The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-08-26

4. j. Cavanaugh has a new Oliver
typewriter.
Ed. Bullard and wife were at Marcel
lus, Monday.
Miss Lura Hollenbeck is visiting rel.
atives and friends in Cass County.
The new fire warden ordinance will
be found in another column of this
paper.
New hitcbing posts have been erect
on the west side of |. w. Van Fossen's
building.
A "merry-go-round" has been anus
ing the Paw Paw children for several
days past.
A Whaling Success-a nice girl baby
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Harrison
this morning.
The Y. p. G. Z. of the Disciple
church held coffee social last evening
at the home of Miss Zoe Munger.
&c. Tyner has 479 odd pairs of shoes,
which he will sell at one half the regu-
lar price, commencing August 26.
The ladies' missionary society of the
church of Christ will meet with Mrs.
Murdock next Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Solomon and
Miss Tregoning will return this week
to their home in Sycamore, Ills.
Married, on the 18th inst, by Rev. F.
w. Corbett, Chas f. Butler and Miss
Grace M. Lyman, both of Paw Paw.
Last Saturday was Mr.. Amos DEM
ing's 73d birthday. The occasion was
celebrated by large family reunion.
The M. E. Sunday school of Almena
will have a picnic at Lake Park, on
Thursday, Sept. 3. Everybody is in
vited.
"Bud" Evans must be suffering with
some brain disorder. He has taken to
sleeping in the cellar-during thunder
storms.
The teachers examination in this viii
lage last week Thursday and Friday
was attended by 103 applicants for GER
titicates.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Crandell of Mendon,
accompanied by their two nieces, the
Misses Gaines, are visiting relatives in
this vicinity.
Sellick's fall purchases are already
beginning to arrive. His advertise
ment this week has something te say
about them.
The populist county convention, call
ed to meet Sept. 2, has been postponed
until Sept. 0, at Hartford. 1t will be a
mass convention.
Mrs. l.. c. Hurd with her son and
daughter, returned home Thursday
from a protracted visit in the eastern
part of the state.
Mr.. Claude Hamilton, cashier of the
Michigan Trust Co. at Grand Rapids,
was the guest of his cousin, II. w. Nc
Cabe, over Sunday.
Capt. A. j. Remington is expected
here next week To look after his evapo-
rator business. The evaporator started
up Tuesday morning.
VIM. Kirkwood is entertaining, at
Three Mile Lake, his daughter and her
husband, Miss Grswold and Mr.. Geo.
Dane, all of Chicago
Hon. j. j. Woodman addressed 5000
people at Hillsdale, Thursday, at the
tri.state grange assembly. He spoke at
South Bend, Saturday.
Charlie Stevens of Evanston was the
guest of his mother over Sunday. He
is now in the employ of Ulrich Bros,
jewelers. and opticians.
Snow Bros have sold two of their
popular hot air furnaces, to be used in
the Bangor school house. No better
heating apparatus is made.
Jay Cummings Wonder Sale now in
a. =
paper, he advertises some remarkable
bargains in shirt waists and other
goods.
The silver meeting Thursday even
ing, addressed by A. +. Beebe, was not
bowling success The audience was
slim, and the speech partook of the
same general character.
Mrs. John Lyle died on Wednesday,
August 10, aged 81 years and month.
The funeral was held on. Friday and
was largely attended. Mrs. Lyle had
been in feeble health for some time.
M. D. Buskirk was so we'll satisfied
with the results of his first venture in
shipping grapes and peaches to Sioux
Falls, Oak, that he will at once dis.
patch another carload to the same
point.
j. 7. Crenshaw, the Sedalia, Mo-,
contractor to whom the Almena mail
route has been awarded, wants to SUBJ
let it. He will have difficulty in find.
ing any one to take at the price he bid
to the government.
+. +. Rich, living on the Kirkland
farm, II miles south of Geo. M. Lyle's,
will sell at auction on Monday next,
commencing at l p. m, a number OF
horses and cattle and large quantity
of farm machinery and other property.
You couldn't fail to see Broughton's
big adv this week, and you can't fail
to be attracted by the bargains offered
there. Broughton's previons summer
sales have been great movers of mer-
chandise, and the present one is great
sale, also.
The fact that +. Smith & Co. sells H
S. & NJ. clothing, shows the policy of
their store. The best of everything in
every department, all the time, and at
prices all can afford to pay. New fall
stock, strictly up to date, now being
received.
All over the state, the Page Fence
Giants have been hailed with delight
and met by big crowds in the towns