The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1881-04-07
VOLUME VIII.
HOME STARLIGHT.


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One week from next Sunday is Eas-
ter.
Too much snow, as yet, for maple
sugar making.
Mercury was down to, zero, last
Monday morning.
Nathan Lucas has his new dwelling
house enclosed.
A special school meeting for this dis
trict will be held, April l2th.
G. q. Switzer has returned from his
medical studi' siu Chicago, and is about
to locate in the practice of medicine.
Two fishing boats brought Zoo
pounds of white fish and trout into
Nanistee, last Sunday.
John Brown, lumberman of Big
Rapids, is dead. He was quite veal
thy and unmarried.
Mr.. Eben Saunders has been return
ed to Ills duties rs +. & p. M. Railway
agent ut this place.
w. a. Burnam has recommended
the work of finishing his hotel build
ing.
We received business call, Monday
morning, from d. Epps, agent for De-
troit Safe Company.
Lake and Elk townships choose Off
GERS entirely from among lumberman,
this year.
The Harrison NetOs has been making
it lively for some OF the officials OF
Clare county, in hopes of working out
u better government than formerly.
The poor farm muddle is still on the
carpet, over in OsceOla county. The
food of communications is now setting
i'm towards the Rcrie,o Office.
A Manistee firm intend tn build
logging railroad about six miles ia
length from tract of pine north of
the city.
The vote oil supervisor In Eden
township was tie between S. f. Dick
els and Jas. Austin. Casting lots de-
cided it in favor of Dickens.
The Times d STANDARD says u large
quantity of railroad iron is arriving at
Manistec, preparatory to tracklaying
ON the braicl, ruud from the +. T. T.. NJ.
Sorry that our friendly correspon-
drn,s az Clase and Eden were too late
with their communications for imser-
tion, this week.
The friends throughout the county
who SO kindly favored us witt, election
returns, this week, will accept the prin-
ter's thanks for tie same.
We understand that II. l.. Dickerson
of Chase, has sold his farm, AMI In
tends to- remove to some point near
Grand Rapids.
E.vart held meeting, last Tuesday
evening, to devise WAYS md means for
!, branch railroad from somewhere or
anywhere to Evart.
Rev. Horace Gates and wife left Bald
win, Tuesday morning, on visit to
Milwaukee. Mrs. Gates, we UNDER
stand will remain absent during the
Summer.
The tlaws do not add much to the
volume of the streams hereabOuts, from
the fact that tho grot,nd is not frozen,
and the water from melting snow
sinks out of sight.
1t was not like the ba.my spring-lilc
weather the poet sings about, last
tuesday morning; yet the mercury
only ranged at seven degrees below 20
ro, ut about six o'clock a. IN.
AS usual in such cases, the question
of removal of the county seat up in
Wexford county, from Sherman to
Manton, was badly mixed previous to
election. Many caustic pros and cons
were INDUCED in 10y the people OH both
sides.
A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer writing from Portland, tells of
a parsnip-produced there which meas
ured AZ inches. Geo. N. West, of Web
bcr, gets ahead of it by drawing one
out of the "barren plains" 50 inches in
length.
The family of John Dayhoff, has re-
turned to Ellen township from Kan
sas, and Mr.. ID. himself will shortly
follow. Mr.. Dayhoff finds worse plac-
es than Lake county In which to live,
and like many others returns to his
former love.
The scholars of School District No.
4. Pleasant Plains township, will give
an exhibition at Court House Hall,
this evening, under the leadership of
the teacher, Miss May Thompson. We
did not learn of tie matter In time for
notice, last week; or we should have
done so. Hand bills are out announc-
ing the event.
The peoples ticket In Webbcr town.
ship encountered considerable opposi-
tion on the day Of election; the voters
being pretty nearly evenly divided In
their choice between two tickets.
There were two ties: one between
Mrs. Rosa L. Putnam, regular nominee
for Superintendent Of Schools, and
Frank J. West, running independent.
In the casting Of lot, the lady was de-
feated and Mr.. West gained the Office.
The other was between Layton Put
nam and Geo. n. West, for Justice.
Putnam won. Il
At the Republican caucus, last FRI
day, the following nominations were