The true northerner., 1896-01-17

Frank Kelly and daughter are visit
ing Lawrence friends.
/. Logs are coming to town in large
loads to both sawmills.
Miss Carrie Mantle of Hartford Is
visiting friends In town.
Installation of officers i'm the grange
hall took place last Saturday evening.
The K.O.T.M. and L.O.T.M. held a
union installation of officers Thursday
night.
Mrs. Chas Phillips is reported some
better, but Mr.. Phillips health is very
poor.
NJ H. Plopper has sold out his entire
business here To JAS. Abrams and will
90 To Georgia soon. Mr.. Plopper will
be greatly missed, as will his family.
Next Sunday evening will occur the
Methodist church, led by Miss Maysard.
Subject, PERSISTENCE in Prayer" Fol
lowing this meeting, the union temper
ance meeting will be held, in charge of
the W.C.T.U.
Union revival meetings are being
held at the Methodist church each
evening this week Rev. s. b. Shaw,
evangelist, of Grand Rapids is conduct
ing the meetings. A prayer meeting is
held at the Baptist church at o'clock;
at 9 O'Clock there is song service at
the Methodist cherch, and the regular
services commence att. Gospel Hymns
No 3 are used. The meetings will be
held at the Congregational church next
week.
The entertainment Saturday evening
was literary success, il not as great a
success financially as could have been
desired Miss Edison held the atten-
tion of the audience throughout her en-
tire recital. THE Story of Robbery, as
Told by his Blind Brother" was given
in excellent style. "GOod Manage
ment" and "Behind a Curtain" were
unique and admirably rendered. Her
appearance was easy and graceful,
without affectatiOn or strain, and her
voice showed rare culture. The music
furnished by Miss Barrows and Messrs.
Cornwell, Thresher and Virgins was
also worthy of high commendation.
SCHOOL NOTES.
Inez Burt was absent from school last
week on account of illness.
Teachers association will be held at
the school house tomorrow.
Glenn Butcher was unable to attend
school last week and part of this.
Leonard Nichols and Arthur Trey are
new pupils in the high school this term.
Mabel Parks and Nell Rowland, for
mer graduates, are taking review work.
The literature class is at present
deeply interested in Shakespeare-read-
ing 1.-The Merchant of Venice"
The blanks and guides have arrived
for the ook-keeping class, and actual
work was commenced Wednesday.
Miss Shafer has not been able to re-
turn yet. Monday she got as far as
Kalamazoo, when she was recalled by
a telegram.
We understand that Anna, Cliff and
Wynne PlOpper are soon to leave us
for their new home i'm Georgia. We
shall lose three of our brightest pupils.
The chemistry class, formed at the
beginning of the term, has been per-
forming some very successful expert
ments with oxygen this week. Visitors
are welcome,
Quite fright was occasioned by one
of the young men accidently knocking
table from the rOstrum one day last
week. We are inclined to think, from
the exclamations of one of the teachers,
that she was more frightened than her
pupils.
A very interesting and instructive
meeting of the Phoenix Debating Socie-
ty was held last Friday afternoon. The
literary program was good, and the vo-
cal solo by Miss Florence Shafer and
the instrumental duet by Misses Faye
Cornwell and Mamie Gould were par
ticularly pleasing. The debate on the
question, Resolved. that the penalty
murder should be capital punishment
in this state," was well handled. Good
arguments were presented by both
sides, Irwin Conklin and three col.
leagues carrying the affirmative, and
Carrie Hogoboom aud six colleagues
taking the negative. There seemed to
be some trouble in finding speakers for
the affirmative. The judges decided in
favor of the negative.