The true northerner., 1899-05-10
WHOLE NUMBER 23O3.

Just notice Mrs. Kit Ocobocks reyoly-
ers in her show window.
Epworth league anniversary at the M.
E. church next Sunday evening.
Mrs. j. III. Johnson continues seriously
i'll, and now lies in critical condition.
Trains and mails were late yesterday
afternoon owing TO smashup on the
central. Nobody was hurt
Paw Paw high school ball team de-
feated Lawrence high school Saturday,
In this place, by a score of % to 6.
Married, at the M. E. parsonage, by
Rev. E. o. Mather, May T. John Forbes
of Decatur and Susan Nj. Allard of
Antwerp.
There will be a business meeting of the
Paw Paw high school alumni at the home
of Il. w. Broughton, Monday evening,
May 10Th, at o'clock, to arrange for the
annual reunion and banquet, commence
ment week. A large attendance is de-
sired
An invitation was extended to Fidelity
lodge Rebekah degree staff to go to Ban
gor tonight and assist in the resuscita-
tion of Sunnyside Rebekah lodge at that
place, but it was not practicable for
either the ladies or the captain of the
staff to accept the invitation. Sunny
side lodge was instituted by Past Grand
o. w. Rowland, quite number of years
ago.
The difficulty that confronts E. Smith
~ Co. in preparing their advertisements
is how to use limited newspaper space
and represent stock that practically
knows no limit. The perplexity is in
superabundance of things to advertise.
Thus it happens that three -fourths of
the clothing and furnishing fashions that
come and go in the trading done at this
great store never appear in print.
After the council meeting Monday
evening, the board went in body to the
electric light plant, to watch the opera
tion of the new gasoline engine. An
hour or more was spent there. Other
tests and inspection will be made from
time to time during the 80 days the
engine is running ION probation" The
council desires to be fully satisfied as to
what the engine can do, before any
action isl taken as to its acceptance or
rejection.
In deciding the case of William L.
Culver VS.. Warren @. Culver, Judge
Smith, ordering decree of dismissal,
intimated that he was not sure but it
was his duty to order the complainant
in arrest for perjury, but he would give
him the benefit of the doubt. Turning
to the clerk, the Judge directed him to
lay the matter before the prosecuting at
torney with instructions from the court
that the case be investigated and a
prosecution instituted if the evidence
should warrant such procedure.
Married. Thursday evening, May 4,
at the residence of the brides parents,
Mr. II. Birney Buck and Miss Lolita M.
Jennings, Rev. II. w. Harvey officiating.
The ceremony was at s o'clock, in the
presence of large company, among
them many guests from out of town.
The bride is one of the best and bright
est young ladies of this community, and
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. III. II.
Jennings. The groom is the son of
County Clerk and Mrs. j. S. Buck, and
is an excellent young man. May success
and happiness be theirs.
Two divorce DEGREES were granted the
other day. The male divorcee in one
case and the female divorcee in the other
case appeared together in the office of
the county clerk in quest of a marriage
license. They were politely informed
by that urbane official that they were
too previous; that DEGREES had not yet
been granted in either of the cases in
which they, respectively, were parties.
They were kept in suspense for a full
hour and half before the DEGREES were
signed and countersigned. lis not un-
usual for parties to apply for a marriage
license Immediately after being divorced,
but this is the first time the clerk has
been asked to sign a license before the
decree of divorce was executed.
Trustee Rickard took his place on the
council Monday night and was appoint
ed to the same committee places as held
Dg A'is iCoiSshOo' hC NOuh
Gil authorized the fire and water COM
mittee to have a coal shed constructed
at the waterworks plant. The special
committee in charge of the corporation
house was instructed to procure a writ
ten lease of the premises from the pres
ent tenant or some other party, for
year or more, subject to sale. K. NJ
Snow, VIM. Butler and E. b. Longwell
were appointed as board of special as
SCISSORS. Claims were allowed amounting
to s2051S, $50 of which was the annual
appropriation to the fire department for
the purpose of paying expenses of dele
gates to the state association.
The morning train west on tbs s. II
& f. ran off the track Saturday morning
about three miles west of Paw Paw. The
engine was running backward, but the
accident is not attributed to this, but to
spreading rails. The train consisted of
the engine and one coach, both of which
left the rails. The track was consider