The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-03-23

six young ladies of Paw Paw will com
pete for the silver medal Friday evening,
March %, at 730 in the First Baptist
church.
Messrs. b. O'Dell and l. A. Whitman,
with their wives, were at Sycamore, His,
last week as witnesses for Mrs. Thos.
Solomon, in a suit brought against her,
comes that the case was decided in Mrs.
Solomons favor.
DIR. Mcdonald the we'll known special
list, has an adv. on another page of this
paper. His next visit here will be Fri
day, April l. Those in need of compe-
tent medical service will make no mis-
take in calling on him at that time. He
is building up large practice in this
locality.
The new council met Monday evening,
but transacted no business aside from
allowing some claims. The next meeting
will be held April IL. This is the time
set by the charter for appointment of
village officers The Northerner is in
formed that candidates for marshal are
numerous.
A meeting of the officers of the Van
Buren, County Sunday School associa-
tion will be held in the parlors of the M.
E. church, Lawrence, Tuesday, March
29, at o'clock p. m. 1t is expected that
the various vice presidents will include
themselves in the above list and be pres
ent or send substitutes.
The International Congress will hold
an open meeting in Maccabee hall next
Tuesday evening. The meeting will be
addressed by Gen. Cosgrove and ID. V.
Jones of Kalamazoo. +. r. Lee and j.
o. Becraft of Dowagiac, supreme officers,
are also expected to be present. In ad-
dition to this, a musical and literary
program will be given. All are invited.
"The silver ticket was victorious
in both Hartford and Lawrence"
Courier. That's right, don't be modest,
claim everything in sight or some little
village Office may get away. There was
but one ticket in Lawrence and that was
wholly non partisan. But 80 votes were
polled and some of the officers elected
are as good republicans as others are
democrats-or as they prefer to be called
silver men.
The Free Baptist church of East Ar
lington passed it's 10th birthday this
spring. OF the original thirty members
six still remain in connection with it
! though two of these have passed the four
score line. One other of the number lives
in the vicinity, but is not now connected
with the church. Two others, who hold
membership, were present at the organi
zation. The church has sent out three
ministers in the forty years: A. B. Palmer
of Bangor, l. p. Bates of Paw Paw and
.. E. Dickinson, ID. d., of Racine, Wis
The church now numbers about fifty
members.
The session of the Van Buren, quarter
! ly meeting of Free Baptists, held with the
Arlington church, was good one, every
one of the nine churches being represent
ed by letter and by delegate. The house
was full Friday evening, and Saturday
and Sunday it was crowded. H. w. Car
penter was granted license to preach
Rev. Schultz was ordained, Rev. Anna
Barton preaching the sermon, G. B. Hart
making the ordaining prayer, j. w. Hag-
erty giving the charge and |. p. Bates
the right hand of fellowship. Thirty
members have been added to this church
since Rev. Shultz came among them last
October, and the work is still going on.
Messrs. /. B. Conner, G.. w. Young, c.
A. Sherrod, E. F.. Parks, Jay Reynolds
and G.. r. Avery of Paw Paw arrived here
at noon as guests of the NJ, b. II. II G. of
ficials. They dined at the Benton and
then took a special train for Buchanan
to inspect the new road, whose manage
ment has also acquired the old narrow
gauge running through Paw Paw and
proposes to make it into a first-class
broad gauge railway. The Paw Paw
gentlemen will inspect the way the Ber-
rien county road is operated and their
report at home will probably influence
favorably the proposed voting of aid to
the Paw Paw and South Haven line.-
Benton Harbor Palladium, March 18.
On Monday, the 24th inst, Hon. David
Woodman passed his S0th milestone on
lifes journey. His children had planned
a surprise for the occasion. He and his
wife were invited to dine at his brothers
ostensibly to feast on warm maple sugar
No sooner were they outof the way than
his house was taken possession of, tables
we're spread, and bounteous dinner
prepared. Then word was sent him in
haste to come home; he came, and the
look of astonishment that spread over
his face was ample proof that the sur
prise was genuine. Then dinner was
announced. Seated at the table were
the host and hostess, Mrs. Edgar Crane
of Kalamazoo Rev. j. p. Davis, Hon. j.
j. Woodman and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
Edison Woodman, Mr.. and Mrs. Jason
Woodman, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Rich
mond, Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Brown, Misses
Clara and Cora Woodman, Miss Beth
Richmond, Masters Thomas and David
Woodman. After dinner, many con
gratulatory speeches were made. Mrs
Brown read an original poem, and all
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