The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1881-03-10
VOLUME VIII.
HOME STARLIGHT.

The infant child of Morrison Sand
born il quite sick.
Frank Baker, of Glencoe, who has
been on the sick list, Is recovering.
The snow had become SO deep ia the
woods, last week, that some ofthe lum
bermen suspended operations.
We are panied to learn that the I'M
FAINT son ofJohn v. Quick, OF this place,
is very sick with lung fever.
Tile cell in the county man trap, In
which Il. ID. Brown met his death, is
not to he repaired and used, we UNDER
stand.
The +. & p. M. n. II. Co. will put
two new iron propellers on the route
between Ludington and milwaukee,,
this Spring.
+ Wexford county is to vote upon the
Question of removal of the county
seat from Sherman to Manton, April
4th.
Anyone wanting to purchase a good
work OK should consult Abram Kin
ney, of Webber township. See adver-
tisement.
Considerable stir Is being made in
Northern Michigan in regard to some
plan for utilizing the vast quantities of
cedar timber found hercabouts.
Andrew Ozmun, of Webber, is salts
| fed that raising clover can be made a
success OIL the plains; and is going to
give the matter further trial.
They are lively set down at Evart,
according to the Reric,o. -Four births
and two marriages within u week is
the report.
Ii. G.. Merchants shinglc mill, at
Stearn's Siding, had to suspend opera
,tions for several days by reason of the
want of II suitable pump.
Manistee had no express, and but
few mails, last week, 10y reason of the
snow storms. Another Winter, and
the advent of the railroad will have
changed all that.
The .imcricdn Ag,icmti,Wist for March
| is full of useful hints and illustrations,
| for the benefit of the farmer. Send for
| if-t0 Orange Judd Co., 75l Broadway,
N,w York.
| 4 few days since, one Albert N;u,
Deck, Willie cutting down trees in the
vicinity of 'ralman, was struck hy II
| filling limb uni ha,, both legs broken.
He WAS taken to Ludngton for treat
m,nt.
'fhe ice houses have been filed,
re;sdy for the Summer campaign Il
l,hcat. The large quantities of snow
during the past Winter prevented tie
the formation of much really good ice
on the lakes.
Now that the SHOW is beginning to
.mc!t and uncover the "bUotiful face q
natur'," once more, we trust our CORES.
pondents Throughout the county will
take fresh start la furnishing us loca
items OF news transpiring in their re-
spective localities. s. 49,
4 Two of our old subscribers who iavt
been Off for some time have returned
to the list Of patrons Of tho county pa
per, since our last issue. Their sensible
reason given, was, that they .cooldn''
get along without the home paper
There's always welcome at the STAi
office for such friends. 80. !. '.'. '.'-
We received pleasant call, yester
day, from Mr.. w. Il. Runyan, Of tn,
firm of Carter IL Runyiln. He report
that they have put in about u quartz
million feet of logs, up the river, II
spite of the disadvantage of working
i'm the deep snow. Work OH the new
mill will commence rs soon AS Sprin.
opens.
A correspondent of the Pentwate
Ne,os, writing from Blackberry Ridge
describes the outcome of all oyster sup
per and dance for the benefit of a min
str, as follows: "My eyes are simmer
ing in tears as write you that the pi
Gus affair was q failure. Only eigh
tickets were sold for the 'shindig.' Tn
oysters cost $3.50; the whiskey So.
have not yet learned how much the.
pail the fiddler. The good Elder lef
the scene with $4 as his share of til
wages Of SIM and struck a bee line 70
Shelby"
In speaking of amusements In Lud
ington, the Record gets off the follow
! ing hit OH the mental, intellectual an
; moral disposition of that city: "No'
, the way we do in Ludington Is differ
) ent. We have dance; then for tn
, ,, sake of something Of u more intellect
ual character, we have another dance
The public taste for entertaining an
elevating literature should I've, and mus
be, met In every town, 30 We dane
again. We feel as John told Mr.
Simpson about the liver; he liked 1t fc
thirty or forty meals, but not rs
steady diet. Once i'm awhile some kin
Christian as Mrs. Scroggs or Mrs. Jons
gives us a little music; then We retur
to the dance"
Lake county Is fitting up a deligh
= ful (?) place In which to imprison III
man beings. The charred interior
the man trap Is being planked owe
leaving all the sickening odor
chnrrcd wood, &c. ,.remnining TO fill Il
lungs of those who may be unfortuDa
enough to be confined therein. "
firmly believe that our county sutho
tiles have 10 right to confine prisone
In such q place; where, by breathir
: impure air, they will be almost, ce
tainly to receive injury to their hcaIt
: We hope that, in the future, II persol
y !. are arrested and @iable to connnemen
7: the Circuit Judge will by virtue Of II
~ v.cxs,<x s,osfod In hin, bv law slool n ro III