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To .Nrbraska, california;, Hamsas. ana
the II. 4 N. IL. *. Ldads.

The starting points OF this Route are at Chi
cago aud Peoria. The central point IL BUR
LINGTON on the Mississippi. 1t traverses Hi
nois and the whole breadth of Southcrn Iowa.
Near the Missouri, its trunk forks into three
branches, for il has three western termini.
It's northern terminus Is Council Bluffs,
where, crossing to Omaha, it connects with
the Union Pacific for all places on the intra-
continental and Pacific slopes. Overland
travel and traffic ckosen this reliable route
more and more.
Its next terminus is Lincoln, the Capital of
Nebr aska, fifty-five miles west of the Missouri
at plattsmouth This is the only direct avenue
to the South Platte country, where the sales Of
railroad land last season, ose to half a mil
lion.
Its third terminus is at Hamburg, and Ne
braska City At Hamburg. it makes close
connections, twice day, for st. Joseph, Leav-
enworth, Kansas City, and the whole South
west
In journeying then, from the East to Kansas,
via Burlington, you enjoy advantages you can
secure on no other line. You both pass over a
road second to no other in speed, safety, OF any
Pullman luxury Of modern travel and while
OH your way, survey the garden Of Illinois and
Missouri as well as 400, GOO acres of prairie in
South western Iowa, now in market at 10 "
prices and long credit.
Keep it then before people westward bound
"to take he Burlington Route S29ly.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment of
the money secured to be paid by certain in
denture of mortgage made by Benjamin Suthard
and Mary L. Suthard his wife, OF Lawrence, to
Lyman Williams also Of Lawrence, on the
eighth day of August, 1867, and recorded IN
the Office of the Register Of Deeds for Van
Buren, County Michigan, on the twcnty-frst
day of October 1867, in Liber 7. of mortgages,
on page 1885, and said mortgage having been
assigned by said Williams, to Gaston kenyon,
and the assignment thereof recorded IN said
Registers Office on the ninth day of January
1871, in Liber 4 of mortgages, on page 4lO,
on which mortgage and the notes secured by
the same there is claimed to be due at the date
of this notice, the SUM Of two hundred ana fifty
seven dollars and fifty cents besides twenty
five dollars attorney fee, stipulated to be paid
in said mortgage in case of foreclosure), and
nc proceedings having been instituted in law
or equity for the recovery of said sum of money
or any part thereof.
Notice is therefore hereby given that by vir
tue of power of sale contained in said mort
gage, and the statute in such case provided,the
lands and premises in said mortgage described
as follows, to-wit: The north half of the
north half of the northeast quarter of section
twenty-five, f22) containing forty acres more or
less, also the south five acres Of the east half of
the south quarter OF section fifteen (l5) all
in township three CD south of range Fifteen G5)
west, in said County Of Van Buren,, in order to
realize the money now due as aforesaid, on
said mortgage together with interest and costs
Of foreclosure, will be sold at public vendue
to the highest bidder at the front door of the
Court House in Paw Paw, in said County, that
being the place of holding the Circuit Court
for said County, at one o'clock p. NJ, on the
egh day of April, 1871
Dated Paw Paw, January, 9Th, 1871.
S2itl3. CASTOR KENYON, Assignee.
CHANDLER RICHARDS, Attorney for Assignee
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CUANCERY ORDER.

STATE OF MIOHIGAN-The Circuit Court
for the County Of Van Buren,. In Chancery.
Francis w. Sepick, Complainant, vs. William
W. Campbell, Thankful Campbell, Mary Il.
Melock, George w. Motif, Sherman .. Hins-
dale, Martha n Farmer, William r. Hawkins
Adam C. Arnold, Darius w. Field and Leonard
Capron defendants
Suit pending in the Ninth Judi cial Circuit al
Paw Paw, in Van Buren, County, on the Isl day
Of March, A. ID. 1871.
1t satisfactorily appearing to me by athdayits
on file that Leonard Capron and Martha y. Far
mer. two of the above named defendants, do
not reside in the State Of Michigan, but are Alb
sent therefrom, and that Martha N. Farmer Is 4
resident OF the state Of Illinois, and that Leon
ard Capron is a resident OF the State OF ONO.
