The true northerner., 1899-03-08

COVey Hill cnurcn, Marcn IL TO III; open
ing sermon Friday evening by Rev. Anna
Barton.
The account of the meeting of the
Paw Paw and Antwerp Farmers club in
this paper, is especially interesting, as il
contains complete an excellent paper on
Fruit Culture"
The members of st. Mary's church are
making every effort for the success OF
the banquet to be given under their
auspices, on the evening of March IA, at
Longwell's opera house.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Sherrod and Mr..
III. M. Olney start to-day for Highlands,
California The gentlemengo on a busi-
ness trip, they having a fine orange
grove there. They will be gone several
weeks.
Mrs. Eunice Benjamin and M. ID.
Benjamin of Big Rock, Ills, who have
been guests at o. w. Rowland's for
several weeks, went to Lawrence, Satur-
day, and will return to their home in a
few days.
Don't forget the entertainment at the
opera house March IA, given under the
auspices of the ladies of st. Mary's
church. Supper will be served from 5 to
1880. Some of the best local talent will
participate in the program.
The Northerner is in receipt of letter
from A. S. Packard of Covert, in which
he says: II have examined my orchard
quite good deal and think if nothing
happens later shall have nearly or quite
third of a crop of peaches"
E. Smith & Cos anxiety to provide a
majority of the people of lower Michigan
from their gigantic stock leads them, to
create at this time price-reducing event
that will afford phenomenal bargains,
that will mean saving of dollars.
At its meeting last week, the Coterie
elected the following officers for next
year: President, Mrs. Cora G.. Brown;
1st vice pres, Mrs. Rose Miller; I'd vice
pres, Mrs. Alice Grimes; sec'y, Mrs.
Anderson; treas, Miss Franc Warner.
Sim. Morton, who had worked num-
ber of years for G. w. Young, expects to
go soon to the state of Washington, to
take up land for himself. His son, who
had his leg severely fractured while work
ing in the woods, is recovering completely.
Thursday of this week, representative
of the Wolverine Sugar Co. of Benton
Harbor will be at the Dyckman house to
contract for growing beets. We under
stand the company has already contract
ed considerable acreage in this vicinity
Paw Paw grange will hold a masquer-
ade social at grange hall, Tuesday even
ing, March IA. New, warm maple sugar
will be served at ten cents dish, at
seven o'clock. Everybody and his wife
are invited. You may go masked or un-
masked.
A county exchange says: "One of our
recent articles exhorting our citizens to
patronize home merchants was appre-
ciated by at least one merchant, who
thanked us in a note written on letter
head that he had printed in Chicago" !"
There is nothing like consistency.
B. +. Warner had two horse sales ad-
vertised for this week. He went to
Chicago, Monday, to buy horses for the
sales. He found prices so high in the
city market that he would have to sell at
500 to Sl25 per head to get out, and so
he did not buy and the sales are off.
Union services will be held next Sun
day evening at the Free Baptist church
Mrs. Cornelia Moots of West Bay City,
state superintendent of the w. G.. Il. u,
department of sabbath observance, will
speak Mrs. Moots is an interesting
speaker and all will enjoy hearing her.
A collection will be taken.
The Paw Paw Cereal company-the
business conducted successfully on
small scale for some time past by Dana
Smith-has leased and now occupies the
Morgan building on Kalamazoo street.
j. Henry Myers of Battle Creek has
become interested in the company. The
business will be enlarged and pushed.
Joshua Sheldon of Columbia was ar
raigned before Justice Rowland on Satur-
day last, charged with having violated
the local option law, by selling to Bert
Loehr, Lee Messer, Geo. Baker and
Clarence Barker two gallons of hard
cider. He waived examination and gave
bail for his appearance before the circuit
court on the 25th inst.
The Van Buren, county delegates did
not go to the judicial convention, Mon
day. BY agreement, the Kalamazoo dele
gates came together and adjourned until
next Monday afternoon. Nominations
will have to be certified Tuesday morn
ing. 1t is likely the long -drawn-out con-
vention will never meet again, on ac-
count of changing of circuits.
The council held session March 2.
The big pile of sidewalk stringers on the
corporation lots were sold to Free a.
Hagerman at 50 per thousand, 1900 feet
being retained. The village paid more
for them. The financial report was adopt
ed. AZ Mondays session, the contract
with s. E. Allen for superintendent of
the watarworks was accepted. The matter
of plumbers licenses was again deferred.
/. o. Long was granted a permit to close
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