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November 18th, 1870, 20
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Hfnn CAOfce selections NO; 3sO con-
sQ9 tanning the best new things for Declama-
ton. Recitation, SO. Brilliant OFstory. Thrilling
Sentiment and Sparkling Humor, lsb pages, pa
per 80 cents cloth rs cents. Ask your book seller
foF it, or send price to P. Gorrett, 4 Co., Phil, Pa
The true northerner., 1871-01-13
CHANCERY SALE.

BY virtue of decree made in the Circuit
Court for the County of Vau Buren. i'll Chan
Gerry in a certain cause therein pending where
in Sophia w. Phillips is complainant, and
Comfort Sparks is defendant bearing date April
2lst, A. D., 1870. L shall sell at public vendue
to the highest bidder, on Monday the 9th day
Of February A. ID. 1871 at one o'clock in the
afternoon of that day ut the front door of the
Court House in the village of Paw Paw Van
Buren, County and State Michigan, the follow
ing described pieces of land, viz: The west
half of the southwest quarter and the south
east quarter of the south west of section num-
Der twenty-six (26) in township number three
(3J south of range number thirteen (13) west
all being in Van Buren, County Nj chigau ex-
cepting therefrom twenty (20l acres of the
north end of the west-half of the south west
quarter, also that portion decided to McKeys &
Co. containing about one e. acre adjoining the
above, also the right of way decided to the said
McKeys d Co., across the north part of the
south east quarter of the southwest quarter.
Dated Jan. 18th, 1871 S24t7
JOHN KSowLs, Circuit Court Commissioner.
STEPHENSON & BAREUM, Solr. for Oomprt.
The true northerner., 1871-01-13

have bean 80 heavy and serious 90 to rendsr II
absolutely necessary to reconstitute the army
of defense. With this object in view Gen.
Blanchard's division has been broken up; Gen.
DeMsbray's division has been transfeirad to,
and amalgAmated with, the Third Army under
Gen. vinoy. Roth Generals Blanchard and Vi
noy are holding important commands.
Out Of forty-seven Sisters OF Charity attend
ing the smallpox hospital eleven have died.
VERSAILLES, Dec. 30.-Great quantities OF
munitions OF war were found in Fort Avron.
Two companies OF saxons have advanced as far
as Village Aumale.
LONDON, Dec 31.-The losses OF the besieg-
ing forces during the bombardment OF Fort
Avron. on the 2Sth, are reported to have been
5000. Columns sent forward by Gen. Chansey
report that the Prussians are falling back on
Paris. Advices from Paris on the Goth repre-
sent that the larger potion OF the army OF
Prince Frederick Charles has reached the lines
of the besiegers of Pars, and joined them as
reinfoTcements. 1t is reported thai Beaure
PORE has formed in Paris corps OF $4,000
volunteers, who have sworn TO cut their way
through tue Prusslan lines and organized levy
in the provinces.
VERSAILLES Dec 27.-Eyerythlng Is ready FOR
bombardment on the most terrific scale stimuli
taneously In semi-circle around the devoted
city The affair at Avron was simply prelude
to the startling drama. No officers except at
taches OF the headquarters are visible They
are all gone to the front. The artillery has
commenced firing on tho French outposts.
GERMAN POSITIONS CARRIED.
HAvRE, Dec. 31.-Gen Roy, yesterday car
ried the German positions on the heights OF
Boville, Oreval. aud Chateau Robert. The az :
fair lasted six hours The loss was samll on
both sides.
The true northerner., 1871-01-13
PROB TIE ORDER

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of Van
Buren, IS.
At a session of the Probate Court for the
County Of Van Buren, holden at the Probate
Office in Village of Paw Paw, in said County,
on Monday, the ninth day OF January in the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one.
Present, George w. Lawton, Judge of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of William o.
Hendricks deceased.
On reading and filling the petition, duly YER
fled, of Jane Hendricks together with an in
strumeut purporting TO he the last will and
testament of said deceased, and praying that
said instrument may be admitted TO Probate,
and administration of the estate of said
deceased may be granted to said petitioner.
Thereupon it is ordered that Monday, the
sixth day of February A. d., 1871, at ten
o'clock III the forenoon. be assigned for the
hearing of said petition, and that the heirs at
law of said deceased, and all ether persons in
terested in said estate be required to appear at
session said Court, then to be holden at
the Probate Office, in the Village Of Paw Paw,
in said County, aud show cause, if any there
be, "hy the prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted:
And it is purther ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said
estate of the tendency Of said petition, and
the hearing thereof by causing copy of this
order to be published in the TRUE NoRTHERNER
a newspaper printed aud circulated in said
County of Van Buren,, for three successive
weeks, at least, previous to said day of hearing.
GEORGE w. LAWTON,
"a true copy,) Judge of Probate.
GEORGE w. LAWTON,
s24t3. Judge of Probate.
The true northerner., 1871-01-13
MORTG AGE SALE

