The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-05-01
WHOLE NUMBER 1880.

The Delta G.. l.. =. e.. report two very
enjoyable evenings recently spent-one
in commemoration of Shakespeares
birth, the other of Faradays. An i'm
portant feature of the first programme
was some very fine renditions from
Shakespeare by A. Lynn Free, while
the second was much enlivened by a
progressive conversation in which
the entire class participated, Miss
Ocobock winning first honOrs.
The services commemorative of the
centennial of the Inauguration of Wash
ingtOn as first president of the United
States i'm this place were interesting and
impressive At $50 o'clock in the
morning every business place i'm the
village was closed Flags were floating
from many residences and business
houses, and everything wore the air of
agala day. A procession was formed on
Kalamazoo street, headed by the West
ern World band followed by the G.. A.
r., the public schools and civilians, and
marched To the NJ. +. church, which
edifice was packed to its very doors.
The exercises at the church were open
ed by music by the band, followed by
an anthem by a male quartet. Rev.
Pallister than read "A selection of scrip
ture and Rev. Taft offered prayer, The
quartet gave another selection. after
which Rev. Hathaway introduced Rev.
+. III. Harvey who held that vast audi
ence in breathleSs silence while he de-
livered one of the most eloquent and
thoughtful addresses 1t has been our
pleasure to listen To in many "A day.
Our space will not allow even brief
resume, but it will suffice TO say that it
was i'm the reverend gentleman's best
vein of thought Following him the
quartet sang beautiful selection AT
ter this Hon. j. D. Woodman was in
troduced and i'm clear and distinct
manner took his hearers from the in
ceptiOn of the government 10 the pres
ent time, touching briefly at every
salient step in the progress of the nation,
and closing with an eloquent peroration.
The exercises closed by the whole con
gregation singing America
From an exhaustive and comprehen-
sive opinion by Judge Heckert in the
matter of the estates of Joseph l.. Bite
ly and Nathan III. Bitely, which two es-
tates had become SO merged and inter
woven by successive administrations,
without a settlement, that it was
matter of extreme difficulty to unravel
them SO as to determine where the
equities lay we are allowed to CLEAN
the following salient points Joseph l..
Bitely died intestate at Paw Paw, Sept
Both, 1853, and on Nov. 4th of the same
year Nathan III. Bitely, a son, and Lau-
rilla Bitely, the widow of deceased,
were appointed administrators of his
estate by A. w. Nash, then Judge of
probate. Nathan III. had exclusive con-
troll and management of the estate, the
widow taking substantially no part in
the settlement of her husbands estate.
She died in February, 1882. Nathan H.
Bitely died March 18th, 1884, without
ever having filed any account of his ad
ministratiOn of his fathers estate and
without having settled with the heirs,
and on April 10Th of the same year his
son, Fred II. Btely, was appointed ad-
ministrator of his estate On April Both,
1888, John W. Free was appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of Laurilla
Bitely. The estate of Nathan III. Bitely
having in the meantime been closed to
creditors, Mr.. Free, as administrator of
the estate of Laurilla Bitely, and Mary
+. and Josephine Bitely, as heirs-at-law
of Joseph l.. Bitely, did, on Sept. Goth,
1898, petition to have the estate of Ma
than III. Bitcly reopened, that they
might prove up their claims against it
the petition alleging that Nathan II.
Bitely's estate was indebted to them for
their respective shares in the estate of
Joseph l.. Bitely. The estate was re-
opened and claims were heard before
Judge Heckert, and on April 18th, ult.,
he found that the claim of j. w. Free,
rs administrator of the estate of Lau-
rilla Bitely, could not be allowed. He
further found that the estate of Nathan
II. Bitely was indebted to Mary +.
Bitely in the sum of S5336S, and to Jo-
sephine Bitely in the sum of s577.35-
those being the amounts due them re-
spectively from the estate of Joseph l..
Bitely, and which should have been paid
to them by Nathan III. Bitely, rs admin
istrator of his and their fathers estate.