The true northerner., 1900-09-14
WHOLE NUMBER 2373.

II. l.. Mcneil has been i'll, but is now
better.
f. h. Kelly of Lawrence was in town
Monday.
Leonard RICHTER spent Saturday at
Hartford.
The exterior of the Masonic block is
being repainted.
Broughton advertises the first arrivals
of the fall of 1900.
Hugh Hurd is studying dentistry in
Dr. Fergusons Office.
Church services at Gliddenburg were
resumed last Sunday.
Sellick quotes some prices this week
on autumn dry goods.
II. c. Waters & Co. advertise mail
boxes for rural mail route delivery.
Miss Coral Rix of Mattawan was the
guest of Miss Nina Waters last week.
Don't forget the meeting at the court
house Tuesday evening, to organize a
republican club
Mrs. NJ. l.. O'Dell has her new milli-
merry now in, and is showing a fine line.
The ladies are invited to inspect the
goods.
Advertised letters: Lillian Stevens,
Miss Nellie Clark, Mrs. Cora Mcpherson,
Clayton Huff, Lester Hoyt, Master Roy
MacLean.
Mrs. r. l.. Walmer of Fremont, In
diana, is here on visit to her father,
Rev. William Rice, and the family of
r. p. Sharp.
The latch string is always out at the
Great Whale Clothing Success, and the
public is invited to the great September
sale now in progress.
a statement of the condition of the
First National bank is published in this
paper. Upwards of s150,0O0 of deposits
is very credtable showing.
Rev.J. II. Hammond will speak at the
Disciple church next Sunday at the
usual hours. Morning topic, "The great
est problem ever proclaimed;" evening,
Truth and its limitations"
Rusco 81 Swifts Uncle Toms Cabin
company will show at Longwell's opera
house, Saturday evening, September %.
Admission, children 10 cents, gallery 20
cents, reserved seats 30 cents.
Fruit buying has been nearly at a
standstill here for the past two days, on
account of the inability of the railroad
to provide refrigerator cars. 1t is hoped
the difficulty will not be long continued.
Miss Halstead of Detroit, trimmer of
an extended experience, will take charge
of the millinery department at Sellick's
about September 20. Those inter
ested in the late novelties should
await the arrival of her millinery goods
Following is the enrolment of pupils
in the Paw Paw schools: 1st primary
80, I'd primary 43, 1st intermediate %,
I'd intermediate "a, grammar school Al,
high school 1O5, total 3O4. OF the entire
number, Al are foreign pupils.
Charles H. Rogers, the Williams boat
employe charged with violating the local
option law, was examined before Justice
Mason and bound over for trial at the
November term of the circuit court un-
der $500 bonds for his appearance.
The council held an adjourned meeting
yesterday afternoon, at which resolu-
tion was passed authorizing petition to
the board of supervisors for extending
the village limits. The official notice of
the presentation of the petition and the
lands affected is published in this paper.
A severe wind, remnant of the Gal
weston storm, struck this locality Tues
day afternoon and evening. A large
amount of fruit was blown from the trees
and some fruit and shade trees were blown
down. Telephone, telegraph and electric
light lines were quite generally put out
of service. No serious damage was done
other than to the apple and peach crops.
Mrs. Maud Cumings-Wagner died in
Chicago at Mercy hospital, September
Z, 1900. She was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Cummings of this village,
and was born April s, 1865 She had
lived in Chicago about IL years, having
been employed as stenographer and type
writer by several wholesale firms. Mr..
Wagner and his mother came with the
remains and returned to the city Mon
day morning. The services were held at
the grave, conducted by Rev. f. O.
Mather of the NJ. T.. church, assisted by
the church choir. Mrs. Wagner was
we'll known in Paw Paw, her old home,
and issincerely mourned by many friends.
At the regular council meeting Mon
day evening, proposition was received
from G. q. Hagerman to trade his house
and lots near the water plant for the cor
poration house and lot and $500; laid on
the table. The treasurer's tax warrant
was extended to October /. Claims were
allowed amounting to S44014. At
special meeting Wednesday evening,
claim of s27459 was allowed to c. G.
Hagerman for sidewalk building. A
committee was appointed to investigate
the matter of the proposed improvement
of what is known as the Gates drain, in
cluding the strengthening and deepening
of the channel of the west branch of the
Paw Paw river, as advertised by the
county drain commissioner, with a view
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