The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-18
Whole Number 243O.

Mrs. Jessie Seymour of Reed City is a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. e. l..
Warner.
The Epworth league business and lit
erary meeting will he held at the M. K.
parsonage this evening.
The Paw Paw high school football
team will go to Lawrence to play, to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock.
r. w. Eaton and family have moved
here from South Haven, into the Daven-
port house on east Main street.
The ladies' aid society of the Disciple
church will meet with Mrs. James Bull
lard, Tuesday evening; coffee supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Borne of Ira
verse City arrived here Saturday, and
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs j. W. Free.
The Paw Paw Music Co.'S store has
been moved into the Longwell building
on Main street, vacated by r. p. Grimes.
Frank Pugsley, who has been ill of
tonslitis for the past two weeks, is now
much better and able to be in the store.
ID. d. Noble left this morning to attend
the exposition at Buffalo and to visit his
two daughters living in the state of New
York.
Harry Salisbury and Max Benton at
tended the play "Way down East" at
the Kalamazoo Academy of Music last
evening.
Arrangements are in progress for the
annual ball of Maple Grove lodge, X. of
p, which will be held the latter part of
next month.
Advertised letters: Miss Clara Bard
ling, Mrs f. A. Parkhurst, Louis Pfeiffer,
Mr.. Arthur Driver, Mr.. Guy Mcclure,
A. j. Jenkins, w. III. Jenkins
The Antwerp Mutual Protection asso-
citation will hold its annual meeting at
the Richmond school house next Mon
day evening, October q, at 7:30.
reception will be given at the Nj. e
church to the pastor and family, Tues
day evening, October %. All the mem
bers and their friends are invited.
Married, by Rev. L. A. Miller October
10, at the Free Baptist parsonage, Mr..
John M. Carter of Mannsville, N. Y, and
Miss Augusta E. Martin of Hartford,
Mich.
Mrs. G. G. Chappell in company with
her sister, Mrs. G. b. Young of Dowa-
giac, left October for the Pan Ameri.
can, where they will remain until the
forepart Of next week.
Rev. and Mrs. f.. o. .Mather left Tues
day for Chicago, where Rev. Mather
OBLIGATED at the marriage of their niece,
Miss Creta Stevens, to Mr.. Abner
Stephens of Kalamazoo.
VIM. Dennison, whose case was tried
in the Allegan circuit court last week,
was found guilty by the jury of the crime
of bigamy His sentence has not yet
been passed by the court.
Frank Merrill is moving his cigar
store into the building vacated by the
Paw Paw Music Co, and j. Ii. Charles
/ will go into the drug business in the
building being vacated by Mr.. Merrill
on south Kalamazoo street.
Thalma Davis, the five months old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. V. Davis, who reside
on north Gremps street, died Wednesday
morning of interocoltis. The remains
were taken to Bristol, Ind, where the
family formerly resided, for interment
Mrs j. e. Phillips arrived here Thurs
day evening of last week from Grand
Encampment, Wyo., to spend the winter
with friends in this locality. She has
now gone to Kalamazoo to remain for
few days Mr.. Phillips is expected here
about the holidays.
Among those who went from Paw Paw
last evening to attend the exposition at
Buffalo were S. II. Backman, Dan1
Spicer J. G. Gould, A. w. Cummings, ID.
Cummings, John Sherman, Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. w. Sherrod, b. +. Heckert and
daughter Bessie, Mrs. Jessie Drew and
Mrs Emma Paige.
The taxes of Paw Paw township, so
Supervisor Wildey informs The True
Northerner, will be about % per cent
higher next year than this principally
on account of the new county buildings.
This is not so great an increase as many
taxpayers anticipated.
To dock horses tail is now criminal
offense in the state of Michigan. All
persons owning locked horses are re-
quired to register them in the Office of
the county clerk before the 9th day OF
December next. 1t is also unlawful to
bring any docked horse into the state
unless the same be so registered. A
violation of the law is punishable by fine
of not less than $50 and not more than
$3.50 and, in default of payment, by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not less
than 80 days.
At the council meeting Monday even
ing, permission was granted to A. j.
Remington to cut down tree at the cor
ner of Pine and Kalamazoo streets, under
the direction of the street commissioner,
so that he can move the old town hall
building, which he will have for a store
house at the evaporating works. l. b.
Conner was granted permission to re-
move two trees fromin front of his prem
ises on Gremps street, under direction