The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-25
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The new laboratory at the school
house is nearly completed, and the
equipment of it is very convenient.
This room will be valuable addition
to the facilities of the Paw Paw schools.
A meeting of the council was held
Monday evening. The resignation of
DIR. &. A. Critchlow as health officer
was offered and accepted The job of
scraping snow from the walks the com
ing winter was awarded to &. G.. Oco-
book and +. w. Cole at 1915 per trip.
Claims were allowed TO the amount OF
S7S. "a.
Mr.. Fred Mosier and Miss Minnie
Young were married Nov. Gath, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. M. Young, in Decatur. Fred
is Paw Paw boy who has been en-
ployed in Decatur for several years,
and his bride is one of the finest young
ladies of that village. The NoRTHERNER
extends congratulations.
According to the list of qualified
teachers in Van Buren, County, issued
by Commissioner O'Leary under date
of November 90 there are seven hold
ing state certificates, three college GER
titicates, twelve state normal certiti-
Gates, seven first grades, eighty-six sec
ond grades, one hundred fifty-one third
grades and two specials.
Last Saturday, James G.. Henry, a
Calhoun county aborigine, was in this
place and by some means managed to
imbibe too much tanglefoot. Monday,
before Esq. Rowland, he acknowledged
his transgression and was asked to de.
posit five dollars and costs, but not
having that amount on hand, he is
boarding ten days with the man whom
the popocrats didn't defeat for sheriff
Mr.. George Hunt died on Thursday
morning, Nov. 10, at o'clock, of con-
gestion of the lungs He had been in
poor health for some time. On Sunday
night he was taken with congestive
chill and continued to grow worse until
Thursday morning, when he died. De-
ceased had been a resident of Paw Paw
for tifty-three years and leaves wife
and one brother, William Hunt. besides
many friends, to mourn his loss. He
was 81 years old. The funeral was held
at the house Saturday at p. IN.
The Sll8,00 apportioned to the $50
Pottawatomie Indians living in south
western Michigan and northern Indiana
is now being distributed. The govern
ment agent was at Dowagiac all last
week, and, the way the Indians squan-
dered their cash made glad the hearts
of business men in that city, who made
the most of their opportunity. Many
Van Buren, County Indians were in
duced to go TO Dowagiac TO get their
money, so that they would spend it
there. The agent will be at Hartford
and South Haven part of this week.
In writing up the new Michigan SEN
ate the State Republican of Lansing
says: George W Merriman of the AL
legan-Van Buren district, is another of
those practical business men, who al
ways make useful and influential legis-
lators. As member of the finance COM
mittee of the last senate, he used his in
fiuence to extricate the state from the
financial muddle inherited from the
"squawbucks," and made a careful and
economic scrutiny into all appropria-
ton bills. We shall be much mistaken
if MIR. Merriman is not at the head of
the finance committee of the next SEN
ate"
A joint committee appointed by the
different churches of this village met
last Sunday afternoon at the parlors of
of preparing for THANKSGIVING. The
village was divided into nine districts
and committee of two ladies appoint
ed to canvass each district for the pur-
pose of receiving donations of money
or supplies to be distributed on Thanks
giving day to such persons as are in
need of assistance. This is organized
and practical charity and will be likely
to carry practical exemplifcation of
the spirit of the day into the homes of
the unfortunate and needy, and will
enable the donors TO realize the truth
of the divine principle that at is more
blessed to give than to receive"
An interesting habeas corpus case
was decided-temporarily at least
yesterday by Judge Buck. A divorce
suit is pending in the court on the bill
of John G.. French and the cross bill of
Bernice G. French, which was filed last
October. Some time during the past
summer, the parties separated, the hus-
band taking their children-two lads,
aged respectively three and six years
to the state of Massachusetts. Prior to
the time the husband filed his bill for
divorce, the wife had commenced hab-
cas- corpus proceedings to obtain custody
of the children. Their father answered
the writ by alleging that the boys were
beyond the jurisdiction of the court,
but the Judge ordered them to be pro-
duced and in compliance with such
order they were returned to this county.
After hearing counsel, Judge Mills and
Heckert q Chandler for Mrs. French
and Dallas Boudeman for Mr.. French,
the court ordered that the children be
placed in the care and custody of Mrs.
Margaret Parker of this village; that
either of the parents be permitted to
visit them, but that neither of them be
permitted to interfere with them in any
way until the final determination of the
divorce proceeding, unless by order of
court.