The true northerner., 1900-04-25

Fred Walton's horse, Monte Carlos,
has been returned here for the season.
Regular meeting of the l.. o. L. NJ,
Saturday afternoon, April 2S, at ?
o'clock.
Showerman Bros. have received new
lot of w. L.. Douglass and Selz, Schwab
IL Co. shoes.
l.. w. Whitbeck now has his coal of
flee with +. p. Grimes-a very conven-
lent location.
j. A. Leach is showing some fine
samples of wall paper at his room in the
Manning block.
The Free Baptist Womens mission
society will meet with Mrs. Goss, Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. b. Longwell went to
Ann Arbor, yesterday, taking their little
son there for treatment.
Mrs. Fred Shaw has purchased mon
ument TO be erected over her husbands
grave in Glendale cemetery.
! Mrs. Wiley and daughter Agnes re-
! turned Sunday from a visit of several
/ WeekS III DdnHOf duu NlclnlLl.
For the present, Dog Warden Hurd
will have headquarters at Waters store,
where dog taxes can be paid at any
! time.
Married, April %, at the parsonage of
the First Baptist church, Geo. Brough-
ton and Mrs Emma Chadsey of Bloom
ingdale, Rev. w. f. Allen officiating.
In the past few days, f. e. Downing
has had l6 different parties here with a
view to purchasing property. The real
estate market promises to be lively this
season.
The Almeua NJ. f. Sunday school will
/ take up special collection next Sunday
for the benefit of the starving people of
! India. All are invited to help in the
movement.
All of the old teachers will remain in
the Paw Paw schools next year except
Misses Walter and Bailey, principal of the
| high school and teacher in the primary.
These positions are not yet filed.
There will be a ball game on the old
| depot grounds Saturday afternoon, be-
tween Lawton and Paw Paw high school
teams. Every spectator is expected to
take along some cash to help defray ex
/ penses.
Mems rich top coats, rejecting all the
dress elegance that choice fabrics and
superior workmanship can impart, are
sold at half the usual profit at f. Smith
IL Cos; see their adv. on the last page of
! this issue.
Mrs. j. f. Phillips and little son have
returned from Kalamazoo. They will
go to Notre Dame tomorrow to visit
Wayne Mr.. Phillips is at Grand En-
campment, Wyoming, and writes that he
likes the country very much.
a total eclipse of the sun is scheduled
| for May %. the first total eclipse in IL
years. 1t will be visible here from to
0 O'Clock, provided the sky is clear, but
/ it will not be total in this latitude The
nearest point of totality will be Norfolk,
! Va.
| The 34th session (the annual meeting)
of the Porter, Antwerp and Almena
Sunday school instit ute will be held at
Porter church, Saturday, May 3, with
forenoon, afternoon and evening sessions.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged.
You are invited to attend service at
the First Baptist church Sunday morn
ing and evening. The pastor says 1.-The
singing is up-to- date; seats free. The
Sinner of the Northerner last week
evidently has not visited all the
churches.
\ special train will be run on the S.
II. Il f.. for the republican district con-
vention at South Haven, TO morrow leav-
ing Lawton at 10 a. M, Paw Paw at
1915, and connecting with &. & w. NJ.
trains at Hartford. The special train
will return Immediately after the conv-
ention.
The Grange fire insurance company
was organized Friday, April 13, at Law
renee, with the following officers Pres
ident, A. W. Hayden, Hamilton; secre-
tary, Geo. l.. Rich, Waverly: auditing
and arbitrating committee, a. U. Barnes
and J. G. Lyle Lawrence, and James NJ.
Weeks, Hamilton.
Ine annual reunion Oh llle Oh NllcnlgdD
cavalry will be held at Grand Rapids,
June 7, 1900 This will be the first day
of the state encampment, G. A. r., and
reduced fares will be made on all rail
roads. The headquarters Will be at the
Eagle hotel, where official committees will
be found Every member of the old reg
iment is strongly urged to attend and as
sist in making this the most enjoyable
reunion ever held.
j. NJ. and Fred Longwell have rented
the Commercial hotel at Schoolcraft and
will take possession about May l. j. M.
will go there to help get started, after
which Fred will be landlord. The hotel
is good property, and the Longwells
are excellent business men. 1t is fortu-
nate for Schoolcraft that the hotel goes
under their control. OF course j. M. re-
tains the Dyckman and will remain
resident of Paw Paw.
For several days it was noticed that
people walked on the south side of Main
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