The true northerner., 1900-10-19
WHOLE NUMBER 2378

byterian endeavor society are as follows
President. H. ID. Spicer; vice pree'deet
Miss Barber; secretary, Bessie Hutchin-
son; treasurer, Chas. Holt. n
Pat. Shields OF Williams Station, ZkaIa- :,
mazoo county, was in town Saturday and
left an order for new furnace with 81
G. Waters a Co. Mr.. Shields is build-
ing one of the finest brick ho<iSoo -
southwestern Michigan N
The little daughter of Lieut.. and Mro.
Wendall Simpson, whose illness with
diphtheria at the home of Edison Wood
man was mentioned in The True North
erner last week, died Friday, October IL, !.
and was buried the same day. N
The death of Mrs. Eliza King Hunt
occurred Monday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. VIM. Dole, at Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Hunt formerly resided at Paw Paw,
where she passed her 93d birthday, June
8 last. Rev. Anna Barton conducted the
funeral services.
Marquis b. Eaton will address re-
publican meeting at the opera house thlg
evening. He has been speaking consid-
erably in different parts of the state in
this campaign, and his speeches are
highly spoken of. He should be greeted
by big audience of old friends in this
place. The glee club will sing.
The 2Sth annual meeting of the Van
Buren County Sunday School associa-
tion will be held at the Presbyterian
church, Decatur, November Z and g.
The first session will begin at 2:30 p. m.
State Superintendent Alfred Day will be
present. Efforts are being made to Sc
cure r. o. EXCEL as musical director.
A. B. Clark and family are moving to
Lawton this week. His physicians have
prescribed absolute rest, or exercise on
the ground, as the symp,pms indicate
locomotor ataxia. They VIII ,lliyAssNtiN,
Atwells, and Mr.. and Mrs. Atwek wi1fs
board with them, Mrs. Atwell having
failed rapidly in strength during the
past month.-Lawton Leader.
E. Smith & Co. struck it rich in buy
ing the goods now offered at their great
overcoat sale. The profits they share
with you. The material makes the coats
serviceable, the pattern makes them
stylish, the colors make them pretty,
the finish makes them comfortable, the
prices make them under value, the COM
bination makes them irresistible.
The Coterie, it is reported had lively
discussion Wednesday afternoon over
the project of urging the council to en-
act curfew ordinance, to keep the boys
and girls off the streets nights. The
majority favored the step, and a copz.pit-
tee composed of Mesdames Emma k y
}. G. Warner and III. A. Cole ~
pointed to place the matter befc
council next Monday evening.
Work was commenced last Satuf, ay
on the new brick roundhouse of the s.
II. 81 e., and is now being pushed The
brick for the construction come from the
Lawrence brick yard. The building will
be roomy and substantial one, with
room for five engines. Public water has
been run to the site for convenience in
building. A number of families will
come here on completion of the round
house, and a scarcity of dwellings is in
evitable-indeed is now present in this
village.
Wednesdays papers contained news of
the death, October II, from dysentery,
OF Daniel h. Robb of Co. "A, 10th u. s.
infantry, in the Philippines. Dan vs. a.
a Paw Paw boy, and enlisted in the reg
ular army October /, 1899, leaving this
place to Join the regiment October IN
He had thus been in the service few
days over year at the time of his death,
ana is reported 10y his comrades to have
made an excellent record as a soldier.
He was 26 years old at the time of his
death. The news in the papers was the
first known here of his death, and no al
ditional particulars nave been received. l
The last letter from him, was received J
about two weeks ago, and was wr,tto-' =
late in August. He was we'll at i
time. His parents and sister are heal
broken, and have the sympathy of the
entire community. He was the second
Paw Paw boy to offer no his life in his
country's service since the beginning of
the Spanish war-Daniel Robb and Ed.
Roach-we hope 20 other Paw Paw
name may be added to the death roll.
The council held special meeting
Monday evening. The principal matter
up for consideration was the disposition
to make of the corporation house. Sew
eral parties want to rent it. Two par
ties want to buy it on a contract. Stan
ley Lett offers $500 for the house ard
three -fourths of lot, agreeing to pay
$40 and interest monthly. John Wall
offers 500, with a spot payment of 500,
balance SO monthly. The house rents
for 81 per month. The idea of moving
the house to the waterworks as resi-
dence for the engineer has also been un-
der consideration, Geo. l.. Bruner offer
ing to do the work, putting the house in
its new location in as good condition in
every way as where it now stands, for
Sl69. Only four councilmen were pres
! ent Monday evening. A motion was
made to move the house. The vote was
tie, Councilmen Miller and Longwell
voting yes, Councilmen Buskirk and