The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-01-10
EVENTS OF A LOCAL NATURE.
Happenings of the Past Week in
Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.

II. @. Jones of Chicago was in town
last Saturday.
Come and see Biiby draw pictures.
He knows how.
w. K. Lane of the Lawton Leader was
in Paw Paw last Friday.
j. w. Free has been confined to the
house the past week with la grippe.
John Clark and Rev. Quinton Walker
OF Lawrence were in Paw Paw last Fri
day.
Miss Elizabeth Whitman left for De-
troit last Tuesday to remain several
weeks.
Miss Gail Tuckey left Thursday for
Ashland, Ohio, to visit DIR. Copeland and
family.
There will be regular meeting of the
o. + S. next Wednesday evening, Jan
nary l5
Miss Bessie Heckert is spending the
week with her father, Beui f. Heckert,
at Lansing.
Why not cancel all other dates and
attend the Mitchell & Blby meetings
next week.
Attorneys Fred Cogshall and Andrew
Donovan of South Haven were In Paw
Paw last Saturday.
Frank Sanger and bride arrived in
Paw Paw last Saturday They will
spend the winter at the homj of his
mother on east Main street.
Dr. G. l.. Bennett and wife of Goble-
Vile and Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Cole and
family were entertained at the home of
their mother, Mrs. James Bennett of
this place, on New Years day.
Charles Fisk of Lawrence was in Paw
Paw last Saturday. Mr.. Fisk is one OF
the most successful representatives of
the Mort western life insurance CON-
pany in southwestern Michigan.
Mrs. Emma Lyle recently underwent
an operation in Butterworth hospital at
Grand Rapids Word comes from her
daug ghter, Mrs. O. G.. Ansley, that her
condition at this time is very favorable
Bills printed at the Northerner Office
advertise an auction sale OF all the per
sonal property of the late Enos S. Stew
ems at his late residence in Paw Paw to.
morrow, Saturda, January IL. w. j.
Thomas is administrators Of the estate.
Esther A Allen, deputy great com
mander of the Maccabees, will be here
Monday evening. January l3, to initiate
a class and install the officers. A
o'clock supper will be served. All Mac
cabee ladies residing 10 and around Paw
! Paw are cordially invited.
Wanted, every child up to ID years o
| age, who is not connected with an,
J other bible school, to hear Clarenc,
Mitchell's "String Lecture" at Churct
of Christ next Sunday at IL o'clock
Bring string as long as you are. Dom
miss it, Parents come and bring YOU
children.
Last Tuesday morning two of the sup
ervsors entered into a contest to see
which could make silver dollar go the
farther Frank Cleveland was an "easy'
winner, and carried off the bet He saw
the joke, however, later in the day, when
he paid so cents to get his dollar back
Should any of our readers care to have a
detailed account OF the affair ask Amos
Benedict.
George Bruner has made application
for a patent Oh a new cement mixer
which he has originated. When com
pleted the mixer will be four feet high,
three feet long and two feet wide and
can be manufactured at cost to the
purchaser of S25. 1t is claimed that
it will do the work more thoroughly and
much more rapidly than the old system
OF mixing by hand.
Commencing with next Sunday, Janu.
ary II, and ontinuing until April !, w.
j. Warner, Shepard, Showerman & Co..
and the Model market will be closed all
day Sunday. This is move in the
right direction. Store keepers aud clerks
should certainly have one Cay of rest
during the week, and customers can just
as well make their purchases Saturday
and Saturday night as to wait until Sun
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Colburn entertain
eu DTOlueT, 1dTl NICuOlS dDu DTIu6
of Decatur and Ernest Cole and bride
of Decatur, on New Years day. Both
couple we're married New Years morn
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Cole left Thursday
morning for visit with friends in Alle-
gan, Grand Rapids and Cedar Springs.
Mr.. Nichols and wife returned to Deca-
tur where he has lucrative position in
the Decatur mills.
There was a joint installation OF Off
GERS OF the G.. A. II. and w r. e.. at
Shoesmith's hall last Saturday after.
noon. o. w. Rowland acted as install
ling officer and j. f. Bullard was officer
OF the day. A pleasant feature OF the
afternoon was the presentation to the
post and w. II. G.. of gavel made Of
the wood cut from a tree on the battle
field OF Chckamauga by j. +. Bullard.
There was bullet Embedded in the wood
which protruded from one side OF the
gavel The gavel was trimmed with
copper nicely engraved. 1t is OF historic
value and will be highly priced by the