The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
The NGiglDOrhOOd.
MANIsrEE COUNTY,

The following items are clipped from
the Manistee Times e. Standard:
/ The Circuit Court for Manistee coun-
ty will bc adjourned to June 18th, al
10 o'clock II. M, by order Of the Judge,
received and filed by the county clerk,
yesterday.
The Grecnback Meeting Saturday
evening was addressed by Geo. w. Hop
kins of Bear Lake and others. We re-
gard separate organization OH this one
idea as i'll advised.
Jacob DcsbOugh of Bear Lake, had
his left hand cut nearly through by II
saw in Hopkins mill last Saturday.
DIR. Tomlin dressed the wound and eX-
poets to save some of the fingers.
Wm. MARSHALL; ESD, Ofthe Manistee
Rifle Club, made eight splendid shots
yesterday in succession at % rods. One
shot struck the exact center, four shots
We're put within q inches of the first,
and within IL from outside to outside
of each other, and the whole string av-
eraged 3! inches from the center. He
used Isillinghurst rifle, and thinks
those shots hard to beat ut that dis
tance.
Mcssrs. Fay, Lee, Horton and Hurd
went spearing Thursday evening, and
brought in n two horse wagon load OF
fine BASS, trout and other excellent fish.
There were about 300 and many ofthem
weighing from. six to eight lbs each.
There IL probably no better place to fish
i'm the world than Is afforded by the
waters of this vicinity.
MASON COUNTY.
We take the following from the Lud-
,ington AIpeol;
SpOrtsmen report pigeon shooting
flourishing about four miles cast of tile
city.
Mr.. S. Slaght has set out upon his
place this spring 5000 blackcap rasp-
berry roots ind planted half an acre of
Strawberries.
More than five times the amount Of
chOpping was done last wInter through
out Mason county towards clearing new
land than during the last five years.
The farmers are now busying them
selves in logging off the new ground.
VIM. Matthews, II former employee of
the Boom Co., and who recently went
to the Black Hills, tclcgraphcd to Cham
ccy Gibbs on Saturday, as follows:
"Send me $50 for the love of God;
there is no work here; we are slowly
starving to death.'
A new building, 2ix4O andtwo stories
high, Is being erected on the east side of
Charles Mears' steam sawniill at Lin
coin, for the purpose of manufacturing
broom, fork and rake handles. Mr.. &.
a. Curtice, of Chicago, will have the
management of the establishment.
The following from the Record:
Mcssrs. Pearson X Stark Government
inspectors have been testing the boilers
of the Magnet and tile tugs ut this place
and at Lincoln, and find them all in
excellent condition.
The calendar for the May term of the
Circuit Court, is the largest ever print
cd in this county. There are oI eases
in ALL criminal; 20 tissues of fact; l.
issues of law and Importance; l motion
and IL chanccry cases.
John Mason LOOmiS and NJ. Engcl-
mann were in town last week in con
sultation with Mayor Filler, with II view
to pertecting arrangements for establish
ing II line of boats between this city
and Milwaukee,, to run in connection
with the +. Il T.. Nj. Railway.
OSCEOLA COUNTY,
Clippings from the outline:
More fruit trees have been set out i'm
Osccoa county this season than ever
before.
So far as we have been able To learn
winter wheat looks well i'm all parts of
the county, and from present appear
anceS promises II full crop.
q. V. Monroe, one of Reed City's old
est and most respected citizens took the
train for New York State accompanied
by his family, OH Tuesday of last week.
The special freight train on the q. II.