The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-23
DEC.7TIK Locals.
rom Our Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Correspondent.
Word has lately been received from Prof.
Burked, formerly Of the Decatur Union School,
that he is now insane from the effect OF soft
ening OF the brain. This will be sad news to
many people in this place who are his friends,
DR.. Browning has lately purchased the store
on the corner Of Phelps and Delaware streets
Of John M. Moore. The building is now occu-
pied by l.. ID. Roberts & Co. rs grocery and
they will continue to occupy it for at least a
year or two. Dr. Browning will at some time
in the future erect fine brick block on the site
and occupy 1t himself as drug store.
case was tried in Justice Court before
Esquire Bennett on Monday Of this week, in
which Mat. Cady was plaintiff and Jacob Rose
welt defendant. The suit grew out Of a trade
between the parties in August, 1875, in which
a flock OF sheep and a pair of horses changed
hands. 1t was jury trial, and judgment was
rendered for plaintiff for about $40, including
interest and costs.
Mr.. Ed. Leavens Is al ractlng good deal OF
attention from everyone and especially from
his friends, with his paintings lately executed,
He has gallery Of paintings already, which
well repays a visit, not only from those who
have simple admiration for that which is
beautiful but from those who have cultivated
taste HIS portraits are very fine and in the
collection we find excellent licensees OF John
Chadwick, Rossiter Hoppin H. c. Burlington
and others. We predict for Mr. I.eavens a
great reputation as an artist.
Charles Duncombe Esq., met with another
mshap on Saturday evening last He had been
TO Decatur during the day with the same team
which ran away last week. also the same car
riaSe. and while on his way home he undertook
TO pass Milo Crager who had stopped his team
on the bridge over the inlet to Lake OF the
Woods about a mile from Decatur. The bridge
not being wide enough, the wheels Of both
vehicles locked and both we're overturned
Duncombe's horses, which are very high
spirited, ran away and broke the carriage to
pieces and tearing nice set OF harness to
fragments. The team Was stopped by Henry
Smith, Esq, in front OF his place near Browns
Tavern and put in his barn, and when Mr..
Duncombe came trudging along on his way
home he took one Of the horses, saddled it and
rode the remainder or the way. Duncombe
was not injured neither were the horses.
A fellow. whose name is not known, came
into town last week with a team and buggy
which BIO claimed az his own, and put up at
SCOTS livery barn. 10 all appearances he was
horse snapper and the horses ordinary trad
ing stock. He sold the buggy to Joe Cohn, Of
the firm OF b. julius X Co.. and then left on
the railroad, since which time nothing has been
seen or heard from him. Subsequently Mr..
Letter, the new livery keeper OF Bangor, came
into town ana claimed horses and buggy ss his
own and took the buggy from Cohn. There
was board bill OF about four days growth at
Scott's barn due on the horses, and Scot6 pro-
poeed to keep them until that was paid, but
Letter refused 10 pay It, and finally went to
Paw Paw and got out Writ OF Replevin and
took the horses on that. We think il would
have been much mere sensible for Letter to
have paid the s4.OO board bill and then have
taken the horses, than to have instituted suit
in the Circuit Court to get possession Of them
without paying for what his horses had eaten.
February 91st, 1877.