The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-07-12
WHOLE NUMBER 23i2.

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at $50 a. M, Paw Paw $40, Lake Cora
$50 Lawrence 900, Hartford 9;l5,
Toquin 9:30 Covert $40. Returning,
leave South Haven at 600 p. m.
There will be considerable outside
painting to be done on the school house.
This matter has already been delayed
longer, perhaps, than it should have been.
Painters can find out about it by calling
on Mr.. Broughton, secretary of the board.
Cards have been received announ cling
the marriage of DR.. James W. Erken-
beck and Miss Eunice Hail. at the home
of the brides mother in Colorado Springs,
Colo, July 3. Mr.. Erkenbeck has just
graduated from the Medical Missionary
college, Chicago, and will locate in that
city.
AS a result of too much Fourth in
South Haven, Frank Pierce paid $1,000,
fine and costs; Myron Church of Mat
tawan and Bert Libbe each paid $3.50,
and Harley Wilkinson is in Jail await
ing arraignment on the 18th inst,
charged with being drunk and disorderly
third offense.
Fidelity Rebekah lodge l. O. o. F., at
its last meeting, installed the following
named officers: Alice Merrill, n. c..
Eliza Chapman, V. g.; Hortense Stevens,
S.; Clara Whitbeck, T.; Mary A. Row
land, W.; Dollie Conner, o. c.; Elizabeth
Quick, |. G.; Rose Smith, r. S. n. g.;
Rose Butler, l.. S. n. g.; Sadie Lindsey,
r. S. V. G.; ID. Chapman, L. S. V. G.;
Alzina Mcneil, Chap. Mrs. Tensie Ste
vens is delegate to the state assembly.
There is happy reunion of ladies
camping at Lake Park Some seven
years have passed since these young
people have been camping together.
Mrs. Maude Hawkins Torgeson of Kal
amazoo, Mrs. Clara Hayden Stevens of
Battle Creek, Miss Anna Whitman, Miss
Grace Harwick, Mrs. Ella Stevens Jones
of Chicago are enjoying the lake breezes.
There is some talk of their purchasing a
cottage at this popular resort and COM
ing each year.
Mrs Jennie Hamilton and her clerk
Frank Callahan, were arrested last week
for violation of the local option law, on
an alleged sale of liquor by Callahan,
and their examination was set for yester-
day, in Justice Mason's court. 1t ap-
peared that the sale in question was not
made by Callahan, but by Fred Dansby,
young boy employed in the store,
and both respondents were discharged.
A new complaint was made against Mrs.
Hamilton, setting up the sale by Dansby.
| She waived examination and was bound
over to the of the circuit court, being
released under bonds for appearance.
The South Haven & Eastern will run
an exclusion to Chicago, Saturday, July
! ID, via South Haven and the Williams
transportation line, leaving Lawton at
$50 p m., Paw Paw GAO, Lake Cora
| 6:58, Lawrence 7:20, Hartford 1855,
Toquin $40, Covert Sis and connecting
at South Haven with the boat leaving
| for Chicago at 9p. IN. Tickets returning
will be honored on boats leaving Chicago
at II 80 p. IN. July IS and 9 a. m. and
| 11:30 D. m. July IL and on S. II. & h.
trains making connection Herewith.
This gives two full days in Chicago, or a
chance to return in time for business at
! home Monday morning. Round trip
| from Lawton, Paw Paw, Lake Cora,
Lawrence and Hartford, S150; from
Covert, Sl.OO.
At the last annual school meeting in
this district, a committee, consisting of
Messrs. Dennis Cooper, r. w. Brough-
ton and +. +. Parks, was appointed to
| investigate the matter of heating the
schoolhouse, with instructions to report
at special meeting thereafter to be
called Pursuant to such instructions a
meeting was duly called and held at the
schoolhouse last Friday evening. The
committee reported that il would cost
anywhere from $500 to "a 800 to put in
either hot water or steam heating
plant. They also reported that, in the
judgment of the committee, the present
heating apparatus could be put in good
repair at a cost from of $500 to 5400 and
that it would then be serviceable for some
years, and recommended that this be
! done. The report was unanimously
adopted and the board will proceed at once
to make the necessary repairs. Although
tax of some thousands of dollars hinged
on the report of the committee and the ac-
tion of the meeting, there were not more
than half dozen taxpayers present be-
sides the members of the board
At the council meeting Monday even
ing, bids were opened for the building of
the cement walk along N. Thomas prop
erty. Two bids were received-ope from
w. j. Halsted at 10 cents per square foot,
one from Free and Hagerman atS1k cents
per square foot. The contract was awarded
to Free & Hagerman,t to be be built under a
three year guarantee The petition of
Messrs. Turrell and Gleason, to be set out
of the corporation or else to have part
of their taxes remitted, which was re-
ferred to the finance committee some
weeks since, was called up. The com
mittee reported that in their Judgment
the council has no power to set their
property out, and that they did not
think it good policy to inaugurate the
practice of remitting taxes, recommend
ing that no action be taken in that di-