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The Opelousas courier., 1885-11-21
Les Patineuses.

Les Frisonnes, don't la beaute
est renomm6e, jouissent q juste
titre dune grande reputation de
vigueur musculaire, ct sont d'ha-
biles patineuses.
En- hiver, dams chaque village,
dit un journal, on organise des
courses a patin pour jeunes files.
Dams ces tournois, empottees
par Pardeur de la lutte ct lie de-
sir de vaincre, les bellies jouteu-
SEES adoptent une tenue qui ne
manque pas de piquant: on les
amene au point dc depart, Giles
degrafent leurs jupes ct leurs
corsages; tout dun coup, q un
signal donn6, pedifce s'6croule;
robes ct jupons tombent sur la
glace; les patineuses, conservant
settlement une chemise, IN. GALE
con ct leur casque dor, bondis-
sent hors de leurs v6tements,
sans aucun souci des yeux fixes
sur Giles.
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| a2ead what we have to say and then call and verify
or sta tements. We have STOVES of every variety and
of the best material at prices lower than ever, by which
from 81 to S5 will be saved on every purchase.
Choice FURNITURE at corresponding low rates, where
again save money. m- | have secured low rates of
transportation, which give me a margin to lower prices
to their utmost limit. | will sell FENCE WIRE at New
Orleans prices with cost of freight only added.
CLOTHING a speciality, and sold at small profit. Large
stock on hand. SHOES of all styles and Of a quality
that cannot be surpassed. always have on hand the
shoes manufactured by the reliable shoe house
of Hamilton, Brown, Hamilton & Co. Of st. Louis. These
shoes are renowned all over the country.
/ will purebase. COTTON, RICE, HIDES and all ooun-
try produce at highest market prices for cash.
MEAN BIZ SINESS-a business to. mitigate the hard
times and a scarcity of money; a business to relieve the
wants of the people at a very small outlay of money.
m Come and examine my stock and prices, whether
you buy or not.
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lie Retour dc la Crinoline.

ME&E
lie beau sexe est fortement
tent6, d pheure quill est, de re-
tonrner a la crinoiine, ct dams
certains pays les DANES s'entou-
rent deja do ces cerceanx qui les
font ressembler d des ballons. lie
sexs a barbe, qui a SEES id6es sur
Id beant6 et ailne Ia simplicit6
dams les toilettes feminines,
n'approuye pas CO retonr 4 une
mode depuis longtemps condam-
nee. hi Allemagne et dams les
pays scandinaves, les hommes
mont, en 90 moment, qn'uneseule
Granite. c'est que III crinoline ne
revienne, sous peu, d Ia mode
chez eux. D6ia, a Altonach OF
q Nikoeping, en- Suede, IN grand
nombre do jennes gems viennent.
de s'unir par serment pour de-
clarer davance qu'iIs ne danse-
raient hi ne causeraient plus
avec les jeunes files qui seraient
fent6es d'adopter la crinoline,
ct qu'ils ne les prendraient pas
pour femmes. On croft que CO.
def porte ! l'esprit capricieux
au beau sexe va hAter le retonr
de Ia crinoline, mails ce sera tant|
.is pour les files qui l'adopte-
eont, car Giles ser0nt condam-
a4es q Golfer sainte Catherine.
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Tn frere afn6 du volapuk

A propos de la nouvelle Ian
que universelle, le volapuk,
Qu'on est en- train de confection-
ner, il pent 9tre curieux de rap
peler QUEEN Allemagne, il y a
quelque cent ans, on inyenta
aussf une langue universelle
Qu'un savant baptisa du nom
snperbe dc z consmopanglos-
sein.n On en- fit I'm dictionnaire
Ut IN des adeptes traduisit en-
cette langue quelques poemes
de KIopstock, ainsi que le Lii
vre des recettes de la bonne cui-
sini6re allemande.v Ces traduc-
tions sollt ce qui reste aujourd'-
hui de Get essai de langue uni
vorselle.
Personne, du reste, NY a ja-
mails rien compris.
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Dec.,uverte d'Ossements Hu-
mains.

