The true northerner., 1897-01-13

held Tuesday afternoon at the house;
burial at Prospect Hill.
The family of the late Sidney Cox
wish to acknowledge their obligation
To the Masonic order, for the unremit-
ting care and attention given to Mr.
Cox during his long illness.
Following are the newly elected of
ficers of the Disciple aid society; Pres,
Mrs A. L. Foote; vice pres, Mrs. John
Smith; sec'y, Miss Katie Labadie;
treas, Mrs. M. .. Rowland.
Business matters are OBTAINING l.. T.
| Trescott at his home in the East. He
will not be able to return To Paw Paw
until the early part of February, when
he will establish his laundry.
A. e. Low died Jan. at his home in
Waverly, from paralysis, aged n. Short
services were held at the house Sunday
afternoon by Rev. II. W. Harvey. The
remains were taken Monday to Wiscon-
sin for burial.
Miss Gertie Buck entertained small
company on Wednesday evening of last
week, in honor of Lieut.. Ola Bell, who
was home on short furlough. He has
returned to his regiment at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo.
Fighting for success in 1897 Prices
get customers but quality holds them.
+. Smith q Co. say they never lose a
customer who once wears the III. S. d
M. clothing. They advertise cut in
prices this week.
A concert and dancing party will
be given by Messrs. Frank Bass,
Harley Wilkinson and j II. Graine at
Longwell's opera house, Tuesday even
ing. Jan. 20 Phillips Bros orchestra
of Kalamazoo will furnish music.
There will be Bible reading every
Friday evening at z o'clock at the house
of =. Snow, three streets north of the
post office and the third house east on
the north side. Subject this week,
Christ and the gospel in the old testa-
ment." All are invited; bring your
Bibles.
An exchange laments the woes of a
newspaper publisher as follows "One
delinquent said he would pay Saturday
if he lived. He's dead. Another said.
III see you tomorrow. He's blind. An
other said, hope may go to the devil
if don't pay you this week. He's gone
to his reward"
The ladies' aid society of the Presby-
terian church will have basket picnic
dinner in the church parlors on We'd
nesday, Jan. 20, for the purpose of get
ting better acquainted. 1t is hoped as
many of the congregation as can will
come and help the ladies to make this
a social success.
Anson Goss of Bangor played Santa
Claus, Christmas, and placed "A satisfac-
ton of mortgage in the stocking of
Conrad Kable for 1890, and one in the
stocking of Tom Cross of Bangor, for
S2500. That is the kind of philanthro-
pist that does some good in the world.
Day Spring.
At stockholders meeting last week,
board of directors: j. j. WoOdman,
John Lyle, j. w. Free, +. w. Selick,
David Fisher w. r. Sellick, w. j. Sci
lick. +. W. Sellick was reelected as
president, j. j. Woodman vice e-presi-
dent and j. w. Free cashier.
Revival meetings are in progress at
the Free Baptist church, conducted by
Pastor Waller. Good interest is mani.
ifested, and there has been one conver-
sion. Bible readings will be held at
O'Clock in the afternoon, and preaching
service in the evening, every day ex-
cept Saturday. All are invited.
At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the First National Bank yes
terday the old directors were elected
as follows A. b. Copley, II. M. Olney,
f. +. Parks, l.. X. Anderson, Elias
Morris, David Woodman, I'll. NJ Pugs-
ley. On the 9th inst. the bank declared a
dividend of per cent, its 55th semi.
annual dividend.
A superstitious man advises you not
to keep your quarters. Look at them
you will find IL stars on the side with
the head of Liberty, l2 feathers in the
eagles tail, 13 feathers in the outside
rows on each wing, the same number
of arrows clutched in the eagles talon,
13 horizontal lines on the shield and 13
letters in the motto "E EPluribus Unum." !"
The large general store of s. j. Car
son at Kendall was completely destroy.
ed by fire Sunday night. The loss
amounted to several thousand dollars.
The insurance could not &c ascertain.
ed as Mr.. Carson was absent. Sur
rounding buildings were saved with
much difficulty. The fire is supposed
to have originated from a stove in the
hall above, where church had been
held.
To-day the South Haven Neacs (popu-
list breathes its last. The lake breezes
are not congenial TO populism. The
outfit has been purchased by Mr.. A. G.
Walterhouse, late an employe of the
South Haven Messenger, who takes pos
session of the plant to-day. MIR. Wal
terhouse expects the Ner0S to become
in the future, shorn of its populism,
a bright, new, newsy, republican news
paper.
w. Il. Taylor of Kalamazoo was in
town Monday, assisting in the abstract
office, and will he here again the latter
part of the week. He is proprietor of
the Kalamazoo county abstracts and is
an expert in his line. Mrs Richardson
has secured the services of III. +. Squier
To conduct the business for her and
after becoming familiar with the work,
he will he a competent and efficient
man for the business.
Az the last meeting of Paw Paw
grange the following persons were in
stalled officers for the ensuing year:
w. M. j. +. Packer; w. o., Geo. w.
Martin; w. L., Mrs. +. l.. Palmer; w.