The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28


dress.
Messrs. Thayer and Wildey, Hoyt and
Warner will represent Paw Paw in the
state whist tournament at Grand Rapids,
Thursday.
Married, December q, 1898, byJustice
at Paw Paw, Mr.. Earl Carver
of Berlamont and Miss Mabel Grills of
Breedsville.
Mrs. Testa Travis and son of Plain
well and Miss Hattie Ives of Chicago
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Grimes for
the holidays.
New phones for the Paw Paw exchange
are here and will be installed in few
days. We trust satisfactory service will
then be given.
"America's Bobby Burns" is the sub
ject of lecture to be given January Is,
by VIM. r. Moss, under the auspices of
the high school.
Married, at the M. E. parsonage, De
cember 26, by Rev. f. o. Mather, George
A. Kellogg and Miss Jennie b. Dennison,
both of Antwerp.
Misses Daisy Longwell, Mabel Cum
ings and Rena VanFossen and Messrs.
Frank Young, and Frank Seabury are
home from Ann Arbor for the holidays.
Grand Instructor Loomis of Grand
Rapids will visit Maple Grove lodge, X.
of p, next Wednesday evening. Lawton
lodge has been summoned to be present.
After the service at the christian en-
deavor convention this evening, an infor-
NAL reception will be given the visiting
delegates in the Presbyterian church
parlors.
The Maxam & Hartwell company went
to Decatur last evening, to play "Uncle
Toms Cabin" They gave a good show
here Monday night and will be at Long
wells opera house the rest of this week.
The benediction of the new bell will
take place at st. Mary's church, Thurs
day at 10 o'clock. Very Rev. f. A
OBrien of Kalamazoo will perform the
ceremonies. All will be welcome.
The county christian endeavor con
vention commences in the Presbyterian
church this afternoon and closes at noon
to- morrow. Rev. p. E. hartman of Three
Rivers will make the address this evening
II. c.. Waters was in Mt. Pleasant last
week, and while there made arrange
ments for his firm TO handle the Mt
Pleasant line of fruit packages. They
will erect larger building in the spring
to handle the increasing trade.
Christmas was observed in the Paw
Paw churches, according to announce
ments in the Northerner last week. Al
Christmas exercises were good and were
well attended, and altogether the utmos
happiness and good cheer prevailed.
Married, Saturday evening, Decembe
"a, at o'clock, at the home of the groom
in Antwerp, Mr.. Robert p. Sharp an'
Miss Carrie A. Rice of Altoona, Pa
Only few friends were present. Rev
William Rice of Schoolcraft performe
. the ceremony. A fine wedding suppe
, was enjoyed.
The boilers for the waterworks arrive
Monday, and the work of setting ther
will be pushed. The pipe needed t
complete the pipe line is also here
Nothing is now lacking but the watt
! tower, and advices from the compan
indicate that this work is about read
for shipment. 1t now seems probab
that the plant will be soon completed.
A grand cake walk and concert will
given Wednesday evening, January 4,
Longwell's opera house. A concert pr
gram will be given at $50, as fol DIV
e Solo. Miss Martha Cousins, Kalamazoo
solo. Mrs. Bessie Woodford, Kalamazoo
r song with full chorus, Little Yall'
Coon;" buck dance, Willie Hackley, X
v lamazoo; solo, Mrs. Jessie Harris, Bait
Creek. The cake walk will commence
9 o'clock, and will be particiT ted in
prominent colored people of Kalamazo
Battle Creek, Boston, Chicago and Pa
o Paw. The admission will be 10 and
cents. Dancing will follow the cal
J walk.
About six o'clock Monday evenin7, o.
n people were called from their hot. es
the continued whistling of an S. II. q
l. locomotive. and saw towards the sou
= n the Lawton road the bright light oi
i, fire. which had been seen by the engi
- eer, who took this method of calling |
tention to it. The house on j. G. w;
ner's farm, in which George Walk
u lived, was in flarzes and past all hope
u being saved. Ehere was no one at hon
and the yese, which probably caug
d from a Cove, had everything its o.
~ way The house, with practically
its Contents, was destroyed. Mr.. w
lie ne had s4O0 insurance on the hou
6, AValker $500 on his goods.
knights of Pythias reception a
i'll evening was social event
>soioyment From till
Zoe rooms and the Cote