IEglise du Christ, qui 6tait
situSe d rencoignure DIES rues
Canhl ct Dauphine, a la Nou-
velle-O Orleans, a etc vendue OF
demolie reinforcement ct sur Penn
pl acement qu'elle occupant ON
pose aujourd'hui les bases dun
6difice important. Les fouilles
operees ont mis- au jour plusieurs
lsquelettes humans dams lie coin
que torment les deux rues ci-
nominees. illumination des ca
davres a do ,avOir lieu depuis
nombre d'annees, ainsi que Pin
diqne la condition des easements,
ct datent probablement du com
mencement du steele. IA cette
I6poqne, Ia rue du Canal mex
istait pas encore ct la place qn'el-
le occupe etait la campagne. La
vile ne s'etendait que iusqu'a la
rue Douane an sud, ct gu arriere
de Dauphine .se trOuyalent des
mar6cages. On a suppose que
ces debris humans 6taient ceux
d'esclayes que Pom await deposes
hors dies limites de la vile dams
une sorte de cimetiere, mais cette|
supposition nest pas %soutenue
par la petite qnantit6 d'osse-
ments decouverts. L'Eglise du
Christ a etc constitute en- 1916
ct personne ne Sc souvient que
Pon ait a cette epoque enlev6 de
Femplacement aucun reste hui
main. On Sc rappelle toutefois
qu'avant Ia construction de p6-
elise IL existait acct endroit I'M
tripot fr6quent6par la basse clas-
Sc, ct beaucoup de %personnes
que dams les orgies
aui 7 avaient lieu, des personnesl
.ssassin6es etaient enfouies
dams le coin du terrain.
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Assurance peu Rassurante.


Les personnes qui font metiel
d'assurer la vie des autres item
nent tout d'abord a s'assurer..
des benefces. ct Giles 6tudient
soigneusement les chances de
~long6vits de leurs clients scion
les occupations qu'ils poursui.
vent. Les ouvriers exposes a sc
faire tuer dun moment a l'autre
he sont pas aussi recherches que
ceux don't la vie nest pas mena.
Gee par des accidents probables,
ct lis doivent payer plus cher
pour jour des b6nefces de Pas
surance dite mutnelle. A une
recente reunion de r6presentants
de compagnies d'assurance de
New York, on s'est occup6, en-
tr'autres sujets, de Fassurance
sur la vie des presidents DIES
Etats- Unis, ct Pom a exprime
|Popinion que c'est la un risque
tres s6rieux a courir pour une
compagnie. En- efet, sur vingt-
deux presidents, deux ont etc
assassin6s ; c'est done environ
dix pour cent, proportion ex-
tenement 6levee.
Quand M. Chester A. Arthur
EXTRA en- fonctions de vice-pr6-
sident, il await une police de
$4,000 ct devenu president il
en- obtint nne autre du meme
montant. II a etc perdu $4,000
sur Lincoln ct $4,000 sur Gar
field. M. Cleveland, lui, est por-
teur de policies pour un montant
de SIG, 600, toutes obtenues an
terieurement a son election, ct
il Y a I'm mois environ il deman-
DAFT que cette somme fAt 6levee
d $4,000, ce qui lui sera GER
tainement accorde, par egard
pour sa haute position seule-
ment.
Dams lie meeting que mons ci-
s'est livr6 a DIES remar
ques sur le snjet settlement on
a fait ressortir que cette assu-
rance de la vie DIES presidents
des Etats- Unis est un risque
plus dangereux que les autres
pour les compagnies.
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Arra de MoTt-Le garden de
10 prison de paroisse, I. j. Gil
hloy, s'est rendu hier soir aupres
de Pat. Ford ct de John MUIR
phy ct leur a Iu parr6t de mort
qni fxe Ieur execution an yen-
dredi, Is decembre, proclaim
Abeille, 15 nov.
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lie president Cleveland ct lie
gouverneur McEnery ont tous
deux IKE lie jendi rs novembre
CONNIE Jour d'actions de grace.
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Pour des groceries frafches ct q b
march6, allez an Star Grocery al
dessous din bureau du COURIER.
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Une Famille qui perd la Tete.

