The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-04-10
Jottings.

Advertised letters: A. f. Price, Frank
Shepard.
Mrs. Orlo LaGrave has a light attack
of diphtheria.
Mrs. b. F. Warner is confined to the
house with the grip.
Eli Bundy and wife have moved onto
farm near Oshtemo.
Two cases of scarlet fever are reported
in the family of Geo. Pierce.
Samuel Consolus has rented his farm
west of town to III. Il. Loveland.
Roy Taylor is making extensive i'm
provements in his barber shop.
A meeting was held last night for the
purpose of organizing a gun club in Paw
Paw.
w. Nj. Roberts has moved his house =
hold goods from Schoolcraft into the
Chaplin house.
Mrs. Lester Brewer fell on the side
walk near the schoolhouse Monday,
fracturing her right wrist.
Prof. Harry NJ. Snow has acce pied the
superintendency of the city schools at
Lake Geneva, Wis, for next year.
Miss Mabel Warne's folks have moved
to Porter and she will board at Mr. Lees
during the remainder of her school.
The True Northerner omitted to men
ton last week the birth OF "a son to Mr..
and Mrs. Z. j. Cavanaugh, March 30.
The home of Stephen Bullard in Ham
ilton burned early Tuesday morning
with most of its contents. There was
but little insurance.
Little Paul, son of Ruel and Irene
Douglas of Lawton, who is at the school
/ for the deaf in Flint, is making fine pro
gress both in writing and talking.
l.. II. Titus was in Hamilton yester-
] day. as counsel for A. b. Wagner in the
supervisor contest case in that township.
A petition for recount was filed, and
the recount will take place to morrow.
A special meeting of the council was
held Wednesday night. A permit was
issued to move the buildings east of
Tyler's store and w. l.. Thompson was
appointed trustee in the place vacated
by l.. H. Titus. Mr.. Thompson refuses
to accept the appointment.
Pugsley & Shepard have purchased
the G.. w. Tyler lots on Main street, ad-
joining those recently purchased by the
First National bank They paid 81 800
for the property and will build fine
store building on it. Paw Paws busi-
ness section will take on great improve
ments this year.
April l, |. w. Van Fossen rendered his
resignation as clerk and secretary of
Prospect Hill Cemetery company, to
take effect April 10 completing "A years
of continuous service. At meeting of
the trustees at the parlor of Paw Paw
Savings bank, the resignation was ac-
cepted and A. w. Cummings was elected
to fill the place
T.. Neff has leased the lot just north of
the Longwel block, intending to move
his old store building there. The Strow-
bridge store was likewise to be moved
on the same lot. The council at a special
meeting last Wednesday evening, granted
a permit for rowng the buildings G..
w. Longwell objected on account of the
fire risk to his building, and Wednes-
day secured temporary injunction
against the removal onto the intended
lot. The matter will come up at the
April term of the circuit court.
The True Northerner has received from
the state bureau of labor an advance
sheet of statistics of the milling indus
try in Van Buren, county. There are rs
flour mills and feed mills reported, with
an aggregate investment of sl32, 500. The
daily capacity of the mills in -four is 925
barrels, and the daily average for last
year was 460 barrels. The aggregate
manufacture Of buckwheat -four for the
year was 1926 barrels, of corn meal s.
085 tons. of feed 1850 tons. While this
is no longer great grain growing county
the milling industry remains one OF no
mean proportions