The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1880-06-17
HOME STARLIGHT.

THE Hersey schools close, on the 25th
A chrome peddler was plying hi
trade In town, last Tuesday.
New potatoes have made their ap
pearance in Evart market.
The anglers for grayling are begin
ming to arrive.
J. L. end Seth Veeder are making
good progress clearing and improving
Whortleberries are already begin
ming to ripen on the plains.
Clair Young has returned from hi
trip, trapping pigeons.
An adjourned term of Manistee Cir.
cult Court will be held Aug. 18th.
Newton I. Kinne, of Elk, remem'
bers the printer with nicelot ofstraw.
berries.
Never, in the memory of the "oldest
inhabitanp have we had such an
abundance of warm rain.
An Indian Is confined In Jail, SEN
fenced for forty days, for assault and
battery.
Miss Arnott closes her present term
of school, next week. She is quite sue
cessful as teacher.
Religious services will be conducted
by Rev. w. E. SILENCE, next Sunday,
at usual hours, morning and evening.
Sylvester Collins and wife returned
from Baldwin to their home in Char
lotte, yesterday morning.
There was a Republican ratification
meeting at Reed City, Saturday eve-
ming.
Rev. w. E. SILENCE will preach at
the jerks school house, at 2 o'clock p.
M, next Sunday.
Several of our subscribers have made
glad the heart of the printer during the
past week by renewing subscriptions.
For the first time, we believe, the
settlers on the plains are complaining
Of just "a little too much rain"
Dozens of quarts of wild Strawberries
are being harvested from the plains.
The wild berry Is preferred by many to
the tame ON account of its flavor.
We learn from VIM. Remington that
a barn, situated i'm Osceola county, and
northwest of Reed City, was demol-
ished by the wind during the storm,
last week.
Alex. DeLong has fitted out Jones &
HOLSTERS store with nice set of false,
mosquito-bar doors; just the thing to
shut out flies, willie admitting plenty
of fresh air.
A garter snake, three feet long bold
| ly entered the dwelling of Jesse Brad
ford, last Sunday morning. There was
first, n general rush to protect the baby;
and then-well, a dead "snaik."
Three good-sized pine trees, standing
short distance apart from each other,
near Nirvana, were shattered and bro
ken as though mere reeds, by lightning,
one day, last week.
Ye editor invites anyone having
doubts about black-cap raspberries do
ing well on the plains to take look at
the loaded bushes i'm his garden; also,
ut the thrifty growth of three and four
feet Of new stalk, already, this season.
AS sample of the liberality of the
managers of the f. Il p. M. Railway
Company, when the Republican Con-
vention was balloting, at Chicago, and
everybody felt anxious to know the re-
suit, free dispatches were sent along the
line.
From gentleman who was in the
locality at the time, we learn that dur
ing the severe storm, last week, sever
al trees were blown across logging
train on the Harrison branch of the F..
& p. M. R'y in Clare county, breaking
some half dozen cars. Also, that u
man was killed I'm the woods of same
county, by u tree falling on him.
Peterson's Magazine for July is on
our table ahead, as usual. Every num-
ber of this magazine has some special
feature, and the one, this month, is an
illustrated article on "Royal Beauties
Of this Century" The stories are even
better than usual, and that is saying a
great deal. Now is good time to SUBJ
scribe, as new volume begins with
the July number. The price is but 81 n
year; lower rates to clubs. Chas J. Pc
terson, publisher, 3O6 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Manistee Times, of last week,
says: perhaps never before in the his
tory of Manistee county has there been
such prolific yield Of young fruit.
Plums, cherries, apples, pears, goose
berries, grapes, currants, strawberries,
and raspberries promise most prodig-
ious yield. Peaches are not SO promis-
ing as during some other seasons. The
heavy rains and winds have beaten
just enough fruit from the trees to make
what is left do well and come to full
and luscious maturity. The recent wet
weather just came in time to give the
strawberry crop wonderful boost and
save 1t from the effects of the threat
ened drouth. 1t makes no difference
now IL we don't have any rain until af-
ter the berries are picked, we will have
heavy crop anyway. OF course 1t
will be understood, however, that all
this expectation is based upon the sup
position that we are not to have any
frost. Old Jack is lInble to come at any
time and nip half Of the crop to satisfy
his capricious appetite. This Is hardly
probable. how ever, as the weather is