The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-08-06
STATE NEWS.

The wines and liquors and one Of th'
billiard tables nf the Comstock Hons
we're sold son Wednesday 10 satisfy s.
.lsim of $50 Oiuuor tax and costs
Cabout 500 in all. - Hudson Post.
We Yesterday saw a farmer offer som,
pen 80 a day to go ont In the cOuntr'
md help him through his harvest. \,
me seemed willing. however, ~ accep
he proposition.-tSaginaw Repubh
AN.
Mr.. Ledlie Burt, aged 63, for 4
years a resident Cf Homer, was foun,
lead on his premises at o'clock Sun
lay morning. The iury's verdict wa
ieart disease. He was we'll to do ant
respected.
A Montcalm county depnty sheriff
Wished to arrest an Indian, ana Z.
make the task an easy one. got hin
Trunk. Then the officer whose nam,
Robinson, was himself arrested foi
giving whisky TO an Indian.
An old colored man living at Louis.
vile. Ky, took the savings Of a life
lime and started for Grass Lake, Mich
there TO end his days with a son, aud y
miserable devil Of thief at Jackson.
robbed him Of every cent-Sl, zoe
Ia all.
A Port Anstin youth "sparked"a Port
Austin damsel every Sunday night for
four years and did not come to terms
with her, aud now her thrifty father
presents to the youths parents bill
for 20S suppers-for he always came in
time for tea.
Farmers have been offering SO dsy
for hands TO gather the grain and could
not ges the help needed. And yet ir.
redeemable orators keep groaniDg that
900. 600 able-bodied men are ont OF EN-
ployment in Michigan. = Lansing Re
publican.
Officers of the United States Court al
Grand Rapids have gone 10 Marquette
TO procure room for the holding of q
term Of court in the Upper Peninsula,
as provided 10y the new law, and TO ap-
point deputy clerk aud marshal &c
serve there.
On the goth, John Rose az Adrian
was overcome by gas in a well he wa
digging, and became unconscious. An
other man was lowered to him who TIED
a rope around his body, and both wer,
drawn mp unconscious. Both wer,
dnally resusc.tated.
Last fall young girl named Fame
gan, IN Blackmau, Jackson county, wa,
seized by man who tried 20 ravisl
her, bat being frustrated, tied the cir
to n tree and left her there. He sue
ceeded in escaping but on the 10th wa,
Unidentified, going under the name o
GeoI Dorsey, at Jackson, where he hao
.iustbeen sent 10 Jail for three month,
Tor abusive language. His case will b,
attended TO in due time.
The Detroit Post and Tribune says
"In consideration OF the depot privil
eees, the Detroit and Lansing road hal
entered into an agreement with th,
Michigan Central not to take any Chi
caQo business, which puts this road
completely upder.Mr. Vanderbilt's con
troll, so far as rates are concerned. -
Evidently there is TO be no competi.
tion anywhere in Michigan. The peo,
pie must pay the rates fixed by the
railroad king.
Last Saturday a well dressed, well
behaved man visited a saloon at Stur
gis, not far from the II. H. station, ant
within n short time got around abDul
n dozen glasses Of lager beer with
Auency that indicated he was no new
beginner. He then inquired Tor cloves
aud said that IL was necessary 90 con
ceal his breath because he was from
Grand Rapids aud on his way to Cold
water to deliver " Temperance lecsnrs
az which business be was uskng 10.
money aud doing ~ ~ a O u~IaHit
Mercury give has uainr.