The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-04-26
Additional Local.

Seward n Marshall are making "A
spray pump from their own patterns
that fruit men say cannot be beaten.
See adv. elsewhere.
Holmes 4 Bilsborrow sell bicycle
for $50, the bearings of which are claim
eel To he absolutely dust proof and every
part is warranted for one year.
Rev +. Ii Harvey has purchased the
Hall place, north Kalamazoo street,
and will soon move here to make per-
manent home VIM Kilefer will move
from there Ia the Mrs Aldrich place,
and Pearl Pritchard will move To Fred
Lords house.
Encampment OddfellowS had work"
in the Golden Rule degree last Wednes.
day evening. The Rebekah lodge will
confer the degree on couple of can
ddates next Wednesday evening and
the subordinate lodge expects To work
in the 81 degree next Friday evening.
Mrs ID. w. Noyes gave chocolate
luncheon Wednesday evening in honor
of Miss inertia NoyeS. Dainty refresh
mentS were served and the evening
passed most enioyably with music,
puIllcS, Cue iuc SucSlS NcIt MISSES
Cleo Stevens, Aggie Wiley, Grace
Blake, Jane Broughton and Mabel Cum
ings.
Mr. Nicholas Welch, residing midway
between this place and Lawton, died
last Tuesday, after a long and severe
illness. He was 63 years old. Funeral
services were held at the residence
yesterday afternoon, Rev. &. b. Hart of
Gobleville officiating. Deceased was IA
member of the Masonic lodge IN this
village and the obsequies were conduct
ed under the auspices of that order.
Burial at Prospect Hill. Mr.. Welch
was member of the old Gobleville
glee club, the surviving members of
which acted as pail bearers. He leaves
no family except widow. lie was an
old and respected resident of this
locality.
The divorce case of Melissa L. st. John
VS.. Olin +. ST. John, Hartford parties,
was disposed of in the circuit court last
Wednesday. The question of alimony
was settled between the parties, the de-
PENDANT deciding to the complainant
eighty acres of land for life with re-
mainder over to the now minor children
of the parties and paying her 5000 in
cash. The court also orders the pay
mcnt by defendant of $3.50 as complain
ants solicitors fee. The mother retains
custody of the minor children. c. NJ
Valentine was solicitor for complainant
and a. IL. Chandler for defendant. 1t
costs more money to get unmarried than
IT does to get married.
Joseph Mathcr of Antwerp died yes.
tcrday little after noon of pneumonia.
He mad been i'll about two weeks He
was a member of the Paw Paw lodge of
Oddfellows and was cared for during
his illness by his brethren and will be
buried under the auspices OF that order
He leaves four motherless children to
mourn the loss of an indulgent father
Mr.. Mather was born Jan. %, 1889, at
Sweden, Monroe county, y. Y, and
came To this county in 1916. a special
meeting of the Oddfelows will be held
Saturday evening to make arrange
mentS for the funeral. which will be-
held at the residence ON Sunday, AT
two O'Clock p. m, Rev. III. W. Harvey
officiating.
At the council meeting Monday even
ing, 100000 in claims were allowed.
Peter Gremps presented bill for
damages for land overlooked by the
electric light pond. Mary Lamont was
allowed $50 90 damages lor injuries re-
ceivcd on defective sidewalk last
December The bond of Marshal Allen
was approved. The matter of provid
ing watering trough on Main street
waS brought up. A committee was ap-
pointed to ascertain the cost of piping
Criterion spring water To Main street
for both a horse trough and 4 drinking
at.ttn hi I,., al
reasonable cost, it should be done. This
water is the finest in the state, and it
would be fine thing for the town to
have II drinking fountain of it ON Main
street.