The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24


The council held meeting Monday
evening. No business was transacted
except to allow claims To- the amount
of 800 93
Neil Chappell continues i'll and con-
fined 10 the house. DR. Rose was here
from Decatur, Monday, in consultation
with DR.. Hoyt on his case.
Rev. II. Matthews preached to the
Emanuel Baptist church of South Ha-
ven last Sunday and expects TO preach.
ed there again next Sunday.
The large congregation brought TO
Oakwoods church by the announce
ment that o. A. Wright would speak,
was afforded rare treat.-Columbu
Evening Dispatch.
w. j. Sellick announces much to be
thankful for" in his advertisement this
week, and then quotes prices for his
THANKSGIVING sale that will give to his
customers much TO be thankful for,
also.
Elsewhere in this paper, you will find
some very low clubbing offers of other
papers in connection with the North
erner. Our readers will do us a favor
by calling it to the attention of their
friends.
We were shown yesterday photo
graph of the old Lafayette Light Guard,
taken by Photographer Hall on the oc-
casion of their recent reunion here.
Sixteen members of the company ap.
pear in the picture.
Invitations are out for the wedding of
DR.. j Charles Maxwell and Miss Cleo
Stevens, at st. Marks Episcopal church,
Wednesday evening, December /, at
o'clock. A reception at Mrs. D. +.
Parker's will follow the ceremony.
Ocobock Bros. have IA new adv. of
the Model Market in this paper, calling
especial attention to Thanksgiving
fowls, meats and oysters. Those who
order Thanksgiving dinner supplies
from this market will be we'll served.
Prof o. A. Wright of Detroit will
give his popular lecture, "Problems of
the Twentieth Century" in the Nj. +.
church, Tuesday evening, November
30, at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of
the Epworth league; admission 20
cents, children 10 cents.
Rev. II. N Quisenberry of First Bap.
tist church, Hamilton, o., says of Mr..
Wright: "His style is clear, convincing
and captivating. He knows how to
marshal facts all on fire. There was
not dull sentence from beginning to
end. | wish every man in our city
could have heard him"
The Paw Paw high school foot ball
team arranged a game for last Satur
day with the boys of the Bangor school,
to be played in this place. When the
Bangor players arrived, it was found
that, instead of high school boys, many
of them were men, and our boys were
outclassed. 49 to 0 was the score, in
Bangor's favor.
Rev. Dr. Perrin is still preaching at
the Baptist church every evening to
good audiences. Last Sunday he had
full house both morning and evening.
He addressed the Sunday school and
young peoples meeting with marked
effect and very happy results. A num-
ber of young people are to be baptized
this evening and tomorrow evening.
j. ID. Holmes has rented T. A.
Granger's building, formerly occupied
by Spicer & Co, and will go into busi-
ness with new stock of hardware, i'm
plements, carriages, etc. He expects
to open up in about two weeks. Mr..
Holmes is well known to the Paw Paw
trade, and is a popular young man.
He will be sure To secure his full share
of business in his line.
The Carnival of Holidays" will be
very unique. The booths will repre-
sent the different holidays and the
second day the ladies will serve a
Thanksgiving tea. The bill of fare will
appear in next weeks paper. No ad-
mission will be charged at the door;
open afternoon and evening. Every
body is invited to come: at Longwell's
opera house, December 8 and 10.
f. Smith & Co. offer their Thanks
giving salutation, and wish you an en-
joyable Thanksgiving; may the day be
bright, the turkey done to turn, the
"stuffing" not forgotten. Smith & Co.
have much to be thankful for. Their
efforts to keep the best and largest line
of clothing and furnishings have been
appreciated, and they are glad to join
with their patrons in being thankful
Mrs. Eliza Addison died at her home
in the north part of this village, Mon
day evening, November %. Her young
daughter awoke about 2 o'clock Tues
day morning and, not finding her
in bed, looked for her and found her
dead on the floor, where she had fallen
from her chair Heart failure was the
cause of her death. Mrs. Addison was
a widow, 81 years old, and was much
respected. She leaves three children,
in such circumstances as to make their
care a deserving charity.
The present season has been very
busy one for our popular marble deal
err, MIR. |. A. Whitman. Among the
| fine work that he has set at Prospect
Hill are monuments over the graves of
DR.. f. b. Dunning and Mr.. Thomas
Solomon. The latter is a massive piece
of work, and is spoken of as one of the
very finest in the cemetery. A monu-
ment was also erected by Mr.. Whit
man in Mt. Greenwood cemetery,
Chicago, for the late Joseph b.
Lapham. He has received several
letters from the administrator of
the estate, expressing in the highest
terms satisfaction with the monument,
saying that it is one of the very choicest
pieces of work in that great cemetery.
Our town is fortunate in having so
thorough and trustworthy a man in this