The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-08-29
STATE NEWS.
Burglars are at work about Jackson.

Burglars are at work about Jackson.
The school at the Flint institution
for the blind will open on the 18th OF
september.
Opposition has brought the boat faro
from st. Joseph to Chicago down to
% cents.
A Kalamazoo firm have contracted to
ship flour from Kalamazoo direct 10
Europe.
The Saginaw methodists have decid-
ed that it is wicked to hold camp meet
ings over Sunday.
Fremont Cramer, of Odessa, near
Nashville, was chewed up by moving
machine few days ago. He lives, but
is almost dismembered.
II il said that the members OF 80
business firms in Big Rapids have
pledged themselves not to vote for any
man for any OF the public offices who
neglects to pay his small debts. This
is rough on the local Democracy, but
they must remember that business Is
business.
The Eaton Rapids Journal says Sat-
urday a number of young fellows
swindled several citizens In that village
by packing rushhower-plsnt cuttings,
and even worthless weeds fresh pulled,
in pots of earth, and disposing Of them
for dollar apiece as valuable plants.
An individual visited Morris Miller's
store at Kalamazoo, Monday, aud bor-
rowing needle aud thread retired to
the rear end Of the store, aud while en-
gagged in diverting the attention. of the
clerk confederate slipped III and stole
forty dollars from the desk.
At Dowagioc last week George Aid
rich sued Mr.. Gushing for the pay
ment of promissury note of S25, and
Cushing presented as Offset a claim OF
S2j as damages against Aldrich for ln-
Producing body lice into the hitherto
cleanly home Of the said Cushing.
Beer caused two shooting affrays in
Detroit Saturday night. A man named
Prema shot Tim. o 'Leary with double
barreled shotgun, aud German nam
cd Heeter shot at a young man whom
he found. on returning home, sparkling
his VIE SISTER. " l<cAS 10 AA /" NAAs@-
cal condition.
A German resident OF Grand Rapids
went away lately, and left his twelve
year-old daughter OF home. man
who was a stranger, called at the house
aud told the girl to accompany him to
| the cellar, to show him a cistern that
needed repairing. She went, and he
attempted to rape hvr. she escaped.
gave the alarm, and the rascal was ar
rested.
The Monroe Commercial says: "An
item is going tAe rounds of the press,
and is having circulation In papers
4 that know better, aitributing to Gen
eral Custer foreign birth. Gen. Gus
ter was boru at New Rumley, Harrison
county, Ohio. Neither of his parents
were born abroad. His father was
born in Maryland, and his mother in
Pennsylvania.
The Sho-wae-cae-m mette Boat Climb, OF
Monroe, returned from their Saratoga
trip on Friday night at eleven O'Clock.
and, although they were not expected
until Saturday morning, yet there wero
some three hundred citizens, with the
Monroe Cornet Band, assembled ut
the Canada Southern depot to welcome
them. Speeches were made 10y Mayor
Spalding and j. ID. Roman, which were
responded to by the Secretary OF the
boat club, Chas. G.. Morris, Esq.
The State Centennial Commission, of
Michigan have received three offers to
purchase their State building at the
Exhibition-ope from wealthy old
gentlemen of Philadelphia, and one
from a sea-shore gentlemen OF leisure,
to be transported liz sections for sum
mer cottage by the sea. The ladies'
parlor IN this building is nineteen by
tbir,y-one feet, and the floor is covered
} With an American Brussels carpet, the
wool raised aud spun in Michigan.
We warn our granger friends TO look
out for horse-thieves.l The country
seems full of them, and locking tho
barn afterward will not save the horses.
) They are run up to the north woods or
10 the Kankakee marshes, and in eithef
place il is next to impossible TO recove
them, il being as much as an officer
: life is worth 10 come too close to the
hiding places.-lCass County hepuoiI'
can.
|, Tuesday evening next will occur The
: triennial gathering OF the alumni oi
, the State Agricultural College. Tues
\ day will be devoted to class-meetings
! and Wednesday forenoon TO public ex
/ ercises, including an oration by Alber
n. Prentiss. history by John J. Kerr
\ aud poem Ivy Oscar Chute. Wednes
\ afternoon there will be business L. eet
: ing and n general game Of football
4 and in the evening a reception anS
: banquet.
! Monday at Reed City, Mr.. Kraft an
!, his boy were engaged IN stacking pea
y aud oats noer their barn, and when :
3 work unloading Mr.. Kraft was strucl
!. by lightning, killing him instantly
:, lie was on the stack aud the boy VS.
pitching the bundles to him. tn
stack took FIRE immediately aud togcti
or with The wagon aud dve p'gs ,hic
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