The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-05-26

"By whom is the battle To be fought?"
will be the suhject,for the evening SER
mon at the Free Baptist church next
| Sunday.
Miss Alice NJ Bangs. who had taken
the school in district No |. Decatur,
has been compelled To abandon it ON
account of i'll health.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Paw Paw Canning Co. will be held
Saturday, May 20, at 3 p m, at the of
flee of +, p. Grimes.
which was hired by the boy Fred Fesp.
ner and not returned, was found in a
feed stable at Hartford.
Lewis Schwaidler had both bones of
the left forearm broken by kick from
horse on Wednesday morning last
DR.. Hoyt reduced the fracture.
+. b. Longwel has his soda fountain
in operation and his ice cream soda is
elegant. See what he says concerning
his rich syrups, elsewhere on this page.
A ball club has been organized here
with Il. j. Cavanaugh manager. j. A. .
OLeary and + ). Briggs assistant
managers, j. K. Chandler secretary and
treasurer.
Children's day will be observed at
the Baptist church next Sunday even
ing. An interesting program has been
prepared and pleasant entertainment
is expected.
The ladies' aid society of the M. +.
church of Almena will serve ice cream
if 1t thaws up) on Friday evening of
this week, May 28, az the home of Mr..
and Mrs. o. Eager.
"Billy" Bullard of Niles and "Dell"
Cummings of this place will furnish mar
tial music here on Decoration day. The
day wouldn't be success in Paw Paw
without their assistance.
The closing day of the Coterie will
be held at the home of Mrs. Grimes,
Thursday instead of Wednesday; Mrs.
Chandler, leader of the seventh COM
mittee; roll call, miscellaneous.
1t was o. ID Vandevere, instead of
Elihu Vandevere, who received severe
injuries in the runaway last week He
is getting along as well as could be ex-
pected, and will probably recover.
Rev. j. Hurd's horse took lively
run on Gremps street last Saturday,
with A. L. Stevenson's two children in
the buggy. Fortunately, the horse was
stopped before any harm was done.
The music for the Southern Romance
will be the Chappell mandolin trio for
overtures Mrs. James Chandler, Miss
Packer and Claude Snow will attend to
the special music written for this play
Professor j A OLeary of Paw Paw
was in the city Saturday attending the
teachers association, and also TO see
the ball game. By the way, the pro-
fessor is quite a ball player himself
Kalamazoo News.
ID. Spicer & Co advertise in this pa.
per closing out sale of the entire
remnant of their grocery stock and fix
lures a. less than cost. This is bona
fide offer and a genuine closing out sale
of the entire stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. j f. Chandler will go
to Lake Park next week, to remain a
couple OF months. They will occupy
the Burke cottage Mr.. Chandler will
come into town each day to attend to
the duties of his office.
Read f. Smith & Co.'S advertisements
in this paper. Their spring business so
far eXcels all former years. They have
cause to throw bouquets at themselves,
but they won't. They have been taught
that mOdesty rs virtue and merit
brings ii own reward.
The third quarterly meeting of the
M. +. church will be held on Sunday
evening next, beginning with love
feast at $50, followed by preaching at
7:30 by DR.. Carlisle. The sacrament Of
the Lords supper will be administered
after the sermon. Quarterly confer
ence Monday morning at 8 O'Clock.
At the council meeting Monday even.
ing, the tax roll was accepted and the
time for collection extended so days
from date, making July 13 the limit of
time. The tax was distributed to the
several funds as follows: Electric light,
81 800; general, Sl,165; street, 81, 500;
fire department, 81 900; total, S5, ,465. 40.
Claims were allowed amounting to
S203.17.
The Episcopal ladies are doing every
thing possible to make their benefit,
"A Southern Romance" decided sue.
cess. Among the scenic effects will be
a beautiful moonlight scene, after
which there is great storm, a reals-
TIC nTe scene III acI IL, anu race scene
in act Ill Special scenery is being
made. The production will be given
June 3. Tickets, 30 and % cents.
Yesterday, Circuit Court Commission
er Rowland took the testimony of Will
T. Welch to be used in a case pending
in the circuit court for the county of
Wayne, in chancery. T. j. Cavanaugh
appeared for the complainants and d.
e. Cavanaugh for the defendant. That
was Tom and Mrs. Tom 1t was hard
ly to be anticipated that they would be
so directly opposed to each other so
soon after their marriage.
The mission at the Catholic church
according to previous announcements,
under the direction of Frs. Robert and
Bonaventure of Hoboken, n. j., Good
interest is manifested, and the attend
ance is good. Services are held each
day as follows: a. M, early mass and
sermon by Fr. Robert; $50 a. m.
sermon by FIR Bonaventure; 730 p. m ,
sermon by FIR. Robert The mission
continues all this week. Those who
attend any of the services will be as
sured logical discourses.