The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-04
WHOLE NUMBER 1876

Oregon.
Henry Perkins, an old veteran of the
late war, died at his home near the
depot in this village last night of con
sumption.
Yesterday Drs Rose and Mahoney, of
Decatur, DIR. Hamilton, of Lawton, and
Drs. Whalen and Dunning, of Paw
Paw, removed large ovarian tumor
from Mrs. Tobias Beach, of Blooming
dale, who had been moved to this vii
lage some time ago for that purpose.
The operation was successfully per
formed and the sufferer passed as COM
Portable night as could be expected.
The surgeons decline to express an
opinion as regards the ultimate result.
At the convention of the Van Buren
County Sunday School association held
in Lawton last week, the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
President, John w. Free, of Paw Paw;
vice-president, Rev. Anna Barton, of
Paw Paw; secretary, l.. G.. Stewart, of
Decatur; treasurer, A. b. Chase, of
Bangor. A vice-president was elected
for each township in the county. The
convention throughout was a grand
success, and its influence will be felt for
good all over the county. The papers
read were of high order of excellence
and the discussions thereon evidenced
deep thought and an earnest desire To
raise the standard and increase the use
fulness of our Sabbath schools. The
attendance was large and the hospital
ity of our Lawton neighbors generous
and warm-hearted.
The election of r. W. Broughton as
president of the village at this particu-
lar juncture The NoRTHERNER consid-
ers most opportune. Never in its his
tory did our village stand in such i'm
perative need of ear-headed, far
seeing, enterprising and energetic man
at the head of its government as il does
at this time - q time when our people
are unit in favor of striking out" as
Robert Mcintyre would say; time
when they are willing to put their
shoulders to the wheel of the car of
progress and assist in pushing our
beautiful town into the position she is
so well endowed by nature to occupy,
and in which we confidently believe
Mr.. Broughton's sagaciOus leadership
will place it. His unanimous selection
for this important office means the in
fusion of new life into our heretofore
stagnant town; means that new indus
trial enterprises will be encouraged N
our midst; means that our magnificent
water power, instead of lstlessly bath
ing its unoccupied banks in its unim-
peded march to the great lakes, will be
to the wheels of factories
and mills and its latent forces utilized
in reducing to- a marketable condition
the vast and varied products of our
country. Let us, there
fore, not only hope that new era Of
is about to dawn upon our
village, but let us all join hands and
unite with Mr.. Broughton in seizing
and appropriating every opportunity
presented for the advancement of the
interests of our town and our
people. Mr.. Broughton and gentlemen
Of the council, let's have little pop"
in the administration of our municipal
affairs And all this is said without the
reflection on any previous adj
for no purer men live
han those gentlemen who have been
ut the head of our municipal affairs
during the past decade or so, but they
we're handicapped by a divergence OF
interests and methods that neutral
zed their efforts to push the town to
he front. Happily our people are to-
lay united and will stand by the coun-
Ill in the work expected of it, as they
nave never done before.
Longwell's opera house was filled to
he doors last Sunday afternoon on the
occasion of the Sherman memorial ser
,ices. About sixty members of Brod-
read Post G.. A. Il. occupied seats d
'ectly in front of the stage, and the bal
g hn Of hA
iouse, including the gallery, was filled
With those to whom the name and fame
IF the dead soldier is dear. The Paw
Paw male quartet-Messrs. b A. Cum
ngs, g. f. Gilman, c. W. Butler and
". G.. Reynolds-had kindly volunte'
.d their services, and the exers
we're interspersed with approx ate
selections, rendered in the best vein of
hese famous vocalists. The stage,
walls and chandeliers were profusely
lraped in flags and bunting, the SOM
,re Grape voicing the mute grief of the
hundreds of mourners. VIM. Killefer.
chaplain of the post, read the general
,rder announcing the death of the IL
ustrious comrade, and Rev w. j.
hathaway read a selection of Scripture.
'rayer was offered by Rev G. p. Lind
,rman, when Post Commander Spicer
Introduced Judge b. f Heckert, who
lad been invited to deliver the memo
'ial address. Judge Heckert's task was
difficult one; he had served under the
immediate command of Sherman, and
cit as though he had rather sit with
,owed head among the mourning
hrong than stand before it and re-
'ount the heroic deeds and chivalrio
phases in the life of the fallen captain.
But with mighty struggle he shook
'ff as best he could all outward signs of
emotion and gave his hearers most
hrilling and graphic word picture of
he services of Sherman, commencing
It Chickasaw Bayou, following his sub
ect through all the reverses and vic
ories of the memorable campaign lead
ng up to and eliminating i'm the
march To the sea, and ending with the
,rand review at Washington. The
peaker was listened to with a silence
hat was almost painful, and it seemed
II times as though some demonstration
must be made to relieve the pent-up
ceilings of the audience. Judge Heck
f.sl1 A L. A s.xl,