The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-05-31
WHOLE NUMBER 2O97.

counters of Cummings popular dry goods
store, the indications are that warm
waves are to be the order of the coming
months
On the day of the races, it is charged
that W. III. Dansby was running hack
without having paid the license pro
vided for in the village ordinance. He
was arrested and arraigned before JUS
tice Shrine. He pleaded not guilty and
trial was set for June 4.
Commissioner O'Leary was unable to
make decision in the county spelling
contests, notice of which has heretofore
been made, between Florence Dillon of
the Paw Paw school, and Shirley Ward,
a Decatur senior. So he asked the
NoRTHERNER to prepare a list OF 100
common English words, which were
pronounced TO each of the young ladies
on Monday last and written by each of
them. The Decatur girl carried off the
honOrS, spelling three more words cor
rectly than did her opponent This
gives Shirley Ward the privilege of rep
resenting Van Buren, county in the state
contest.
The Paw Paw Valley Spiritual asso-
citation will hold Il grove meeting at
Lakeside Park, on the north bank of
Eagle Lake, five miles southwest of
Paw Paw and five miles north of Deca-
tur, on Sunday, June =. Frank Il.
Ripley of Cleveland, Ohio, will lecture
and give tests from platform at 1870
a. m, and p. m. MIR. Ripley has a
national reputation as a speaker and
test medium, and everybody ought to
hear him To defray expenses, fee
of 10 cents will be charged each adult
and vehicle for admission to the
grounds.
A big trotting matinee will be held
on the Cleveland Bay grounds July A.
| Sufficient money will be hung up to at
tract some good horses, and the best
races ever held on the grounds are eX-
pected. There is some talk among local
wheelmen of getting up bicycle races
for the forenoon, and it is not improba-
bic that II regular, oldfashioned celebra-
ton will be held. Don't decide where
you will spend the Fourth until you
know exactly what Paw Paw will do.
The races are certainty, and all in
terested in that class of sport will surely
be repaid for attending.
A meeting was held Tuesday evening
TO agitate the project of forming a base
ball club here this season. Considera-
bic enthusiasm was manifested. 1t is
proposed to issue 100 shares of stock at
81 90 each to raise money to set the ball
rolling. An effort will be made to Sc
cure the old depot grounds. Stapeton
of Decatur is booked for catcher. Prof
! OLeary is corresponding with some
crack pitcher with view to securing
such a man for the team. The rest Of
the club will be made up of home play
ers, of whom there are plenty to make
"A rafting team. Another meeting to per-
feet the organization will be held soon.
The 25th annual meeting of the Van
Buren county pioneers will be held at
Decatur on Wednesday, June 5. Fol.
lowing is the programs: The exercises
will commence at 10:30 a. m. with music
by the band; prayer; reading Of minutes
of last meeting; reports of officers; re-
ports of presidents of the several
townships; general business; election of
officers. 12:00-Basket picnic dinner at
Stewards hall, at which hot coffee and
tea Will be served by the ladies of De
catur 80 p. m.-Music by the band;
address of welcome by President Hink-
| ley of Decatur village; response by Hon.
Chas. j. Monroe Of South Haven; vocal
music; paper by Elias Morris, the old
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Buren, county; pioneer life, by A. w.
Hayden of Hamilton; paper by NJ. j.
Gard, the oldest settler in Volinia. Cass
county; vocal music, and other pro
ceedingS of interest.
A few days since, man giving his
name rs Claud De Crespeney put in an
appearance here, claiming To be a man
of means in search of "a farm within
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! belt He was referred To County Clerk
Squier, who has a well stocked farm
adjoining the village of Breedsville
Mr.. Squier took the would-be land pur-
chaser to his place, which suited Mr..
De Crespeney to dot; bargain was
struck for the purchase and sale of the
farm together with all the implements,
| tools and live stock thereon. 1t was to
| be a cash sale, and last Tuesday was
| the day set for the consummation of
! the trade. Meanwhile, Mr.. De Crespe-
ney, who was at Breedsville, assumed
to be the owner of the farm. sold forty
five bushels of wheat to the Breedsvile
millers and got his cash for it, attempt
ed TO sell some live stock from the farm,
purchased a horse from Elisha Abbott,
giving check on the Paw Paw Saw
ings bank, where, of course, he had no
deposit, in payment, and otherwise
pretended to be man of abundant
means. The fact that he had no blank
checks on the Paw Paw bank, but used
a Grand Rapids bank check instead,
made Mr.. Abbott suspicious, and he
followed the fellow up and made him
give up the horse. The swindler saw
that matters were getting warm for
him and skipped out. He hired rig
to take him to South Haven, where he
stayed over night at the Hotel Colum-
bus and, Tuesday morning, telegram
from Breedsville started Sheriff Lam
berson and Mr.. Squier on tour of in.
vestgation. They traced Mr.. De Cres-
peney to Kibbies and found he had
taken the train to Kalamazoo. The
sheriff followed on his track and found
his man safely lodged i'm the Kalama-
ZOO Jail. where he had been placed at
the instance of Bangor man who knew
the circumstances of his swindling
game and who happened to see him on
the streets of that city. Wednesday
Mr.. De Crespeney was safely lodged
in our county Jail, whence he will be
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