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wjyly wily VOLUME XXXII. NUMBER 24. PAW PAW, VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 12. 1886. WHOLE NUMBER 1638. EO. W. LONQWELL--DRUQS, GROCERIES, ETC. 1850 Always -OF- WALL Mill No old stock, our old patterns being ueatlyall closed out last fall. We are still headquarters for Reliable MIXED PAINT. LEAD AND OIL BE SURE TIt is to your GEORGE W. . E. OILMAN BOOTS - Wo desiro to announce to our friends and patrons that we have just received a new stock of ROOTS & SHOES Wo intend to mske this trade a specialty, and our DRY GOODS NOTIONS must and will be closod out, even if sold for half price. For Bargains, TO THE GRANGE STORE! G. HOLMES & CPICER-OROCERO. SAM" "DAN" At their Popular Grocery Store, opposite the Court House, keep con stantly on hand an elegant stock of the very best GROCERIE over offered to tho citizens of Paw Paw. CANNED GOODS OF ALL RINDS A SPECIALTY The best TOBACCOS AND CIGARS To bo found Fruit & Vegetables in their season. Highest price paid for Produce HOLMES &s SPICER. 1886 Reliable PAPER AND CALL advantage. LONGWELL. -GRANGE STORE. SHOES come early E. GILMAN, Manager. brands of anywhoro. TRUE NORTHERNER MARTIN & ROWLAND, Publishers. A. G. MARTIN, 0. W. ROWLAND, Manager. Editoi. SUBSCRIPTION. 11.50 A YEAR. BUSINESS NOTICES. Physician and Burgeon, Paw Taw, Mich. Office on Main street, over Covert & Bartram's Drug Store. Offico hours from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p. in. 1539 Xotlee to the People of Van Iliiren. Those in need of tubular drive wells, wood pumps or anything in the lino of repairs for the sumo will save money by seeing mo be fore ordering elsewhere. Leave orders at this office. Frank Cutter. 1022t20o47 Village Property for Sale. 010 dollars buys a nice home in a desirable location, all in good repair. Must be sold. A bargain at above price. For information call at Northerner office or address P. O. box 193, Paw Paw, Mich. 19tf Photographs. I take pleasure in announcing to the pub lics that I have re-opened my Picture Gallery, at my old stand, on Main St., in Paw Paw. My apparatus is entirely new, and of the most approved pattern, and I am prepared to take pictures of all kinds in the highest style of art. Give me a call and I am Bure I can please you. JonN Hodges. 51 tf Tor Hal'. On recount of old age and failing health, I desire to close out my bnsinops and offer for pale my store building in Paw Paw, with or without the stock. Terms reasonable. 07tf Ll'KK GlLRERT. " W. It. Hawkins. Broker, Notary Public and Conveyancer. Money to loan and collections made in all parts of Van Buren County. Remittances promptly made. Office opposite Dyckman House, Paw Paw, Mich. 1338Jy .11 ill in cry. Mrs. II. R. Odell, fashionable milliner, de sires to call attention to her new stock of Spring and Summer Millinery Goods. La dies' Furnishing Goods, etc.. etc. Stock complete and in the latest styles. Satisfac tion guaranteed. Mas. II. It. Odkll. Farm For Hale. For the purpose of 6ettling the estate of the late Elisha Durkee, the farm of 140 acres, belonging to said estate, situated one mile north of Lawton, in this county, will be sold on reasonable terms. 105 acres im proved, 35 acres of good timber, good build ings in excellent condition, 95 acres well seeded, finely located for fruit culture. For terms enquire at this office or on the prem ises. 1559tf Horse Train Inc. I am prepared to train and break colts, also to board same. Ugly and vicious horse made kind. Office at my accommodation and sale stable. Wilbeb Baxcock, Paw Paw, Mich. 1476tf Omnibus Orders. All orders left at the post office for Bur dick's 'bus to all trains and private houses will meet with prompt attention. 12tf J. A. Leech. House, Sign and Carriage Painter, Paper Hanger, and Ceiling Decorator. Shop on Grcmps St., Paw Paw. CCly 820,000 to Loan, On improved real estate. Inquiro of Geo. E. Breck, Paw Taw, or E. A. Crane 117 Rose street, Kalamazoo. ltf. J. II. MeCnhon, Surgical Dentist, Paw Paw, Mich. Office corner Main and Kalamazoo st's. All work warranted. 15721y Prater's Photographs, Pictures, F.te. Prater's is the place to get Photographs done up in tho latest style of the art, elegant scenery and accessories. Also a very fine assortment of Picture Frames, Cabinet Frames, Easels, etc. All as low as the lowest. A fine display of Christmas Cards at all prices. 51tf Xew Tin Shop. Having opened a tin shop in the old Har rison Block, in the village of Paw Paw, 1 re spectfully solicit a share of public patronage. Repairing promptly done. J.H.Watexls. 97tf Jewelry. I have removed my shop to Geo. W. Long well's store, where I am prepared to clean and repair watches and jewelry of all kinds. I shall also keep in stock a good assortment of Jewelry. 