The true northerner., 1899-08-30
WHOLE NUMBER 23l9.

| 'ihiO, 1hc ll-y ycdT-Olu son Oh reQ
Pugsley OF Dowagiac, died of lockjaw
Friday, caused by running a silver into
his foot about two weeks ago.
The Y. p. S. G. E. of the Free Baptist
church will take "a trip on the no name
line" at the home of Henry Hinckley,
Friday evening. Refreshments will be
served. All are invited.
Snow Bros. have an adv. of their cele-
brated and popular furnaces in this
paper. The editor of the Northerner has
used Snow furnace in his residence
for the past two winters and can vouch
for their excellence.
Elton Rogers returned Monday from
trip around the lakes, from Detroit to
Mackinac island, thence on the magnif-
cent steamer Manitou to Chicago. He
brought home with him copy of the
Manitou Light, unique publication,
daily paper published on the big boat
The garden party and missionary tea,
under the auspices of the Woman's Mis-
sionary society of the f. w. b. church,
which was advertised for last Saturday
afternoon, was postponed until next
Saturday afternoon and evening, Sep
tember 2, at the home of the pastor. All
are invited.
L. III. Titus sold his fine Ant
werp fruit farm last week to VIM. j.
Barber from Wisconsin,; consideration,
$500. The sale was negotiated by f.
E. Downing. The place is a fine one, and
the price is little over so per acre.
Possession will pass after this years
crops are harvested. Barber has contract
ed with Free & Hagerman for the build
| ing of a new barn and will also remodel
the house, making an ideal country home.
The beautiful location, good roads and
the fine schools of this village decided
Mr.. Barber in the selection of a place,
he having looked at many farms in this
and other sections of the county.
There has been great kicking at the
absence of street lights-and no wonder
The people are paying heavy taxes,
considerable portion of which go to pay
/ the electric light bonds Last winter,
an engine was installed so as to be in
readiness for the low water. Yet we have
no street lights. The water is low and
the new engine is not in shape for bust
ness. The council has ordered new pull
leys and clutches for attaching the eng
inc hoping thereby to be able to use it,
but the new supplies have not yet arriv-
ed. Meanwhile our streets are in dark
ness. We hope the engine may in
some way be made available. 1t has
cost enough money so that it should do
good work.
At the council meeting Monday even-
ing, in addition to the allowance of the
usual batch of claims, the following
business was transacUed: One-half the
taxes of Messrs. Gleason and Turrell
were remitted, contrary to the recon-
mendation of the finance committee, by
the following vote: Yeas Trustees Cole,
Sabin and Rickard; Nays, Trustee Miller;
| Trustees Warner and Rowland were not
present when the vote was taken. The
Northerner believes the precedent es-
tablished is mistake and such action
should not have been taken. The con-
tract for building the cement walk be-
tween the bridges was let to the lowest
bidder, Messrs. Free & Hagerman, at
cents per square foot, to be built under
a $500 bond guaranteeing the work for
three years.
/ One of the very busiest places to be
found is the steam evaporating plant
these days. Messrs Trescott q Reming-
ton have gotten the factory in better shape
than ever before, and their energy, as
sisted by 30 employees, is turning out a
big product. The daily amount of ap-
plies handled is about 500 bushels. The
new power parers handle the apples in
neat and lively manner, adding much to
the capacity of the factory. A new kiln
has been built and the towers enlarged
and improved A new office building
makes the business quarters much more
convenient. This evaporator is one of
Paw Paws most valuable institutions,
and the Northerner is glad to see the
proprietors putting out a large product.
We trust it will prove as profitable to
them as it is to the community. The
money paid out by them in wages and
for fruit is a great assistance in local
business channels. The amount of ap-
Piles brought in by wagons is not suffici-
ent, and the fruit is coming in by car
loads from the western part of the
county.
A circular issued from the headquar-
ters of the department of Michigan, G. A.
r. gives the following information for
/ the benefit of those who intend to go to
Philadelphia on the occasion of the 33d
national encampment. In order that
comrades from far away points in the
state may, il they wish, travel with him,
the department commander will start on
his train from Three Rivers via the
Michigan Central at 11:35 a. M, Satur
day, September 2 reaching Detroit at
6:10 p. m., Toledo at 7:55, thence via the
Pennsylvania line to Pittsburgh, reach
ing there for breakfast at 6 a. m., Harris
burg at p. m. The special train from
Detroit will be made up of sufficient
number of coaches and sleepers for the
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