The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
GlealIngS From the State.

49, ''N'N''Vs Sn"'OiicS anu sbcicl Y
died Tuesday morning, June ri.
Mr.. Ii W. LUCE. IA hotel Keeper
, at Westville, was found guilty o,
the 2lst aId fined ior a second vi
olation of the liquor law.
a GENTLEMAN from Kalamazot
cenght a brook trout last Tuesday
in Doardman river 30 inches lon .
aud weighing q poundsA Tao
erse Boy E1gle.
The population of the three cities
of the Saginaw Valley, bv the re-
cent census. is IA follow: East Sag.
inaw, l7,dS4; Saginaw City. 10000
(no, Officially; Bay CITY, 1869.
The lumber and skingle-,nill OF
Jones IL 9 mover. at Cedar Springs.
was to'a ~ destroyed by fire MAY
20. Origin If the fire unknnwn.
Loss about $4,000; insured for
81, 900.
The office bnildng, ware rooms.
dry kilnS. and sheds of the Union
stage and Chair Company, Grand
Rapids, burned at 4 O'clock u. ~.
1t inst. The loss is $500 in
snrance, ahont twolhirds. Cause,
spontaneous combustion.
John Basson is the name Of the
man who hung himself at Fists
Corners, six miles from Midland.
ON Saturday. He was single man.
II stranger in these parts, aud NJ"
canse is assigned for the act. lie
hung himself with wiro.
At Big Rapids, May 3Oth, during
the absence OF the proprietor If the
Scandinavian saloon and boarding
house, a Dane named Thorn a.
Thompson cnered the room of II
comrade and stole theretrom S40O
in checks on Muskegoh bank; al
so a coat and other wearing apparel
No clue to the thief, rs yet.
Crop prospects were never better
in 5. Joseph county than at the
present time. There was larger
number ct acres of wheat sown last
Fall than usual. owing t. the com
plrtc failure of the crop last year.
and il is in sp'endid condition.
Corn, oats. AID other Spring crops,
lo'k equally Well.
Tn" wheat crop in the vicinity
of C"ldwater looks very fine.
There i, liile none suwn than
usual, and will probably yield to
the acre from one quarter to one
third more than last year. A fov
pieces. however. have been some
what injured by winter killing.
O,hcr crops look ordinarily fair.
TuE Whole country in the vicin-
lty "' s.. Joseph is one garden If
blossoms. strawberry VINES cherry.
pear, peach and apple trees are il,
fall bloom. and tie air is filled with
their fragrance. II is believed that
the trnit has passed all danger.
save ihat ofinsects. as we scarcely
eyer have frost as late as This. ami
everything looks favorable. There
seems to be no reason to fear
dronlh this Summer. as So far we
have had rain in abundance.
From the Newaygo HtDublican
we learn that on Tuesday Afternoon
~ las week, II woman, the wife Of
Mccno Linden, A German rcs:iin.
near Fremn mt Center. had breu
found in Tie wnols with hv" terri
bile cashes in her throat. "A, frs,
it was supposed hat she had com
United suicide, .hnt circumstance.
came to light, indicating that the
husband was the guilty onc; aud
h" was accordingly arrcaiei and
loe!g"d in Jail at Newayso.--Uow.
ord Recorl.
F., One hnndrcd aud seven entries
have been made f,r eleven races
of the Valley City Driving Park
Assocat on, beginning on the OH
inst, rs iollows: Three minute,
eighteen; two fifty, twelve; NV"
f'riy-fonr, eleven; two thirty five,
ten; two twenty eight, eiahl; free
for all, seven: Kent county, ten:
halt mile running. nine; one mile
running, eight; two mile running,
six. Auons the tloi'ers are Hunt
ress, Red CI"nd, Fred Hooper.
Bodinc, MolIie Morris, 81. james,
john II. etc. Among the runners
are jim Conncrs. War Girl, West
crn Star, Stolen ksscr, and Jim
Alexander.
The prospect for heavy crop
Of wheat at Niles, was never bet
Ter than for this season, even where,
81 the sandy soil, it never fails,
and is seldom even comparatively
light. Northwest of Niles, some
Zen miles, where clay soil abouuds,
the yield will be light, and in
many places not worth cuttirg.
Oats promise well, bnt may be
somewhat injured by the dry
weather it it continues. Corn is
looking well, though planted late
in fact is Of unusually good color.
The potato crop will Depend en-
tircIy upon the ability of The potato
bug to destroy it. These pests are
unusually plenty, and Paris green
is in active demand. The frui,
prospect is excellent, in fact loo
good; there is too much, aid q
large falling off would be of bene
fit.
A most disgraccful and shameful
affair occurred at Midland on Sat
n