The true northerner., 1895-09-27

Don't forget the Harvest Festival,
Thursday, Oct. g..
w. j. Sellick is home from his trip to
England ard Scotland.
Elam Warner had the misfortune to
lose a fine Jersey COW.
Miss Grace Austin has gone to Hills.
dale to take the music course at the
college.
Geo. NJ Harrison is in Decatur to-day
to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs.
Walter Russell.
Julian Sheldon and wife left Monday
for Oklahoma, where they will spend
five or six weeks with friends.
Bert P. Bryar went to Kalamazoo
yesterday, to accept a position in the
Office of the National Harrow Co.
Miss Alice Lucas left Tuesday morn
ing for Toledo, Ohio, summoned there
by the serious illness Of her mother.
Ed Cummings of Buffalo, a former
resident of this place, has been here
visiting Paw Paw relatives and friends.
Mrs Thomas Tuckey has been quite
i'll with blood poisoning, which started
from small pimple on one of her
hands.
Regular communion services will be
held at the Presbyterian church on
Sunday, Oct. q, at the usual hour of
worship.
Glendale and Almena will combine to
play ball with the Paw Paw team to-
morrow Saturday. Admission gents 10
cents; ladies free.
William Bryar, who has been i'll for
the past few days, is again at his old
stand in Kosenbaum & Speyers' .-kat-
amazoo Telegraph
Miss Ella Gorton is making extensive
repairs on her residence on Elm street.
When completed, it will be occupied by
Mesdames Wilson and Darling.
On Monday last, Sheriff Lamberson
conveyed Elmer Labadie to the Ionia
prison, which will be his address for the
next two years and nine months.
Chas. Duncombe of Keeler has been
here this week on business in the cir
cult court. His son Bert and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lila Longwell, accompanied
him.
Married. at the Baptist parsonage,
Paw Paw, Mich, Sept. 81, 1895, by Rev.
n. G.. Brundage, Mr.. Ambrose Fisher
and Miss Gertie Haney, both of Hart
ford.
Among the Decatur people attend
ing court this week, we noticed Cashier
A. II. Huyck, of the First State bank,
M. V. Barron and S. .. Van Hise of
the M. e.. freight Office.
General VIM. Shakespeare and At
torney. Dorr o. French of Kalamazoo
were here Saturday on business in the
probate court. General Shakespeare
was here again on Monday.
Attorneys w. e.. Howard of Kalama-
zoo, l.. A. Tabor of Lawton, Spafford
Tryon of Dowagiac, +. w. Smith and
A. l.. Moulton of Decatur were engaged
in the circuit court, Tuesday.
Anson Carpenter and Walter Bass,
the two. Decatur "bootleggers, were
given seventy-fve days each in the
county bastile. Fines are no longer
legal tender for violations of the local
option law.
On Wednesday evening, Mrs Colum-
bus Engle gave dinner to few of her
lady friends in honor Of Mrs .. n.
Hilton of Denver, Col, and Mrs. Chas
Beatley of Jacksonville, Ill. A very
pleasant time is reported.
A mothers meeting will be held in the
parlors of the Baptist church next
Thursday afternoon at half past two.
Subject, "Our duty to the children"
A cordial invitation is given to all
ladies interested in children.
At Decatur the other day, on the
house they are building for Mrs. Baker,
Russell Mentor aud Joel Mon roe laid
III thousand shingles in 13 hours and
30 minutes. They are looking for some
one who can beat that record.
Rev. Mrs. Barton will preach from
the Free Will Baptist pulpit next Sun.
day morning. In the evening, at the
same church, memorial services will be
held for Rev James l.. Phillips, Sun
day school missionary in India.
Elmer Shrine has entered the em.
ploy of the map company that is en-
gagged in the publication of county at.
lases in this state. He is now deliver
ing the goods in Allegan county and
will probable begin in this county soon.
j. w. Russell, formerly pastor of the
Christian church at this place, will be
married on the nth day of October at
Grand Rapids, to Miss Hattie Hastings
of that city. Elder j. III. Hammond OF
Decatur will be the officiating clergy
man.
At 12 o'clock noon, Oct. 3. the day OF
the Harvest Festival, twelve small
boxes will be thrown from the roof of
BroughtOn's store. One Of the boxes
will contain an order which will entitle
the holder to any pair of shoes he may
select from Broughton's big stock. -
The Sunday edition of the Chicago
Times Herald states that the engage
ment of Miss Helen Harrison, daughter
of Mrs. VIM. II. Hogan, to Sheridan +.
Master of Kalamazoo, Mich, has been
announced. Mr. Master is secretary
of the TRUE NoRTHERNER Publishing
Company.
No criticism is so severe as the pres
ence of good example. The one thing
that competitors cannot forgive about
the III. s. & NJ" clothing is its perfec-
ton. 1t sets mark so high that they