The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-11
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
1t is said that the Adrian poor-house
has 80 Insane inmates. r1-
Tho Gratiot Journal says "the bull
frog crop is simply enormous, and 30
are some of the bull-frogs."
There are S33 prisoners in the State
Prison at Jackson. There were re-
ceived during the month Of June, SO;
"a were discharged and two pardoned.
The criminal case against James
Scripps, of the Detroit News, has gone
over again and will be tried in October
probably. -a IN ~, t-q
The sash and blind factory of Allen
& Co., in Lansing, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday night. 2O,0OO; insur-
ance, $4,000. va,
Nicholas Blanford, of Detroit, vet
Gran Of the war of 1872, has been sent
to the Soldiers Home at Washington.
John Saul. residing near Newport,
Monroe County, has an eight year old
son weighing 125 pounds.
II. Paradise, aged seventy, living
near Adrian, dropped dead Tuesday
from over exertion, while driving cattle
out of q wheat field.
The uursloy prothsro, of Marquette
have been awarded the contract for
building the life saving stations be-
tween there and the Sault. "
Monroe has its case OF smallpox; IL
was discovered last Sunday in the per-
son OF servant girl lately from Detroit,
who was Employed at the residenceof
Caleb Ives. She was taken to tho hos-
pital. iIsJ .so,l 81 al.l. j. .ainsi ilss
The Buchanan furniture mandatory
has declared dividend of ten per cent,
for the year ending July Sd. VIM.
Pears, III. j. Howe, John Graham, j.
Weisguiber and VIM. Osborne have
been elected for the coming year.
The man named Woods who was
kicked so badly ina row in Walsh's
saloon, Lowell, some days ago, died
on Monday morning. Walsh is under
arrest. al.
A Georgia girl has Just finished her
4eth quilt III the old folks don't go 90
bed early and leave that girl alone
when her young man calls, it won't be
| for the want of bed clothes.
Rev. Geo. Duffield, of Ann Arbor,
has sent to Gov. Bagley portrait of
his ancestor, Rev. Geo. Duffield, chap
| lain OF the continental congress, and
il will be placed on exhibition in Inde-
pendencc hall during the centennial.
The Muskegon Register says that
the strawberry crop OF Black Lake is
immense. Some OF tho fruit-growers
pick from 100 TO $50 bushels per day,
and the crop will aggregate nearly or
quite 1000 bushels. =
The Tecumseh Record says that John
Rector OF that town sheared 81 lbs Of
wool from a four-year-old buck thin
season. Last year this same animal
sheared 80 lbs. ., r.. 49, -.
At a meeting of the common council
Of Ann Arbor Monday night, the police
com mittee brought in a report contain
ing IL charges against Chief OF Police
A. III. Heron, for neglect Of duty, and
for receiving money from persons un-
der arrsst. Heron was given NATL
the nexpmeeting to reply to the char.
ges. ...- ....,-,-s -.
Ex-Judee @. l. walker, Ps rsssor in
the Law Department of Michigan Uni
versity. having resigned, Hon. VIM. p.
Wells, OF this city, was .unsnimouAly
chosen, by the Board of Regents % eli
The vacancy. Mr.. Wells fine acultars
thorough knowledge Of she great prin.
ciples which underlie The science Of
law and tho natural legal naind which
he possesses, makes this a peculiarly
, fit aprointmcift. Detroit Free fre.s. :
Lapeer was thrown into excitenaant
Saturday evening over q stabbing az
fray between Clark Carpenter and one
Aaron Hutchinson. 10 seems thsi
Carpenter ipterfered in fight thai
was being enjoyed by q crowd at The
saloon Of Sullivan a Cary, wher
l Hutchinson struck shim I'm the facs
!. Carpenter then drew knife and Stab
bed Hutchidson about the breast and [
Q serious slash on the hip, which prove<
quietus 10 the fight. All parties
have been arrested. N isri ~ ~.
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