The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-29
NUMBER 1869.
The Michigan State poultry sssooia-
tion cleared 81 900 over aud above all
expenses. at its last exposition.

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tion cleared 81, 900 over and above all
expenses. at its last exposition.
J. Il. Warmers great Paeificmsnaeer-
10 and circus this year, will start out
about May LIST, from Jackson.
The earnings Of the Canada South
ern Railroad for the first week in Feb
ruary, 1876, were s25.63l2 IS; same
week last year, $lf, 1882.
The portion OF the intermediats pri-
son, at Ionia. that contains the boiler
and engine rooms, DINING room and
fewof The workshops, is enclosed.
The annual convention of the Super
intendents of the Poor OF tins State
! will be held in Collwater on tho 22d
23d Of March next. .t.,s .-...... =
The mud is 50 deep and the ronis 40
bad that tho stage south to Ohio from
Adrian, had TO ,bo abandoned, The
mail comes through on horseback.
Over fifty persons have recently beeu'
converted nj Muskegon, which the Re-
porter thinks is pretty good for .
wicked town"
q. w. Trout, of Reed City, has ia-
vented contrivancs for fastening mail
pouches more eifectually and less
troublesome than the present. system
of lacing. ~ =. -
Hold your nosei Mnskegon and
Marine City have each q factory for
making Limburger cheese. Cheese it,
\ ~ he Gfat
o. A. Clarke, an old aud heretofore
respected citizen Of Big Rapids, was
arrested on charge of attempt 90 bur-
glarize the Northern National Bank.
He was caught in the act.
Some person or persons burglarized
the Daily Times. Office on Saturday
night opened the safe and obtained 500
cash. They appeared satisfied with
this amount, and disturbed nothing,
and there is no clue to the thieves.
A Miss Grant, daughter Of a promi-
nsnt Montreal banker, died on an east
ward bound Michigan Central train on
Tuesday night. The remains were
placed in charge OF an undertaken OF
Detroit, and were sent east by Grand
Trunk Express Wednesday evening.
The citizens. Of Bentsn Harbor have
very generously come forward with a
subscription paper for the benefit OF
Ingham, Leslie & Co.; who were burn
ed out in the fire OF February 9Th, with
a loss OF $1,000 and no insurance.
A barn belonging to Mr.. Dick Lieut.
ness, OF Sebewaing, was struck by
lightning about 2:30 o'clock Friday
morning, and was entirely consumed,
together with its contents, including
twsnty-cight sheep, two calves, twenty
tons of hay, aud al of the owners
farming implements. The loss is quite
heavy. on which there is no insurance.
When the Detroit woman starts in TO
carry or anything portable, something
has to 60. A young female tried to
relieve clothes line, on Brady street,
Tuesday night, but took away half
ounce OF bird-shot, generously distrib-
uted from her hustle to the back Of her
neck, instead.
The Kalamazoo Gazette says: "On
Friday evening, Mrs. Raleigh, of Paw
Paw, stepped up behind her husband,
and, for little sport, commenced to
tickle him. when he suddenly threw up
his arm, and the point of pair Of
scissors. which ho held in his hand,
penetrated one of her eyes, entirely
destroying the sight.
The Hon. =. II. l.. Pierce, Secretary
OF the land department of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana railroad company,
has issued circular asking for samples
of the cereal productions OF all the
cUuutiUs contiguous ~ ti1"t .v~],
including any Of the lands in its grants
north Of Kent county, for exhibition at
the Centennial.
Mr.. Thomas Muirho o)d, who business
il is to measure the lumber rs it comes
to hand, informs us that Messrs. Hau-
nah, Lay & Co., have received little
over 1000, 900 from their Long Lake
mill. There is an average Of 75 teams
| hauling daily. We believe thoy have
lGrand Traverse Herald, :. -...,..
George Hartsell, of Dowagiac, who
disappeared some six weeks ago, and
who vas supposed TO have wandered
off and comfnittnd suicide iir fit of in-
sanity, was found few days since at
Elkhart, Ind, hopelessly inaane ii.
NJ. Smead, an old resident Of the same
place, and City Sexton, has gone in
sane over religion, aud is quite violent.
Ii takes three men TO manage him.
| A night police at Kalamazoo, caught
on Tuesday night last, burglars in the
act of entering Cramers clothing stsns.
There were two of them, but one escap-
ed. They had sawed panel out Of n
rear door OF the store. Burglar tools
and valusbles stolen at Paw-Psw wero
found upon him.
At Walled Lake, Mich, on the night
! of the 20th, Amelia Foster, was shot by
her discarded lover, Austin Parks,
while ON her way homo from church
with Abel Smith. who had displaced
him in her affections. Parks is now in
Jail at Pontiac. Miss Fosters recovery
Is probable.