The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-17

Mrs. Maurice Cagney of Kalama-
zoo passed away at Borgess. hospital
early Saturday morning after an ILL
Tess of four months. Besides her |
husband, she leaves her mother and |
father Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Dillon of |
this village, four sisters, Sister Mary |
Florentine, Mrs. Albert Hatfield David |
son, Mrs. Charles Carroll and Margar-
ct Dillon, three brothers, John Dillon,
William Dillon and Lieutenant Robert |
seas with the eighty-fifth Division.
Mrs. Cagney was before her mar
riage Miss Katherine Dillon, was
graduated from Paw Paw High school
and for many years teacher in Van
Buren, county. The funeral services
were held from st. Joseph's Catholic
church in Kalamazoo Monday morn
ing and she was laid to rest here in
st. Mary's cemetery in the family
lot.
The annual meeting of the Van
Buren, County Fire Insurance COM
pany was held in the Maple City club
rooms last Monday. The annual re-
port of the secretary showed a pros
porous year, and the business affairs
of the company are in a f1ourishing
condition. The total membership is
now 4,310, a gain of 372. The COM
pany is now carrying total of &c.
346,580 in risks, gain of 1926, 900.
The losses for the year were $8,472.01
and the books show a cash balance
on hand of $2,3339S. The assessments
this year were thirty cents on hum
dred, decrease of five cents over last
year. The old officers of the company
were reelected as follows:-M. II.
Pugsly President; M. d. Buskirk Vice
president; 3. L. Breed, secretary; f.
f. Parks, Treasurer. c. B. Charles
of Bangor and +. j. Dayton of Wav-
erly were reelected members of the
Board of Directors, and j. c. Stafford
of Lawrence, elected a new member
for one year. The Board of Direct
ors now consists Of six members in
stead of four as formerly. Prospects
for the year are bright for this enter
prising Van Buren, county company.
The following criminal matters were
disposed of in Circuit Court on the
opening day last Monday Harris
Ware, charged with assault with in
tent TO do great bodily harm, less than
the crime Of murder, was arraigned
and plead guilty. Mr.. Horner, upon
whom he inflicted the wound, admit
ted in open court that he was pro-
ceeding with a chair to strike him
when he was stabbed, and that Ware
was acting in self-defense, and ask
ed the Court that Ware be not SEN
fenced because he was equally guilty.
The Court refused to dismiss the mat
ter and suspended sntence on Ware
until the next term of court. Eric
Winkel, young boy of eighteen, was
charged with larceny. The complain
ing witness, Mrs. Radtke of South
Haven, appeared in Court and asked
that the boy be admitted to parole,
claiming that if she had known that
he was likely to go to prison for it,
she would not have made the COM
iplaint, that she thought the boy was
not mentally strong. Winkel appear
ed in court and when the complaint
was read over to him, his father was
present, but he stood mute and SEEM
ed dull and not to comprehend it,
but after time the Court interrog
gated him and found he had taken
the watch, the theft Of which he was
accused of. The Court took the case
under advisement, sending the young
boy to the County Jail for future
consideration and sentence. Louis
Camille, who was charged with the
larceny Of an automobile, plead guilty
He was remanded back to Jail for SEN
tence. In the case of Ralph Clarence
Spencer VS.. Lille Ashbrook Spencer,
a decree of divorce was granted on
the ground of extreme cruelty and
desertion The wife was given the
custody of the children and alimony.
She owning a farm.