The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-05-29
srATc NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Over 400 names appear ON the rolls
Of the Reform Club Of Muskegon.
Besides pamphlets and manuscripts,
there are 63,600 volumes in the State
Iabrary at Lansing. 80 ss EEsg s,a
Ridley, the man found dead on Sun
day in Grand Rapids, came TO his death |
by falling down stairs while drunk. ~
Fifteen acres of timber was put into |
the sinkhole on the q. A l.. IL. II, X. |
before good foundation was secured.
Isaac Cook. Of Berlin, Kent county,
has been arrested for violation Of the
revenue laws. - 4s
"A son OF Frank Fournies, of Carroll
ton. while playing on logs fell into the
water and was drowned. r~,,v -
Grand Rapids has 4, ,9l5 children at
tending the public schools, and pays
So, 793. 40 in school salaries.
Robert Groat, of Bear Lake, Manis-
tee county, was with Livingstone in
Africa five years, and in that country
twenty-five years 10 all. - ~s'
| Samuel Putney, the Detroit iorger
now ia the State Prison, has written
the Lords Prayer inside OF q half-inch
circle. ~-H ta.1 c-sQs saca e.
From October TO May-seven months
there was paid out for the relief OF
the poor in Van Buren, county, So
o. w. - VI al..1 fCo f.sal .ss BfS
Leslie has a centenarian--a Lady
named Kenny l0i years old. She was
born before. the beginning OF the Rev
olutionary war.
DIR. VIM. ]. Decker, of East Sagi.
nav, has been arrested for forgetting(?)
TO stamp his prepared medicines as
required by the U. >. revenue authori-
ties. Cos nr
y. M. Martin, dry-goods clerk OF
! East Saginaw, has left the counter TO
become the trainer Of Jake Martin, the
Butoher Boy of Ypsilanti, for his com
ing match with Owen, OF, Vermont.
A little seven -yeat-old laughter of
Isaiah James, living near Lansing, was
dangerously burned on tile 10th inst.
| Her clothes caught fire from burning
siubble. - -. = a. - - .-At-
= A blue heron was shot by L. Is.
Smith of Dhpiaiu, - the other day,
which measured six feet two aud half
inches from tip to tip of wings and A
feet 10l inches from bill TO toes. 4
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A.few cool aud determined ones pre-
vented a serious panic at Luce's Hall,
Grand Rapids, on Sunday night, A
large temperance meeting was IN pro-
gress. when'an alarm OF iire was an
nonnced. lais t1 ssstr-a oalrs.sa
The seven,h- day Adyentists Of Bat
tie Greek are preparing to build a large
three. story brick buiiding'in connec-
l.tion with their health institute. twill
be- built in the shape Of II, the main
baildipg being 100 by 40 feet.
I b. T.. Baxter. OF Tecumrseil, and Mr..
ward, OF Dundee, are setting out ten
acres OF peppermint on tie prairie
north Of Deerfield, and next year they
expect 70 set ont ], ,00O acresof pepper
mint on the prairie. ~ 49, - grla
A chattel mortgage, held by o Mr.
: Brisbee, ,rof Lansing, and covering the
greater part Of the printing material OF
the Muir Herald office, has been fore
closed. 81 Mr.. Cook will continIie the
lpublication of the Herald ,nndeT every
difliculty TO the bitter emil. l.z. sf1sf :
Oliver Wendell. Holmes, Ralph Wal
A do Emerson, Julia Ward Hoxe, Jennie
June. Rev. e. Z. Hale, Rev. james
Freeman Clarke, Prof Swing. and 9th,
1 er celebrities have rented for the seas
on DIR. Gartner's summer residence, on
Grand Island, east of Marquette, aud
Intend " live there anrins July and
August ist y-4u.l = sesl..r., s..i q. 4
Tue. town Of Michigan Centre has
been greatly distnrbefof late 10y pco'
pie from Jackson. there on Sunday,
getting drunk. aud inisbehaving them-
selves generally. A pnbhc meeting
vas held ON the evening Of the nth
inst., at which ss27 were subscribcd 20
, prosecute yIolators 81 The Sunday laws,
and a committee Of Ave was appointed
y TO look after the matter. alf lnof - .
At Ann Arbar; Mayli. a warchouse
pot. Was aburne,lI The 'buldieg Was
? used l,y the tAnn .Arbor Agricultural
: COMPANY for n storehouse. in which
, tiiey bad sJoo worth of plows. church,
y eic.s Three hundred dollars. worth
wese burned aud, sixteen hundred sp-
] ple barrels belonging to Mr.. HenniDg
} were burned. His loss on building
and barrels. about sa.5oo-- The Az
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