The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-25

IL. w. DrOugnJOn was In CnlchgO tne
forepart of the week on business.
David Anderson was in Kalamazoo,
Tuesday, on circuit court business.
S. " Fowler and family left this week
for Aurora, Ills, to spend the winter.
Attorney A. l.. Moulton of Decatur
was in Paw Paw on business Tuesday.
Mesdames w. II. Stoddard and Carrie
Baker of Decatur were in town Wednes-
day
Mrs. fra Johnson has returned from a
visit with friends in Chicago and Syca-
more, Ills.
Mrs. Hattie Read of Mandan, S. d.,
was the guest of Mrs Amanda Bartram
part of the week.
Mrs. a. Rosenburg and Miss Fannie
Speyer of Kalamazoo were guests of
Miss Jane Broughton this week.
Rev. Hepburn of Mccormick semi
nary will preach in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning and even
ing.
The Lawrence high school foot ball
team was defeated by the Paw Paw team
in Lawrence, Saturday, by score of
30 to 0.
Judge j. r. White of Kalamazoo was
in Paw Paw, Tuesday, to sit in the pro-
bate court for Judge j. III. Johnson, who
is in the East
Mrs. Chas. Eaton of Lansing, who
has been spending several weeks at her
farm near Lawton, came last evening
for a visit at the home of h. Cooley.
L. H. Trescott and his two boys left
yesterday for New York, where Mr. Tres
colt goes on business. They Will take
in the Pan-American on their way.
Married, at the residence of j. j.
Woodman, October a, Mr.. Henry Rich
mond and Miss Eva Heath both of
Hamilton, Rev. Mrs. j. j. Woodman Off
ciating
The Free Baptist c. f. society will
give a Halloween social at the home of
o. Ii. r. Sheldon, Tuesday evening,
October 30 Refreshments will be served.
All are invited.
Quarterly meeting at the M. f.. church
next Sunday; love-feast at $3.50 a. m,
sermon at 10:30 followed by the sacra-
mental services. Dr. Il. W. Van Schoick
will preach in the evening.
Chas. Schmelzle of Yale, Ia, has pur-
chased the 10 acre farm of Robt. Shreve
north of town. He will move his family
into Mrs Vernon Bangs house until
spring, when the place will be vacated
by Mr.. Clipper.
The latest issue of the Newspaper
Blue Book, listing the best papers in the
United States, contains the names of
but three Van Buren county newspapers:
The True Northerner, the Bangor Ad-
vance and the South Haven Tribune.
Rev. w. F. Allen was in town over
Sunday He left Tuesday for Chi
cago, where he will be engaged for
several weeks in evangelistic work. His
son Will, who was seriously i'll at Buffalo,
Mr.. Allen says is recovering, although
he is yet in the hospital
The pink cake party given last week
by Dellie Linderman to about 30 of his
young friends was a novel success. The
refreshments were pink, plentiful and
perfect, the prize cake being drawn by
Leon Moon. A happy evening was spent
and all were sure Mr.. and Mrs. Linder-
man know just how to please the young
people.
II. w. Showerman, chairman of the
committee on sports for tomorrow, is au-
thority for the statement that B. r.
Warner, Dr. Ferguson, Fred Bilsborrow
and G. G. Chappell are entered for the
slim mans race-and everybody knows
Harry wouldn't do thing but tell the
truth about it. He also says that the
entries to date for the fat mans race are
j. f.. Showerman, Prof. OLeary, p. 7.
Streator, A. G. Martin and Z. J. Chaffee,
and that w. \. Lemaux will be the
starter for this event Harry wanted to
get into the fat mans race, but the boys
barred him out because of his eligibility
for another advertised event with a lar
ger purse.
There were AZ deaths in Van Buren,
county during the month of September.
Eight of them were of infants under the
age of one year; II were of persons aged
90 or over. In the townships outside of
villages, the number of deaths was as
follows: Almena 3, Antwerp l, Arlington
l, Bangor g. Columbia 2, Covert2, Deca-
tur l, Geneva l, Hamilton 2, Hartford 3,
Keeler l, Lawrence l, Paw Paw l, Pine
Grove 3, Porter 3, South Haven 3, Wav-
erly 2. In villages: Decatur 3, Hartford
|, Lawton l, Paw Paw 4, South Haven 3.
No deaths occurred in Bloomingdale-
neither township nor village, nor in the
villages of Bangor, Breedsville, Goble-
vile and Lawrence.