The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-05-19
WHOLE NUMBER 22U0.
G. f. Chappell is suffering from rheu

| organization Saturday evening of this
week in Maccabee hall.
A base ball organization has been
formed here. Il. j. Cavanaugh will act
AS manager OF the team again this year.
The Missionary society of Free Bap-
tist church will meet with Mrs. II. NJ.
Grout, Saturday, May %, at 2:30 p. m.
The Disciple ladies wish those who
furnish anything for the cake sale to
bring it To the Conner building Satur-
day morning.
&. A. Yant received telegram yes
terday, announcing that his mother
was lying at the point of death in Den
yer, Colo. He left at once for that city.
The Disciple ladies will have cake
sale next Saturday, in I. b. Conner's
building, opposite the court house
Call on them any time during the day
and buy something for your Sunday
dinner.
The Presbyterian endeavOr society
went to Mattawan last Sunday even
ing to assist the endeavor society of
that place in giving an evening pro-
gram About 30 went from here and q
very fine service was enjoyed.
The "hy.by.night" clothing establish
ment has come and gone, and it is
creditable to the town that they did
very little business while here. Paw
Paw merchants carry good stocks of
good goods at fair prices, and there is
no excuse for our people patronizing
travelling tax evaders.
"a Southern Romance" is the play
finally selected for the Episcopal bene-
fit. Following is the entire caste: Mis-.
Rose Miller, Mrs. Bertha Harrison,
Miss Katie Harris, Messrs. A. Lynn
Free, +. A. Rogers, George Andrews.
James O'Grady and Frederick Kimball.
The scenic effect will be very clever,
and an artistic performance will be Civ
en-. June 3, at Longwell's opera house.
The S8th birthday of Mr.. Geo. Carr
was celebrated last Saturday at the
home of Jacob Carr, his son. Four
! generations were represented, and q
happy company it was. Rev. G. p. Lin
derman offered prayer and made short
address in which he reviewed in a vivid
manner the history OF this country
since Mr. Carr was born. A bounteous
dinner was served in tasteful way.
Much credit is due in the matter to his
grand daughter, Miss Jennie Carr.
On Wednesday last Elhu Vandevere
of Glddenburg was in this place, drv-
ing young team. On the way home
they ran away with him, throwing him
out of the wagon and injuring him
severely. His right leg is crushed and
broken at the ankle, his shoulder blade
is broken in two places, and he receiv-
ed several cuts on the head. He is in
a critical condition, but, under care of
DR.. Maxwell, is doing as well as could
be expected. The day before, the sane
team ran away with him at Hartford,
but without seriously injuring him.
The Up-to date Farmers club met on
Wednesday, May ~, at Hickory Cor
ner," the pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Asa Sheldon. The day was a perfect
one, and nearly all the members were
in attendance. After an hour of social
converse, an elegant dinner was served;
after which fine program was present
ed. The only drawback to the days
pleasure was the illness of Mr.. h. &
Egelus, who was taken severely sick
shortly after arriving at the club meet
ing. A physician was summoned from
Paw Paw, who was able to relieve him,
but he was unable to return to his home
until the 14th.
IL Transit Co. were granted a right Of
way twenty feet wide along the north
side of the Crystal Springs cemetery
Monday night by the city council. 1t
was granted on condition that the
company build side track and dig a
ditch of sufficient depth to carry away
all surface water from adjoining
grounds, have a station house construct
ed with platform of not less than
twelve feet wide and that the railway
company charge not to exceed five cents
a ride for each passenger from Benton
Harbor to the cemetery Benton Har-
Dor Palladium. Such items as the above
in Benton Harbor papers from time TO
time show that something is being
done with the electric road project.
An examination of the school census
for the counties of Van Buren, and Kal-
amazoo discloses some striking pecu
larities. The latest census of the two
counties gives Van Buren, population
of 81 ,059; Kalamazoo, 42,056. The
school census of the two counties shows
children of school age as follows: Van
Buren, 9,2S4, or 900 school children for
each 1000 inhabitants. Kalamazoo
county has 1856 children of like age,
or 251 for each / 1000 population. To be
equal to Van Buren, In this matter,
Kalamazoo should have had a school
population about 1900 more than she
reported. South Haven village and
township, with total population of
3,41S, reports l ,253 school children, or
367 per 1000. Kalamazoo city and
township with population of 23,O7l,
has 5,75j school children, or $50 per
,OO0 difference of 167 per 1000 in
favor of South Haven. Hamilton re-
ceives the smallest amount of primary
money in Van Buren, county, S142 Sc.
This township has population of 9l4
apd has 264 persons of school age, or
$50 per 900 Charleston receives the
smallest sum of any township in Kal-
amazoo county, $sS 02, has popula-
ton of 976 souls, and has 1853 persons of
school age, or 10 per 1000. The
townships of Almena, in Van Buren,
and Portage in Kalamazoo are very
nearly the same in population, the
former having $50 and the latter s95
Almena reports $50 persons between
the ages of and 20, or 375 for each
1 900 of population, while Portage has
22S persons of like age or 255 per 1,O00
A Nf ths,