Default having been made in the conditions
Of . certain indsnture Of Mortgage, whereby
the power to sell therein contained has become
operative, executed by Henry Fitch and Arme
MIA l.. Fitch his wife, 10 Mary A. Woodward,
dated the 6fteenth day Of April A. d., 1862 and
recorded in the office Of the Register Of Deeds
for the County of Van Buren, in the State of
Mich gan, on the 2Sth, day Of April A. D.,
1852, at two o'clock p N. in Liber l. Of mort
gage, on page $50, upon which said mortgage
there is claimed to be due by virtue Of the con-
ditons thereof, and remaining unpaid at the
date Of this notice, the sua Of one thousand
one hundred and twenty three dollars and
eighty-seyen cents, and attorney fee of
twenty-five dollars provided for in said mort
gage in case of foreclosure, making total sum
of one thousand one hundred and forty eight
dollars and eighty-seven cents (Sll4S,S7; and
no suit or proceeding at law or equity having
been instituted TO recover said sum or any por-
ton theoreof. Notice is therefore hereby given
that on Tuesday the | lth day Of April, a. D.,
1871, at three o'clock in the afternoon. l shall
sell A. public auction to the highest bidder at the
front door Of the Court House in the Village
Of Paw Paw in the County of Van Buren and
State OF Michigan TO satesiy the SUM due by
virtue Of SAID conditions and said attorney fee,
With interest at ten per cent ANA legal costs,
the premises described in said mortgage, or
much or such parts thereof may he necessary
for that purpose, to-wt: All those two fol-
lowing described pieces or paroles of land lying
and being situate in the County of Van Buren
aud State Of Michigan. All that part of the
east halt OF the north west quarter oil section
thirteen (l3) town three (3) south OF rage thir-
teea (l3) west, situate and being on the south
side OF the Michigan Central Railroad. and
containing forty-one ana one half acres, also /;
All that other piece or parcel of land known
aud described as all that part of the south west
quarter of section thirteen OBJ town three (5)
souts of range thirteen Q3) west, lying and
boing on the north east side OF public high
way, leading from the seulh-end Of Prairie
Ronde street in Kinnie's addition tothe village Of
Mattawan and running in a south easterly dlrec-
tion across said quarter section, to the east line
of said quarter section, thence through the
township of Texas TO Prairie Ronde, said
piece OF land containing forty and twenty-tour
one hundred aid sixteths acres of land,accord-
ing to the survey Of J. IL. Simmons.
Dated January 10th, A. D., 1871.
JOHN A. RUSSELL,
Administrator with the will annexed OF the
Estate of Mary A. Woodward, deceased Mort
gagee. 824tl5.
CoNELY SHARP, Attys for Adm'r, jackson Mich
The true northerner., 1871-01-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
DECEMBER, 21st 1870.