15G5tf Petes Hackxixuu Money to Loan. Parties desirous of obtaining Loans on Good Security, will find it to their advantage to call on me. Real estate for sale. Insur ance, Collections, and Conveyancing Solicited 1505-ly Habbt S. Richards, Over C. R. Avery's store. DrlTO IVells. Charles H. Scott desires to inform the people of Van Buren County that he repairs pumps of all kinds and puts down drivs wells. Twelve years experience. Leave orders at the store of J. W. Free, Paw Paw. 169 Farm For Hale. On account of poor health I desire to sell my farm of eighty acres, situated in the township of Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo County, Mich. . 30 acres of valuable timber, balance under a good state of cultivation, fine orchard and buildings in good repair. Stock will be sold with farm if desired. Terms easy. For full particulars enquire at premises. Jefferson Hill, 1G20 tf Hyeknian lloue farralge. An elegant carriage to and from all trains, or to any part of the village. Leave orders at Dyckman House. Stanlkt Lett, Driver. Nettle I n. All parties who are indebted to the late firm of Conner fc Wood are requested to call at tho old stand nnd settle their accounts. 3 ltf I. B. Conner. Paw Paw suv in km Hank. Capital 35, km ).(M) F. V. Sellick, Pres., E. A Clank 'icn Pres., John W. Flee, Cashier. Board of Directors, J. J. Woodman, Daniel Lle, Jons Lyle, William Lyle, John W. Free. Edwin Martin, F. W. Skllk k, William J. Sellick, Edgar A. Crane. 1029ly Mit!. C E. Hutchins. teacher of Vocal and In strumental Music, Thorough Bass and Har mony. Address Paw Paw Michigan. 1025tf. Farm For Sale. I have an 80 aero farm for sale. It is nicely located on main road, with sufficient timber for firewood and fencing ; it is well supplied with living water ; a good barn and sheds. Its meadows, though adapted to the best of hay, are exempt from drouth ; a splendid stock farm with a great record for productiveness. It is for salo to an imme diate purchaser on long time and easy terms at fifteen hundred dollars. Dated, Paw Paw, Mich., June 28th, 188G. 32tf E. R. Annable. Ilerkert A Ilreok. Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Chan cery. Benj. F. Ileckert, John I. Breck. 31tf Paw Paw, Mich. Iowa Prairie. ICO acres good unimproved prairie, nine miles from Algona, between Irvington and Whitman, on Northwestern railroad, only 400 miles from Chicago, in the best stock raising section of Iowa, for 1200. Young cattle or horses taken in exchange. For par. ticulars, address W. M. Welch., 30oll Glen wood, Iowa. Look Here. Me Hoy! Tailoring If Von Pleae. I am doing a land office business since I camo here and why not listen. See the prices I make suits for 30 days of my sum mer stock : 25.00 Suit for Thirty Days ht 10.00 28.00 " 18.00 30.00 " 20.00 32.00 " " " " " 22.00 33.00 23.00 35.00 " ' 44 25.00 37.50 " 27.50 40.00 4 " " 30.00 The above prices are way below cost of goods, making and trimming any of the suits offered. The goods I will guarantee to be all wool, if not a yard wide. Now is the time for any one who wants a custom suit for the price of a ready-made one. 1020 Henley, The Artist Tailor. Special F.xaminatlon. To accommodate teachers attending tho State Institute, an examination for third grade certificates will be held at Decatur, on Friday afternoon and Saturday forenoon, August 27th and 28th, 1880. Applicants must be in attendance on Friday, at one o'clock p. m. E. F. Bradt, Sec. Bd. Sc'l Ex. A. . Hendrlek. M. I. Physician and Surgeon, Paw Paw Mich. Office in Manning Block. Special attention given to diseases of the Lungs, Liver and Kidneys, Private Diseases, Piles and Female Complaints to all Chronic Diseases. Seventh lay Adventlsts Continue to hold tent meetings at Law ton every evening at 3 P. M. Bible Readings Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3 p.m. 37tlolo For sale, on easy terms, for less than Sl.Coo, n farm on the S. W. side of Little Prairie Ronde, containing 155 acres. Good soil and water, plenty of timber, about 100 acres improved, two good orchards, a large new barn, pleasant location on a public road. Call soon or address, 039 W.Anderson, Decatur, Mich. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. George and Will Randall spent Sunday in town with friends. Nels. Upham of Cheboyagan, made a brief visit to friends in Paw Paw a few days since. The Free Methodist meetings at Maynard's Hall are held each Sunday at three o'clock p. m. M. P. Allen has put a stone foundation under his store building, occupied bv Ira Hulbert. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Flanders, together with George's mother, are visiting friends in Chicago. Dr. A. W. Hendrick has removed his office into the Manning block, next door to Jay's double store. