The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-28
NEWSOF THE WEEK.
MICHIGAN.

+. w. Moores, OF Delhi, In the victim OF
the ''seed sower fraud" Gage his note
merely - abopd for the faithful perform
ance or his duty ~ " agent" and now he
has bean notified 70 pay the same.
Otto Leuschner, the defaulting Treasure
:, II the E:s ssg,s,w saSS1n S. Bank
enbexxlement and forgery and AFTER ex-
animation released ON q, 400 bail, was
again arrested on q second charge OF en-
bexzlement and bound over In q 200 bail
Cornwells & Co.'s paper pulp mill at
Jackson burned Tuesday night.
State Fish Commissioners Geo. II. Jer-
ONE has had p, 900 young cells placed In
the small lakes OF Washtenaw county.
The little wiGgles are about six inches
in Lengthy " 30 were deposited in Rails
In Lake, b,0oo In Shafer Lake and 5000 In
|Sily(r Lake.
T1e Cred Rapids and Indiana Rail-
rcd Comppy has large force OF labot-
- grubbiug and grading q stage road
from the Petosky camp grounds ,to
HbpSd Lake-fve miles. The road 10 TO
b&tjkteen feet I'm width.
XtSaginnW there lives q sturdy I'D
Gnru6an named Abraham Lehman, a
VI ~ OF age, q soldier Of Blucher's army,
who yves In the battle of Waterloo, and
lose Gree sons In the army Of the union
during the lets rebellion. Ten yeers ago
theu1d gentleman, through Col. Flanders,
made application for q pension. Col.
Flun1ers heQgoceived communication
non the pension department at wash
iuss: sts,pg his pension y, had S.i. been cen al y
January 10. Ism. The back pension due
to - viii amount to 81 200, and with
tho c. per month regularly hereafter, will
r. kially aid the old gentleman and his
80! wife In their journey down to the
tonh
The prizes or WOOL has advanced some
what throughout the 6tate since the first
clips came Into Market
sscha tweity-tkird annual convention of
the5D0ns OF Temperance has been in ses-
non 1t Detroit. Tho annual address,
while IL gave so1ne encouraging facts, re-
pS shs ss@ssr , g g e n 'e fs79
Tho available assets OF the order had in
creoB0d during the year.. The work OF
tho order consfnts largely I'm the publica-
tioni0f tracts ~ the propagation Of tenn
perapce principles.
Tie damage by fires IN. the pineries is
very great. One lumberman concludes
that one seas0n,a supply Of pine has been
de8troyed. On Thunder, Bay, 5000, 900
~ we're burned. In Claire and Huron
co9nties the dansge is light, but very
heevy in Manieese. 49,
xpSlection case OF general interest was
Court, Viz tThst OF JohnW. Jochim VS..
Cornelius Kennedy. These two gentle
men we're opposing candidates for city
treaoarer at lnhp6ming atthe recent cleo
ton The tot1l Qumber Of votes cast was
- Of which $50 were for John w. Jo-
cnfn, rs for John Jochinl, and 800 for
Cornelius Kennedy. Had all the Jochim
vOS Been counted, Mrs-S. would have
,Jochim's counsel offered to show that
there was no other JochiW in the city and
thu t6ese 306 votes were-all unQuestion-
ably for one man The judge ruled that
such evidence would not be admissible,
and She case Wis appeaieds The Supreme
CodSt held that where there was no other
.yochim but tho candidate, the votes cast
for John Joshim should - counted for
sIecssd treasaTef u Ishp SAing.
In che University cRdficery suit, an
order was sdoplsd calling upon Rose to
file within forty-cight hours q statement
under oath tofs&l moneys which Rose
elaims1 he received aud paid over 70
Douglas, and which Roe Claims further
that Douglas has not paid 10 the regents.
Within forty-eight hours fom that time
DouylSs must Ale y stateCa4nt under oath
Of ~ noneys omitted by Rose in his
for Vial on tls9 6th of July. Rose Is TO
have the affffinatiye and shall proceed to
show when, wheFe, and in what manner
he pafd over the accounts claimed to be
de6ei6nt or delinquent by Douglas.
A. Boolh, lafe treasurer of the North
western Bible and Publishing Company,
atAllesan, was arrested on the 10Th on .
capa1s lbr eInbexzlement Of the company
ftinGofWhile .tfedhurer. The charge Is
made " his late partners. They claim.
they have prooftbat he madesway with
fhncis Murphy telegraphs from Wells,
bSros ~, June Fl, that he will be at
Lanstng July 4 and address the red rib
bon people. = Z
The Hon. s. A. Gaylord, late Assistant
Attorney General Of the United States.
and Solicitorfor the Interior Department,
died OH the Inst st half-past four, at his
home In Saginaw City, after q prolonged
illness Of Brights disease ofthe kidneys
A disastrous fire visited the village of
Hartford, Thursday, burning out no less
than twelve business houses, the main
stores in the place.
Okemos village, Ingham county, was
visited by burglars on the night Of the
10Th. The thieves got about 500 in mon
ely and the postoffice yielded S8S in stamps.
and cash. They also stole horse and
wagon.
Mrs, Cstharine Mcdonald, wife Of
farmer residing lew miles west of Flint,
while out in the woods, was assaulted by
tramp with intent to outrage her per-
Of the neighborhood, and q man named
Delinbeck rushed TO her rescue Tho
villain fed. The neighborhood turned
out en- masse, pursued and captured him,
and he Is now lodged In Jail Ia await
trial. He gives his name as "Gen. Cody"
At Battle Creek, the same evening, Mrs.
Il. A. Harris, who lives near Battle
manner, but fought desperately, and by
her outcries secured assistance, when the
villain fed.
Henry Cans, OF Blumfield, Saginaw
Co., fired q revolver ct acharfvari party
ON the night or his wedding, wounding
three, ono quite seriously, so
The Miohigxn Salt Association has
shipped 100000 barrels Of salt to date,
Tha Hartford Day Spring snys that
gentleman Of that place tried the expert.
ment Of planting fiax-seed In each hill of
potatoes, on two rows In the centre Of q
field Of potatoes. Not q bug IL TO be found
where the flax Is planted, but on each
side Of the rows the potatoes were coyered
with them. - u
The German saloon keepers Of Detroit
have organized, . society to pay each
others fines when they are hauled up for
violating tho liquor law,
Senator Ferfy iscmvsiescent.
Judge Coolidge, Of Niles, viii preside
at the University Rose- pbpsiss trial.
Millions upon millions of caterpilla1
are committing serious depredatIons
upon vegetation In the vicinity Of John
Dalziers farm, In the town d. Green.
They have stripped the leaves from many
acres OF forest Trees and bushes, and arc
damaging farm crops 10 some extent.
The worm is about two inches In lcnRth.
and In appearance resembles the common
apple-tree worm.-Big Rapids Magnet.
Mr.. VIM. N. Gregory, Of Ann Arbor, !
has received : letter from Mr.. Louis
Genereeu, Of EIdridge, Oceana county.
the meaning Of the word
WashteDaw; He says = The meaning |