The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-01-31
WHOLE NUMBER 2t32.


will of Bisborrow Bros. They will be-
gin invoicing the stock next Monday
Waters & Co. will, as soon as the in
voicing is completed, move the stock
from the store heretofore occupied by
them into the Bilsborrow store, consol-
idating the two stocks. This will give
them the finest hardware store in the
county, with one of the heaviest stocks.
G. V. Burdick was II, years old on
Tuesday last. He had completely for
gotten that fact, however, until just
before tea time, when between 30 and
40 of his neighbors entered the front
door of his home, uninvited and unan-
nounced. AS the visitors brought their
supper with them, Mr.. and Mrs. Bur-
dick made them welcome. The tables
were spread and an elegant repast en-
joyed, after which came a pleasant
evening passed in pedro and social in
tercourse.
On the evening of the 9th day of
August last, Sheriff Lamberson, togeth-
er with number of deputies, raided
couple of "speak easies" at South
Haven, one of them being the notorious
Barnes building, where they captured
John McDonough and Will Barnes and
removed the seal of secrecy from
"hole in the WALL" in one of the back
rooms of the building. Following out
scheme adopted by violators of the
local option law to "hunt in pairs"
McDonough pleaded guilty and served
sentence in jail, while Barnes pleaded
not guilty, claiming that McDonough
alone was the man responsible for the
keeping of the joint After trial in
which Barnes was defended by MIR.
Cavanaugh, the jury came into court
yesterday evening and signitied their
disbelief in the theory of the defense
by returning verdict of guilty. The
respondent has not yet been sentenced.
In at least one Paw Paw pulpit on
Sunday last, the newspapers were gent
ly taken to task for not doing more to
advertise the union revival meetings
being held by the Paw Paw churches.
A comparison was drawn with the no.
tices that are given in the public press
to base ball games, theatrical enter
tainments, etc. In regard to this mat
ter, we would say that if the desired
newspaper prominence is not given to
the union services or To the services of
any individual church, the fault lies
with the ministers and others who are
in charge of church affairs. While
the other events mentioned are usually
given the widest publicity, the reason
for it is that those in charge recognize
the value of printers ink and not only
bring their notices to the papers, but
also pay literally for the advertising
thus given them. So far as the NORTH
ERNER is concerned, we recognize the
beneficence of the work being done by
the churches, and have always willing
ly published all church announcements
when requested TO do So without charge,
only asking that the pastors or others
interested bring in such announcements
as they desire to make TO the public.
If these notices are not worth this
slight trouble they are not worth hav-
ing.
On the 2Sth day of July last, an at
tempt was made TO wreck train on the
Michigan Central road by placing tie
on the track a short distance east of
Mattawan. Lyman Tyler, young man
of about twenty years, was suspected
of being the guilty party and placed
under arrest. He admitted his guilt,
but claimed that he did not know why
he did the deed. lie was placed in
Jail, where he remained several weeks
awaiting a session of the circuit court,
at which he pleaded guilty; but the
Judge, after private conversation with
the boy, was not satisfied that he was
possessed of sufficient degree of in
telligence to be legally responsible for
his actions, and ordered the plea to be
set aside and plea of not guilty to
be entered. The trial of the case was
begun last Tuesday and occupied day.
The defense did not deny the placing
of the obstruction on the track, but re-
lied wholly on the mental incompetency
of the respondent. Considerable testi-
mony was introduced tending to show
that the prisoner had been of weak
mind since infancy. The court instruct
ed the jury that if they found that Ty-
Ter had not sufficient mental capacity
to realize what he was doing, and the
natural consequences of the act done,
they must acquit. After being out about
eight hours, the jury returned verdict
of mot guilty by reason of insanity"
Tyler's appearance in court bordered
closely on idiocy.
The case of the people VS.. Judson
Bailey, proprietor of the Hotel Colum-
bus at South Haven, was the first jury
case for the present term and occupied
most of the time of the court Monday
and Tuesday. Respondent was charged
with violation of the local option law,
second offeDse, he having been pre-
viously convicted under similar
charge. The case was of long stand
ing, having been continued from time
to time for various reasons, among
which were the illness of the Judge at
one term of court and the illness of the
attorney at another. 1t
was tried for all it was worth, Prose
cutting Attorney Titus for the people,
T. j. Cavanaugh and Judge A. j.
Mills for the respondent. That the law
had been violated on the premises, as
charged, was undisputed, but the de-
fense claimed that Alvin Bailey,
brother of the respondent, who had
been previously convicted of keeping
the same place, was the only RESPONSE
BILE party. Ii was evident that the case
was a close one and that the result of
the trial would be very doubtful. The
Jury was sent out soon after dinner
and did not agree until eight
o'clock in the evening, when they re-
turned into court with a verdict of not
guilty. 1t is said that when the jurors