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crane of Detroit, are visiting their relatives and many friends in this village and vicinity. Geo. Butler, the model drayman and 'bus driver, took a vacation last week, for the first time in nearly five years. Rev. W. N. Welker of Hartford, and Rev. L. B. Fish of Paw Paw, will exchange pulpits next Sunday morning and evening. Subject at the Christian Church next Sun day morning, "The Church of Christ as a School," evening, "Who is Christ?" Tho following letters remain uncalled for in our postoffice for the week ending August 9th, 1886: James E. Cone, J. W. Luce, Mr. Jay Wood, Mr. Wracker. Elder Wm. Roe of Buchanan, will speak at the Christian Church, next Sunday, both morning and evening. He and Elder Russell exchange pulpits on that day. A large audience assembled at the Disciple Church last Sunday morning to hear Elder Russell deliver an excellent discourse. His auditors were not disappointed. A good many of our people attended the camp meeting at Four Mile Lake last Sunday. Special trains were run during the day for the accomodation of visitors to that popular resort. The Young Ladies Mission Band of the Christian Church, will give an entertainment at the church next Saturday evening. Ad mission free, but a collection will be taken. All are invited. The Gobleville nine are eipected here on Friday next to try and clean out the Paw Paw ball tossers. It is a laudable undertak ing, bit they will have to hunt leather lively if they succeed. Mrs. L. D. Smith of Ionia, mother of Mrs. O. S. Wood, Mr. Robt. Smith of the same place, Mrs. Wood's nephew, and Miss Dana Lowe of Washington, D. C, Mrs. W's niece, are visiting Mr. O. S. Wood and family. Broughton's offer remains open another week. Mrs. T. B. Irwin goes to Lakeville, N. Y. this week. Ed Hawkins of Kalamazoo, has been cull ing on friends in town. Mrs. I). E. Rico of Detroit, is visiticg her sister, Mrs. Geo. Longwell. Twenty-five cents wasn't much of a prico to pay for a good halter. Eh, Vet? Harry Longwell is a little under the weather just now. Been eating too much cheese. Frank Van Ness has returned from quito a protracted sojourn south of tho Ohio river. Elmer Sirrine has returned to Denver, Colorado. Ho started on Wednesday, the 11th inst. O. N. Hilton is camping out for a few days with Bangor parties at Paulville on tho shore of Lake Michigan. Editor Moon of tho Dowagiac Time, has been appointed postmaster at that city. Henceforth, tho Moon will shine for all. Tho Disciple Sunday schools of this vil lage, Decatur and Hartford are holding a joint picnic at Four Mile Lake to-day Wed nesday. Brodhead Post. G. A. R., will attend the Kalamazoo reunion in a body, leaving Paw Paw on Tuesday, the 17th inst., by the eleven a. m. train. Tho young people of the First Baptist Church will give an ice cream, lawn social at the residence of Alonzo Sherman on Tuesday evening, August 17th. Mrs. J. Cumings and daughter have gone to Topeka, Kansas. They went with Charley Ross, who has been visiting friends here not the long lost Charley though. A cablegram from Doc and George, says: 'Arrived safely : will sail for New York, Aug. 20th. Have looked over tho horses and find some that will do nicelj-." Dr. Hank Sherman is great on fits. His favorite remedy a sure cure he says which ho prescribed for Jewsbarp Charley of the Dyckman House, is bronihtu1 "ttiiii. Reported that our former townsman, W. P. Grannis, has struck a txmanza out in Colorado in tho shape of a combined gold and silver mine a very convenient and sat isfactory combination to have in one's fam ily. Dr. W. H. Coburn, Judge Hilton's brother- in-law, his wife and sister, who have been visiting here, have gone to Kansas City on a visit to Bert Hilton. Mrs. Amanda Andrews and Mrs. O. N. Hilton accompanied them as far as Chicago. George Davis of Waverly has a patent, automatic, self-acting potato digger a hound. The dog follows along tho rows of potatoes from hill to hill and as soon as the tops are pulled, scratches out the tubers clean as a whistle. Valuable dog. J. II. and Eugene Anderson of Hartford, were in town the other day trying to nego tiate for the purchase of the Paw Paw Mill with the intention of converting it into a roller mill but they failed to come to terms with the proprietors of that property. The Van Buren County Pomona Grange holds its quarterly meeting at the town hall in Porter on tho 12th inst., instead of at Paw Paw as stated last week. Our information was incorrect. Tho place was correctly stated in our Barnes District correspondence. A large number of visitors called at the residence of Mrs. H. P. Nelson last Sunday evening to witness tho blooming of her night-blooming cereus. Mrs.N. has a beau tiful specimen