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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-21
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S.s36uTsszs% OHIO RAILWAY.
Effective December II, 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
STREET STATION.
900 a. NJ, Daily. with Parlor Car for
principal stations, Newport
News, Old Point, Norfolk,
and Portsmouth. Connects
at Norfolk with New York
steamers, except Tuesday.
3:45 p. NJ, Daily, with Pullman for
local stations, Newport
News. Old Point, Norfolk,
and Portsmouth. Connects
at Old Point with Washing
ton steamers, daily, and
with Baltimore steamers, ex-
cept Sunday.
1O:2O A. NJ, pay Express. except Sunday.
for Clifton Forge. Connects
at Gordonsville for Orange,
Culpeper, Calverton. Manas-
sas. Alexandria, n Wash
ington; at Union station,
Charlottesville, for Lynch
burg; at Basic City for
Hagerstown.
2:15 T. NJ, Daily, with Pullman to Gin
%cinnati, Louisville and st.
Louis. connecting at Coving-
ton. Va, for Hot Springs.
Stops only at important
stations. Meals served on
Dining Gays. No. z, local
train, except Sunday, follows
above train from Gordons-
willie to Stanton. No. runs
10 Orange, daily, and con-
meets at orange with South
ern railway, ~northbound.
$50 2. NJ, Accommodation. except sun
day, for boswell.
1880 p. NJ, Daily, for Cincinnati. with
Pullman 10 Hinton, w. Va,
and G~ordonsville 10 Cincin-
cinnafi and Louisville. Meals
served on dining-car. Con-
meets at Staunton Except
Sunday FOR Winchester, Va,
n at Coyington, Va, daily,
for Virginia Hot Springs.
TRAINS LEAVE EIGHTH-sTREET
STATION.
1890 A. NJ, Daily, for Lynchburg, Lex
ington, Va. and Clifton
Forge. Connects, except
Sunday, with Buckingham
and Alberine branches, and
at Clifton Forge with No.
/ for Cincinnati.
800 p. NJ, Except Sunday, for Column
bia.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND
BROAD-sTREET STATION.
500 A. NJ, Except Sunday, from Dos
saO A. NJ, Daily. from Cincinnati.
IL 80 A. NJ, Daily, from Nortolk and Old
Point.
$50 p. NJ, Daily, from Cincinnati and
Louisville.
$50 y. NJ, Daily, frcm Norfolk and Old
Point.
7:45 p. NJ, Except Sunday, from Clifton
Forge.
TRAIys ARRIVE EIGHTH-sTREET
STATION.
$40 A. NJ, Except Sunday from Co
lumbia.
6.2O P. NJ. Daily. from clifton Forge,
Lexington. Va, and Lynch
burg; and, except Sunday,
from New Castle and Ros-
ney. JOHN ID. POTTS,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
Village Annointments.

The council met in regular session
Monday evening. President Free made
the following appointments:
Marshal and street commissioner
S. Tuckey.
Attorney-A. l.. Free.
The salary of the marshal was fixed
at $500 per year
+. b. Lord was appointed as policeman
and nightwatch at 500 per year, DR.. j.
G.. Maxwell as health officer, David
Chapman as engineer of the fire depart
ment at $50 per year, VIM. Snow as as
sistant engineer at S25. John Hurd was
chosen president pro tenn, and com
mittees were appointed as follows:
Streets Trustees Shrine, Rickard and
Sabin.
Fire and Water Trustees Rickard, Hurd
and Warner.
Electric lighting Trustees Cole, Shrine
and Sabin.
CHARACTERISTICS Hurd and Warner.
Health Trustees Sabin and Hurd.
Claims Trustees Warner and Rickard.
Printing Trustees Cole and Shrine.
Licenses Trustees Warner and Cole.
The special committee on the claim of
Mrs. Landphere for injuries on defec-
tive sidewalk reported against allowing
her anything and the report was accepted
The special committee on the PROPOSE
tion of the Paw Paw Milling Co. to fur
nish water for fire protection reported,
after the village attorney had given an
opinion to the council, against accepting
the proposition, and the report was
adopted.
S25 was appropriated to arrange for
procuring water at the electric light
plant for street sprinkling.
Two rods of plank walk was ordered
built in front of j. f. Billiards. residence.
Claims were allowed amounting to
S1S445
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
Circuit Court.


