The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Henry Holt has fine new hardware

town soon.
Lew Roberts continues very low, and
seems to be failing
Mrs. G.. l.. Montague of Cassopolis
visited relatives in this place and vicin.
ity last week.
While a. work in the woods Monday,
Harry Sheldon had the misfortune to
fell n tree onto his team and sieighs.
Truant Officer Thomas is quite a
sprInter. He had Il hot race the other
day after "A couple of runaway kids
Thomas came out ahea
The rain of Sunday. followed by snow
and freezing weather, has given us the
worst roads of the winter. Six inches
of snow would make sleighing.
The first lyceum meeting of the high
school will occur next Friday at 2
o'clock. The program will be on col
onial subjects. All are cordially invit-
ed To be present.
| Under the new rule at the Jail, Tues
days and Saturdays are visitors davs,"
and even fire respected the rule, SO that
the Jail was not opened TO the public at
an unusual time
Messrs. Lyle and Bagley were so well
pleased with the result of their recent
horse sale in Decatur that they have de-
cided To have another one next Satur.
day. See their adv. in this paper.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
are going to put electric lights in the
church and, TO help pay for them, will
give washington tea" and the famous
"cake walk" at Longwel's opera house,
Feb. 90.
The Disciple aid society will give a
coffee social next Tuesday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs l. w. Hui
bert. After supper literary program
will be given. A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
Henry Shaefer had a narrow escape
Monday. He was cutting timber in
the woods when falling limb struck
him on his head and knocked him down,
1t was some time before he recovered
so as to be able To stand.
There will be fine vocal concert be-
fore the dance at the opera house next
Tuesday evening, by Paw Paw and
Kalamazoo talent The cake walk oc.
ours at ten O'Clock Our colored friends
anticipate an enjoyable social time.
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NeoCS writes to the NORTHERNER that
his paper is not dead, but sleeping;
that he has only sold the plant to Mr..
Walterhouse, and that in the future the
populist NelCS will resume its labors.
The revival meetings continue this
week at the Free Baptist church. There
have been five conversions. Services
will be held this evening at $3.50 instead
of Z. The afternoon bible readings and
evening sermons will be given daily
except Saturday.
On Thursday last, before Justice
Rowland, Harley James pleaded guilty
to purlOinIng three bottles of perfumery
from Dr. Hamilton's drug store. He
was given the choice of twenty dollars
or thirty days and chose payment in
preference to service.
The local lodge of the International
Congress was instituted here last week,
with about twenty members. and the
charter was left open for short time,
for the benefit of those desiring to come
in The new order is an excellent one,
and the local branch starts most auspi-
ciOusly.
The heavy wind Sunday aftern oon
| OltW uOWH DlR p''iO
front of the court yard, playing havoc
with the telephone wires. The NORTH.
ERNER's Mckinley pole was cut down
to prevent similar accident. The
Bryan pole still stands floating its bob
tailed streamer.
There are 1886 church organizations
in Michigan, according to Secretary
Gardner, with 3,715 church editices and
,679 parsOnages, OF the churches 30
are stone, 740 brick, 1884 frame and %
log Total value of church property,
$50. 775, 1856; seating capacity, 1,13S, 1872,
or half the population of the state.
Yesterday, while climbing fence
with a loaded gun, Herbert Loveland
met with very bad accident By some
means the hammer caught and the gun
was discharged, the entire charge of
shot passing through the middle of his
right hand. DR.. Hoyt dressed the
wound and hopes to be able to save a
portion of the hand.
Yesterday afternoon, Henry Shaefcr's
two boys were playing with a grind
stone, when. by some means, the right
arm of the youngest, Francis, lad OF
six years, was caught in the crank anc
broken midway between the elbow and
shoulder. Dr. Hoyt reduced the frac-
ture. IL is not likely that any perma-
nent injury will ensue.
1t is now less than month until the
republican nomination for county com
missioner of schools will he made The
avowed aspirants for the place are Supt.
w. V Sage of Decatur schools, Supt
Wells e. Brown of Hartford schools,
and Supt Penoyar of Bangor schools,
while Prof. j A OLeary, the present
efficient commissioners, merely says,
"Tm not out of it,"
Spring is not very far in the future,
and of course Smiths new spring stock
is coming with it. 1t has been some
years since the styles in mems wear
were so attractive and sensible as they
are this season. The II s. d NJ. cloth
ing sold by this firm is from the great
Chicago house that sets the pace for
fine apparel over this entire land. +
Smith q Co. are fighting for success
1897
Elsewhere in this paper will he found
the call for republican county con-
vention, to nominate candidate for