The true northerner., 1898-08-17

an invalid daughter.
Several nights of late, Paw Paw has
been without street lights, owing to low
water in the pond. The Northerner be-
lieves an engine should be added to the
plant before another summer.
o. II. p. Sheldon has been very sick
with malarial fever and acute bronchi-
tis, but, under the care of DR.. Maynard,
is slowly recovering, and hopes to be on
the streets again after while.
During the past week mortgages to
the amount of 1866 were recorded in
the Office of the register of deeds and,
during the same period, mortgages in
the sum of Sl0,705 were discharged.
Services at the Free Baptist church
will be resumed next Sunday; also the
prayer meeting on Thursday evening of
this week. Mrs. Barton is feeling much
better, and will be glad to meet her peo-
pie again.
The village has ordered a carload of
paving brick for crosswalks. These
will, we believe be much more economi-
cal in the long run than the soft brick
that have been used for some crossings
this season.
II. B. Corwin of Keeler is having placed
in his new house one of Snow Bros. com
bination furnace. The school house at
Bangor has three of these furnances,
and the school board have now ordered
another for their new building.
Mrs. Kittie Payne and son Donald are
spending a couple of weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c. Waters. Mrs. Payne has been
at Lake Park for the past month,
but wants to recuperate for short time
before returning to her home in Chicago
Allan Gorham died Thursday last, at
Bellaire, Mich. He was formerly well
known resident of this county, and went
into service with the Lafayette Light
Guards. He was half brother to j. T..
Showerman and father of Mrs. Chas.
Baker.
The Women's Missionary society of the
Presbyterian church will meet with Miss
Jennie f. Pugsley on Friday afternoon
of this week at 2:30 o'clock All mem
bers are expected and others interested
are invited to be present. Subject,
Korea"
Three heavy rains, with some thunder
and lightning have come to us since
Monday morning. Growing crops have
been immensely benefited. Two-thirds
nh
change were burned out Monday and
Tuesday.
The Catholics will hold picnic at Lake
Cora, Wednesday, August "a. Special
trains will be run from all points on the
S. III. Il +. at % cents for the round trip.
There will be sports of all kinds. Hon.
+. l.. Hamilton will be present and make
an address. A good time is anticipated
The best way to succeed in business is
to make it the personal interest of the
public to do business with you. Sell
them such goods that they will not for
get where they got them. f. Smiths
& Co.'S store will be bargain center for
fall business. See their August bulletin
on the eighth page.
Mrs. Bella Nj. Luce, whose death was
briefly mentioned in the Northerner last
week, would have been 81 years old in
December next. She had lived in this
many years, and is mourned
by numerous friends. The funeral was
held at the house Friday at 10 a. m, con
Quoted by Rev. j. p. Davis. The inter
ment was in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Geo. NJ. Harrison has received letter
from j. A. Wheeler, who is in Co. "E,"
I'd U. S. Inf, written from Santiago. He
reports Paw Paw boys all well, but a
little thin. He speaks of Hinckley,
Thomas and Frank George. Wheeler
doesn't think the Cubans amount to
much. The letter is entertaining, but
reached here too late for publication.
Several days ago, wolf escaped from
a Snowman east of town, and has been
playing havoc with the farmers focks.
A number of men have been hunting
him ever since, desiring the Sl5 bounty.
The wolf has been seen a number of
times, and enough ammunition has been
fred at him at short range to defeat a
Spanish army. The wolf is yet alive
and at large.
Rev. NJ. f. Barakat, B. A., native of
Syria, will lecture on "Bible Evidences
from Bible Lands" at the Disciple
church, Thursday evening, August %,
under the auspices of the G. E. society.
ID and 10 cents. He has
given lectures in most of the large cities
Of England and the United States, and
Is highly commended by the press and
pulpit. He should be greeted here by
crowded house.
Last Wednesday, President Free and
Trustees Cole and Shrine started on a
"junket," to investigate gasoline engines
as power for waterworks. They first
went to Chicago and then to Dwight,
Ills. The fact that they had been in
Chicago had no more to do with their
visit to Dwight than did the location of
a certain celebrated medical institution
in that place. Dwight was visited be-
cause there is in operation there a fine
city water plant operated by gasoline
engines. The party also saw engines in