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South Haven Sentinel (Newspaper) - January 12, 1878, South Haven, MichiganThe South Haven Sentinel w Lliam e. 8tewaet, editor and proprietor Sou i Noven Michigan Jon jury 2. 8�8. Iju Van Buren county. From the Bangor reflector. Or. 4m Monroe shipped 14 or loads Oil umber from this to a grand �7>ids a Al run to Wak so and i now Alp Pithy fro to five Tei or car Loeb i per Day to be Sanad me. Risao Sherrod Par a a foil int his Garden Mew tear s corf Luftig. And we use a Strawberry Bike Sims and def Lalioo and Oan doable Dieco ent California any Day. The subscription to the driving Park ass Ocia Tion Are progressing favourably. Only a few shares yet remain to he taken. It May be looked upon As a so emn fact that there will be a fab Hera neat Sommer. The boy whom we referred to last week As having posted a Drunken fellow under the hee4 of a horse were tried at intervals for the offence before Esq. Tripp and monday evening the trial ended in the release of the Reynold boy and Monroe and the conviction of a Leo. Lachle. The latter was fined s1�o or Twenty Daya in jail. Lie took the ten dollars. On our Way to and rom Paw Paw last monday we were accosted about a dozen times by Coqui a is As to what Bangor a going to do about the marrow gang. We would like to see the read finished through our Village another summer and oar a to rens Are ready to accept any reasonable proposition for the accomplishment of that purpose. One of those pc Rio heal a a Over the River troubles. For which oar Canadian friends Are becoming of amp Monc. Took Placa this week. Chas. Laydee was complained of before Squire Tripp for beating his wife smashing the Fern store and threatening her life. As rebutting testimony he showed a wound on the Side of his head made As he said by a stick of Wood in the hands of his wife. Unfortunately for him. The facts in the Case and his personal appearance were both against him. And he waa put Onder Bonds fer$0o, in default of which he goes to jail at Paw Paw for is months. A from the Lawrence advertiser. The turn Tabic at Lawton is completed and now the a a Lawrence Quot makes her regular trips right end first. James Moore one of the pioneers of Breeds Ville died at i Home on saturday last and buried on monday he had lived there 96 years j elder m a Gan immersed seven More candidate on sunday last All of believe were converts of his recent meetings in the Braybrooks a 4istrict. On thursday Eugling or. Rowe drove Home Allegan county an attack on the Liberty of the citizen. The excitement which a been Ere a Ted in the City of new York by the marriage of a Rich widower and a Beautiful widow furnishes a new illustration of the manner in which the american people delude themselves when they boast that this is a land of Liberty. 1 Thomas lord the bridegroom referred of is a millionaire Well known in new York no Only on his own account hut because of his fraternal relation with 1 be victim of the famous lord Bond robbery. He has been a widower some six or a even years Long enough to feel emphatically that it is not Good for Man to be alone especially As none of his children of whom there Are Alx Are Young enough to stand especially in need of a parents car. The Bride is mrs Annette Yyi in Herimina Wilkins Hicks who has been known for Tome Jeara abroad As a fascinating american widow with undeniable taste in dress and in the Aele Cotoc of apartments at hotels. Prices and Nobles have delighted in knowing bar and in a certain Way a he has conferred a Luster upon the american name and american reputation abroad which they could not have acquired in Auy Oiher Way. By bet her the marriage was a of love at fir to right has not been told by the new Tork papers though they Are undoubtedly advised upon the Point but it is fair at this distance and in a simply virtuous Community where marriage and love go always hand in band to say that at the very least it was a Case of Mutual Atta Lehment. Why then should there be any excite input about the matter ? a a. Widows and widowers with or without Dorn i daily Ronda of visits and soon after put Ting his team into the Bam he observed that one a on a re ,.ng every say 10 the Hor cd year without attracting any More alien from she Democrat owe of or. W 8. Cro Abji �at4 mar received Diek owe Day if a in a Fth with her Matt bit both a Hind leg in the Gambrel Oit and mad it no Ira try for him to have her shot. The Mare Wes Vrap been Tiwi and it a Tew valuation Wae Worth $150. The meeting of the state homologies society in this Village has been set for the Isth and Lith of february. The opening exercise a Ftp be on the evening of wednesday the 13ib, and will be continued thro thursday and a