The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-13

tnc eAeIciscS Oh SATURDAY last. IL Couslbteu
of A. w. Cummings, leader; q. p. Stebbins
and q. 4, Northrup of Lawrence, ffers; L.
G. Tyner, bass drummer, ID. l.. Huntley and
VIM. Cleveland, snare drummers, from Ham
ilton.
Kalamazoo Commandery of Knights Temp.
lar, with their guests, are "resorting" at
-Four Mile Lake to-day-Wednesday It is
expected that the new house will be chris
tened by them, and, perhaps, new and
more appropriate name be conferred on the
beautiful lake.
The birthday surprise at Mrs. c. Hogmires 3,
on Wednesday of last week, was a very en-
joyable affair, there being twenty of the
many friends of Aunt Calista present. Be-
sides good social time, the dining room
table was spread with an abundance OF good
things, and the ice cream was delicious.
Nearly every business place in our village
was elegantly decorated on Saturday last, in
honor of the memory of General Grant.
So fine display was, probably, never before
made on any occasion. It was creditable 10
the town and creditable 70 those who deco
rated. Business places were closed during
the hours of the memorial service.
Marsh Barker and wife, who are strongly
suspected of being concerned in the murder
of Harvey Keith of Bloomingdale, were ar
rested and lodged in jail on "Wednesday of
last week. No complaint has, as yet, been
made against them, nor process issued, but
they remain voluntarily in custody, evidently
thinking they are safer behind prison bars,
than they woald be if permitted to be at
large.
Mr.. J. o. Keith, father of the murdered
Hoy kaffh fNu 3 III a
and, while here. became crazed with grief,
and imagined he was witnessing the awful
tragedy that deprived his son of life. While
in this condition, it required the utmost
effort of several strong men to control him,
although he is not stout man physically.
He recovered himself after a time and de-
parted for his grief-stricken home.
Some time early in the simmer, Frank
Hudson had a watch stolen from his resi-
dence. A few days since he found it in a
jewelry shop in this village, for repairs. A
young lad-whose name we suppress hoping
il may be his last odense of the kind-was
arrested and brought before Justice Rowland,
where be plead guilty to the charge of steal
ing the watch and was sentenced to fifteen
days imprisonment in the county jail.
An examination OF the furnaces at the
school house disclosed the fact that they
were worn out beyond all hope of repair,
and that it was absolutely indispensable, that
new ones sho1ld be put in, not only for the
purpose of warming the building but for its
safety. Work has already been commenced
and entirely new heating apparatus will re-
place the old furnaces. On account of the
time required to do this work the time of
opening the school has been deferred until
Sept. 7th.
Programme for an open session of Van
Buren Co. Grange to be held at Woodman
Grange Hall, Aug. Goth at p. n. Essay, by
the lecturer of Woodman Grange. Paper,
"Sociability of the Grange"-J. K. Parker,
Hartford. Paper, What to do in Emer-
gencies Sc. w. Bartram, V. S., Paw Paw.
Paper, Duties of Patrons to the Grange -
Jason Woodman, Paw Paw. Essay, by Geo.
w. Haven, Bloomingdale. All are cordially
invited To be present.
A grand opening ball will be given at the
hotel at Folr Mile Lake, on Friday evening"
August l4th. Cards of invitation have been
issued, but these were intended merely as a
means OF advertising the party. All gentle
men and ladies who desire to attend, are cor
daily invited to do so. No drunkenness,
rowdyism or other incivilities will be per-
mitted or tolerated. The music will be fur
nished by the celebrated Buck d Geer's or
chestra, of Dowagiac, which is equivalent to
saying it will be excellent. Tickets, includ-
ing supper, two dollars per couple. Mr..
Scoville, the gentlemanly manager of the
house, Is determined to spare no effort for
the pleasure and enjoyment of his guests on
that occasion-or, for that matter, at any
other time. Special trains will leave Lawton
for the lake, at 6:30 p. M, Paw Paw at 7:30,
Hartford at 7:15 and Lawrence at 1865.
Special trains will also leave the lake, both
east and west at the close of the party.
Co. D." OF the 66th Regt. Ills. s. s., held
Its second annual reunion at Hartford, on
Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
About forty of the old boys were present,
most of them accompanied by ladies--pre-
sumably their wives-and, as a matter of
course, the occasion was very enjoyable
one Their camp waa pitched in th. pleas
ant grove Just south of the village, the same
IN which the county reunion was held, in
June last. The pleasure of the second day
was somewhat marred by a heavy rain, but
that only served to remind the old soldiers
of days long since passed away. To vary
the exercises, members of Ellsworth Post, at
Hartford, planned an attack on the camp,
intending to capture it, but, Had they not,
forgot, alas, to reckon with their hostY" The
attacking party were, themselves captured,
but were subsequently released on parole.
Their next reunion will be held at Water
Welt. Although this company was attached
to an Illinois regiment, it consisted entirely
of Michigan men, most of its members being
from Van Buren, and Berrien counties.
The colored people held two emancipa-
tion celebrations in this township. One was
at -Four Mile Lake, on Tuesday, August 4th,
at which there was fair attendance. The
address at that place was delivered by j. S.
Hinton of Indianapolis. The other celebra-
ton was in this village. There were not as
many people in town as had been anticipated.
although quite goodly number assembled
in the court yard, to listen to the address
which was delivered by Rev. Brown of Ian.
sing. The speaker, while not polished or
ator, advanced some good ideas, and gave his
hearers an interesting Grafton. He was fol-
lowed by Hon. j. j. Woodman who made
brief, but appropriate speech. Col. Haw-
kins was then called upon and responded by
singing A" The Sword of Bunker Hill " as no
one but fha Col can oino ~ The rnuaic for