On motion OF Stephenson Barnum, sohci-
tors for complainant, it is ordered that said de-
PENDANTS Leonard Capron and Martha N. Far
mer cause their appearance 10 be entered III
this cause within three months from the date
of this order and that this order be published
once in each week for six successive weeks IN
the True Northerner, newspaper published III
said County, the first publication to be WITHIN
twenty days from the date hereof
Paw Paw, March list, 1871. s3it'
JOHN KNOWLES, Circuit Court Commissioners
SrgrHHNsoN BARNUH, Solicitors for Complt
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PROBATE ORDER.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County ot Van
At session Of the Probate Court for the
Countv of Van Buren,, holden at the PROBATE
Office. in Village of Paw Paw, in said County
on Monday. the 9th day OF February IN the
wear one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one. D.L.
Present, Gesrge W. Lawton, Judge OK PROBATE
In the matter of the estate Of W. H. IL myers
deceased. IT.
On reading and fling the petition, duly YER
fled. of Betsey NJ. Parker praying that admin
istration Of the estate Of said deceased mignt be
granted to Charles r. Parker, or to some other
suitable person. -.
Thereupon it is ordered that Monday the
27th day of March, A. D., 1871, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon. be assigned tor 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 10 appear se
n session of said Court, then to be holden at
the Probate Office, in the Village OF raw raw,
in said County, aud show cause, II any there
be, why the prayer Of the petitioner should not
be granted:
And il is purifier ordere !, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested III saio
estate of the tendency Of said petition, ana
the hearing thereof, by causing copy oil this
order to be published in the TRUE NoRrHeRsER
a newspaper printed and circulated in SAID
County Of Van Buren,, for three successive
weeks, at least, previous to said day OF hearing
GEORGE W. LAYTON, Judge of Probate
:. tr,, cunvl S3lt3.
GEORGE w. LAWTON Judge Of Probate
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pPORATE ORDER.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Van
Buren, SIS
County Of Van Buren,, holden at the Probate
Office. in the Village Of Paw Paw, in said
County, on Monday, the twentieth day OF
February in the year one thousand eight hum
red and seventy-one.
Present George ". Lawton, Judge oi Probate.
In the matter Of the estate o; JOHN Liable
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition duly veri-
fed, of Susan Liable praying that admniStra-
ton OF the estate of said deceased mghtbe
granted 10 herself OF to some other suitable per
son.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday the
twentieth day of March A. D., 1871, at ten
o'clocl, in the forenoon. be assigned for hear
ing of said petition, and that the heirs at law of
said deceased and all other persons interested
in said estate be required to appear at session
of said Court then TO be holden at the Probate
Office, in the village of Paw Paw, in said
County, and show cause, if any there be why
the prayer Of tbe petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further 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 TRua NoRTHERNER,
n newspaper printed and circulated in said CouA =
| ty of Van Buren,, for three successive weeks,
| at least, previous TO said day of hearing.
GEO. W. LAWT0N, Judge of Probate.
| "a true copy). S30t3.
GEO. W. LAwros, Judge Of Probate.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the pay
ment of the money secured 20 be paid by = GER
tain indenture Of Mortgage made by Andrew
+. Alexander OF Lawton, County OF Van 5uren
and State of Michigan 10 j. u. Judson, oil raw
Paw, said OouAly and State, on the nintn DAY
of November. A. d. 1869, and recorded IN the
Office of the Register of Deeds for Van Buren,
County. Michigan, on the tenth day Of Noyem-
her A. d. 1869 in liber one Of mortgages on page
33. Oh which mortgage and the note secured by
the same there is claimed TO be due at the date
of this notice the sum of FIVE hundred and sixty
two dollars and twenty-five cents besides forty
dollars attorney fee stipulated TO be PAID IN
said mortgage in case OF foreclosure and no
proceedings having been instituted in law or
equity for the recovery Of said sum of money or
any part thereof:
Notice is therefore hereby given that by vir-
tue of n power of sale contained in said mort
gage and the statute in such case provided the
lands and premises in said mortgage described
AS follows, to-wit: That portion OF land lying
and being in Van Buren, County, State OF Mich
igan, beginning at stake on the north line OF
section twenty-nine 90 in town three south
Orange thirteen [l3l west sixty-eight L6SI rods
east of the north west corner OF SAID section
thence running west on said north hne 10 tue
north west corner of said section, thence south
on the west line of said section eighty so rods
to the half rl1 quarter line, thence east on the
half u quarter line ninety-two 1921 rods to a
stake, thence northerly by west on straight
line to the place of beginning, being on the
west end OF the north half of the north west
quarter of section twenty-nine l2el township
and range aforesaid, in said County OF Van
Buren,. in order to realize the money now due
as aforesaid on said mortgage together with
interest and costs of foreclosure, will be sold at
public vendue 10 the highest bidder at the front
door of of the Court House, in Paw Paw, in
said County, that being the place of holding
the Circuit Court for said County, at ten o'clock
a. M, on the fifth day of May, A. d. 1871.
