The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-06-24
NUMBER 1903.


Wheat is heading out rapidly around
Richmond, Macomb county.
The fremen OF Union city will hold
a fremen's tournament July Fourth.
The cut worm is damaging corn
planted ON sod ground in Jackson
county.
Tramps and potato bugs are numer-
Gus around Bennington, Shiawassee
county.
j. g. Wiley, OF Boston, Branch
county lost valuable colt by light
ming last week.
Jennings e Bentley, oil dealers, of
Detroit, will establish branch house
at East Saginaw.
The recent rains have brought for
ward the crops around Laingsburg,
shiawasse county.
The pestiferous cut worm is engaged
in his labors in some of the corn fields
around Battle Greek.
VIM. Scott & Co., architects, of De-
troit, have had their plans accepted for
a s6, 900 jail at Cheboygan.
Five State School boys escaped from
the building Sunday evening last, but
were captured at Tekonsha.
Nashville will celebrate the Fourth,
and Hon. James O'Donnell, of Jack
SOB, will deliver the grafton.
The Lewis mare has been purchased
from l.. Werstein by Wallace bingham
OF Battle Greek. Price, $3.50.
David Stiles, of Ceresco, Calhoun
county, has sold his fine farm TO Wm.
Bender, for about $50 per acre.
A little daughter of Darius Heath Of
Hastings fell from the roof Of barn
June 10, and was fatally injured.
Several farmers in Waterloo town
ship, Jackson county, have been CON-
PEELED to replant their cornfelds.
A child was recently born in Geneva,
Van Buren county, one side OF whose
face and an arm were as black as q
coal.
Eighty barrels OF dried sweet corn
we're shipped Tuesday last from Mon
roe to eastern markets, by VIM. II.
Boyd.
Mr.. Marsh, Of Clarendon, Calhoun
county, had a valuable horse barn
struck by lightning and badly shat
tered.
w. w. Wheaton, we'll known as a
former railroad superintendent. died
recently, in the Pontiac asylum for the
insane.
Alexander Shaw of Mt. Pleasant,
while hunting recently, dragged his
gun towards him muzzle first and was
instantly killed.
Saginaw Courier: Fully 10000, 900
feet of lumber have been sold in the
Chicago cargo market within the past
four or five days.
NJ. i. Bartlett, of Battle Greek, has
n Black Java pullet that has laid six
eggs this season which measused eight
inches in circumference.
James a. Hill, OF Rutland, Barry
county, and an old resident, while
plowing in his field on Wednesday
last, fell dead, aged So years.
A vein of coal recently discovered Of
Patton Morrison's farm, two miles
north OF Jackson, is four and one-half
feet thick and of good quality.
A repsrt from Strasburg. Monroe
county, says: Wheat looks well. Oats
look fair, but corn is small. Potatoes
are small, but the bugs are large.
The pioneers of Clinton county, met
at the Court House, in ST. Johns, on
Tuesday last. A large number were
present and an enjoyable time had.
John O'Neil Of the saw-mill OF Pear
son & Son, Saginaw City, had his right
chinery June IL, that amputation was
necessary.
Philetus White, of the firm OF White
Bros, Owosso, had his hand ripped
open its whole long to the wrist by
bringing IL in contact with buzz saw,
on Tuesday last.
Henry Smith, general store keeper
at Burlington, Calhoun county, is re-
ported TO have fallen heir to $4,000. A
rich uncle recently died in Australia
and left il to him.
The large saw mill known as Smiths,
at Duncan City, was entirely destroyed
by fire Tuesday night. Loss about
Sl00000 Nearly 100 men were thrown
ont of employment.
A man named Michael Sheski was
drowned by falling from a small boat
near Bay City, June u. He struck
his head on log and was so stunned
that he could not help himself.
State Treasurer Pritchard wants 10
take mp S43l 900 worth of 9 per cent.
bonds due in 1883; but Hope aud Co,
Of Amsterdam, Holland, say they want
| Sl.10 and accrued interest for them.
Francis Collins, OF Detroit, we'll
I known as q sewer contractor and build
er, intends starting soon for Leadyille,
Col, where he has a contract for the
erection of extensive silver smelling
/ works.
John O'Neil, employed as setter in
the saw mill of j. III. Pearson. East
Saginaw, caught his right hand IN a
cog on Wednesday last, literally mash
ing it and rendering amputation nee
essary.
During the summer the State insti-
tuition for the dumb and blind at Flint,
will have a grand portico erected over
the front entrance. A large grain barn
and an addition 10 the shops will also
be erected.
Lyman Miller, q tan-bark peeler Of
Fruitport, was instantly killed in his
shanty June Is, by the accidental dis
charge OF q shot gun that one OF his
companions was fooling with. The
person who fired the gun has become
insane from grief.
IL is stated that Three Rivers busi-
ness man took a note Of man recently
and afterwards added the words ''in-
terest at ten per cent" for which little
matter he has been arrested for forgery.
And he says he did not know that he
was doing anything wrong.
southern Women.
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