The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
HOME STARLIGHT.

d. A. Lathrop, PinOra township, Il
ut home again.
r.. H. Hollister is fencing his garden
ground, this week.
Several pigeon trappcrs left town on
the train yesterday.
And when can we ride to Manistee
OH that new railroad?
A porcupine was brought to town
last Friday, by poor Lo.
Don't forget to send in local items
from your different townships.
A "white" frost Monday night made
vegetation look black i'm the face.
New signs have been put up OH the
pOstOffice and Lacy's store, Nirvana.
Rev. A. B. Kline preached at tho
school house, last Sunday afternoon.
We hear that the shingle mill at this
place will soon bc started for q brief run
Ifyou have got anything to sell, LEI
people know it-in other words, adrer-
tisc.
G. c. jerks, agent of Jas. jerks, De-
troit, was in town Tuesday and
"Wednesday.
Cut-wOrms are very plentiful this
season, and make sad work i'm the gar
dens and fields.
The meeting of ex-sOldiers and sail
ors of Lake county, in Court House
Hall, tomorrow.
Monroe Ackerman son of John Acl1.
man who has been sick with rheuma-
tism, is around again.
1t is expected that Rev. w. l.. Camp
will preach in the school house ut &
O'clock p. NJ, next Sunday.
Harry Sawyer, of Yates township, il
happy-and why? Because, it's boy,
born Thursday, May 18th, 1876.
Chas. McSloy is engaged this week
clearing off his lots OH Cedar street,
preparatory to building this season.
Nirvana will soon have telegraph
office, situated i'm the store of +. ID.
Lacy, who will, also, be the operator.
"Forman House" il the title dis
played OH the neat new sign placed last
week upon the hotel ut Forman Sta.
ton.
Linus Taylor, of Pleasant Plains
township, remembers the STAR office
with Il present of some splendid fresh
pie plant.
Quite crowd of pigeon hunters
passed through on the freight train
Tuesday, OH their way to IL nesting ul
near Clam Lake.
Clark Burchar,l, of Elk township, re.
turned from trip to his old home In
Ingham county, the fore part of this
week, bringing with him u fine yOk,
of oxen.
The members of the Union Sabbatl,
School will meet at half past one
O'Clock p. M, next Sunday, for the
purpose of spending half hour IN
singing.
VIM. Wood and w. a. Burnam rep
resented the Democrats of Lake county
i'm the Convention held ut lansing,
yesterday.
l.. "A. Carpenter, while fishing in
Davenport lake, few nights since,
captured black bass that weighed
over five pounds.
Capt. Geo. w. Townsend, of Webber
township, has not lost faith In the soil
Of the plains. He plants about four
acres of potatoes and eleven acres of
corn, this season.
We learn that John Baker, of Yates
township, was the successful bidder ut
the letting of the job to repair bridges
In this township, last Saturday.
We arc in receipt of No. of Vol.
of The Iypc-Foun,ler, bi-moAthly
issued by Barnhart Bros e. Spindlcr,
Chicago, iii, 1t contains much infor-
nation useful to the printer.
The funeral services of Mrs. Nancy
NJ. Haviland were held Mt the school
house, I'm District No. I, Elk township,
by Rev. A. B. Kinne. She
was buried in the new cemetery, near
the school house.
Charley Chick found his Indian pony
down near Pcntwatcr last week; but
had the bad luck to have his new horse,
which he brought from LudingtOn n
short time since, taken sick and die,
while on the road.
Messrs. Ackerman & Fowler arc said
to have about 700 dozen live pigeons
Gagged at their camp. They have been
feeding the birds with corn till they are
rolling In fat, and fit for the table of n
President or millionaire.
Advices from different localities I'm
the southern part Of the State, show
that the heavy rains and cold weather
of the past spring, have caused as much
delay In putting in Spring crops there,
M here; some Of the farmers having
done very little plowing, as yet.
The June number of Gololca Hours
Is here on time, and fully yup to It's stand
ard excellence. What would the chill
Ilrcn ,lo without this bright visitor? 1t
has the jolliest little stories in It, and
pretty poems, and puzzles, and prizes
offered for solution, etc. Price, SLIGO
per ryear, postpaid. Subscriptions may
begin with any number. ii. v. Os-
boruo editnr. Hitchcock A. NV,I,Ion