The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-06-25
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The contract for building the Tus.
cola County Jail has been let for Ss, 900.
A German colony Of 100 families is
TO settle upon the Menominee range.
Emmet county has realized $4,000
from the shipment OF pigeons this year.
About two tons Of fresh fish are ship
ped from Sand Beach, Huron county,
daily.
A stave and heading factory at Hol-
land can cut 1000 headings and 1000
stayes per day.
The furnaces OF the State Prison at
Jackson are now supplied with coal
mined on the prison grounds.
The Manchester Enterprise says
that Robert Gregg Clinton, Lenawee
county, has a piece of land on which
he has raised 81 consecutive crops of
corn aud has now planted il for the
531 time.
The head OF one Of the largest mer-
camille houses in the city yesterday
stated 90 the writer that not since the
panic Of '73 had his business assumed
such an encouraging outlook. Similar
reports from other d0partsments Of in
dustry reach US Jackson Citizen.
The Morning News, Brezee's Adrian
morning paper suspended Sunday
morning. The following is it's obituary
notice as prepared by the publisher:
MoRNINo NEws-At Adrian, Michi-
gan. at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, June
9th, 1873, The Adrian Morning News,
Of contraction of the currency in the
publishers pocket, aged 4 months and
Z days.
Look ont for tramps who try 20 play
confidence games on you. One went
10 a clearinghouse the other day, aud
stated that a boarder had sent him for
his best coat which he wanted repaired.
IL was not delivered TO him, aud sub
scquently it was learned that his story
was lie. He wanted 10 steal the coat.
-[Grand Rapids Eagle.
At reunion of the pioneers Of Ber-
rien county. held at Bsrrien Springs
on Wednesday, with about 5000 peo-
pie present, a log cabin was raised, old
spinning-wheels were running, and the
mothers knit stockings as in the pion-
neer days. Uzziel Putnam, the first
white settler Of Berrien county, Henry
Chamberlain, and others, made
speeches.
Lester A. Rose, publisher OF the
Roses Nose, was arrested by L. >.
Marshal Mathews last Thursday after
noon upon two seperate bills of indict-
ment found against him by the L. s.
grand jury. Rose was arrsigued on
both indictments, pleaded not guilty,
and was held TO bail in the sum Of
$500. The indictments we're based mp
on the sending through the mails
Roses publication of May 25th, the
issue containing the "Girl ir my bed
and the Free Press man" articles.
The case will be tried at an early day.
The accident 10 q. NJ. Shaw at Green
vile, was severe one. He was struck
by the knife Of planning machine
while adjusting the belt just above the
eyebrows, pealing a portion OF the
scalp six inches wide 10 the back por-
tion of the head, at the same time cut
ting away from the front portion of the
head piece OF skull bone the size Of
three silver half dollars. thus leaving
the brain exposed. With the closest
attention fever aud inflammation thus
far been kept down, and he is in a good
condition, with a sigh prospect Of re-
coyery.
The oldest and largest known tree in
the State stands on the bank Of the
Rasin river, within the city limits Of
Adrian. IL is Buttonwood tree, Plat
anus Occidentalis, sometimes improp-
erly called sycamore, which IL closely
resembles. Is 80 feet in circumference
one foot above the ground, and 100 feet
in height. It's age, calculated from its
rings, is 900 years, but this is quite I'M
certain. The lower part OF the tree only
/ is alive, with an immense broad, dead
top, giving an appearance Of extreme
age. Its huge trunk brances ont about
10 feet from the ground.
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erse City the other day. A wild steer
broke Loose aud went tearing through
the street. just at that moment a
little girl was passing on the walk with
a baby carriage having in IL a little
child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo w. Hicks.
The steer struck the carriage with is
head, and lifting IL upon his horns
plunged along the walk for quite q
distance carrying beth child aud car.
riage, but stumbling, the child fell out
and dropped between the sidewalk and
the fence, the steer falling on the car
riaga and smashing IL into Fragments
Fortunately the child escaped with .
few bruises.
Al the State band tournament al
Lansing the awards we're az follows: Ii
the first class, Gardner's Flint City
band LIST; Crossette's band %; Pori
Huron band 81. In the second class
Central city band 1st; Iouia 2d. II
the third class Peninsular Command
cry band lst: Dexter band 81: Caepe,
band 81: Lowell band ith; Mason band
Sch. In the fourth class Evart corne
band lst: Amount 2d. Laper 81; OK
ford AN; lpsilanti 9th; North Adam
9Th; Port Saniiac 9TH. In the fiftl
class Union cornet of Iunih lst. Chcs
auiur baud 2f Tho cowrt colo. hr
pfi1e 80 "a valuable e1Insf was Won pa
in.. II. n.a4. I'd 4.fEenr. anl AHr.
Teresa hI.e q. tfe second pr'Lc-
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