The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-02-13

10 their town.
The Odd Fellows OF Fowlervills ded
icated their new hall last Thursla,
evening.
The Hon. Channcey 3. Paine, o.
Flint. died on the 3lst u!t., at the age
OF 81.
About thirty feet Of the embankmenl
oil the mill dam across the Huron Riv.
er at Ann Arbor. gave way on the 31st
A piece OF wood has been found neal
Hastings fifty feet below the surface ol
the ground.
The East Saginaw Red Ribbon bri-
gade numbers, according to the Couri.
or, three hundred aud thirty-four.
During the present season l,042 ,2OC
pounds OF dressed pork have been
shipped from Adrian.
Eight thousand tons Of Lake Supe-
rior copper were sent TO Europe last
year to be used in making cartridges.
Leo Miller, tha person who formed
the copartnership with Miss Strick-
land. is again in Michigan.
John Rayner, OF Mason, has present.
ed each widow of that city with cord
OF wood.
The corpse of an unknown man was
found in the woods in Byron, Ken,
county. Jan. 80.
Theirs have been 90 deaths from scar
let fever in Montague, Muskegon coun-
ty, this winter.
The Adrian Jourdal says that the re-
form club of that city is daily increas-
ing in numbers.
Mr.. Doolittle. of Adrian, seems to
have carried of the great part Of the
premiums at the poultry show, especi-
ally on buff cochins.
Lansing is TO have a special fire po-
lice force consisting of ten men in each
ward for the protection OF property
when fires occur.
The test well of the Michigan Salt
Association, at McLean's mill, Bay
City. is down 1860 feet, and yet no
brine.
A printing Office In Pontiac was en-.
tered by burglars the other night.
They hunted several hours and found
nothing but dunning letters.
a Jewish and Roman Catholic lady
are Vice Presidents of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union at Jack
son.
The Adrian Press says that great
purchases are being made by the farm
ers OF Lenawee county for the maple
sugar season.
The school buildings OF Manchester
are so crowded that portion of the
pupils have to attend after the regular
school hours.
Only two months intervene prior TO
the next State election, when two Su.
preme court Judges, and two Universi-
ty regents are to be elected.
A company called the Marshall
minstrels" has been organized in Mar
shall, and is gong TO travel a. soon as
1t gets grown.
The Kalamazoo Telegraph says that
Mr. Rry~at Vf Coopes sald ~ sLoop
the other day. the average weight OF
each being 2l9i Zoe.
There is q great deal OF sickness
among the children throughout Clinton
county, aud deaths almost daily.
Whooping cough and throat diseases
are the prevailing sicknesses.
A trap net placed in Thunder River,
at Alpena, catches from four To six
barrels Of herring per day, which the
fishermen sell on the ice at five cents
per dozen or one dollar per barrel.
The Auditor Generals report for 1876
shows that 1900 persons paid S437, 100
liquor tax, and 81 1856 interest, max
ing a total of S43s, ,3Gl. The amount
uncollected is si9,76
The State Treasurer's transactions.
Balance Dec. 80, S7S6. 5000; receipts
for January Sl74, 1877 06; disbursements
500, 1892; balance Jan. 81, ss62, ,572-
62.
During the pork packing season Just
closed q. 762 dressed hogs have been
handled by East Saginaw dealers.
weighing ], ,457, 900 pounds, and show.
ing an invested capital of sl02. .03L So
Marine Smith. the murderer Of young
McKeon. Of Detroit. was to-day sen
fenced by Recorder Swift to twenty.
i've years at bard labor in the State's q
Prison.
A Raisin man hired a painter 10 do a
Job for $50. aud his board while at
work. He has already been seven
weeks at il, and has hardly made q
good beginning yet
Will Carleton's "Oyer the hill 10 the
poor-house" is true 10 living reality in
Ionia county, where there are nine in
mates OF the poor-house whose aggre.
gate ages are 72s, averaging 81 years.
The Jackson Citizen says that the
Lake Shore a Michigan Southern rail.
road company is inspecting all it's
bridges aud making many repairs.
Vanderbilt can't stop improvements
now.
Peter Perry, OF Ecorse. over whose
head the SHOWS of eighty winters have
drifted, went out recently in the woods
and bravely hewed his way through an
elm tree, lacking but one inch Of being
five feet in thickness
John Schultz, OF Detroit, broke his
left leg by fall Saturday night last,
aud five minutes after he was carried
into the house, John REILLY, a boarder,
was brought home with his left Leg
broken in the same manner.
In accordance with a petition OF the
business men aud others living along
the line of the mail route from Moreno
TO the Michigan Southern Railroad
that route has been reorganized and
now goes TO Hudson instead OF Clayto' /.
A member OF tie kalamazoo reform
club was asked by saloon keeper th.
other day Why he wore that red ribbon;
That little red ribbon" says Jack,
with true Irish wit, ''is charm 10 keer
snakes out Of my boots. ."--[Telegrsph.
De Book. Hollander Of Grand Rap.
ids, who suddenly left there a weel
ago, took 5000 in cast with him
which belonged 10 one Of his country
men residing in Grandville. who hsd
given the money into his keeping only
the day before.
The Hudson Post says: Fremont
, Palmer, boy Of IL or Ia years of age
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