The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-02-01
Morgan Wood-Longwel's Tuesday


evening.
Watch for the date for the Bellies OF
Blackville."
Gobleville has full-hedged horti-
cultural society.
Covenant meeting at Free Baptist
church at p. m. tomorrow.
DO you like good lecture? Then
hear Morgan Wood, Tuesday evening
Regular meeting of Paw Paw Lodge
No. 25, f. q A. NJ, Tuesday evening,
Feb. 5. Work.
The Senior Whist club will meet with
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Miller Saturday
evening, Feb 2.
The Disciple society held pleasant
social at the home of Mr.. andoMrs. s
Shaefer, Tuesday evening.
The Lady Aberdeen club will meet
with Harry Douglass Monday evening
at his home in Prospect Valley
Judson Bailey, mine host of the Hotel
Columbus at South Haven, says he is
going to leave the hotel and the town.
Married, on the Goth ult., by Rev. G..
p. Linderman at his residence, VIM.
Belville of Lacota and Miss Laura Nj .
Tiffany of Allegan.
The delegates to the county conven-
ton at Hartford were obliged To go
with teams, because of snow stopping
the narrow gauge.
Col. Todd has sent to the superinten-
dents of the poor his resignation as
superintendent of the county farm, to
| ta "a affant IN tho fret of Marph
Hon. n. III. Stewart of Kalamazoo
has been urged TO allow his name to
appear as candidate for the vacant
third district congressional seat, but
n. IL. says 'n. G."
Alonzo Storey of Kendall was found
dead in his sheep shed last Saturday
afternoon. He went out TO look after
his sheep, and not returning a search
was made for him with the above re-
suit.
| Postmaster Noyes received telegram
Yesterday morning from the second
assistant postmaster general authoriz-
ing him 10 send mail to Lawton and
bring mail back from that place twice
daily, by teams.
While the terrible Storm of last Sun
day morning was carrying sore discom-
fort and suffering to many homes in our
midst, it brought sunshine and gladness
TO Mr. and Mrs. j. +. BuckhOut, in the
way of a girl baby. All well.
Don Haggart and Jimmie Phillips
have returned from Berrien county,
where they had been engaged for the
Falls City Coffee Pot Co. They will not
return to that field of labor until the
country roads become passable.
Prof Eugene Bradt went to Detroit
To- attend the recent Masonic gathering
in that city and was taken i'll with ty-
phoid fever. His wife, who is at Benton
Harbor with a sick child, writes to
friends here that Mr.. b. is GONZALES
cing.
Charley Ocobock. who has lived in
Paw Paw for fifty years, says he never
before saw snow drifted so badly in this
place as it was last Sunday morning, it
being piled to hight of seven feet in
many places in the western portion of
the village.
In the circuit court Monday, James
Doyle, charged with assault with intent
to murder, pleaded to guilty To assault
and battery and was fined S25, which
he paid. All the other criminal cases
on the calendar went over the term
The Jurors were excused until Monday
Mails to the northern part of the state
must be as uncertain as ours down here.
A letter from valued friend at Petos-
key makes bitter complaint because the
NORTHERNER doesn't come regularly,
and some weeks not at all. We can
only say that the papers are mailed
from this office regularly every Friday
| Further than that we are helpless in the
matter.
At the adjourned meeting of the True
Northerner Publishing Co. on Tuesday,
the following directors were elected:
j. w. Osborn, A. j. Mills, 5. + . Master,
L. II. Titus, Nj. o. Rowland. The
directors elected the following officers
President, j w. Osborn; vice president,
| l.. II. Titus; secretary, 5. +. Master;
treasurer, manager and editor, M o.
Rowland.
Another largely attended electric
railway meeting was held at the council
room last evening, and our people
showed themselves wideawake to the
Importance of procuring such road.
On Tuesday, Mr. r. ID. Cunningham,
the genial gentleman who was here be-
fore with Mr.. Glidden, was here again,
accompanied by Civil Engineer Gran.
vile. They inspected the proposed
route and submitted a proposition in
writing to the citizens committee,
which was submitted to the meeting.
Briefly stated, it was that the Detroit
capitalists will build standard gauge
electric road from Lawton to Paw Paw
according to the specifications already
published and will give passenger and
freight rates no higher than those at
present paid, if Paw Paw will give to
them an exclusive franchise of its
streets for 80 years and pay a 800, 900
bonus, one-third when the grading is
done, one-third when ties and iron are
on the line, and one.third when the
road is ready for the rolling stock a
pledge of business to the road for ten
years was also asked. Messrs. Il. X.
Harrison, Thos. Welch, j. w. Free, g..
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