The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
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ed OH subscription.
A good soaking shower Of rain Is
much needed.
b. r.. jerks, of Lake township, adds
his name to the list of our subscribers.
VIM. Wood has our thanks for peck
of handsome thew" potatoes.
Geo. Broeffie sends us treat, In the
shape of some "jerked" venison.
Levi Bolyen, of Cherry Valley town.
ship, kindly remembers us with nice
mess of summer squash.
County Treasurer Deuress has his
dwelling house completed, and moved
his family in to 1t, last week.
"Cap" Ross memory of needy prin-
ter fails him not, and he therefore pays
his subscription.
Is the Lake County Agricultural So
ciety dead, or merely sleeping? Who
can tell?
We learn that Judson North has a
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lie at all for him to hide himself in it.
Send us few bushels of potatoes, on
subscription, and see how quick they
will be appreciated, with thanks.
Milk has soured, or, rather the price
of it, i'm this locality, and "riz" from
six up to eight cents per quart.
Rev. p. F. McClelland and wife of
Chase, returned home Thursday even
ing.
Large quantities of huckleberries are
being brought in from Wolf Lake,
north of town, this week.
Considerable quantities of black and
red raspberries are being gathered in
the vicinity of Hersey and Reed City.
A new school house is being built I'M
Dist. No. l, this township, by J. G: AL
len. -..-.an.,. mipbr
A slight shower of rain, last Wednes-
day. More of it would have been ac-
ceptable.
Good fresh butter has been scarce,
this week, and the price advanced to
80 cents per pound.
Those Hersey friends have our thanks
for that huge pailful of splendid rasp-
berries.
Mrs. J. ID. Garland came to Baldwin,
this week, to see how she liked the.ap-
pearance of her intended future home.
OsceOla county is stirring around
lively, i'm the matter of holding an ag-
ricultural Fair, this coming Fall, and
is likely to succeed.
On Monday last, Pleasant Plains
township effected the payment of one
of its 81 600 bonds. Not quite bank
rupt, yet, it seems.
Rev. A. c. Beach, of Hersey, was i'm
Baldwin, last Sunday, conducting the
services of the M. L. Quarterly Meet
ing.
Capt. f. Saunders, of the F. & p. M.
Railway Land Department, and his
daughter, were in Baldwin, last Friday
night.
Sup't Kecler and Road Master Brown,
of the f. & p. M. Railway, passed down
from Ludington, last Saturday moin-
ing.
On Friday last, over one and half
tons of huckleberries were shipped from
Baldwin, by Messrs. Jones & HOLSTER,
and J. HI. Croft.
People i'm this locality were disap-
pointed last Friday, i'm not seeing more
rain, when it threatened a drenching
shower, so strongly. 1t was pretty dry.
The work of burning those huge piles
of brush, i'm the newly made clearing
just east of Chase village, is progressing
this week.
Twenty-eight bushels of huckleber-
rics were shipped from Baldwin, Fri
day morning, to Detroit, Wayne and
Toledo.
We arc compelled to apologize to our
readers for our hardness in issuing the
STAR, this week. It's all owing to a
press of job work.
Every crippled soldier i'm Lake coun-
ty, or anywhere else, will please re-
member that we have standing offer
to let them have the STAR at Is per
cent. less than regular rates.
The Song Journal for August is at
hand, and contains the usual amount
of choice music and musical literature.
G. J. Whitney & Co., Publishers, De-
troit, Mich.
We have heard much talk lately, of
changing the name of Baldwin to
Station, i'm honor of the
abundant harvest of the luscious fruit,
this season.
Messrs. Jones & HOLSTER and J. III.
Croft, shipped from Baldwin to Detroit
and Grand Rapids, last Tuesday morn
Ing, tyiy-scven bushels of hucklebcr-
ries.
We acknowledge the receipt Of the
June and July numbers of Brdindrds
Musical World, an excellent periodical
for lovers of music, and published by
s. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland, Ohio.
We learn that w. III. Croft intends
putting I'm lumber mill, over on the
Middle Branch, about two and half
miles south of town. Hope it will be
success, I'm every way.
Engineer Cary, of the +. & p. M.
was in town last Monday, en-
gagged i'm taking level of the river near
the railroad bridge, with a view Of as
certaining the feasibility of construct
ing dams across the stream, in the flu
ture. We did not learn the result of
his Investigations.
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