The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-07-18

i HOME sTARLI0HT.
We had several nice showers yester-
day.
O, how warm! has been the general
exclamation for several days past.
The work Of hsying IL now In null
blast. ~
The heat made tho corn leaves rcll,
last Monday.
Ye editor had ''string beans" frona
his garden, last Friday.
The Directors Of tho Agricultural
Society meet In Baldwin, to-day.
Hon. M. c. Burch, u. q. Dist. Atty
was up the F. & p. NJ. Road to Ludinx-
ton, last Friday.
Peter Miller, of Lake, says he never
has seen better time for growing
crops than the present. Correct.
Both the parties who were In Jail
here, awaiting trial for adultery, have
been released OH bail.
Porter Yates officiates as "village
blacksmith" In the absence Of "Hank"
Rudd.
Evart secured $sS for her city treas
ury, July 4th, from fines for drunken
ness.
The Detroit Epen,ng NcsOs comes out
In nice new dress, and Is handsomer
and more lively than ever.
Plenty Of warm weather within the
past few days. The mercury stood at
lO2 In the shade, last Sunday afternoon.
We were In error regarding the meet
ings Of the Greenback Club of tl,is
place. They meet Saturday evenings,
instead Of Tuesday.
The Manistee Times says: 'Wheat
all through the county never looked
better than at present, and promises mn
abundant YIELD"
John II. Mann, Of Pinora, and Geo.
Bolcom, Of Nirvana, add their names
to the list ofSTAR subscribers, since our
last issue.
We are requested to announce that
Rev. Mrs. Moore will lecture In bald
win, next Tuesday evening. Subject
''The Cause and Prevention Of Crime"
From special dispatch to the De-
troit ROst d Tribune July 18th, we learn
that VIM. II. Sowies had both legs
crushed above tire the knees, by the
cars at Evart.
We intended long ago-but inallvert-
entity omitted tito say that Lcmual
II. Scott was chosen Supervisor Of Glen
CO, rice John Hanral,an removed from
the township.
The monument to Jonathan Walker,
the "man with branded kand,n has
been received at Muskegon, and will be
unveiled with appropriate ceremonies,
Aug, LIST.
The red and black-cap raspbcrries
are beginning to ripen rapidly. They
are very plentiful this year. There
will, also, he large quantities Of wild
blackberries.
The jointer made nm accidental clip
Of the ends Of two fingers on Leroy
Buchanan's left hand, ut Sleeper's shin
gle mill, last Friday morning. A body
cannot be too careful while working
around saws I'm motion.
whitmore, Of the Cadillac Me,os, has
been appointed mail route agent OH the
q. II. ]. Railway. 1t seems they do
once I'm awhile hit q newspaper man
with an official chunk of bread and
butter.
We welcome to our X list the Hes
pertain, published Mt Hespcria, Mich,
by w. Seymour Stevens; the Times,
published by Newayge Co. Pub. Co.,
at Fremont Center; and the Argus,
published at Hart, Oceana Co., by L.
A. Mcintyre.
Mr.. Alonxo Smith, while at work In
the shingle mill, at this place, last FRI
day, had the thumb and fore finger of
his left hand SO badly torn by acciden-
tai contact with q saw, that amputa-
ton of both was necessary. DIR. Mott
performed the operation, we believe.
We received q pleasant call, one day
last week, from Louis Schauppner, Of
Chicago, travelling agent Of the Illinois |
Type Founding Company. Mr.. Ssl
has been spending two or three weeks
among the Michigan trout or grayling,
with headquarters At the Baldwin
House.
The Tmes q Standard Of July 18th
says: "Last Sunday morning Peter
Olcson, . young man, . timer, In John
Bauer's hardware store, was drowned
nearly opposite that store, in Manistcc
river. Mr.. Oleson and another young
man attempted to swim ncross tine river
with their clothes on, Mr.. OIeson was
probably taken with the cramps and
went down. His body was recovered
the same evening.
From Sheriff Ovistt we learn that
on Monday Last, while, the machinery
in Browns mill, At Chase was In OPP
cration, some attachment Of the gov
ernor gave way; belts few of, the en-.
gine tran away" bursting the dy
wheel into n hundred pieces. The
fragments Of the wheel were thrown
in every way, some Of them passing up
through the floor; and although there |
was number of men In the mill at
the time. they fortunately escaped
without Injury. The damage was e.
timated at about $50.