The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-02-28

article from the pen Of "a minister Of the
gospel, against intempcrance. BY so
doing, he brought down upon his head
the wrath of certain individuals-one
Of whom ordered his advertisement
and copy of the paper discontinued.
Well, rs might have been forcseen,
Holden comes out stronger than ever
In advocating that which he considers
right; republishes the letter, and de-
livers his opinion In plain language.
For ourselves, we like Jimmy Holdens
straightforward style; and the people
ofClare county may congratulate them
selves ON having u newspaper man in
their midst who is fearless In advecat-
ing that which he feels will be for the
good Of the public. Such an influence
Is a power for good In community
greater than 1t Ii possible to- estimate.
Rev. James Hall Is evidently no polite
he has duty as religious professor
to perform; and that 1t Is not a part Of
his business to simply so before the
public with long sermons aud prayers,
and plead with mankind to better
themselves In a spiritual sense, while
immortality and hypocrisy abound and
continue unrebuked among his asso-
ciates. Give US the frank, plain-spok-
EN- man for true friend, rather than |
the soft, Oily-tongued, who will witness
daily evil-dOing, and never lift his voice |
in the way of direct remonstrancc or
warning, for fear of giving offence, and
losing "influence," pecuniary benefit
or votes for Office. The man who will |
plainly point out the evil which intcm-
perance causes is better friend of the
drunkard, and even the liquor dealer
himself, than the whimpering policy
man.
Last weeks Outline says: "Abel S.
Page, of Rose Lake, sent to Jail by JUS
ticc Bclcher, three weeks ago, OH
charge of grand larceny, Stealing a
yoke of oxen escaped from Jail, OH
"Wednesday afternoon. He was cen-
fined In the same cell with Andre; and
Mrs. Andre having come to visit her
husband, she was let into the cell by
Mrs. Mathews, who was alone in charge
Of the Jail; the Sheriff being absent on
business. AS Mrs. Andre passed in
through, the cell door, Page, having a
pail in his hand, pushed past her, say
ing he was going for pail of water.
Mrs. Mathews tried tn prevent him,
but he was too quick for her; passed
rapidly through the hail. dropped the
pail and ran for the woods. The alarm
was given and men started In pursuit,
but he eluded them, and made good
his escape; going in the direction of
Pepple's farm, and then northward.
On Thursday night he WAS retaken, ut
his home, and brought back here this
morning, 10y J. q. Piper, of Leroy, who
received the $50 reward offered by the
Sheriff. Pages experience was hard;
the severe weather drove him out of
the woods"
In the March number of Scri5ner's
Monthly may be found the second I'M
stsIlhient Of Noah BrOOks's "PersOnal
"reminiscences Of Lincoln" continued
from the midwintcr number. The
March number also, abounds i'm other
Interesting and instructive matter,
amply and handsomely illustrated.
This magazine is one Of the best i'm the
world, and deserves its large circula-
ton. Money cannot lie expended to
better advantage than In procuring
good reading for your families; and this
periodical Is one worthy a place in the
selection. Scribner & Co., publishers,
New York.
The jobs of clearing the rubbish from
and fencing the county lot, and build
ing covering over the stairway ut the
county building, were let at auction,
by County Clerk Towncr, yesterday.
The job Of fencing Was bid off by c. NJ.
G. Ross, ut Sl3.75; aud the job of COW
eriny the stairway to l.. A. Carpenter
forS23
We received a call Monday evening
from Mr.. G. III. Hutchins, lumber deal
er, of Toledo, o., who Is interesting
in the manufacture of shingles
at the mill of TuxwOrth Bros.
Mr.. Osman, of DeKalb county, Ind,
was here, Tuesday, prospecting with u
view to locating farming land. He ex-
pressed himself as liking this country
more us he became acquainted with il.
From the Cadillac Ncws we learn /,
that the ice dealers at that point are
and shipping about 40 car
loads of the chunks Of congcalcd fluid, I
daily
Jamison has finished his job Of lum-
bering over I'm the south part of this
township, and broke camp, Monday.
We understand lie came out ahead In
profits.
AS this Is the year for the State and
county political campaigns, you want
your home paper more than ever; TINT
you may keep posted.
The lowest proposal for putting down
the well on the county lot WAS from
c. McSloy--5s cents per foot in depth;
he to furnish material for curbing.
We learn that Mr.. G. Blackmer has
purchased lot at Forman Station,
built house, and moved his family In
to 1t.
Albert A. Blanchard, Of Yates town
ship, has about lOu, 900 feet Of logs cut,
and is trying to get them into the river
with trucks.
Frank Holford has moved his family
into the building recently purchased by
Emmett Coon of VIM. North.
I,aurence Sandborn, of Portland.