The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-04-18
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| Next week the STAR will be five years
old.
The Osceola county Supervisors met
last Tuesday.
Another fine April shower, last Sun
day night.
The county has just been laying in q
stock Of stove wood-maple.
We are having beautiful weather,
this week, and gardening is In order.
The Mason county Supervisors met
last Monday.
Mrs. G. G. Thompson returned to
Baldwin, last Monday morning.
Tho's Smurthwaite's family arrived
in Baldwin yesterday. Mr.. s. is on the
way with household goods.
No less than four families arrived at
Baldwin, yesterday, intending to make
permanent homes in this vicinity.
Jas. Petit has planted some fine ma
pie trees In front of the premises Of G..
w. Fuller and G. X. Radcliffe.
"Dud" Mizner has struck good job,
land-looking and estimating for u firm
i'm Detroit.
Emmett Coon is in Detroit, this week,
purchasing goods; SO look out for fresh
arrivals.
DIR. w. III. Sarber arrived in Baldwin,
Monday evening. His family came
yesterday Wednesday, afternoon.
Tlae State Board of Health has sent
a fine barometer to Lee S. Cobb, Of
Yates township, to be used by him in
his observations.
Hon. o. O. Stanchficld, of Luding-
ton, addressed the r. r.. Club ut this
place two weeks ago, and Hon. s. w.
Fowler, of Manistee, last week.
The people of Wexford county, at
the election this Spring, voted, almost
three to one, against the removal Of
the county seat to Manton.
John A. Carpenter and wife expect
to start to-day Thursday for their old
home i'm Lenawee county. Mr.. c. still
holds his land in Webber township,
and says he is coming back.
n. B. Blood, Geo. Burt and James
Petit, i'm Webbcr township, have been
improving their places by planting
maple shade trees. A move in the right
direction.
Jas. McWane informs us that the
person ut his house, from whom the
tumor was removed, is not q relative
of his, but that he is employed by the
county to care for her.
The two young men, Titus and Cham
berlain, arrested for burglary in Roses
and Townscnd's saloons, have been
bound over to Circuit Court-amount
of bail required, $500 each.
We were pleased to receive call
from Hon. S. w. Fowler, of Manistee,
on "Wednesday Of last week. He was
In Baldwin as counsel for the defend
ants in the saloon burglary case.
VIM. Thompson, of Webber town.
ship, brought us, last Saturday, a half
busliel of potatos, which are as han'l-
some as any one could wish to find.
We do not see as Mr.. Thompson has
reason to growl about "barren plains"
Two families-one named Sage ar.
rived here yesterday, intending to set
tie up at Wolf Lake. We understand
that two more families will be in with
in couple Of weeks, and settle in the
same neighborhood.
The Osceoid Outline SAYS: "The G.
II. & L. II. H. Co. has signified the in
tention to pay the taxes of the follow
ing townships, under protest: Lincoln,
Rose Lake, Leroy, Burdell and Sher-
man. The money is to be paid to the
County Treasurer, and to remain in his
hands until legal investigation is had"
The body Of VIM. Norstram, who
mysteriously disappeared from Luding-
ton, last December, was disco vered
few days since floating i'm the water at
the Ward south mill. 1t seems most
probable that he accidentally fell into
the water and drowned while intoxi-
Gated.
The Ludington Record rightly says:
"In order to obtain full particulars con-
ccrning any event, it is only necessary
for newspaper to charge some one
with misdoing, when We editor will
forthwith If not sooner, be put In pos
session of more facts and points than a
jury lawyer pitches at the heads of the
devoted twelve"
The Reed City Clarion, in Its last is
sue, gives that prosperous village some
rather unhealthy advertising, as fol-
lows: ELECTION over and all the Of
fees secured or lost, as the case may
be, and our officials have quietly settled
down and given the town over to that
seme class of pimps and prostitutes
that have so long infested 1t. In fact
the effort recently made to suppress
them was an abortion, and resulted In
no lasting good; but on the contrary
gives them fresh assurance that they
are free to follow their disreputable
calling and boldly fiaunt their adver-
tisements on our streets I'm open day."
We find the following reference to
Baldwin In the last issue of the Manis-
tee Times q Standard: 1--WE had the
pleasure recently, ofa visit to this -four
ishing little town county seat Of Lake
county,, and were greatly surprised at