The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-04-25

: Wild geese are flying ncrthward II
countless numbeD.
II John Armstrong has returned to hi
.. place In Yates township.
Il M. L. Townsend has moved will
his family into Deuress' dwelling house
A. 8. Dodds has planted some ma
pies In front Of his premises.
7. Smurthwaite and family occupy
the O'Rourk dwelling house.
We CAP give a good bargain to any
person wishing to purchase first-clasi
sewing machine.
| Tho's Smurthwaite has been appoint.
ed Circuit Court Commissioner for Lake
county.
1 Nathan Holford Is adding some fruit
trees to his homestead in Eden town.
ship, this season.
A farmer named Allie was killed,
and his house wrecked by lightning at
Amber, Mason county, last Monday.
We learn that Geo. Heilmann, Of
Pinora township, has disposed of his
farm, and intends to remove up near
Petoskey.
Through the courtesy of Hon. e. O..
ID. Holden, Scc'y of State, we are in
receipt of copies of the Senate and
House Journals for l877-four volumes.
Lee s. Cobb has been adding some
more shade trees to those OH his place
i'm Yates township. We are pleased to
see our settlers moving in this matter
of tree planting.
The attention of our readers is called
to the card of Tho's sSmurthwaite, Esq,
which appears elsewhere in this issue.
We feel safe in cheerfully recommend
ing him to the public.
iScribner's Monthly for May is full of
interesting, instructive and entertain
ing matter-as each number usually
is. The periodical Is one of the best in
the world.
There are too many good things for
the little folks, In the May number Of
81. Nicholas, to allow us to enumerate
and particularizc. Every child should
see it. Scribner & Co., publishers, New
| York.
A heavy thunder shower visited this
locality, last Monday morning. The
rain fell in torrents, for hours, thor
oughly soaking the earth, and fairly
causing the growing grass and grain
to jump.
Geo. n. West, young man from
the vicinity of Ypsilanti, and who was
up here prospecting with view tn pur-
chasing land, gave US call, last week.
He spoke as though pleased with the
country.
Henry Burkman and Almond Scher-
merhorn, of Pinora township, got into
on alteration over the matter Of a line
fence. Blows followed harsh words,
and Burkman was arrested, tried be-
fore Esquire Blood; was convicted of
assault and battery, and fined $S.T.
The two young men, Titus and Cham
berlin, who were in the calaboose for
alleged burglary, were taken out, Mon
day, OH q writ of hdJeas corpus, from
Judge Wheeler, and conveyed to Lud-
ington; where, after u hearing, they
were discharged.
1t has rained almost constantly for
the last three days, and the streams are
bank full. The boys on the river find
no difficulty in running logs, and when
it comes to the flats they can run them
out i'm the woods and not half try. 1t
is decidedly too much of a good thing.
Last Fall we procured some apple
trees, with some currant and gooseber-
nv bushes from John Andrews, of Yates
township; and every one promises to
grow finely. This we attribute to the
fact that the trees and shrubs were on
ly transported short distance before
transplanting, and were healthy and
vigorous. Moral--patronize home in
stitutions.
One of our subscribers residing I'm the
county writes us that "my STAR is read
by dozen or more, and cannot keep
one for myself" Well, we wish ali
those who take such an interest In the
county paper would become subscribers;
but 1t is perhaps uelcss to wish. There
are two classes of persons who read the
paper, although they do not patronize
1t. One class is composed of those who
would like to take the paper, but do
not feel able to. The other class Is
made up of those who have some real
or fancied grudge against the publisher,
and profess utter contempt for him and
his sheet, while at the same time they
are ever ready to beg, borrow or steal
a copy from their neighbor.
We are pleased to see 30 much of
disposition on the part Of settlers on
the light soils In this county to culti-
vate their farms and produce all the
crops possible. There has been q rapid
increase in amount of products from
the plains each year. Every settler
who Was here four or five years ago
realizes the great difference between
then and now. While the amount Of
product per acre is not as large as usu-
al from heavy soil, the quality is un-
surpassed. AS an Offset to the moder-
ate yield the settlers here have q soil
easily cleared and cultivated; . soil
that can be handled in either wet or
dry period; they have abundance of
excellent water; and no region In the
world can excel this for healthfulness.
The nature Of the soil will not allow
the formation Of stagnant pools Of wat