The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08


The Disciple aid society will serve
supper in NJ z. Aliens building next
Tuesday evening from to g. All are
invited, Supper, Is cents,
The ladies of the First Baptist church
will serve "A ten cent supper at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. +. d. Bierce, Friday
evening, September 10. Supper from
To s.
Misses Kittie Sweet and Grace Whe
don Of South Haven spent last week
with Mrs. j. II. johnson, and Miss
Maggie Hurlbut, also from South Ha
ven, was the guest of Miss Zella Harvey
We have seen a sample Of wheat
grown by Francis Dibble, from seed re-
planted by him each year for the past
thirty years. The grain is first class
and yielded this year 1S5 bushels on
acres.
The Van Buren, Free Baptist quarter
ly meeting will be held with the Free
Baptist church in Almena village, Sept
II to 10. Opening sermon Friday even
| ing, by Rev. Nj. 5. Waller of Paw Paw
A cordial invitation is extended to all
A. j. Scott, who has been visiting hi:
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. M
Brown of this place, has been compelled
TO have one eye removed since his re-
turn to Milwaukee, as a result of an ac
cidental gunshot wound sustained some
months since.
The Crescent Bulletin" issued
monthly by the makers of the Crescent
bicycles, is a neat little publication, fill
ed with matters interesting to dealer:
and riders alike. II. G.. Waters & Co
the local Crescent agents, will be pleas
ed to give you copies of the Bulletin
each month.
A good crowd attended the union
temperance meeting at the Disciple
church, Sunday evening Rev. Brant
of Lansing, representing the anti.saloor
league, made a good temperance ad
dress, defending the local option law
and urging temperance people to get in
line for the prospective election.
A late number of the Christian
Standard says: "H. A. Pallister o
Greenwood, Neb., has been delivering
his lecture on Martin Luther at several
points in Iowa. More recently we Learn
that Bro Pallister is seriously i'll at hi:
home with typhoid fever" Mr.. Pallis
ter was formerly Paw Paw pastor.
Merritt Conner, who is in the employ
of the Western Electric Co. in Chicago
has just completed making the plans
specifications and estimates for fCul
telephone exchanges, to be installed il
| Cleveland, o., at a cost of about $500, 900
This kind of work being entrusted t
the young man, speaks well of the con
tidence placed in him by his employers
The Oddfellows of Van Buren, count,
will celebrate the 10th anniversary o
the institution of the degree of Re
bekah by holding a basket picnic a
Lake Cora, Monday, September 90
All members of the order are requested
to be present and the public is cordial.
invited to participate. A good pro
gram has been arranged. Special ex
cursion rates on the s. II. IL f. r. r.
DR.. j. ID. Hamilton has added a new
stock of groceries to his business. Oh
the eighth page of this paper you will
find his new adv, giving a few price
on staple goods. Mr.. Hamilton says h.
is going to sell goods as low as an,
body, and then make five per cen
cash discount. This is substantial
inducement, and the \ ortherner expect
to see large grocery patronage goin!
to the new stock.
Monday, while near Reynolds lake
on his way to Paw Paw, Mr.. Clarl
Huff's team became frightened at som,
bicycles and ran away, throwing Mr.
and Mrs. Huff out of the buggy ant
bruising them both quite severely. Th,
carriage was badly broken, but tn,
team escaped injury. Mr.. Huff doe
not think the bicyclists exercised rea
sonable caution, as all riders should dt
when approaching horses on the road
At about 7:30 Thursday evening, th
house of VIM. Strowbridge was dis
covered to be on fire. The most of th
household goods were soon removed
from the burning building, and tn,
prompt response of the fire department
made it possible to confine the fire Il
the upper story of the upright, wher
the fire caught from the chimney. Th
house was insured for S400, fully cover
ing the loss. The goods were also in
sured
That dollar of yours can buy NOR
and bring better results than it eve
did since the dollar mark was invented
| III JOu puL III lIlIO Tic uOlldT SJTtlCU
ing values that f. Smith & Go. an
nounce in a three column adv't in thi
paper. They have the greatest gath
ering of desirable clothing and furnish
ings they have ever succeeded in col
lecting for their patrons-everythin
fresh and new, sparkling with tn
brightest fashion thoughts of the season
Deputy State Game Warden l.. w
Watkins of Manchester was here las
week, to assist Warden Thayer in look
ing after violaters of the fish law
None was found in this immediate
vicinity, but trip just across tn,
county line into Kalamazoo county re
suited in the capture of two men VIII,
were using dynamite in the lakes il
that locality. They were taken to Kal
amazoo TO answer for the offense
The vigorous enforcement of the fisl
law will greatly improve the sport il
our lakes.
One of the most successful and inter
esting meetings in the history of tn
! North and South Farmers club wa
! held on Thursday last at the home o
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Showerman Up
on entering the dining room, the com
3 pany found each place at the table yer
: tastily decorated with goldenrod anC
/ myrtle. Following an elegant dinner
: came melons and grapes in abundance