On examinait lie % octobre
devant I'm JUICE de Norwalk, O.,
la ieune Mary Hardin que Ton
disait etre lunatique. lie JUICE
ayant decide que la jeune fem
me 6tait folle, son pere, sd mep
ct ses trois saurs Sc levent as
sit6t en- poussant des Girls eade-
clarent qu'eux aussi sontNfous.
lis sautent, ills brisent Is chat
ses ct agissent comme/des ma
niaques. LIE mari de la femme
~examin6e, tranquilldd'abord fait
un bond en- lachght un cri de
|guerre ct s'6lan8 vers lie JUICE,
qui met en- movement ses jam
bes. Ces gems ayaient tous per-
du la raison, ct les officers de la
cour ont Gu tontes les peines
pour les METRE en- prison.
Les m6decins q la chase :
-Eh bien d0cteur, avez-vous
fait une bonnie Overture
-Je suis navre, mon cher.
Trois pieces settlement.
-Trois cadayres dams una
|journ6e t.. Vous etes, en- effef5G
Ehabitu6 q mieux que celia L.. !
!
The Opelousas courier., 1885-11-21

Louis Riel, le chef des insurg6s
canadiens, a etc pendu a Regina,
Manitoba, lundi dernier.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-11-21

lie Democrat, Donaldsonville,
paroisse Ascension, Louisiana,
du la novembre
MI. Alex. Vega, de Whitehall,
paroisse St-Jacques, a tire, nous
dit-oD, de 7 acres de plant, 16
boucauts de 1900 livres. C'est
lie rendement 10 plus abondant
que nous commissions, cette sal
son.
Inflammation des restes du ge-
neral Mcclellan s'est fate d New
York le 2 novembre avec une
simplicite qui c~ontrastait sim
gulierement avec les grandes
ceremonies qui ont marque les
fnn6railles de Grant. Sans au-
cune pompe, lie cercueil, a son
arriv6e, dimanche, a etc trans
porte a la residence de NJ. Prime.
lie service funebre a etc DIES plus
simples.
Deux dentistes marseillais SO
rencontrent:
-T6, Bagasse, fait Pun, ze
Viens d'avoir la commando dun
ratelier; mails la personne q une
81 grande bouee quill faudra que
z'y mette Ga dents.
TIf Il Lz11- -A.- -Ssl
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CANCER CURE

sDY C. 4. Hooper, with bis celssFasss 4 |
- Ger remedy, successfully appllsa II !
parishin numerous remarkable csssa' mi nj
promptly attended to. Treatment g sss
eases aud piles q specially. Satlalas.gn
ferences given il required. uiacs e.
dence, Pfneville, Rapides Parish, M
March 90 G. Ashv
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Capital Prize, $3.50, 900


~ Notice ). Tickets are Ten Dollars Only
Halves SIS, EHlhs Sc, Tsnths 81.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE.
Is FINE tract of land in Conlee Crocko,
IA containing 4l2 arpenfs, so under fence /;
all cleared and good rich land. Will be sold
cheap part cash and balance on time.
Apply To MICHEL HALPHEN,
47-2m1 at jules Psrr0din's, Opelousas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
OHERIEE,s sALE.-Not