Seifly May be adjourned Over for a Brief meeting Friday morning. The residence of or 8. A. Dunwell. At Wejland narrowly escaped destruction by fire a few Days since. The fire Ewo Fht in the roof around a Sieve pipe that ran through it and had gained considerable headway before it . When will people learn to be careful about putting pipes through Ibe roofs of their did Lings. Absalom a Alker a Well to do in the township of Cheshire in this county on saturday night last attempted in a a shuffle off ibis Morial coils by Means of an ounce of laudanum in which he to d have succeeded hut for Ibe prompt arrival of medical assistance. We learn he is a weaker if not a Wiser Roan. We Are authorized by Secretary Reid to announce that the county agricultural society is prepared to pay All premiums due from the society awarded at the last fair persons having claim of this character will get the Money by presenting them to to. B. Peck treasurer at the City Bank. We Are informed that one Young Man Sharied out be Eleray to make his Calls in the enjoy ent of a splitting headache and an empty Strmach. Before Bis tramp was Over be and drank Coffee Waer and Lem. Oneade. And had eaten Candy nuts raisins ice Cream pickles Ham Turkey Brown and bite Brend oranges apples Jelly cake Pound Cak fruit a be Coconut cake chocolate cake dark White and streaked cake icing and All a and his headache was gone 1 Here is material we sup the Foj Ralhf school Bouse in the town of Cheshire was burned last night Between eleven and twelve of clock. It was insured for $500 and Cost $1,000 and had been built about eight years. Protracted meetings were being held in the House by the United Brethren under the conduct of n minister by the name of Lewi and i hot fire Hud been left in the a five 1 St Niht in Mie close or the meeting from which probably the fire caught. It is reported that a letter was to and in u Lenoe Corner threat every Effort to save him was futile and he died in a Vei or Short time. The lion than 18 Given to Marri ?8 where same Day one of a. M. To Kweh s Black horses both fifties Are making their first vent died suddenly and the Day before Lyman troop Ture. But simply because the Bride lost one of his team Groom in this Case happens to be eighty we regret to say that John and Mary Henry head cube recipe in ibis Para five years old As Well As a widower new have again allowed themselves to quarrel. Andi for v but we have not the v let i i a few Day there was every Prospect that their graph somewhere but we Nave a re 18 a 1� army and Acta As if there hark to Idhe upon Unfriend-1 Genius l0 pack a out. Had never before been a marriage wort i in Hort Sand their life s voyage be Tensho Pelcia i striking about. In the newspaper and by wrecked. But the Domestic skies brightened j in the clubs in the Bank Parlours and in the danger pissed and about the mass Asanga a Uch of the insurance offices As Are not there is now a air of serenity and enjoy men Beau j too Busy playing defendant in perjury 1 a a Ltd Ltd a Quot a Quot a a cd us d0 j. .1 i More devoted than John and Mary. In dec Utica the marriage is the Prin r. ,. It ,1about a we a before Christmas some fellow Opal topic of Eony a non to the cd Ehi Ork Coj for by John a Ion of Cut of t inkling and quits to Giblon a ont a mile and a half from the Village the exclusion of Little chandlery a letter. It and it we of opposed that they had beet sacrificed for the sane trifling reason the cell j to make it it re merry the merry Christmas or Sev Dren of the bridegroom declare that the eral families. But on new years marriage is the must of a fraud and a found eight Turkis returned. Four on hem were marriage is f ,. The same that had been taken tour were cons piracy and that Tapir Taler As it rangers but the number was ail right and so been a counted in by the Udove in de i on new Yacura m0ming, that Turkey Titi com the turn inf 0f the Cabool Bouse in to Nee of the returns. Applications fenced anew Calendar with no blood spots of preacher of another have been made to the courts to have Turkey to be obliterated. I a a a /. The marriage annulled and the Bride 1 on saturday last John Donovan. A weal tiny and j denomination was a owe 0 re proom declared incapable of managing respected Farmer who tended in j Loo. Do not understand a re v 1,1. Two mile North of this Village was found dead on t preacher bad been refused permit stir a to his property and the new \ Ork it 7hm Ultch Fork lying by his Chi Wiere bul Lyhl in be conduct of who Tiaa been sadly noting the gradual aide Ai a be a found no adat a stack where thers dui Inai drawing to a chs Quot of the v Anderb it he had evidently been at work. His death was j meetings j coif be a pc will Content made his drooping spirits probably caused by apoplexy. Ice came to this All this part May be Mere Rumor hut we revive in View of the prospective Liaiga county from i Eland with about $900 which be i Hac earned by work on the Erie canal while on i�0 #. 