The Lake County star., 1876-06-08
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j. ID. Garlanu rs 'SlunlplnS oh h'o
lot Lnis week.
G. w. Helms is erecting his new
dwelling, this week.
Tie pigeons and pigeon llinte's have
all dese,reI This locality.
Cool nights during the fore part of
the week; yet there was no frost.
Linus B. Taylor furnishes us some
nice fresh onions OIL subscription.
In settling up your 'little bills" don't
forget tie amount you owe the printer.
Wm. Fitzpatrick brings us nice lot
of potatoes, OH subscription-.of year
and a half.
Alex. DeLong has built q sidewalk
along the entire street front of his cor
ner residence lot.
VIM. Bonney has moved with his
family back to town, and is occupying
Fred. d iIIinS's house.
County Clerk TOwner is improving
the appearance OF his place by building
u board fence around it.
Lee s. Cuou has been furnished by
The S,aie Board of Heath with appa-
ratus ro. measuring rain TALL, &c.
Chas. McSIOy is having fence built
around bis two lots OH Cedar street.
The ground has been plowed and plant
ed.
John Kirkland is improving the
grounds in front of his dwelling by
burning the unsiyhtly piles of logs and
brush.
There will bc a "Centennial Hop" at
the Baldwin House, OH the evening of
July 4th, and u pleasant time is antic-
ipated.
The family of F. Freely, foreman for
Messrs. Ashc Brothers, on their lumber
job at this point, has returned to Lud-
,ngton.
Everything seems to promise a fi-
vOrable season this year for farmers,
aud hey feel greatly encouraged in
consequence.
We were pleased to receive a call
rom Mr.. SlawsOn, of Cedar Springs,
who was in town OH business, last
Wednesday.
According to the thermOmetrical
weather report 10y Lee s. CObD, May,
1876, was cooler than during the same
period Of 1876 or 1874.
There was a handsome increase In
the amount in the county treasury, last
month. See the report of Treasurer
Deuress, given elsewhere.
The cont-Oversey regarding the Sit
pcrintendent and Inspector of Schools
in Weober township seems likely to
get into the courts for settlement.
Those interested in the organization
Of u band o. martial music are expected
to meet in Baldwin next Saturday
evening for the purpose of practice.
A few grayling have been caught
from the North Branch during the past
week. Chief of harmony
between the fishermen and the mos
quitOes.
We learn that party from Luding-
ton has rented the building formerly
occupied by Phillips d Dyer, and in
tends To open meat market within q
few days.
The Board OF Supervisors will meet
Monday, June 18th, for the purpose of
cqualizing assessment rolls and tram
sacting other business which may come
before it.
The North Branch near Baldwin is
becoming pretty well choked with logs
from the job of Ashe Brothers. They
cannot be successfully driven out until
Fa'l, Oh next Spring.
Geo. G. Tow nsend, proprietor of the
Townsend House, will have bower
dance, July 4th, and all who desire to
shop" beneath the shade of fragrant
CNCISiCSho Soh wv oOs
Treasurer Raymond, of Osceola coun-
ty, was employed by John Larkin, of
Midland, to straighten out the account
books i'm the matter of the alleged de-
falcation I'm Midland county treasury.
Ed. Raymond and Tom. Delzcll,
Treasurer and Clerk of OsceOla county,
arrived in Baldwin Wednesday even-
ing, prepared for raid upon the gray
ling among the beautiful waters of the
Pere Marquette River.
1t IL the intention to have instru-
mental music at the meeting of the
Sabbath School, next Sunday. All in
tcrestod are requested to meet ut half
past one o'clock, for tho purpose of
spending half an hour in singing.
BY reference to a notice published
elsewhere, 1t will he sccn that there will
he meeting of the general committee
of arrangements for the proposed cclc-
bration OH the Fourth of July, held in
Baldwin next Tuesday afternoon. The
meeting should bc well attended.
There IL some talk Of holding Re
publican County Delegate Convention
ut an early day, for the purpose of choos-
ing delegates to the various convcn-
tions to I've held hereafter. The idea Of
holding the convention carly IL, per-
haps, good one, but we do not sec
how anything can be done until the
various State, Congressional, Senator
ial, Representative and County Central
Committees have agreed upon basis
Of representation.