The true northerner., 1900-04-11
WHOLE NUMBER 1851.

! Maple Grove lodge, X. of p, has been
summoned to Lawton to attend school
of instruction tomorrow evening. State
instructor Loomis of Grand Rapids will
be there.
John Burns has rented the Clifton
house to w. III. Dansby, who takes pos
session this week. Mr.. Dansby is an ex-
perienced hotel man, and was at one
time landlord of the Clifton.
A very interesting paper by Miss
Olivia j. McLaren, on manual training
in our public schools" is printed on the
inside of this paper and should be read
J by all. Some interesting county cores
pondence and circuit court matters are
also printed on an inside page.
Supervisor Wildey is at work taking
the assessment. He requested the
Northerner to say that he is compelled
to have a written schedule and sworn
statement from every taxpayer. All
property owners should be willing to aid
him in making the assessment, as the
duties of the assessor are unusually
arduous this year.
The supervisors were all here yester-
day, and had an informal consultation on
assessment matters. The general i'm
preston seemed to be that considerable
new personal property would be added
to the rolls, by virtue of the new law
and the work Of the state tax commits
sion. The Northerner wishes every dol
lars worth of property in the state
might be made to bear its fair share of
the burden of taxation
Mrs. ID. ID. Noble, who has been great
but patient sufferer for many months,
died at her late home Wednesday, April
4, at SID p m. triumphant in the chris
tian's hope Funeral services were held
at the home Saturday at 10 a. m con-
Quoted by Rev. Anna Barton, assisted by
Rev A. A. Glovier and Rev. G.. p. Lin
derman. She leaves to mourn her loss
husband, one daughter and large circle
of friends. She had always been much
devoted to her home, and even at the
very last it was extremely hard for her
to submit to being served by others.
The intermert was at Prospect Hill.
/ In the district high school oratorical
contest at Marshall, Friday evening,
Glenn +. Warner of this place secured
second place with his Grafton on "Our
Duty in the Philippines" The first
place was awarded to Reuben Borough
of Marshall. The showing is very cred
liable one for Paw Paw, as there was a
( field of nine contestants, all but one
from larger towns than Paw Paw, as fol-
lows: Albion, Union City, Paw Paw,
Coldwater, Marshall, Battle Creek, Do
wagiac, st. Joseph and Hastings. Mr..
Warner was the youngest of the contest
ants There were no schools represent
ed by young ladies in the contest.
Something over year ago, Theodore
f.. Stratton and Chas. II. Wall, Hartford
parties got into little neighborly (?)
litigation. Stratton sued Wall in replevin,
seizing a COW, a two -yearcld colt, heifer
and five sheep. Wall was victorious in
justice court, and Stratton appealed,
but failing To give security as required
by the court, the case was dismissed.
This left Wall entitled to a return of the
property, but he did not get it. A few
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Rowland and made complaint that STRAIT
ton had fraudulently disposed of the pro-
perty and was thereby guilty of embez-
element. A warrant was issued and, on
Saturday, Stratton was arrested by Sheriff
! Thomas and arraigned before the magis-
istrate, where he waived examination
and gave bail in the sum of $500, with
Volney e. Manley of Hartford as surety,
for his appearance before the circuit
court next Monday to answer to an in
formation then and there to be filed
against him.
The council held long session Mon
day evening. The water ordinance was
amended 50 that plumbers licenses can
be granted to firms who employ plumb
ers, as well as TO individual workmen.
The committee on salaries recommended
that the marshal be paid $40 per month,
! the water superintendent $40 per month,
the clerk 1885 per year, the treasurer
$50 per year. The recommendation was
adopted. The salaries for clerk and
| treasurer are the same as last year. The
water superntendents is increased $50,
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SIG in the salary list for the year. +.
b. Lord was reappointed as policeman
and nightwatch, the village paying him
81 per week. Trustee Rowland was
elected president pro tenn. of the council.
The following committees were appoint
ed: Streets-Trustees Miller, Clapp and
Busl<irk; fire and water-Trustees Oco-
book, Longwell and Clapp; electric
lights-Trustees Buskirk, Miller and
! Longwell; finance-Trustees Longwell,
Rowland and Ocobock; claims-Trus-
tees Longwell and Miller; health-Trus-
tees Rowland and Ocobock; license
Trustees Clapp and Rowland; printing
Trustees Buskirk and Clapp. President
Cavanaugh presented the name of A. L.
Stevenson for appointment as marshal,
which was confirmed, all the councilmen
voting Eyes" except Trustee Clapp, who
| voted mo" The president made other
appointments as follows, all of which
were confirmed by unanimous vote: Vii
lage attorney, A. l.. Free; health officer,