The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-31

Frank Gilbert of Chicago was in town
day or two this week.
Hon. A. j. Mills returned last wee
from brief visit to England.
The regular annual school meeting
will be held next Monday evening.
DR.. Green, dentist, will be in Paw
Paw next Tuesday and Wednesday.
w. II. Dansby's store is improved in
appearance by fresh coat of paint
Miss Matte Cooley will teach the fal
term of school in the Acorn school house
Messrs. Holmes & Bilsborrow are
putting steel roof upon the Dyckman
House.
Mr.. Gilbert Mitchell of Geneva spent
last Saturday and Sunday with friends
in this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Chan F. Ocobock re-
turned to Chicago yesterday via South
Haven and the lake.
Messrs. Trescott q Remington will
be ready to start up their evaporator
within day or two.
The WC.TU. will meet at the home
of Mrs. j. j. Paige this (Friday) after
noon at three o'clock.
The YP.S.C.E. of the Presbyterian
church will sell ice cream in the court
house yard Saturday afternoon.
Ira Salsbury's barn, small affair, to-
gether with its contents, burned to the
ground last Friday night. Insured.
DR.. Critchlow has decided to retain
his Office at his residence, first door
north of the postoffice, for the present
Mr.. w. G.. Webster of the University
of Chicago made brief visit with his
uncle, A. f. Hayes, in this place this
week.
Mrs. Albert Grout and daughter
Grace have returned from a six weeks
visit with friends in Ohio and Penn.
sylvania.
Mr.. Orlando Thayer, living north.
west of the village, was kicked by a
horse last Saturday evening, sustaining
severe injuries.
Mrs. BENZ. Holt and her sister, Mrs.
Williams, are visiting friends at Osh-
kosh and other points in Wisconsin.
They will be absent several weeks.
nt htpuOltdU StIdtOTldl CODN tnLlOu
for this district is called TO meet at
Union Music Hall, in the village of AL
Logan, on Friday, Sept. 14th, at IL a. m.
Lyman Hinkley's team INDUCED in a
runaway on Main street Monday morn
ing. No damage was done except to
the buggy, which will need to 60 into
dry DOCK.
There will be Mothers meeting at
the Baptist church on Friday, Sept. 7th
at 2:30 p. m. A nice programs; after
which light refreshments will be served.
All are invited.
The reputation of the Snow Bros
furnace is spreading. They have re-
ceived inquiries this week from five
counties in this state. See adv. for tes-
timonial from Ohio.
l.. w. Whitbeck had severe attack
of cholera morbus, or some other stom-
ach difficulty, Tuesday morning. DR..
Maynard soon Strengthened him out
and now he is all right.
Paw Paw first nine VS.. Wolverines at
the fair grounds next Friday afternoon.
This game is for the gate money and
will be hot one. Let all turn out and
give the boys a benefit.
Mrs. o. N. Hilton of Denver, Col, is
in town, having been summoned by
telegraph TO the bedside of her father,
the late John Smolk, arriving, however,
a few hours after his death.
Private letters received here from
Jesse and Forty Brott, bring the intel
ligence that both have good jobs firing
on the Northern Pacific X. Il. with
headquarters at Staples, MINI.
Mr. Henry Kirk OF Battle Greek is
visiting friends in this place, having
ridden his wheel through last Saturday
in five hours-a remarkable perform
ance, as the distance is forty-two miles.
James Downey of Dowagiac has been
a guest at st. Mary's rectory for sew
eral days past. He also took in the
Catholic picnic Wednesday, which was
a very pleasant affair and well attended.
The railroad bridge across the west
branch of the Paw Paw took fire in
some unknown manner last Saturday
night and burned to such an extent as
to render il unsafe for the passage of
trains, and the excursion from this
point TO Ottawa Beach, advertised for
Sunday, was necessarily abandoned.
The structure was speedily repaired
Since the first Monday in September
was made legal holiday, Labor Day."
the question has arisen as to the legal
ity of business transacted at the an
nual school meetings, which are held
on that day. The superintendent of
public instruction was consulted on the
subject and the following reply elected:
"The business of the district may be