The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-09-25
NUMBER 1912.


The wooden mill at White Pigeon is
bsing run night and day to supply the
large demand for stocking yarn.
Hon. f. w. Barber is expected to
deliver an address at the Eaton county
fair.
Gr.fiiths 4 DunhaLn, hiriwars mer-
chants OF Three Rivers, failed last
week. Liabilities S25. 900; assets s20..
900.
The papers in libel suit we're served
upon the Saginaw Courier Company on
complaint Of Mr. Fred Anneke, who
claims $1,000 damages. for fslsehood
circulated about him in that sheet.
The extension Of the Detroit, Lam
sing and Northern Branch II. r. will
soon be completed and in running or
de- as far AS Stanton. 200 men are
busily at work on it.
The barn Of Jacob Boyce, Carson,
MOntcalm county, was burned on the
9th inst, with GOO bushels of wheat, q
new threshing machine, considerable
quantity OF hay aud oats. Loss s2,.
500.
john Sweeney, the genial landlord Of
the Perrin House, st. Johns, has retir-
ed from business. During the 45 years
Mr.. Sweeney has been landlord and
proprietor he has never allowed bar
to be kept in his house.
There are about 20 inmates in the
Lenawee county poor house, q much
larger number than common at tins
season Of the year. Lenawee county
spends some $4,000 year for the sup
port OF her poor
The ST. Clair Republican says that
lot Of Indians, mostly squaws, left On
the steamer Baltimore the other morn
ing for the vicinity of Romeo to pick
hops. They are described as being of
all colors, sizes, ages, and stages Of
cleanliness, bat happy.
From the opening Of navigation to
September 4th, the lumber receipts at
Chicago amounted TO SOS, 966, 600 feet.
OF the amount the Saginaw river is
credited with 14,O26,O 600, Au Sable
1900, Alpena II ,S04, 900, and Sheboy-
gan 1892, 900.
We learn that the committee OF the
Board of Trustees Of Kal lmazoo Col
lege, appointed to nominate some man
for its financial agency, have unani-
mously agreed upon Rev. j. l.. De
Land, of Saginaw City.
There is no question If farmer has
land adapted 10 the cultivation Of
peaches, but that they are q remunera-
tive crop % grow. Messrs. Fritz and
Lawrence have Just sold 1900 baskets,
netting them fifty cents per basket, or
the suug sum of g., 800 from ten acres.
The crop was secured in ten days.
Ann Arbor Courier.
There is 70 be an effort made by citi-
zens OF Owosso 30 revive the project Of
railroad from that place TO Frankfort,
on Lake Michigan. The company was
originally organized as the Owosso and
Northwestern, and procured the grad
ing OF six miles Of road northwest OF
Owosso. Ties were delivered along
this section of the road, aud 4 consid-
ersble amount Of bridge timber was
also cut and hewed.
The Tuscola Pioneer says that Mr..
John Truax, of Fremont, was killed,
while milking, by the falling of shed
under which he was on Friday last. A
large quantity of straw had been stack.
ed on the roof, and il il supposed that
the recent rains had wet aud made the
straw so heavy as TO cause the roof To
fall in, causing the fatal accident
Three COWS were killed at the same
time.
Small Hopes. Deyo's famous horse,
is now owned by w. III. Vanderbilt,
who has lately bought the Kentucky
trotting mare Lady Mac; and, having
driven the two together. is fully per-
suaded that he DOW has n team that
! can trot closer to 2:20 than was ever
before harnessed up.
Mr.. J. r. Champion recently sold
/ blackwalnut tree to the Phoenix Furni-
tnre Co.. of Grand Rapids, which
measured feet and 2 inches at the
butt and made about 5000 feet of lum-
Der. Mr.. G. sold it in the tree for
slO0. The Phoenix Co. made a big
bargain.
On Thursday Vanderbilt went over
the Central at lightning speed. His
train ran from Schenectady to Syra-
cuse, 100 miles, in two hours 81 min
utes. dashing into the latter place at 40
miles an hour. in hagrant violation Of
a city ordinance. J. +. Wilkinson, q
prominet banker Of the city. to teach
] Mr. Vanderbilt that so reckless a dis
regard Of law and order could not pass
with immunity, procured the arrest Of
the engineer, who plead guilty. Van
/ derbilt was in high dudeeon over the
I impediment offered 10 bis dare devil
/ travelling. When the train returned in
the afternoon IL passed through the
city at a slow rate Of speed.