The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-18
WHOLE NUMBER 2078.

Hon. j. G. Parkhurst. one of the old
est practicing lawyers in Southwestern
Michigan. died at his home in Decatur
last Sunday. Deceased was a member
of the lower branch of the state legis
lature in 1885 and discharged the duties
devolving upon him in conscientious,
painstaking and intelligent manner As
private citizen his character and daily
life were well worthy Of emulation. In
his death the community at large has
lost worthy citizen; his locality AN up
right and honorable man; his family
kind and loving husband and father.
Prominent members of the legal fra
ternity from various parts of the state
attended the funeral, which was held
Wednesday afternoon.
About twenty leading physicians of
the state, including the legislative COM
mittee of the State Medical society and
members of the State Board of Health,
met in Lansing on the 10th inst. and
agreed TO a bill, which will be intro
duced in the legislature, to provide for
the licensing of physicians who shall
hereafter decide to practice medicine
in this state. Two bills were presented.
one being presented by DR.. Greene of
Grand Rapids, and the other by the
Detroit delegation. The best features
of both bills were incorporated into
one, which provides for the creation of
State Board. similar to the Board OF
Pharmacy The bill provides that the
board shall be composed of nine mem
bers, including four regular physicians,
three homeopaths, one elective and
one of the physio medical school. They
shall constitute board to grant licen-
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diplomas from schools having a four
years course and preliminary exam
ination, or To those who shall pass an
examination before the board. 1t is
expected that the fees to be received
from the granting of licenses will de-
fray the expenses of the board, So that
il will be self-sustaining. This is as the
scheme appears on the surface, but we
fail to see why, from an equitable point
of view, any one school of practice
should have more members on the pro-
posed board than another, and this fea-
ture of the measure will undoubtedly
be thoroughly aired before the bill be-
comes law. Action on the measure
will be closely scrutinzed by the vari-
Gus interests involved.
In May, 1898, the late Geo +. Breck
took mortgage on the farm of Charles
+. Teal of Columbia, in this county, for
$3.50. 1t was agreed that Breck should
withhold from the amount $500 To pay
and discharge prior mortgage on the
same property and thus make the 1850
mortgage first lien. Mr.. Teal left the
matter of procuring the discharge of the
first mortgage wholly with Breck, sup
posing il would be To his interest to
have it done, in order that his might
become the first lien. After Breck's
death Teal learned that Breck had not
paid the first mortgage, and instead of
having an $500 mortgage on his farm
he had mortgages aggregating $3.50 90
Breck sold the $3.50 mortgage within
ten days after it was given to Mrs. Ev-
cline A. House of Kalamazoo. These
mortgages, if enforced, would have had
the effect of turning Mr. Teal and his
! family off the farm, in their advanced
age, without anything The matter was
put in the hands of Heckert Il Chandler
for adjustment Mrs Teal, accompa.
MED by Mr.. Heckert and + A. Crane,
ON Tuesday last went to see Mrs. House
/ in respect to "A settlement of the mat
ter Mrs. House is an aged lady, in
! good circumstances. Her countenanes
! fairly beams with christian beneyo-
lence. When she heard "A statement of
the transaction, her great heart was at
once filled with sympathy for these un-
/ fortunate people, and her long life, de-
voted to Christ and the upbuiding of
His kingdom, had prepared her for the
performance of one of the nOblest acts
that has ever come to our notice. With
out word of persuasion, and entirely
by her own volition, she discharged her
mortgage and sent these poor people
home, the happiest creatures on earth
They will never forget her. Such acts
clothe the christian character in gar
ments that betoken the eternal verify
of the faith which prompts them.