Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-08-01

John sappington's Anti.Fevcr Pills, very dif
| fcrent article.
INAUTEOT.-"The public are hereby
" toned against placing any reliance on Ger
tificatcs signed officially by" ]. w. Coffinbcrry,
as Recorder of Doods for st. Joseph county, Mn,
for he is incompetent to discharge the duties of
his ofico to the public with fidelity, and correct
ness or he is dishonest and capable of being made
the tool of designing men, as will appear from
| reading his "Caution," published in tho Con-
stantine Republican of April 25, 1888, and con-
tinued for several weeks thereafter, as follows, 10
wit:
"CAUTION.-Th public arc hereby cautioned
against placing any reliance on certain certifi-
Gates signed officially by me, which were given
to Jonathan and Simeon d. Brown, and one gi-
ven TO Edward and Hiram Pierson, dated about
the 10th or 10Th day of March last, setting forth
that certain interests in the St. Joseph Canal,
and Lockport Manufacturing Association were
free from incumbrance.
IL hereby notify tho pubic that there are
mortgages on said interests TO large amounts,
and that said interests cannot be conveyed or
mortgaged by any of the members Of that assO
citation, without the consent of all tho members,
and that said certificates wero fraudnlently OBJ
tanned. j. w. COFFINBERRY,
Register of Dseds for st. Joseph Co., Mich.
Centrevillc, April IS, 1885,"
| And comparicg tho same with said Cofiiubcr-
ry's letter TO Thomas Fitzgerald, Esq. which
have the privilege to publish, and is as follows,
to w.t.: -..
Ccntrevillc, May 10 1888.
Dear Sir-The letter which addressed you
some time since upon the subject of tho mort
gage entered in my office, by Messrs. Jonathan
and Simeon B.Brown. TO secure Bank Stock in
the Berren County Bank. was written in part,
under views Of nina that are not justiiablc, if
Mr.. J. Browns construction of the mortgage in
the particular description Of the mortgage bs
correct. BY the description l supposed that tho
whole of tn, village was mortgagcd, or their
proportional interest, but by his definition, only
that part is mortgaged which is laid out on the
premises described in tho mortgage, before the
description of the village; Of this you will be able
to determine, by examining the description of tho
lands on file in the Bank, part of the village
is laid out on lands which arc not described in
the mortgage.
"Thc only incumbrance that remains of record
in my Office on the lands described in tho mort
gage from Mcssrs Browns, is on tho S. part Of
the S. w. frac. or. sec. 19-and the N part of
the N. w. frac. or. sec. 30-both T. 6, s. III,
west, balance Of which yet due about $500, as
per information Of parties, tina: sum is due from
NJ. T.. Person to James Valentine, the same
promises are conveyed to the Lockport Associa-
ton by deed of general warrantee since the
date of tho mortgage from him to Valentine.
am informed by Mr.. Picrson that he is about set
Ting the BALANCE due on the mortgage. BY con-
versing with Mr.. j. Brown, and rctrospecting
the intcrrogations put by mo TO him, when he en-
tered the mortgage for record, and upon my Off
cial certificate, together with his replies, see
how easily it was for me to misconccive his con-
structon Of the mortgage, where it describes the
village of Bockport and the SO lots set forth on
the before described promises in his mortgage.
/. | IL e ,v,I
still do believe that Mr.. Brown was honest in
his intentions and am frank to acknowledge
that from my construction of the mortgage, sup.
posed that It embraced other lands, which arc
encountered to other persons of the Lockport
Association but which on examination find not
to be the case, by his construction.
Yours very respectfully,
JACOB w. COFFlNBERRY,
Rec. st. Joseph Co., Mich.
T. FITZGERALp, Esq, Bank Commissioner,
Michigan"
And also from extracts from Mr.. Edward Pier
sons letter, dated at Lockport, ST. Joseph coun-
r ty, May 90, 1888, and is as follows to wit:
"Mr. Jonathan Brown: Sir-In answer to
7 your inquiries respecting conversation | had
: with J. w. Cofnborry, Register of Deeds for st.
8 Joseph county, in rel ,tion to an advertisement
y inserted in the Constantine Republican, caution
y ing the public against placing confidence in ccr-
7 tifcatcs he had given, one to you and ono to
o your brother, and the other to myself and Hiram
y Picrson, as they were "frardulcntly obtained"
"I.oarning that this notice was inserted in a
public newspaper, and it being both false and IL
bolous, l Immediately went to Centrcvillc and
= demanded of Mr.. Coflinbcrry an explanation, and
. the reasons Of his giving the 'Caution" to the
q public. Tie answer was that Gsorgo Buck and
v Benjamin Shcrmln had stated 10 him that there
!. were largJ incumbrarc,s on tho property that
y YOU had secured to the State, on account Of thC
/ Bcrrieu County Bank, and that you stated that
the village plat Of Lockport was not located on
the property bought of Samuel Sands, and he &C..
had discovered that il was, and as you bad mort
!; gigod tho whole Of your interests in said vilagc
!. you Of course included property that previ
= ousy incunbored. BY referring 10 the dascrip
!, ton of the property, included in your mortgage
to the state he Co tn N acknowledged that he wal
- deceived and probably misunderstood you, thatyot
!, stated no part Of the village plat included in you
:, n,or;gag, cxtsnded on tho Sands purchase, ant
that you explained the situation Of the mort gag
on tho Valentine property, correctly as ho hat
evidence 10 show, and that there was no othe
membranes on the property and that he wa
satisfied that the statement You made him wa
Is true and honest, and that he CO. had been in,
u posed on By fglsc statements made TO him b.
III Buck and Shsrman. then requested of hin
" (C.) as the statement he had published was false
u and as Inc was convinced Of it, that no wou
e make a recantation OF tho false charge, an
give it tha sam, publicity that he had given hi
"Caution" to the public. lie CO. agreed that h
would sac Buck & Sherman, and as he had boo
o. induced TO make the charge through their fats
nj representations. They (B. g. ~ with hir
e. ought to sign and publish a proper correction
o. Of the charge, bat agreed that ii they (B. & 5
Is refused 10 comply, hs (Co1inbsrry) wodld pull
ch liah correction, aud certify that tho charg, wa
nd falsc aud that h, CO. made ton the false rei