The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-05-17
Local Department.
A heavy frost last night.

Broughton's adv.
Frank Stapleton and wife of Decatur
were i'm town Sunday
Ralph Merritt OF Eaton Rapids, is the
new clerk at Sellick's.
See Sellick's announcement of a
special sale for Saturday.
j. W. Osborn of Kalamazoo was in
town Saturday on business.
Remember the matinee Saturday.
Some good sport is expected.
The Coterie will meet with Mrs
G rimes, Wednesday, May %.
The Rebekah ladies will furnish the
banquet for the Coterie, April 80.
Another large invoice of spring goods
has just been received at +. Smith &
Cos.
Wesley Thomas is the owner of a
finely bred jack, purchased at School
craft.
Frank Eaton has returned to Lansing,
and Mrs. Eaton is visiting Mattawan
friends.
The Kalamazoo Telegraph has put in
type setting machines and comes to us
much improved in appearance.
Ocobock Bros market never was in
better shape than at the present time.
See their new adv in this paper.
The Epworth league will give an ice
cream social at the court house yard
Saturday, May IS, All are cordially
invited.
The W. G. Il. L will meet with Mrs
Killefer next Thursday afternoon at
half past two.
j. w. Free is at Pittsburgh, attend
ing the sessions of the general assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. j l.. Tirrell and son Fred left
Monday for the state of New York,
where they will spend the summer
The soldiers relief commission for
Van Buren, county will meet at South
Haven next Thursday, May Odd, at 10
a. m.
The frost of Wednesday night is re-
ported as having done serious damage
to fruit, etc, especially north of this
place.
Wheat has taken n big jump and is
now worth 50 to 81 cents in this market.
Tuckey has been securing the country
trying TO get wheat to keep his mill
running.
Ed. Morgan, formerly foreman of the
NORTHERNER Office but now employed
in Lansing, was in town with his wife
yesterday.
Wesley Thomas has traded a fine
black driver he recently purchased,
with +. l.. Goodale for the big brown
hearse team.
Both Paw Paw banks have statements
in this paper. and they reveal graft
flying condition in these two solid tinan-
cial institutions.
Married, at his residence, by +. L.
Warner Esq May IA, 1895, Mr. Reuben
Rhoades of Pine Grove and Miss Amy
Stevens of Almena.
Chas Mitchell of Geneva visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Mitchell.
the fore part of the week and took his
mother home with him.
Lloyd V. Hicks, son of Ira c. Hicks,
president of the Kalamazoo wagon
company, was here Tuesday evening to
attend the Golden Giant Mine"
A. G. Martin has purchased for use at
his "Maples Fruit Farm" the fine iron
gray team bred by Julian Sheldon. 1t
is one of the finest young teams in the
town.
A brief session of the circuit court
was held last Friday. No business of
public interest was transacted. Court
adjourned until June 20, at nine O'clock
Il. m.
The annual meeting of the old people
will be held ut the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. b. Palmer, May 30. A cordial
invitation is extended to all; picnic
dinner.
Chas Thayer has sold the Dyckman
house barber shop to Bud Evans,
who has taken possession. Mr.. Thayer
will remove with his family to White
Pigeon.
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Miss Nj. Lulu Ball to Edwin l.. Bull
lard. The ceremony will be performed
next Tuesday evening at the home of
the bride.
Miss Georgia Kidder, the lively
society reporter of the Kalamazoo
Telegraph, came here to write up the
Golden Giant Mine" Tuesday evening
She called on the NORTHERNER.
The Senior whist club will entertain
the Unity club at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Miller this friday evening
Luncheon at six o'clock. Duplicate
whist will be played in the evening
Stevens circus, which some Paw Paw
people were skeptical enough to believe
would never start, opened the season
at Kalamazoo last week and was well
spoken of 10y the papers of that city.
There is talk of celebrating July in
Paw Paw, giving half the day to games
in the village, the other half of the day
to horse and bicycle races on the Cleve-
land Bay grounds, winding up with fire.
works in the evening. Why notY
The best that money can buy or skill
produce may be truthfully said of III.
5. Il NJ clothing sold by +. Smith IL
Co. Their new cartoon advertisements
are bringing many callers to their store,
and few can resist the temptation to buy
when they see the goods and the prices
The Baptist christian endeavor soci-
ETY. has been disbanded This society
was union of the young people of the