The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-09-23
Whole Number 1858.

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The theme at the M. Il. church Sun
day morning will be, ECHOES from the
Annual Conferences" Sunday evening,
'Ihe Christian Commission" All are
invited.
The annual convention of the Van
Buren, County Sunday School associa.
tion will be held in Lawton, October 27-
%. 1t is the desire of the executive COM
mittee to make it interesting and in-
! structive.
j. ID. Allen and daughter Ila, who
have been visiting in town for the past
ten days, left Monday for Chicago. Miss
lla will go home to Mandan, n. D.,
while Mr.. Allen will return to ST. Louis
to remain until the close of the exposi-
ton.
Married, at the Champion house in
Paw Paw, Wednesday, September 81,
I William L. Anderson of Almena and
Mrs. Mary ID. Anderson of Chicago, Rev.
A. w. Mumford officiating. Their fu-
ture home will be on his farm in AL
mena.
There will be a special meeting of the
order of the Eastern Star, Wednesday
evening, September 2S The Decatur,
Gobleville and Bloomingdale chapters
will be entertained on that date. There
will be work. The floral degree will be
given.
Frank Gardner, son of Mrs. Hattie
Gardner of Kalamazoo, formerly of Paw
Paw, died at the Kalamazoo hospital
Wednesday of typhoid fever. The fun
eral services will be held at the First
Baptist church in Paw Paw, Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock.
The Epworth league will have a social
at the home of Pearl Pritchard this ev-
ening. The older people are especially
invited, as we'll as the young. There
will be no admission fee, but freewill
offering will be taken. Refreshments
and program will be given.
The Grange held pleasant autumn
meeting Monday evening, with fine ex-
hibt of fruits and vegetables. Mrs.
Horace Loveland showed plate of per
feet Early Ohio potatoes planted July
16. The Grange holds meetings the first
and third Monday evenings Of each
month.
At the meeting of the Eastern Star
chapter Wednesday evening, the follow
ing officers were elected: r. n. Wake
man, worthy patron; Mrs. Mamie f..
Wakemen, worthy matron; Mrs. Emma
Killefer, associate matron; Mrs. Mabelle
Briggs, conductress; Mrs. frankie Mel
son, associate conductress; Mrs. Belle
johnson, secretary; Mrs. Zilpha Fergu-
son, treasurer.
The following Van Buren, county cases
are on the calendar of the supreme court
for the October term: Wesley j. Thom-
as VS.. South Haven & Eastern Railroad
Co.; John Cook vs.. the Universalist Cen
eral convention; Charlotte Scott VS.. Geo.
W. Longwell ct al; William Culver vs.
South Haven q Eastern Railroad Co.;
Thomas ]. Cavanaugh vs. Elizabeth Rob
inson ct al; Thomas L. Wilkinson vs.
the Dunkley Williams Co.; Celina l..
Douglass vs.. Mary f.. Longcor
Gus Sun and his burnt cork organiza-
ton, who will appear at the opera house
Tuesday, September 27, are the most
satisfying show on the road; a minstrel
show with its beautiful first part set
tings, ballad singers, comedians, coon
shouters, dancers and olio of speciality
artists, comes nearer satisfying theatre
goers of the present day than any other
effort on the part Of theatrical caterers.
This show makes one forget his troubles.
Reserved seats now on sale at Longwell
Bros.
Paw Paw people are pleased to have
Rev. A. w. Mumford returned to Paw
Paw by the Michigan M. E. conference.
Rev. f. o. Mather, formerly of Paw
Paw, goes to North Adams again. The
Van Buren, county appointments are as
follows Bloomingdale, w. L. Langrell;
Gobleylle, j. G. Deviney; Kendall to be
supplied by A. L. Ellsworth; Lacota, w.
B. Kitzmiller; South Haven, +. M. Tay-
lor; Bangor, A. j. Morris; Breedsville, to
be supplied by M. G. Bishop; Decatur.
A. l.. Toner; Hartford, Ii. A. Lyon; Law
renee, Quinton Walker; Lawton, E. F..
Newell; Mattawan, W. III. Parsons. D..
f. Barnes is presiding elder of the Niles
district w. j. Douglass is assigned to
Buchanan.
Anna Morton, wife of Squire II. Nor
ton, 54 Lyon street, took carbolc acid
with suicidal intent early Tuesday af
ternoon. She and her husband had a
little quarrel, which he says did not
amount to anything. In the midst OF
the dispute she exclaimed, Heres an
| end to it," drew out bottle of carbolic
, acid and before she could be prevented,
swallowed the greater part of the con-
tents. DR.. De Vries was on the scene in
, short time and used every effort to get
the poison from the womans stomach
before it had done its deadly work. Des-
pite the fact that emetics and stomach
pump were brought into play the woman
: sank rapidly and was unconscious in a
very short time. The stomach pump
brought up blood showing that the acid
had eaten away the coatings of the
stomach. She was hurried in the police
I ambulance to the u. B.-A. hospital and
!. was still alive at $3.50 but unconscious
}, aud there is little or no hope that she