DkChmbEh 1lnt lofs.
Geo. G. B. Yeckley and wife, to James Car
man, Dec. 10, OF q Of o q sec. IL
Hvmilton s5O6.
David H. Manley and wife, to Aaron s. Hatha-
way, Dec. 90, n b Of n q sec. H. Hamilton,
5000.
Aaron Il. Olds to Q hrstan G. Potes, Dec.
und., INTEREST in sec. 20, Hartford, 276.
Alex. II. Griffin to Fred Z. Avery, Dec. 13
lots 12-13-14-15'16-17 and pit. lot 18 blk 8 Loves
add. Lawton, 345.
VIM II. George to 1st Baptist Church Keeler,
Dec. IS, lot bk B, village of Keeler, 800.
Charles p. Ludwig and wife to Charles P.
Ludwig ST., Dec. 8, e h lot 8 blk South Haven,
1000.
Lavoiry Stebbns and wife to Alfred s. Pack
ard, Sept. 10, W OF sec. Deerfeld, 450.
A. 8. Dyckman and wife to Cornelius Van
Brussel, Dec. II, 100 acres in n q sec. 10 s..
Haven, 744.
Charles p. Ludwig Sr. and wife to Charles
p Ludwig Jr.. Dec g. fri h OF n h OF swq
sec % s. Haven. 1900.
Dennis Jordon and wife to Joseph B. Hu2bee
Gec 81 n q of q sec 10 Decatur, 1000.
Joseph Il. Hughes aud wife to Mary Jordon !,
Dec. 81 swq OF q and n W q OF 8 q Sc.
IL Keeler, 1900.
Hobby Brown and wife to s. A. Trip, Dec.
90, und.. h Of " q Sect Geneva, $500.
VIM. N. McKendrick aud wife to Fideia +.
Barton, Nov. 20, prl. on q sec. Paw Paw
500.
Fides +. Carton to Wm. N. McKendrick,
Nov. 25, lot 8 blk 10 Paw Paw, 1000.
Jay r. Monroe aud wife TO Charles A. Brown,
Dec. 29, Q OF o q sec 26 Arlington, 800.
Nelson Kipp and wire to Fabius Anderson
Dec, 2, q h OF W b Of n W q sec 16 Keller. 800.
Alonzo Sherman aud wife to William Ander-
son, Jan. 8, una h Of Paw Paw mill property,
10, 900.
The true northerner., 1871-01-13
A new spaper man who can by any

A new spaper man who can by any
means OF stealth purloiu private letter
written by public man has come to be
considered as very smart and the Jour-
pal who first prints the stolen document
aud recognizes the purloiniug infamous
exploit is by some people considered to
possess remarkable degaee of journal
istic enterprise.
Ex Gov. Blair wrote private letter
10 an intimate friend in which he took
occasion to say some very harsh things
about some Of Michigan's public men,
and at time when he (the Cow was
smArting under the sting of defeat
for the u 5. Senate, the letter was
never meant for the public but was ad
dressed to bosom friend The letter
was purloined from the friend S desk and
carefully preserved for future use aud
has been multiplied by copies handed
around privately, and finally f .uDd IFS
way into the columns of the newspapers
10 the great damage and do;rment of
the Gov. during the canvass for u. S.
Senator just closed We presume the
Governor will place himself in the ca'a.
logue of political martyrs.
Mean aud contemptlbIe as such things
are, we see no present help for them -
The correction of this evil must come
through regenera,ed and more elevated
tone OF Journalism
The true northerner., 1871-01-13
FIRE AT NEWTON FALLS, MASS.

BoSkoS. Jan. 9.-One of the paper mills of
Thomas Rice, Jr., at Newton Falls, Mass, was
burned Yesterday The loss Is estimated at
$40, 900; insured for 900.
CHURCH BURNED IN New YoRK-ExTEN svE
CONFEDERATION IN INDIANA.
New YORK, Jan. 10.-The Roman Catholic
Church Of st. John the Evangelist, located on
Fiftieth street, near Fourth avenue, WAS totally
destroyed by fire this evening. The church was
a wooden structure, very old. and it's value did
not exceed $4,000; was also consumed.
MADISON, Ind. Jan. 10.-The largest fire that
has occurred in this city for years broke out
last night about IL o'clock, in Fitch's block on
Main Cross street, completely destroying the
stores of ]. p. DELPHI, merchant tailor I. s.
Jones' jsweler; the Free Press printing office;
G.. p. Mellen's Queensware store, and A. b.
Smiths boot and shoe store, and damaging to q
considerable extent the stocks OF A. Orr, cloth
ier s. p. Lewis & Co., iron merchants Har-
rington & Korbn, law Offices; Prenath's block,
and tho lard oil factory Of S. B. Sering. The
Madison Courier represents the loss at from
ESQ, QUO to $4,000 partially covered by insu-
rance.
NEwBERN, n. c., Jan. 11.-A fire on Polask
street. last night, destroyed the Episcopal
church, Bald & Eppess's dry goods store, and
sured for $4,000. The church was not insured
The true northerner., 1871-01-13

Tn Hon John Covode died at his
residence in Harrisburg, Penn, on the
morning of the llth INST, of heart di.
sease. He was native of Pennsylva-
MIA, and for the last twenty-five years
has occupied prominent rosltion in the
politics of his State and of the Comfy
was sixty-threa years old having been
borne in 1908.
The true northerner., 1871-01-13
WAR NEWS.
GERMAN sUcoRss AT FouaNEr.

