The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-03-09
Local Departing ept.


March 10.
Regular review of the X. o. 7. M. to-
morrow evening.
E. d. Bierce is having his residence
wired for electricity.
Broughton has two advs. this week
that are worth your perusal.
Register Saturday, if your name is not
already on the village registration book.
Attention is called to the two bank
statements appearing elsewhere in this
paper.
j. d. Holmes handles the celebrated
Sherwin- Williams paints, and advertises
them this week
Mrs. ID. ID. Crofoot and son Glare of
Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, are visiting
friends and relatives in this vicinity.
The w. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs
f. o. Mather, March 10. Every woman
that hates the saloon is urged to come.
Tickets for the musical, p and 10
cents; No extra charge for reserved
seats. The board is now ready at Long
well Bros
Berna Mead and Miss Dora Mumaugh
of Hamilton were married at the M. f.
parsonage, March 2, Rev. f. o. Mather
officiating.
w. G. Wildey, B. f. Warner, e. c..
Thayer and w. l.. Miller will attend the
state whist tournament at Hastings next
Wednesday.
Quarterly meeting at the NJ. f. church
next Sunday morning; love feast at $50,
sermon by Rev. j. H. Emmons at 1870.
All are welcome.
1t is expected that Elder Goodrich of
Battle Creek will preach at the Adventist
meeting in X. o. L. M. hall, next Satur-
day at 11:30 a. IN.
1t was not an accident We do not re-
fer to the Maine disaster, but to an oc-
currence at Waters & Co.'S. Read their
adv. for particulars.
OF the death of Mrs. Nathan Thomas.
. She has been i'll for some time and death
was not unexpected.
Mrs. Van Fleet is in Chicago this week
buying new millinery goods. She expects
to open her new store in the Sheldon
building next Monday
Married, at the NJ. f. parsonage, Feb
, ruary "a, by Rev +. o. Mather, Charles
S. Ward of Kalamazoo and Miss Mamie
Il. Clary of Paw Paw.
The Model Steam laundry has just put
in larger boiler and some other i'm
provements, greatly increasing the facili-
ties for handling its trade.
Sunday evening at the NJ. f.. church
Mrs. j. G. Floyd of Kalamazoo will give
an address under the auspices of the
w. +. NJ. S. All are invited.
r W. j. Sellick's showing of spring dress
goods, now open for inspections; is indeed
I a gay and attractive line. See his adv
for prices and other information.
Miss Harriet Kinney of Kalamazoo
will give some skirt dancing at the mus
ical, March TO- The scene from lingo
mar will be another attractive feature.
The last union christian endeavor meet
ing before the election of officers, will bC
. held at the Disciple church next Sunday
t evening, March 13, commencing at 5:4;
o'clock.
Mrs. A. G.. Martin went to Ransom
$ few days since, called by the illness o
her mother, whom she finds in so seriou.
J. condition as to render it impossible t
= bring her home.
Mrs. j. f. Chandler, who has been il
Kalamazoo since the death of her father
caring for her mother, who is dangerous
ly i'll, is now sick herself from over ex
ertion in her work.
r The people of Almena will hold boz
social and donation at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G.. B. Whelan, Friday evening
of this week, for the benefit of Rev. En-
= mons. All are invited.
J. l. Snow has sold his interest in tn,
Paw Paw Cereal Co. to parties who ex
= pect to manufacture full line of healtl
foods in the near future. Dana p. Smitl
will remain in charge of the business.
The Northerner has received lette
from Dr. w. G. Y. Ferguson from New
castle, Ont, conveying the sad intelli
gence of the death of his father, Sunda.
morning. DIR. Ferguson expects to reacl
home this afternoon or tomorrow.
Friday evening of this week at 7:30 a
Longwells opera house, will occur tn
Paw Paw high school oratorical contest
to decide who shall represent the schoc
in the district contest at Dowagiac tn
!! 18th inst. The contestants Friday even
IL ing will he Clara Woodman, Rhett
Chapman, Harry Pepper, CLYDE En-
N mons, Daisy Lord, John OLeary, Fran
10 Roach, Viola Monroe, Mabel Stephen
and Matte Auton.