CHERIFF'S SALE.-Notice is hereby given
- that bJ virtue OF certain writ Of transcript fef
Jdcids issued out OF aud under the seal OF the cir
cult court for the county OF Van Buren,, and 10 ne
directed and delivered bearing date the 10th day OF
May, A. u. 1885, wherein David $. Ollie Is plaintifi
and Catharine Cheeseman is defendant, did, on
the 10th day OF May, A. D. 1855, levy upon and
Catharine Cheeseman in aud TO the following des-
cribed real estate, situate in the county of Van
Buren, and state OF Michigan, to-wit:
Lot number ten 40 OF the subdivision of the
Armstrong estate. as made and set of by the COM
missioners of said estate TO Elma Armstrong. be-
ing situate on that part of the southwest quarter
OF section twenty-eght (25 in town three (3 south
OF range thirteen ll3) west, Van Buren, county,
Michigan, containing six (6) acres, more or less.
Also. lot number eleven II of the subdivision OF
the Armstrong estate. as set on by the commits
sioners TO II. A. Armstrong, situate on the south
west quarter OF section twenty-eight l2o in town
three 81 south of range thirteen IS west, Van
Buren, county, Michigan, containing six ~ acres,
more less. Also, all that certain piece OF land
situate in the county OF Van Buren, and state OF
Michigan, and known and described as the Arm
strong homestead, in the north part OF the north
west quarter OF section thirty-three (33l in town
three 10 south of range thirteen ID west, con-
tanning seventeen IL acres, more or less; which
said lands and premises. or so much thereof as
may be sufficient 10 satisfy said execution and ell
legal costs, I shall expose Tor sale, and sell at
public auction, vendue, to the highest bidder, as
the village Of Paw Paw in said county of Van Buren,,
said court house beiNg the place OF holding the cir
cult court IN and for said county, Saturday the
18th day of September A. D. 1885, at the hour OF one
O'Clock in the afternoon OF said day.
s4t7oso JOHN q. TODD. Sheriff.
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LgoAI ..--scxo.


AAOBXGAQaE AAAEs-DtIault uaVto8 pooh
WI made IN the conditions OF certain mortgage,
whereby the power 10 sell, theren contained has De
come operstiye) executed by Lucretia eros<ent, py
marriage Lucretia Rnes, wife Of Abraham Rimes,
OF Porter, Van Buren, county, Michigan, 20 George
w. Lavton, OF Lawton, Michigan, bearing date the
thtrtiefh day OF May, A. D., 1882, and recorded IN
the ONCE OF the register OF deeds for the county OF
Van Buren,, Ia the state OF Michigan, the 3oth
dayof May, A. D., 1882, In liber % OF mortgages,
on page 500 and upon which said mortgage there ~
claimed 10 be due al the date Of this notice, the
sum OF one hundred and eight and SS-lOo
dollars besides attorney Tee OF twenty-five dol
any proceedings should be taken to foreclose the
same and no suit proceedings at law, or In equity
having been instituted 10 recover the amount 50
claimed to be due, nor any part thereof.
Notice Is, therefore, hereby given that on saturday
the 18th day of September A. D.. 1898, at o'clock
In the afternoon, there will be sold az public auc-
ton 20 the highest bidder, at the front door OF the
court house, in the village OF Paw Paw, In sofd
county OF Van Buren, said court house being the
place Of holding the cireu:t court In and for said
county the premises described in said mortgage tor
much thereof shall be necessary 20 satisfy the
amount due said mortgage) together with interest
thereon, aud all legal costs, including the said at
torney fee OF twenty-five dollars, stipulated in said
mortgage 10 be paid that is TO say the following de-
scribed lands, situated IN the township of Porter, ia
the county OF Van Buren, aud state OF Michigan,
to-wit: Ten acres of land OF the south end of the
south half of the east half OF the north east
quarter of section ten 100 in better words, the
south half of the south half OF the south quarter
OF the north east quarter OF section ten (l0 town
four ~ south of range thirteen (i3) west.
Dated at Paw Paw. Mich. this 18th day OF June,
A. D., lss5. GEORGE w. LAWTON,
7sti3o9o Mortgage.
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1t is no exageration to say that il
one of the stories in Froude's Thomas
Carlyle" had been published during
the historians life, no woman. unless
possibly one of his kinsfolk as hard as
himself, whould have ever spoken to
him again. His wife, suffering from
the combined effects OF chronic neural
gia and terrible fall, with the nerves
and muscles of one side entirely dis
abled, Iav on her bed, unable to close
her mouth He came into her room,
looked at her, while he leaned against
the mantelpiece-an act intensely
irritating to a woman not vain, indeed,
but proudly DESTROYS not to look ill
and said, Jane, We had better shut
your mouth. Jane. yell find yourself
in more compact and pious frame of
mind il We shut your mouth"
That Mrs. Carlyle endured this gibe
and afterward remained near the man
who inflicted it upon her, says much
for her consistency; but no woman who
reads its crude brutality can afterward
be open to conviction that there was
anything good about Carlyle.-Ec-
cHQIl0e.
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DROBATE ORDER.

