The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-11-15
Whole Number 2434.

WIZ " iO ldS Dctn away IOF SOuc time,
was sent for and came home to help care
for him.
Amanda Forbes and Zach. and Ami
Bennett of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Jane Kidd
of Battle Creek and II. ID. Heron of
Gobevllle were in attendance at the
funeral Wednesday of Mrs. Elvira j.
Aldrich.
Mrs. A. c. Martin has been notified
that Earl Raleigh is confined to his bed
! from an attack of typhoid fever at Sioux
City, Iowa Mr.. Raleigh has many young
friends who will be sorry to learn of his
affliction.
Some parties owning property in the
vicinity object to w. G. Wildey moving
his shop building to the proposed loca.
tion on south Kalamazoo street, and the
council has appointed committee to
confer with him concerning it.
Dell Knapp and Jake Weir are in Jail
in default of $50 bail each, required by
Justice Ketchum of South Haven, await
ing trial on charge of having obstructed
and resisted Officer Fred Leitz while he
was in the performance of his lawful
duties as such officer.
Bangor, not to be behind other of her
ister villages, has a sidewalk damage
case on hand. Louisa Finch has brought
an action of case against that burg,
claiming to have been injured to the
amount of $4,000, by falling over a loose
board, into the adjoining gutter.
The following names should be added
to the list of Van Buren's hunters as
published in The True Northerner of
last week: j. A Alden, Lawrence; James
| Harmon and Millard Harmon, Pine
Grove; M. ID. Buskirk, Paw Paw; Mrs.
Verne Moore and Sullivan Cook, Hart
ford.
The marriage of Miss Lulu Rickard
and Joseph Buck was soemnized in Ben
| ton Harbor last Saturday. Mrs. Buck
has been spending the week here at the
home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. j. b.
Rickard. She will join her husband in
Benton Harbor, tomorrow, where they
will make their home.
Van Buren,, not to be behind any Of its
sister counties, has sent its lady deer
killer into the northern forests. Mrs.
Verne Moore of Hartford, 10 years of
age, with blue eyes and brown hair, is
the fair huntress She procured her
license last Saturday and is legally auth
oriZed to kill her quota of wild deer.
Here's hoping she may be successful.
The ladies in the neighborhood east of
here near the steeple school house, or
Happy Corners" as it has been called,
have been enjoying a series of surprise
birthday parties this summer. The first
was in April, the ninth was last Satur-
day afternoon, when 40 of the children,
grandchildren, friends and neighbors of
Mrs. II. III. Jennings met at her home to
remind her that the next day would be
her birthday. A nice visit was enjoyed,
a bountiful supper served and a beauti-
full present left as a token of the new
friendships that had been formed and
old ones renewed and strengthened.
The death of Joseph Kilburn. a WE'LL
known and respected citizen OF this
county, occurred at the home of his Sis
ter, Mrs. Elisha Durkee, in Antwerp
township, last Friday. He was II years
of age at the time of his death. La 1854,
he assisted in establishing the drug firm
of Kilburn & Hudson, and was for many
years leading business man in this viii
lage His funeral was held in the Pres
byterian church at Paw Paw, Sunday,
Rev. III. W. Harvey officiating. Services
at the grave in Prospect Hill cemetery
were conducted by the Masonic fratern-
ity, of which order he was a member.
A little after midnight last week
Thursday night the barn of Frank
Shaefer, four miles north of the village,
was found to be in flames and was de-
stroyed with all its contents, including a
team, three cows, machinery and the sea
sons crops. The loss was 5000, insured for
S400 The origin of the fire is unknown.
The next day Franks father, S. Shaefer,
gave him a small building to use as
chicken house. AS Frank was moving
it to his own place, he was so unfortu-
nate as to have one of his legs caught
under the building, and he sustained so
severe a spran of the ankle and other
injuries to his leg that he will probably
be laid up for two or three months. This
is more than a fair share of misfortunes,
and Frank has the sympathy of many
friends.
The council held a special meeting
November Z, and adopted a resolution
instructing l.. G. Colburn, civil engineer,
to proceed at once to lay the sewer re-
Gently ordered, and permitting the Geo.
Hickman & Sons Co., who have a con-
tract for the work, to superiptend the
construction provided they express a
willingness to do so at once, and provided
the company permits the village to de-
duct the expense from the amount Of
their contract. The resolution by its
terms was adopted solely to protect the
Rickmans from loss on account of the
fact that the money to pay for the work
is not now in the treasury, and in order
that the village may pay for material and
; labor. 1t is expressly stated that it is
not intended to release the Rickmans