The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-09-13
WHOLE NUMBER 1921.

IL IL SOOu anu necessary piece OF Work.
The cost was about $50.
Married, at the Peoples church in
Kalamazoo, September 3, Mr.. M Guth-
ridge and Miss Ada H. Ball, both of Chi
cago. The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
j. q. Todd, and has many friends in this
place.
Paw Paw isn't the only town that has
an electric lighting plant and dark
streets. South Haven has not sufficient
power at the lighting plant, and the
streets are not properly lighted, in order
that private consumers may be served.
Pursuant to notice, meeting of Pros
pect Hill Cemetery company was held in
the parlor of the Savings bank on Tues
day, September r. at p. IN. There be-
ing but small number of the lot owners
present, it was deemed best to defer the
| election of officers TO an adjourned meet
| ing, which on motion was called to meet
at the Savings bank, Saturday, Septem-
ber l6 at 2 p. IN. On motion, proposed
amendment to bylaw No. 3, creating the
office of vice-president to be voted on at
the Saturday meeting, was adopted. 1t is
desired that lot owners be present and
vote at the Saturday meeting.
Mr.. A. p Northrup of Lawrence made
complaint on Friday last, before Justice
Rowland, that Victor Sweet, Harry Fair
banks, Herman Fairbanks, Glen Weaver,
Glare Stearns, Jay Branch, Charles Corn
well, Frank Warner and Frank Mosier,
Lawrence lads and young men, had taken,
cut and destroyed his melons. The
parties, with the exception of Mosier and
Warner, were arrested on Saturday and
brought before the magistrate, where
they all pleaded guilty. Sweet was given
SO or 20 days and paid. Harry Fair
banks was given SO or ID days and Her
man Fairbanks was given IS or 10 days;
both were committed to Jail. Weaver
was given SS or 10 days and paid Sen
tence was suspended on Stearns, Corn
well and Branch.
Last year a number of the fruit grow
ers at Lawton and in the surrounding
country organized themselves into a vol
untary association under the name of
the Southern Michigan Grape associa-
/ tion and engaged Mr.. A. u. BenVay as
their manager. A device representing
a ba let of grapes inscribed with the
letters S. NJ. G.. A. was adopted as a
trade mark. The name of the associa-
! tion was afterward changed to Southern
! Michigan Fruit association and the trade
mark to 5. NJ. +. 4. The association has
since Incorporated under law enacted
10y the last legislature of the state, and
employed Carey Dunham as manager.
Mr.. Benway claims for his own, the old
trade mark, 5. NJ. q. A., which he has
copyrighted and registered. A few days
since, the association filed a bill in
chancery against Mr.. Benway asking
/ that he be restrained from using such
| trademark. The case was brought up in
! the circuit court Monday afternoon,
! Messrs. l.. A. Tabor and r. j Cavanaugh
/ appearing for the association and w. @.
Howard of Kalamazoo for Benway The
case will be argued before Judge Smith,
at Lawton this afternoon, when the
question of issuing temporary injunc-
/ ton, pending "a hearing of the case on
its merits, will be decided.
! That South Haven racket that began
with an eight dollar attachment against
the pleasure steamer Louise, led to the
| forcible ejectment of deputy sheriff
from the boat and eliminated i'm a re-
volver contest between Charles Bernard,
engineer and owner of the boat, and the
officers, in which the former was danger
ously wounded, made its first appearance
in the circuit court last Monday. Ber-
nard and NJ. j. Maioney, the captain of
the vessel, were both under arrest prior
to the shooting, charged with resisting
an officer, and each had given bonds in
the sum of 500; Bernard for his appear
ance before Justice Wallingford, at
South Haven, for examination. and
MaIoney, who had mad an examination,
for his appearance before the circuit
court to answer to an information to be
filed against him. When Maloney's
case was reached i'm the circuit court,
no Maloney was present and no.
body expected he would be. Sheriff
Thomas three times solemnly called for
him and then a like number of times
called upon each of his bondsmen,
Harry Wylie and +. L. Hewson, to pro-
duce the body of their principal, but
they didn't do it and nobody expected
they would, as it was well known that
Maloney had skipped. After this cere-
mony was completed, an order was en-
tered estreating the bail, and the bonds
men will be called upon to redeem their
obligation. The examination of Bernard,
the wounded man, had been adjourned,
awaiting the time when he should be
able to attend before the examining
magistrate, but he recovered more rapid
ly than the South Haven officials, who
we're watching him with eagle eye, ex-
pected, and, few nights since, during
thunder storm, he mysteriously disap-
peared. Whether he was dissipated by
an electric discharge, went up in a
chariot of fire, disappeared in a whirl-
wind or was translated in some other
way, is not known, but when and where
he was sought, he was not His bail
was estreated before Justice Wallng-