The true northerner., 1897-10-27

Tickets on sale Oct. 25, 90, and 81, at
Longwell Bros.
The North and South Farmers club
will meet with Misses Ellen and Mary
Labadie, November A. Roll call answer.
ed by quotations.
Mrs. G. +. Allen and son of North
Dakota, after having spent the summer
with friends here and in Chicago, re-
turned home last week.
There will be no anti-saloon rally at
Paw Paw, Saturday afternoon and
evening, on account of the one to take
place at Lawton the same day.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Larkin will visit at
the home of Mrs. Larkin in Conneaut,
Ohio, for few weeks. Mrs. Grout will
remain at the farm during their ab-
sence.
All bills against the Anti-Saloon
Daughters should be presented at their
next business meeting, in the Disciple
church Monday evening, November l..
f. b. Longwell went to Chicago,
Sunday night, to purchase new bargains
and holiday goods for his busy cash
store. He has new adv. in this paper.
Mrs. Lou Driscoll of this place and
her daughter, Mrs. Kittie Robinson of
Lawton, returned home Sunday, after
spending a week in Gobleville with
Mrs. f. V. Lamberson.
The ladies of the Coterie have en-
gagged Hon. Wallace Bruce for a lec-
ture, Thursday, Nov. 4, his subject
being "Wit and Humor." Price, 25
cents. Do not miss hearing him.
When an attempt was made to start
up the Briggs mill Tuesday morning,
the water wheel wouldn't go. Investi-
CATION showed it to be clogged with
eels. The largest one measured four
feet in length.
s. w. Fisk, better known to the peo-
ple;of this vicinity as Win Fisk, formerly
the owner and proprietor of the Almena
mills, recently died at bis home in
Missouri. His body was brought back
and was buried in the Almena ceme-
terry last Friday.
A card to the Northerner from II. V.
Hopping of Chicago, under the date of
October 90, says: 1--WE were notified
to-day of the death of Geo Alexander,
which occurred last night at o'clock.
TcsudluS Will De IdkeU W
Bend tomorrow for interment."
l.. h. Titus and o. w. Rowland spoke
on the local option question last even
ing, at the Palmer school house, in
Porter. Sunday morning, they will adj
dress the people of the same township
at Harmony chapel, and Sunday even
ing they will speak at Mattawan.
Cummings calls the attention of the
trade to few strong departments in
his new Main street store. He is very
much pleased over the increasing trade
he is getting, as we'll as the fact that
his new quarters are so well spoken of
by the many who are attracted there.
The union local option meeting at the
Nj. +. church last Sunday evening was
great success and was attended by an
immense audience, the church being
packed. The principal address was
made by Mr.. L. II Titus. Short ad-
dresses were also made by David An
derson, A. G.. Glidden, j. A. O'Leary
and Hon. Mr.. Woodruff of Berrien
county.
o. w. don't claim to be a long dis
tance rider nor a record breaker Any
to Battle Greek one day last week
registering 4S miles. Friday he return.
ed, got lost somewhere this side of
Kalamazoo and fetched up at Texas.
1t is about 25 miles from Kalamazoo to
Paw Paw by the route he travelled. Cal
houn and Kalamazoo are not dry"
counties.
The council held meeting Monday
evening. The electric light committee
was instructed to have the wall repair
ed, under the electric light plant. A
bridge was ordered built over the gutter
at the south end of Smiths store. A
petition for new sidewalk on Kalama.
zoo street, from Rev. g. p. Linder-
mans north to A. II. brakes, was de-
MED. A resolution was adopted TO col
lect at least % cents per month from
all users of electric lights on meters.
Bills were allowed amounting to S175.S8.
This is bargain hour at f. Smith &
Cos, on fancy Scotch cheviot sack
suits, with forty-three styles, entirely
new. They're tailors' fabrics and
tailors' patterns, embracing all the new
colorings. These suits are sewed with
silk, have fine Florentine serge Innings,
piped seams, and every detail of lining
and trimming matches in the usual II.
s. & M. way. The remarkable thing
about this line is that every suit will
be retailed at prices that make to-day's
trade enlarge to-morrow's.
The ladies of the missionary society of
the Baptist church are arranging to send
some boxes of canned fruit and jelly to
the sufferers in Chicago hospital. II
any other ladies would like to assist
in this beneficent work, their as
sistance will be gladly welcomed. Gifts
of fruit and jelly may be left at the
Baptist parsonage, or they will be call
ed for if so desired any time within the
next few days. All who have been in
hospitals or who have had friends there
will appreciate the need of this work,
which relieves and cheers suffering hu.
manity.
Official notice was received last Sat
urday from President Dodson of the 5
Ii. & F., that the transfer of the road
has been completed and that Mr.. A. A.
Patterson is president of the road. The
new management is now in control
No changes in the local force or super
intendency has yet been made, and il
is not known whether there will be oil
not. No word has been received here
concerning the plans of the new
/ maua0pment but it is 10 be hoped the