The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-05-23
VOLUME VI.
HoM1 srARLIoHT.

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Plenty Of whortleberries and wild
Strawberries yet survive.
Wings dry kiln, at Evart, burned, a
week ago Monday. Loss, $4,000.
What are you going to do OH Inde-
pendence Day? Celebrate?
Our New York letter was too late for
insertion this week.
M. O'Rourk, of Decatur, this State,
is In Baldwin, this week, on business.
A splendid rain, last Sunday; thor
oughly soaking the ground.
The trees are putting on their sum-
mer clothing.
w. d. Holford has removed with his
family to Ionia county.
Painter, of the Newaygo Tri6nnc is
I'm luck. He has double column legal
advertisement.
g. w. Helms thinks he has the prem
ium swarm of bees; IL having sent out
three new colonies within q month.
The small fruit is not all dead, in this
vicinity; but the frost wilted u great
deal of it.
DO you want good single-barreled,
breech-loading shot gun? Inquire at
the STAR Office.
Poetry, from Nirvana, mislaid till
too late for insertion this week. Will
appear in our next.
The first reaping machine for use on
the plains, arrived yesterday for ex-
Sheriff Grant.
There was very slight frost Tues
day night, but 1t did no damage, so far
as we have learned.
Interesting items Of news from all
parts Of Michigan, may always be found
on the inside columns of the STAR.
The lumber camp Of Jones & Hollis
ter, in Webber township, broke up,
yesterday-the job having been COM
pleted.
Henry Saunders. of Chase, and Wes-
ley J. HolcOmb, of Dover, Superinten-
dents Of the Poor, were In town Tues
day.
The Republican County Convention,
to choose delegate to the State Con-
vcntion, Is called to meet on the 18th
| of June. See call elsewhere.
Rev. Mr.. Pritchard, Episcopal min
lister from Ludington, conducted reli-
gious services at Court House Hall, last
Thursday evening.
Yeetlitor had fresh lettuce raised in
open air, In his garden-last Sunday,
May 10th. 1t isn't so slow, after all,
away up here In Northern Michigan.
The changes in time of running trains
over the f. 4 p. M. Railway may bc
found In the corrected time card In this
issue.
Quite number ofour old subscribers
have renewed subscriptions within the
past week or two, which Is, of course,
encouraging to the printer.
The Newaygo Tribune states that the
frost did not kill apples, In that locali-
ty; but that 1t did use up the small
fruits.
According to the Pioneer, competent
judges state that the frosts have not in
jurcd wheat to any greatexient In Wex-
ford county.
It is about the time when the festive
pathmastcr gives warning to the in
babitants Of the land to get up, get out
and whistle, tell stories and play work
ing on the road.
Gerrish & Wood launched their side
wheel steam tug, "Littlc Jake" on
Houghton Lake, May Sd. 1t Is to be
use.i towing logs to mouth of the Mus
kegon river.
The members Of the legal fraterni ty
in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, held
a meeting at Reed City, yesterday, to
decide the question as to who they
would recommend for appointment to
the position Of Circuit Judge.
The Outline Of last week says: "On
Tuesday we went to see the wooden
track railroad of White, Swan Il Smith,
three miles east of Hersey. The men
are busy leveling and strengthening
the track. A locomotive and cars are
expected this week or next. The boss
has full faith that the thing will work
satisfactorily.
In speaking Of the recent frosts, the
Rniwater News says: "In our own To-
cality, the fruit farms near the lake
shsre, owned by the Pentwater Lum-
ber Company, Smith and Merriman
A. L. Garland, John Bloore, VIM. Sa-
ger and others, are uninjured; while
these a little further back are hurt to
some extent. Mr.. Ambler's farm near
the head of Pentwater Lake is all right,
while his place three miles from the
shore is sharply nipped. The opinions
of our farmers and fruit growers from
the interior towns seems to be, thatal-
though wheat and fruit are damaged
to some extent, the Injury will not prove
to be 80 severe as was first feared"
We understand that new paper has
been started In Clare county. Ifso, 1t
rather looks like . movement Of the
ring Of ONCE e-seekers and political job
bers and tricksters In that county to
operate against Jim Holden, Of the Fur
pcu Register, who Is too honest and
straightforward, and has too much re-
gard for the welfare Of the people to
render him the tool which the ring
would like to use. So far as we have
seen, Bro. Holden has been and Is
steady advocate Of law and order, with
good men In Office. He Is plain, out
spoken, radical; not twist-about, any
thing g-fer- popularity man. His notes
give forth no uncertain sound. The