The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1881-08-11
VOLUME TX.



HOME 6TARLIGHT.
Another nice rain, Monday night.
Circuit Court adjourned, last Friday.
Our meat market has given up the
ghost again.
Bishop Gillespie, of the Episcopal
Church, was In Baldwin, Sunday.
Mason county is having a special
tsession of Circuit Court, this week.
g. C. Townsend is preparing to plas-
ter the addition to his hotel building.
Manistee, SO they say, is the next
city to have daily newspaper.
The Indian camp meeting, near Gus
ter, has closed.
Both Ludington and Reed City are
busy with the question ofwater works.
Reitz's salt block, at Manistee has
capacity of about 400 barrels daily.
Don't forget your home paper when
incidents of local interest transpire In
your respective neighborhoods.
The Harvest Home Balr' takes
place in Yates Hall, Newaygo county,
tomorrow friday evening.
Sam. Howes, the veteran hunter and
rapper, was in town, yesterday, with
some nice grayling which sold readily.
Work of building up the burnt dis
trict in Ludington, goes forward rapid
ly.
A limited quantity of good ripe black
berries would be acceptable from our
subscribers, on subscription.
Sheriff Grant is cutting some fifty to
seventy-five tons of marsh hay, In
Eden township.
Another Arm has taken hold of the
production Of daily newspaper in Big
Rapids.
The f. Il P. M. r. r.. are doing quite
a lively business in transporting lum-
ber. r
1t is with sadness that we learn of
the death of an infant child of Nathan
Lucas, of Elk township.
The Cricket Club have begun to use
their new ground north of the railroad
and east of Michigan avenue.
Carter & Runyan's new mill will
probably be in running order about the
first of September.
Ephraim Page, of Elk township, Is
clearing off his lot, In this village, pre-
paratory to erecting dwelling.
The diptheria is subsid;Og at Jud-
ington, but is raging in Eden town.
snip same county.
We inadvertently omitted to men,
ton, last week, the birth OF q son and
heir to 8. c. Brockway, Of this town
ship.
F. Bartlett, Of Eden township, mar
keted the last of the whOrtleberries,
yesterday morning, at Jones q Hollis
ter's.
Mr.. Geo. Perry, of Charlotte, and
family, are spending few days with
the parents of Mrs. p, Mr.. and Mrs. b
johnson, of Webber township.
The August number Of Brainard's
Musical World contains about 81 worth
of music, in sheet form. 8. Brainard's
Sons, publishers, Cleveland, Ohio.
E. Coon's new house is to be lined,
inside and out, under the plasterine
and siding, which will render 1t very
warm and comfortable.
We acknowledge receipt Of a copy Of
No. 1, Vol. 1, of the Literary Micro
cosm, a monthly, published by Hall q
Co., New York.
We have heretofore inadvertently
omitted to mention the fact that Tho's
Ash has been appointed Supervisor ot
Elk township, vice A. e. Clifford, re-
moved from the township.
The harvest Is ended, early potatoes
are ripe, green corn Is green; and now
why on earth can't you come around
the printer with that trifie, on sub
scriptiOn?
We are requested to announce tina
Rev. John Morley, Of Custer, will con
duct religious services in the Hall, a
half past ten o'clock next Sunda,
morning.
You should be particular and hav'
your correspondents sending matter D!
express to this point, direct to Baldwin
City, or, IL they do not add "City," a
least put on the name Of the county
1t may save you much trouble, by pre-
venting confusion with Baldwins, Il
Jackson county.
Petcrson's Magazine for September
at hand; as usual, ahead Of all Others
The frontispiece 1s an elegant steel en-
craving "Blind Milton Debating Pars
disc Lost to his Daughters" tn
price of this superb magazine is "
wear. with reductions TO clubs. Cha
J. Peterson, publisher, 3Oe Chestnut st
Philadelphia, Pa.
Eighteen hundred and forty bushe
, of whortleberries have been sbippe
. from this point, by express, during tf
season just closed. Besides those, I'll
/ bulk of the crop, there have been shil
: ments by freight, which would \
doubt bring the aggregate up to 2o'
bushels or more. 1t has indeed been
rich harvest for the comparatively fe
engaged in 1t. The average price pal
by our merchants has ruled, we b
lieve, at about $3.50 cents per bushe
thus placing the snug sum Of $1,000
u a. ul~x<. ~ xl,o .,fpk ora. The fitlaI