The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
Lawrence.


Rev. w. w. Deal spent Christmas in
Lawrence.
Prof. Langford spending the vacation
at his home.
Miss Alice Rowland is at home spend
ing the holidays.
j. F.. Barrows has a brother and a
niece visiting him.
Gel Lamphere came home Thursday to
spend the holidays
M. b. Cody of Grand Rapids is visiting
his father and sister.
o. ID. Allen has purchased the livery
business of f. Hessel.
Faye Cornwell is home from Grand
Rapids for the holidays.
Miss Blenn Baughman is visiting DIR.
Baldwins family at Niles.
Miss Dunning went home Saturday
morning to remain two weeks
Some repairing is being done on the
school house during vacation.
VIM. Joplin and wife spent Christmas
with his mother at Rush Lake.
Miss Minnie Stebbins, is here from
Joliet, ILL.,, to spend few days.
l.. S. Virgins of Kankakee, Illinois,
was in town few days last week.
The play "Down in Dixie" will be pre-
scented by home talent, January l6.
Edward Cross and Kittie Jacobs of
Arlington were married last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Rowland spent
Christmas with Lawrence relatives.
b. o. Kelly, wife and daughter of
Hartford were in town over Sunday.
Ed Rockafellow has been spending a
few days with relatives and friends here.
Prof. f. n. Wakeman and wife of
Covert are spending their vacation here.
A nice time is anticipated at the party
tonight at the opera house, given by the
Social Dancing club.
Eugene Harris and family will spend
the winter with Mrs. Harris father, MIR.
Robinson, at Lawton.
Mrs. Trewin is enjoying a visit with
her brother and sister, Shipley and Anna
Jeffreys of Stevensville.
Paul John of Kalamazoo gave an inter
esting missionary talk at the Baptist
church Sunday evening.
Mrs. l. Monroe and daughter, Fannie,
went to South Haven last Thursday to
visit relatives. They returned Monday.
Our soldier boys in Georgia were re-
membered with a large Christmas box
well filled with useful gifts, and some of
mothers cooking"
The K. o. T. NJ. initiated eight new
members last Friday night. Several sir
knights from Hartford were present. A
banquet was given at the close of the
ceremony.
A week ago Sunday, Sylvester Marks
was cleaning a gun when it was accident
tally discharged, shooting his wife in the
face and left limb. Help was Immediately
called and she is now recovering.
The directors of the Lawrence Cream
cry company have let the contract to fill
their ice house to l.. w. Durham, the
price paid being 30 cents a load. 80
cords of wood were purchased of George
Chapman and 100 cords of Michael Fitz-
gerald at 81 cord.
The Christmas exercises at the Metho
dist church under the supervision of
Miss Marie Clark, were pleasing to the
older ones as well as to the children.
The usual supply of gifts was displayed
on two trees. The Baptist Sunday
school also had very nice exercises and a
tree.
Rising Sun lodge No. 119, f. Il A. NJ,
elected the following officers on Wednes-
day evening: A. G. Benedict, W. M; f.
McCon, treas; II. A. Martin, sec'y; A. II.
Abrams, S. d.; h. Sanborn, j. D.; S. NJ.
Hess, representative to grand LODGE II.
A. Carris, tyler; +. Plopper, S. w; Harry
Cross, j. w.
Herbert Sprague, the impersonater of
Rip VanWinkle, gave his entertainment
to good audience last Thursday night.
Mr.. Sprague is very pleasant imperson-
ator. This was the second of the high
school lecture course. The third will be
given January IL, by the Hon. Washing
ton Gardner, "a struggle for Chatta-
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