The true northerner., 1898-05-04
Lawrence.

Fred Kelly has a new tandem.
The livery barn has received new
coat of paint.
Mrs. j. III. Anderson and son of Hart
ford were in town Saturday.
Jud Smiths brother from Benton
Harbor visited him last week.
The primary scholars made a flower
bed in the school yard Arbor day.
Miss Louise Anderson of Hartford
spent Saturday and Sunday in town.
The Lawrence high school has again
been entered on the State Normal list.
III. a. Martin and Prof. Langford ride
new Monarch wheels.
Frank Brigham has moved into his
house rec emily purchased, on the north
side.
Alice and Anna Rowland rode their
wheels to Paw Paw last Friday, to visit
relatives.
F. H. Lawton hurt his hand quite
badly by falling and hitting it on a
cross cut saw.
The high school have fine lawn tennis
court in the park and will play game
field day at Hartford the 2Sth.
The members of the Baptist church
gave a farewell tea to Mr.. and Mrs. f.
f. Rowland last Friday afternoon at the
home of Rev. Salyer.
Preparations are on foot for commence
ment exercises. The alumni officers are
are going to make the banquet this year
the best we have known.
The little friends of Weltha Brabrooks
spent Saturday with her at her home in
the country. 1t was her birthday and
the little people took her several little
tokens and will long remember the day.
The following have enlisted in the
National Volunteer Reserve: John
Shoemaker, n. b. Gayton, Ross Combs,
George Branch, f. III. Kingsnorth, Harry
M. Younglove, Will f. Sweet, A. Gail
Combs and Harry w. Smith.
Victor n. Cornwell left last week for
Grand Rapids to join the regulars. The
company have started for the island and
spent Sunday in Detroit Mrs. Cornwell
went Saturday to meet Victor at that
city. Her son Harold is also there.
o. ID. Allen has left the hotel, owing
to so much sickness in the family. They
have moved into Mrs. Nj. Sanborn's
house. Mr.. Allen will devote his time
to the livery business and the: hotel will
be operated by Norman S. Horton of
South Haven, who comes highly recon-
mended.
A delicate operation was performed on
Mrs. Justin Bigelow, Sunday, by Drs.
Crowell and Six. She was under the in
fiuence of chloroform about five hours.
She died Sunday evening 10 minutes af-
ter 10 o'clock. The funeral was held
Tuesday forenoon and the interment
was in the Arlington cemetery.
Last Friday being Arbor Day, the
high school pupils thought it right and
proper that they have at least half hol-
iday. A petition was accordingly circulat-
ed, which no pupil hesitated to sign, re-
questing the half holiday. The petition
was presented to the superintendent, who
read it and remarked, "A petition, with a
goodly number of signers, has been pre-
sented to me; you will all report this af-
ternoon at the usual hour" But school
closed half hour earlier.
Il sad and sudden death occurred in
our midst last Saturday morning. Glare
Cornwell was watching a couple of men
cut down tree and to all appearances in
perfect health, never once complaining.
He turned to walk away and fell forward
to the ground. He did not regain CON
seriousness and in less than thirty minutes
he was dead. The exact cause death is
unknown. 1t is thought by some to have
been apoplexy and others claim a rup-
tured blood vessel caused the death.
His funeral was held Monday afternoon
at 200 o'clock at his home