The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-05-02
STATE NEWS.
Grand Haven, q city claiming 0.0o0
inhabitants. has no organized Metho-
dist society in II.

Grand Haven, q city claiming 6,OO0
inhabitants, has no organized Metho-
dist society in It,
Wheat is looking better in Calhoun
county than il has before, at tins time
OF the season, in years.
Rev. w. X. Tillinghast. now in New
Orleans, will return to Detroit. and es-
tablish an Episcopal mission.
The Adrian high school girls will
graduate la calico dresses. Level
headed dsmsels.
That little son Of Mr.. Schuitma, of
Holland. who was accidentally shot
two weeks ago, died last Sunday.
Orlando Sorthrup, OF Knlamo, Eaton
couAty, is the successful competitor
for the West Point cadetship from the
Third Congressional District.
The railroad company have about
1900 cords Of all split beach and ma
pie body wood ut Millington, they pay
ing therefore Sl.S0 per cord.
The census OF 1874 showed there
were 1907 men in Saginaw City, over
81, while the greatest number Of votes
polled at any election does not reach
1900.
The city ordinance squad OF the De-
troit police will proceed against NIL
persons whose awnings or signs are less
than eight feet above the sidewalk.
Regent McGowan says that probably
the laboratory Investigation will have
to be postponed for time. owing TO
the illness OF Mr.. Grants wife.
Young Laurmer, residing north of
Holland, was injured Thursday last by
the discharge of gun in the hands OF
his brother, while they were shooting
pigeons.
According TO census just taken
Millington has a population OF 400 in
habitants. A petition has been circu-
lated, and, with copy OF the census,
will be presented TO the Circuit Judge
asking for incorporation. Several en-
terprises are open there for business
men.
The Lapeer Clarion is always finding
fault with somebody or other. 1t says:
Tomorrow Justice Mcnamara will
examine Frank Reynolds, of Attica,
for pounding his wife. We know la
her is hard to get. but it seems to us
that Frank should have found better
employment. F."
A Judgment was rendered in the
United States Court at Grand Rapids
April 10th, against the Michigan Lake
| Shore Railroad for S2i9, 900 in favor of
Albert Keep, Chester Warner and j.
II. Wade, who foreclosed bonds held
10y them. The road is now operated
a receiver.
One Frank Bird, of Hrncock, stole
! the headstone erected over the grave
OF Mrs. john Hooking. He ought to
\ have the remains of that stone tied
around his neck and sunk with il in the
bottom of-not Lake Superior. God
| forbid that its waters ever be tainted
by such piece Of carrion. a. LAnse
News.
The Coldwater Republican says:--
Andrew Sorter and Charles q. Bing-
ham were arrested on Friday charged
with using obscene language. IL APP
pears that they started to visit house
of ill-fame on Pearl street but got into
the wrong place, aud when 80 inform
| ed by the lady OF the house used all
| the vile language toward her their ill
| thy tongues could utter. They were
arrested and fined 81 each.
/ James Varnis, OF Fair Haven, aged
| 22 years, has been for three weeks a
/ raving maniac. Hardly n whole article
/ Of furniture is left in his fathers house.
The family have all had TO leave the
premises save brother OF the afflicted
man. This brother exercises certain
control over the mailman. and is the
only one that can do anything with
! him. disappointment IN n love affair
! is said to have been the cause OF reas.
on's flight. He was taken TO kalama-
zoo on Monday night Marine City
/ Gazette.
A story comes from Holly, which, IL
true, shows that the sharpers are not
all dead yet, and that all slack busi-
ness men pre- not vet removed from the
face Of the earth. As the story goes,
A. Il. received $40 in payment Of the
premium of insurance on &. ID. g prop
erty. A. B. used the blanks Of an old
played-out company, and his dupe did
not know thot the policy was not only
in worthless company, but was made
to expire the same day that it began. -
G. ID. found this all out the other day
when the premises burned down, but
the agent had fed.
Moses dropped in ON the Dowagacs
on Thursday evening, and found a
| good FJeH To tell what lie knew about
| Robinson Crusoe's money, yclept
greenbscks. He landed the tramps,
and went back on the bankers for a
compile of hours, after which he form
ed a club, with III. s. Buskirk and Carl
Gerding at the head. IL was with a
peculiar satisfaction our correspondent
watched the uuterrified democracy
tumble to" Moses aud his Theory
/ lfDetroit Evening News.