The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-11-26
STATE NEWS.

Mrs. Ready, a woman living in Jack
SOD, is 100 years old and in good
health.
Vim. Byrnes, of Grattan, Kent coun-
ty, voted twice, and he now wishes he
hadn't. And he didn't vote the Repub-
licsn ticket, either.
Five Of the voters OF Gslesburg who
voted recently were aged respectfully,
20, 50, SO. ~ and 90.
Bronson has about six hundred
avowed temperance people, bat only
one prohibition vote was cset there.
The county seat Of Antrim county is
TO be located on intermediate river.
near the centre OF the county.
The Calumet Hecia copper product
for October was ,35ll tons, the Quin-
cy It's. the osceola l72, and the Allou-
eg lOj.
Adrian burglars robbed the house Of
A. G.. Ellis Of 600 worth Of goods last
Sunday night, and also got some plum
der from two stores IN that city.
At Ypsilanti an alleged doctor gave
citizen dose of medicine that placed
him in such a condition that the other
doctors bad about ell they could do TO
save his life.
On the 1lth a farmer named Atkins.
living near Hastings, was attacked by q
bull aud badly injured. One eye vas
hooked out, aud the side OF his face
badly bruised.
John Capewell, a farmer living near
Grand Ledge, was kicked in the head.
few days since. by horse, and bad
his skull fractured. He now lies in a
critical condition.
A boy os & in Macomb county has
husked 100 bushels OF corn this fall.
aud little German girl Of nine, living
near Romeo, has done Just three times
az much.
James r. Fox, the tramp who out
, ragged n little girl aged y years, at Len
awee Junction, near Adrian, September
%, has been sentenced by Judge Pratt,
in the Circuit Court, to ten years in
State Prison.
The FIRST business Of the new Legis-
lature should be the repeating OF the
obnoxious high test kerosene law. No
time should be lost. and the test
| should be lowered to the United States
standard. i Adrian Times.
George Addison, who recently re-
| turned home from Detroit, is q raviDg
maniac. lie is a cigarmaker, aud the
cause Of his insanity is supposed TO be
/ from the excessive use of tobacco
| Battle Greek Journal.
The Board of County Csnvassers de-
clarcd the following vote of Lenavee
county: On Governor, Croswell, Re
| publican, 4,7l0: Barnes, Democrat, q
S64 Smith, National, 2,421: Snyder.
Prohibitionist, 43J. On Congress. Will.
hts. Republican, Loaf; Card, Demo
crta, 1920: Thomas. National, 2.iii:
Lowrie, Prohibitionist. all.
A few days ago, an Indian was killed
nj Marshfieri, Kent County, by John
Bahr, a resident Of that town. caused
by the Indian demanding whisky.
Several other whites are implicated.
Trouble was feared by the citizens,
owing 10 the large number ~ Indians
there. but B5hr's arrest, which occur
rcd on the sih, pill probably pacify
them.
While Chafles Dyer, OF Flint, his
wife and mother were riding after q
spirited team, the other day. the horses
became unmanagcahle. running away
d. 1id lady, aboGs sev-
iye. on the railroad track
b.ad open and infictine IN
which win prov fatal
On the morning following al Hal
iow-een. the citizens Of Bay City we're
istnnished 60 behold a man sitting on
~ t'.r ch sfeeple. When
wa. rnl tts
hat tii l.
~ n"
He We only a man Of straw.