The true northerner., 1900-08-10

ocrals, Is announced JOf FRIDAY, August
II.
Bert Mcleod and mother left Tuesday
for Denver, Colo, where they will visit
friends.
Mrs. Allen Haney of Elkhart, Ind. is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Charles
Ellsworth.
There are now 146 private patrons of
the waterworks and 149 of the electric
light users.
III. G.. Waters & Co. have recently
rooted the hotel at Pine Grove with tar
and gravel.
L. G. Long of Dowagiac was the guest
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Long,
over Sunday.
Mrs. A. j. Cheesebrough and daughter
Edith of Detroit are guests of Mrs. Libbe
for few days.
Charlie Burnham, who is employed in
the Beckwith stove works, was the guest
of his parents Saturday.
Ice cream and cake will be served on
the M. E. parsonage lawn, Friday after
noon and evening of this week.
DR.. j. G. Maxwell has purchased from
ii. l.. Mcneil the residence west of the
opera house; consideration, ST. ,250
The democratic county convention
legislative and senatorial conventions
will be held at Gobleville, August 2S.
Advertised letters Miss Grace Bar
ker, Miss Elite Griffith, Mrs. Pratt, Cal
Lee, Geo. w. Warren, A. A. Bischod.
Snow Bros. will place one of their com
bination furnaces in Mr.. Littles new
residence four miles east, in Antwerp.
DR.. Sargent will deliver an address
from the pulpit of the Free Baptist
church next Sunday, August II, at 1870
a. m.
The Disciple Sunday school will have
picnic at Lake Park next Tuesday.
Teams will leave the church at $50
o'clock.
Augusta Flanders has returned home
from a three weeks visit in Chicago,
where she attended the wedding of Bert
Merrifeld.
John Ihling has secured the services
of III. j. Loveland to take charge of his
billiard parlor, bowling alley and boats
at Lake Cora.
Before Justice Mason, August 3, Lester
Jennings pleaded guilty to assault and
battery on Mrs. Rosie NJ. Rice and paid
fine of 81 and costs.
Vivian Broughton is enjoying weeks
vacation from the postofiice and is spend
ing it at Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Three
Rivers and Marcellus.
The Presbyterian society and Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic at
Lake Park next Wednesday. Teams will
leave the church at $50.
The Lee district Sunday school will
hold an ice cream social at the home of
Samuel Orr next Wednesday evening.
An invitation is extended to all.
w. r. Sellick quotes some very tempt
ing items that have been added TO the
stock reducing sale. Purchasers are
taking advantage of the big bargains of
fered.
A large number of Lady Maccabees
met at the home of Mrs Hattie Solomon
last Tuesday evening. Ice cream was
served OH the lighted lawn and the even
ing was pleasantly spent.
Mrs. f. NJ. Kingsbury and son of Mus
kegon are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. III. III
Jennings. They will go from here to
Ann Arbor, where the young man will
enter the university this fall
Mrs. Jane johnson, sister of j. NJ. and
G.. w. Longwell died at her home in
Lawton, Wednesday, August 8, aged 70
years. She had been sick about three
weeks. The funeral will be held at Law
ton at ! 80 this afternoon.
We learn that the quality of both
wheat and rye in this vicinity is excep-
tionally good, although the yield is dis
appointing. Very little grain was sprouted
by the wet weather The corn crop is
very promising at the present date.
A pleasant event occurred at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. r. Mills last Satur-
day, a family reunion in which seven of
family of eight children were present
with their only aunt, two cousins and
others. A few more were invited in the
evening.
There will be a special train from Law
ton to Hartford August 10, on account
of the republican county convention
leaving Lawton at o'clock, Paw Paw
9;l5, Lake Cora 9:25, Lawrence $40, ar
irving in Hartford at about 10 o'clock
at one fare for round trip.
The South Haven & Eastern are run
ming excursions to South Haven every
Sunday at very low rates. Train leaves
Lawton 9 a. M, Paw Paw 9:10 a. M, Law
renee 9:35 a. M, Hartford 10 a. M; re-
turning, leave South Haven 6 p. m. This
gives delightful day at lake Michigan
Rose Longduff and Blanche Hutchins
two south side matrons, had a neighborly
disagreement, and Blanche says Rose
struck her, and accordingly made a com
plant for assault and battery before JUS
tice Mason. Rose wouldn't acknowledge
the assault and trial was set for August
81.
A few days ago, Arthur Reading plead