The April term of the circuit court
opened Monday morning, Judge Buck
presiding, with sixty-seven cases on the
calendar, twenty being criminal cases
and eighteen being divorce causes.
The following business was transacted:
The people VS.. /. r.. Hamilton, viola
tion of local option law: mol. pros'd for
the reason that evidence was deemed in
sufficient to convict. The respondent is
Lawton druggist and the liquor was al
legged to have been sold by his clerk. His
counsel demurred to the information on
the ground that druggist could not be
held criminally liable for an illegal sale
made by an employee. Judge Buck over
ruled the demurrer and the supreme
court refused to issue writ of certiorari
to review the matter, thus virtually sus-
tanning Judge Bucks ruling.
The people VS.. Jacob Leaver, violation
of local option law. Respondent pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to pay fine of
5000 and S16.65 costs or 60 days in Jail.
He paid.
The people VS.. Margaret Crippen Nor
ris, violation local option law. Respond
ent was charged with keeping tiger"
in Lawrence. She pleaded guilty and
was ordered to pay 800 fine and s56.25
costs or to spend 80 days in jail. She is
serving time.
The people VS.. Herman Ludwig, viola
tion of local option law. In this case the
respondent was charged with running a
rum shop in South Haven. He was one
of the parties involved in the South
Haven raid made by the officers last sum
mer. He disappeared and the officers
were unable to find him until recently.
He pleaded guilty and was fined 800
and S44.7S costs, or 80 days in Jail. He
also paid.
Harry Lockwood, Fred Brown, John
Klock and Eugene Ormsby of South
Haven and VIM. f. Deming and James
Mathews of Paw Paw, all charged with
keeping gaming rooms, all pleaded guilty
Deming was fined $40 and S11.50 COSTS
the others have not yet been sentenced.
George Hempsenstall, the fellow who
heeced one of the inmates at the Saints
Home in South Haven, obtaining quite
large sum of money by pretending to be
very pious, pleaded guilty to false pre-
lenses and was sentenced to Ionia for
five years.
In the case of the people VS.. Adelbert
Clifford, the respondent pleaded guilty
to larceny and was sentenced to Ionia
for three years.
Frank Gould and Albert Harbin,
charged with burglary, were arraigned.
Gould pleaded not guilty; Harbin, with
the consent of the prosecutor, pleaded
guilty of petit larceny; he has not yet
been sentenced.
I'm each of the cases of Elizabeth f..
Garland VS.. John Garland, Lucretia III.
Carter VS.. Albert f.. Carter and Clara B.
Utter VS.. Henry Utter. decree of di-
vorce was granted.
A decree was entered in the case of
Jason B. Foote ct al VS.. Mary V. Muir
dock ct al, confirming the previous re-
port of the circuit court commissioner
and ordering sale of all realty belong
ing to the estate of the late Benz. +. Muir
: dock, the proceeds of such sale to be dis
tributed among the legal heirs.
Court adjourned until Friday, April
10, at $3.50 i'm the afternoon.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
Local Department.


Mrs. Beatley is visiting Paw Paw
friends.
A. l.. Moulton of Decatur was in town
Monday.
A. III. Tuttle of Hartford was in town
Monday.
Mrs. j. F. Bullard is i'll and confined
to the house.
Elmer Downing is home from Chicago
for a few days.
Dr. j. f. Maxwell of Decatur was in
town yesterday.
Mrs. Tensie Stevens is seriously i'll and
confined to her bed.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Tabor of Lawton
were in town yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Mosier were here
from Mattawan, yesterday.
Bernie Buck went to Bangor, Monday,
to work in the Visitor Office.
Waters a. Co. have a remarkably strong
team. Their adv. tells about it.
Broughton has two advs. in this paper,
both worthy of a careful reading
John Burns and Horace Hubbard are
now landlords of the Clifton house.
Mr. G.. G.. Bicknell of Cedar Springs is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. A. G. Glidden
Mrs. NJ. u. Richardson is having fine
new porch built on the front of her resi-
dence.
The coffee prices quoted by E. B.
Longwell are "eye openers" to the trade
See his adv.
f. B. Longwell offered the first i'm
ported strawberries in the local market
yesterday.
l.. f. Munsell, who lived west of this
village in Lawrence township, was buried
yesterday.
Advertised letters: Mrs. Hoisington
Jas. " Blakeledge, Johnnie Shryne, Sige
Daley, Jerrie Grayar.
Mark Monroe, wife and child have ar.
rived here from Chicago, to make Their
home for the present.
Rev. and Mrs f. II. Harvey returned
Thursday from California, where they
have passed the winter.
A reception will be given by the Coterit
this "wednesday evening, at their club
room, beginning at 8 o'clock.
Frank G.. Hall of Kalamazoo has pur.
chased the 60-acre Breck farm west o
town and will build house on it,
II. j. Cavanaugh has purchased tn,
new residence that Free d Hagerman ar,
building on north Kalamazoo street.
The Coterie library will not be open
this afternoon. No overcharge will be
made for books held till Wednesday
April 20.
Harvey Cooley left last week Wednes
day morning for an extended trip west
His first stop will be at Sioux Falls, S
ID. He will be absent about six weeks
John Burns of this place came int,
court last Monday, pleaded guilty to tn
charge of having kept a gaming hous
and paid fine of $4,000 and sl0.40 costs
Sellick advertises this week specia
sale of dress goods. He quotes some O
the special bargains offered, and the re
duced prices quoted insure good trad
during the sale.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
LOOKS LIKE ACTION.
PROBABILITY THAT CONGRESS WILL DO
SOMETHING TO-DAY.