GERMAN BUCoRsS AT FoUGNET.
ALBERT, Dec. 30.-A flying column Of Gen .
ManitufePs army encountered and defeated
three bsttalions Of the Gardes Mobiles at Foug-
net, with small loss, taken ten officers and two
hundred and nifty men prisoners.
COMMANDMENT OF MEUSG.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-The siege artillery arrived
before Meung yesterday, aud the bombardment
OF the place has commenced.
TREACHERY.
LoNDRN, Dec. 31.-Further accounts from
Havre admit that the Pussians retook and
held Bouie for short time, but we're after
ward driven back with considerable loss The
French assert that the Prussians at one time
offered to surrender, whereupon the French
ceased firing, but as party approached to re-
ceve their surrender, it was fired into at point
blank range, and the battle WAS resumed.
FRENCH VICTORY NEAR vEsDonK
BORDEAUX Jan. 1.-Gen. Chausey announces
that Gen. Jouffrav attacked the enemy on the
left bank Of the Loire, near Vendome, and
completely defeated him, taking two hundred
prisoners. Gen. Chausey adds that he will en-
ergetlcally follow the success and continue his
forward movement.
WOUNDED GERMANS FROZEN TO DEATH.
LONDON. Dec. 31.-The intensely cold wealth
or causes fearful mortality among the German
wounded. Nearly all the occupants OF fifty-six
CARRIAGES filed with soldiers wounded in the as
sault upon Belfort, on the 2lst OF December,
were frozen to death before the train reached
Chatenos.
ANOTHER DRIrIsHBR SUNK.
A dispatch from Havre says the Germans
captured another English collier at Rouen, on
Saturday, and sunk her in the Seine.
WEARY cF STRIFE.
A dispatch from Arras brings report that
the German soldiers on the march to North
France, openly declare themselves tired OF the
war.
THE SIEGE OF PARIS
BORDEAUX, Jan. 3.-Advices from Paris OF
Dec. 80, received here, state that the Parisan
unite In urging Gen. Trochu to make a sortie
with an enormous force, which can readily be
spared for the service, as the weather Is mod
Grating, and the artillery for the defense OF the
city Is now 30 numerous and we'll manned that
the enemy Will be unaole to make any serious
impression upon the forti1catiens.
LONDON, Jan. 4-The special correspondent
Of the New York Tribune, at Paris, sends let
tors and papers to the 91st ult. He says: Coal
esnnot be bought, as 1t has all been used for
casting cannon, and by the railways aud mills.
Wood Il also nearly gone. The trees OF the
Bos de Boulo sne and boulevsrds are now be
ing cut down. Children are crying for milk
The true northerner., 1871-01-13

The fsh business Of Detroit for the past year
shows much smaller catch on Lake Huron
and about Mackinae than usual, owing TO the
unusual prevalence OF rough weather during
the fall, seriously interfering WITH the labors
Of fishermen. The total amount Of salte d
Detroit does not exceed four thousand barrels,
much less than the amount year ago. The
fresh fish business Of Detroit river is now
slightly in excess OF the previous year. There
is now on hand in the various pens in Detroit
river one hundred and eighty thousand white
fish. These are taken out and shipped TO for
eign markets as wanted.
The true northerner., 1871-01-13

MODEST SroRY.-An Eastern paper, whose
editor is renowned for his excessive modesty
as we'll as for his ability to gather news that is
sometimes reliable and sometimes otherwise,
gives the following Boston item, under the
heading OF IAN Unfortunate Name" He says {:
''It If said that number OF persons recently
formed a company to erect g large hotel in
Boston. 1t was agreed that the one making
the largest subscription to the capital stock
should be honored by having the house bear
his name. When the books we're CLOSED it was
ascertalned that the largest subscription had
been made by the Attorney General of the
United States. The other stockholders struck
with dlsmay, offered that gentlemen fifty per
cent. advance upoon his subscription II he
would retire from the company. He accepted
the offer aud pocketed some thousands OF dol
lars"