The true northerner., 1899-08-23
Local Department.

buying new goods.
Mrs. E. NJ. Russell has been calling on
Paw Paw friends.
Advertised letters: Maggie Egan, N.
II. Corbidge, Anna Casslmon.
There will be services in the Catholic
church next Sunday, August 27, at the
usual hour.
The finest Lombard plums we have
seen this season were left at this office
by Fred Hall.
&. Frank Young went to Ann Arbor,
yesterday, to assume his new duties at
the u. of NJ.
Miss Mabel Chaffee and friend, Miss
Clara Deering of Elk Rapids, are spend
ing few days in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Woodman left
Monday for Traverse City and other
points in northern Michigan.
Mrs. Rachel Easton and twin boys of
Fairmount, North Dakota, are visiting
relatives in Paw Paw and vicinity.
Mrs. J. c. Gould, who went to Mt
Clemens for treatment for rheumatism,
is confined to her bed in that place.
There will be preaching services at the
Free Baptist church, Almena, next Sun
day afternoon at half past two o'clock,
by Rev. A. A. Glovier.
Mr.. E. F.. Muenchrew, catcher of the
Columbia wheelmen's nine of Chicago,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Cross the mast two weeks
Mrs. Stanton and daughter Sabra went
to Bangor, yesterday, to make their home
there, Miss Stanton having position as
teacher in the village school.
Miss Genevieve M. Sheehan of Niles,
teacher of advanced mathematics in the
Muskegon high school, was the guest of
Miss Mary Bryar over Sunday
Married, at the M. E. parsonage,
August 2l, by Rev. f. O. Mather, Sid
ney j. Herrick of Almena and Miss
Mabel d. Harmon of Kendall.
III. L. Mcneil has made a trade with
Free d Hagerman for the O'Leary house,
possession of which will pass when Mr..
OLeary's new house is completed.
The annual Sunday school picnic of
the M. e. church, will be held at Lake
Park, Wednesday, August 30. Teams
Will be at the church at 500 a. m.
County Clerk and Mrs Buck are spend
ing a weeks vacation in northern Mich
igan. Deputy Clerk Rowland has charge
of the office during Mr. Bucks absence.
The much talked-of prosperity has
struck Supervisor Frank Branch and he
has purchased his third farm-the Ba-
con place south of wn.-Lawrence
Times.
The missionary society of the Free
Baptist church will have a garden tea
party at the home of Rev. A. A. Glovier,
Saturday, August 26 at three o'clock.
All are invited
Miss Eldora S. Wilson, niece of Mrs.
Emmie Darling, has returned to her
home in Chicago, after a months visit in
this village, where she has formed many
pleasant acquaintances.
l.. B. Kendall, principal owner of the
Kalamazoo News, died at Denver last
week Wednesday and was buried at
Kalamazoo, Saturday. He formerly lived
at Kendall, Van Buren, county.
The examination of Geo. w. Hicks,
charged with setting fire to M. j. Litch-
ards house, was finished last Thursday.
Justice Rowland held him for trial and,
in default of $500 bail, he was committed
to Jail.
"The saloon business inside out, or the
| liquor traffic seen through a camera" will
be the subject next Sunday evening at
the union service in the Disciple church.
Rev. A. Frank Ferris and Jeanette o.
Ferris will have charge.
The impulse of new life has touched
f. Smith & Co. in their boys and juven-
lie department A better variety novel
ties is not to be found in any store in any
CITY, The boys of Paw Paw stand side
by side in clothing advantages with the
boys of New York, Chicago, Boston and
Philadelphia. See their adv. on the 8th
page of the paper.
| Frank Rawson of Lawton came to De-
catur, Tuesday, to consult DR.. Rose re-
garding the injuries he received while in
the Cuban war He was wounded in his
left arm and has been advised that his
only chance for permanent recovery is to
have the arm amputated and he will SUBJ
nit to the operation in a couple of weeks.
Decatur Republican.
The annual reunion of the Van Buren
county battalion and basket picnic will
be held at South Haven, August 81 and
September l. All soldiers and sailors of
the civil war, with their families, S. O.V.
and W.RC., and the soldiers and sailors
of the late Spanish war are invited to
join in the reunion and picnic. Good
speakers will be in attendance.