The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-01-06
L0e0I and eelI07e0us'
J0tfings.

w. G.. Bessey of South Haven spent
Wednesday in town.
G.. A. Purdy of Covert was in town the
forepart of the week.
A. Stedman of South Haven spent one
day this week in town.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. L., Decker spent New
Years at Bloomingdale.
Miss Mertie Conway of Hartford is
clerking for j. S. Thorn.
ID. j Roosevelt of Keeler was in town
the latter part of last week.
South Haven will receive Sl2500 from
Andrew Carnegie for library.
e. T. Pierce of South Haven was in
Paw Paw the first of the week.
L.. II. Titus was in Benton Harbor
and Bangor on business yesterday.
Harry Burnham who has been very
i'll for the past 10 days is able to be out
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Bierce left Monday
for Stansbury, Mo-, where they will visit
relatives.
Fred Null of Portland, Ind, visited
at the home of his sister. Mrs G.. f. Lee
maux, last Friday.
Miss Mary Mitchell of Toronto, Ont,
is the guest at the home of her uncle,
w. G. Y. Ferguson.
w. j. Thomas has returned from Mil
waukee, where he has been visiting at
the home of his brother Emmett.
Sheriff BrItton has re-appointed Chas.
G. Chappell as under sheriff and Roy NJ.
Britton and Daniel Spicer as deputies.
Mr.. and Mrs f. j. Banks of Grand
Rapids visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Thomas the first of the week,
Regular meeting of Paw Paw chapter
Friday evening; work in the M. M. de-
gree. Refreshments will be served after
the work.
B. NJ. Mcleod has resigned his posi-
ton with r. Smith & Co. and will prob
ably leave soon for Cleveland, Ohio,
where he has prospective position.
Mr. and Mrs O. g. Ansy, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Mead of Grand Rapids, and
Miss Blanche Van Fleet of Kalamazoo
were guests Sunday and Monday at the
home of Mrs. Emma Lyle.
The Country Visitor Co. has sold the
subscription list, good will and business
of the Country Visitor to the Cleaner,
an agricultural semi monthly published
at Flint, Mich. G.. f.. Prater was in that
city part of the week arranging the sale
Chas. II Hicks, Alden Boyer. L. j
Lewis and F. e. Ferguson of Bangor
were in Paw Paw, Wednesday, to match
their skill against the whist players of
shis place. They played during the
afternoon and evening and at the end
the honors were evenly divided. The
Paw Paw players expect to 90 to Bangor
soon for return play.
The Hartford Day Spring publishes
the faxed postal laws concerning news
paper subscriptions and their collection
1t is only fair to say that no such laws
exist, and that the only way to collect
newspaper subscription is just the way
the grocer has to collect his bills, under
the state laws, and the u. S. postal laws
have nothing whatever to do with such
debt.
Fidelity Rebekah lodge |. O. O. f,
installed the following officers Wednes- |
day evening: Cynthia Bassett, n. G. !
Ella Pike, V. G.; Eliza Chapman, r s.;
Louise Loveland, F. S; Alzina Mcneil,
T.; Lizzie Roundy, r. = N. g.; Sarah
Mason, l.. S. y. G.; Fanny Mentor, w;
Edna judd con-; Anna Walker, |. G.; !
Matte Rickerson, O. g.; Sadie Lindsey,
chap; Alice NJ. Gould r. S. V. G.; Flor
ence Butler, l.. S. " G.,
Because his curiosity led him to open |
some letters which be found along the
4Pere Marquette tracks, Charles Crafts
is IN the custody of federal officers,
charged with violating the postal laws.
A pouch which was thrown off a train
at Grand junction was drawn under the |
wheels and cut to pieces, and letters |
scattered along the right of way. Crafts,
while walking along the track, found
number Of the letters and opened them
His action was noticed and his arrest |
followed.
Yesterday the Baptist church held its
annual meeting and roll call, large !
number of the church and members of
the congregation attending. A fine din
ner was served in the parlors at noon,
and supper at the supper hour The |
afternoon was given to the roll call and |
business session. Rev Robert Gordon, I
a former pastor, who recently returned |
from visit to England and Scotland, /
was present, and in the evening he
preached to large congregation. Special
music and the pleasure of seeing and
hearing Mr.. Gordon again made the
service most enjoyable.
South Haven has granted a franchise to
Geo Bardeen and others for an electric
line ia that city. Messrs. Bardeen, Merri-
man, Williams, Dunkley and others we'll
known in financial circles in this part of
the state are interested in the enterprise,
which is the construction OF lake shore
line from Benton Harbor to Saugatuck,
and east from Coloma to Kalamazoo.
Arrangements have already been made
to float the bonds, provided a reasonable
percentage of cash is put into the capital
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