The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-03-18
STATE NEWS.

making has commenced IN some part
Of the State.
Farwell Register: Vessel spars, som
over 100 feet in length. have recsntl
been shipped from this place TO Por
Huron.
The Lapeer Clarion says that Shad
n. Vincent, the recently re-appointe'
postmaster OF Lapeer, has held the OF
fee for eighteen years.
The Kalkaska County Farmers Clul
has decided to hold a county fair a
Kalkaska next September.
Moses Wright, an old resident, ant
highly honored business man, died a.
his residence in Tecumseh, at an early
hour this morning.
Niles Democrat: There are FIVE ladies
and three gentlemen belonging to the
Presbyterian church in this city whose
ages aggregate 666 years. The young
est so aud the oldest 50.
Maple Rapids Dispatch: If you
should wait until fall and visit Fulton
the probability is that you would hard
ly know the place, as so many build.
ings are to be erected there this com
ing season.
Tuscola County Pioneer: A man
and wife, accompanied by a small child
drove into Caro- from the north, last
Thursday, and upon arrival discovered
that the child was frozen to death.
Portage Lake Mining Gazette, Feb
ruary %: The past few days on Lake
Superior nave developed its greatest
cold weather for years. The mercury
at some points went down 10 30 de-
grees below zero.
Niles Republican,: About four hun
dred dollars have been subscribed to-
ward building hall at Eau Claire. 1t
is TO be seventy feet long and forty feet
wide, and will be supplied with com
modious stage.
Portage Lake Mining Gazette: A num-
ber OF gentlemen down that way intend
having cut at the LAnse brownstone
quarry a huge block Of that beautiful
material and contributing it to the
Washington Monument.
The Grand Rapids Eagle, OF Friday
ev12ipg. says that the first robins
put in their appearance that morning,
seven days earlier than ever before
known, and that they are harbingers OF
a pleasant spring.
The Hartford correspondent OF the
Paw Paw True Northerner says: Five
or six brick blocks are TO be put up on
the burnt district in the spring, which
will add very much TO the beauty and
business of our place.
Saginaw News: Charles Stinchfeld
SAYS that about 20, 600, 900 feet Of logs
have been put into Flat Rives this win
ter, 1900, 600 feet more than ever be-
fore. He anticipates lively time get
ting them ont while the high water
lasts.
Thursday, March 6, was the eighty
eighth day of sleighing at Traverse
City this season. Last autumn the
Traverse Bay Eagle prophesied 100
days of sleighing. The prophecy will
come true. If the snow only holds out
until the 18th.
Grand Rapids Democrat: The grand
Jury of the United States Court, Fri
day, returned indictments against John
Shields, of this city, for passing coun-
terfeit money, and Isaac Skinner, OF St.
Joseph, for making coins out of base
metal
Schoolcrait Dispatch and News: Geo.
Akers, farmer living about four miles
west of here, in Prairie ROnde town
ship, committed suicide at ii o'clock
Friday morning by hanging himself to
the purline plate OF his barn with a
strap.
Kalamazoo Telegraph: 1t is said
that. Charles Courtney of Union
Springs. y. Y. late champion oarsman
OF America, will spend the summer at
Battle Greek as the guest of Mr. a. l..
Clark of that city. Will Courtney do
his practice work on Goguac lake?
Huron County News: The Tuscola
county lawyers are enthusiastically in
favor of new judicial district. aud
nearly the entire bar have signed a pc
tition to the Legislature, asking the
formation of the same out Of Tuscola,
Sanilac and Huron counties.
st. Louis Herald: There is more
sickness in this locality just now than
we have known before since we have
been q resident OF Gratiot The pre-
vailipg complaints are coughs, sore
throats, Inflammation OF the lungs and
other kindred affections arising from
bad colds.
J. Van Nalkenburgh, a very old resi-
dent Of Oakland county. and many
years ago Judge of the Circuit Court
died az Jacksonville, Fla. at the ad
yanced age Of 50 years. He left Pom.
tiac for the South few months since
His remains will be taken TO Milwau
kee, Wisconsin. for interment. his late
wife having been buried there.
Midland County Courier. Our sail
we'll again commenced pumping
Wednesday morning, after having beer
thoroughly overbauled. After work
ing a short time the indicator announc
ed brine at sixty-seven. As we go tc
press the strength Of the brine is in.
creasing, and next week we hope 10 an.
nounce the old standard Of ninety-twC
per cent.
The Bay City Chronicle and the Bay
City Tribune have hyphenated, SO e
speak; though precisely which paper is
the one which has gone where the
Eoodbine twineth," il is impossible to
say. The new title is terror 10 new.
editors. Just think Of crediting a two
line item 10 "Tbe Bay City Chronicl,
and Tribune Of Wednesday, February
&C."
Traverse Bay Eagle: A large auC
valuable team of mules belonging {,
Messrs. Hannah, Lay & Co., brok,
through the ice on the bay Wednesda,
and were drowned. They we're EN-
ployed in hauling ice, and when the
sled was about two-thirds loaded th,
ice on which the team stood suddenly
gave way, letting team, sled and loat
into the water where It was about thir
~ feet deep.
An old lady named Mrs. Trumbull
over 20 years Of age, living in Willov
Run, 4 miles west or Battle Greek, wa
burned 10 death in a shocking name
about noon Monday. IL is suppose,
her clothes took fire in some mapno
from the stove. She was discovere,
by her husband lying on the floor nea
a chair which was on FIRE, her clothe
l burned Of and her bodv ferrfhiv hurn