Dispatches in the morning papers in
dicate that the foreign affairs committees
of the national senate and house have
practically agreed on resolutions to be
reported to-day, authorizing and directing
the president to intervene in Cuba, and
to use the full force of army and navy If
need be. Such resolutions will doubtless
be adopted if reported, and will practi-
cally amount to declaration of war un-
less Spain recedes from her position.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
Teachers Examinations.

Van Buren County Schedule for '97-'9S.
At Paw Paw, March, beginning last
Thursday; for all grades.
At Hartford, June, beginning third
Thursday: for second and third grades.
Office days every Saturday.
WELLS G.. Brown,
Commissioner of Schools.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
A. WHITMAN. GRANITE WORKS.

buy direct from the quarries, without
commissions.
large stock to select from. do save you
one-fourth in price. 1t will pay you to
come here.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

The leading fire insurance companies
represented by E. f. PARKS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

Corn and Oats Wanted.
First class custom work and cash for
corn and oats at the Almena Mills.
33tfl EDw. III. MINER.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
Paw Paw, Mich, April IL, 1898.

To whom it may concern
We, the undersigned officers of Paw
Paw Assembly No. 10, international Con
gress, take this opportunity of informing
our friends, and the public generally, that
we are well satisfied with the protection
afforded by the International Congress
to its members, and considering it safe
organization we wish it to be known that
we have no intention of withdrawing from
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
Millinery and Fancy Goods.

| have a fine stock of the above goods, in
Guiding trimmed hats, flowers, stamped
linens, embroidery silk, veilings, in fact a
complete line of millinery and fancy goods.
Hair work specially. Butter and eggs
taken in exchange for goods.
47tfl Mrs HATTIE GARDNER.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
Crescent Bicycles

THE almost unanimous
l testimony of repair men
is that Crescent Bicycles are
in the repair shops less than
any other make, although
Crescents in use outnumber
any other bicycle two TO
one.
Making the best possible
bicycles at FAIR, FINED PRI-
CES, has caused the wonder
full popularity of Crescents.
$4,000 of them sold in 1897.
We want to sell you one in
1898.
Crescent quality and Cres-
cent beauty at Crescent
prices should make you ard
your friends Crescent riders.
Art Catalogue Free.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

Call and see Mrs. l.. M. O'Dell's millin-
cry. She has the finest and largest as
sortment of spring and summer goods
ever displayed in Paw Paw before. Don't
fail to inspect her goods before you
nurcnaSe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

g5y- Money to loan on real estate.
f.. f. PARKS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
For sale

Standard Oil Co.'S. storehouse on Il. r..
grounds. Paw Paw. Enquire of Fred
Phelps, agent, or leave word for him at
this office. 46tf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

Lace Curtain Stretcher
For rent at % cents per day.
I'll Mrs. j. +. BULLARD.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
The Strongest cam
We Know Of
Ariel Bicycles

