The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-05-15
WHOLE NUMBER 1882.

fr. OROrke officiating, and the remains
were buried in the Catholic cemetery.
Married, at the residence Of the brides
parents, in Paw Paw, on Saturday even
ing, May llth, by Rev l.. ID. Boynton,
Will A. Young and Cora Il. Holt, all of
Paw Paw. The groom is i'm the employ
of the Cleveland Bay Horse Co, and
Messrs. Geo. +. Breck and G.. f. Gill
man, as officers of that company, pres
ented the young couple with check
Tor handsome sum towards setting
themselves up" They commence house
keeping at once ut the fair grounds.
Little" Charley Stevens is a genius,
and probably the youngest inventor of
the day. He is fifteen years old and
has perfected a burglar and fire alarm
device which has stood the test of care
ful scrutiny by expert patent solicitors;
has filed "A caveat in the patent office,
and sold the invention last Monday To
DR.. A. W. Hendrick for 81 100. He has
several other inventions under consid-
Grafton which are, To say the least, curl
Gus. That lad will be heard from later
Rev David Root, for the past forty
years missionary in Africa, gave
very interesting talk on the subject of
missions at the First Baptist church
last Sunday evening The pastors of
the other churches had taken up their
appointments and the house was well
filled with interested listeners. At some
points i'm his address the reverend
gentleman seemed to yearn for "A word or
two of Booroboola-gh with which to
round off sentence, but he managed
to struggle through in English.
George Delong, of Arlington, was in
town Monday to see if he. could get any
trace of or assistance i'm finding his
daughter, who had eloped Saturday
night with her cousin, Arthur Delong
She had retired to her room at the
usual bed hour Saturday evening, but
in the morning the room was found to
be unoccupied, the window up, and a
note on the dressing table announcing
her departure for Chicago. There are
too many theories and surmises afloat
to give publicity To any of them.
On Wednesday of last week Mrs.
Dorcas A. Chubbuck was buried at Ar
lington. Deceased was the mother of
Eli Bierce, our former tOwnsman, now
residing in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Club
buck was on visit to the state of New
York, was taken sick and died there on
the 9Th inst. Mr.. Bierce was telegraphed
to and went on to New York and brought
his mothers remains home for burial
Deceased was go years of age, had been
a resident of Arlington since 1874, and
was lady very highly esteemed. She
leaves five children, all grown.
For the school year commencing on
the first Monday i'm September next,
the following teachers have thus far
been engaged: Superintendent, S. f.
Higgins, reelected; salary, $1,000.
Principal, vacant. Assistant, Miss Alice
Harvey; salary, S40O. Grammar school,
Miss Mary Bryar, reelected; salary,
S400. Second intermediate, Miss Cora
Hinckley; salary, 1920. First intermedi-
ate, Miss Cora Ruggles, reelected;
salary, 1920. Second primary, vacant.
First primary, Miss Kate Ocobock, re-
elected; salary, 1920. The present school
year closes June eth.
The only link that was missing i'm the
chain of evidence against Latimer has
been discovered. David Wood of Jack
son has stated to Deputy Sheriff Evan
that he met X. Irving Latimer on the
of the murder of his mother,
at the corner of Main and Blackstone
streets, coming from the direction of
the Latimer house. He walked with
him to near Mechanic street, where Lat
inner went into an alley. Wood says he
didn't come out and state this fact be-
fore for fear he would be detained as
witness. Mr.. Wood is a reputable man,
stands high in masonic circles, and
travels for Haennie, the brewer
The sixth annual convention of the
Paw Paw, Decatur and Lawrence ). ;.
association will be held at the Christian
church, i'm Paw Paw, on "Wednesday
and Thursday of next week. The first
session will be at 2 p. m. Wednesday,
and will open with devotional exercises
conducted by Rev. w. j. Hathaway.
Rev. Harvey will pronounce the Words
of Welcomes" Rev. Taft will read pa
per on Glow to Promote Reverence for
the Lords Day" and ''The Teacher and
his Preparation" will be discussed by
Rev. Pallister. In the evening Rev. A.
j. Gordon will address the convention.
Thursday, from . a. m. to 9p. m. will
be filled in with topics of interest to all
workers.
A frightful accident occurred at Kal-
amazoo last "Wednesday evening by
which five ladies were hurled into etern-
ity and two others badly injured. At
$50 o'clock street car, containing
seven ladies and two men, was crossing
the track of the Michigan Central rail
road, when a switch engine dashed
down upon it from the east at high
rate of speed, and the driver being un-
able to get the car out of the way, the
helpless passengers were hurled To
death. Following is the names of the
killed: Mrs. NJ. +. Wattles, Mrs. Alex
ander Hadlock, Mrs. Geo. Smiley, Mrs.
Geo. Middleton, Miss Gertrude Tillot-
son, aged 16. Mrs :. A. Gibson and
Mrs. John Barnes were badly injured,
but will recover.
We learn that some of our most prom
inent business men are moving in the
matter of public observance of Memo
rial day, and this is move in the right
direction. The members of the G.. A.
X. have heretofore been left to do all
that has been done towards commemo
rating the deeds of those who fell, as
though theywere the only ones bene-
fitted by the sacrifices made, while the
sturdy facts are that these very men
who stand in their doors and make
sport of the halting, decrepit procession
of veterans as they march once a year
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