The true northerner., 1899-08-30
Sellick publishes his first fall bulletin

InlS week. III IS interesting.
Mr.. Boone of the S. II. & f. is moving
into Orm. Buffers new house
Work is in progress grading south
Kalamazoo street between the bridges.
Mrs Whitcomb of Chicago is visiting
Mrs. Mary Whitcomb for few days.
Dollie Roach is engaged to teach in
the Fitch school, six miles east of town
Ross Broughton spent part of last
week with Horace McKellar at Bangor
Miss Pearl Haggart went to Grand
Rapids last Friday for weeks vacation.
Miss Lena st. John and Bessie Van
Auken of Hartford were in Paw Paw on
Friday last
Mrs. Nixon and three children from
Decatur, Ala, are guests of her brother,
G. ID. Thayer.
The Home bakery has a new adv. this
week School supplies are among the
goods advertised.
Charles f. Stevens has opened a
iewelry store, with a nice stock, in S. II.
Blackman's building.
f. B. Longwell's big sale is in progress
and is great success. Read his prices
advertised this week.
f. r.. Bassett has resigned his position
as station agent at Covert and expects
to return to Paw Paw.
VIM. Killefer has rented the Roose
house, north Niles street, and will move
into it within a few days.
The union service next Sunday even
ing will be held at the First Baptist
church; sermon by Rev. f. O. Mather.
f.. A. Hoffman of Benton Harbor has
been secured to take charge of the sing
ing at the county Sunday school con-
vention.
The annual convention of the Van
Buren, County Christian Endeavor union
will be held at Bangor, Saturday and
Sunday, October 14-15.
III. w. McCabe is grandpa. A son was
born to his daughter, Mrs. Claude Young
of Decatur, Saturday. Mrs. McCabe was
there to welcome the little fellow. Mother
and child are doing well.
The annual school meeting will take
place at the high school room next Mon
day evening at 1880. Two trustees will
be elected in place of Messrs. O.W. Row.
land and E. +. Parks. 1t is probable
the matter of offering the town hall for
sale will be considered.
A letter from Contractor j. w. Pearl
says that his wife is very serious i'll, and
that as soon as he can leave her he will
come here and finish up his waterworks
contract. He should do so without any
undue delay. The present condition of
the plant is no credit to him nor the vii
lage.
The canning company have put two
small kilns on W. G.. Bliss land, west of
Sabin's foundry for the purpose of dry
ing the waste from their apples The
cannery is a busy place these days, with
large force of help employed. We wish
Paw Paw might have more manufacture
ing plants.
The w. G.. T. u. will meet at the home
of Mrs Eli Wise, Thursday afternoon,
August 81 Mrs. A. r. Hotchkiss, county
president of the union, will be present
and give echoes from the state conven-
ton. Light refreshments will be served,
and hearty welcome extended To all
who will come.
If the remainder of the world would
only learn to eat corn bread, the United
States would undertake to see that great
distress should not keep thousands huu-
cry any longer than it takes to get ships
to them. If the remainder of the moth
ers would only learn the advantages of
clothing their boys at e. Smith IL Cos,
the little fellows would not want any
longer for school apparel.
The Paw Paw Valley Spiritual associa-
tion will hold grove meeting at Lake
Cora, Sunday, September3 3. Mrs. Frances
Ruddick, independent slate writer and
trumpet medium, will be present and
give independent slate writing from the
rostrum. The lecturer and test medium,
Mrs. Amanda Coffman of Grand Rapids,
will lecture at IL 100 a. IN. and 200 p. M,
tests to follow each lecture. Special
trains on S. II. & E.
Forest A. Flynn, the Lawton young
man who was charged with stealing a
bicycle belonging to S. M. Bats of
Dowagiac, had an examination before
Justice Rowland on Friday last and, in
default of bail, was committed to await
the disposition of his case in the circuit
court. He was brought into court on
Monday, where he pleaded guilty to the
charge. Judge Smith sentenced him to
Ionia for one year and six months.
This is what the S. III. & E. offers in
the way of excursions; Saturday, Sep
tember 2, to Chicago. Train leaves Law
ton at $3.50 p. M, Paw Paw $40 p. M,
boat arriving in Chicago at 900 a. M,
Sunday; returning, leaves Chicago at
L 80 p. M, Sunday, 900 a. m. or 1130 p.
m. Monday, round trip S1.50. This gives
Sunday and one business day (the shop
ping day. in Chicago. Sunday, Septem-
ber 3, excursion will be run over the S.
II. a.. E. and c. q w. M. to st. Joe; fare