MO MONEY has been
1 Y spared on material or
in the manufacturing in any
way, to make the Ariel as
strong, as durable, as hand
some and as modern as any
'oS wheel upon the market.
They will stand the test of
comparison with any make.
They attract attention from
all. They give satisfaction
to all.
Nothing but strictly high
grade bicycles have ever
been built by the Ariel Co.
Competitors can speak moth
ing but praise in favor of
them. No rider ever bought
an Ariel and regretted his
purchase.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

Notice.
More about the fiery powder in wearing
apparel. When clean clothing must be
thoroughly washed, soaked five days and
rinsed through forty pals of well water
to get the terrible heat out of it that was
placed in it by some miscreant-this
ought to be proof enough to satisfy any
reasonable mind that this is a fact, re
gardless of what others may say about
it. No clue to the miscreant yet.
t1* CHLOE l.. ASHLEY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

Millineryi Millinery!
New shop, new stock and new prices.
Come in and be convinced that my prices
are right All kinds of millinery and
hair work done to order: satisfaction
guaranteed. My customers and public
are invited to call before purchasing
spring millinery.
Very cordially,
Mrs. G. A. VAN FLEETE.
East Main street.
Money in any amount desired, to loan
on farms. Good farms for sale on easy
terms. h. A. CRANE,
40t13*l Chase Blk, Kalamazoo, Mich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

Mr. III. b. Howard, who is employed
by the Scotch Tone company, has moved
his family here and they occupy Mrs.
Stevens house, north Niles street.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13

Painting. Paper Hanging, Etc.
We are now prepared to execute orders
for house and carriage painting, paper
hanging, glazing, &c, &c. Shop in the
Mason mill. Leave orders at shop or at
Dyckman house. JAS. A. LEECH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

That Is the condition when the potter has
been successful. but IL his mixture should have
been wrong. II he should have mscalculated a.
to the time Of firing. II the heat should have
been too high or too low al certain stages OF the
transformation. his seggars may contain masses
OF useless. discolored and distorted stuff. with
which nothing can be done except to throw 1t
on the waste heap called "potsherds." a glance
at which at almost any pottery will convincs
q man that the pottery industry is not all profit
and that many pitchers are broken before they
have a chance TO go to the well. The biscuit
is examined III rooms set aside for THAI
purpose. The cracked and damaged pieces arc
thrown OUT, and the perfect ones taken to the
dipping rcom where each piece is dipped Into
a solution which. wien hardened on the surface
Of the article. changes it from biscuit TO pol
ished pottery. The word biscuit means liter
ally, twice baked" but the name is always
used to designate pottery which has been only
ON e baked and has neither glaze nor enamel
After it has been dipped the ware Is packed
into seggars once more and Is placed again into
the gloss kiln, where 1t is subjected to lesser
heat than the first for about twenty -four hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

The fragile nature Of the ware which is turned
out by the potter is probably the reason why
little or no machinery may be used. There are
some simple machines employed, known as Jig
gers" and 'joics." but they are used only on
articles that perfectly round, like cups,
bowls and vessels Of that kind. and even these
cannot be made complete by means OF the ma
chine because the handles and ornaments must
be put on by hand decorated coffee pot. for
example is made entirely by hand. and is never
touched by a piece OF machinery. From the
man who designs the shape to the man who
packs II in a crate for transportation II goes
through the hands OF about dozen skilled
laborers. none Of whom have any more ma
chinery to aid them than the ancient potter who
baked his product In the sun on the banks or
the Nile
Although the products Of the various potteries
represent all styles and classes Of goods. and
no two Of the establishments are just alike, the
process OF manufacture is about the same In
each concern. The china clay used in white
ware comes from Florida. Delaware. North
Carolina. Maryland. Missouri and Pennsylvania
Ordinary clay comes from Kentucky, New-Jer-
sey and Ohio silica is obtained from New-York,
Pennsylvania Illinois and Maryland; boracic
acid from California and feldspar from Mary
land, Maine, Pennsylvania end Connecticut one
Of the first problems which confront the potter
Is the proper mixture Of materials and when
this question has been solved the battle is half
won.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

