The true northerner., 1896-01-10
WHOLE NUMBER 2129.

eral days with picturesque irregularity
Too much snow. Manager Meredith
assumed control at bad time, so far as
the weather is concerned.
New Years eve was made memorable
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. w.
Gilman at Fairmount, North Dakota,
by a pleasant gathering of friends, it
being the occasion of the marriage of
their eldest daughter, Bertha, to Leon
IL. Stanton of Gobleville. Many lovely
and useful presents were received.
About one o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
the fire bell called out our people and
the fire department, to see the barn be-
longing to j. l.. DeLong of South Haven,
in the east part of the village, burn to
the ground. The barn was unoccupied,
as was also the house on the premises,
and there seems TO be no way of ac-
counting for the fire, except that it was
either carelessly or purposely started
by some trespasser on the premises.
This is the second unoccupied barn to
to be burned in that part of town with
in a short time. There was $50 insur-
ance on the barn.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. G..
Tyner Wednesday evening, Jan. s, at
s o'clock, occurred the marriage of their
daughter, Ethel X, to Mr.. Almond
Barton. The mother of the groom,
Rev. Anna Barton, performed the cere-
mOny Mr.. Herbert Swan and Miss
Katie Coy acted as groomsman and
bridesmaid. A fine wedding supper
was served, A large number of elegant
presents were received. The bride
and groom are two of the very best
young people of this place, and have
many friends who will endorse the
wish of the NoRTHERNER that they
may enjoy the greatest of happiness
and prosperity.
The heavy snow and consequent hard
wheeling made the boys little slow in
getting to the fire last Tuesday, but
they did good work after they got there.
They were not like fire company in
a neighboring village short time ago
The story is related as follows by the
supervisor of that township: When the
fire was discovered, the first thing that
was done was to ring restaurant din
ner bell for an alarm. Gradually, the
tiremen put in tardy appearance and
the engine was got to the scene of action
where it was found that, from long in
action, the pump valves were so dry
that they would not work. These had
to be taken out and soaked up, pend
ing which proceeding the fire burn
ed down and died out; but the brave
tiremen were determined TO make
show and dropped the hose into the
cistern, only to find that no water was
there. Greatly disappointed by their
i'll luck, the boys returned their appara
tus to cover, there to remain until an
other fire shall visit the place.
The NoRTHERNER was given an OPP
portunity, day or two since, of exam
ming the first tax roll Of this town
ship-then called Lafayette. dated 1887
1t is little paper covered pamphlet,
size four inches by six, and the roll oc
cupies eight pages of this book. The
total amount of taxes assessed is S3l6.-
3S4, of which SABA is assessed to
residents OF the township, the balance
on nonresident land The list of resi-
dent tax payers was as follows Daniel
D. Dodge, Myron Hoskins, n. IL +.
Mears, +. & G.. Mears, Levi Ii. Warner,
Chas e. Harrington, Rodney Hinckley,
William Ecker, John Agard, Richard
Hutchins, John Lyle, John X. Pugsley,
Enoch l.. Barrett, David Thorp, |. A.
Simmons, David g. Baker, Seleck Long
well, Asa g. Hinckley, Peter Gremps,
Peter Gremps IL Co, Daniels, Gremps
q Willard Edward Shultz, Archibald
Buys, Joseph Luce, Henry w. Rhodes,
George Rawson, John Barber, l.. A.
Grout, James Cate, Joseph Barnes,
Hugh Jones, William Prater, Edwin
Barnum, Mason d Roys, Daniel Morri-
son. The largest tax, 1924, was as
sessed to Daniels, Gremps Il Willard.
Of these men, there is now but one in
the land of the living: Myron Hoskins,
who is still resident of this village.
The old roll was found in box of cast
away papers that was being examined
by "A committee of the board of super
visors.
On the 18th day of October, 1874,
Norman A. Secord, an employe of the G.
IL w. M. R'y Co., then krown as the
Chicago IL Michigan Lake Shore X. r.
Co., commenced suit in the circuit
court of this county against the com
pany, by Jackson IL Giidden, mis- at
torneys, claiming $40, 900 damages for a
smashed hand which he got while
coupling cars. Smith, Minis ~ Erwin
appeared for the company and demur-
red TO the plaintiffs declaration and
the cause was voluntarily dismissed.
On the 18th of March, 1875, another
suit was instituted for the same cause
of action This latter suit came TO trial
in July, 1876, the jury rendering YER
dict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,000
damages and costs of suit. The railroad
company moved for a new trial, which
was denied. A writ of error was is
sued and the case was certified to the
supreme court in March, 1876. A
few days since, the county clerk re-
ceived remittitur from the clerk of
the supreme court, in which the judg-
ment of the circuit court was reversed
with costs of both courts and ordering
that no new trial be had. The case
was so ancient that it had been wholly
forgotten and Clerk Squier wrote to
Clerk Hopkins of the supreme court
that he thought mistake had been
made and that the case did not belong to
this county. A replywas received giving
the age of the case-twenty years-and
an examination of the old records dis
closed the foregoing facts. Nobody
here knows what has become of the
plaintiff in the case, which is almost
ancient enough to rival Dickens Jarn-
dvoa ond Iarndvca Ona Of tho nlain-