The true northerner., 1900-10-05
Local Department.

G. r. Avery has new adv. this week.
Miss Ila Hall spent Sunday in Paw
Paw.
A. NJ. Harrison of Bangor was in town
yesterday.
Ernest Very is building a new barn
ON bis farm.
Il. b. Longwell advertises some low
spot cash prices.
The school board is yet in the market
for play ground.
e. B. Longwell is having the fronts of
his stores repainted.
Waters & Co. ask pertinent question
in their adv. this week
Broughton advertises a great sale of
fall and winter footwear.
Advertised letters: Miss May Brophy
Ed. Anderson, Orrie Green.
Ex-Sheriff Lamberson and wife of Kal-
amazoo were in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j. Tirrell of Mt
Pleasant are visiting friends in Paw Paw
Mrs. Cora Shaw will 90 next week to
Kalamazoo county to make her future
home.
Lou Harrington left Monday for La
fayette, Ind, to attend the university
there.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Cooper of Benton
Harbor visited among friends here over
Sunday.
w. II. Sellick advertises special sale
in ladies' black underskirts. Attractive
prices are quoted
Miss Bernice Quick will leave to-mor-
row for Birmingham, Ala, where she
will spend the winter with an aunt.
Mrs. f. B. Groesbeck and little daugh-
ter of Grand Rapids have been guests of
Pearl Haggart and mother tins week
Mr. and Mrs. Black of Ottawa, Ills,
were entertained at the home of Miss
Grout, Monday, while on their wedding
tour.
Married. at the NJ. f. parsonage, Sep
tember %, by Rev. r. o. Mather, Chas.
p. Adams and Miss Mintha Knapp, both
of Decatur.
B. w. Hipp of Almena shipped a car
load of cider this week to Armour Il Co.
OF Chicago. He is making several car
loads for them.
Married, at the NJ. +. parsonage, Octo-
Der l. by Rev. f. o. Mather, Reed l..
Hall of Lawton and Miss Gertrude b.
Draper of Marcellus.
The union temperance meeting will be
held at the First Baptist church, Sun
day evening at o'clock, instead of 7:30;
sermon 10y Rev. II. w. Harvey.
DIR. L. Barnard, occulist, who visits
Paw Paw every Thursday, was at Niles
few days since assisting DIR. Baldwin
in a difficult surgical operation.
Messrs. LIE Suer and Bassett have been
granted a patent on a new and improved
barrel churn. 1t is probable they will
engage in its manufacture here.
A typographical error in The True
Northerner last week announced the age
of Mrs. Bert Cleveland as Ga years. 1t
should have been printed 81 years.
Regular review of l.. o. L. NJ. Monday
evening, October 8. All members are
requested to be present, as there will be
lecture for the good of the order.
Born in a manger-twins-to Sarah
and l.. NJ. Showerman, of farmers sheds
fame, October 3, 1900 two black and tans.
Both Sarah and Lew are doing well.
/. Jay Cummings starts his fall adver-
tising this week. with some attractive
offerings. His stock is large and new,
and his store is popular trading place.
The 37th session of the Porter, Ant
werp and Almena Sunday school insti-
tute will be held at the Congregational
church, Mattawan, Saturday, October l3.
Fred Bilsborrow has purchased the
Andrews place from Mrs. Geo. S. Baker.
He will repair the house extensively. F..
r. Bassett and family will occupy it for
the present.
Martin b. Covey was born February
%, 1888, and died October 2, 1900, leav-
ing widow to mourn his death. The
funeral will be held at ? p. IN. Friday, at
Covey Hill church.
Mrs. jeanette Earl died October 3,
1900. She was born February 10, 1921.
Funeral services will be held at one
o'clock Saturday afternoon, at the home
of her son, w. A. Earl.
Nineteen empty freight cars were
brought from Lawton, Saturday evening,
for distribution along the line of the S.
II. & f., for loading. This shows some
thing OF the business our railroad is do
ing.
Mrs. Clark and Mrs Freeman returned
Thursday from their trip to Mcpherson,
Kansas, and other points in the West.
While absent, Mrs. Clark passed her S0th
birthday, and on returning home pleas