Dated Paw Paw, February |, 1871:
So7t13H J. B. JUDSON. Mortgage.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the pay
rnent of the money secured to be paid by
certain indenture Of mortgage. made ana exc
cuted by Peter Hivcock and Elizabets Hlreoch,
his wife, as mortgagors, 10 Richard Judson as
mortgage, and bearing date March fourteenth
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight'
which said mortgage was duly recorded III the
Office of the Register Of Deeds for the County
Of Van Buren,, Or the twenty-fourth day OF
August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight in Liber " To- Of mortgages on page hVe
hundred and thirty nine, and which said mort,
gage was by said Richard Judson duly ana
legally assigned TO Nathaniel NJ. Pugsley on
the seventeenth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred aud sixty-eight, and recorded In
Liber as" of mortgages on page four hundred
and twenty seven, on the twenty fourth dsy .,
August, A. D.. one thousand eight hundred ana
sixty EIGHT and on which said mortgage and note
or obligation accompanying the same, there Is
claimed TO be due and remaining unpaid there
on at the date Of this notice the sum oil one
hundred and sixty-fvc dollars (SlS5) besides
an attorney fee Of twenty-five dollars ($Zs)
stimulated to be paid in case Of foreclosure;
and no suit or proceedings either at law or IN
equity having been instituted for the recovery
of the same, any part thereof,
Notice is therefore hereby given that by vir-
tue of the power of sale contained In said
mortgage and in pursuance OF the statute In
such case made and provided, the lahus anu
promises in said mortgage described as follows,
to- wit all that certain piece or parcel OF land
known and described a. the south east quar'er
Is. L. II Of the northeast quarter N T. -
of section number nineteen (l9) IN township
number two (2) south of range number sixteeh
(I6) west and tanning forty acres more or Tess
and lying and being in the county OF van bu
rem and State of Michigan, or so much thereof
as will be necessary to realize the sum due as
aforesaid, together with the interest thereon
and the costs and charges in that behalf ex-
pended will be sold at public vendue to the
biobest bidder. az the front door of the Court
House. ia the village of Paw Paw, that being
the place of holding the Circuit Court for said
County of Van Buren,, on Monday, the twenty
ninth day Of May, A. D., ope thousand eight
hundred and seventy -one, at the hour OF one
o'clock in the afternoon of that day.
NATHANIEL NJ. PUGSLEY,
Assignee of Mortgage.
