The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1881-07-21
VOLUME 1xl


eultOr nou green cucumUeIS IrOm
his garden, last week. s.
Harry Albcrtson, Of Webber, was
quite sick, Monday.
DIR. w. b. Mott is finishing Off the
inside Of his dwelling.
Revs. j. Morley and ]. b. Pritchard
conducted religious services ut Bald
WIN, last Sunday.
Haying and harvesting Is the work
of the farmers, nowadays. Wheat on
the plains yields well.
Mr.. e. Saunders agsin went to Sagi-
nav, Saturday, to be present at the
bedside of his father.
DIR. g. w. Manwaren has not yet 30
far recovered a. to enable him to resume
his practice.
The Outline says hail IAN inch In di.
ameter, fell in North Hersey, during a
thunder storm, few days since.
Mr.. G. B. Hungerford, former station
agent at Chase, has accepted q position
in the F. & P. M. general offices at East
Saginaw.
We received q call, Monday, from
Cart Shober, of the Ft. Wayne (Ind.)
Daily Ne,0s; who was visiting this To-
cality on matter of business.
One of the freight trains, Monday
evening, knocked a yearling belonging
to A. J. Hamlin, of the track, about
two miles west of town; crippling II so
badly that it had to be slaughtered.
Chas. Hickey (Indisn) informs us
that he found 'bee tree" one day
last week, between here and Forman,
and that on cutting it they obtained
about 100 pounds of wild honey.
The Good Templars of Charity Lodge
intend to have a picnic at the residence
Of N. b. Blood, Webber township, to
morrow friday afternoon and eve
ming.
J. ID. Garland has common" hen,
which, on Tuesday last, laid an egg,
measuring n by 81 inches In circum-
ference. Such ''hen fruit" Is certainly
above the average aspiration ofmodest
layers.
The Clarion says that H. M. Jack
son, for some time past clerk in the F.
& p. M. r.. r.. Office ut Reed City, has
been promoted to station agent at
Chase; and recommends him as all OBJ
liging, courteous gentleman.
Lippincott's Magazine for August is
a capital number for midsummer read
ing. There are three illustrated arti-
cles, both interesting and instructive;-
besides other papers, all of merit. The
yearly subscription to this periodical is
So. Published by J. b. Lippincott &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
On Thursday, of last week, lumber
and shingle mill, at Manlstee,. owned
by Hon. John Garfield, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Some 100000 feet of
lumber and 1000, 900 shingles piled on
the dock, were saved with much exer-
ton. The loss is estimated at $35, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
During the last week, the shipments
of whortleberries by American Express
from this point aggregated 400 bushels;
the largest shipments being made on
Friday morning, 125 bushels; Saturday
1432 bushels. On Monday,
of this week, the shipments reached n
bushels; Tuesday morning, 8S bushels.
Jas. Mott has taken position in the
STAR Office for the purpose of learning
the "art preservative." For weary
weeks we have borne alone and unaid-
ed the sins of omission and commission
in this Office; but now we propose to-
throw them on to the shoulders of the
devil, where such things properly be-
long.
Last Thursday, the Good Templars
of Lake, Osceola and Mecosta counties
met at Reed City and organized Dis
trict Lodge; choosing the following Of
ficers, ID. G. t., o. ID. Glidden, of Big
d. c., M. d. Ford, of Big Rap
Ids; d. ". t., Mrs. s. e. Sweetland, of
Reed City; ID. r. g., r. l.. Corbett,
Of Milbrook; ID. +. s., e. K. Thresher,
Of Reed City; d. t., M ID. 6leezer, Of
Sears; d. g., Mrs. d. H. Sanford, of
Big Rapids; d. g., A. Graham, of Big
Rapids. Meetings will be held on the
second Thursday in September, Decem-
Der, March and June, each year.