Ing OF about s13 on one fire. ana pro-
ducing equally satisfactory work III u'
decorated ware that is made In the pot
terles at Trenton there is some UNDER
glaze and interglaze work. but principally thar
which is known overglaze. where the oe-
signs are printed on the ware after IL mas re-
ceived its second firing. In such cases, where
the decorating is done before the firing tho
risk is greater and for that reason the COM
mcrcial ware is usually made in manner
which involves the least risk While there have
been some efforts made in the direction OF high
grade and art pottery in Trenton. they have
done less to make the place known rs pot
terry centre than the manufacture of practical
commercial wares.
Under the operation OF the new tarn tho
pottery industry in Trenton has advanced in
importance and some goods are being turned
out there which could not be produced at
profit before the new law went into effect
The following statistics show the decrease In
importation in the year 1897.
Number Of packages OF pottery imported from
England 1850. ~. 200: 1856 SJ,92l, 1891. 96.O75:
1855 $3.50: 1889. 9c33l; 1880, 9S39s; 1891.
o.. ISL; 1872 1OO5OG; 1893. 90.S31; 1891, SJ,1l3:
1880 1874; 1896. 5000. 1891. 1900
The pottcrics Of Trenton are not confined to
any particular part Of the city, but they are so
conspicuous that the stranger who visits the
place could not fail to notice them. Some OF The
establishments are situated on the canal and
others in the inner city. The works resemble
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

In the process Of manufacture the proper pro-
portion Of the various insolube ingredients Is
ground to q fine powder in huge mills. This
powder Ii then weighed out and thoroughly
mixed with soluble clays and worked in large
tanks. The mixture looks like cream and Is
strained through several layers Of fine boiling
cloth. all water which may be left from the
pulp being squeezed out in powerful fil,erns
presses, from which it comes In the shape of
sheets. which are rolled up to make them more
easy to handle. Then they put into what
Is known as Pug" press, in which all par
tices OF air are pressed from the clay. 1t comes
out OF this press a homogeneous mass putty
like In appearance and consistency and ready
to assume any shape that the deft potter may
wish to give it. In this condition 1t IS dis
trbuted In patches to the men, who press 1t
over plaster Of paris mouds, which have been
made for that purpose In another part Of the
works. The jiggerman. by means Of crude
mechanism. forms the inner profile Of the YES
sci a. the clay revolves upright spindles
The moulds absorb enough Of the moisture
which still remains In the mass to make the
moulded piece shrink away from them. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

then the green" article. after the handmade
parts have been added. Is set aside to dry until
it is safe to handle. Supernuous ends and rough
parts are then turned or. the article is cleaned
and sponged and made smooth and when II has
been made az perfect a green or soft piece
Of pottery can be 1t Is carefully transported to
the kiln, where 1t Is to receive It's first or
hardening fire.
This process requires great care at every
stage. The green articles first packed III
oblong boxes made Of a rough. refractory earth
enware. These coverless boxes. which are fire
and smoke proof, are known as seggars. They
are piled In great columns In the kilns, so close
to one another that about fifteen hundred OF
the seggars. containing about three thousand
dozen pieces Of small ware. may be crowded
into the heating space To prevent the gases
which are generated in the kiln from inJuring
the stock a strip Of clay is placed between the
seggars and when the kiln has been packed full
ito door is closed bricked up, covered with
clay and plaster and the fire started. The fuel
used is coal and the length OF time required for
firing the first or biscuit heat is from twenty
four 10 seventy hours, according To the com
nosition Of the ware When the beehive shaped
brick structure has cooled OFF and the door has
been opened again the green puttylike articles
which were put in the seggars are taken out In
a transformed condition. They are now known
as biscuit. and. instead of being gray. moist and
pltable they are white. firm. translucent and
unglazed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

the ware Is great There is usually about 81, 500
worth Of ware in kiln. which. il spoiled. is ut
terly worthless, as the damaged goods cannot be
used second time. They can merely be carted
away at IS cents ton.
But there were potteries in the United States
before the Trenton industries were started.
AS material Is the chief requisite for a pot
terry. and as many places throughout the United
States produce II. there were potteries in this
country in its early days. and ii has been stated
that as early 1745 porcelain made in this
country caused Wedgwood to fear that the
humble works In South Carolina might become
dangerous rivals In Philadelphia there was
pottery in ITO Of which 1t was said that bet
ter cups and saucers were made there than at
Bow or Stratford" But the manufacture OF
pottery in Trenton did not begin until about
fifty years ago. since when the industry has
grown steadily. until now the place is known as
the Staffordshire Of America, and It's enterpris-
ing manufacturer keeping before them the
achievements Of Palinsy, Bottcher Josiah Wedg-
wood and Winton, hope TO make the place as
famous as Dresden, 6evres. Limoges. Derby or
Delft