The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-11-02

lO:3O a. IN. ana torchllght procession and
fireworks will be an evening feature at
Z o'clock.
There will be several bands and glee
clubs to furnish music.
The day will be a big happy holiday
for the people, regardless of politics.
h. b. Longwell has a big adv. this
week
Read the new adv. of the Thompson
Furniture company.
M. Hoskins is a little better. and it
seems likely he will get out again.
Jay Cummings advertises another cape,
jacket and fur sale. Don't forget it.
A great deal of home matter is to be
found on the inside pages this week.
Jason Woodman will speak at Almena,
Monday evening; music by glee club.
All wheelmen are especially invited
to take part in the republican prosperity
parade tomorrow.
III. Q. Waters & Co. have an order for
a Peninsular furnace to be placed in DIR.
Johnsons residence.
Supervisor Wildey's defense" @----s
spoils system in county printing is to be
found in another column.
r. A. Shoesmith has fine new hearse,
equipping him better than ever for sat
isfactory undertaking work
w. r. Sellick announces the receipt of
large consignment of cloaks. The gar
ments are up-to date and right in price.
Work was resumed on the railroad
round house Monday morning and will
be pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
A new awning, protecting the walk
from the dripping of the caves on the
south side of the opera house, is an inn
provement.
Mrs. A. M. Colburn of Big Rapids has
been summoned here on account of the
dangerous illness of her daughter, Mrs.
Irving Long. A,r.
The Plainwell foot ball team will Play
against the Paw Paw high school team
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, on the
old ball grounds.
The Courier devotes much space to a
bogus interview with ex- President Cleve-
land, which it knew that gentleman had
characterized as lie.
The program for the county Sunday
school convention at Decatur, Wednes-
day and Thursday next, is published
elsewhere in this paper
Mrs. Henry Holt remains seriously i'll,
har - 4. - Iy ID
Osborne of Kalamaz 70 was here Monday
In consultation on ler case.
Nothing attracted more favorable COM
ment at yesterdays mass meeting than
the martial rlLsic of the Round Oak
bugle, fife and drum corps. The little
fellows are all right.
Lester Brewer left some ripe straw
berries at this Office, picked from his
vines October 26. Three days later,
some raspberries, beginning to color,
came in from Elmer Cornell
In its articles concerning the farmers
and the canneries, the Courier has neg
lected to emphasize, or even mention the
fact that uniformly higher prices have
been paid for fruits for canning this
season than ever before in the history of
the industry in this county. +
G. p. Buckley who went on the Olin
excursion October z, informs The True
Northerner that Mr. Olin, manager of
the train, took straw vote to find out
how many republicans, democrats and
prohibitionists there were on board. He
reported 1873 votes for Mckinley, 66 for
Bryan, with only five other votes
The weather man was unkind to the
democrats yesterday and no doubt the
storm kept many away from the mass
meeting here The parade was small.
Another disappointment was the failure
of the advertised speakers to arrive for
the afternoon meeting. Attorney WI.
Barnard addressed the people. The
evening exercises passed off in more
gratifying manner, with torchlights,
roman candles and the expected speak-.H
ers.
Last Monday evening Officer McCabe,
going to serve some official papers in the
southeastern part of the township, while
driving in the darkness and rain just
south of the Tuttle school house, was
overturned into a ditch beside the road.
He managed to extricate his horse, but
it was so dark that he lost his bearings,
missed the road and wandered around in
the fields for some time before he found