The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-12-19

: "A Muskegon church IL fof Sale y
pay of an old debt.
A large will-cat Was killed few day
. ago q short distance from Midlan
, City.
, Bears gather the corn in Hersey
Osceola county, and yet the farmer
are not happy.
Saranac has had six marriages with
in ten days. The last days OF leap
year, you know.
, A few weeks ago lodge Of Odd Eel
lows was organized at Dexter, and l
now growing finely.
It is suggested ut Adrian to max
the tramps work on the streets or farm
them out to contractors. Good idea
Marshall received its first Telegram
from England Nov. 25. 1t contained
IA words aud cost S2l.70.
That legion OF Adrian boys who hav,
sworn off from using whisky and to
bacco now numbers about 400.
Midland had o wedding recent,
where the parties interested met fol
the first time on the wedding day.
Land is cheap in Michigan. A trac
Of l.040 acres, situated near Luding
ton, sold for 10 cents nm acre recently
Judge Wells, of Kalamazoo, has re
turned to Washington TO resume tn,
session of the Alabama Claims Court
The Grand Lodge of Free and 40
cepted Masons holds it's next annual
meeting in Grand Rapids, commencing
January %.
Mr.. VIM. w. Bancroft, the lawyer
who recently committed suicide in Sar
Francisco, was formerly q resident oi
Grand Rapids.
Judge Upton, Of Coldwater. is men.
toned as suitable person to succeed
Judge Keightly, on the bench Of that
circuit.
The Manistee Times says that there
has been more marriages in that place
this year than any other two years in
its history.
Capt. Geo. Fowler, an esteemed citi'
zen OF Lansing, and solid Republican,
is q candidate for the position of Ser.
geaut-at- Arms in the Senate.
Gov Bagley is collecting statistics
from the police authorities of the lar
| ger cities ia tLo sbato relative 10 the
number of "drunks" and disorder
lies" arrested during the past year.
Another appropriation is needed for
the new State House Of Correction at
Ionia, the amount appropriated at the
last session of the Legislature having
been exhausted.
The rails on the Peninsular Railroad
are laid 10 point within sixteen miles
of Lansing. President Bancroft says
that the cars will be run into Lansipg g
by the 10th OF next month.
The Niles Republican gives currency
to a rumor that the track OF Chicago a
Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, be-
tween New Buffalo and Benton Har-
bor. will be taken up, and that a new
track will be laid from Benton HafboI
to Niles.
w. r. Burt & Co., of East Saginaw,
have shipped from their mill aud salt
works this season 20.969. 900 feet OF
lumber, 5,969, 900 shingles. and Ga, 1915
barrels of salt. Burt's salt works are
the largest in the world,
About sixty men have been discharg.
S piyisSn 2f the Lake ks,sos6 Shore and
gravel train has been taken of for the
season, the extra gang discharged, and
the section gang reduced to the mini.
mum, or one foreman and two men.
The second trial OF Nye, the Battle
Greek murderer, was commenced on
Monday in the circuit court at Mar.
shall. Just one year ago the 10th in
slant he received the sentence to Jack.
son for life. A new trial was granted
by the supreme court. Mr.. T. @. Pray
is leading counsel for the defense.
The Grand Rapids Eagle says tha,
ST. les lrefully Q c,mpiled by the po
lice show tnat Drunkenness is d, c;easine
in that city. In 1873 there was S48 ar,
rests for drunkenness; in 1874 there
we're 535; in 1875 there we're 3s8; and
during the first IL months OF 1876 there
we're only 2Sl.
During the quarter ending Septem
Der 30th, 1876, 4,645 immigrants arriv
ed at Port Huron. OF the whole mum
ber 2, ,361 were males and 2, ,293 females.
The barn Of Isaac Schermhorn, situat
ed four miles north of Montcalm coun
ty, burned recently. Loss about g +,
900; lightly insured. The fire was tn,
work of an incendiary. RempsoI
Stone, Of Watrousville, was arrested
recently on a charge Of highway rob
berry. After lengthy examination he
was bound over trial.
The passenger No. Z, which leave,
here q little after noon, ran into ,
farmers wagon and team short dis
tance this side Of Sturgis. yesterda,
afternoon. A man and little gir
were in the wagon, and although th'
vehicle was mashed to pieces, neithe
were hurt. One Of the horses wa
killed and the other SO badly bruised
that he had to be killed at once. Tn,
train then proceeded on its way, aud a
Douglass, few miles west Of Stargis
another team got across the track, an,
we're killed by the locomotivs.-AdriaI
Times.
On Thanksgiving afternoon Matthsy
Teuck, a blacksmith, walked up l.
Henry Davis, n barber. on Hamilton
street, Saginaw City. aud without say
ing a word placed pistol to the heat
of the latter and fired, the ball entering
the skull just above the left ear, Dav
is is not yet dead, but is not expected
TO live. The men were acquainta ice
and had difficulty short time sine
in a saloon. Teuck was the smalle
man of the two, and avoided persona
encounter. Going from the saloon b
gun-shop he purchased a cheap pisto
for ten shilhnes, aud returned, wit
the result as stated, Teuck is now Il
Jail awaiting examination.
The Adrian Times Of Dec. 8 contain
; ed the following: Another Of the ol
residents Of this vicinity has passc
away. Jared Carter. Of Palmyrs
passed away, in the 18th year of hi
age, on his farm, in the vicinity o
Westville, at ak p. N. yesterday. H
came to Palmyra from Madison count
N. Y, and located on the farm OF
which he died, nearly twenty-five
years ago. He was a good neighbor,
} worthy and intelligent citizen, and q
! upright man. He leaves an aged wid
ow-mother TO ex-Sberiff Mason, @
this city, and two sons, one OF vhor
resides IN Barry. and the other d
HiIlsdsle county.