The Lake County star., 1877-11-22


o visit to his brother, VIM. A. Deuress.
There was pleasant party-oyster
supper and dance-at G. w. Fuller's,
last Friday evening.
The corrected time card of the F. q
p. M. Railway appears elsewhere III
this issue.
The bare ground was again covered
with snow, to depth Of about two
inches, Monday.
C.. w. Fuller will have Thanksgiv-
ing Ball at his place, Thursday eve
ming, Nov. Goth.
We received pleasant call from J.
III. Welch, Treasurer Of Dover town.
ship, last Friday evening.
If you want a good job of tailoring
done, 20 to John H. Auer, Reed City;
for he's just the man to fit you out III
neat and durable shape.
Robert and George Tuxworth have
their families here now; the former liv-
ing In the Thomas house, and the lat
ter in O'Rsurk's.
Through the coustesy Of Hon. f. G.
ID. Holden, Secretary Of State, we are
in receipt of copy of the Local Acts
passed at the recent session OF the Leg
islature.
The calaboose has an occupant this,
week. A young man from one OF the
camps got On "spree" and pilfered a
towel from the saloon. Pleading gull
ty; he was shut up for fifteen days.
VIM. Ludwick and John Ballinger,
Treasurers of Lake and Cherry Valley
Townships respectively, are among
those who have renewed their sub
scriptions since our last issue.
Holden, of the Farwell Register, dis
courses about dressed chickens and
buckwheat flour, received OH subscrip-
ton. james, we're your friend, and
we're coming down to take dinner.
Every reader Of this paper should
carefully scan the prospectus OF the
Scientific American, which appears
elsewhere. The publication is enc ol
soli.. merit, cnd ought to find u place In
| every dwelling, workshop and business
room, in the land. II affords ample re-
turns for the money invested to sub.
scribe for it.
According To contract price, the fig
urcs of the amount due us for printing
he two last nst.lIinents of &ard O
supervisors proceedings are $500
/ We arc informed that it Is expected
that this amount is to be donated to the
County Of Lake. Certain 1t Is that We
have been refused pay for the worl
when completed. Poor Lake county
What would you do, If you had no ricl
printer to do your work for nothing
| One Of our subscribers, who is non
resident taxpayer i'm Lake county, Ia
written us the following letter, encios
ing renewal of subscription: III sce b.
report of Supervisors, quite larg
I amounts for schools in different dis
tricts. would like to know If 1t Is 70
ordinary purposes, or building school
houses? think, unless matters i'm
prove In Lake county, nonresident
| may as well let their land Dc sold fo
good. have got tired paying take
for roads, bridges and schools, withou
any enhanced value of the land, or an
| prospect of selling 1t at any price.
there is any remedy for land owners
wish you would publish it in ti'
STAR" There IL, unquestionably,
remedy, easily applied; by the homes
portion Of our citizens coming to tn
front and voting the right men int
tho places of trust; and until the rem
edy il applied, the present unsatisfat
tory condition of affairs will continue
Since our last issue we are In receil
of two renewals of subscriptions, az
companied by words of fencouragemer
to adhere to the course of publishin
the truth i'm regard to public affairs
our county, even at the expense of II
curing the hatred of those who, know
ing themselves guilty of that charge
to them, vent their malice In endea'
oring to injure our character and bus
ness. One of the renewals Is In th
form of O letter; and 1t is from wo
thy settler, who, we doubt not, hnt
It difficult many times to "make ent
meet.n We intend to preserve thi
letter, as q memento Of the strugg
through which Lake county Is no
passing. We make few extract
'I am frequently asked If am goin
to stop my paper. / say, Mop In q
luding to what the writer sees At to
TEEN favor rendered by us some tin
ago, the letter says: "Do forget yo'
No! Neither shall / forsake you!
shall take your paper as long as ca
pay for it, Again, 1t says: IL say,
ahead! He Arm in the truth, and 0'
will reward you for fighting for Il
T. right. 1t pleases read your Il
ters to them. --says---wants q
STAR as long as---can get It," Al
). in conclusion keep up good courae
s, We are your friends.r We thus ta
the liberty to publish this small part
the letter, omitting names. We ha
" no doubt but that this letter express
the sentiment OF every honest taxps
erich and l,osr-interested In La
county. Would to Ged they mig
rise up in their strength and give vi
force 10 their convictisns sy setti
the IndeIible seal Of disspprosation
8 those who commit, oraid and abet 10
. lessness, needless expenditure, and
other acts which bring disgracs on 9
= county; make the psor poorer; dri'
h. capital from our borderF and only
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