The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-10-25
WHOLE NUMBER 2327.

possession March /. e. e. Downing ne
gotiated the sale.
The fourth division, or the Every Fri
day club, will meet at the home of Mrs.
Arlette Bangs, Friday afternoon, Octo-
Der q, at o'clock.
Frank w. De Graf left at this office a
copy of unique and interesting news
paper, "The American" published at
Manila, Philippine Islands.
County Clerk Buck went to South Ha-
ven yesteday to accommodate the hunt
ers of that part of the county who wish
ed to procure hunters licenses.
Sellick announces the present as the
time to buy cloaks. Readers of his adv.
will not be left in doubt as to where a
good place to buy them can be found.
The ladies' aid society of the Christian
church will serve chicken pie and pump
kin pie in the church parlors, Tuesday
evening, October 81. All are invited.
Supper from 3 to Z; price ID cents.
Allen Franklin Brown of San Antonio,
Texas, will speak to the Paw Paw Valley
Spiritual association at O'Dell hail. Paw
Paw, Thursday evening next, at o'clock
p. m. and the following Sunday at 2
o'clock and o'clock p IN.
Paw Paw people generally are much
pleased at the dissolution of the injunc-
ton in the matter of the railroad bonds
The people voted these bonds by an
overwhelming majority, and the railroad
company went ahead with improvements
on the strength of the vote. The bonds
ought to be paid
The child who runs after the rainbow
expecting to find the end of it resting in
pot of gold, is not more sadly disap-
pointed than the man who runs after
pot of gold expecting to find resting on
it the rainbow of JOY ard peace. "a
bright hued rainbow" of success sheds
its iuster on the business of e. Smith &
Co.
The 39th annual convention of the
Michigan State Sunday School associa-
ton will be held in the tabernacle, Bat
tie Creek, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, November IA, 10, and Is.
Every county and township association
in the state is entitled to two delegates
and it is expected that every Sunday
school in the state will send its pastor or
superintendent.
At the council meeting last evening,
Mr.. J. A. Newell of Kalamazoo, the gen.
tleman who put down the waterworks
wells, was present to talk over the mat
ter of water supply. The fire and water
committee was instructed to have two
more six inch wells put down. Claims
were allowed amounting to S444.55. A
special meeting will be held next Mon
day evening, TO talk over electric light
matters.
The Northerner is in receipt of post
al card announcement as follows CAS-
minister in charge of st Marks church,
Paw Paw, expect to hold services on
Sunday, October 80, and on the last Sun
day in each month thereafter. / should
be pleased to correspond with any mem
bers of the church of England or the
Episcopal church in Van Buren county.
My address is lock box No. l, South Ha-
ven. Woodford p. Law"
Monday evening, about % members of
Decatur lodge, Knights of Pythias, were
entertained as the guests of Maple Grove
lodge. After comforting the third rank,
the company repaired to the Dyckman
house, where Mine Host Longwell had
prepared spread that was one of the
finest eyer enjoyed on such an occasion.
After supper, social session at the hall
continued until midnight, when the visit
ing brothers left for their homes.
Through the assistance of Mrs. Artie
mander of the l.. O. L. NJ, the local
chapter was enabled to increase It's mem
bership thirty or forty members.
This now gives the Paw Paw hive mem
bership of over eighty. In appreciation
of Mrs. Dimes work, the Lady Maccabees
of Paw Paw hive presented her with a
very pretty gold watch chain. After the
initiation which took place October IL,
all partook of fine banquet served by
the L. o. T. M. at the Union house.
Mrs. Maude Hawkins Torgeson died at
her home in Kalamazoo early last Thurs
day morning, at the age of 81 years. For
several years she had been ailing
and had been to California for her
health three times, the last time being
about four years ago. A week before
her death she was taken seriously i'll with
peritonitis, which caused her death. She
was married September A, 1895, to Theo-
dore M. Torgeson. She lived in Paw
Paw for several years, and was extremely
popular among the young people of this
village. Many friends here sincerely
mourn her death.
In the case of Thomas +. Dodge, COM
plainant, vs.: the South Haven & Eastern
r. r. Co. and the township board of the
township of Paw Paw, decree has been
entered reciting that the testimony in
troduced on the hearing of said cause
tended to show that the bonds, the pay
ment OF which was sought to be enjoin-
ed, had prior to the issuance OF the
temporary injunction, been negotiated
in New York for value, and that they
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