The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-10

raErod. and We loading the piece,
while The latter held his thumb
on the vent. Taintsr's right hand
was shockipgly 'nangled, though
fortunately only . portion Of the
email finger was carried sway.
The "ball" Of Eagan's left thumb
was blown of.
The programme, consisting Of
procession, march to tl,0 grove,
wasie, speeches, singing, &C., was
carried ont with slight exceptions.
The storm which came up sud.
denly ab"at 1 o'clock, caused q
hasty exit from the grove to the
town. The wind blew down sew.
eral trees, but 90 far ne We could
learn only two persons were
slightly injured from this cause.
In the evening Q line display Of
fireworks was had. which formed
no small part Of the anusements.
A bower Dance given at the
Fvart House, attracted large mum.
bers, who entered fully into the
enjoyment Of stripping the light
fantastic" In accordance with it's
well known spirit Of accommodate
the F. & T. M. Railway Company
sent q spe cial train down from
Reed City at 8 o'clock in the eve
ming, returning at midnight, thus
affording many living in this por-
ton of the county the chance of
enjoying the festivities and reach
homo several hours earlier than
they would have done if compelled
to wait for the noon train the fol-
loving day. 49,
TEE Revieso of July 4th says :
Some time during Saturday night
or Sunday morning some malici
ously inclined person or persons
loscDed the stay lathe on the Els.
ton block thereby letting il settle
about ten inches out OF place
causing a great deal of extra ex-
pense and labor.
MEcosTA COUNTY.
From. the Magnet We learn that
the iron on the Muskegon Railroad
has been laid to the depot site
just south Of Hemlock street at
the place, and since July Let a
large force lac been at work
building side track, ballasting,
grading for depot grounds, etc.
Timber ready framed for the de-
pot has been shipped there from
Muskegon, and workmen are pre-,
pairing to put it together. A water
tank and turntable are also being
constructed. 1t 10 expected that
these accommodations will be
completed during the present
week, aud that trains will COM
msnce running regularly next
Monday.
CLARE COUNTY. a.
A correspondent Of the Eas,
Saginaw Courier, writing from
Farwell, gives the following nd.
ditional particulars Of the fire al
that point last week: T
The mill destroyed was built
two years ago by Hilton e. Lin.
ton. Mt q cost Of $4,000. Mr.,
Hilton subsequently, sold his in.
interest to Mr. A. Luton, who
owned the mill Mt time of the fire
the loss on the stave and heading
machinery and stocks falls upon
d. e. Chadwick, of East Sag.
inaw, and amounts to $500
upon which there was no..insurance,
Mr.. A. H.. Mershon, OF East
Saginaw, also loses $500 on shin.
gle machine, and Mr.. Nc Clellan
Of Farwell, loses about S40O, on
turning laih and tools. Mr.. Lin
tons loss is fully $4,000, upon
which there was an insurace oi
$40, 900, in what Companies
cannot ascertain. The lumber
wac owned by Curtis & Ressignie
Pitcher & 20. There were aboul
1925, 600 feet, valued at abou,
$34, 900. A few piles containing
about $1,000 worth, were savee
by the energetic action Of ths
citizens. A part of the lumber
was sold, 20 be delivered on cars
at $50 per M. 1t was piled fron
tho mill, on both sides Of Elm
tram way, along tho side. trscA, and
as coon ne the nrill began to burr
the flames instantly cuInmuUica
ted to the lumber. The rails OF
the Flint & Pere Marquette tract
were 90 fearfulIy expanded by I'll,
heat 40 to he badly warped, snt
II was several honrs before tn,
track could b repaired. The mil
Was supplied with Q pony puDI
and all tho necessary sppsrasu
for extinguishin4 free, but the,
we're Of no avail. The engines
is confident that the FIRE originate OF
from the stack, but the other em
ployees state that the roof had jus
been wet down, and that at tn,
time the fro was first dis
ns,vnrod shn -ofos ,raa sf;it 80, o,