The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-07-10
STATE NEWS.


The Methodist camp-meeting at Pc
toskey commences July 3lst.
John Burns has been sent 10 State
Prison for five years, and Edward Bick-
ford foi three, for burglary.
A prisoner in the Saginaw county
Jail is trying 10 starve himself. For six
days he has absolutely refused food
Miss Ella Simmons, near Coloma,
was recently bitten by q cross dog so
severely that she is not expected TO
live.
Hon. J. q. Sutherland is about TO
return to Michigan from Salt Lake.
where be hss been residing for the past
two years or three years.
A "peekel' hill is said to be in
measure preventative to the ravapAs
Of the potato bug. The bug BRUSHED
is unable, especially on sandy soil, -
climb up the steep hill.
June 18th, in the Isabella county cir
cuit court, Judge Hart sentenced John
Dunning, q brutal Loomis wife bester,
10 a nine years term ID the State Peni-
teDtiary.
Hiram Wiser, of Quincy, was culti-
vating corn, and driving his horse with
the lines about his body. The horses
took fright aud ran away. Three ribs
broken for Mr.. Wiser.
The agent who appeared in the
neighborhood OF Constantine recently,
claiming royalty on sliding gates, has
decsmped Tt is only necessary 20 re-
sist such claims, and they will not be
pressed.
The German saloon-keepers Of De-
troIt have organized to fight the Sun
day law. They will employ Matt Car
penter as their attorney, and take the
first case up 10 the supreme court OF
the United States.
4 large amount of material is arriv-
ing now nearly every day Via the Lake
Shore q Michigan Southern Railway
for the narrow-guage railway west from
Paw Paw. The shipments include
railroad and fiat cars.
A flight Of stairs leading TO one OF
the Justices office in Decatur fell on
Friday last, precipitating to the ground
some 80 persons, ipiuriDg several OF
them quite seriously. An exciting law
suit WAS IN progress.
The residence of John Tuxbury, ut
CssnoviR, Kent county, was struck by
lightning during the storm on the
night OF the odd. The building was
damaged some. and its furniture and
occupants badly SHOOK up.
The commissioner of the pension OF
Zee has issued notice that after Juue
J0th, 1877, all pensioners of the United
States, whether army or navy, residing
in the State OF Michigan, will be paid
their pensions at the agency at Detroit.
Mr.. q. j. 'wolterink, OF Oyerisel, is
! suffering from derangensnt Of the
mind. He is one OF the oldest and
most influential citizens OF that town.
/ For 81 years he has been an elder in
! the Dutch Reformed church. II is
I thought that his present disease is Gu
! rahle, and that be viii soon recover his
, former usefulness. Alegsn Demo
crat.
Marshall Huntington & Co., Of Ma
son, are going 10 establish buffalo
robe mandatory in that town. The
I establishment will Ia in running order
! in about thirty days. The raw hides
will be purchased in the west, brought
/ TO Mason, and prepared for market by
! an entirely new process known to but
/ two firms in the United States. Mr..
! Marshall has Iust returned from the
vest With his hrst carload OF hides.
The proceedings of the fourth annual
convention OF the womnn's State Chris
tian Temperance Union have been pub
lished in book form. The statistics
show a decrease of two hundred and
twelve saloons in twenty-nine towns in
Michigan. Grand Rapids, Bay City
and Port Hurou show the largest fall
ing off. Before the red ribbon cam
paign began Port Huron had forty So
looms; nov theTe are only fourteen
there.
! At Cadillac (Clam Lake. on Tuesday
I Edward Green, twenty Eve years, made
desperate attempt 20 commit suicide.
He stabbed himself with q dirk three
times IN the abdomen, but was over
powered before he could do himself
any iuriner injury. tor scvernl months
he has opportuned lady with whom
he has boarded for several years 10
marry him, but she has constantly re-
fused and be determined TO end his
life by snicide. The wounds are very
severe, and may yet prove fatal.
In regard TO apples, L. III. Bailey,
who is the principal orchardist on the
Lake Michigan shore. writes: My
apple orchard never looked more prom
ising than 81 present. My Baldwin,,
Rhode Island Greenings, Esopus, Spit
zeubnrgh, Northern Spy, Tnllnan
Sweet, Flower Of Genesee, Man Ap-
pic. Maiden Blush, Yellow Belheure.
Golden Russett. Tompkins County
kiug, were never better than at pres
ent. My trees arc healthy and in
gcod condition The following bear
Jog full; Swaar, Simmer Queen. Al
exsnaer, Nightajack, Autumn Straw
berry: and the following are not bear
ing: Jonathan, fsnuse, Ned Astrs-
chan.
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