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1.-The Boy Emigrants," by Noah Brooks;

1.-The Boy Emigrants," by Noah Brooks
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the characters their adventures with positive sense
companionship. The conagion of the "goldever" thu
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across the plains and mountains and finally the adven
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There ia to be another and shorter serial beginning II
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-01-01
st. Nicholas for 1875,

Which, with s magnificent pictures its two complete sc
RAILS and Its nnumeab!e shorter sketches, poems, fairy
tales rhymes and nsles. bits Of wisdom, its French
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attractive,
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THE ST. NICHOLAS LIBRARY.

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st. Nicholas for 1874 and 1875,
FOUR VOLUM ES.

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in four elegant rolues and Enclosed in neat box unde
the general title of
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|" Jon of Iceland" by bayard Taylor.

delightfully."- vivid story of an lceandlc boys caree
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st. Nicholas for 1876

Premises even greater attractions than the previous vo
umes strong feature OF the new voluhes an America
Serial Story,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-18
Senator Harvey. Of Kansas. in

Senator Harvey, of Kansas, in q
short speech the Other day, made a nea,
point with an old story, as follows:
The professions of the Democracy
Of regard for political rights of negroes
reminds nae Of the story which was told
of the old field marshal of France who
returning from the wars in Spain
brought with him a number Of works
of art obtained by him in very ques'
tionable way, or rather it would be
more proper to state in an unquestiona.
bly, bad way. 1t seems that in the
course of time he was exhibiting these
pictures to some visitors. In passing
one he remarked that he felt great re.
gard for that picture for the reason that
it had at one time saved the lives of two
estimable persons. The visitors won.
dered very much, Of course, how this
picture had had that effect, and were
afterwards informed by an aid de camp
of the marshal that the old marshal
threatened to have the owners shot if
they did not give it up. Laug liter. ]
That is just the kind of regard that the
Democracy entertain for the political
rights of the negroes"
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Order for Appearance.

State Of Michigan Ninth Judicial Circuit, -
In Chancery. Suit pending in the Circuit Court
for the county OF Van Buren,, IN Chancery. at
Paw Paw. on the End day OF August, A. d. 1876.
Simon Essg as Executor Of the last will and
testament OF Joseph Hull, deceased, complain
ant, vs. Perlepa Alanson, William Alanson, and
Hiram Hull, defendants. IN this cause il APP
pearing from affidavit on file. that the defend
ant Hlra n Hull, is not resident OF this State,
but is resident OF the State OF Kansas. On
motion OF Richards a Mills, Compliments So.
licitors, it is ordered that the appearance OF
said nonresident defendant, Hiram Hull, be
entered herein, within three months from the
date OF this order, aud in case OF his appear
ance that he cause his answer to the Bill OF
Complaint to be filed, and COPY thereof TO be
served on the Complsinant's Solicitors, within
fifteen days after service on him OF copy OF
said Bill and notice of this order: and in de-
fault thereof, said Bill will be taken as confess
ed by said nonresident defendant: And it is
further ordered, that within twenty days the
Complainant cause notice OF this order to be
published in the TRUE NoRTHERNER. news
paper printed, published aud circulating In said
county, and that said publication be continued
therein. once In each week, for six weeks IN
succession, or that he cause copy OF this or
der to be personally served on said non-resi-
dent defendant at least twenty days before the
time above perscnbed for his appearance
o. W. ROWLAND, Circuit Court
Commr. Van Buren, Co. Michigan. 1114t6
RICHARDS MILLS, Complnnant's Solicitors,
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Order for ADDearanC G.

