The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-28
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CmcAeo. IT.. March 18th, &c.
Ed. STANDARD Here we are again,
with the weather all at skies and SOW
ems. Talk about chaageable climate.
II this is specimen OF centennial,
may it be hundred years before we
have another.
In spite of the weather, the sto,as
for the custom house is being rveidiy
put in shape. The report is. tflat an an
nnexpended appropriation Of 's'o.oV
will permit the work to go On awhile
longer. Curious, IL true. tt'at mex
pended appropriation we Hfesn- IL i'
such an questionable thug yo'' Know
Citizens and strangersr coming to the
city are liable to lose heir ovsrcoats,
at all hours and in Any place. Ou'
thieves take TO overcc'ats as naturally
as baby takes TO my.ik. Occasionally
a fellow is nabbed 'by the police, bnri'
does no. seem to affect the grand aver
aga loisesses. = iinrSps Tie desc~n.a =.
OF the original Benjamin Franklin.
spoke at Fsrwell Hall on Wednesday
evening. 10 the women who are centeu.
nially minded. Owing to the storm,
doubtless. ner audience numbered some
fifty-fonr all told, which certainly does
not seem indicative OF the patriotism
OF 10 hundred years ago.
There was a grand Carnival Masquer-
ads. last Monday night. at McCor.
mieks Hall A large amount OF fns,
and financial success. are the princi-
pal items resultant.
We understand ship carpenters are
receiving s2.50 per day for sneh work
as Is doing, but marine business has
not brushed of the winter cobwebs
yet, to any great extent. The total
capacity OF vessels now laying up here
is s.50i, ,009 bushels. Grain ia store
G,5i0. $40 bushels.
Thompson 4 Co., the leading ice
men OF this city. have put up $4,000
tons OF ice at Oshkosh during the last
cold spell they kept 200 men busy day
aud night. Next summer will be a
good season to sell ice, bnt hard on
the consumers.
The Black Hills ignis fatuis is draw
ing towards it hundreds of moths,
from this city, who will not succeed,
because mining is hard work, aud they
had falling out with that kind OF hair
pin. II they could lean against some
huge boulder, and let the yellow grains
trickle into their pockets, as whisky
gurgles down their throats. they would
he in n to them better than Paradise.
But rs it will take nerve aud muscle
there. as well as elsewhere. their fate is
easy to imagine.
Cen. Webster was mourned by a
large circle Of friends. His funeral
was attended by the civic and U. 3.
authorities, in all the solemn pomp Of
sable plumes
There has been report that Col.
Farrar, Of the Evening Journal, has
been trying to supplant Miss Swett, of
the Pension Office in this city. Miss
Swe,t has filed the position fully, hon
orably and honestly II she can do a
mans work. just as well as n nsn, she
has right to her position.
Miss Won Hillem and Miss Marshall
are trying another walking match ut
the West Side Rink. At last report
Miss Marshall was ahead about six
miles, in score of 800. She came of
victor in the first patch. We smiled
10 hear the irrepressible newsboys cry
ing. Here's your evening paper; full
account Of the great female walking
feat" Certainly. their feet did the
walking.
And yesterday was ST. Patrick day
in the morning. Aithough. the wealth
er was anything but fayoring. our pat.
riotic Irishmen turned out in large
nambers for the parade. There were
some forty different societies ia the
procession. The whole Appearance OF
the parade, aud in fact the entire pro-
gramme. was worthy OF msu who re-
we're the stripes and stars as second on
ly 10 the Emerald green. They were
all men We may well be proud of as
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