The true northerner., 1900-11-16
WHOLE NUMBER 1882.

oeen Vislting seVerai days at the nome
of w. II. LIE Suer, left the early part of
the week for Chicago.
The funeral of Mr.. Myron Hoskips last
Friday was largely attended, showing
the high esteem in which he was held in
this community.
A. f. and III. L. Mcneil have purchased
from the First National bank 81 acres of
land in the southwest part of the viii
lage formerly owned by A. L. Hall.
They will set it to grapes.
The famous long brick store has fought
a vigorous battle on overcoats. One by
one they are sinking into oblivion, be-
cause of a terrific onslaught of sales. and
they are still at it, victory inscribed on
their banner, with nine hundred coats
left that bear the sale price. See par
ticulars on last page
AS usual, The True Northerner led all
competitors by publishing last week the
only complete return of the elections in
Van Buren, county. The True Norther-
ner was determined to give the news,
even though some of the returns had to
be secured by special messenger sent
through the blizzard.
The Kibbie telephone people are get
ting quite a number of subscribers to
their local exchange. The Bell people
are busy at work remodeling their ex-
change. They will put in new phones
and have cut the connection with the Kib-
bic lines. A telephone war is among the
possibilities in Paw Paw.
Mary Neale, who was sentenced by
by Judge Smith in June, 1899, to two
and one-half years Imprisonment in the
Detroit house of correction for completely
In the Surdam robbery of 1926, has been
paroled by Governor Pingree, William
Simpson of Lacota having contracted to
act as her first friend and adviser, as re-
quired by the statute.
The child of Mr.. and Mrs. Redding,
who live on what is known as the
Peepeaw farm, met with horrible acci-
dent. The little one is only few. months
old and was left sitting in high chair
near hot stove. In some manner the
chair was tipped forward and the little
one fell helpless with it's face on the
stove, and was fearfully burned before
anyone could get toit. DIR. Maxwell is in
attendance. The recovery of the child
is doubtful.
great deal of interesting matter will
be found on the inside pages this week.
Aside from the general and state news
and miscellany, the county correspond
ence is there, good report of the -
Sunday school convention at 'Eu(
the award of primary school
Van Buren county, the list of Ntizens
jurors, real estate transfers and Soutff<I
esting interview with Roman l..
If there are any readers who do not pomp
the inside pages of the paper, they ml
much every week. Z
The Hartford Day Spring has the fol-
lowing to say of an accident to Win
Rozell, formerly of this place: Mr..
Rozell had a narrow escape op Monday.
He was putting down water pipe at the
Richmond house and was near the ucess-
pool, when suddenly the bank gave way
and he was buried up to his neck. Luck
lily he was standing up at the time and
saw the break coming so that he clutched
the sidewalk to raise himself, otherwise
he would have been helpless. Nearly an
hour was consumed in extricating him
from his uncomfortable position"
At the head of its first page, the Free
Press and Courier publishes "Vol. 55,''
thus claiming to be the Oldest paper in
the county. We have before us a copy of
the "Van BURN County Gazetteer and
Business Directory" published by Hill g.
Leavens in 1869, in which is full list of
all the business houses in this town.
There were in 1869 two newspapers in
this place-the Van Buren, County Press,
True Northerner, published by T. o.
Ward. The Courier had not yet been
established at that time.
Amos Deming, an old and respected
citizen of this place, died at his home,
Friday evening. He was born August
"a, 1923, being at the time of his death
II years, months and IL days old. He
was among the early settlers of this
township, having moved to Michigan in
1856. He was married to Miss Martha
Hogmire in 1S4S, and they travelled life's
journey together for 56 years. Eight
children were born to them, of whom seven
are yet living. The funeral was held at
, the late residence, Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock. The remains were laid to rest
: in Prospect Hill cemetery. He leaves a
wife, three sons, four daughters, besides
other relatives to mourn his departure.
At the regular council meeting Mon
day evening, the committee to whom
was referred the matter of curfew or
dinance, asked for more time, which was
; granted. A proposition was presented
from w. j. Thomas offering to quit
: claim his interest in the electric light
water power for S400, on the further
] condition that the village quit claim its
interest in the alley adjoining the cor
) pcration hall to him, together with use
of the wall to the building so he can
: build building there, he to open an al
3 ley across his property-the old propo-
$ sition so far as the alley is concerned
$ that was up year ago; referred to the
electric light committee. The special