state OF Michigan, Ninth Judicial Circuit, -
In Chancery. Suit pending in the Circuit Court
for the county OF Van Bury, in Chancery, at
Paw Paw, on the Goth day OF July, A. D., 1875
George E. futile, complainant, vs. Lyman
Rockwell, Martha Rockwell, Hosea Rockwell.
Mary A. Rockwell and Henry Roreback, defend,
ants. In this cause it appearing from affidavit
on file, that the defendant Henry ROreback.
not q resident OF this State, but is resident OF
the State OF New York. On motion OF Rich
ards a Mills, Compliments Solicitors, IL ia
ordered that the appearance Of said non-resi-
dent defendant. Henry Roreback, be entered
herein, within three months from the date OF
this order, and in case OF his appearance he
cause bis answer to the Bill Of Complaint to be
filed, and copy thereof to be served on the
COMPLIMENTS Solicitors, within fifteen days
after service on him Of copy of said Bill aud
notice OF this order and in default thereof.
said Bill will be taken as confessed by said nom
resident Defendant And it is further ordered,
that within twenty days the Complainant cause
notice OF this order to be published in the
TRUE NoRTHERNER, a newspaper printed. pub
lished and circulating in said county, and that
said publication be continued therein, once i'm
each week. for six weeks in succession or that
he cause copy OF this order to be personally
served on said nonresident Defendant at least
twenty days before the time above prescribed
for his appearance.
o. w. ROWLAND, Circuit Court
Comm'r, Van Buren, Co. Michigan. 1886
RICHARDS MILLS, Complainaut's Solicitor.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
STATE OF MICHIGAN. ! &c
COUNTY OF VAN buren,,

At session OF the Probate Court, for the
County of Van Buren,, holden at the Probate
Office, in the Village OF Paw Paw, on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day OF July, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-sx:-
Present, Geo. w. Lawton, Judge OF Probate
In the matter OF the estate Of Thomas Clark, Jr.
On reading and fling the petition, duly verified
OF p. I. Streator, praying that an instrument
Herewith filed and purporting to be the last
will and testament Of said deceased may be ad-
mitted to probate and administration thereof
granted to himself, executor therein named.
Thereupon IL is ordered, that Monday. the
twenty. first day Of August, 1876, at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing Of
said petition, and that al persons interested in
said estate, are required to appear at q session
OF said Court, then to be holden at the Probate
ONCE, in the Village Of Paw Paw, and show
cause, II any there be, why the prayer Of the
petitioner should not be granted: And it Is
further ordered, that said petitioner give notice
to the persona interested In said estate, Of the
pendency Of said petition, and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy OF this Order to be
published in the True NoRrHERNER q news
paper, printed and circulating In said County
Of Van Buren,. for three successive weeks. at
least, previous TO said day of hearing. 1113t3
GEO, w. LAwTON, Judge Of Probate.
A true copy. CIV. LAwroS. Judge Of Probate.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made In the payment of
four hundred and seventy-three dollars which
Is claimed to be due at the date hereof on Q
mortgage dated October first, A. d. 1874. ex-
ecuted by Winter Griffis, OF Grand Rapids,
Michigan, OF the first part, to Norman N.
Gardner, Of Bronson, Branch County, Michi-
gan, Of the second part, and recorded in the
Registers Office OF Van Buren, County, Mich-
gan, on October sixth, A. D. 1874. in Llber IL
OF Mortgages, on page 249. Notice is hereby
given that the premises described in said mort
gage, to-wit: Lots numbered five 60 and four
"a 10 Block numbered one % in Kinne's ad-
dtion to the village Of Mattawan, Van Buren,
County, Michigan, will be sold at public auc-
ton, on Tuesday, the third day OF October, A.
D. 1876, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the
front door OF the Court House, IN the village of
Paw Paw, in SAID county Of Van Buren,, to sat-
isfy the amount due on said mortgage and all
legal costs and an attorneys fee OF twenty five
dollars provided for in said mortgage.
Dated July LIST, 1876. 1110t13
NORMAN n. GARDNER, Mortgagee.
LoyERIDGE q BARLOW, Att ys for Mortgage.
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intelligence Of the people. His conclu.
sive argument is that the other side is
worse than his own. His exhaustive
theory Of politics is that it is mere
question of the comparative foulness Of
pot and kettle.
Politics, indeed, as we know, often
practically compels . choice Of evils
But to accept this ss a final situation il
absurd. The history of political parties
shows that great steps of progress have
been made when q body of partisans
have, 80 to speak, taken the bull BY the
horns, and have decided to make
choice of evils in a startling manner by
promoting the present defeat OF their
side as the only way of securing an ulti'
mate victory. This was done thirty
years ago in the State of New York.
when certain number of the old Wing
party, although more than ever hostile
to the opposing party, decided that the
lesser evil of the situation was an oppo-
sition success. This was startling
choice of evils. But the political stu.
dent can hardly think that the decision
was an unwise one. The shyster.states.
man can not, of course, comprehend
that man should ever say that the pot
and the kettle are both too black for
him, and that he will, on the whole,
take fresh and shining pan. If he be
a Polite, the shyster of his party shows
him that in such an attempt be will
merely abandon the pot without getting
the pan, and that the kettle will glori.
ously triumph. If the recusant should
reply that he sees no other way of ever
reaching an era of brighter hardware,
the good shyster answers him with We.
hemence that he is a condemned i'm.
practicable fool. And indeed the only
consolation for the Pannite is that con.
demned impracticable fools have done
SO much of the best work for this extra.
ordinary .world.-EDIroR's EASY CHAIR,
in Hdrper's Magasine for September.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN. .
COUNTY OF VAN RJTREN

