The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-15

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held at Crooked Lake, next Saturday
and Sunday.
The mail for the east now closes at 8
o'clock a. m; and going west, at 8
o'clock p. m.
A travelling concert troupe were in
town last Saturday evening, giving an
entertainment at Town Hall.
Whortleberries are beginning to come
into market, quite lively, and are SELL
ing at from 10 to 124 cents per quart.
We want some wood. Subscribers
| in arrears, and wishing to "pay up"
now's your chance.
Col. Quackenbush now displays a
neat band around his hat, with the IT,
tle-in gold braid-"F. & p. M. R'y
Station Agent"
If any of our subscribers, owing us,
will bring us some potatoes, OH sub
scription, we will accept them as read
lily as so much cash.
We ought to have stated, last week,
in our item regarding those new signs
for Emmett Coon 4 Co., that they were
gotten up by q. w. Foster.
E. G. Raymond and r. w. Bellamy,
of Hersey, caught over sixty fine gray
ling while Over-here last week. Some
of the trout weighed over a pound each.
Did you ever stop to think when
reading your neighbours copy of the
county paper, what an economical
thing it would be for you to subscribe
for it?
Townsend has raised the frame to
his new store building, and the work
of covering it is now going forward.
Danr Young, of Matherton, Mich,
adds his name to the list of subscribers
for the STAR. Who comes next?
Levi BOvce, of Weber township, is
entitled to our thanks for nice mess
of radishes.
+. l.. Allen and family have gone on
il visit to their former home i'm Wash
tenaw county.
Dan'l Donovan, Esq, of Pinora,
wants the STAR, and of course, we
checrfully add his name to the list.
II. w. Bellamy and o. Jones, of Her
sey, succeeded in hooking fine mess
of trout from the North Branch, Thurs
day of this week.
Judge Burch and s. f. Dwight, Esq,
of Hersey, and +. Dumon, Esq, of Big
Rapids, were in town Thursday after
noon.
The lateness i'm issuing the STAR this
week is owing to an absence of three
days, on our part, at the session of Cir
cult Court.
The organ and Evart Review were
very much exercised over that cartoon
on "Tommy, the selfish little pig" 1t
was good hit.
1. w. Howe, of Ellsworth, informs
us that he has timothy on his farm,
which reaches nearly up to his arm
pits.
If you want to know who is County
Superintendent of Schools, read the
"We(a)kly" side of the Chase clique's
organ. There, now, take that right
out!
1t is reported that operations on the
mill Mt Forman Station have been sus-
pended by reason of the proprietors not
being able to buy timber at reasonable
prices.
Prof Miles, State Geologist, passed
westward, OH the freight, Friday NOR
ming. During his stop at Baldwin, he
procured some specimens of soil and
rock, for future examinations.
A party from Reed City, fishing a
few hours i'm Davenport's Lake, last
Tuesday, caught all the fish he could
| carry. Among the rest was black
bass weighing some five or six pounds.
"Doughsticks" feels like the boy who
fell into the hogshead of molasses, and
was then rolled in the dirt as punish
ment. He isn't hurt any, o, no, not
he! But he feels terribly uncomforta-
BILE! That's all
We are informedby Mr.. /. ID. Blood,
of Yates township, that the frost on
the night of June 18th severely dam
aged wheat In his neighborhood, and
that portion of said wheat has been
"plowed under"
Supervisor Knight, of Yates town
ship, Is hereby commanded to add one
more TO the female column of the cen.
sus list. For further particulars, en-.
quire of Stephen w. Thompson, Esq
Weight 10 pounds. Who goes higher;
"Doughsticks" thinks that when his
masters, the Chase clique, induce him
to write any more lies about newspa
per man, 1t will be when the balance
Of his little common sense has departed
from him.
l.. M. Little and Benz. Trip, of Elder
township, encountered a bear, Will,
coming to town last Wednesday. tn,
"varmint" was not at all disposed t.
court close acquaintance, but took {,
his heels at first sight of the wagon ant
Its occupants.
We acknowledge the receipt, through
the Secretary, G. F. Kimball, of Pom
tiac-of the neatly prepared premium
list of the Twenty-Seventh Annua
Fair Of the Michigan State Agricul
triral and Pathological Societies. Th'
Fair will be held at East Saginaw
from the 18th to the 18th of Scptembc
next.