The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
.MICHIGAN.

MICHIGAN.
Large shipments Of -four are made over
the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad nom
Minnesota and Wisconsin. The rate has
been reduced from 20 to 2b Genus nom
Milwaukee to Detroit.
At Elmirni Hast week, brute named
Clearwater, farm hand, put twine cord
around the tongue Of q valuable horse
that did not go to suit him, and sawed
and jerked, till the tongue came out.
forced the horse to work all day, and
when the act was discovered the nextday
the villain cleared out to escape lynching
and had not been caught ut last accounts.
Portland Observer.
On the morning of the 9th, fine look
ing, respectable appearing man, on his
way from New York to California, gotof
the mail train lkoin the east ut jackson,
after threatening The lives of all on board
ina6a1f deliripm tremens. He was ar
rested md ta,Reh 70 jail, whore he still is,
in,the hands - the'doctors. He had 200
the 8thls, 81. f. r."
E.&. Brush and VIM. Clay, distin-
guisped citizem OF Detroit, both died on
Tde& IL. the 10th inst
Gyaene NJ. Wilson, prosecuting attor-
ney cf pay cQunty suicided on the 10th
s inst. ~ cg 49, ms throat nom ear %
A small brown. bug is attacking the
wae ASs..e county our IA, and d,t c rsst z
the grS6nd. RNssrly one quarter Of ths
wheat in Saueatnck township has been
destroyed by the pests.
A reunion Of. the Eighteepth Michigan
wee county, August 2Srds-- :,
The Eairi from Detroit over the Micls-
igan Southern, on Fridsy. evening last,
collided at Tronten-with acloud Of June
flies. The air II. that point was filed
with, countless millions Of these long,
web winged, short-lived insect, common
lys called June bugs. The telegraph
wires, upon which they rested three or
four inches deep, looked like fringed
orpes. the roofs OF the houses were COW
cred. ard altogether the soene was high
ly inteposting, but decidedly uncomf0rt-
ablc for afflicted hpmanitys The swarm
seemed TO extend along, the road half
way TO Monroe.--Adgidn Times. 4
oherley Luce, Will. Treadwell, Fred.
Spring, Charles Kelley and Charles Bax-
ter sailed from Grand Rapids on tho
morning of the 10Th, for Boston. Their
boat was built by young Luce, and is
four and a-half feet deep, and has but one
mast Until loaded dowHshe will only
draw skout eight inches otHater; loaded,
eighteen or twenty inch0e She has q
cabin about seven feet wide end six or
eight faet long, which attends an eating
and sleaping capacity for. eight persons.
The csHft goes frst to Grand Haven,
whsxssh viii receive 5000 pounds bal,
last from the Haven she will sail
aronnd through the MaokinAw Straits to
Detroits where. ene Of hsrScrew disem-
barkGS chence thyough~ss1.ake Erie,
Niagars River and Welland Canal and
down the st. Lawrence 10 the Gulf,
through the channel between Newfound-
land and Cape Breton to Cape Cod ana
Boston. where they expect to arrive
abouk the LIST Of Septembex
Tho wheat crop is OF the very best quail
itS 1T is being secured in good shape,
anN,te Already In the market-plump,
brigH, md commanding . good price.
ThSfe is a general cutSipg down Of
TeacheFs' salaries for the coming year.
The Michigan State Board Of Health
recommend that all local boards OF health
offergrtuitous vaccination every year.
Tie blackberry crop premises to be
abundant. wv
ThS inst semi-centennial,of the organ
izati6p ot distinctively. congregational
Rocbsser on the 18th inst;
A Vein of silver hearing ore near Sum
day Lake, in the upper peninsula, gives
promise of profitable working.
In thirty years the river Raisin has de-
creased over one-third in width, and
49, - 49, <~l.x d.
Itseems that the law providing Tor the
protection of woodcock from the LIST Of
january to the 4th of July, is 30 changed
byerrors in the printing Of the bill as to
project them only during the wrong half
of the year.
The postoflce and Grand Rapids and
Indiana ticket Office at Fisher station, q
few miles south of Grand Rapids, were
entered by burglars on Monday night,
thezeth, and about $25 In money and
goods ozabout the same value taken.
The apple crop viii be light one this
There are 1850 names in the Detroit
city directory. Upon the usual estimate
of three inhabitants to each name, Detroit
has population or III 800.
There has been an unusually large
number of accidents from reapers, now
ers, etc., this year.
The county courthouse at FarwSll,
Clare county, was destroyed by fire on
the night Of the 18th. Loss, 600; no
insurance. A portion Of the clerks rec
ords were lost.
Uncle Brad, Harrington, Of; Hudson, 20
years Of AGE, has been arrested on charge
of illegal voting at the Presidential cleo
ton last fall. T9Fr
Reports from the Lake Huron shore
indicate that fish are not very plentiful
this season, and fishermen are not max.
ing fortunes very fast.
Lobar Heath and Co.'s Touring mill ut
Cadillac. was destroyed by fire. at two
O'Clock ON the morning OF the 18th. with
so barrels of flour, etc. Loss 10000,
with no Insurance. fAA'hH i.
About forty cars of Liverpool freight
daily pass over the Chicago and Lake
Huron Railroad. These cars go tn Mon
treal over the Grand Trunk, and the
freight il taken on board ocean steamers
for Liverpool. go. -
For several months past the Howe
Sewing Machine Company have been
endeavoring to find the books Of the
Grand Rapids agency, which nHd peen
stolen from the Office and secfcto0. On
the night OF the 18th United States MAJ
sinai Bailey ndu0 - bCoh CA Va SkAO S<2Ase~--.
of Col. Messmore, bondsman for John J..
Close, manager OF the agency. and found
the books under the kitchen floor. The
company expect to convict Close ~ EN-
bezzling $4,000 by these books.
Gov. Croswell has pardoned Frank
Dauza, who was sent to the State prison
from Marquette county In May, 1873,
with John Orr, each sentenced TO twenty
five years for rape. Orr died las. August,
and now release has come TO pauza; II
was thought the pardon was granted on
account Of the doubts of his guilt and the
extent of his sentence. It seems both
men belonged to q colony Of Indians,
French and half-breeds near Marquette,
in which colony morals and decency
, were comparatively unknown. .sse
DIR. Reynolds viii spend another month
In Michigan. HIS headquarters are n
jackson, where he may be addressed.
The Michigan Central railrosd,d irectorl
elected the following officers: President
manuel Sloan; secretary, II. @. Ralston
General manager, Henry b. Leyard. Thu
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