The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-14
PAW PAW COUNTY MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY DEC A.

acqualntanceS.
j. ID. Holmes advertises cutters and
sleighs this week. He is doing a fine
business in this line, and his customers
are always pleased.
The Up to Date Farmers club will give
an entertainment at the M. r.. church in
Almena, Thursday evening of this week.
Admission, 10 cents
The picture taken of Paw Paws lucky
deer hunters and their twenty head of
deer appeared in the last issue of the
Sunday News Tribune.
When man begins to raise the devil,
he always lowers himself. T.. Smith q
Co. are just lowering their prices. See
the big adv. on eighth page.
G. Roose has purchased the Chas.
Young house in the north part of town.
now occupied by G.. w. Rooms He will
move into it with his family, in the spring
The union meeting of young peoples
societies, held at the Disciple church last
Sunday evening, was very well attended
indeed and an interesting session was
had.
Paw Paw lodge, l. o. 0. F., has elected
the following named officers: j. B. Rick
ard, n. G.; ID. b. Waite, V. G.; o. W.;
Rowland, S.; w. III. Mason, +. S.; A. f.
Mcneil, Il.
Edward III. Brooks of Lawton and Miss
Winnie Holt of Paw Paw were married at
the M. f.. parsonage in Lawton, Tuesday
Of laCt A
liams officiating.
The Lawton electric light bonds, So 900,
were delivered to the First National bank
of this place, Monday, and $3.50 cash
was paid over to the representatives of
that village for them.
Men are here from the Chicago Bridge
and Iron Co., to prepare the foundation
for the water tower at the waterworks.
| The tower will be here soon. The boil
ers for the plant are also expected daily.
The ladies of the Free Baptist church
will hold "B" social at Mrs. Webb's,
Friday evening of this week, December
16. Teams will be provided to take all
who wish a sleigh ride, meeting at Mrs.
Barton's at $50
The Van Buren quarterly meeting of
Free Baptists will be held at Gobleville,
December Is to 16. Opening sermon
Friday evening, by Rev. G.. b. Hart; ser
mon for the young people Saturday at
10:30, by Rev. A. G.. Church; other meet
ings as usual.
Chas. Chappell and family will move
into the Jail January l, when Mr. Thomas
becomes sheriff. Mr.. Chappell will be a
deputy. This will be an excellent ar
rangement for Van Buren's bachelor
sheriff, and Charley will make a good
and careful officer.
The Disciple Sunday school has elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
Superintendent NJ. o. Rowland; asst
supt., Mrs. Henry Hawley; sec'y, Her
bert Loveland; asst sec'y, Zoe Munger;
treas, Ada Hawley: chorister, Guy De
Haven; asst chorister Mrs. Hawley.
During the past two weeks, sixteen
mortgages, amounting in all to the sum
of Sl6,935 were recorded in the Office OF
the register of deeds of this county, and
within the same period of time, forty
three mortgages, for an aggregate sum
of S2l ,474, were discharged from the
records.
Holiday trade is commencing early
this year, and nowhere has trade been
livelier than at Sellicks. He has been
too busy to write a new adv. this week
but the holiday goods ne advertises are
as attractive as ever, and only give a
slight idea of what can be found in his
store for the holidays.
Following are the newly elected of
ficers of Brodhead post, G.. A. r.: j. f
Bullard, Com; A. w. Cummings, S. V. c..
Eli Wise, j. V. c.; l. w. Hubert, Q. M.
o. w. Rowland, Chap; Adam DeHaven
O. D.; Jas. Leach, o. g.; n. Thomas, S.
o. A. Rice, delegate to state encamp
ment; j. G. Giles, alternate.
Floyd Merica, Lloyd Merica and Bur
Ferguson, the three Grand Junction
young men accused of placing ties on the
railroad track on Halloween night, waiv
ed examination before Justice Rowland
last Monday and gave bail in the sum o
$500 each for their appearance at thu
January term of the circuit court.
There are some young people in Paw
Paw who we are very sorry to say, disgrac'
the excellent home training they have
enjoyed by attending religious services
and disturbing them by their whisper
, ing and boisterous conduct. Rowdyisn
never yet made manly man nor a wo
manly woman, and the disturbance o
: religious services is an aggravated form
of rowdyism.
At the council meeting Monday even
ing, it was directed that the commercia
arc and incandescent lights be turned ol
, at $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon until fur
/, I, ther notice. The clerk and Trustee
Shrine and Cole were appointed com
= mittee to assist the village attorney i
drafting bylaws and ordinances relativ
$ to the waterworks. Claims were allowe
4 amounting to S1S9.90.
Mrs. Rose Smith received from he
y nephew, G. f. Crane, who is a sailor o