The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-10
Judge Heckert was at Kalamazoo on
business, yesterday.

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Rev. j. p Davis will preach in the
Disciple church next Sunday morning
and evening.
A good audience was out To hear
Wallace Bruce's lecture, under the
auspices of the Coterie.
Good beef cattle are very scarce-so
much SO that Chicago beef has been
shipped to this place recently.
Ros Broughton spent three days at
Ann Arbor, visiting the university and
seeing the Perdue Michigan foot ball
game, Saturday.
Geo. Parke wno for past few months
been chef at tie Dyckman House, has
accepted 81 iilar position at the Hotel
Bucklin, Elk art, Ind.
w. j Sc, TX advertises this week one
of the greatest sacrifice cloak sales
ever known in Paw Paw. No woman
can afford not to read his adv care.
fully.
Cards are ont announcing the mar.
riage of Miss Verne Harris to Seymour
Rose, at the residence of Mr. aud Mrs.
Will Simmons of Prospect Lake, Nov.
IL at 6 p. m.
The annual convention of the Third
District c. l.. union will be held in
Niles, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2e
and 81. Paw Paw endeavor societies
will be represented.
While splitting some kindling Mon.
day morning, Ii. w. McCabe had the
misfortune to severely cut the thumb
and fore finger of his left hand. 1t will
keep him from work for some time.
Gospel meetings are being held every
evening this week in the Disciple
church, conducted by Rev j. p. Davis
Good interest is manifested All are
invited to attend. Mr.. Davis is an eX
cellent speaker.
+. b. Longwell has traded his fruit
farm in Antwerp to Thos. Welch for his
fine residence in town. Mr.. Longwel
will move into his new home about the
Goth inst, and Mr.. Welch will move
back onto his farm.
About $50 books were drawn from
the school library last Thursday, the
first day on which the privilege wa:
granted. This shows the interest of the
public in the library, and indicates the
benefit the community may derive
from it.
The funeral of H. A. Sortore of Law
ton was held at the Disciple church il
this village, Sunday at 1:30. Mrs. Car
penter made the address. Mr.. SortorC
was Knight of Pythias, and the Law
ton lodge attended the funeral in {
body and conducted the service at the
grave.
"Brevity is the soul of wit" Witnes!
the following dispatch sent, according
to the Sentinel, on the evening of Nov
l. from this place to South Haven
"Jud: AZ dry Mat" We don't know
as he did it, but Jud might have gotter
back nicely as follows; Mat: II.
dry. Jud."
Mrs. George Allen died SATURDAY
afternoon, November 6, from cancer
at her home near the Allen schoo
house She was 50 years old. Th,
funeral was held at the home on Tues
day, conducted by Rev. +. o. Mather
The burial was in the Anderson GENE
terry, Little Prairie Ronde.
There will be a campfire social at G
A. Il. hall, Monday evening, Nov 10
All soldiers and their friends are in
vited. Judge Buck will be present anC
will give talk. Other good thing!
will make up the program. Come early
bring full baskets and enjoy gooC
time picnic supper at six o'clock.
Messrs. Ricaby and Smith of st. 10
seph were here few days since, look
ing over the town with a view to start
ing a drug store here. They secured
an option on l. B. Conner's building
hut have not yet determined whether
they will come or not. If they do
theirs will be the fifth drug store il
Paw Paw.
The union temperance meeting wa
held Sunday evening at the Discipl,
church Rev. j. p. Davis made tn,
principal address, which was followe,
by short talks by Revs. Mather, Mat
thews, Harvey and Hurd and Mr.. o. w
Rowland, The meeting, in the latte
part, became jubilee over the resul
of the local option election.
l. Jay Cummings makes an announce
ment in his new adv that must prov,
drawing card to his fine dry good
store, at his new location on Mali
street. Cloaks and jackets TO the hear
of the feminine mind are very interest
ing subjects, so that this sale will b.
so universally read that there is littl
need OF calling attention to them.
A course of lectures to be given a
the Presbyterian church in the nea
future, is being arranged by Rev. Henr.
. Harvey, with such talent as Rev. DIR
Hunting and Rev. Dr. Gray. When tn
matter has been fully settled, announce
ments will be made through tn,
Northerner. We predict that they will
be greatly appreciated and well pat
ronized by the people of Paw Paw
The official returns to the count
clerk of the local option election Civ
l545 majority for the law, just four NOR
than the Northerner's figures of las
: week. We had every township but on
absolutely correct and as usual, mad
the first publication of the majorities
! 1t is fact that the returns" of on
local contemporary contained exactl
the same error as did the Northerner.
Mrs. +. A. Hough, Jackson's talente
: singer, is TO have charge of the musi
at the county Sunday school convention
at Lawrence, November IL and 1:
Prof. Excel being prevented from bt
ing present. Those interested in Sun
a dav school work should not fail Tn hea