The true northerner., 1898-04-27
Local Department.
Broughton has another big adv. this

Fun will begin at Sellick's, Saturday
morning.
E. b. Longwell has monster adv of
monster sale.
The Paw Paw students returned to
the University this week.
Wise farmers are preparing to spray
their fruit trees this spring.
Mrs. Cora ID. Martin left early this
month on her trip to Honolulu.
Born, Monday, April Is, to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. f. Showerman, daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Master of Kalama-
zoo are guests at Geo. w. Longwell's.
F.. r. Bassett came home from Jackson
last week, to spend few days with
his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burbank and daughter
Clio of Hartford visited at Mrs ID. A.
Hinckley's last week.
May wheat S1.20 in Chicago and dol
lar wheat in the local market is an en-
couraging outlook for farmers.
Mrs. Charles Martin and son started
to spend the summer with her people.
Herbert Loveland leaves to-day for
Nebraska, on his wheel. He expects to
remain in that state during the summer.
The people of Newaygo know where to
get the best furnace. Snow Bros. re
ceived three orders from there last week.
Mrs. Dennis Donahue, one of the old
settlers of Arlington, was buried last
Monday in the Paw Paw Catholic ceme-
terry.
The Y p. S. c.. f. of the Christian
church will have social on Tuesday
evening of next week, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. O. Rowland All are
invited.
The ladies of the NJ. +. church, will
serve a supper at the church, Wednes-
day, May 4. Everybody is invited to
come and have good time and good
supper.
The executive committee will meet the
first Wednesday in May at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Zielie, for the purpose
of making arrangements for the old peo-
ple's picnic.
Bernie Buck went to Lansing, Mon
day, expecting to get back into the com
pany of state troops of which he was
member in that city, and go with them
to the front
Cummings fourth Cresco corset essay
carries with it convincing proof that the
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on his corset sales. This department has
always been strong one at this popular
store.
The executive committee of the Pion
eer association will have a meeting at
Bangor next Saturday April 30 at 10 a.
m., to arrange for the annual meeting
which will be held there Wednesday,
June 8.
In addition to the list published else
where, the following Paw Paw boys,
making 27 in all, have enrolled in the
volunteer reserves: Duane Graham, John
Jay Jones, George A. Hartig William A.
Ort, Fred G. Stanley, Elmer l.. Stantz.
l.. CO. Ocobock, who has been at work
in Chicago with a carpenter gang, for
the M. G.. r. r., came home last week,
sick with quinsy. He has recovered and
will return to Chicago to-day. Charles
Pike will go with him, for similar en-
ployment.
Mrs. Matilda Thayer died Monday,
April p, at the home of her son in Ran
som, Mich. Funeral services will be held
there and her body will be brought here
Thursday for burial. She had made her
home in and near Paw Paw for a good
many years.
A meeting of the Paw Paw High
School Alumni association, to make ar
rangements for the annual reunion, will
be held at the home of M. o. Rowland,
Saturday afternoon, April 30, at 2:30
o'clock All members who can do so are
urged to be present.
Mr.. Wayne Harrington died Sunday
evening at his home in this township
Sunday evening, April a. from heart
failure. He was 80 years of age. The
funeral was held at the home Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. Ross Matthews officat-
ing. The interment was in the Wildey
cemetery.
The Murphy case against the Michigan
Central comes on for hearing in the
United States circuit court of appeals in
Cincinnati in a few days. This is an APP
peal of the company from the verdict of
the u. S. court in Grand Rapids. Attor-
neys l.. A. Tabor and Z. J, Cavanaugh
will go to Cincinnati to argue the case.
Work is now being pushed by the Paw
Paw Milling Co. to get their water power
into use again The plan of transmitting
the power by cable has been abandoned,
and it has now been decided to use a
steel hume 4 115 feet across, made of $s
inch steel. l.. w. Whitbeck is in charge
of the work of getting ready for the
fume, which is not yet here.
The council held regular meeting
Monday evening 1t was voted to put
electric lights in the village dwelling. A
committee was appointed to see about
puttinp new well down at the same