1 his Way. By Industry and frugality he a amassed it in indeed time to is Liuti an a considerable fort one. And therefore leaves his inquiry respecting the boasted Liberty Large family a Fine property consisting mainly of of the american citizen. When a Ann Well improved farms. From the free Prev and courier. On sunday last or. Baylis baptized five converts at the race. The meetings at the Baptist Church still continue. It is expected that the opening of the january term of the i Init court Wilt be postponed two weeks for the reason that judge Dawes will be unable to be Home have no by in called to new York state. At the meeting of the Paw Paw veterans on a. Saturday last James Bullard was elected 2d that lieut., and lieu j tenant. The company by vote authorized the a Captain to appoint the non commissioned officer to the company. Pour mile Lake a seek red As the Choice of the company for the next annual re j Union of the Veteran corps. About fifty names i arc now enrolled As members of the company j on monday Justice Noves issued his wan raut for the Arr at of s. L. Browner accused by mrs. Jane Smith of a a jumping his Board Bill at the Willard icons a kept by her. John t. Clapp also made complaint against one o. A. tools Carpenter for a like offence. Although tie dentist advertises to extract Teeth without pain John Don t advertise to let him exercise his Teeth on Bash without plan so Klarke gave his warrant into the hands of the minion of the Law. And offi cer Mdden has gone to Bangor in Pursuit of cot tis. Peter a Rumenel made complaint that on or about thank a giving Day some one gobbled his old Gobbler with its mate and two Young ones. A warrant waa issued for the suspected party but As it has not yet been returned the name is withheld. From the Day Spring. Rho has reached Thop eminently discreet of eighty five if regarded As Inci Pixie of a of a judging for Tiit self in the j selection of a wife the bulwarks of oar j National Freedom Cao but be Regar led As j utterly insecure. And How can a people Hope for Prosperity and permanence when the rep it due to age is to Reck be amp sly sacrificed and individual Liberty so ruthlessly trampled on if a Man cannot Tell at four score and five w sort of a wife he wants and especially when he has had years of experience Afi a married Man when con he and to put the question in another form if a Man Worth a million and a half is not to be permitted to buy a Uch a wife As suits him. Who is a Detroit free pres. Let your neighbors alone. No people Are such a perpetual nuisance As those who Are constantly meddling with the musings of their neighbors who Are always on the Alert for anything auspicious always ready to believe the worst of eve body we it is it to vote if your neighbor does bring Home a Brown paper package and a covered Basket ? you will live just As Long if you never know what they contain it is none of your business. And if your flighty Neiser Hoof mrs Luh foot indulges herself in a new Bonnet while her husband wears patched boots you need not fret about it he is the Only sufferer not you. No need of making a Hue Aud cry Over her extravagance the Money did not come out of your pocket and consequently it is none of your business. What if the minister does Call on Aon Smith twice a week ? Why exercise your brain about it suppose she has an awful temper and pow lers her Fae a you say she does ? her temper need not trouble you mind Jour own concerns. By he to difference does it make to t a a it bold Maria cuts out modest Mary ? you need not torture Mary with Long stories of what you have heard concerning the matter. A i thought i would Tell you. My dear. I speak for your Good somebody should put you on your guard against that treacherous girl. As a natural consequence modest Mary her womanly Pride aroused shrink into the background leaving the Field open to her victorious rival so you crush a a Ood girl a heart by not minding your own business. W Fiat if they have three Doxen Paira of stocking at Squire Villa ? have not they a right to an Long at you 9o not do the washing it Wichtl not trouble you at All. What right have you to watch their clothe Hoe employ your time better in May be perfectly True that dashing mrs Gray Aiu Oala to Young or. Wild from her Back windows. But who gave you lie privilege of watching a lady in her own borne where if in any place her privacy should be a area ? her dts Grace a nothing to you it a none of you t business. If a had our Way meddlers