The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Locke have returned TO
their home in Grand Haven.
Advertised letters Mr.. X. S. vii.
liams, Miss Arvilla Wilson,.
"Bud" Evans has put fine bath
room outfit into his barber shop.
Geo Lambert of Lawton visited old
Paw Paw friends on New Years.
NJ f Chadwick and wife of Decatur
were New Years guests of Mrs. Fitch.
An organizer of the Independent
Order of Foresters, a fraternal insur-
ance society, is in town.
Waters & Co. evidently believe the
Majestic steel range is a good thing,
and are pushing it along.
Hon. j. j. Woodman has gone to
Ionia and other points in the central
part of the state, on business.
The county windmill water tank is
being rebuilt for the third time-trying
to get one that will hold water.
JEFF Chaffee is suffering from pain
ful wound in his hand, caused by run
ming large splinter nearly through it.
Married, in Paw Paw, Dec. 26, by
Mrs. Anna Barton, Mr.. Joseph Holiday
and Mrs. Frances +. Wright, both of
Porter
Sellick's special Saturday and Mon.
day offer: with every pair of ladies' SO
shoes, a pair of 50-cent storm rubbers
for 20 cents.
The G. +. society of the Free Baptist
church will hold pop corn and candy
social at the home of Miss Irene Waters
this (triday) evening.
The hoop drill given by the misses of
Miss Bryar's room, before the grange
last Friday evening, was very fine and
was highly appreciated.
The Rebekah Oddfellows installed
officers lest Wednesday evening Their
brethren of the subordinate lodge will
do the same thing this evening.
Free IL Hagerman have purchased
the Hathaway lumber yard and mill
and moved the machinery into their
new building, over the water power.
Sheriff S. NJ Chaffee of Antrim
County is visiting his father, Thos. j.
Chaffee, for few days He brought
"lifer" to Jackson, and took the oppor-
tunity to come here.
The county clerk has been engaged
since New Years morning in riding
over the county notifying supervisors
of the special meeting of the board to
be held on the 18th inst.
Mrs p MacKellar will open up her
home here and remain, the children at
Bangor, where he is nicely located in
business, making weekly visits home
The seventh and eighth divisions of
Paw Paw Grange will furnish the pro.
gram for this friday evening. This
will be a closed session. None but
members of the order will be admitted
The First National Bank, on Tuesday
of this week, made its usual dividend
This is the fifty-third distribution of
profits of this popular institution, stock
In which is "A very desirable thing to
have these times.
The large stock of white goods, en-
broideries and table linens at the Cum
ings dry goods store is full of suggestions
to all who wish to do their spring sew
ing early or to replenish their line of
household linens.
w. NJ. Branch advertises some attrac-
tive bargains in pianos and organs, else
where in this paper He will go out of
the musical business and devote his
attention to the Baker hay binder pat
ents, which he has purchased.
Mr.. A. c. Glidden Will go next week
to assist in farmers institutes in AL
pena, Alpena County, Harrisville, AL
coma County, Tawas City, Iosco Coun-
ty, and Rose City, Ogemaw County.
He will be gone the entire week.
The NoRTHERNER was in error last
week in stating that Mrs. Van Fossen
had been in Ypsilanti. 1t was Miss
Verne Van Fossen who returned from
Ypsilanti, and Mrs. Van Fossen and
Miss Rena from Kalamazoo County.
T. G.. Tyner has seventy.six merchant
tailor suits, two hundred ninety-seven
pairs of agents sample shoes, left over
from the fall trade, which he will sell
at 33t per cent less than the wholesale
price. These prices will only hold
good during January.
A meeting of the citizens of Paw Paw
and vicinity will be held at the court
house next Tuesday evening at seven
o'clock, TO consider matters in reference
to the local option law and to hear the
report of the recently appointed law
and order committee.
We presume there are large num-
ber of the NoRTHERNER readers who
desire to have a high grade maya
zine during 1896. To such we will say
that we can offer the NoRTHERNER
and the CoSmopolitOn Magazine both
one year for $1.90, strictly cash in adj
vance.
To be well dressed is difficult, unless
your clothier keeps in constant touch
with the great centers of fashion. f..
Smith d Co. visit the clothing head
quarters of America. They buy from
the largest makers. They sell the fa-
nous IL. s. & M. tailor-made suits,
overcoats and trousers.
School Comr j A. OLeary and Supt.
Wilson of this place, Supt. Smith of
Lawton, Supt Sage and Misses Willison
and Fuller of Decatur, Supt. Loree and
Miss Shafer of Lawrence, Supt. Pc
noyar of Bangor and Ora Bishop rep
resented this county at the state teach