The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-07-19
WHOLE NUMBER 21O4.

Burk cottage, just vacated by Mr. aud
Mrs. Geo. M. Harrison.
That is the best part of beauty which
picture cannot express" We may try
To illustrate the III. s. & nj !" clothing
with fashion plates, but the grace and
charm of the original garment is not
there. These goods must be seen to be
appreciated. You may see them at any
time at f. Smith 4 Co.'S.
The white House" nine of this place
went over to Lawton last Friday after.
noon to play a game of ball with the
Lawton Juniors The Paw Paw boys
knocked out ten runs in the first inning,
and keep up about the same gait to the
end, the score standing 23 To 5 at the
close. White House Undergraduates
and Paige.
County Treasurer Mitchell has been
notified OF an amendment to the law re-
quiring certificates of payment of taxes
TO he attached to deeds before they are
entitled to record. Hereafter such
certificates will be required only to
deeds containing covenants of war
ranty. The amendment goes into eff
feet on the Both day of August.
The annual reunion of the Van Burec
county battalion, G. A. r., will be held
at Lakeside Park Eagle Lake, Thursday,
July 25. All old soldiers of the county,
with their families and friends, should
be present. There will be basket pic
mic dinner, with coffee and hard tack
furnished. Good speaking and music
has been arranged. Good boating and
fishing for those who enjoy the sport.
Company c, 3rd Mich. cavalry, will
meet in annual reunion at Lawrence on
Thursday and Friday, August l and 2.
The place of meeting will be in Halls
grove, just west of the village. All
members of the company who can pos
sibly do SO are requested to be present
and to bring their wives and children
with them, If they have any. 1t is hoped
to make the occasion grand family re-
union.
Wednesday forenoon, one of the lady
resorters from Lake Cora rode through
the streets of this village on "A bicycle
She was arrayed in a neat, natty bicy-
Gle costume of dark blue. The bloom
ers attracted great deal of attention
much more than they should do. If
young women want to ride wheels, it is
good sense for them to wear such gar
ments as insure both comfort and safe
ty. The bloomers are all right, and
have come to stay with us as long as BIZ
cycling is popular sport with young
women. After one or two seasons, they
will attract no more attention here than
they do now in the cities. Horseback
riding in bloomers is now the correct
thing in larger places also.
Mrs. Nancy Wood Kiburn, formerly
of this place, now resident of Wor-
cester, Mass, began her second cen
tury of life on Friday last. Mrs. Kill
burn is the mother of Joseph Kilburn
of Lawton and of Mrs. Althine Durkee
of Antwerp, widow of the late Elisha
Durkee. Her friends and relatives
celebrated the occasion of her Tooth
birthday in an appropriate manner.
During the evening she received 100
silver coins from her children, grand
children and great grand children.
Mrs. Kilburn has made several jour
neys to Michigan, the last one when
she was 90 years of age. Her many
Michigan friends wish her much Joy as
she thus happily enters on her 101st
year, a span of mortal life that is sell
dom vouchsafed to any.
Mcnamara was on trial Wednesday be-
fore Justice Shrine. After remaining
out all night, the jury were unable to
agree and were discharged The case
was in reference to purchase of q
horse, or horse trade. This was the
third trial of the cause, once before
Justice Crosby of Gobeville and twice
before Justice Shrine, each trial having
resulted in a disagreement A. Lynn
Free represented the plaintiff and Frank
Knappen of Kalamazoo and l.. III. Titus
the defendant. The costs of the litiga-
ton already amount to more than the
value of the horse and if the parties
continue the fight, they are likely to
spend all they are worth over one old
horse which is claimed by one of them
to be wholly valueless. Better call it
quits or get together and settle the mat
ter up.
The real and personal estate of the
late George +. Breck, as invoiced,
amounts TO the sum of SS,353.37 In
addition to this, there is large num-
ber of book accounts and other personal
obligations due the estate on which the
appraisers were unable TO place any
value, having no way of making any in
telligent estimate OF their worth. 1t is
likely that quite considerable sum
may eventually be realized out of such
assets. The claims filed against the es-
tate aggregate the sum of about S66,-
000 1t may be readily understood from
this that, after paying the expense of
administration, which must be a cou-
siderable sum, it is not at all likely that
creditors will realize more than ten
cents on the dollar, If indeed they do
not have to content themselves with
even a less amount.
At about three o'clock Saturday
morning, as Nightwatchman Lord en-
tered the alley in rear of the Longwell
block, he saw man run from the rear
door of II. w. Showerman's store, down
the alley towards the west Lord gave
chase, calling on the man to halt, which
seemed to accelerate rather than retard
his speed. Lord then drew his re-
volver and fired at the fugitive, who
ran between the bank and the corpora
tion hall, across Main street and through
Dr. Hamilton's yard. Lord fired four shots
at him, all without effect, and the man
escaped. Investigation showed that he
had nearly removed a glass from the