The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1880-08-19
VOLUME VIII.
HOME STARLIGHT.

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shop; and wants a shoemaker.
Mrs. III. A. Bray, of Webber town
ship, started on visit to Huntington
Ohio, last Tuesday morning.
Harry Albertson, of Weber, wh'
has been quite sick for two or three
weeks, is "up and around" again.
j. N. Crocler Esq, p. M. at Reet
City, was in Baldwin, last Friday
night.
Mrs. w. HI. DeLamater and children
have gone on visit to the south part
of the State.
Geo. s. Pool, of Lake, reports hav-
ing had ripe watermelons from his
garden, Aug. 14th. Pretty early fol
this latitude.
The citizens of Lincoln township
Osceola county, had II harvest home
picnic, last Saturday, in q grove, q
short distance west of Ashton.
j. X. Fairchild, the founder of the
Reed City Clarion, and latterly editor
and publisher of the Altoona RevietO,
has been appointed a mail route agent.
There will be short religious SER
vice and business meeting of the Con-
gregational Society, in the Hall, at
p. m, next Saturday.
The work on Emmett Coon & Co.'s
new store room is rapidly approaching
completion. 1t will be one of the finest
in this part of the State.
We learn that the Episcopal Society
in this place have only purchased the
building on the Drilling lot, and will
move it on to the church lot, and fit it
up for parsonage.
The s. S. Concert ut the Episcopal
Chapel, last Sabbath evening, was quite
well attended, and the exercises passed
off with credit to the participants and
enjoyment of the audience.
The Republicans of Webbcr town
ship, at their caucus, last Saturday,
choose Henry A. Bray and Andrew
Ozmun as delegates to the County
Convention, to be held Sept. 2d.
According to the Democrat, Hon. =.
nj. Danaher, of Ludington, has recent
ly purchased about 5000 acres of pine
land, situated on the waters of the Pere
Marquette,
Owing to lack of promise of patron
age, tho railroad excursion from Lud-
ington to Bay View, which was to
have taken place last Saturday, was
abandoned.
Thco. Carr, tho gcntlcmanly route
agent Of the American Express Com
pany, was in town, last Friday even
ing, and created the Baldwin City"
Office regular" He also, put in a
non-reporting office at Nirvana.
Chas. III. Chick, ofthis place, is max
ing speciality of the business of land
looking, and estimating pine and farm
ing lands for non-residents and others.
Charlie has had much experience in
the kind of business, and is first-rate
hand to employ.
Abram Kinney, of Webber town.
ship, is entitled to the cake OH the
tomato raising business. He had ripe
tomatoes from his garden, during the
last week in July. Mrs. X. has the
thank Of the better half of the printer
for a nice mess of the vegetables.
Supervisor Pierce, of Nirvana, was
in town, last Friday, and gave the
STAR office a pleasant call. He says he
thinks there ought to be some opposi-
ton in the political business and is on
the "boom" for a mass convention,
the call for which may be found else
where in this issue.
On Tuesday afternoon last, work.
man named O'Toolc, building railroad
for Hurd, McFarlane & Co., near Ev-
art, complained of not feeling well,
stopped work, sat down and died al
most instantly. A son was working
with him; the balance of his family
being in Canada The deceased was
so years of age
Day before yesterday Tuesday, as
James Bucher was attempting to cou-
pie cars on the logging railroad west Of
this place, he slipped and fell, and one
leg was crushed. He was taken to
Ludington and the mangled limb am
putated but be failed to rally from the
injury, and death relieved him from
suffering.
The Osceola Outline of last week,
says: "Sam. Delzell has just returned
from a trip to Ellsworth township,
Lake county, and states that crops
there are i'm very good condition. He
saw oats that were breast-high; and
corn and potatoes are very fine. Fruit
is very abundant, the apple trees
breaking down under the weight"
There seems to be d determination
on the part Of the free-hearted settlers
of Lake county that the printer won't
starve. For now we are kindly re-
membered by Geo. Garner, of Eden
township, with nice lot Of potatoes,
beets, carrots and cabbages; excellent
specimens of their kind. While we
trust that we truly appreciate these
acts Of neighborly kindness, we must
confess that much of the satisfaction
we experience comes from the fact that
the vegetables are proof Of what the
lighter soils of the county may do In u