ia. HARRISON, Atty for Assignee. sSltiS
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MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the pay
ment of the money secured TO be paid by a GER
tain indenture of mortgage made by Andrew
f. Alexander and Eliza Alexander, his wife,
Of Lawton, Van Buren, County, Michigan, to
Ami Whitney of Kalamazoo County, Michigan,
on the tenth day of December, A. d. 1867, and
recorded in the ofc of the Register of Deeds
for Van Buren, County, Michigan, on the tenth
dav OF December, A. D. 1867, in liber of
Mortgages on pa se ga, land said mortgage hav-
ing been duly assigned by said Ami Whitney
to g. Z. Hathaway, and the assignment thereof
recorded in said Registers Office, on the sew
enteenth day of May, A. D. 1869, in liber y OF
Mortgages on page 423, ana assigned oy SAID
G. B. Hathaway J. B. Judson and the as
signment thereof recorded in said Registers
office on the sixth day Of January, A. D. 1871,
in Gber of Mortgages on page 400, Oh which
mortgage and the note secured by the same
there is claimed to be due at the date OF this
notice the sum Of six hundred and thirteen and
0-l00ths dollars, besides fifty dollars attorney
fec stipulated to he paid in SAID mortgage IN
case of foreclosure and no proceedings having
been instituted in law or equity tor the recovery
of the said sum OF money or any part thereof
Notice is therefore hereby given that by viz
tue of a power Of sale contained in said mort
gage and the statute in such case provided the
lands and premises in said mortgage described
as follows to-wit That certain piece or par
eel of land situated IN the County of Van Blu
rem and State Of Michigan, commencing Mt a
stake on the north line Of section twenty
! (29) in town three ~ south of range thirteen
! (l3) west, sixty-eight (6S) rods east OF the
north west corner Of said section twenty nine
! (29) thence running west or the said north line
! to the north west corner Of said section twenty
nine (2q) thence south on the west line of said
section twenty-nine (29) eighty (S0) rods TO the
half quarter line thence east on the halt quar-
ter line ninety-two (92) rods TO stake thence
northerly by west on straight line TO the
place of beginning, being on the west end OF
the north half ~ of the north west quarter IL
Of section twenty mine 29] town three s. south
Of range thirteen [l3l west, DO the same more
or less, and not to include in the above the
amount of land decided by Charles Drury and
wi to the Paw Paw Rail Road Company, in
said County Of Van Buren,, in order to realize
the amount now due as aforesaid or said mort
gage together with interest and costs of fere
closure will be sold at public vendue TO the
highest bidder at the front door of the Cour
House in Paw Paw, in said county, that being
the place of holding the Circuit Court for sale
County, at ore o'clock p. m. on the sixth day
of May, A. d. ISL. e2tl]
Dated Paw Paw, February !, 1871.
j. b. JUDSON, Assignee.
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sition Xant,ppe. On the very day that her
services and presence were imperative, she de-
termined to leave, and no persuasion, or ex-
travagant offers OF remuneration, could prevail
What to do in this dilemma they were entirely
at loss to know. Mrs. "Virago" proposed to
take Mrs. B. home with her in sail boat,
distance Of twelve miles, and IN the evening.
She insisted that it would take but an hour,
and poor Mrs. Barrett consented to make the
attempt. A strong gale came up and drifted
them ashore in the woods and dark stormy
night. The inhuman woman's husband and
two other men and the two women, eonstituted
the boats crew and passengers. There was no
alternative after being drifted ashore but for
the company to walk ten miles in the woods,
which they did under the most affective circum-
stances. 1t took them all to take care OF Mrs.
b. they arrived at their destination at one
o'clock at night-three or four hours before
the birth Of the child, but live till tomorrow
and the darkest day Will have passed away"
says the ancient poet.
Capt. Barretts farm near Paw Paw was
very productive one, and while he lived on it he
~
wheat, over 1000 bushels of corn and fatted %
hogs, at an average OF q little over 300 weight
each. He had to sell his wheat for Sc cents per
bushel, and pork for SO per hundred; he thought
farming at that time would not pay and sold
his farm to go into the drug business, which he
carried on successfully several years, and then
moved to Decatur and went into an unlucky
partnership In the stage and livery business,
and by the dishonesty of his partner lost the
largest share Of his hard-earned property, the
accumulation of years. He now lives on
nice little fruit and grain farm which he cleared
with his own hands; is in the seventy-second
year Of his age, with impaired health. His Life
has been one Of unusual activity and hardship
he has accomplished many hard and dificul'
jobs while in active busy life One OF them
WAS building the dam in Kalamazoo for the
Walters Touring mill. In the round OF three
score and ten years an active life Will accom-
plish much Of good or evil, and sometimes both
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment of
n certain indenture Of Mortgage made and eX-
ecuted by William Abbot and Melissa Abbot,
his wife, of Waverly Van Buren, County Mich
igan to Nelson p. Conger of Paw Paw County
and State aforesaid. on the seventh day of
December A. d. 1869, and recorded in the
o nee of the Register of Deeds for the County of
Van Buren,, on the 9TH day of December, A. d.