AT q session OF the Probate Court, for the
County Of Van Buren,, holden at the Probate
Office, in the Village of Paw Paw, on Monday.
the thirty-first day OF July. in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six =
Present, Geo. W. Lawton. Judge of Probate
In the matter OF the estate Of Joseph Brother.
ton, deceased. On reading and filing the petit
ton. duly verified, OF Anna Brotherton, widow.
praying that an instrument herein fled and
purporting to be the last will and testament of
said deceased may be admitted to probate and
administration thereof granted 10 herself. ex-
ecutnx in said instrument named. Thereupon
il is ordered, that Monday, the twenty-eight
day OF August, 1876, at ten o'clock In the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing of said peti-
ton, and that ali persons interested in said es-
tate, are required to appear at a session of SAID
Court, then to be holden nc the Probate Office.
in the Village OF Paw Paw, and show cause. ii
any there be, why the prayer OF the petitioner
should not be granted: And il is further or
dered, that said petitioner give notice 10 the
persons interested IN said estate. of the pend
ency OF said petition, aud the hearing thereof.
by causing copy Of this Order to be published
In the TRUE NoRrHERNER, a newspaper. printed
and circulating in said County OF Van buren,,
for three successive weeks. at least previous
TO SAID day OF hearing. 1114t3
GEO. w. LAYTON. Judge OF Probate.
true copy. G. W. LAwroS, Judge OF Probate.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