4 County of Van Buren,--ss.
At a 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 18th day of
July, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-five.
Present, Hon. Orrin " Hilton, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Emoryb. Briggs
deceased.
On reading and fling the petition duly verified, of
Albert W. Tanner, praying that Susan s. Briggs and
William killefer, executors of the last will and tee
lament OF said deceased, may be directed TO convey
TO said petitioner certain real estate, pursuant TO
contractduly enterednto between said petitioner and
said deceased.
Thereupon IL is ordered, that Monday the 10th day
of August 1855, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, be
assigned for he hearing OF said petition, and all
persons interested in said estate, required
to appear az session OF said Cont, then 20 be
holden at the Probate olhce in the village OF Paw
Paw and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer
of the petitioner should not be granted.
And il 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 10 be pub
lished in thsrRUE NoRTHERNER newspaper, print
ed and circulating in said county OF Van Buren, for
three successive weeks at least previous TO said day
OF hearing.
S2tIos5 ORRIN y. HILTON. Judge of Probate.
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CouIdn't Face His Amanuensis.

A gentleman for whom i wrote a
book on O theological subject, could not
collect his thoughts while / was pres
ent. without lying PROSTATE on the bed
in the study and partially covering his
face with the pillow. and that position
he always maintained during the two
hours OF the dictmion. He said he
could face an audience and lad
preached many times 10 large congre-
CATIONS. bat he painfullv missed the in
SEPARATION TO be gained from numbers
and could xot face one man alone. He
would not allow me to hook at him dur
ing the outiss interview / remember
we'll though. that lac dictated nicely,
and the transcripts went TO the printer
almost without correction as they left
my htide, .or he was careful to note
paragraphs, and they were punctuated
when they were prepared.-Br olr,1s
Photographic Monthly.
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OF the Hindu legends the most strik-
ing feature is their wildness. Is it pro-
test against the dull monotony of life in
India? Or is life less monotonous to
the native than to the European? Lal
Behari's tales, anyhow, are wilder than
the widest ot the arabian knights"
A young man puts an egg of the toon-
toonia bird into cupboard, and out of
1t comes a babe that grows into the
loyeliest girl the world ever saw. The
mannik stone in some snakes heads is
worth the wealth of seven kings. In a
certain city an elephant is king maker,
but the king of his choice only reigns a
day, tor out of the queens mouth
comes a threadlike snake, which Stays
him IL the bride chamber A long
lost son, who had fallen in love with
| his mother, and has mounted the cow
housc roof that he may break in and
carry her of, happily hears bis LIES
story from two calves that are quietly
discussing him below. A wife going
out Of doors on dark night accidently
knocks up against Sankchinni, white
lady ghost, that sat on a low bench.
The reyengeful creature at once took
her by the throat, thrust her into hole
In the tree and went in, taking her shape
SO completely that the mother-in-law,
that universal inmate the Hindu hut,
was deceived. The only difference
was that. whereas the wife had been
weak'and languid, the ghost was brisk
and active. she has turned over q
new leaf; 80 much the better" said the
mother in-law, when the errands and
the cooking were done in next to no
time. But one day the old woman
caught sight of the ghost fetching
something from the next room ghost
fashion, by stretching out long arm
for ghosts can stretch their limbs a
great way, though not so far as Rak-
shasis can. She said nothing, but told
her son, AMI they watched. and before
long they saw the kitchen hearth
ablaze, though they knew there was no
fire In the house. Looking through a
chink they saw that the wife had thrust
her foot into the oven, and that il was
burning like bit of wood. "She's a
ghost" they whispered, as they went
for the ojha, who tested her by burning
tumeric under her nose. She proved
her ghostship by screaming, and was
then beaten with slippers till she con-
fessed and showed where the real wife
was, and was again beaten till she
promised never to do the family any
further harm.-Au the Year Arou7ad.
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Pensions to All.

