The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-15
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Rev. Fr. Wall is visiting at his former
home in Dexter, Mich.
Rolla Loveland commenced his first
term of school last Monday, at Corwin
The w. C. L. U. will meet with Mrs
Josie Snow next Thursday afternoon
at $50.
Mrs. Anna Barton will occupy her old
pulpit at the +. w. Baptist church next
Sunday morning.
Jasper Huey's son Hartney is seri.
ously i'll with typhoid fever. DR.. May
nard is in attendance.
Sellick has something this week that
is of special Importance, both TO pa
rents and children.
Hiram Cash and wife of Richland and
Mrs Lafayette of Chicago are visiting
Mesdames Bierce and Dansby.
The Coterie will meet at the home of
Mrs. Jennie Buskirk, Wednesday Nov.
20. Roll Call German Hymns.
Sheriff Lamberson took Dell Jones to
Ionia last Tuesday and saw him safely
lodged in his new residence at that
place.
Meetings every evening this week at
the First Baptist church. Evangelist
Sayles of Hillsdale is assisting Pastor
Brundage.
Married, by Justice Shrine, at his Of
flee in this village, on "Wednesday. Nov.
l3, 1895, VIM. Lynch and Flora Evans,
both of Geneva.
The band boys will make their first
appearance to morrow, if the weather
is pleasant. They expect, hereafter, to
to be out on the streets twice each
month.
Prosecuting Attorney Titus is slowly
recovering his health. He was able to
come down to his Office a short time
Tuesday afternoon, the first time in
about ten days.
w. II. tilley is circulating a petition
for another local option election. The
law requires that the names Of all sign
ers to such petitions shall be posted in
three public places.
Lawyers Smith Of Decatur, Wooster
of Dowagiac, Cook and johnson of
South Haven and Chandler of Hart
ford were in town last Monday attend
ing to business in court.
The union endeavor meeting held at
the parlor of the Presbyterian church
last Sunday evening, in commemoration
of Michigan day, was well attended, in
teresting and profitable.
M. o. Rowland has gone on trip to
the great southern exposition at Allan
Ia, Ga, with the Ohio state editorial
association. During his absence, o. w.
is running the NORTHERNER.
Messrs. Trescott & Remington wound
up their apple drying for the season on
Tuesday. They have used up about
Is, 900 bushels since they opened, which
was not until quite late in the season.
F. c. Tuckey has traded his fine fruit
farm for mill property at Byron, Mich,
to which place he expects to move rs
soon as he can perfect arrangements
See his adv. of farm property at private
sale.
All the contested criminal business
on the calendar for the present term
has been continued until the January
term, as Mr.. Titus was physically inca.
pacitated from attending to his official
duties, and no other attorney was suffi.
ciently familiar with the cases to under.
take their prosecution on such short
notice.
Jacob Shutters is the champion potato
digger. He dug for Chas. Wildey, with
a fork, inside of nine hours per day, as
follows: Tuesday, 95 bushels; Wednes.
day, S5 bushels; Thursday, so bushels;
Friday, 100 bushels; Saturday 40 bush.
els, an average of so bushels per day
If anybody disputes his championship,
let him show better record.
Fred Wells gave an exhibition of rifle
shooting here last Monday afternoon.
He shot at clay pigeons thrown in the
air and broke quite q number of them,
but missed more. 1t seemed TO be an
off day with him. AT the same time
Jas. Phillips and some of his friends
were having lots of fun driving tacks
with Jim's fine telescope rifle.
Jim Marshall delivered load of wood
at Smiths store yesterday morning
Preparatory to unloading, he divested
himself of his overcoat, leaving 1T in the
store. When he came to look for his
coat, it was gone. After considerable
search, it was found nicely folded and
placed with pile of other coats, ready
to be resold. In the pockets was a gold
WAUGH, SeNcTdl ears Ol COru anu various
other valuables. Gorton did it. No won
der they sell goods cheap at Smiths.
The 35th annual convention of the
Michigan state Sunday school associa-
ton will be held in the Auditorium at
Detroit, beginning Tuesday evening,
Nov 10, and continuing until Thursday
evening, Nov. 81. Each county and
township organization is entitled to two
delegates, besides officers, and each
Sunday school is entitled to two dele
gates besides its superintendent. Free
entertainment to all delegates who, on
or before Nov. 10, notify the committee
of their intention to attend.
The famous Clancy matter has been
revived at Kalamazoo by a writ of
habeas corpus sued out by Mrs. Edith
Clancy to obtain possession of her child,
little Marguerite, who had been placed
by the county agent in the care and
custody of Mrs. Arnold Simon of Kal.
amazoo. A large amount of testimony
was introduced very damaging to the
character of the mother of the child.
In summing up the case Judge Buck
oaid tbat vhfla ha bacitatad oo ~