The Lake County star., 1877-05-17
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scription would be acceptable just now
Riel Armstrong has returned from
Cedar Springs to his homo In Yatc
4 townaht,,f s natt4 y fi,F islif tf4te
'o'~ssp''l, ''l,is .s5 40 rus : iing St,l
George Oviaft has purchased the 81
acres Formerly owned by Porter Yates
In Webber township !. - S.,,',.,,'s. 8,
County ,Trsassarcr Dcuress and II. III
HoDlistef are in Detroit, this week, th'
latter purchasing . stock Of dry goods
This locality has heen visitcd7-Alen-
day and Tuesday nights--with wssrm
rains, aud the benefit cannot lie csti,
mated. geT3 80 ls.T
Emmett Coon n Co. have finished
their new ware room, and 1t makes q
useful and convenient addition to theil
premises. as sf.f y. 10
Mrs. s. A. Cashway, of Ludington,
milliner, will be in Baldwin, with full
line of Trimmed Hats aud .Bonnets,
Monday, May 2lst, 1877. sa4YE
John AIench has returned from Ar
kansas, having travelled most of the
way on foot. He intends to return
with his family next Fall. rec ~.
#. +. Delzell, of Hersey, DIR. A. w.
jenkins, of Reed City; Supervisor Nc
Cluskey and John A. Nelson, Ellis
worth, were in Baldwin, Tuesday.
~ Our sanctum was lightened, last Sat-
ur,lay p. m. by the countenance of Darr,
of the Ludington Record. He reports
business with them as in a fair condi-
ton.
The rains have pretty effectually
squelched the fires in the woods; and
given vegetation. a lively start. The
settlers rejoice, and We are AL cncour-
aged Gi 1I ,ura& 81
90 Layton Putnam, Of Webber, has re-
Gently rcturncd from Shiawassec coun-
ty, and has gone at work again upon
his homcstead. He talks as though
wen enough satisfied with his pros
poets here, to remain. sd
/ Rev. C.yAfann, who has been living
ut Nirvpha for some time past, Is about
to remove to Emmett county this State,
where he intends residing in the fu-
ture. He does not forget the printer;
but leaves u paid-up subscription.
He seemed wonderfully negligent of
business, yesterday, and II seemed to
need some explanation land it was
caused BY the following: Born, at
Baldwin, Mich, May 18th, 1871
daughter to George n. and Kittie' B.
Jones.
The juno number Of Harpcr's Nag
asinc is already before us; and 1t is a
beautiful one; both 10y excellence Of its
Illustrations and tlse variety and inter
est Of Its reading matter. See the pros
pcctus, elsewhere, and clubbing rates
with this paper.
Cole, of the Luaington appeal, says
that ."thc truth of the matter Is, lac is
a Democrat. We are glad he has been
frank enough to confess; but it seems
that Democrat who is "opcn to all
parties, and infiuenccd by nonc!" is
rather a lcaky vessel to have around
camp i'm time of active campaign.
The new time card of the +. & p. NJ.
Railway went into effect last Monday,
and the trains now arrive at Baldwin,
as follows: Express and mail east, at
GAIA. M, going west, o., Asp. IN. The
mixed train goes east ut l0.30a. M; west
ut Al0 y. m. The afternoon passenger
trains lIave been discontinued, west of
Reed City. We win publish the cor
rectcd time card next week. .,o5 q,
A. B. Hayes, of Penficld, Ohio, sends
us another grccpback, on subscription.
He says the weather has been cold and
dry there, with hard frosts nearly eve
ry iiight-vcgctation Mt stand still.
He also, sends the following, which
will Interest his many friends in this
a sao tfr nesg
Born, in Penfiell, Ohio, May IIth,
1877, a daughter to A. B. and T.. j.
Hayes. ~ ~ sfA"
As we were about going to press, this
he came In, looking mystcr-
iously happy. A little cross-qnestion-
ing clicited the fact, that daughter
was born to Mr., and Mrs. Jehn d. Gar
land, Baldwin, Mich, May nth, 1877.
John Is immensely pleased, and feels,
no doubt, abundantly able to weather
the squalls sure to arise; but we are
not informed that the prices of boots
and shoes have gone up. 1inf ga
Some Of the citizens, of Ellsworth
township were intown, Tuesday, MAX
Ing anal proof Of their homcstcads
bcfcre Clerk Towncr. The new law,
that final proof may We talk
en- before the Circuit Judge or Clerk of
the Court, In the absoncc of the Judge,
Is great convenience to settlers, rs
well rs saving expense Of transporting
themselves ana witnesses 10 1onia.
Mr.. Towner is now prepared to do the
business In proper shape, we believe.
The appeal and Record, LudIngtep,
are having lively passage Of words
over the question Of county printing.
The printing for the ensuing year was
given to the last named paper, and
Cole, last week, stirs up the blood Of
Ms much afIiicted readers to the extent
Of about four columns. One Of the
main points troubling Cole's csnscieiice,
was an odious comparison Of prices
charged by the two papers Tor the same
work. Cole says that he don't see how
he came 70 double up on the Records
charges, unless It was through mistake
In counting ten lines for folio.p
Now, Bro. Cole, let ms enlightcn you a
little. A folio, |" legally speaking, Is
conc hundred wordsf4 EngiIsh, Hog
Latin, or Australian; and you never
shoas1d have srndeptakey& tlse fsnss~,>si-