The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-06-08
WHOLE NUMBER 2255.

was unearned The details of the game
are uninteresting. Our boys hit the
ball freely, hard and safe no matter
which one of the three Bloomingdale
pitchers were in the box, making total
of 81 hits. Pugsley pitched the first half
of the game for the home team, f. Cross
the last half. Paw Paw was entirely
without team practice and, while they
did not play a hard game, it looked as
though they might put up good, winning
ball after getting into shape. Following
was the composition of the home team:
&. Cross, c.; Pugsley, p. and 3D.; Chat
fee, S.; Showerman, h.; Briggs, 2b.; e.
Cross, 3b. and p.; G.. Paige, IT,; Davis, CT;
Warner, rf. Four of the boys, it will be
noticed, are members of the high school
team and they played good game
Charles f. Butler died Friday even
ing, June 3, at his home in this village,
aged % years and months. He was at
work on his dray as usual in the morn
ing Of that day, but was taken violently
i'll in the middle of the forenoon and went
home. He vomited severely, and med
ical assistance was summoned, but it was
not thought he was dangerously i'll until
Just before his death. AS he was a re-
markably robust, healthy young man,
his sudden death was a mystery and a
post mortem was held Saturday after
noon, Drs. Maynard, Hoyt, Thompson
and Maxwell, being present They have
not yet made public the cause of his
death. Charley was born in this place
and had always lived here and had many
: friends. He was respected by all who
knew him as an honest, industrious man.
He leaves a widow and one child. The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon at
the Christian church, under the direc-
ton of the Maccabees, which organiza-
tion and the fire department attended
in bodies, he having been member of
! both organizations. Rev. j. p Davis
? preached the funeral discourse to con
gregation of more than 800 people, The
| interment was in Prospect Hill
About eight o'clock Saturday evening,
l.. S. Salsbury's bay mare and carriage,
which had been left hitched on Main
street in this village, were stolen. 1t was
! an unusually daring theft, as there were
many people on the street. When the
matter was reported to the sheriff, he
promptly offered reward of $50 for the
> thieves and Mr.. Salisbury added so for
the return of the property. There was
r no definite clue to follow. A vigorous
! use of the telephone soon put officers at
{ work in all of the towns around Sheriff
] Ferguson of st. Joseph found the rig
Sunday forenoon, hitched on the street
in that city; he also found gray horse
= and carriage had been stolen from the
; post beside it, He gave chase and over
. took the gray horse, driven by Clinton
e Conklin, a 13-years-old hoy. At first,
the boy denied having stolen any other
q horse, but afterwards confessed, and said
{ his accomplice in both ,,..crmes was an
older boy whom be did not know. The
Y young man has not been apprehended.
Young Conklin is Benton Harbor boy
who was released from the reform school
= last March. He is now in custody of
Berrien county officers and will doubt
less be sent back to that institution.
q Some of the apple orchards along the
q territorial road and in various other To-
) calities are as bare of foliage and as
o brown and sere a. if fire had run through
them. This is the result of the depreda-
{ tions Of the canker worm which, having
4 once located in an orchard, will continue
q to infest it from year to year, until the
a trees are eventually killed, unless destroy
b ed by timely spraying. No fruit is borne
j by such trees and just why people who
4 will not resort to spraying, unless com
f PEELED to do so, let their trees stand to
!. breed destruction to the orchards of their
t neighbors, is an unsolvable question.
/ One would naturally suppose that if they
r did not intend to care for their trees
t they would convert them into firewood.
q The law, which is not well understood by
most people, provides that every owner
or occupier of land shall spray with
poisonous solution all trees or vines
which may be infested with injurious in
sects or worms or injurious contagious
disease, but that such spraying shall not
be done when such trees are in blossom,
except in case of the canker worm. The
law makes it the duty of the township
yellows commissioners to look after this
! matters they are to examine orchards
: and vineyards, and if found infected, to
l. notify owners or occupants and order
them to spray such trees or vines within
a specified time. In case of neglect to
comply with such order, the commission
: ers themselves shall cause such spraying
d to be done and they are authorized to
r enter upon any premises for that purpose,
and the expense becomes charge against
the township, to be recovered by the
. township from the owner of the premises
whereon the work is done. If any owner
y township officer or commissioner neglects
I or refuses to comply with the provisions
of the law, he shall be deemed guilty OF
i misdemeanor and punished by fine
not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprison
h ment in Jail not exceeding sixty days, oil
n both such fine and Imprisonment, in the
discretion Of the court. Any justice ol
of the peace of the township where such
=! infected trees or vines may be growing
3 has jurisdiction in the matter. The law