The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-06-28
Local Department.
Hon. C. D. Lawton was in town yester


A letter from E. d. Berce says that
he has fine position at Columbus, o.
+. A. Foster and family have gone to
Vassar, Mich, to make their home there.
Prof. and Mrs. j. A. O'Leary went to
Detroit, Friday, remaining two or three
days.
Frank l.. Van Ness has been commits
stoned TO paint portrait of Secretary of
the Navy Long.
E. E. Downing was in Chicago, Friday
and Saturday, on business, and expects
to 60 to the city again this week.
Married at Paw Paw, June 22d, 1899.
by Justice Rowland, John G. Grail of
Breedsville and Sarah f. Grail of Geneva.
Mrs. Rose L. Miller entertained the
Bay View club yesterday afternoon at
five o'clock tea, in honor of Miss Ander-
son.
The Gremps street water extension is
about completed and the pipe is dis
tributed on South Niles and LaGrave
streets.
The new coaches on the S. II. & Z. are
excellent ones, and, with the new caboose
for the freight train, add greatly to the
equipment of the road.
The new painting of j. c. Warmers
fine residence will make it one of the
handsomest places in town. Will Ball
and Ed. Bullard are doing the work
Married, by Mrs. Anna Barton, June
26, at the residence of Mr.. Fred Hinck-
ley in this village, Mr.. VIM. Lee of
Hamilton and Mrs. Orrilla Kirkland of
Decatur
The Disciple church has extended a
call to Rev. Fred Linsell, who occupied
the pulpit in that church a couple of
weeks ago. He will commence his work
here about July 16.
The prohibitionists of the 4th congress
sional district will hold basket picnic
and rally at st. Joseph on the 4th of
July. State Chairman Fred E. Britten
has been engaged as orator of the day.
A district convention is also called in
connection, to provide for a more perfect
organization.
Advertising is not gamble nor is it
a speculation. There is no more risk
in it than in keeping store, or manufac-
turing plows or harrows, or clothes, or
sending men on the road or the thousand
and one other things that every business
man does for the furthering of his bust
ness. Read f. Smith & Cos. adv in this
ISSUE headed get ready for the 4th."
Mr.. Hughes of Cleveland, one of the
manufacturers of the pumps at the
waterworks station, was here last week
to see why the pumps are not satisfac-
tory to the village. He says the wells do
not furnish sufficient water TO supply
even one of the pumps running at its
capacity; that the pumps are all right
when cleaned up and properly connected
and furnished sufficient water TO fill the
cylinders
DR.. \. l.. Kennan, with his wife and
little daughter, will spend a few days in
Paw Paw, arriving to-day. DR.. and Mrs
Kennan will sail for India in September,
where they locate as missionaries. Ar
rangements have been made for him to
speak to the different churches of the +.
b. q. NJ. He will speak in Arlington
next Sunday morning at 1870, at Gid
denburg at $3.50 p. M. and in Paw Paw
Free Baptist church at 1880 Sunday
evening.
Sugar beet plants are suffering from
some small beetles. a circular letter
from the Wolverine Sugar company rec
ommends mixture of Paris green and
Bordeaux mixture applied as a spray
and cutting down of all weeds, on
which the beetles breed. The pests are
of the same nature as tie common po-
tato bug and should be treated in much
the same way, being careful not to use
the mixture strong enough to injure the
tender foliage of the plant.
The S. II. & f. is preparing to haul
the whole population to South Haven
July 4, to the only big celebration in
this part of the country. Big attractions
are advertised, including balloon ascen.
sions, lake excursions, races and fire
works. Trains will leave Paw Paw for
South Haven at 6:40, 7:12 and 1910 a. m.
2:10 and 5:25 p. M, with plenty of trains
for the returning crowds. Trains will
start at Lawton and run the whole
length of the line. The fare from all
stations east of Hartford is 80 cents for
the round trip, 30 cents from Hartford
and % cents from all stations west.
A shirt waist and negligee shirt party
will be given at Longwell's opera house
Friday evening of this week, for the ben
eft of Mr.. and Mrs. James III. Prater
The object is a most worthy one, and
highly creditable to the promoters of the
party. Mr.. and Mrs. Prater are old and
respected residents of this place, always
bearing their full share in the activities
of life until old age came upon them
They are in need now of the same assis
tance that they in the past years of theil
prosperity SO often and freely gave t'
others, and the entire community should
purchase tickets to the party, helping t'
make it substantial benefit. Tickets
will be sold at fifty cents couple
50 cents to ladies alone and ID cents t