The true northerner., 1898-05-11
MICHIGAN. WEDNESDAY,

newly donned soldiers uniform.
+. +. Thomas is home from LaPorte
Ind, for few days. With his wife, he
was here the fore part of the week
They are now at Gobleville. He will re-
turn to LaPorte, Thursday.
There has not been a single marriage
license issued by the county clerk dur
ing the week Just past. The people must
be thinking too much about the foreign
combat to prepare for domestic war.
A great tableau of fascinating foreign
and domestic costumes for men at r.
Smith Il Co.'S offers an economical oppor-
tunity. The food gates are open, the
bars are down and the multitude come
and go.
Kalamazoo is already agitating the
question of '98 street fair. Paw Paws
successful effort in that direction last
fall should encourage her citizens to re-
peat the performance with an entire
change of program"
At meeting of the republican con-
gressional committee for the fourth dis
trict, held at Kalamazoo last Friday, it
decided to hold the congressional conven-
ton in Paw Paw, Tuesday, June 2S. The
formal call will be issued later.
"The professor wore the bushy end of
a cows proboscis for his whiskers," says
an exchange in writing up a unique so
cial event. They must build COWS the
wrong end first in Bangor-or else their
snouts are peculiarly constructed
Special meetings will be held at the
X. o. T. NJ. hall, by the adventist people,
Saturday, May IA, at l0:30 and Sunday
evening at 7:30. Elder H. c. Goodrich
of Battle Creek and Elder j. F.. Sture-
man of Kalamazoo will be the speakers.
At the meeting of the soldiers relief
commission, Monday, Herrick Hodges was
reelected secretary Since the last meet
ing, September 27, 7S orders have been
issued to 30 different families, residing
in eleven townships, amounting to 1888.
At meeting of the Paw Paw Christian
Endeavor union, held at the Christian
church last Wednesday evening, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, Guy DeHaven;
vice pres, Louie Rose; sec'y, Grace Grout;
treas, Dora Colby.
Attorney Kelley of Benton Harbor, for
the railroad, and Attorney Howard of
Kalamazoo, for Tom. Dodge, were in
court Friday on the railroad injunction
business. By agreement between the
attorneys and the court the case is to be
argued at Kalamazoo next Saturday
Several of Paw Paws patriotic young
men, convinced that the opportunity for
getting into the service of their country
by means of their enlistment in the Ma
tional reserves was very slim, determined
to try another method. The following
have been to Kalamazoo to investigate
the prospect of securing service in the
Kalamazoo company of the National
guard or the regular army, as the case
might be: Chas. Paige, Mark Chaffee,
Murray DeGraff, Jesse Thomas, Carl
Monroe, Roy Hinckley, John Graine,
Henry Sherman, Dan Robb Guy Lam
berson, Alva Bates, Merritt Martin and
Frank George. Page and Degraff have
been accepted for the state troops.
| Chaffee was also examined for the same
company, but is not sure of passing.
Thomas, Hinckley, Lamberson and
George applied at the recruiting office of
Lieut.. Upton and passed examination
for service in the regular army. They
are all of the right stuff to make good
soldiers and will not be found lacking
when called upon. The others, we un-
derstand, have not yet submitted them
selves to examination. Those who are to
become members of the Kalamazoo com
pany 90 to Island Lake to-day. Those
who have enlisted in the regulars will
probably go to Chickamauga next week.
John McNally, who is now in Jail
awaiting trial, was charged on complaint
of Henry NJ. Pugsley, with having girdled
and destroyed 43S peach trees, the prop
erty of complainant. The examination
was held last Friday before Justice Ma
son. The following witnesses were eX-
amined: H. NJ. Pugsley, Fred Apley, Fred
Bigelow, Frank Fike and w. j. Thomas.
Mr.. Pugsley had an orchard of upwards
of 800 trees, mostly peach, some five or
six years old, and on the 9Th day of April
last, he discovered that 43S of them had
been girdled down to the ground,
some of them below the surface of the
soil. The respondent had once purchas-
ed the premises and had forfeited the
contract. After that, according to Pugs-
ley's testimony, McNally had called him
thief and a robber and had said to him
81 will get it back again out of you or |
will take your life," and on the 30th day
of March he said to Pugsley: "Well, you
old hypocrite you, if / don't get this
crop of peaches, you will not get them. y
This was before Pugsley had discovered
the girdling. Apley testified he had seen
McNally in the orchard in the latter part
of March with an ak, and saw him using
it around the trees; appeared to be chop
ping around them. He heard McNally
say that il he did not harvest the crop
Pugsley should not, that nobody should
Bigelow heard McNally say practically
the same thing. Fike heard McNally
threaten Pugsley with personal violence
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