The true northerner., 1900-09-07
WHOLE NUMBER 2372.

to-day Tor Few days visit with Mrs.
Hattie Solomon.
Geo. b. CrandalI an old soldier, Of
Jewell City, Kas., has been visiting his
brother, l.. Crandall.
Grapes and peaches are being shipped
from this place at the rate of about half
dozen carloads day.
E. B. Longwell quotes some exceed
ingly low prices for school supplies in
his adv. in this paper.
Fred Webb, who has been attending
school at Big Rapids for several months,
returned home Wednesday.
There will be a game of ball this Fri
day. afternoon, on the ball grounds, be-
tween two high school nines
The ladies will be particularly inter
ested in Sellick's adv. as it appears in
this issue of the Northerner.
Miss Kittie Helms has gone to Bangor I
to take Miss Landpheres place in the
Visitor Office while she takes a vacation.
Ray Chappell will leave for Chicago, /.
Monday, where he will take a three
months course to prepare himself for an
optician
Sheriff Thomas offers S25 reward for
the apprehension of the man, j. M. Auler,
the pretended cattle buyer mentioned
IN Hartford correspondence, in this paper.
DR.. j. c. Maxwell, G.. E. Chappell and
Chas. Davis have each ordered a PENN
sular furnace during the past week from
III. {. Waters IL Co. See their new adv.
j. L. Brown and wife, Mrs. Helms and
Mr.. Wheaton spent Sunday at Benton
Harbor. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown. aftert
having spent some weeks in Michigani
will leave Monday for Mt. Vernon, Ohiol
III. b. Hoagland of Ann Arbor has
bought the 20acre piece of land belonging !
TO l.. Il. Woodman, east of town. He win \
! erect house on the property at once
and, with his family, will remove here.
Miss Ila Hall came to Paw Pa2
Wednesday, for short visit with ffiefr
here. She went to Lawton yesterdaJ%
preparatory to opening her school in the
Durkee district, one-half mile from that
town.
Frank Bass and Bud Evans havef
formed partnership and have purchased
barbershop at Benton Harbor. Glare
Martin, lately in the employ of Pepper
q Bass, has gone to work for the Hes,
| firm.
Grape harvest is now in full blas{
Ten cents per eight pound basket hd 4
been the ruling price thus far for god
fruit. With peaches and grapes,
growers come pretty near beinge
night and day. If
Apparently it will be some time II
this county becomes rival of st. ye
as Michigan Gretna Green, hAi- -
standing the fact that marriage EStnf.
can be obtained of Deputy Clerk Vas
lingford at South Haven. There VI a
but six licenses issued to on-resick kx--
couples during the month of August ice
The following members of Brodhl
post attended the National encampuf
at Chicago: j. F. Bullard, c. p. RI
son, o. A. Rice, Geo. Tuttle, H. A. Gke
II. A. Chaplin, Jas. Leach, w. c. LuffXce
w. Cummings, A. II. Folsom, j. G.. Hdoid
ing John Wilson, W. H. LeSuer. Tbl
may have been some others whose names
we have not been able to obtain. +
a sample of COW peas hangs in a win
dow of the Northerner office, brought
in by A. G.. Glidden. He reports that
the growth is very rank and strong OH
thin land. A half dozen farmers east of
town have each from quarter TO kalf\
acre, as an experiment, and all are highly
pleased with the prospect of growing
them for fertilizer, where clover has
repeatedly failed. A trial on a larper
scale will be made next year.
September ID, rural free deliveA
mences from the Paw Paw pos TN
Two routes have been established. Se
l.. Marshall is carrier for route
which extends we'll over the towns
Paw Paw, and Frank l.. Haydd
route No. 2, which goes from Paw 3
to Glendale and Almena and returt X
drop letters delivered by carriers tA-s B
two cent stamp. The carriers will ca
a supply of postage stamps, postal cary
stamped envelopes and money 6rttie
blanks, and permission is given them *
carry parcels if they are not suitable foS
mailing They will deliver registered|
letters and packages, and receipt fo<|
such registered mail as parties along
their route may desire to have delivered
at the Office. 1t is particularly desired,
, by the department that the boxes pu{
up by the patrons of rural free deliveck
shall be of such character as to bQ>1<s
cure, not only from the weather, brk
from mischievous or malicious depred
tions. The mail will not be deposit
in any but appropriate receptacles, pro-
|, erly labeled and protected. The carried
are instructed to make report of
the character Of the boxes provided
to notify those who do not put up q
able boxes on the line of the route6fX
unless they do pot do SO within rec1
D able length of time their mail will noo
' delivered. A petition has recently
. approved and recommended by Congl
81 man Hamilton for route east on
s Territorial road, back on the Allie
= | road which ia expected tn bo In or.or~