of that elegant cactus, as well as a beautiful collection of other fine house plants. Will Thayer is getting to bo a celebrated horse-tamer. When he comes to town to get his bottle filled, he has his lines done up by some friend and drives his prancing Pe gasus home without touching a rein, leaving tho undoing of his harness to his wife after his arrival home. We stepped into Geo. Koons' harness shop the other day and found him just doing up an elegant rubber-trimmed single harness for a Kalamazoo customer. George has al ways manufactured his goods 4,on honor," and, as a natural consequence, has established a reputation that insures him a good trade. A temple of the patiiarchal circle was in stituted in this village last Tuesday evening. Quite a number of the fraternity were pres ent from the western part of the county. The elegant uniforms worn by tho visiting members and their fine drilling on our streets, preceded by the Young Alerts band, attracted a good deal of attention. The republican county committee held a meeting in this village on Tuesday last and decided to hold the county convention on Thursday Sept. 9th, at Lawrence. The apportionment is made on a basis of one delegate to each sixty votes cast for governor at the last election, with an additional dele gate for a fraction of half the basis or over. Mr. John Watkins of Almena, offered a reward of twenty-five dollars for the recovery of a stolen horse, as he supposed. After getting out and circulating cards containing his offer, he found the missing steed, which was not stolen at all, but had only strayed from home. So Mr. W. is twenty-five dollars ahead by not having to pay the offered reward. What is it? Who is it? were the ques tions asked last Sunday by nearly overyone who saw it. On close inspection, it proved to be Mr. Henry Sherman with a brand new silk tile and a Prince Albert coat. Shoot tho hat! 4,Whataman will see when he has no gun !' and numerous other similar exclamations were heard, but we thought Hank looked well. Postoffice matters in this village are be ginning to warm up again. A vast amount of private discussion and buttonholing is going on among rival aspirants and their friends. Probably we shall have a democratic postmaster in this village sometime. Our readers will be informed who is the lucky man whenever we, ourself, shall have ac quired that important piece of news. At present, the chances seem to bo in favor of . Some little excitement was occasioned last Tuesday morning by the running away of Showerman it Warner'a delivery team, which ran through Main street, colliding with Hos kins' milk-wagon, demoralizing it consider ably and sprinkling the streets with milk, also running against and upsetting a carriage and taking a wheel off the delivery wagon. Claude Snow, who was driving, hung on like a major. The team was caught by E. L. Warner, near Hulbert's store. Nobody hurt. Elder B. H. Haydcn will address tho peo ple at tho M. E. Church in Almena, Sunday evening, August 15th. Mr. Hayden has re cently returned from his travels in Egypt. Palestine and other points of interest in the old world, and will be able to give some in teresting facts concerning those countries. If any of the citizens of Covert feel that they have been neglected because they havo no representative on the jury for the Sep tember term of the circuit court, let them blame their supervisor and clerk, those offi cers having failed to send any jury list to tho office of tho county clerk, as required by tho statute. Fenner wants to know why it is that everyone who meets him on the streets stop and says. "You got it on the nose, didn't you?" Fenner says its no news to him, he n-o-s-e all about'it. He says he didn't mind the tap on the nose as much as he did losing so much claret, for he is of good blood and a little penurious. A telegram was received here on Friday last, announcing the death of Harmon John son of Muskegon, formerly of this village. Mr. Johnson was a member of Paw Paw Lodge, I. O. O. F., and the brethren at Muskegon took charge of the obsequies. We have been unable, as yet, to learn the particulars in reference to tys death. We had occasion, a few days Bince, to in terview Sheriff Todd on a matter ot business. Going to his residence, we said to Mrs. Todd, "Where is John?" "Oh! he is around in the jail with a couple of women," was the reply. Entering the county bastile, the outer door of which was open, we found the colonel, in the darkest corner of the dungeon, engaged in an animated conversation with the two ladies fair and appearing to be very deeply interested. We presume it was all right, but we noticed that he didn't remain in the jail very long after we discovered his wherea bouts. Rev. S. Smith, who is delivering the second