The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-07-05
WHOLE NUMBER PALS.

The union service next Sunday even
ing will be held at the Free Will Baptist
church; sermon by Bev Robert Gordon;
subject, "The bow in the cloud"
Wade Killefer fell from tree while
picking cherries south of town Monday,
hitting his head on the rung of ladder,
which rendered him unconscious for
short time.
Bangs Warner has sacrificed his flow
; ing black name on the shrine of the fash
ion of clean shaving. II. W. Shower
mans face is also as devoid of beard as
when he was born.
OF course Paw Paw has not escaped
the hot weather that has been prevalent
all over the country. Thermometers
have registered each day 90 to 100 de-
grees in the shade for some days.
Rev. and Mrs. Ross Matthews arrived
here Wednesday evening from Dowagiac
and are guests at the home of E. Cooley.
They are on their way to Salem, O.,
where Rev. Matthews has been called to
a pastorate.
Miss Marian Lawton of Lawton, grad
uate of Ann Arbor, class of 1901, has
accepted a situation as teacher in the
Philippines and expects to sail from San
Francisco to that place the latter part
of the month.
Mr.. Glass of Lake Linden, Mich, ar
rived here Saturday. His wife has been
visiting in this place for some time with
her mother and grandparents. Miss
Florence Kelley accompanied them on
their way home Tuesday as far as Cadil-
lac, where she will spend a few weeks.
The death of James DeLong occurred
Saturday, June 80, at $50 p. m., at his
late home on north LaGrave street in
this village. Mr.. DeLong was "a years
of age at the time of his death. His
funeral was held at the house Tuesday
at II o'clock, Rev. L. o.. Mather offici-
ating
There have been a number of small
burglaries in Paw Paw recently. Several
dwelling houses have been entered, and
various articles stolen ranging from
lunches to small amounts of money,
watches and jewelry. There is no clue
to the thieves, although there is little
doubt that the Jobs are done by local
talent.
A peculiar condition is observed in
patches of early potatoes in this vicinity.
! The tops are green, there are plenty of
small potatoes in the hill, but these
have sprouted and the sprouts are al
ready appearing above the ground. j. G..
Horning was exhibiting a hill he had
pulled the other day, in which nearly
every small potato had sprouted. Can
anyone tell what causes it?
Charles Drown, son OF II. c.. Drown of
this village, died of consumption in Chi
cago where he had lived for the past year,
Saturday, June 20, at the age of "a years.
IL. G. Drown left Saturday afternoon for
Chicago returning Tuesday forenoon
with the remains, which were deposited
in Prospect Hill cemetery late in the
afternoon, after short funeral services at
the grave. Two brothers of the deceased,
William B. and John Drown, and
sister, Elva Drown, all of South Bend,
Ind, were present at the funeral.
Mrs NJ L. O'Dell is trying to secure
places for a two weeks outing for poor
children from Chicago sent out from
the city by the Chicago bureau of chari-
ties and Chicago Daily News fresh air
fund This is worthy charitable work.
There will be no expense to those taking
the little ones until they are met at the
depot in Paw Paw. Anyone in the viii
lage or country who is willing to give a
glimpse Of country life and breath of
fresh air to some of these little ones,
should notify Mrs. ODell at once. She
has places already for IL of the children.
During the month of May there were
/ SO deaths in Van Buren, county, of which
- were persons more than 90 years old,
and five were infants under the age of
one year. The deaths occurred in the
following localities: Outside of villages
-Almena two, Antwerp one, Arlington
four, Bangor two, Columbia one, Decatur
two, Geneva one Hamilton two, Hartford
two, Keeler one, Lawrence one, Pine
> Grove one: in -Bloomingdale
one Decatur one, Gobleville one, Hart
ford two Lawrence one, Paw Paw one,
South Haven six. There were no deaths
; in the townshipsof of Bloomingdale, Covert,
} Paw Paw, Porter, South Haven and
Waverly, nor in the villages of Bangor,
, Breedsville or Lawton.
n. O. Martin of Lawton, brother of A.
&c. Martin of this village, died at his
home Just after midnight Sunday
night While he had not been in good
! health since an attack of typhoid fever
e some months since he had been able to
3 attend to his business and was not con
D fined to the house until week before his
death. He was a well-known and sue
cessful young business man, who would
: have been AZ years old had he lived unit
/. September. He was president of Law
: : toA village and one of its most pop
ular citizens. He leaves a widow, a son
and daughter, of his immediate family
e The funeral was held Wednesday after
e noon under Masonic direction, r. w
e Broughton of this place having charg,
u of the services of the order The funera