The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-09-30
SEPTEMBER

cago 10 'uay, 10 remain Tor couple OF
weeks.
Evening services in the various
churches will commence hereafter at z
o'clock.
j. A. Leech q Son have the Job of
painting the new Drullinger residence
in Keller.
Dallas Boudeman of Kalamazoo was
in town Monday, on business in the
circuit court.
The ladies of the Nj. +. church will
serve lunch Tuesday, Oct 6, in the
Fowler building.
Monday, Sept. 2S, before Justice
Rowland, Jim Sans, drunk and dis
orderly, ten days.
Mrs. Mary Cate of Aurora, H., and
her brother, Asa Hazard, are visiting
Paw Paw friends.
The Free Baptists are changing their
furnace and making some other re-
pairs at their church.
Laban Mentor has moved into the
corporation house ard Mrs. Burk into
the |. b. Conner tenant house.
Mrs. G.. S. Gilman and little son have
returned to Minneapolis, after long
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j.
Gillespie.
All Mckinley girls are requested to
meet with Jane Broughton at 4:15
Thursday afternoon, to organize Nc
Kinley club.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Holmes will again
make their home in Paw Paw, occupy
ing part of Mrs. Clapp's house, north
of the opera house.
Sept. %, by Rev. +. w. Corbett, Mr..
William Hague and Miss Alta McCon-
nell, both of Decatur.
The Disciple Y. p. S. G.. F. had ar.
ranged for a chicken pie snpper last
evening, but the rain caused an in
definite postponement.
On Wednesday morning last j. s..
Barton lost horse by catching her
head under the feed box and chokeing
to death across the manger.
j. A. Leech goes to Jackson to-day
to attend the reunion of his old regi-
ment, the Goth Michigan. The brigade
reunion will be held at the same time
and place.
Frank Dntton of Mattawan was
brought before Justice Mason, charged
with larceny, on complaint of Frank
Barnes of Porter. Examination was
set for Oct. s.
A big crowd heard the silver speech
of Hon. Ulrich Sloan of Ohio, at the
opera house on Wednesday evening of
last week. Free special trains were
run on the narrow gauge.
Elijah Strong of Almena has taken
the sub-contract of carrying the mail
daily between this place and Almena
for the year ending Sept. 90, 1897, for
S140-S24.S1 less than the contractors 8
price
Rev. Ross Matthews of North East
Pa, will speak at the union temperance
meeting at the Presbyterian church
next Sunday evening. He comes here
to speak at the Baptist church Sunday
morning.
A number of Paw Paw popocrats,
with the usual accompaniment of boys,
went on the special train to Lawton,
Monday evening, where l.. V. Moulton
of Grand Rapids addressed large sill
yer meeting.
About twenty of the neighbors and
friends of Mrs VIM. Ellis gave her a
surprise on Tuesday evening, the occa
sion being her thirty-fifth birthday.
Supper was served and a pleasant
evening enjoyed.
Sellick knows this weather will make
the ladies think about outer garments
for winter and. if they read his adv
this week, they will think about his
cloak room when they wish to purchase
goods of this character.
The fact that the state board of
equalization reduced the valuation of
Van Buren, County half million
dollars speaks we'll for the work
of Supervisor johnson, who was the
representative of this county before
that board.
Broughton tells a hard luck story in
one of his advs. this week. He was un-
fortunate enough to have box con-
tanning 800 corsets out in Monday
nights rain. However, it's an i'll wind
that blows nobody any good, and his
customers get the benefit OF his hard
luck.
Last Wednesday at Prospect Hill,
Free & Hagerman's team got the start
of the teamster, John Chapman, and
threw him under the wheels, running
over him. AS the wagon was partially
loaded with brick, John was pretty
seriously bruised, but is able to be
about again.
Members of the Disciple Y. p. S. G.
+. should remember that their weekly
meeting next Sunday will be held at
four O'Clock in the afternoon. Men,
bers who live in the country should
take advantage of the opportunity to
be present. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all and especially to members
of other young peoples societies.
A meeting of the village council was
held Monday evening. A committee,
consisting of Trustees Tyner, Spicer
and Showerman and the village attor-
ney, was appointed to investigate the
matter of the claim of z. II. Gremps,
for alleged overflowing of lands be.
longing to him, by the electric light
pond. Bills were allowed aggregating
1867 AS.
Mr.. l.. +. Trescott, of the firm of
Trescott & Remington, has decided to
permanently locate in Paw Paw, and,
| ao soon ne the annle season IL 0var will