The Lake County star., 1877-04-19
ss. gaA. County star.
CHAS. (. PADCLlPPI. Publisher
BALDWIN, LAKE COUNTY, MICH.
Terms Ga per Yc0r.


county will meet In special session, or
Monday, April 23d.
Blank School Order Books, printed
by us expressly for use In Lake county
for sale at this Office.
The dis; rict school Mt this place com
menced last Monday; taught by a sis
ter Of Mrs. g. Oviatt.
Two dollars received from l.. W.
Bolyen, say that he wants tho county
paper for another year.
Ex-Supervisor Geo. L. Wilson, OF
Elk township, has been quite sick fol
two or three weeks past.
Capt. f. Saunders and Mr.. Newcomb,
attorneys of tho F. h P. NJ. Railway,
were in town yesterday.
+. Coon & Co. are getting material
OH the ground, preparatory to building
an addition to their store.
Emmett Coon Is in Detroit this week,
and we presume Is purchasing new
goods. Look out for fresh arrivals.
A communication from Judson, Kan
sas, was crowded out through lack OF
space, this week. Will appear In our
next.
NJ. O'Bricn has rented his saloon
building to Rose & Young, Of Grand
Rapids, and talks of going to the Black
Hills.
w. J. McCausey, Of Webber, started
for Arkansas, Monday. "Mac" didn't
forget to settle with tue printer before
he let.
Considerable sport Is now affo 'ded.
catching bass, picke-cl, perch, &C., "a
the numerous beautiful lakes Of this
vicinity.
Mrs. Marc Munson, Of NirvaAa, has
moved back to Pennsylvania, her fs:-
mer home. Mr.. Munson will follow,
next Fall.
G. w. Helms, who has been stopping
near Morley for the past three or four
months, has returned with his family
to Baldwin.
Remember that John ID. Garland
keeps that meat market I'm Baldwin,
and when you want steak for breakfast,
give him call.
Mr.. J. D'sbce, formerly of Stanwood,
has come to Baldwin, where he intends
stopping for awhile and working at his
trade Of shoemaker.
Geo. w. Clark, of Elk township,
started last Monday for the southern
part Of the State, where he expects 10
lie employed during the Summer.
Henry S. jerks, o Lake, has brought
us some wood, on subscription. Ifoth-
or subscribers wish to do likewise, We
nre ready to accept all they may bring.
John Carpenter has purchased an
eighty Of "Jack" Stewart, in Wcbbcr
township, and, last week, moved with
his family and took possession.
Where pigeons " ere so plentiful In
this region at this time last year, not
one can now be seen. They are said
to be roosting in Wisconsin, this season.
The first carload Of shingles from
Hargcr & McNichol's mill was shipped
last week. The shingles were pur-
chased and sent out ny Jones 4 Hollis
ter.
The first quarterly number Of the
Chicago Specimen, for 1877, published
by Marder, Luse & Co., contains many
things worth the observation of the
printer.
We acknowledge the receipt of
copy Of "I.ord's Detector 4 Bank Note
published by Beplcr & Co.,
northwest corner of Third and Main
sts., Cincinnati, Ohio.
We understand that the parties who
went from Ellsworth township to Ar
kansas, recently, have returned sorcly
In their expectations. IT
Is reported that one Of them, who trad
Ell a good piece of land in this county
for what he supposed to be as good, in
Arkansas, found upon examination
hat hc had bartered for parcel Of low
Hand, partofwhich was cypress swamp.
We acknowledge the receipt ola copy
sf pamphlet written by Hon. VIM.
l.. Webber, Of East Saginaw, and en-
titled "rhe State and Her Railroads;
Their Interests Identical" 1t Is an
able and lucid argument In favor of
udicious legislation which shall tend
10 harmonize the interests of the peo-
pie and corporations other than rail-
roads with the railroad interests, and
IS worthy of careful pcrusal.
We acknowledge the receipt, from
las. Rooney, Gen' Agent, Grand Rap
dis, Of three packages of Pampas or
Upland Eice; q species Of grain said to
be exceedingly prolific, and atfording
excellent -four. 1t Is planted and cul-
Iivated same rs corn; the plant itself
valuable fodder for stock. The
'ecd now offered has been raised two
years IN Michigan, by &. B. Crcss 4 Co.,
Df Jackson, and acclimated. Price by
mail, postpaid, 30 cents per package, or
Ihree for SLID.
The woman calling herself rs. Tay-
or" and who sold the forged draft to
Emmett Coon 4 Co., has waived exam
natien, and has been committed to
he calaboesc to await trial In Circuit
Court. On Monday night last, she
made strong effort to escape, by heat
ng on iron and attempting to burn the
woodwork holding the staples to the
Duter door fsstenlngs 30 as to draw the
staples out; but did not succeed. She
to Sheriff Oviatt, the
next morning, that she had tried hard
IN yef otlt-workinU ali utvlt- -cnd /