The Lake County star., 1877-05-24
MICHIGAN NEWS.


BALDWIN, ,...s MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN NEWS.
The pension agency at Grand Rapids
will be consolidated with that It Detroit.
The banking firm of John Johnston q
Co., Of Port Huron, has susp
Rev. @. H. Brigham. Unitarian min
lister at Ann Arbsr, was struck with ap-
oplexy on Monday. He lies ina state of
unconsci0usne1e.ss t'lEl sf'nsgI
A new oddfsllows' lodge Las been or
ganixed, At Ann Arb0r. The embers
were all seceders friendly ones) from The
old lodge. ..,.,,. ,,4..,a
''s Judge Emmons, IN .',,ff Of the sixth judicial
circuit Of the U. s., died at his residence
In Detroit on Monday.
A Muskegon wholesale liquor house
has closed, and 10 saloons have gone out
- ~ commission.s Too Eag9h - nbbonS1l
Dfifhs tug River Qneeh tu6k Are At ro,S
Huron, and would have been destroyed
but for the aid Of other boats in putting
ont the fire.
Five saloons have closed at Niles.
A few days since Il. b. Smith, Of Du-
plain, shot blue heron near Maple Ny7
Cerl measuring Dsix feet two-and -a-half
inches from tip to tip of wings, and four
feet ten-and-a-half Inches from bill to
toes. 1t was male bird with crested
head and beautiful pl0mage.
The Northern rivers are low, and diffi-
.sulty il experienced In getting the logs
down. r,,ft,.s ,rv,,.u
val Is to be held at Ann Arbor on the 23d,
oath, and 18th inst, for which extensive
preparations are being made. n
The Wexford supervisors were equally
divided on the question Of the removal
Of the county seat, and 1t didn't move.
y The Kalamazoo County Agricultural
Society win have sheep shearing festi-
val and picnic ON the 23d, to which they
invite the whole world. They know how
70 make success Of It. st0ne
The Board of Supervisors of st. Clair
county are holding q special session, to
Z SEQ how the county's finances are affected
by the failure Of Mr.. John Johnston.
County Treasurer. Sal
yqThe Stats Homeopathic Society met at
Grand Rapids on the 18th. The usual
routine of proceedings was followed by
ial topic. The society elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, II. Woodruff, of Detroit; vice-pres-
idents, DIR. Jones, Of Brooklyn, and CAL
vert, of Jackson; secretary and treasur-
or, DIR. G. w. Prindle, of Grand Rapids;
cor. esponding secretary, DIR. De Forest
Hunt, Of Grand Rapids.
A fire is raging north Of Green Bay,
VI and has already done great damage.
Only three arrests have been made IN
Greenville by the police since March IL,
-, the time DR.. Reynolds organized the Re-
form Club, Usually at this time Of year,
log driving season., arrests have been
numerous, not less than ten per week, or
more than thirty to one in favor of the
red ribbons. hi'N ~
~ The Saginaw Republican tells offs Mr..
Secord, an old pioneer, who recently
at his place on the Tittabawasee. The
animal was q monster, and weighed near
ly 700 pounds. 1t yielded eight and a
half gallons of oil, and the hide is as
large as that of buffalo. <
Mr.. 8. Landon, of Belleville, has Joined
the red ribbon movement, closed his bar,
and will turn his house into the head
quarters of the Reform Club.
Coa,idsrable excitement prevails in
the vicinity of Galesburg In regard to the
=. transactions of band of swmdlers claim
ing to represent /" 1ightning-rod COM
pany." Their plan Of operation is as fol-
lows mo. 4 comes along with fine
travelling rig, obtains an order for GER
4. tain number of feet of rods, at very low
: price, representing that, as they ares new
Is Arm and wish to introduce their rods,
thew are willing almost to give them
away. In due process of time No. 2comes
'i along demanding q settlement, when 10
q, and behold very much larger amonnt
In required, the order having been chang
ed and filled ont so as to make an entirely
= different affair Of It. or course NOs is
persistent in his claims, however loudly
his. victim may protest, until awed by
threats OF prosecution and the like, n
'g compromise Is ELECTED, and he takes his
leave. Some of the farmers about Gales
burg, however, are not so easily scared,
and choose to accept the lawsuit, and are
determined to have the scamps arrested.
A large amount or money has been taken
, in this way from Calhoun county.
Heavy forest fires are reported as rsg-
al ing I'm the Traverse region, Also Nissan
kee county, and in the waste places along
the west shore Of Lake Huron, between
Saginaw Bay and Cheboygan. -
The Legislative session lasted 140 days
j- -twenty-one days longer than any pre-
vious session.
b.. Marshall is to have regatta ON the 22d,,
with 80 boats and four steamers. sAI'
The following appointments have been
made and confirmed: al
,,- Quartermaster General Lemuel Sa-
viers, Of Gratiot.
Members of the Board of Control, Of
+ ) Reform School-David B. Hale, Of Eston !,
sI4. years Vorn, oyiNostor Aoruous vi
Wayne. two years term. gsgyL
Members Of Board Of State Sohoel at
: Coldwater-James Burns. OF Wayne, re-
appointed for SIX years; 81. III. Hnds, Of
Montcalm, reappointed for four years.
Trustees for Six years OF the Michigan
Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo-
DIR. James A. Brown, of Wayne, and Col.
VIM. III. Wilmington, Of Jackson. Il
Members OF State Board Of agriculture
for six years---Hezekiah @. Wells. OF Kala-
mazoo, and George, w. Phillips, OF Ma
comb. 5-. -. silI1ll4is isH
Fish Commissioners, reappointed for six
years-E. r.. Miller, Of Kalamazoo.
Member State Board OF Health Leroy
Parker, of Genessee, term of six years. ;
Over 100000 young peach trees have
been set out by the fruit growers between
Laketon and Grand Haven this season.
A big drink of ice water by Charles
? sJennient, Of Adrian, while >oyer-h heated,
" caused Ids death ~ K lI
Rural editors and others who desire
buy tickets i'm the grand distribution Of
81, ,0O0, ,00O0 in gold coin, and $1,000, 900
worth OF real estate, the same to take
place at "Crosby's Opera House, Chis
cag0,n some time next month. The "of-
Z. ficers'' are myths, and Crosby'8 Opera
House was burned I'm 1877, and has never
been rebuilt. aA ~ a4
49, ,,.s GENERAL NEWS.
80 The City of Brussels, on which the
Catholic pilgrims to Rome sailed, is safe.
She was seen by the City of Richmond in
mid-ocsan.f Her main shse broke when
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