The true northerner., 1900-10-19
Mrs. Selene Holt is quite seriously i'll


again.
Mrs. Van Fleet spent Wednesday at
Kalamazoo.
Broughton advertises special sale bar
gains this week.
Mrs. A. III. Dodge was Kalamazoo
guest last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Thayer went to Chi
cago yesterday.
Il. f. Downing was in Chicago yester-
day, on business.
The Thompson Furniture company has
a new adv this week.
The Tuesday club will meet with Mrs
Frank Grimes, October %.
The first heavy frosts of the season
visited this section this week.
j. II. Desmond and family will move
soon into L. G.. Tyner's house.
Service will be held at the Disciple
church next Sunday morning.
Mr.. c. Adams of Kalamazoo was the
guest of A. III. Dodge, Monday.
Monday, for visit of a few days.
Minetta Welch is clerking for F.. b.
Longwell in the dry goods department.
A. j. Remington shipped several car
loads of cider from Paw Paw this week.
Mrs. j. A. O'Leary entertained about
10 ladies at her home Tuesday evening.
The Every Friday club will meet with
Mrs. George Tuttle, Friday, October 26.
Large quantities of beans and apples
are being taken in at the Armour build
ing.
Kelly a. Icons minstrels gave one of
the best shows of it's class ever seen in
Paw Paw.
VIM. Strowbridge, proprietor of the
original Home bakery, has new adv.
this week.
Turner Howard and family of Law
renee were guests at Harry Dopp's,
Saturday.
The Every Friday club will meet with
Mrs. Emma Lyle, Friday afternoon,
October 49,
Born, Thursday afternoon, October Is,
to DR.. and Mrs. w. G. Y. Ferguson, an
1l-pound boy.
Miss Minnie Lamoreaux of Shelby was
the guest of Mrs. Seth Allen for a few
days last week.
G. E. Prater Jr. is having furnace
placed in his house. III. c. Waters & Co.
are doing the job
The season for shooting quail opens to-
morrow. There are plenty of the birds
in the country this year.
Mabel Myers of Paw Paw and Clyde
Scott of Kalamazoo were married at Kala-
mazoo, Saturday evening.
Advertised letters: Mrs. John Fair,
Mrs. Lena Kelsey, Mr.. n. A. Smith, Mr..
M. Norce, Master Leo Brucks.
Some needed work has been done by
the street commissioners, patching up
bad places in the gravel roads.
The Charles Drug Co.. j. III. Charles
manager, occupies the front part of the
store vacated by Mrs. Hamilton.
Maple Grove lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will give its annual ball at the rink,
Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving.
The county G. e. convention will be
held at Covert, October 81 and Novem-
ber l. An interesting program has been
prepared.
Married, at the M. E. parsonage, by
Rev. Il. O. Mather, October il, Woodson
b. Shaffer and Miss Nancy V. Lytle, both
of Lawton
A delegation of Lawton business people
came here to protest against the removal
of the S. III. 81 r. roundhouse and shop
to this place.
MISS Sabra Stanton has gone to In
dianapols, where she has a position.
Her mother will move there soon.-Ban-
gor Advance.
Mrs. II. l.. Mcneil went to Battle
Creek, Saturday, where Mr.. Mcneil had
been staying during the week. They re-
turned home Monday.
Married, at the M. Il. parsonage, Oct
ober 13, by Rev. h. o. Mather, Earl G.
Denise of Decatur and Miss Lottie
Wrigglesworth of Marcellus.
Judge johnson left Monday to be gone
for a few days in the northern part OF
the state. He went on a business trip
and trout fishing excursion combined.
Mrs. Jennie Hamilton and her clerk
Frank Callahan, started their store goods
for Port Arthur, Texas, and left for that
place themselves, Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Will Miller and Mrs ID. A. Har-
rison will go as delegates to the state
federation of women's clubs to be held
in Lansing next week. Mrs. /. Nj. Burke
will also attend the meeting.
Snow Bros. are placing one of their
combination furnaces in the house OF
David Anderson. They have also receiv
ed orders for furnaces from Hartford
Watervliet and Coloma this week.
While the amount of the state tax ap
portioned to Van Buren, county thi:
year is about $4,000 less than last year
taxes will not be lessened thereby. The
supervisors fixed the county tax at tn,