The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-04-12
WHOLE NUMBER 2403.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. d. Buskirk returned
Wednesday from trip to Chicago.

Wednesday from trip to Chicago.
George Pierce of the Paw Paw Music
Co. went to Chicago last evening in the
interest of the company.
Married, by Justice Killefer, April 10,
Orange W. Leonard and Nellie M. John
son, both of Breedsville.
Judge Johnson sports a new horse and
run-about with which he drove from
South Haven a few days ago.
j. G. Lee has broken ground for a new
dwelling house on his farm at the end of
the road south from the depot.
The Model meat market has a new
adv. this week, Consumers are remind
ed of the approach of the ice season.
Capt. McKanlass and his company of
the best colored artists will amuse you;
Wednesday, April II. Admission 10, 10
and % cents.
w. r. Selick announces an extraor-
dinary sale of black goods for Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday, and has some in
teresting store news in his adv also.
Plenty of "snap and go" to the styles
in r. Smith * Co.'S children's suits for
spring Who wants to see a dull, color
less garment on a bright, lively young
ster?
The supervisors have been called to
meet in special session Thursday, April
Is, at which time the vote on the county
seat removal and bonding questions will
be canvassed.
Mrs Cora NJ Shaw and children of
Kalamazoo came to Paw Paw, Tuesday
morning, to visit friends for few days.
Mrs. Shaw purchased a new Crescent
wheel during her stay here.
The Ideal entertainers, the Farmers
Handy Wagon company people. will give
an entertainment in this place May A. 1t
will be remembered they were compelled
to cancel their date earlier in the season.
Grand Chancellor Geo. L. Lusk of
West Bay City will meet with Maple
Grove lodge, Knights of Pythias, We'd
nesday evening, April II. The South
Haven and Lawton lodges have been in
vited to be present.
The funeral of the late Robert B. Crane
was held at Kalamazoo yesterday after
noon, conducted by Rev. E. H. Harvey.
Mr. and Mrs. f.. A. Crane landed in New
York, Monday, receiving there the sad
news of their sons death. They reached
Kalamazoo, Wednesday.
The case of Theodore w. Valeau VS..
Archie Parsons, brought by the COM
plainant before Commissioner Rowland
to recover possession of farm in Almena,
was tried yesterday. The jury returned
a verdict in favor of the complainant and
judgment was entered accordingly.
Rev. j. w. Taylor closed his two weeks
meeting in the Christian church Sunday
evening He is an excellent speaker and
won many friends while he was here. 1t
is possible he may return later as pastor
of the church. Baptism was administered
at the close of Sunday evenings service.
The Advance says that the people of
Bangor would prefer that the proposed
electric road should "touch Lawrence
and Paw Paw" 1t will. And it is al
together probable that az Paw Paw it will
ntersect another road running north
and south through Gobleville, Paw Paw
and Decatur
j. Il. Chandler has secured the posi-
ton of district agent for the Fidelity
Mutual Life Insurance company of Phil
adelphia and will have his headquarters
at Kalamazoo. 1t is understood the
position carries a comfortable salary He
has already secured house there and
he and Mrs Chandler will make their
home there at once. Fifteen years ago
to-day Mr.. Chandler first became resi-
dent of Paw Paw, and has since that
time forged to the front ranks of the
legal fraternity in the county. A few
years later, Mrs. Chandler came here as
his bride. They have a host of Paw Paw
friends who hate to see them go, but
who wish them prosperity and success.
Last Tuesday the Pere Marquette
Railway company filed for record in the
office of the register of deeds, mortgage in
the sum of S5O,OOO,OOO covering all its
lines of road, road beds, uperstructures,
depots, shops, terminals, rolling stock,
corporate rights, incomes rents, profits,
shares of stock. bonds and other property
owned by the company. The mortgage
runs to the Farmers Loan and Trust
company of New York. Only Sl,000,000
dollars of bonds have as yet been issued
collateral with the mortgage, so that
there were but 500 revenue stamps at
tached to the instrument. The whole
S500OO,000 would require $4,000 worth
of stamps. The mortgage covers SO
printed pages. The registers fee for
recording it is S27.
There are two cases pending in the
circuit court against r. e. Napier, in
each of which he is charged with viola
tion of the local option law. He has
heretofore paid fines for half dozen
different offenses of the same character,
and now thinks he cannot have a
fair trial in Van Buren, county and so
asks for change of venue. He supports
this motion by an affidavit of his own,
alleging that since the last similar cases
against him were disposed of he has not
been guilty of any infraction of the local