The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-02-14
WHOLE NUMBER 2134.

service at the Disciple church. Rev. j.
IL. Hammond delivered the sermon.
Fully five hundred people were pres
ent. The same church was nearly
filled with young people and children
In the afternoon, to listen TO Mr. Ham
mond's illustrated sermon.
In recent article in the Kalamazoo
NetoS, Judge Buck reviews the opera
ton of the local option law in Van
Buren county and shows that il is rea-
sonably well enforced. The judge takes
occasion to commend our prosecuting
attorney and sheriff for their official
efficiency, speaks highly of the good
judgment of Van Buren County juries
and compliments the people of the
county on their general intelligence.
At precisely S:45 Monday morning,
WIN. Killefer entered the rear door of
the postOffice armed with the proper
credentials calling for the turning OF
the Office over to him as post master. and
he assumed the duties of the office
Tuesday morning. He has appointed
Miss Pearl Haggart as his assistant.
Mrs. Harrington will remain in the of
flee for time, however, until the new
postmaster and clerk become familiar
with the work. Emmett Northrop will
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ton leaves.
Miss Verne Van Fossen as chairman
of the 2nd division entertained the CO.
terie with fine musical program at the
home of Mrs. Chappell. Miss Rae
Showerman sang solo, which was fol-
lowed by paper entitled "Jennie Lind
as a Woman" by Mrs. Tuckey. The
chairman read paper on Beethoven"
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Chappell, in paper entitled "Compar.
isOn of Singers Past and Present." paid
due tribute to our ancestors entertain
ers without taking any laurels from the
nineteenth century. Mesdames Tuckey
and Whitman sang duet with guitar
accompaniment, and Miss Daisy Long
well closed the program with a paper,
"Music and its Influence"
Fred Ocobock had quite an exciting
experience, Monday evening, with a
spirited team. Driving west on Main
street, when opposite Dr. Maynard's
office the pole to the wagon dropped
to the ground and ran TO the left and
under the feet of the near horse, the
wagon turning nearly at right angles to
its proper direction, striking the team
and adding to their fright. Waltzing
back and forth across the street several
times in this manner, the horses kick
ing and plunging fearfully, they were
finally got onto short circle and kept
there until corraled by the onloOkers
Fred's nerve and cool head averted
what might have developed into a
serious runaway accident.
With this number, the NORTHERNER
completes its forty-frst year, and does
not yet begin to feel old, either. With
next week, beginning the new volume,
the publication day of this paper will
be changed to Wednesday, as it was
until few years ago. This change is
made in response to quite general de-
mand among our readers and adver-
tisers and because the unsatisfactory
mail arrangements from this place
render uncertain the delivery of the
paper to out-of.town subscribers the
same week it is published. We arc
sure the change will meet with general
appreciation. Correspondents and ad-
vertisers will please govern themselves
accordingly, and our readers may here
after expect the NoRTHERNER to goto
press every Wednesday morning as
regular as clockwOrk.
Judge Yaple held court here on Mon
day and Tuesday last for the purpose
of trying the Cleveland Bay Horse
Company's cases, which Judge Buck
was disqualified from hearing by reason
of having been a stockholder in the
company. Six cases were disposed of
in five of which judgments were rem
dered against the company and certain
guarantors of its paper To the amount
Of SO, ESQ and costs The sixth suit, in
volving claim of SO, 500, in which some
of the principal stockholders of the
company are defendants, was submitted
to the judge and by him taken under
advisement. Judge Yaple made very
favorable impression while occupying
the "wool sack" here. Judge Buck has
been on the bench at Centerville dur
ing the week trying the case of the
people VS.. Allen Thompson, wherein
the respondent is charged with the ma
| licious destruction of property by ex-
ploding dynamite bomb in the Office
of DR.. j. j. Sweetland, at Mottville, on
the 18th day of last November.
Last 4th of July, the people of South
Haven had grand celebration and, as
was perfectly right, they did not want
any drunkenness or disorder to mar the
occasion. To guard against this,
special force of policemen was placed
on duty, among whom was Mr. Ford
Beatty. A large crowd was present,
and with the rest was one Eleazer
Burger, who, like others, was bent on
having good time. Beatty saw him,
thought he was drunk, and ran him in,
placing him in the village Jail in charge
of Marshal w. w. Hodge. Shortly af-
terward brother of Burgers came
around and interceded for his release.
The marshal consented to let Burger
90 If the brother would deposit the
sum of SO go, the probable amount of
| fine and costs under the village ordi-
nance. in case of conviction. A couple
of days afterward this deposit was re-
turned and no complaint was ever
made against Burger. who subsequent
| ly instituted proceedings against Hodge
and Beatty for false imprisonment. The
case was tried in the circuit court last
Thursday and Friday. The plaintiff,
who is man of very limited mental
capacity, insisted that he was not
drunk when arrested and that he is not
.. drinkino man The defense intro