The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-12-13


The celebrated Boston Concert Com.
pany will play at opera house Monday
night, Dec. 16. Admission 20 cents.
Mrs. Chss. Stocking and children ar
rived yesterday from Arizona, TO visit
the family of her father, o. II. =. Shell.
don.
Advestised letters: j X. Schuyler,
Mrs. Martha Smith, Miss Lottie White,
A. Waterman
The Boston Concert Co. will give an
open air concert In front of the opera
house before the performances Monday
evening.
Emmett Northrop has embarked in
the furniture business, as agent for
Peter MacKellar. He occupies por-
tion of the Goodale store.
Invitations are out for MERRY
Christmas" party at the opera house,
Wednesday evening, Dec. %. Buck &
Geer's will furnish the music.
Chas. Hoskins is just the man many
people are looking for. He advertises,
elsewhere in this paper, low ground
hay, straw, corn and corn fodder for
sale.
Andrew Graham and Dollie Sykes,
both of Paw Paw, were married last
Tuesday evening at the Baptist parson-
age in Gobleville, Rev G.. b. Hart Off
ciating.
Seventeen townships have completed
and forwarded to Il. j Cavanaugh, at
torney, their local option petitions.
Bangor is the only town yet lacking,
and that is expected soon
The band boys expect to give social
soon, to raise money for band expen-
ses. The boys are practicing faithfully
and are making rapid progress. They
are entitled to encouragement.
q. f. Chappell has put in line of
china ware-cups and saucers, plates,
etc, suitable for presents, and invites
inspection of the same. See his
adv. of holiday goods elsewhere in this
paper.
In order to close out our stock of win
ter goods while they are yet seasonable,
Mrs. M. l.. ODell will sell all millinery
at cost until January /. The ladies
will find this genuine money saving
opportunity.
At its meeting held last Friday even
ing, Paw Paw lodge No 1S, /. D. D f.,
elected the following officers: Harry
Wilson, N. G., Fred B. Ocobock, V. g.;
z. M. Snow, S.. w. III. Mason, P. S., L.
w. Hurlhert, L.
b. +. Stearns of Minneapolis has
been spending few days in town, call
ing on old friends. He starts to return
to-day, accompanied by his mother,
Mrs Rhoda Sheldon, who will make
her home with him.
A goodly audience greeted Col. K. M
Irish at the opera house, Wednesday
evening. His lecture was a scholarly
address and was thoroughly enjoyed by
his audience, made up as it was from
among the very best people in the COM
munity
The educational association of north
ern Berrien and western Van Buren
Counties will hold its next meeting at
Hartford, Dec. a. An interesting pro-
gram has been prepared, on which are
the names of many of the best known
educators of the territory tributary to
the ASSOCIATION.
The several departments mentioned
in the new and larger advertisement of
|. Jay Cummings can but offer many sug
gestions to holiday buyers. The stock
of handkerchiefs alone merits the many
words of commentator it is receiving,
and from now till January first crowds
will always be found at the popular
trading point.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Harvey left this
week for trip through the South.
They will visit Memphis and will prob
ably go down the Mississippi from there
to New Orleans. They may return by
the way of Atlanta and take in the ex-
position. They will be gone a month
or two and will visit many southern
points of interest.
At its meeting held last evening,
Brodhead Post, No. 81, q. A. R., elect
ed the following officers: Jared Love
land, p. c.; o. A. Rice, S. V. c.; III. A.
Drake, j. V. c.; j. F. Bullard, D. d.;
Adam DeHaven, D. g.; A L. Foote,
Capt; VIM. Signor, S.; j. G. Warner,
q. NJ; A. L. Foote and j. G. Warner,
reps. to state encampment.
You and l and our neighbors are
quick TO Judge a man by his appear
ance. If he looks the vagabond we
want nothing to do with him. We
should expect, then, to be judged by
the same standard, and remember that
there is no excuse for unsightly dress,
now that the famous H., S. q M. cloth
ing is being sold SO reasonably by +.
Smith & Co.
Elder +. w. Mutchler called on his
many friends here on Saturday last. He
is now located at Bloom City, Wis, to
which place he will return next week.
He was called home by the serious i'll
ness of his mother in Berrien County
and took the opportunity to make
brief trip to Paw Paw. He regretted
that he had not time to call on all his
friends in this place.
Elder j. III. Hammond will be here
next Sunday morning, to commence his
work with the Disciple church. He
will preach every Sunday morning.
Elder Hammond is man of excellent
ability, and the church is fortunate in
securing him for one service each Sun
day. His subject next Lords Day will
be "The religion necessary to meet the
demands of the present crisis"
Some II or 1s years ago, Il. W..
Broughton missed from his library a
copy of Smollet's works, and could
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