The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-12-20
The Chickapoos enjoyed pleasant
sleigh ride Saturday evening.


sleigh ride Saturday evening.
Dr. Critchlow aud family have NOV
ed into part of Mrs. Clapp's house,
north of the opera house.
George +. Jennings arrived home
Saturday from the West, to spend the
winter with his parents.
Mrs. A. Bilbo, accompanied by Dr. j.
T.. Maxwell, went to Ann Arbor, Tues
day, to have her eyes treated.
christmas" will be subject of Elder
Hammond's discourse at the Disciple
church next Sunday morning.
Attorney David Anderson and Circuit
Court Commissioner Rowland were at
Pine Grove on business, Saturday.
A midnight mass will be celebrated
in st. Mary's church, and also low
mass will be said at 7:30, Christmas
morning.
Rev. +. w. Corbett is at Pokagon
this week assisting Rev. w. j. Doug
lass in a meeting. He will return home
Saturday.
j Ed. Phillips has fine assortment
of holiday furniture and art goods. His
display window presents an attractive
appearance.
The band boys will give a coffee So
cial next Saturday evening at May
pard's hall The band will play and a
good time is anticipated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson White and
daughter from New York have been
visiting their cousins, Mrs. Albert
Harrison and j. B. Southwell.
The lecture that was to be given at
Almena town hall next Saturday even
ing by Jason Woodman, has been in
definitely postponed because of revival
meetings occupying the hall.
Rev. l. p. Bates delivered his lecture
on "Old Testament Chronology" to a
full house in Gliddenourg last Sunday
night. Those who heard it say it was
very entertaining and instructive. 1t
was illustrated by a chart, which made
it easy to remember
While at Decatur one day last week,
DR.. w. j. johnson met with severe
accident. lie had horse he was treat
ing thrown and hoppled, when a rope
of the hopple broke and the horse
kicked him in the face, fracturing the
cheek bone. The wound is now heal
ing nicely.
Mrs. j. II. Emmons, delegate to the
state Sunday school convention, sent
by Porter, Antwerp and Almena Sun
day school institute, will give full re-
port of that convention at the M. 4.
church in Almena, at 2 p. m. next Sun
day. All Interested in Sunday school
work are invited.
The Van Buren, County Christian En-.
deavor Union will hold its semi-annual
session at Bangor, Dec. 26 and 27. The
Paw Paw societies expect to send large
delegations, and 1t is probable an effort
will be made to have the annual con.
vention held in this village next June
Rev. j. II. Rennie is on the program.
l. A. Whitman has set large family
monument for G.. w. Longwell, ,on Pros.
pect Hill. This, with the Dr. Whalen mon.
ument he recently erected, are two OF
the finest monuments in the cemetery
MIR. Whitman has within few days
to North Carolina and one to Massa
chusetts.
A few days ago, Jesse Thomas was
attending to business for his brothers
at the feed barn. A customer wanted
some corn and Jesse sold him couple
of bushels for 20 cents. The corn was
some seed corn from A. C.. Martins
place and cost two dollars a bushel
Jesse don't like to hear anything said
about corn, especially seed corn; it:
pretty expensive hog feed.
At its last meeting Paw Paw lodge
A. o. u. W., elected the following Off
GERS: +. +. Stevens, z. Nj. W.; +. M
Snow, M. W.; w. Il. S. Strow bridge, +.
L. j. Cummings, o.; w. HI. Mason, r.
s. Z. Munger, Fin; j. w. Free, receiv
er; VIM. Butler, g.; VIM. Long, L. W.
E. A. Labadie, o. w; VIM. Butler, trus
tee; w. +. Hoyt, Med. Ex.; Nv. Ii. Mason
Rep; l. A. Whitman, Alt.
The Boston Concert Co. was greeted
by good house Monday evening, anC
gave an entertainment that meriteC
liberal patronage. The company j.
made up of musicians of more than or
dinary merit. The NORTHERNER has be
fore commended Manager Longwell fol
furnishing an excellent class of attrac
tions at the opera house this season
and this adds one more good one to the
list.
In recent report of the doings o.
the common council, there appeared an
announcement that the street commits.
sioner had been given authority to con
tract for rs, 900 feet of sidewalk stringer:
at S12 per 1000 - the contracts have
been made. The best part of it is, so fal
as the taxpayer is concerned, that the
price is SO per thousand less than the
village has been paying for the same
kind of material.
John L. Hiler, the pretty hear
smasher who married the Bloomington
Ills, girl and served years time fol
bigamy, and who also married May
Graham of Decatur, this county, whC
secured q divorce from him, has taker
another chance in the matrimonial lot
terry. This time his bride is Alic,
McClelland of Cedar Rapids. Enter
prising divorce lawyers would do wei
to watch this couple carefully.
Last Sunday evening at the Baptis
church, Rev. Brundage paused in tn,
middle of his discourse to administer ;
severe and we'll merited, but kindly re
buke to certain young people who wer,
conducting themselves i'm an unseeml,