Notice il hereby given that by virtue OF an
execution issued out Of and under the seal OF
the Circuit Court for the County OF Mecosts,
in the State Of Michigan, in . cause wherein
Julius Hoyt and Henry N. Lewis are plaintiffs.
and Jackson Hunt William Potter Jr, and
James Ford are defendants, and bearing date
the eleventh day OF May, A. d. one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, and to me d.
rected and delivered, have seized and levied
upon ell the right, title and interest of William
Potter Jr., IN and TO the following described
real estate situated in the County Of Van Bu-
rem, and state OF Michigan. which shall ex-
pose for sale and sell ct public vendue, to the
highest bidder, ct the front door Of the Van
Buren, County Circuit Court House, IN the Vii
lage Of Paw Paw, on Monday, the thirty first
day OF July next, ct the hour Of ten O'Clock in
the forenoon, or % much thereof ~ shall be
necessary to satisfy said execution with inter-
est and costs, to-wit The east half Of the
northeast quarter OF section number thirty
fve, IN township one south, OF range number
thirteen west, and containing eighty acres more
or less.
Dated June 18th, 1876. 1le7t7
JOHN 4. SLOVENIAN, Sheriff.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the pawn snt OF
certain iDdenture OF mortgage, bearing date
the fifteenth day OF September. A. d. 1871, ex-
ecuted by Byron Teal and his wife, Nancy b.
Teal, OF the township OF Bloomingdale, Van
Buren, county, state OF Michigan, to Pembroke
8. Grimes, OF Kalamazoo, Michigan, and re-
corded In the Office OF the Register OF Deeds OF
vau Buren, county, state OF Michigan, 10 lber
No. five, on page 504, on the 18th day OF Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1871, and the amount claimed to
be due thereon at the date Of this notice being
two hundred and eixty three dollars and forty
two cents S263 42) including an attorney fee
OF twenty five dollars, provided for in said
mortgage and no suit or proceedings at law or
in equity having been instituted TO recover the
amount now due and unpaid and secured by
said mortgage. or any part thereof now notice
is hereby given that by virtue of q power of
sale contained in said mortgage, there will be
sold at public auction, 10 the highest bidder, on
Saturday the fourteenth day OF October, A. D.
1876, at the front door Of the Court house, in
the village of Paw Paw, Van Buren, county,
state of Michigan, at twelve o'clock at noon OF
said day, the premises being IN the township OF
Bloomingdale, Van Buren, county and state of
Michigan, known and described as follows, to
wit: commencing ten (10) rods south of the
north west corner OF the west half OF the north
west fractional quarter OF section eighteen (1S)
thence east eleven (1l) rods, thence south to a
point fifty (50) feet north OF the center Of the
track of the Kalamazoo and South Haven rail
road, thence in westerly direction parallel with
said railroad to the center Of the highway.
thence north to the place OF beginning. the said
premises being in the village OF Bear Lake, in
the aforesaid township, county and state.
Dated ,Julv 21st. 1875 1113t13
PEMBROOK s. GRIMES, Mortgage.
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The .uovement Of Storm Centres.

In Meteorology, the most interesting
paper that has recently appeared is that
by W. G. Ley, published in the Jour.
nal of the Scottish Meteorological So.
ciety. Mr.. Ley presents an attempt at
a philosophical explanation of the move
ments of storm centres but it is his
statistical researches that are of especial
value, since like those of Loomis, they
pave the way for the correct understand
ings of the subjects. He states that he
himself belongs to those who believe
that cyclonic system is not to be treat.
ed as an eddy in the prevailing currents,
and that its westward or eastward
motion is not wholly due to the force of
those currents He finds from his ex.
tensive studies that the mean tracks of
storm centres show a general coinci.
deDce with prevailing winds, individual
depressions show a tendency to travel
around temporary local areas of high
barometer, keeping the latter on the
right hand in the European storms. A
suggestion of Mr.. Robert Tennent seems
to have led him during the past year to
examin whether there is any connection
between the movements of the storm
centre and the position of its steepest
barometric gradients. He finds that of
$40 storms passing near Great Britain
during nine years, the large majority
had tendency to move in directions
parallel to the trend of the steepest
gradients thus when the isobars are
closest on the southeast side, the tan
gents trend toward the northeast, and
ffty.6ve per cent. of these stormes move
in the same direction. He finds also
evidences of less important disturbing
force tending to make the depressions
move toward the northeast by east. 1t
would be interesting to compare Legs
rules with the behavior of American
storms. We can see no reason why
they should obtain for the storms occur
ring between the Rocky Mountains and
the Atlantic coast.-Harper's Maga-
zine for july.
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CHANCEkY SALE.

