The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-08
WHOLE NO. 1872.

Lawton, formerly of this village, left an ac-
count of 1920 against Mr.. Kingsbury of this
place, with Esq. Morrill,, of Lawton, for col
lection. Kingsbury neglected to attend TO
the matter and it WIS sued Thinking 10
save costs he went over to Lawton and paid
the account and also paid the constable and
justice their fees. Acting OF the advice Of a
friend, he concluded to go over on the return
day, but the summons being returnable in
rive in time and found when he got there
that Dodge had taken a Judgment against
him by default, amounting to two hundred
and ffty-two dollars and twenty cents, being
the amount of the account. with slight adj
dition of two hundred and fifty dollars for
certain peaches which Tom claimed Kings
bury had had of him. To say Kingsbury
was astonished would bat feebly express the
matter. He was completely dumbfounded.
AS the matter of peaches had been litigated
between the parties last fall and decided
against Dodge, Kingsbury had reason TO be
somewhat surprised. 1t was apparently
specimen of sharp practice of the first water.
OF course Kingsbury appealed the case.-
Had he remained away and not heard of the
judgment for five days he would have been
without remedy.
The case in which the Mattesons' were
complainants, and s. W. Duncombe, az adj
ministrator of the estate of Hezekiah Sci
leck, deceased was defendant, has just been,
decided in the Supreme Court. IN Dec. 90,
Selleck took a mortgage on 30 acres OF land
in Hamilton: On the following January tho.
Mattesons' took a mortgage on the same
premises, and procured il to be recorded
ahead of the Selleck mortgage, and filed Il.
bill to foreclose theirs, making Seleck de
fendant as a subsequent incumbrancer. Sci
eck died and the case was revived against
his administrator. The question was as TO
the priority of liens. The Circuit Court
of Matteson Matteson appealed TO the Su
preme Court and the decree of the Court be-
low was affirmed. Dallas Boudeman, Es,.,
of Kalamazoo, was solicitor for the com-
plainant. and Benz. F. Heckert, Esq, of tins
village was solicitor for the defendant Dun
combe. 1t is only one of many cases in this
county in which that family have tried to
over-reach others III their dealings; and
while the scales of justice have sometimes
been made to descend on the side Of wrong,
in most cases, our courts have seen the true
inwardness of their practices and used their
power for the protection Of the innocent
In Wake the estate has a vigilant defend
er, and the Mattesons plucky and determned
adversary.
When the news was received on Saturday
last that President Garfield was assassinated,
our community was struck dumb with as-
tonishment and horror. Business was sus-
pended and anxious groups tbronged the tel
egraph Office during the entire day, and when
at seven o'clock in the evening the news
came. President Garfield is dead, strong men
wept as though they had lost a near and dear
friend. The church bells were tolled. tuild-
ings were draped in mourning. an iInproHptu
meeting was organized in the court ward. and
arrangements made for a memorial service
10 be held in the grove in front of the Town
| Hall, on Sabbath afternoon. and a committee
was appointed TO draft resolutions expressing
the feeling of our community in reference to
the melancholy tragedy. While the meeting
was in progress despatch was received an
nouncing that the President was still alive,
and from that hour to the present writing
our citizens have closely watched the buile-
tins from Washington as displayed at the
telegraph Office, cast down and sogrowful. or
elated and hopeful as the news came. either
favorable or otherwise. The grove meet
ing was held according to the programme,
and was addressed by the pastors of the sew
eral churches and by others of our citizens.
Some who attempted TO speak were SO over
come by sorrow and grief as to be unable TO
proceed. The following resolutions were
presented and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Our beloved Chief Magistrate,
General James A. Garfield. has been stricken
down by the hand of dastardly assassin,
bringing him very near the portals of death,
and casting a dark shadow of grief and OF
gloom over our entire nation, and
Whereas. II has pleased God in his merci-
full providence to as yet spare to us his yalu-
able and precious life, therefore
ResOlred, That we feel deeply grateful to
to the Omniscient Ruler of the universe that
our President still lives. and for the hope
given us of his final recovery.
'ho4, Il - th,t t,..
prayers of this people should mingle with
the prayers of the millions who compose this
great nation that this threatened calamity
may be averted, and this Republic spared the
terrible affliction that would result from the
untimely death of our honored President.
T.. A. CRANE,
/ A. III. HEBRON. Com.
q. w. ROWLAND.
So far we have heard of but one man in