The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-03-06
NUMBER 1888.



The first sail boat OF the season was
out on Detroit river last Friday.
Lake Superior is said to be clear of
ice as far as the eye can see.
The State Cider Makers Conve ,tiou,
will be held at Jackson, March IA, Is
and 16.
Grand Rapids burglars went into
shoe store the other night and stole q
watch dog.
The wheat crop OF Genessee county
is reported badly damaged by the freez-
ing and thawing weather Of the past
few weeks.
A paper OF lamp black that had new
er been opened, ignited spontaneously
on the shelf Of shop in Three Rivers
recently.
The Grand Rapids Eagle has made
the discovery that "blue may be bene-
fetal in some forms Of disease, but a
topper can only cure himself by not us-
ing the glass"
Matte Stickland, who gained con-
siderable notoriety q year ago by Q
marital contract naedo With Leo nfiileF,
is lecturing in this State on "Women's
Rights and responsibilities"
The fourth annual convention of the
Michigan Association Of County Sup
erintendents of the poor will be held
ip Flint, commenting on the Doth of
March and continuing for three days.
Canadian on-refners have broken
loose from the great petroleum combi-
nation, and it is expected that oil will
fall from 40 10 Is cents q gallon. This
ought to bring cheaper light for Mich
igan.
An Adrian pawnbroker named Bene-
dict wanted TO be sure he didn't give
too much for revolver. A hole in
his thigh and another in his hand con-
vinced him that the "darned thing
would go off," and Benedict let his
clerk tend shop and his wife tend Ben
edict.
A sad case Of poisoning took place al
Milford, Friday night. Mrs. Eugene
Stephens, lately married, took O large
dose OF opium and died during the
night. 1t is unknown as yet whether
the dose was taken accidentally Or in
tentionally, but OF course the most
charitable view should and is taken.
Wednesday night, a large frame
building, once used as sheepskin tan
Rery. near the stone railroad bridge, q,
Adrian, was burned down. The steam.
ers were unable to reach the water for
some time, and the adjoining cottage
were saved by the efficiency Of tire Bah
cock engine.
The Clam Lake News, in an editoris'
on the University defalcation, say.
that "1he investigation should prov,
lesson to those members OF th.
Board Of Regents who showed theiI
partisanship to Dr. Douglass by III
dorsing that ex-parte report.
Calvin d. Falling aud Addison P.
Cook, who were arrested on complain;
OF Ira ID. Perry, some time since, thai
they had traded him farm lying sew
eral feet under water, gave bail befdr-
Justice Weller last week in the sum OF
- 900 each. for their appearance at tb
circuit court of this county.-[LsnsinE
Republican.
The Detroit Post clips rumor tha'
the Hon. w. l.. Webbel. late Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, is nego-
tiating for the purchase OF the Gran.
hapIus DcInOcraI, ana tne oa6Ina"
Republican says: 1--WE imagine il th
x-Governor has ducats to squander j
Democratic newspapers there is fin,
opening nearer home"
Since the Jackson state prison was
"opened to the public" in 1896, tb
whole number of prisoners receives,
has been 5,770, Of whom 3,SSS hav.
been discharged, 926 pardoned, lat es
capped, 229 died, and 40 have had revei
sal of sentence. The average length
sentence, exclusive OF life convicts, ha
been about three and a half years.
Washington's birthday was celebrai
ed at Lansing as il never was before
all the State and public offices bein.
closed. The grand event Of the do.
was the parade OF the Red Ribbol
brigade. The procession was mil.
long, and there is estimated to hav.
been 1000 people in line. The proces
sion was headed by the Light Guard
led by their band. then the Women
Christian Temperance Union, in Cal
riages, then the Red Ribbons, heade"
by the Knights Templar band. Afte,
the parade. they were treated to an eI
cellent dinner served in Armory Hall,
of which 1900 people partook.