should be punished like any other of inders against the rights of others give it As we her ii. From the Saugatuck commercial. The Steamer Heath was successfully launched on monday evening last. Capt. A briton is doing Bis beat to get her Teady to make us Many trips As the weather will permit. Or. Cook informs us that be a visited the patient in Ganges which vans reported to Hare Small pox and finds it a genuine Case. Now let every precaution be taken to prevent the spread of the disease or. 8. A. Morrison showed is a Cedar Post about 2j inches thick by 7 inches wide which he helped set at the grave of a Man who was drowned in the Lake in the Spring of 1837, and which stood where placed until some time last May. This is Only common while Cedar and shows the lasting qua cities of this Wood. We Are to announce that Road commissioner Spencer has been making some Good substantial repairs on he Bridge Between Sau Suttick and Douglas. Some heavy timbers new Plank and other improvements Puis this Bridge in Good order and is now perfectly Safe for the heaviest loads. The 81. Joseph Republican publish a list of saloons and other places in Berrien county where liquor is sold not including drug stores Wutoh in some places sell More liquor thanghe regular saloons. From the above mentioned list it appears there it a ported is limb of a a the swi wit. Ftp ugh ii Ven St Tiefu. Munday evening Jao. 7, 1878 the meeting waa called to order by the president. Question of the ave tag what can we do for the future welfare of this society ? a g Gulley Haring been appointed at the previous meeting to read to a away of this subject Thea proceeded to read the same. This was one of the Ablest papers of the sea on and Worth Jot its author. It will be published in the owing volume of the reports of the state society and will be a valued acquisition. A. ,. A s Dyekman said in regard to the future welfare of the society it was very Nece Hgt cedi Der a us Dawn a a cd question it it particular season also w. m full at possible to order to the , ionic Fattini. Lib exposed to itself for not attending the meetings More a guar As he bad been absent considerable of the time during the past year. J t this society a successful the fruit growers composing it would be successful but if the society was allowed to run Dawn our Success would go Down with it. A Are All bed fitted by each others experience or injured by the Hilure of a thers. We need the experience of the whole fruit growing Community to to successful. Yve should raise s variety of fruit our Success depends on to. 1 be Success of this society was of inter eat to every fruit grower in Tow Vicinity. N Phillip spoke in favor o i having some one appointed every week to Lead in the discussions also there should be a question named at each meeting or the next week. J j Ather a hoped the society would succeed every fruit grower should sustain it by becoming a member Sod attending its dem Sions. He suggested n committee be appointed to solicit Mem. Bers. It was from the publication of this society that he heard of this town As a successful fruit growing Rentou. A e needed All the knowledge we soul 1 get in the business of fruit growing. F h Chesebro said the society was As Well attended As it a a year ago. He Naid some people found fault with the society for making Stateh ots of the extraordinary successes and did not mention the failures to the fruit business. He hoped the question of profit and loss would be brought up for Dicu it Rio. A g Gulley said the reports of thu society were of great importance and a vast amount of information was diffused by the society and its influence was Felt throughout the state. He favored the appointing of some one of the society every month to read an essay Aud have it published. B c Loveday favored an essay to be read every week. The president then spoke at considerable length of the great importance of keeping up the society. If we needed a society at All we must keep it up by attending the meetings re us irly Aud be there promptly at the time \ cry much depended on this. The subject for next week is a a does fruit growing pay As Well As farming messes. Phillips and love Jay were appointed to Lead in the i Cussier. J. G. Ram3pell, dec. Fall Shad by raq heat. Lavrrar Otth was a who listen to the Petrr Mill through the Livelong Aye How the clinking of a a wheel 4 it ear the boors we of languidly the Antwan wind a tin the Green Osles. From the Field tue reaper along. Binding up their Beaves and a proverb he Uta nay mind am a spell la cast a a the Mill cannot grind with the water that is amen winds leaves that once Are shed and the sickle cannot reap Corn once fathered Aud the in lbs Stream flow on tranquil. Dep and