The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-05-24
OUR LOCAL MARX ETs.

y Thomas has sold his large barn To
his son Wesley who is moving it onto
his Main street lot.
Broughton has just returned from
Chicago, where he has been buying
summer dress goods.
Sid. Northrop, who has been Soiourn-
ing in Minnesota during the past year,
returned home, yesterday.
The township board of review will
meet in the council room on Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
The temperance lecturer who was to
speak at the court house last evening
failed to put in an appearance.
The county Y. p. $. c. +. convention
will be held at Hartford, Wednesday
and Thursday, June 10 and 20.
Mrs |. w Hubert has been serious
ly i'll for week and is still confined to
her bed, although she is now improving.
Seward d Marshall are selling their
new spray pumps as fast rs they can
make them. See new adv. with cut of
sprayer.
Clara Anderson expects To attend the
national G. f.. convention at Boston,
and will probably he the only represen
tative of the Paw Paw societies.
Supt. Chaplin returned from Cold
water last evening, where he had been
to take couple of Gobleville children
named Gartley, To the state public
school.
Fruit men do not particularly care
whether or not the predicted frost comes
on the night of the 2Sth. They have
Il laft mi,
thereby.
Mrs. +. Neff went To South Bend on
n visit and was taken sick. Her daugh-
ter, Maybelle Briggs, went after her
and brought her home Wednesday. She
is still dangerously i'll.
The Maccabees have fine new hall
in the second story of &. w. LOngwells
building, next To the First National
Bank, and held their first meeting there
last evening The hall is lighted by
electricity and will be well furnished.
1t will be one of the pleasanteSt society
halls in town.
At the recent meeting of the grand
lodge, Knights of Pythias, at kalama-
zoo. the feasibility Of insttuting lodge
of the order i'm this place was canvaSsed.
There are "A number of knights already
here. and they have received letters
from outside in reference to the matter
and it is probable an effort will be
made IN that direction III the near
future.
The frosts of last week and the fore
part of this week did immense damage
in this comfy. The story of the de-
yastation in various localities is told by
our correspondents The grape crop is
practically Il total loss, as are also cher
ries. pears and plumS, while apples and
peaches are somewhat injured. Rye,
wheat and oats have suffered. The
outlook is Il gloomy one, especially Tor
those depending upon fruit culture.
At the regular council meeting Mon
day evening, after the transaction OF
routine business, an order was made
for the building of 40 rods OF new side
walks and some crOSsWalks. III
was voted to purchase gravel Tor
street use from Ed. {. Tuckey at eight
cents per load. Trustee Thaycr was
appointed to superintcnd the graveIlng
and work is now in progress repairing
roads, after which some new gravellng
will he done.
Billy Hoodemakcr of Almena has "A
very prolific SOW of the Chester W hite
breed. Two years ago IN the summer,
she gave her first litter OF ten pigs.
Last spring, Il year ago, she had twenty,
last fall fifteen, and now again she has
Uttered twenty live pigs and is bring
ing up thirteen. This Is siXty.five pigs
in four litters in less than TWO years.
Billy doesn't want 10 swap her oil for "A
horse, nor for IA flock of sheep, so there
is NO use going over to try To get her in
exchange for Improbable stock
At the recent meeting of the Paw
Paw alumni the usual committees were
appointed To arrange for the annual re.
union, which will be held Friday even
ing, June %. The arrangements com
mttee have decided to accept the kind
invitation of Miss Clara Anderson t.
hold the reception at her home. After
that will come the banquet, which will
be prepared by the ladies of the Free
Baptist church. The place of holding
the banquet has not been definitely de-
termined, but probably it will be at tn,
opera house.
The Paw Paw bonding bill has
passed the legislature and only lacks
the governors signature to make it law
The senate amended the bill SO that il
now reads: THE township of Paw
Paw in the county of Van Buren, /:
hereby authorized and empowered tC
borrow money on the faith and credit
of said township and to issue bonds
therefor to an amount not exceeding
$50, 900, which shall be used for building
and repairing of highways, bridges
avenues of transportation within said
township, provided that two-thirds o.
the electors of said township, vot
ing at an election to be called
shall vote in favor of such bond
ing. The bill as amended is no
entirely satisfactory To our people, "a
10y its terms the money must be eX
pended in the township. This looks IA,
though it would be impossible TO build
an electric road from here To Lawton
mostly through Antwerp township
While the measure is far from
satisfactory TO the promoters of the
bonding idea, it may yet prove
convenient thing for the township to
use in securing a road somewhere
sometime.