The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-02-08
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his old home in Ionia county.
Capt: E. Saunders, of East Saginaw
was in Baldwin, last Friday.
+. ID. Lacy is getting i'm pcrfec
flood of logs at his mill in Nirvana.
A dancing party is talked of, to com
off, Feb. 22d-Washington's Birthday
Peter Corby, we understand, is NOV
ing in the upper story of Bray's build
ing.
County Clerk Towncr has been get
ting carload of dry hard wood from
Chase.
1t would not take many more weeks
of such weather as we have been hav
ing to make the sap run.
st. Valentines Day will bc OH mex
Wednesday. It's time you began t.
pick them out.
Lake County Agricultural Society
has taken up its note due next August
thus saving the payment of interest.
Tom Smurthwaite says it's another
boy, born Feb. 18th, 1877, and weighing
q pounds. All doing well.
The warm weather of the past two
weeks has taken off most of the snow,
and lumbermen begin to wear dissat-
isficd look.
George S. Pool has been building q
barn, lSX26 feet, with lean-to for stab
ling, - feet wide, OH one side and end
on his homestead in Lake township.
We hope our subscribers will not for
get that cash or produce will be accept
able at any time as payment of sub
scription to the STAR.
Sup't Kcclcr and Travelling Auditor
Shaw, of the +. & p. NJ. Railway,
made brief call ut this station, last
Tuesday.
We are informed by James Forman
that VIM. Gotr and himself have pur-
chased the shinSlc mill formerly owned
ny Mcssrs. Cook & Dain, at Forman
station.
Several hundred bushels of potatoes
have been shipped from Lake county,
during the past Fall and Winter-an
evidence that there's some industry
in our county besides numbering.
The trcasurcrs of those townships not
having the time extended for the col
lection Of taxes, are engaged these days
making their reports to the County
Treasurer.
It is thought probable the Lcgisla-
turc will repeal the law creating town
ship Superintendent of Schools, and
re-cnact the law for County Supcrin-
tcndcnts.
Eggs are exceedingly scarce of late;
in fact, none in the market for several
days. What's the use having hens, if
SO contrary that they won't perform
duty this warm weather?
We understand that Frank Swift, of
this place, has rented the Townsend
House, and will commence his duties
ms landlord next woek. n. Lucas did
not hold the position long.
What's the use of taking up homo
stead" so far away from railroad and
other convenicnccs, when you can buy
a home SO cheap as the one offered in
these columns, and situated in Lake
township?
The Ludington appeal says the oft
alarm o fire, and the destruc-
ton of property isbecoming painfully
and thinks something
ought to be done towards rendering
he means for the cxtinguislimcnt of
Tres more effective.
a new postoflice, called Willvillc,
has been established in Eden township,
about fourteen miles north of Baldwin,
with S. f. Dickens us postmaster. 1t
S expected that a postal route will be
and mail carried twice or
,hrce times week.
The effort to obtain supply of ice
rom the lakes i'm this vicinity has thus
ar proved q failure, from the fact that
he heavy SHOWS of eaily Winter pre-
rented the freezing to proper thick
less; and the present warm weather
las efIectually disposed of the little ice
hat had formed.
The attention ofpartics desiring to
ccure farm I'm "hard wood country"
$ called to the advertisement of farm
or sale, which appears elsewhere in
his issue. The land is situated conve-
'icnt to railroad, is pleasantly located,
s In a good neighborhood, and will be
'old at bargain, and good title given.
Our readers should note, in this issue,
Inc new advertisement of Emmett Coon
4 Co.; dealers in dry goods, groceries
md provisions, &C., &c. They always
Keep an assortment on hand, ready to
'uit the wants of their customers, and
{ you have doubts as to the fulfillment
If the offer In their tad" give them a