In pursuance and by virtue Of decree nAde
by the circuit court for the county Of Ven Bu-
rem. in chancory, In . certain cause therein
pending. wherein Truman DIN 70 complainant
and Jokn M. RidIon, Sarah n. Ridlon and Ru-
fus Tillou are defendants, bearing date the 22d
day of June. A. D., 1875, shall cell ct public
vendue, 10 the highest bidder, ct the front door
Of the Court House, IN the village Of Paw Paw,
in said county Of Ven Buren,, on Friday. the 18th
day Of August, A. D., 1876, 1t ten o'clock in the
forenoon OF ssid day, ell that certain piece or
parcel Of land, situate m the county Of Van Blu
rem and state Of Michigan, known and described
as follows, to wit, the undivided one half OF the
south part Of the south east quarter Of section
nine. IN town three south of range hfteen west,
bounded 40 commencing ct point twenty two
(22) rods west of the south east corner OF said
section nine, and running thence west. on sec
ton line, to the quarter post, one hundred and
thirty eight Q36) rods, thence north, on quar-
ter line, ninety six rods, thence east one hum
dred and thirty eight rods. thence south ninety
six rods, to the place Of beginning, containing
about eighty three acres, excepting therefrom
one and one half acres, heretofore conveyed,
on the north part thereof, TO John Foreman
and Mary Carberry also, excepting strip OF
land thirteen (13) rods In width, from the north
side Of said lot, commencing Ut Q post set 81
the south west corner Of the lot owned aud oc-
cupied by ]. M. Ridlon ~ his residence, and
running thence west. parallel with the north
line OF said lot, to the quarter line OF said sec
ton nine.
Dated Paw Paw, July 5th. 1876. 1l10t7
DRAM w. ROWLAND, Circuit Court
Commissioner, for Van Buren, County, Mich.
Richards q Mills. Compl't's Solicitors.
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GUARDIANS SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that by virtue and in
pursuance OF license and authority granted to
me on the 9Th day OF June, A. D. 1876, by
George w. Lswton, Judge or Probate or Van
Buren, County, Michigan, to sell real estate be-
longing to Carrie j. Perrin. minor, will sell
ut public auction to the highest bidder on the
2sth day Of July, 1876, ct IL o'clock noon, At
the front door Of the Van Buren, County Court
House, in the Village Of Paw Paw, all the right.
following described land, to-wit: The north
east quarter Of the northwest quarter of sec
ton twenty-five, Of town one south. of range
thirteen west, Van Buren, County, Michigan.
Dated June 9Th, 1876. 1i06t7
OSCAR T. LEFEvER.
Guardian OF said MINOR.
The above sale is postponed until the 18th
day OF August, 1876, at the same place and
time day above mentioned.
OSCAR 7. LErEyER. Guardian, &c.
Paw Paw, July 2Sth, 1876 IlI4t3
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The latest--and in some respects the
fishiest-fsh story is from the st. Louis
Republican. The pith of it is that a
fisherman in that neighborhood, seeing
what looked like fish "with tail at
both ends" pulled it in with gaff and
discovered that he had catfish with a
buffalo fish in its mouth, which it was
trying to swallow. The Republican
says: The catfish was found to weigh
seventy.fve pounds and the buffalo ten
pounds. Both were in good order and
made palitable meal, as was tasted by
family in this city"
The story, on the whole, is a good one !;
but it is little disappointing in not
giving the numerical strength of the
family that made palatable meal on
eighty. five pounds Of fish.
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Dries all kind OF
Fruits and Vegeta-
bles perfe city, in
from one to two
hours. One OF these
DRYERS can be seen
at Free d Martins
hardware store Paw
Paw, Mich, or on
Jacob Weslers farm
Pine Grove town.
ship, Van Buren, Co.
Michigan, who are
agents for Berrien
and Van Buren, Co.'S
Parties wishing Q
Dryer. farm right,
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township right, or q county right, can procure
either through tie agents above named.
am prepared to furnish parties with Dryer,
to dry from one to twenty-five bushels per day.
For price and descriptive circulars, inquire OF
the agents, or address,
j. 0. BUTTON,
1109m3* Hopkins, Allegan Co. Mich.