volume of Grant's book has shown us a letter from the H. G. Allen Pub. Co., re plying to a card published in tho Courier by Mr. R. C. Nash, who took the subscrip tions in this part of tho county. Tho letter states that no person can obtain any of the books for delivery in Michigan, except through them. It gives their version of the difficulty with Mr. Nash, but in that mat ter our readers are not interested. Mr. Smith desires us to say that through him, and through him only. Van Buren County subscribers can obtain their books. Mr. E. A. Park returned last Friday from his visit to Waterville N. Y., the home of hi boyhood. He was accompanied by his daughter Clara, of Detroit, who made a brief visit to her parents for the first time in two years. His son E. K., accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Marian Park nee Martin, is also at home for a brief visit. 'Gene and his wife wer6 married at Toronto, Ont., on Tuesday of last week and are on their bridal tour. Ed. says he had a good time "down east" and is feeling pretty happy, having had his entire family together beneath his own roof-tree for the first time in years. The following parties have been appointed as the Van Buren County Board of the Mich igan State Reading Circle: E. M. Russell and Mrs. A. C. Martin of Paw Paw, Mr. Pierce principal of the Decatur Schools and Eugene Hinckley of Lawton. The institu tion is for the benefit of teachers. Any in formation desired can be obtained from any member of the board. All teachers will find it for their interest to belong to the Circle as it will help them materially in their exami nations for certificates. A president, secre tary and treasurer of county board will be selected from the above named appointees. There will be an adjourned railroad meet ing at the court house next Saturday evening. Tho committee have not, at this writing, succeeded in raising the required amount, but are progressing in that direction. Come out to the meeting and hear the report. Don't hang back just as though you were afraid something would bo done that would advance the interests and increase the pros perity of our town. You can certainly afford to aid the project to the extent of lending it your presence, if nothing more. The com mittee are not asking anybody to give some thing for nothing, but only to invest a small amount where it will pay and pay well. Come out to the meeting. Mrs. Adam Richmond of Battle Creek, sister of Burr Robins and Mrs. G. Hinckley, was buried in the Bangs cemetery on Thurs day last. The funeral was held at the resi dence of Mrs. Hinckley, Elder Fish of the First Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Rich mond met her death by a gasoline explosion. She was about to fill the lamps to her gaso line stove and, having her attention attracted in another direction, she set her can down open. When she struck a match to light the lamps, the air had become saturated with gas and an explosion ensued. Trying to ex tinguish the fiames, she was so badly burned as to cause her death. She lingered in great agony for about forty hours. This accident emphasizes the necessity of handling the dangerous fluid with extreme care. We understand that a camp of the Sons of Veterans is to be organized in this village. There is no reason why Paw Paw should not have a camp of that order. All sons of deceased or honorably discharged soldiers of the late war who have attained the age of eighteen years are eligible to membership and there must be an abundance of material to form a flourishing camp. A large section; of country would be tributary to such a camp, as the order has not been organized in the eastern .part of the county. Since the above was in type the boys have held a meet ing, perfected an organization with the fol lowing set of officers : Emery Ball, Capt.: Ed. Bullard, 1st Lieut.; Dana Smith, 2d Lieut.: M. U. Richardson, Ord. Sgt.; J. E. Chandler, Q. M. Sgt. ; Ed. Baldwin, Sgt. J. Rickard, Col. Sgt. Application for a charter will be forwarded at once and the camp mustered as soon as practicable. Three are 4one. Three funerals have' occured in quick suc cession at St. Mary's Church in this village. The first was that of Richard Norris, who died on Wednesday morning of last week. Mr. Norris was well along ia years and was an old and much respected resident of this plaoe. His funeral exercises were held on Friday morning at nine o'clock. The second was the funeral or John Hen dricks of Porter, on Saturday morning, August 7th, at the same hour of the day. The third was that of Thomas Crippen of Lawrence, which was held at tho hour of nine o'clock a. m., on Monday last. All three of the bodies were laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery, just south of this village.