The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-04-25

st. Joseph county reioices in a ma
iority of Republicans on the Board Of
Supervisors.
Lieut. Gov. Holt arrived in New
York, Saturday on the Steamer Ger
manic from Europe.
Lenawee county is keeping thirty in
sane persons-fifteen at Kalamazoo and
the balance at the County House.
The new Board of Supervisors OF
Shiawassee county stands 10 Republi-
cans to 7 Democrats, being a net Re-
publican gain OF ..
There is man in Menomines who
sends IA of his children to school, and
the Escanaba Tribune says the rest are
too young to go.
The Niles Mirror saws, there are
thirteen newspapers published in Ber-
risn county, Republican, 2 Demo
cratic, Methodist, and Independent.
The effort to bond Ingham county
for $40, 900 to provide suitable accom-
modations for her poor was voted
down on April Cd by large majority.
Since the religious revival commenc-
in Coldwater there has been III new
members added to the Baptist Church,
about 100 to the Methodist and 80 to
the Presbyterian with about 30 more
in readiness TO join.
April s, 7. G. Settle shot and killed
Samuel Corrsll at Aotosi, on the st.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railroad, and then shot himself Set
tie, station agent at Potosi, had been
removed at the ipstigation OF CorreIl,
an engineer.
Hiram Pickard, supposed to have
something to do with the murder Of
Richard Flannery two years ago in q
saloon row at Ann Arbor, for which
Jethro Maybee is now in State Prison,
ran away, and spent his time in Wis
consin up to the 18th Of January, when
he returned home to die with consump-
ton.
A man living near Chesaning, named
Austin Richardson, while out hunting
foxes, stopped and rested bis hand on
the muZzle Of his gun: his dog came
up to be caressed, one of his paws
caught the hammer, ,lisehsrging the
gun. the ball passing through Richard
sons left hand, striking him in the in-
terror border of the left breast, aud
lodging against the collar bsne.
The Mason County Record has the
following "Pee. .shee-kees, the oldest
Indian OF the Ottawa tribe, called at
our Office with sh interpreter the other
day. He is the son OF Wa-bo-nee-ne,
the celebrated Indian chief who was
engaged in the bloody battles among
the English aud French. more than a
century ago. Pc-shee-kees claims TO
be 1877 years old, but we have been I'M
able TO satisfy ourselves as to his exact
age"
The'Chicago Journal says that the
Michigan Central Railroad Company
has built n number Of elegant dining
cars, which go ont Of Chicago at 5:l5
every evening as far as Niles, giving
passengers supper. and return with the
morning train giving passengers their
breakfast, The Brevoort, the pioneer
OF these cars, took ont party OF rail
road men recently ON an excursion. IL
was a verk pleasant trip, and the eXcur-
sionists passed resolutions eulogistic
Of the cars, of the Company. OF Mr..
Wheeler. the General Manager, and Of
Mr.. Wentworth, the General Passenger
Agent.
Geo. l. Maltz, banker at Alpens, was
robbed OF s., 900 that was being trsus-
mitted 10 him by express. When the
package arrived il vas found to contain
nothing but a piece of brown paper.
Upon close inspection Of the envelope
Il was found that the seals OF the ez-
press company had been ingeniously
opened by moistening the mucilsge,
the money taken out, the paper put IN
the envelope. again sealed up and the
seals Of the express clmpauy again at
tached 10 the package in their former
place by means OF waters.
Gen. VIM. y. Innes, who has just re.
turned from Detroit, informs us that
Gov. Bagley has decided to hold the
annual encampment OF the Second
Regiment of State Militia in this city,
and that official papers TO that effect
will be forwarded the officials here ear
ly next week. The encampment will
last Ave days, aud the fair grounds will
probably bc made the headquarters
snnd camping place Of the regiment:
A thousand or 500 men in uniform will
not present a very bad appearance. We
preiict an attendance OF Thousands at
every dress parade held. --tGrsnd Rap
ids Democrat.