1869. in Liber V. Of Mortgages, on page 440,
which said indcnture of Mortgages was on the
3Oth day Of March A. b. 1870, duly assigned
bv the said Nielsen p. Conger, to John W.
Miller, AMI said assignment is recorded in
said Office of the Register of Deeds for the
County of Van Buren, aforesaid, on the Sth day
of February A. d. 1871, in Liber q. Of Mort
cages, on page 430, on which said indenture of
Mortgage there is due at the date Of this notice
the sum Of one hundred and eleven aud 67l00
dollars, and no suit at law or in equity having
been instituted for the recovery of the Same or
any part thereof.
Notice is therefore hereby given that by vir-
tue of the pover OF sale in said Mortgage con-
tanned, and the statute in such case made
and pro yided, all of the following described
parcel of land situated in the County OF Van
Buren and State of Michigan viz: The east-half
of the southeast quarter of the northeast
quarter of section twenty [2Ol on township two
f2l south eff range fourteen Ia west, contain
ing twenty [20l acres more or less, will be SOLD
at public vendue to the highest bidder at the
front door of the Court House in the Village Oh
Paw Paw, that being the place of holding the
Circuit Court in and for said County OF van
Buren, by the sheriff of said county, on the 9th
day of May next at ten oclock in the forenoon
of said day, to satisfy the amount then due on
said indenture of Mortgage, together with the
costs and charges allowed by law, and also
twenty five dollars as al attorney tee stipulated
| by the parties to said indenture of Mortgage.
Dated this sth day of February A. ID. 1871
JOHN w. MILLER, Assignee.
/ TuuAnapu T. UrsnptcK Attorney. S2Stl3
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CHANNERY SALE.

BY VIRTUE of a decree made in the Circuit
Court for the County of Van Buren, in Chancery,
in a certain cause therein pending, wherein Jane
s. p. Rogers is complainant and Josiah Hay
den, Elizabeth Hayden, John r. Baker and
Chandler Richards are defendants, bearing date
the twelfth day of April, A. D. 1870. l shall
sell ut Public Auction to the highest bidder, on
Monday the twentieth day of March, A. D.
1871, at one o'clock in the afternoon,
at the front door of the Court House in
the Village of Paw Paw in the County of
Van Buren, ard State of Michigan, the follow
ing described land viz The east thirty five
acres of the west half Of the west half of the
northeast quarter of section fifteen I5) in
township two ~ south of range fourteen (l4)
west in the County of Van Buren, State OF
Michigan, containing thirty acres more or
less.
Dated January Is, 1871.
JOHN KNOWLES, Circuit court Conn.,
STEPHENSON 4 3ARSUN,
Complainants Solicitors. S26t7.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

In the matter of the estate of ALANS0N B.
B0NF0EY, deceased.
All persons having claims against said estate
must present them at the Probate Office, in
Paw Paw on Monday, the third day Of April,
that six m onths from the date Of this order be
allowed for the presentation Of claims against
said estate.
Dated February s, 1871. sfsts
ego. ". LAVT0n, Judge Of Probate.
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Eastward /.

Read the following, and then do NOT 60 to
Chicago or Kalamazoo to buy your
THROUGH TICKETS
But buy them at the Paw Paw Rail Road De-
pot. whore they can DO had at RATES AS
Low az can he bought at any other Office
Tickets for all the principal cities in the East
crn, Western and Southern States. Desired in
feruation given at the Office, in the Depot.
ST c. D. STEPHENSON.
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Particular Notice.

Messrs. HOWE Il COY having sold out their
Hard Ware business hereby give notice to all
persons indebted to them TO call at once and
settle their accounts it is of great Importance
to them to close up all their business matters
before leaving town.
March I'd, 1871. UlH
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HON we have had occasion to speak 30
Dix mail contract by which he was TO
mail at stated periods, either once or
eek. from Kalamazoo to st. Joseph,
Iact commencing on the first day OF
1886. Mr.. Allen owned the land
a village OF Lawrence now is, aud
nit An interest to build up the place,
process of reasoning well-mown
made ii appear that Lawrence
loute between the two points,
khat way WAS almost impossible