The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-02

About noon Thanksgiving day the
fire alarm was given and the fire com
pany promptly responded. but had no
work To do. The blaze was in the sykes
Bros. cow barn on the Bacon place,
just south of the village. The barn was
burned to the ground, and with il one
COW and quantity of fodder.
Mrs. j. j. Warner is back from her
eastern trip. In company with Mrs. T..
l.. Warner, she will go Saturday To
Janesville, Wis, To visit relatives, and
expects To meet her husband there the
latter part Of next week, when they
will come here for visit before return
ing to their California home.
K. b. Longwell has returned from
Saginaw, and has decided that Paw
Paw is a good enough place To do busl-
ness. he has shipped his complete
drug stock and store fixtures from that
city, and yesterday afternoon he pur-
chased from the First National Bank
the building occupied by j. +. Phillips
Ed will soon open there fine drug and
grocery store, and will be sure to get
his share of patronage. The Scotch
Medicine Co. laboratory will occupy
the upper floor of the building
1t will be remembered that "A few
weeks ago, Geo. Kay's barn, near the
Lee school house, was burned with its
contents and that the blaze was thought
to be the work of "fire bug" Mr..
Kay rented the barn on the Long place
just west of the school house. and oc-
cupied it until Thanksgiving evening,
when this barn also burned, with
team of horses Mr.. Kay had borrowed,
"A harness, some feed, etc. This second
loss was uninsured. There is not the
slightest doubt of incendiary origin,
and no effort should be spared to bring
the perpetrator to Justice.
AT 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Johnson were awakened
by smoke. On investigation showed the
whole upper portion of their house to
be on fire The alarm was promptly
given, and willing hands helped to save
the household effects on the lower floor
The fire apparatus was soon on the
ground, but only in time to protect ad-
joining property. The house was prac-
tically a total loss, and all the furniture
in the upper rooms and the provisions
stored in the cellar were destroyed
The fire evidently started from chin
ny. The house was insured for 81 400
and the contents for S400, in +. p.
Grimes agency.
A special from Lawton to the Kala-
mazoo Telegraph says: Saturday night
Higgins Cofiinger "A well.known farmer,
came to town and did some shopping
and at late hour started home. When
near the corporation line he was ac-
costed by large man who knocked
him down and robbed him of all his
money $3.50, and disappeared. Sew
eral days ago there was "A stranger who
was visiting friends in this vicinity. He
went to the depot to take the early
morning train for Chicago. The depot
master saw him crying and asked him
what had happened. The stranger said
he had been knocked down few hours
before and robbed of S75 and his gold
watch. He said he had lived in Chica-
go over twenty years and never expert
enced such in-treatment."
Married, at O'Clock Wednesday af-
ternoon, Nov. %, at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. B
Foote of this village, Miss Viola Nj.
Foote and Mr. Henry C.. Barnes OF
Jackson Rev j. II. Hammond per-
formed the ceremony in the presence
of a small company of relatives and in
innate friends. A fine wedding supper
was served, after which the young cou
pie were driven to Lawton, where they
took the fast train for jackson, fur
nished house being ready for their re-
ception. When they arrived home,
friends were in possession of the house
and had refreshments ready to serve
Mr. Barnes is rising young contrac-
tor, and his bride is an excellent young
lady. The NoRTHERNER extends con-
gratulations.