The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-11-05

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been convicted Of selling liquor 20 a
minor and assessed $50.
A man named Wiley, OF Boston. is
trying TO buy the Niles wa,erworks and
cary them into completion
Large numbers OF men are going in
TO tho woods in Wexford county
Wages run from $40 to $50 per months.
j. T.. Bonine, farmer 81 Young's
Prairie, Cass county, sold in one lot.
l57 hogs, aggregating 1855 lbs.
w. ID. Shelter, Of Bangor, Van Buren
comfy, passed three notes amounting
20 $3.50 last week aud then cleared out.
Rev. Il. L. Egbert. Baptist parton a.
White Pigeon. has stepped down and
out. Very bad stories are ahoat con
nected with the affair.
Last week Mr.. Simonds, one OF the
noted hunters Of the AuSabie river,
succeeded in killing seven large bears
inside of 81 hours.
The ST. Joseph Circuit has adjourn.
ed 20 November II 10 accommodate at
torneys who are too full Of politics 10
attend To business.
j. c. Ketchum's house and part of
it's contents in Maple Grave, Barry
county, were burned on the l2st. Loss,
81. 800; insured, 81 200.
The saw a shiuglo mill OF Geo.
Hardy, of Cedar Run, Grand Traverse
county. with 10000 shingles, were
burned on the 2lst. Loss, $1,000.
A SIX months cid child of Mr.. ar d
Mrs. McHuntley, living near Quincy,
was found dead in bed the other
morning, supposed 10 be smothered.
Jas Mastin, a miller aud prominent
citizen Of White Pigeon, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head
on the 2i.h. Cause not sta ted.
There is on record in the Office of the
register of deeds at Ann Arbor. lease
granted g. have effect "as long as grass
grows aud water runs.
The voice of G. Y. Dunbar. OF Eaton
Rapids, has been failing for week past
till he finds il difficult TO viii .per-the
result OF over -exertlon at lat- fire.
The people in the north wood are
muttenng vengeance on the hunters
who take dogs along with them. They
insinuate that dog peIt, are worth more
than deer skins.
4 child Of % months. belonging 10
Oren Elmer, of Brookheld, Eaton
county, vas stepped on bv an OK on
the Goth inhicting injuries from Which
II died ia au hour.
The case of Congressman Ellsworth
against J. j. Shearer, of Greeuville,
for assault with intent 20 kill. resulted,
after All all nights session Of the jury,
IN a verdict OF assault and battery.
The barn Of Lewis Wiley Lyons was
burned on the 22d, with contents iu-
GLIDING 600 bushels of wheat aud farm
ing utensils. Loss about 81 ,000; IL
sured IN Farmers Mutual, OF Ionia, for
$3.50.
Henry Thomas. the Muir saloon
keeper. convicted OF an assault with N
tent to murder, aud sentenced 10 six
years at Jackson, has been given a new
trial by the supreme Court, and Is now
out on bal.
The low price Of copper, the Portage
Lake papers say, renders mining un-
profitable. only six men are TO be en-
ployed during the coming winter at the
Minoug. The Island Mine has shut
down entirely, being unproductive.
On the 18th the shoe-shop Of s. X
Baker 4 Almont, was burgllrized -
800 worth ~ leather and then the
building set on fire. The flames were
.ubdued before they had gained much
headway and thus serious conhlgra-
tion avertod.
John VI. French, ir.. a prominent
citizen Of Lansing. died on the 18th,
aged IS years, from a cancer on his
face, which has troubled him for many
years, although it was scarcely notica-
bic two years ago. He leaves his fam
ily IN comfortable circumstances.
Henry Watkins, young man Of %.
employed as foreman on the farm OF
Col. Thomas Saylor, on the Cass River
died on the 2jth from injuries received
from the kick 81 horse two days before.
He was native of Wales and has no
relatives in this country.
Mrs. Susan Massey, OF Bridgeville,
Gratiot county, died suddenly on the
17th. being apparently we'll until a
short time before her death. Old age
was the cause. She was 9l. Her hus-
baud served in the war OF 1912. and was
one of the first settlers If Clinton
county.
The dwellings Of J.. J. Brown. Ne
son Peters, John Johnson aud Robert
Hamilton. at Lniington. were burned
ou the 21th. Mr. Brown lost all hi,
household goods in addition, insured
fnr $500. The rest saved their personal
property. but had no insurance.
By the bursting OF a pulley at
stanton on the nd. Mr. Alfred Rich-
ardson was instantly killed, a piece
striking him on the head. He was old
resident Of at Stanton, having settled
there in 1865: was 81 years old, and
leaves a wife aud three children.
Some boys hunting near 81. Joseph
a few days since. shot at what they
supposed 10 be q musk rat in the
bushes, hut which proved 20 be a man
named Kuk, from Kalamazoo. who
had been camping there some time. %
He received the whole charge Of shot
IN his right leg. He was subsequently
taken 20 the poorhouse.
Edward Caldwell aud Almina Harris
we're tried at the Eaton Circuit and ac
quilted, IL being shown that Mrs. Har.
ris husband. when she married him,
had another wife. Consequently there
was no legal marriage. Harris swore
positively To a contrary state Of facts
on the trial, but il was conclusively
shown that he lied, and he was arrest
ed for perjury.
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