroad
will give an excursion to South Haven
on Sunday next. Train leaves Paw Paw
at 8:15 a. M. Excursionists will have
about nine hours at So. Haven. Round
trip, 30 cents.
Mrs. Laura A. Smith died at her
home in Perry, N. Y, on the 18th inst,
of heart disease. Deceased was sister
of Mr.. G.. p. Rawson, Mrs. l.. Crandall
and Mrs. s. A. Smith of this place and
Mr. K. j. Rawson of Decatur.
On the occasion of little banquet
gotten up at the Dyckman House Tues
day evening for the Masonic fraternity,
one hundred and eighteen partook of
the feast, which is pronounced as fully
up to the standard of "Longwelrs best"
David l.. Dillon was commissioned
by Gov. Rich to assist in taking the
census of this township, Mr.. Rowland
finding that it would be impossible for
him to complete the work within the
time required by law. The appoint
ment is an excellent one.
The Whitney show, which gave an
exhibition here a short time since and
disbanded few days later at South
Haven, has reorganized and is again
on the road, having added many new
and interesting features. They will visit
this place again on or about July II.
The "army worm," so called, is max
ing havoc among the apple orchards in
the southern part of Clinton county,
and the crop, over section of country
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