The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29

Edith, and the two children of the lat.
ter have been making visit here.
Mrs. A. l.. Kennan leaves to-day for
Leland, H., where she will make her
home. MIR. Kennan fills pulpit there
each Sunday.
Married, by Mrs. Anna Barton, at
her home, April %, Mr.. Orville III. De.
Waters and Miss Mittie Emmans, both
of Mattawan.
The sermon at the NJ L. church next
Sunday morning will be to the children.
Every member of the Sunday school
should be present.
The ministerial association and dis
trict conference of the Methodist church
for the Niles district, will be held at
Hartford, May 3 and g.
The Rebekhas will give a coffee social
at Oddfellows' Hall this "Wednesday
evening, to be followed by a short lit
erary and musical program.
John Bryar and family of Denver are
visiting his relatives here. John will
stay couple of weeks, Mrs. Bryar and
child for two or three months
In the case of the people VS.. Christi
ana Popendick, brief sketch of which
appeared in last weeks NoRTHERNER,
the jury returned verdict OF guilty.
w. j. Sellick announces this week an
important arrival of seasonable goods,
such as shirt waists, etc. The prices
are seasonable, too-and that means
reasonable in these times of scarcity of
cash.
Rev. Henry W. Harvey will give his
famous lecture on "The Home of Shake
speare," Wednesday evening. May 6,
at the Presbyterian church. A. Lynn
Free will also give a recitation. Ad-
mission, 10 cents.
"The Henrietta" is on the way, and
under the management of A. Lynn
Free and Chas. McGurrin of Kalamazoo
its success is assured. 1t will be given
for the benefit of the Coterie building
fund. Watch for the date.
New ties are being put into the mar.
row gauge tracks, and some new iron
will be laid this season. The new iron
will be heavier than the old, so that it
would answer should the gauge be
widened at some future time.
Last Thursday evening, the Twen-
tieth Century Club assembled at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Strow-
bridge to remind Beth Brummel of her
fifteenth birthday. Light refreshments
were served and an enjoyable time was
had
Fans are quite in evidence at the
Cummings dry goods store. Cummings has
been opening new goods. Go there to
see the "Faultless" waist; they meet the
approval of the trade, and his trade in
this department, he says, is something
wonderful.
Judge Buck will deliver an address to
the people of Paw Paw and vicinity
next Tuesday evening at the Disciple
church. His topic will be Patriotism
and Good Citizenship" Judge Buck is
a very entertaining speaker and should
be greeted by good audience.
About $50 new volumes have been re-
ceived as an addition to the school
library, making nearly 900 volumes now
in the library, which is remarkably well
selected and valuable adjunct to the
school work. No money is better eX-
pended than the 500 library appropria-
ton made in this district each year
Fred Gurnsey of Arlington, who was
tried for larceny-he stole a pony-was
convicted. There was no attempt to
disprove the larceny, the contention
being that the stolen property was
worth less than twenty-five dollars. The
jury found this to be fact, and so
Gurnsey escapes "going over the road. b"
The S. H. & E. r. r., in connection
with the G. IL w NJ, will run the first
grand excursion of the season to Grand
Rapids, Sunday, May g. Special trains
will run from Lawton and South Ha-
ven, leaving Lawton at 7:15 a. M, Paw
Paw at 7:30, Lawrence at sos, South
Haven at 7:30. The fare will be s100
for the round trip from all stations.
John Bacon-Honest Jack, his couu-
sci called him-of Grand junction was
convicted of violation of the local
option law by having kept liquor in his
shop and giving it to young men. John
admitted that he was in the habit of
getting drunk, himself, but denied hav-
ing given liquor to the boys. The case
will probably 60 to the supreme court.
John Anders, Hartford farmer, was
convicted of having violated the local
option law by keeping hard cider in his
cellar, which he sold to such parties as
desired to purchase. A great variety
of witnesses were sworn on the trial OF
this cause: some were full-blooded ne
groes, black as night; some were white,
and one was red, black haired abo-
rigine.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Mr.. L. T.. Shilling of American Falls,
Idaho, saying that he expects to start
on the trail for old Mexico about May
10, with 1000 head of Idaho horses. He
is now gathering the horses off the
range and making preparations for the
journey which will occupy three months
time and keep him from his home about
six months.
Last week, we noticed the death of
Alonzo w. Miller, and stated that his
widow, Mrs. Harriet Miller, was at the
point of death. She died Saturday
morning, April %, at the ripe old age
of nearly rs years. She was born at
Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, May
z, 1920, and came to Battle Creek,
Mich, with her parents in 1888. She
was married to Mr.. Miller at Augusta
May 9, 1S41, and for 80 years they
travelled together the journey of life,
both completing their earth life within
tho sop,a xvaak Five children were