The Lake County star., 1877-06-21

MICHIGAN NEWS.
The State Fish Commissioners having
planted = large numbev ~ grayling in
Michigan waters. during tho past few
months, are finishing the season with the
silver silver eel, very ss%eIy ;Ia i,sh which lis y
which, when full grown, averages In
weight from seven TO ten poundsl One
hundred and fiftv thousaid eeis are to be
distributed in Gratiot, Ionia, Oakland,
Washtenaw, .Lenawee, Kalamazoo, Van
Buren,, st. Joseph and Calhoun counties.
Senator Ferry's .symptons, Continue to
improve, and 1t Is hoped that no p now
out Of danger.
Cheering accounts Of the growing crops
%oss sia; EScss 5Srisy sa crops %.yS have we
been wonderfully stimulated, and corn is
growing rsrqay.I-aTl.T edr
The ipereese of suicides. IN the State
is remarkable. .Scersely day posses but
we read OF two or three, ,,s,,, ~
The steamer. eR. N, Rice, running be-
tween Detroit and Cleveland burned at
her dock ip patroIt Sunday evening, and
The First National Bank Of fAdrisn has
Sas1ksf ts rss HS n;saons. sssnd.
well, and anticipates freer field for pro-
fitable Investment than when hampered
j, by the restrictions Of p national banking
law.,,, d.,.., - ..,,, ali ~ jtl,s.Jtsd
"A meteor, apparently q foot In diameter,
and with ? tail rhhecnl feet long, passed
Niles Tuesday evening at BID. II started
:, in the, northwest, moved due east and
disappeared fp the northeast, ItmoYed
very slowly. ~ ~ ~ si,s sss - y
Work has been commenced on tie
narrow-guage railroad from Paw Paw 10
Lawrence, and the iron II shipped.
A colored girl named Minerva HillAst
vss wSrs tSs iss dsS:r Ms s
and 500 in'clothing, which sh6 1sdf4cf
cumulated by industrious thievingI ff0ti
her employer, She was pursued and
overhauled at Mancelona, Antrim couptyl
The constable in, order to keep her $50
y at q S6y I o?et night; stripped her her
IL: K AZ sky sSrsSss
window and walked seventeen mile4 u
light saa,,, 1,ssShips sp''npe before she *as
4. b.Ks,kaska is probably nths onayorga3 q
iasd county: in' Michigan M which no
liuuof n sold. h0A 70
Thpnss whelply, Of Monroe; claiusA
be an heir to an immense estate In Hemp
: stead, England, valued sixty years agpf4
between ',stssass 'ScS ana beiy w tSIs.b % his
mother. His share, win, probably Pr
81. .600, ,0O0.f asslsaas ierr- ~ sea.',.i pt
- Mf. Manly Benson, formerly of Sag
NAV, died at Dallas, Texas, under pecu-
liar circumstances: He had O. rancho
near that town where. heswes largely en-
gagged in raising hogs These animals
have been ssthefing nom an epidemic
yhisA Effected ss shsiS ahsost ssa asss ssv and ID
them have died.alA short time ego Mr..
y benson was bitten by q hog that was
afflicted with the disease. and h9d an at
tack of sore thrbat, nom which he had, to
all appearances, recovered. subsequently
lhBkwa .a1ain stal11n down, anoc died in
sr so y5sss A9a: sis RSs m
c2 The lidtSoridsalAfsr tn; for -thir year is
$50 for wine and, beer--osns 10 paid
second, third and fourth Fridays In Ju
to the county treasurer, without addition
= al charges for fees. Within five day
thereafter q warrant is placed In tip
hands OF the sheriff 10 collect the tax,
when six per cent. Is added, y
As coiiSction fees, and 'ohesthird to
the county treasurer. The sheriff 10 au-
thorised by the law to call but once, and
If the tax is not paid, he Is instructed TO
levy and collect the same. He may levy
on and sell any property OF the liquor
seller, wherever found, TO the full extent
OF the tax, fees and costs.
They have had "aperfect Hood" OF rain
up north. The fires have all been cDm-
pletely extinguished and the water III the
streams has ben RAISED to such an extent
an to cause M1h6affhen to put men on the
dsivesE again. Nhumbermen speak very
hpef91ly of the prospect OF getting out
s,good sharaQ{ The logs hung up.
tEk- Gov. H6GlByshas sent dozen bats
and balls TO the State Reform school
~ public acts. of the recent session
are H0t bef6x diotffbuted by the Secre.
tarv ofBtate. Tney will be mailed I'd all
mel RS of the Legislature, State and
coukty' officers, judges, supervisors. etc.
IT, LaEsipg Republican has compiled
with much corDzk&m the official Journals
wh8mey b6, ca1led the absentee record
oftnelAst legfslatiye session. 1t gives
table Of thesnuuber Of times that each
methbdr was absent at opening roll-call
withUat leave. and OF the number of
times that hi4 namais lacking In the lists
of yea and nss S>tes. The champion alb
sente6[was Representative o. o. Stanch-
fieldf Al MasOn, cWhosewDAme does not
appear .bn 698solls; the figures opposite
tho name Of James ". TusAer are larger
the be- aay y.snnt sSs naTRes of Illness. 81
The total nunlhSr b votss .taken by yeas
and navs during the entire session was
min the Se1|.iesnd 8s7sia The House.
Atnonkthe SenatoSsthe svu1ge absences
OI4x6G and nay votes we16 1543 for Re
pt6licans and 1854 for DemQerats; among
amofg the neK KppeS l40l. of the Repre-
sentkdyes thef6 was an aSseage absence
of "a for Republicans and 27s& for
Demncfats; .S1d the old nembers aver
aged 1D6 abseneeg TO the new ones 246y
Nh 8. 8. Arnold, or Cedar, has an aefoss
Iits<Snk fell within. few igehes Of him as
he wAsstanding IN field on his farm
last April. tn eordposed ef something
like Fon mixed With porus stone. Is about
wsIdhs2 ten ol1esa VIM it was frat
takenr(rom the. 6ound here It fell &
was Is 1'pt Mr.. Arnold copS3Snot handle
1t, Id to wait fpr 1t tox6ol. .
Red R,bbo~ 6Icniss are II the fashion.
At.mauy pofSks the red, hbboners will
tai kahfge Of 9Th Of Ju5ssslebrstionf. >.
49, stsaling I'm oom5b6h crime in
kQgB distempter. the symptoms Of
WI Cn - very similar tess4he so-called
epfzo0ttA mas recenAy bro1EGn out I'm the
vicin nt4bf Gu19d ,Blauc.~>4k largo num-
Der d kimals hAte been nftacked with
1t, and bver dozen have died already
fromfts ehects -,
81. Kominksf. The State ueologist, has
made erquette h1s headquarters for the
ing s.s s's: !S;s"s 81 sssis". e ssis%'''
QpeFaopus pfsPSfstory to building the
lig6slbU1e on th6 Port A&Eih reef hsye
ssya sssS i9 twsSsx y r"ss men al are ~ e.
acre Of bnnd that the Govebsment ownS,,
there. 49, n
"A, A few ssyensesa y@r loc's;ts have been.
Avfad Rapids. on tksa4th inst, in
heT2lted sa1s Court tAdsment was