The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-08-01

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STATE NEWS
Oscsr n. Cobb of Jackson disd Jul,
a. aged 90 years.
The farmers OF Algouac shipped twc
hundred bushsls of cherries this sea
son. ~ -...
jackson is manufacturing paper 10,
commercial uses Of pine slabs from
Saginaw. .-suslla
Joel L. White. Of Woodstock, fell
from Q wheat stack Wednesday and
broke his leg.
Mr.. BalimAn of Mouros wgs recently
found dead in cistern. He had beer
missing about three hours.
| A blue rscsr 81 feet long, and rat
Ito snake with co rattlss were recently
killed in Convis. nesr Marshall.
J. E. Earle Of orand Rapid. estinsa-
ted the distance OF the late beautiful
meteor % be 400 uiiss from tho esrth.
Tho Ssgaunee Iron Herald says
Some Of onr gardeners are already
bragging about new Lake Superior po-
tatoes. 's
4 =.
The Cathode high school or academy
at Marshall will be opened peHt month
under the management Of several nuns
from indianapolis.
Rochester has young man II years
old who wants % marry and take his
l4-year-old bride 10 tho exposition.
Bat the cold-beaded parents object.
A Dundse. Monroe county, bee raiser
ASSERTS that ''sn young swsrms Of bees
on leaving the hives this season fiy due
west. while in 1879 they new sosth."
Shippers in northern Miohigan pay
3i.25 and Si.60 per bushel for huekle-
berries. Last year they paid q and
S3.25. The Indians say this Is heap
strange"
The Adrian Press says: In Dssrfeld
township the mosq nitoes assail cattle
and horses 80 fesrfnlly that the farm.
ers are obliged 10 put them in the
barns nights.
The Evening News says that the pic
ture Ut q. j. Tilden in the Adrian Press
bears striking resemblance TO the 're-
tired physician whose sands of life have
nearly run out.
The Detroit postofiice has received
an order from Washington 70 rcdacs
the salaries OF letter-csrriers each S25
per year. and Of clerks to an aggregate
amount OF 81. 600.
Tie wrought iron framework. or
rather the skeleton Of the dome Of lhe
new Capitol, has been received. The
1000 to 400 pounds.
The total earnings OF the Detroit 4
Milwaukee railroad daring tho air
months ending July 18th we're AT0,.
6Sa 90, an increase Of S64, COS. &c over
the frst half Of the year 1873.
John Lawrence and his grsud-iau sh-
ter, Mary Lawrence. wero sailing un
Green lake, West Bloomfield, July Il
when the boat was suddenly urset by a
gale and both were drowned.
/ Samuel III. Ransom, one of the most
prominent citizens Of Kalamazoo, died
at Waakssba, Via, July 81. His ~.
mains wers brought 20 Kalamazoo ai
his funeral wss held on Sunday.
Miss Mary Graham (colored). n grad
uate OF the Flint high school, will en-.
/ ter the gpiversity neat fall in the Latin
I scientific course. She will be tho frat
coiored girl ~ enter that institatien.
The Ann Arbor Argus lesrns ths,
/ Prof A. Winchell, formerly Of the Uni.
versity, has been offered full profess
sorship in the vaudsrbilt Cuiver~ity,
Nashville. Tea, at . salary Of 81, 600 q
year.
The Dstrcit Pree Press botioes tina,
''the lady who cant sleep because oi
the oppressive heat. can eat at the
piano hall the night and howl and
claw and yeow and work harder than q
man splitting . cord Of wood"
| A little son q Mr.. Thofban, of Dav
bnrg, aged twelve years, stepped upor
rusty nail. which pierced bic foot
inficting q slight wound, from the ef'
fects 81 which lockjs~ eosuei, causinf
the Lads death in . few dsys.
/ The store Of p. a A Stekstcl Of Hoi
land xss bfohea into by three burglars
June lS A young man sls<ping there
collared one OF them and held him IN
tii o policeman came. and the othel
two were caught the next day.
A German named Evsnlt Of Eas
saginaw assaulted his wife with .
butcher knife. July ~. She recsivet
nine Distinct onts on the neck, head
and shoulders. One arm IL nearly en-
off The brute of q man escaped.
Capt Riley Darlington. Of the pro
pelier Eimira, made an assault upoi
tho editor of dirty little sheet. cslle,
the Bay City Gro~ier, Thursday. 70
writing and Publishing q scurrilous ar
ticls about him in that paper. No one
seriously hart.
Three hundred and fifteen tLousAn.
oue hundred aud seventy-three tons o
iron ore were shipped from the Mar
aaette district (Escansba, Narqaett,
and L'Anse) mp TO Buly 18th. an In
crease of ~, l4S tons for the seasol
over last years product.
The barn, wood and tool house .
Mrr. Myers at Marshall was burne'
Saturday morning between ] and
O'Clock. IL is believed to be the worl
of an incendisry, ss the family did nc
leave tho piazza fronting the barn INIT
midnight. Loss. acoo; partly covere
10y insurance..
The Executive committee have deter
mined to give, in . handsome, perms
nent form, a full record OF the Centef
nisl celebration In Kslamazoo-and I
this end have prepared the copy, an
the same is now in the hands of ou
printers, for q beautiful volume worth
, Of the occasion.
. A case Of spontaneous combustion
reported from Dewitt, by the Lansin
! Journal. On the lkth inst.. some iroI
/, Ell clothes was placed on the back Of
recently varpished chair, and stoo
, near south window for an hour,
the house OF Geo. W. Cook. when
was discovered 20 be on Gre. No dan
age Was done. sxcept the spoilfug