The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-08-29

AT a meeting of the county school
examiners held last Tuesday i'm con
junction with the Judge of probate, on
motion of Judge Hilton, Mr.. A. c.
Martin was unanimously re elected as
secretary of the board.
j. d. Monroe, our efficient register
of deeds, has saved the county some
thing like hundred dollars by using
old books that had been thrown aside
merely because of slight change in
the forms of conveyances.
A special train will run to the South
Haven convention tomorrow, leaving
Lawton at 500 n. m, Paw Paw S:15,
Lawrence $50, Hartford 900, returning
at the close of the convention. One
and one third fare for the round trip.
The Paw Paw creamery has passed
into the control of Mr. 5. 4. Greene,
who will not only continue the business,
but will deal in butter, eggs and gen
eral produce of all kinds. There is a
fine opening here for just such busi-
ness.
Next Sunday will close Elder Tan
ner's three years of labor with the
Methodist church at this place. His
assist at the morning services In the
evening, one of our Paw Paw boys will
deliver an address.
County Agent Hodge was in town
last Monday, on his way to the Cold
water public school with bright little
homeless two years old boy. We pre-
dict that the little fellow will soon
gladden. the hearts of some childless
family as an adopted son.
Mr. l.. X Holmes of Englewood, has
been in town visiting relatives and
friends. Lyme "monkeyed with the
buzz saw" in the factory where he is
employed and was wearing his right
hand in a sling. Fortunately, he es-
capped without serious damage.
1t speaks well for the progressive
tendency of Van Buren, county teachers,
that forty-one new subscribers for the
Moderator were enrolled during the
week of the institute. No more prac-
tical school journal was ever published,
and every live teacher in our county
should secure it.
Edgar j. Driscoll, an old soldier, for
merly a member of Co. "K," 64th New
York Vols, died very suddenly last
Monday morning, at his residence in
this village. He was apparently in his
usual good health but, about two o'clock
in the morning, was taken with pain
in his stomach and lived only about
couple of hours. Funeral services at
the residence at two o'clock this after
noon. Mr.. Driscoll leaves a widow in
comparatively destitute circumstances.
The democratic kid pole raising, en-
gineered by Postmaster Mackellar last
Friday afternoon, attracted half hun
dred or so young lads and lassies, who
had "bushel of fun" and enjoyed
picnic supper afterward. The pole,
which was raised by Geo. Kessler, is
pretty little hickory and floats, of
course, the names of Cleveland Il Thur
man. 1t leans toward the South, but
that is eminently proper-just as it
should be, in fact.
"When was this war they talk about?"
was one of the banners borne in the,
democratic "kid" procession last Fri
day. Oh, well! it wasn't so very long
ago; not so long but there are still those
among us who fought to save the flag
that was borne in the procession; not
so long but there are still one-legged
and one-armed veterans in our midst,
men who shed their blood that the
country and the flag might be pre-
served A man should have been
ashamed to carry such banner; the
''kid" wasn't responsible.
A flambeau club was organized here
last Monday evening, with the follow
ing officers: +. S. Millington, pres; +.
l.. Osborne, vice-pres.; Chas. Hatha-
way, sec and treas; j. &. Todd, capt;
j. +. Bullard, 1st lieut.; +. Cooley, 2d
lieut.. Regular business meetings will
be held on the first and third Monday
evenings of each month. Meetings for
drill, Tuesday and Thursday evenings
of each week. The boys will be pleased
to receive contributions To aid in the
expense of procuring their outfit. The
club will be valuable adjunct for
campaign work.