The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-01-05
Mrs. Payne and son Whitney return
ed to Chicago, Monday.


and is able To be up a portion of th,
time.
Miss Maude Brown. who has been 9
guest of Mrs Irving Long, went Ia De
troit. Tuesday, TO pursue musical and
other studies.
For sixty days, commencing January
4, |. j Cummings will close his store
promptly at 8 O'clock p m Customers
will please remember the change.
Those of Maple Grove lodge, X OF r.
who are going to Decatur tomorrow
evening, will be prepared to start from
Longwell Bros store at $50 O'Clock.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
give chicken pie dinner at the church
parlors. Wednesday, January l2; dinner
from eleven till two o'clock; price 10
| cents.
The union services of the week OF
prayer are being well attended, and
good interest is shown. The meeting
will be at the Free Baptist church this
evening; Rev. f o. Mather, leader.
The b. Y p U has elected the fol.
lowing officers for the ensuing six
months: Pres, Bertha Wise; vice pres
| y , y ,
treas, Ola Killefer; organist, Anna
Wise.
Petitions for local option election
are in circulatation in ST. Joseph,
Benton Harbor and other parts of Ber-
rien county. 1t is said that some Van
Buren, county people are pushing the
movement.
The Disciple endeavor society elected
the following officers for the ensuing six
months: Pres, M. o. Rowland; vice.
pres, Chas. Hawley; sec'y, Zoe Munger;
treas, Herbert Loveland; cor. secy,
Lizzie Roundy.
Business at the postoffice for the year
1897 shows a very satisfactory increase,
the sale of stamps being $453.46 in ex-
cess of 1896. The money order depart
ment also shows an increase, the
number of orders sold being 529 greater
than in 1896.
Next Tuesday evening, a New Eng
land supper will be given at the Dis
ciple church, from till 7:30 o'clock.
At the latter hour, a musical and liter
airy program will be given. The price
will be 10 cents for both the supper and
entertainment.
At a meeting of the Nj. f. Sunday
school held Thursday evening, the
following officers were elected Supt.,
w. j. Bale; asst supt., +. Adraince;
sec'y. Z. +. Pritchard; asst sec'y, Lulu
Rickard; treas, Mrs. j Engel; librarian,
A. +. Douglass; asst lib, Ila Hall
organist, Florence Butler.
The judgment of the circuit court In
the case of the First National Bank of
Paw Paw VS.. G K. Gilman ct al. has
been affirmed by the supreme court. A
decree has also been entered in the
same court affirming the decree made
by Judge Buck in the case of Mary A.
Reynolds VS.. Ansel +. Reynolds ct al.
Colonel Tho mas w. 0osgroye of
Chicago and w. j. Fulghum of Dowa-
giac were in town Monday evening in
the interest of the International Con-
gress. Colonel CosgrOve has a wide
reputation and is fine speaker.
1t is expected that he will address the
people of Paw Paw from one of the
pulpts on Sunday next. He will also
be in Paw Paw Tuesday evening, Janu-
airy IL, at which time he will conduct a
public installation of officers for the
Congress.
The following Van Buren county
teachers attended the meeting of the
state teachers association last week
Paw Paw-Com'r W. q. Brown, Supt.
j. A. O'Leary, Misses Cooley and Hun
gerford; Decatur-Supt. w. V. Sage,
Misses Maude Fuller and Winifred
Sanborn; Hartford-Supt. G.. l.. Girls.
void and Miss Jennie Bridges; Bangor
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VIM. A. Lewis; Mattawan--M Phoebe
Arthur Yorks, Mrs. Nettie Covey, Miss
Lizzie Healey; Kendall-Miss Huldah
Merwin; Lawrence-Supt. Langford.
A runaway Monday created quite an
excitement for a few minutes. j. T..
Warmers delivery horse came running
down Main street, no one being in the
sleigh behind it but little Leon Moon,
whose cries brought people onto the
street to see what was the matter. In
turning the corner by the postoffice,
the horse fell on the ice, giving the
little fellow an opportunity to scramble
out, which he did without delay. The
horse, regaining its feet, ran back to
the store, running into another horse
that was hitched there, knocking both
animals down. Very little damage was
done.
The New York Sun remarks that
"when Thomas Alva Edison told his
his son few months ago to go out and
brush up against the world for while,
he performed new service for the
public. The father has in his son a
rival for fame, but the world has a new
lamp whose light is no longer to be
hidden" Thomas Edison, Jr., is becom-
ing famous in the electrical world, and
it is prophesied that his achievements
will eclipse those of his father. The
public brushes up against f. Smith &
Co. for clothing and furnishings and re-
ceives a great benefit. See their adv.
on the eighth page
Benjamin A. Ingraham, another
South Haven tigar-man, is under bonds,
awaiting an arraignment on charge of
having violated the local option law.
While Mr.. Chandler was at South
Haven attending to the Ingraham case,
Albert ID Smith, against whom no COM
plant had been made, came TO the
Justices Office and voluntarily surren-
| IoroI k;p,oo1f eayino fhat ho uas alcO