The true northerner., 1900-07-20
WHOLE NUMBER 1865.

Frank l.. Van Ness of Chicago was in
town Monday and Tuesday. He came
here to deliver an oil portrait OF the late
Miss Kate Harris. 1t is a remarkably
fine piece of work.
ID. NJ. Cooley, who has been in the bak-
cry and restaurant business here for IL
years. this week sold his stock of goods
to Jay ID. Roberts and Earle Westgate
Mr.. Cooley has not yet decided what he
will do.-South Haven Tribune.
The following persons from Paw Paw
are in attendance at the Van Buren,
county summer school at South Haven:
Roy Cleveland, Mabel Chaffee, Dollie
Roach, Velma Dunnington, Lizzle
Roundy, Florence Dillon, Lena Rickard
and Mae Wilson.
Allegan county democrats endorsed L.
j. Cavanaugh for governor. The fourth
district convention did the same. Mr..
Cavanaugh and Mayor Maybury of De-
troit seem to be the leading candidates.
The True Northerner would be glad to
see our townsman honored by the nomi-
nation.
The Crystal Springs campmeeting this
year will be held August 3-12 A very
fine program has been arranged. Among
thespeakers will be Bishop Hurst, Bishop
McCabe and President Ashley of Albion
college. AS usual, large numbers will
attend from Paw Paw and other Van
Buren county churches.
The examination of Capt. E. E. Napier
of South Haven, charged before Justice
Mason with violation of the local option
law 1.-TWO otfensesl was concluded yester-
day and resulted in the respondent be-
ing held for trial in each case at the
| September term of circuit court. The
respondent gave bail and was released.
The yellows commissioners examined
Rowland IL Shaefer's peach orchards at
Fairview Fruit farm last Wednesday.
Out of total of $500 trees they marked
but two, which were promptly removed
! by the proprietors. The commissioners
pronounced the orchards to be in the
best condition of any they had examined.
The council held a special meeting
Monday evening. The tax warrant hav-
ing expired, the time for collection was
extended to August ID. 1t is the unan-
imous sentiment OF the council that no
further extension should be made. Over
$4,000 has already been collected-more
than half the total tax-and the next 80
days should see the entire roll cleaned
up.
Announcements have been received
/ here of the marriage OF Miss Grace Hen
wood to Mr.. Lou V. Smith, at Waterford,
Canada, March II, 1900. The news
came as a surprise to most of the brides
friends in this place, who are none the
less hearty in their congratulations be-
cause OF the late day at which they are
offered. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will be at
home after July %, at Ithaca, Mich.
An exchange says that vertical hand
writing is to be abandoned in the public
| schools of New York, and a return made
to the slanting Spencerian system. The
reason. given for the return is that the
vertical system is now regarded as a fad
and that the style is not liked by bust
ness houses, so that scholars from the
public schools had the slanting system
to learn if they entered commercial life.
Frank Koon, the man who escaped
from the officer while being brought to
Jail by jumping through a car window
on the S. H. & Il. r.. r., and who was
subsequently re-captured and served out
his time in Jail, was released last Tues
| day. Yesterday he was returned to his
old quarters under 40 days sentence.
imposed upon him by Justice Cady of
South Haven, for the same offense of
being disorderly
The Detroit Free Press very truly says;
michigan has the prettiest inland vii
| lagos in the world. This covers a pretty
big globe, but we stand pat on the sweep
ing assertion and the implied challenge
included. Nature has given them the
best in the shop. The grass and other
verdure are greener, the graceful shade
makes more effective interference, the
streams are clearer, the rural environ
ment is prettier, the women and children
handsomer, the homes are cozier, and the
average intelligence is higher. Village
| life in this state has made the nearest
approach to the ideal" If the Free Press
| ndQ dQueQ ludl ldN raw IL lUt ulOSl
beautiful and the nearest ideal of them
all, there would have been nothing lack
ing in its tribute.
The hospitable home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Lyle was thrown open to fifty or
more invited guests Wednesday evening,
July IL. The occasion was the marriage
of their oldest daughter, Nellie, to Frank
Patton of Kalamazoo. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Anna Barton,
and the wedding march was played by
Mrs Eva Orr. The couple were accom-
panied to the altar by Miss Gertrude
Lyle, sister of the bride, and Mr.. Adel-
, bert Merlaw of Kalamazoo. The bride
wore white French null, and the brides
maid was attired in pale blue organdie.
The altar was an artistic affair with its
vines and draperies, and bank of ferns
and lilies at the foot. The dining room
was festooned with myrtle and smilax,
and the tables decorated with cut flowers
and smilax. The supper was.served in