The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1902-01-10
Notice.
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Mrs. Rose Miller is reported little
better,
j. c. McFellin of Gobleville was in
town Monday.
Advertised letters: Miss Lena Kent,
Mrs. Robert Barber, Mrs, Geo. w. Scott.
j. B. Baker is out again, after being
confined to the house a week with neu-
ralgia.
Clayt. Simmons speared golden pick
erel in Pugsley's lake the forepart of the
week which weighed 10 pounds.
Work is being pushed on the new
court house, and stone laying on the
walls of the Jail has been resumed.
In Kalamazoo county there was, last
year, one divorce to every five and one
half marriages. In Van Buren, it was
only one to eight.
r.. S. Stevens has left the employ of
Armour & Co., and is now in the market
buying beans, grain, etc, for the Stock
bridge Elevator Co. of Jackson.
Paw Paw ice houses are being filled
with fine quality of ice. The railroad
company is filling the big houses along
its line, for the next fruit season.
Maple Grove lodge, X. of p, had in
stallation of officers last Monday evening.
There will be work in the second and
third ranks next Monday evening.
George Newcomb of Antwerp town
ship died Saturday, January 4, aged 40
years. The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon. Interment was at Covey hill
Later reports from the peach growers
indicate that there are good many live
buds of some varieties in most orchards,
but the damage here was doubtless
greater than along the lake shore.
There are now Ill private users of
electric lights in Paw Paw. The collec-
tions for lights in December (Novemb ber s
bills) amounted to s35347. Over $4,000
was paid for lights the first 10 months of
the fiscal year.
The Lady Maccabees installed officers
last evening in Oddfellows hall. The in
stallation was semi public, quite a mum
Der of invited quests not members of the
order being present. Lady Commander
| Frances Burns, a talanted woman who is
very popular in the order, had charge OF
the installation.
When you ask a newspaper publisher
to suppress piece of news simply be-
cause you are personally interested in
keeping it out of print, you are asking
| him to defraud his subscribers out of
that which rightfully belongs to them
and just what they expect when they
pay their subscription.-Ex.
Speaking of baseball prospects at Kal-
amazoo college next season the Telegraph
says "Among the new men who will
work out this spring is Frank Sanger of
Paw Paw, who has pitched winning ball
for three years on his high school team,
besides holding that position on the first
city team" In the heading to the article,
Sanger is characterized as "Paw Paws
pride"
L. II. Titus has dozen Angora goats
which he will pasture on his north farm
next year. They are great foragers, and
are said to be extremely valuable in
cleaning up underbrush, etc. The goats
are beauties, and are the first to be
brought to this locality. In addition to
the work they do on the land, they are
valuable for their wool, and their flesh
ranks with mutton as food.
Bert P. Bryar of this place is one OF
the witnesses against Charles II. Thomp-
son, the agent of the Hammond Pack
ing Co. who is alleged to have attempted
to bribe State Dairy and Food Commis.
sioner Snow. Bryar was concealed on a
shelf in a closet adjoining the room
where Thompson is said to have giver
check to Snow, and took stenographiC
notes of all that passed between them.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
the house of Alonzo Curtiss on the west
side of the river was found to be on fire
The alarm was given and the fire depart
ment responded promptly. The fire wa:
extinguished before much damage wa:
done. The thorough dreDching did NOR,
harm than the fire. A defective chimney
was the cause. The loss was light anc
covered by insurance.