The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-01

W. Myers house.
Mrs. Mary Baker and son Will are
visiting friends in town.
The board of registration will meet
Saturday; election Monday.
Claude Young and Richard Huyck of
Decatur were in town Monday.
"Among the Masses" Geo. w. Bain's
lecture in the Coterie course, April g.
A large amount of correspondence
came TO us this week, too late for use
Marshal Whitbeck had gang of
men at work yesterday, cleaning up
Main street cutters.
The Masons will entertain guests and
do work in the Royal Arch degree, next
week Friday evening.
A. Ii Huyck, cashier of the First
State Bank at Decatur, called at the
NoRTHERNER Office, Monday.
Hon. S. b. Person of Lansing will
speak at the opera house this evening
at 7:30, on the free coinage question.
The mothers meeting will be held to-
morrow Thursday afternoon in the
parlors of the Baptist church at half
past two.
Judge Heckert started for Red Oak,
Ia, last night to attend the funeral of
brother who died very suddenly on
Monday last.
Geo. w. Adams is removing to Sister
Lakes, where he has leased the summer
resort. OF course the NoRTHERNER
follows him.
Thompson, the creamery man, was
here Friday of last week looking over
the plant and prospects. The cream
cry will open about the first of May.
Marquis b. Eaton will be at home to-
morrow, to remain until the 9Th. He
is now employed as special agent for
the Equitable life assurance company.
Broughton has three big advs. this
week and they furnish him no more
space than is needed to fairly represent
his popular store. His shoe stock this
year is unusually fine.
Paw Paw lodge No 20, F. & A. M,
has been summoned to a lodge of in
struction at Kalamazoo, April 8. No
lodge of instruction will be held in Van
Buren County this year.
Those lovely Easter bonnets which
will be so much admired will doubtless
department is just now the especial
pride of this popular house.
Mrs Fannie Woodman will be at
Phillips store, Tuesday afternoon, April
z, with tickets for the Coterie banquet,
which will obviate the necessity of
ladies taking their purses that evening.
Mrs Zelon Cleveland was recently
summoned to Chicago by telegram
from her sister Flora, announcing the
The deceased was a nephew of Chaun-
cey Palmer of Almena.
Leon Jacobs, son of Fred Jacobs,
has done some very fine pencil drawing
His taste runs in the direction of nau-
tical matters and the vessels he has
drawn, both steam and sail, would be
credit to much older person.
Every man who has vineyard is
busy trimming the vines. Fruit men
generally wear cheerful smiles this
spring. as the cold month of March has
prevented the growth of buds and
lessened the danger from late frosts.
Vim. Fee was running his horse on
the streets OF this village yesterday.
"Billy's" load was uncomfortably heavy
and his driving dangerous. Sheriff
LambersOn took care of both man and
horse until evening and then sent them
home.
Rev. M. S. Waller will begin his
pastoral year at the free Baptist
church next Sunday morning An
Easter service will be held in the even
ing, consisting of class exercises, reci-
tations and singing by the older men,
bers of the Sunday school.
The Sunday school of the M. +.
church will give an Easter exercise,
entitled "The King Triumphant" next
Sunday morning at 1890. The super
intendent requests every member of the
school to meet him at the church on
Saturday afternoon at 80 o'clock for
rehearsal.
An execution for the costs of the SUI
preme court amounting, with collection
| fees, to nearly seventy.five dollars, has
| been issued and collected against Chas.
+. Yerrington in his school district
case. 1t would have been much more
ecOnOmlcal LOT nllD tO pay tnc IulIlOn
of his girl in the first instance.
The Endorsement of some of the great
est men of this country has been given
to the "H. s. & NJ" clothing. 1t is
worn by statesmen, capitalists, busi-
ness men and thousands of working
men, who find it the most economical
clothing they can buy. The one price
great whale clothing success sell the
elegant garments. +. Smith e. Co. also
are showing 157 styles of fancy shirts.
Elsewhere in this paper is an item
mentioning the conviction of some
Decatur parties in the u. ). court at
Grand Rapids for selling liquor with
out a government license. Monday
evening, five of them were brought to
the Van Buren, county jail to serve
sentences as follows: Walter Bass 4O
days, Fred Brown 80 days, Jess Mabury
80 days, Eli Simpson 90 days, VIM
McOmber 80 days.
James Burke, who has been i'll with
Bright's disease for the past eighteen
months, died last Friday evening. The
deceased was an. old soldier and was
also a member of Kalamazoo Lodge,
No. 40. o. F. Together with his
ry,fo ha had haan a resident of this