The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-15
WHOLE NUMBER 223O.

uTe OF the entertainments VIII De IN
creased by the use of fine $3.50 piano,
furnished by w. M. Branch.
s. c. Mabury of Decatur was arrest
ed on Tuesday OF last week, on COM
plant of Geo. M. Lyle, charged with
stealing wheat from Mr.. Lyle's barn.
Deputy Sheriff Van Camp brought him
To the county Jail Wednesday, to await
examination before Esq Shrine. Ma.
bury recently served six months SEN
tence for stealing corn.
Miller of Chicago, the winner in the
great six days bicycle race held in Mad
ison Square Garden, New York, which
ended last Saturday night, holds the
worlds record, having increased the
former record over 1872 miles. F. Smith
& Co. are the winners of all south west
ern Michigan in clothing and furnish
ings. Their sales exceed all former
records.
o. ID. Moses is here from Benton Har-
Dor, working up system of numbering
houses and business places. The coun-
ell has granted him authority To carry
on the work. He will, if our people
take hold Of the numbering idea, also
put street signs at all corners and
prepare large chart of village proper
ty properly numbered. This idea is an
excellent one.
Owing to the giving out of piece of
machinery at the electric light plant,
the incandescent lights were not turn
ed on until an hour later than usual
Monday evening. The broken part was
taken TO Kalamazoo for repairs, and
the messenger did not get back with it
nptil altar lirrhtinn tipna II xuac ANNA
ing to see the little yellow kerosene
glims in business places.
AT the annual convocation of Paw
Paw chapter No "a, the following Off
GERS were elected: r. W. Broughton,
II. p; L. Il. Smith, X; M. JOINER, S.;
+. +. Parks, treasurer: w. G. Y. Fergu-
son, secretary; Ella Curtiss, g. of H.;
j. A. O'Leary, p. S.; c. w. Young, r.
A. c.; Joseph Davey, M. Sd V; w. Nj.
Thayer, Nj. I'd "; Il. M. Buck, Nj. 1st
v; l.. w. Whitbeck, sentinel
Concerning Rosco, who appears at
the opera house tonight and to.mor-
row night the following press COM
ments will prove interesting: "He is
certainly wonderful Chicago Chroni-
Gle. "He must be seen to be appreci-
ated." y Chicago Times-Herald eff
Rosco claims any relationship to Old
Nick himself, no one here is going to
dispute him. ."-SaHgatuck Commercial.
Mr.. K. +. Jennings will be married
to. day to Miss Jennie f. Beistle at the
home of the brides parents in Buchan-
an. They will arrive here this evening
and will go at once to the home of the
groom in Waverly, which is ready for
the reception of his bride. Mr. Jen-
nings is an excellent young man, and
the bride is one of Buchanan's best and
fairest daughters. The Northerner con-
graduates them, and wishes them hap
piness and prosperity.
j. ID. Holmes opened his new hard
ware for business, on Saturday last,
although he had not yet gotten all his
goods on the shelves. New goods are
arriving every day, and Mr.. Holmes
has one of the brightest, most attrac-
tive stores in Paw Paw. He shows
some fine carriages and cutters in ad-
dition to the usual hardware lines. He
has a new adv. in the NOrtherner, and
each week you will find his trade an
nouncements in this paper. Mr.. Holmes
is too well known in the local hardware
trade to need any special commenda-
ton or introduction.
A Kalamazoo dispatch to the Detroit
Tribune says: The Kalamazoo Mutual
Telephone Co. isgiving the Bell Co. in
this city, a merry chase. The former
company has as stockholders nearly all
the prominent business men. Recently
the company installed 100 long distance
| phones and 100 more will be put in
soon. To-day the company announces
that within five days, connections will
be made with $50 towns, including
Grand Rapids and other places north of
here. The rates are less than one.half
those of the Bell. The rate to Plain
| we'll will be 10 cents, to Grand Rapids
commenced TO Paw Paw, Allegan and
Battle Creek. The prospects are that
there will be over 600 subscribers by
January 1.
Before Justice Warner yesterday,
occurred the examination Of .. +. Will
cox on charge of larceny, preferred
by Geo. M. Lyle. He was bound over
TO the circuit court under 5000 bonds.
Mr.. Lyle claims that he sold to Wilcox,
who was working for him as farm
hand, a cow to be paid for in install
ments; that the title to the cow was to
remain in Lyle until paid for in full;
that Wilcox was discharged and had
not paid for the cow; that Wilcox
came to Lyle's premises and secured
the COW, which Lyle recovered that he
again came and took the cow from the
premises of one Williams, in whose
custody Lyle had left her, and traded
her for sewing machine to party in
Kalamazoo, from whom Lyle again re-
covered her Wilcox did not put In any
special defense on the examination,
but afterwards claimed to own the cow.
Geo. l.. Bruner has secured a con-
tract with ID. b. Douglass 81 Co, whole
sale lumber dealers of Chicago, to fur
nish them from 800 to 500 carloads of tin
plate boxes within year, the first
shipment to be made not later
than January 10, 1898 These boxes
are to be made of hardwood. To
carry on their manufacture, Mr..
Bruner has traded his house and
lot for the Harrison mill property and
water power, and will at once move
the machinery here from his Blooming
dale mill, adding such new machinery
as is necessary TO carry on the factory
He expects to furnish steady employ
ment to about 40 men. He will be ready