Comrades, File Your Claims with an
Ex-Soldler.
Soldiers that disabled by wounds disease acct
coee veins chronic darrhoea rupture vareocele loss
Of sight OF both eyes, partially so, loss OF
bearing, disease Of the heart, falling back Of the
measles, rheumatism fistula in ano, chorea or any
other disease disability. II but slight gives you
pension. Widows, children, dependent fathers and
mothers Of soldiers dying In the service Afterwards
OF disease OF wouiss contracted in the service
titled 30 pensions procure pensions where discharge
papers lost w discharges obtained where lost
Uder the new laO pensions increased from IS to
81 per month. Back ray, ration money while in
plSon, and bounties promptly collected. War claims
Of every description prosecuted promptly and sue
cessfully. Not five IN hundred rejected IL
properly prosecuted. Come 10 my Office and 1 will
show you claims that have got through in DAYS
that were prosecuted by other attorneys for seventeen
years and rejected in their hands, My terms are one
dollar In advance being Office expenses, nothing more
unless the claim Is allowed. They are like tho old
lowed my fees regulated by the commissioner OF
pensions and paid by him out Of the pension. Letters
OF inquiry should contain stamps and they will
receive prompt attention. Send for Questioning Blank
70 determine your rights.
Being ex-soldier Of Michigan Regiment, and
with nineteen years practice also pensioner claim
70 know the business Special attention paid 20 in-
crease Of pensions, and crowdng through claims that
are now dragging In other hands.
RxrEnrScE-Any member Of Dro'head Post, G.. A.
H., Paw Paw, Mich.
Can furnish the last known post Office address OF
any surgeon assistant surgeon commissioned officer
In the United States Address,
CliAs. r. CALLIGAN,
L. IS Claim Agent. Paw Paw. Mich
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C,HANCERY SALE.

CtHANCERN SALE.-Iu pursuance AID
~ by yrture OF decree OF the circuit court tor
the county OF Van Buren,, ia chancery, in the
State Of Michigan. made and dated on the 10th day
OF December. A. D.. 1884, ia certain cause therein
pending, wherein Albert Harrison il complainant,
aud Elizabeth Lowrey, Isaac Moss, Milan L. Brad
ley Sarah A. Foster and Eliza stebbins defend
ants.
Notice is hereby given that shall SCI a; public
auction 20 the highest bidder at the front door of
the court house in the Village OF Paw Paw, county
OF Van Buren, and State OF Michigan, said court
house being the place for holding the circuit court
for said county, Tuesday, the 18th day OF August,
A. D., 1885, at 10 O'Clock ia the forenoon, ALL SO
much thereof as may be necessary to raise the
amount due 10 the said complainant, for principal
interest and costs in this cause, OF the following de
scribed parcels OF land, % wit: The east twenty
five 25 acres OF the north quarter, OF the south
west quarter OF section thirty one (31) also the
east twenty OF the south east quarter of the
south west quarter OF section thirty one (3l)
all in township number three i3l south of range
fourteen Cl4) west in the county Of Van Buren, aud
State OF Michigan.
Dated Paw Paw. Michigan, June 23rd, A. ID. 1855.
SAMUEL HOLMES,
Circuit Court Commissioner in and for Van Buren,
County, Michigan. 79t7os5
CRANE BREcK, Solicitors for Complainant.