The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-08-27

The following sign hangs over the
entrance to Michigan's department al
the Paris exposition: Lies hay rakes
mervielleux de Paw Paw ct les Tab.
leaux de Detroit Les chef d'oeuvres
de Michigan" Which relates 30 Paw
Paw hay rake and a Detroit photo
graphl
Jas. Soper, a man of go, at Freelands
Midland county, was struck by "A fall.
ing tree during a storm on the 18th,
breaking his leg above the knee, aud
injuring him internally. His recovery
is doubtful. He was rescued after be.
ing exposed TO an hours heavy rain,
more dead than alive.
A man named Traver of the township
OF Emerson. died last week while sit.
tisg in his chair at the residence of a
doctress in this village, where he had
been two days undergoing trt atment
for an unknown malady, supposed.
however. to have been the heart dis
ease Stanton Herald.
Adam Greenwell, of Buchanan, has
begun the prosecution Of Enoch Egg
bert. n wealthy farmer. alleging the Sc
duction Of his wife, who, il is alleged,
is enciente by defenant. Damages are
laid at $4,000. Both parties have Sc
cured able counsel and the fight prom
ises to be decidedly sensational.
In the Circuit Court on the 10Th
John l.. Fish. a Hastings limb of the
law, was charged with swiDdling and
practicing "skin" games upon his
clients, and a petition signed by the
prominent lawyers Of Hastings, pre-
sented to the court, asking for his re-
moval from the Barry county BAR
Nashville News.
On the 10th Mrs. McDovell's house,
in Lake Harbor, Muskegon county,
caught fire from n defective tlue aud
was burned TO the ground, destroying
part Of the furniture. The house
and goods were insured for 1868. A
blacksmith shop and barn belonging
to Mr.. Butterworth were also destroy
ed.
Mrs. Fairchild, Of Tustin. Osceola
county is dangerously i'll. IL appears
that about four weeks ago she was
picking" potato bugs in n pan, and
was taken violently sick at the stomach.
She has been growing worse ever since,
and as she is troubled with the heart
disease also, it is feared she will not
recover.
On the 10Th inst, during the severe
storm, Miss Libbie Williams, daughter
of George Williams, living east of this
city, was so badly injured by the light
ming that it required the efforts OF a
physician four or five hours 10 restore
her TO consciousness. Some three or
four years ago, she sustained similar
shock, which was more severe than the
present one.- Niles Democrat.
Little Urdiue, daughter Of Mr.. An
drew j. Jordan, of Geneva. now eight
years of age, was born with no fingers
on her right hand. The thumb is
there and is used tee same as the fin
gers would be, by giving n peculiar
twist. On the stub Of the hand are
four small projections, and on two of
those are what appear TO have been in
tended for nails 1t causes her no in
convenience except being quite tender
at times. - South Haven Sentinel.
Work on the new capitol building is
going forward TO completion. All the
outside and many of the inside doors
are now placed in position. The glass
tile is being laid in the rotunda. New
furniture in the shape of desks, tables,
chairs, ETC., has been placed in many
of the rooms in great profusion and
confusion. All the various buildings
erected by the contractors have been
taken down and removed, with excep-
tion of the blacksmith shop. Lansing
Republican.
DIR. II. o. Walker last week perform
ed an operation for cancer OF the rec
tum, cutting away several inches of dis
eased flesh. The patient has since
been reported as doing finely. and is in
a fair way 10 recover. This is the first
operation Of the kind ever performed
in Michigan. and in fact only two or
three have ever been attempted in the
United States on account OF the great
danger attending them. A cancer Of
the kind above described has always
been considered incurable in this part
of the country.
A man named Roberts, nicknamed
Shorty" was shot and probably fatal
ly injured by a woman named Mrs.
Burnett Fulkerson, at or near Casnovia
Kent county, Saturday night. She was
a divorced woman, and is said to have
been living with a man named Fisher
in such intimacy that the neighbors de-
termined TO drive them out Of the
and went to their house
in a body for that purpose Roberts
went into the house and held a confer
ence with her and during the interview
was shot, but there are conflicting
stories as to the manner and cause.
Further details OF the Saugatuck
horror lead 10 the conclusion that
Capt Coates was insane when he killed
his wife and shot himself. He had
been suffering Of late from i'll health,
and had been despondent also over
business troubles. There is no other
known cause. and Mrs. Coates is said
10 have recently expressed fears that
he would do something desperate, and
had hid his two revolvers. They have
two children, a daughter of 10 and q
son of s. Mrs. Coates was a daughter
OF the late Robert Miller, and was born
in Allegan county. Capt. Coates was
formerly captain aud owner OF the tug
Mentor, at Saugatuck, and brother of
Capt l.. b. Coates, formerly command
ing u. Il. johnson.
Al.