The true northerner., 1899-03-15
Geo. M. Harrison is i'll and confined to

the house.
The grand masquerade social occurs at
the grange hall this evening. Warm
sugar will be served at o'clock
Every man on the ticket should and
will be elected. Courier. Not so,
Courier, dear; again thou art false
prophet
In Justice Mason's court Friday, VIM.
Dennison was charged with false pre-
tenses. He was discharged on order of
the prosecutor
On account of some candidates acting
as members of the election board. we are
informed the Bloomingdale village cleo
tion will be declared illegal
The Kalamazoo beet sugar factory is
now certain, the money being raised and
contracts let. A. c.. Glidden is author
lied to make contracts for beet growing
in this locality.
The DIST anniversary of modern spirit
ualism will be observed by the Paw Paw
Valley Spiritual association by holding a
meeting at Longwell's opera house, March
rs. Will G. Hodge of Chicago will be
principal speaker.
The funeral of Mrs Rebecca B. Covert,
whose death occurred Tuesday afternoon,
March 7. was held at her home, two
miles north of Paw Paw, Thursday
March 8. Many relatives and friends
were in attendance; interment was in
Glendale cemetery.
The womens foreign missionary
society of the NJ. E. church will hold its
annual thank offering meeting Sunday
evening, March 49, All are invited to
hear the interesting program which will
be rendered, a special feature being "The
Lamplighters of the Dark Continent" by
young ladies.
In the matter of the judgeship in the
new 36th circuit, composed of Van Buren
and Cass counties, the attorney general
has decided that the Judge chosen at the
election in April will not take his seat
until January |, 1900, and that an APP
pointment will have to be made or else
a special election held to fill the place
until that time.
The Detroit Free Press informs its
readers that the "silver republicans"
elected NJ. o. Rowland w. l.. Miller, j.
e. Showerman and j. G. Warner at the
corporation election in this village. The
Northerner would have the Free Press
understand that the above named gentle
man are republicans without the silver
prefix. There are no silver repu blicans
in Paw Paw.
On Friday last, news reached here of
the death.of Peter Brummell, at his home
in Boonville, Missouri. Mr.. Brummell
had been in poor health for some time
and, with his wife, left for Boonville last
July thinking the change of climate and
water might improve his health. He
had been a resident of Waverly for forty
one years and leaves a wife, three sons
and six daughters, besides many friends
to mourn his loss.
Jacob Eckenberger of Decatur died
not long since, leaving a awife, five children
and a home mortgaged for $500. The
deceased was an Oddfellow and an appeal
having been made to lodges of the state,
a sufficient sum has been contributed to
cancel the mortgage and leave the widow
some hundreds of dollars besides. To
bury the dead, care for the widow and
educate the orphan, are cardinal prIn-
ciples of the order of Oddfellows, and
the above is but one of almost countless
numbers of similar benevolent minis
trations on the part of its members.
Senator Humphreys new local option
bill was discussed in the committee of
the whole yesterday afternoon and met
with favor from the republicans, except
Senator Charles Smith. The bill provides
that the question of local option shall be
made an issue at the regular spring cleo
tion instead of at a special election. Also
that in all local option counties druggists
shall make a report each Monday to the
prosecuting attorney showing to whom
liquor is sold. Senator Ward wanted an
amendment to the effect that it should
take majority of all the voters in the
county to carry the issue, instead of a
majority of the electors voting, but he
only secured five supporters.
Married, Sunday, March 13, Mr.. S. F.
Heindel and Miss Kittie Labadie. The
ceremony was performed in the Disciple
church at o'clock p. m., by Rev. j.
Hurd, in the presence of a large com
pany. The bride and groom were at
tended by Mr.. Jesse Labadie and Miss
Zoe Munger. The wedding march was
played by Mrs. r. l.. Bullard. The GER
emony was brief one. After a short
reception in the church parlors, the new
ly married couple went at once to their
home on |. A. Whitman's farm. The
bride is one of Paw Paws best young
women. The groom has won the respect
of all during his residence here. They
have the best wishes of many friends.
"The silver party has nice majority
in the village and that it will be main
tanned this spring there is not the slight
est doubt. Every spring our opponents
inject little enthusiasm into their can
vass, and the present year is no exception,
but their ardor Is always cooled on the
night of election by the announcement
of complete silver victory."-Courier