The true northerner., 1898-08-24

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The new steel on the railroad is now
laid beyond Lawrence. Some ID car
loads more of steel have now arrived.
The work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible.
If the team of Fred Phelps of Lawton,
driver on the Standard Oil wagon, were
poisoned, as suspected, the Northerner
hopes the perpetrators of the outrage
may be apprehended and punished.
The funeral of Mrs. Cynthia A. Foster,
held at the home of r. A. Rood last
Wednesday afternoon, was conducted
by Rev. Gerald f. Stevens of Detroit.
The interment was at Prospect Hill.
Apples are already being taken in at
the evaporator. Some "chops" are now
being dried, and the establishment will
be in full blast within a few days. This
! is valuable institution to Paw Paw.
Mrs. Van Fleet leaves this morning
for Cleveland, Toledo and other points,
to purchase fall millinery. She closes
her place of business during her absence.
She expects to return about September 3.
The Free Baptist Sunday school will
have an excursion to South Haven to-
morrow, at % cents for the round trip
from all stations. Trains leaves Paw
Paw at 7:05 a. IN. A good crowd and
good time are in prospect.
The examination of Chester Brown of
Oshtemo, for bastardy, before Justice
Mason, Monday, was adjourned until
Friday We understand settlement is
in prospect. f. f. Knappen of Kalama-
zoo was here as Browns attorney.
For the Catholic picnic at Lake Cora
to-day, special trains leave Paw Paw at
9:20 and 1l;45 a. m. and 2:30 p. M.
Specials also run from South Haven and
Lawton and all the points along the line,
at % cents for the round trip. All kinds
of games and sports are on the program.
Congressman Hamilton will positively
be present and deliver an address in the
afternoon.
At a session of the council Monday
evening, cement walks were ordered
built on the north and east side of John
Lyle's residence, and on the west side of
Kalamazoo street between the race and
river bridges. The usual batch of claims
were allowed. W. r. Shrine was voted
a compensation Of $50 per day for ser
vices uperintending the construction of
waterworks.
Spain was originally formed from four
teen Kingdoms, and has an area of 1885,
l13 square miles and a population of
100000. If Spain ever tackles Amer
lea again she will not have kingdom
enough left for a small boy king to have
the measles in. f. Smith & Co. propose
to set the pace for fall business and ex-
tend their kingdom in clothing and fur
nishings. See the necessity sale adv. on
eighth page.
The new cement walks that are being
built around town are costing trifie less
than eight cents per square foot. This
amounts to 81 cents per running foot of
walk, four feet wide 1923 per rod, figur-
ing at eight cents per square foot. As
the property owners pay one-third the
cost, the owner of single lot frontage
-four rods would have special assess
ment of about 500 an eight rod front
gress on the north side of Main street,
between Kalamazoo and Niles.
Murray DeGraff, member of Co. "D,"
I'd u. S. Inft who was with the army
of Gen. Shafter at Santiago arrived at
this place from Montauk Point, l.. l.,
yesterday morning on thirty days sick
leave. He is very weak and feeble from
the effect of fever contracted at Santiago
and is also suffering from a hard cold
contracted en- route home, so that he can
not speak above a whisper. He reports
the other Paw Paw boys in his regiment
as getting along all right, although
Hinckley was not feeling just right when
he left the point. Mr.. DeGraff is stop
ping with his sister, Mrs. Rolla Love
land, where he hopes soon to regain his
old time health and strength.
Rev. NJ f.. Barakat and his brother
Elias are natives of Syria, with a re-
markable history. Born of christian
parents in Damascus, they passed
through the terrible massacre of 1860,
in which over 5000 christians were killed
in Damascus alone, their father
mother and sister being among the
victims. They escaped to Egypt, and,
after struggling for education, success
fully passed through the American
schools and seminaries. Rev. NJ. f.
Barakat is an ordained minister and
graduate of Auburn, IN. " theological
seminary. His lecture at the Disciple
church Thursday evening admission ID
cents, children 10 cents) is expected to
be intensely interesting, and should be
largely attended.
H. w. Showerman and w. +. Shower
man have made arrangements to pur-
chase the stock and business of T. G..
Tyner, to take effect about September
l, and they calculate to carry full line
of clothing, boots and shoes, hats and
caps, furnishing goods, etc. They will
do business under the firm name of
Showerman Bros. For number of
years II. w. Showerman has been prom
inently identified with Paw Paws bust
ness interests. w. f.. Showerman has
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