The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-24


Mrs. |. III. Johnson two lots on south |
Gremps street, at the west end OF Paw
Paw street; price, $3.50. He will use the
site for a lumbSr yard, and is now at
work on the foundation for large lum-
Der she'd 104x66. He expects to carry
a complete stock, and will he ready Tor
business in a short time.
Allen Harwick, an old resident of Ant
werp, died at IL a. IN. Wednesday, May
22, aged SO years He had been i'll since
Monday, but was not considered in a
serious condition. Suddenly, heart fail
ure came and caused his death. He was
a good citizen and highly esteemed, and
will be sincerely missed. He was mem
Der of the Masonic order, under whose
direction the funeral will be held at the
house at 3 o'clock this afternoon, Rev.
II. w. Harvey officiating. The Masons
will meet at their hall in this village at
80. to attend the funeral in body.
There are now four rural mail delivery
routes in Van Buren, county, two start
ing from Paw Paw and two from South
Haven. Applications are pending for the
establishment of ID additional routes, as
follows: Bangor, Boomingdale, Decatur
and Paw Paw, two each; Gobleville, klb-
bic. Lawrence, Lawton, Mattawan, Hart
ford and Keller, one each. 1t is probable
that some of these routes may be estab
lished in the near future, as there are
but II routes in the entire fourth district,
while the sixth and eighth districts each
have As, the third Al and the second rs.
The monthly bulletin of vital stats
ties for the month of April shows 40
deaths in Van Buren, county, of which II
were children under the age of one year
and 10 were of persons over TO. In VII
lagos deaths occurred as follows: Breeds
vile |, Decatur |, Paw Paw 2, Gobleville
3, Hartford 3, Lawton 3, South Haven Z.
No deaths occurred in the villages of
Bangor, Bloomingdale or Lawrence. In
townships, outside of villages, there
were deaths as follows: Almena 2, Ant
werp 2, Arlington 3, Bangor |, Blooming
dale 3, Columbia l, Covert |, Decatur l,
Geneva ., Hamilton l, Hartford 4, Law
renee l, Pine Grove 4, Porter 2, South
Haven !. No deaths occurred outside of
the villages in the townships of Paw
Paw, Keller or Waverly.
Mrs. David Woodman, after long i'll
ness, died Monday, May 20, at her home
in this village She never recovered
from the injury received from falling on
an icy walk year and a half ago. and
has been an invalid since that time.
That, however, was only in part the
cause of her death. She leaves hus-
band and two daughters, Mrs. |. f.
Barnum of Denver and Mrs. f.. A. Crane
of Kalamazoo, all of whom were in at
tendance during her last days on earth.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Woodman were mem
bers of the Christian church, and have
led consistent. christian lives, respected
by all and beloved by those who knew
them best. Mrs. Woodman was member
of the Coterie, which organization attend
ed the funeral in body. The funeral was
held at the home at 2 o'clock Wednes
day, conducted by Rev. j. Ii. Reese of
Bangor. The interment was at Prospect
Hill.
In the county field day sports at Hart
lOIN, SATURDAY, L dW dNs hDOulll IidNCu
Bangor, Gobleville and Hartford schools
will enter the contests. Paw Paw and
South Haven play the ball game. Fol
lowing are the entries from the Paw Paw
schools: Ball throw, Leo Warner, Harry
Folsom ,Killefer: shot put, Wilson, Folsom,
Fitzgerald ,Killefer: hammer throw ,Sowle,
Folsom, Wilson, Killefer: standing hop,
skip and jump, Leon Douglas, Killefer;
running broad jump, Guy Warner, Kill
lefer, Huntington; running high kick,
Sanger, II. Buck: running high jump,
Leon Douglas, Killefer, Sanger: running
hop, skip and jump, Ed. Davis, Sanger
Douglas; standing broad jump, Leon
Douglas, Sanger, Davis; pole vault, Clyde
Bassett, Killefer; 100 yard DASH Ed.Davis,
Fred Mason, Killefer: 220-yard dash,
| Fred Mason, Davis; ne-half mile run,
Mason, Glen Warner Killefer; hurdle
race, Mason, G.. Warner; one fourth
mile bicycle, Charles Grimes, Arthur
Huntington; one half mile bicycle,
Arthur Huntington, III. Folsom; one
mile bicycle, Arthur Huntington, Harry
Folsom.