The true northerner., 1900-06-27
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Carpenter of De
troit, were guests of b. O'Dell and family
last week


elsewhere in this paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Sheldon started
yesterday for Albany and Schenectady,
N. Y, to be gone for several weeks.
Mrs. Lillian O'Dell Rhodes and little
DeWayne of Chicago are at her parents
home to remain during the hot weather.
Married, Thursday evening, June 81,
by Rev. j. Hurd, Mr.. Joseph r. Burden
and Mrs Cora Nj. Austin, both of Paw
Paw.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hurd made a trip to
Cass county last week, visiting old friends
and taking in the Cass county pioneer
picnic.
Miss Emma Woodman, daughter of
Edison Woodman, graduated from the
state normal at Ypsilanti last week. She
was class poet.
Van Buren, county Sunday school rally
viii be held July 18th. 1t is hoped that
every Sunday school in the county will
help make it a success.
Thornton Jackson of Chicago has pur-
chased G. G.. Hagermans 90 acre fruit
farm; price, $4,000. Mr.. jackson will
build good house on the place this fall
and occupy it.
The Free Methodists will hold camp
meeting at South Haven, commencing
July 4, closing July 10. Rev. Il. p Hart,
general superintendent, of Almeda, Cal,
will take charge of the meeting.
During the summer season, the Paw
Paw Churches will unite for Sunday
evening services. The first will be next
Sunday evening at the Baptist church.
Rev. II. w. Harvey will preach the
| sermon.
Mr.. Peter Gremps, an old resident of
this place, died late Sunday evening,
after a long illness. The funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon. A more ex-
tended notice will be printed in The
True Northerner next week.
There will be a business meeting Of the
| High School Alumni association at the
residence of II. d. Spicer on Wednesday
evening, June 27, at 7 o'clock. This is
for the transaction of urgent business
and means you if you are a member of
the association.
| DR.. Hoyt left Monday for his foreign
trip. He was accompanied from here by
Mrs. E. Smith and Miss Jannette Fowler,
who will spend the summer in Massachu-
sets: also by Mrs. Geo. Tuttle, Mrs. w. III.
lie Suer and daughter and grandchildren,
who all go to New York City.
+. e. Downing has received a letter
from f. H. Waltony mailed at Honolulu.
Mr.. Walton is on his way to Australia,
where he expects to be engaged in busi-
ness for an indefinite time. He will re-
tain his farm and live stock interests
here
Among those from away who attended
the alumni reunion was Mrs. Ada Simp-
son Sherwood of Three Oaks. She was
the guest for a few days of her sister,
Mrs. Edison Woodman. In her response
to toast, she recited perfect gem of
poetry written by herself especially for
the occasion.
Announcement is made by School Com
missioner Brown of summer school for
teachers, arranged by the superintendent
of public instruction, To be held at South
Haven, commencing July is and closing
August 3. Superintendent w. f.. Conk-
ling of Dowagiac will be conductor, and
Suderintendents j. a. O'Leary of Paw
! Paw and A. d. Prentice of South Haven
the instructors. All teachers in the
county should attend.
Oliver j. Hawley fifteen years old
Mattawan had, before Justice Rowland
last Monday, pleaded guilty to the lar
ceny of Dave Kessler's bicycle last Sat
urday. On recommendation of County
Agent Gould and the approval of the
judge of probate, the magistrate sentenc-
ed him to Lansing Industrial school for
boys, where he will remain until he shall
reach the age of seventeen years, unless
sooner discharged. Dave recovered his
wheel, which was stolen from the Dyck-
man house cornor.
The total number of deaths reported
in Van Buren county for the month of
May was thirty-seven, distributed as
follows: In townships outside of villages,
Antwerp D, Arlington /, Bangor a. Colum-
bia /, Covert 2, Decatur 2, Geneva i, Hart
ford A, Keeler 2, Paw Paw l, Pine Grove
9, Porter l, South Haven l. In villages,
Bangor !, Gobleville l, Decatur 2, Hart
ford 2, Lawrence l, Paw Paw l, South
Haven 2. No deaths were reported from
the townships of Almena, Bloomingdale,
Hamilton, Lawrence and Waverly, nor
from the villages OF Lawton, Blooming
dale and Breedsville.
The South Haven & Eastern offers
the choice of two Fourth OFF uly celebra-
tions at very low rates and with con-
venient train service. South Haven,
with her new attractions and increased
facilities, promises to eclipse all former
events and give every body a good time
With her steamers, yachts and launches
and thousand row boats, she can do
this without the special attractions
Balloon ascensions, base ball, public
weddings and other amusements are
offered for the occasion. Lawton, too,
promises to put up program of interest
ing events. Trains will run in both direc-