still never gliding Bock again to in water Mill. Truly speak the proverb id. With a moaning vast. A the Mill cannot grind with the water that is Paat. Taka the lesson to thyself Loving hearts Ana True. Gulden year Are fleeting by youth la passing too learn to make the most of life. Loso no Happy Day time will never you Back chances swept away. Leave no tender word unsaid. Love while love shall last. A a the Mill cannot grind with the water that is work while the Daylight shines men of strength and Wilt never does thy Stream let Glide useless by the Mill wait not till to Morrow s Sun beams non thy Way. All that Thoo can St Call thy own i jes in thee to Day Power and intellect and health. May not always last a a the Mill cannot grind with the water that is of i the wafted boars of life that have drifted by of t the Good that might have been lost without a sigh. Love that we might once have saved by a single word thought conceived but never penned perishing unheard take the proverb to thyself take and hold it fast the Mill Carnot grind with the water that is Pat a havea Public so by Mai. Qty Timm of the Board of education i ban the pleasure of Uby of Hui Toyoo la foil Wing report of Tbs fall term of the South Saven Publio schoo a a we a Ftp St Ltd it a at Quot of us res pc Fli be so a Quot fee a. 88 �8� a -33=s �?�aes�-21 ssh a this is a great disadvantage to pupils Patroni and Tea Ebers and it ought not to to be. Pupils must be regular Ampun Cumi in attendance in order to be advanced to the next higher Grade at the close of the year. can expect to be promoted who tails very Low in any Branch at any exam that soft or whose average is pm than seventy per event. For the year. We Hope that existing evils will soon be remedied and that the graded schools of gout Haven will speedily reach the proper Standard. Yours respectfully g. F. Burkett. Bloomingdale items. Fruit statistics of Western Michigan. Hon. T. T. Lyon has carefully prepared an 1 caused to be published the following to regard to the fruit Fatatis it tics of this West store of Michigan there Sec Tufe to be no concerted arrangement for the col Lection of statistics of the fruit shipments of our Petate. After an Effort of some weeks to secure some reliable statement of such shipments from the leading Lake ports i am compelled to Content myself with the following Wieb i have obtained from authentic sources and May be relied on As very nearly Correct. From a 0 Winchester of 8t Joseph we learn that the shipments through that port during the sem Sou now just past coming from the Northern and Western portions of Beer too a it Ortity Aud probably including considerable amounts Iron the Fine fruit Region of Ceu Trul y a Buret along the c a m l s r r which pisses through St Joseph Are As foil is from Ludingtn a. A Eck. Whf in a Man Stop his newspaper expecting to j Are 8jxty-two licensed Peison sender and see the concern go to Vvera ast log smash in con.,a a Tail sequence his disappointment is in every respect calculated to make Angels weep. Butt Donovan of Arlington a son or John Donovan deceased. Lot a horse in a somewhat singular manner recently. It was standing in the stable when the scaffold which a overloaded with Cornfo Der gave Way letting the whole weight non the Borse with the above result. Charles cattleman a former resident of this place a arrested in Muskegon last week for j burglary and in default of $900 Ball was commit j Ted to jail to await trial at the next term of Coart. I he is charged Kwh breaking into a hoarding h ase j and stealing clothing but claims that he entered at a window w Here boarders Hud been in the habit probably enough dreg azores a Biclie retail liquor to make the number full seventy five and All the in ten towns and villages it would seem that the people of Berrien county need not go to bed sober for want of the necessary la up them drunk. Nearly $7,000 is received by the county for License. We do not learn How much it pays for the support of its poor but naturally presume very much More than lir amount. As compared with this Allegan county can show pretty clean a a Enqu we have no Means of knowing of entering and that the Moat if not All of the jul h0w< but we doubt if there Are forty and a a. To think that be a the count mh9tt ,.quor cow by bought for beverage. It Wae not always to and we in a gel re on to rejoice a the improvement made in this respect. . Robert Reid has unhurried the Hatchet and in on the War path against a one of tobacco. The Captain had been an inveterate smoker for year and knows whereof he Speaks. On Mon a judge Arnold has decided the f Davis will care in favor of the will and against those who thought mrs d waa roams when me by if cd m of it a like pie pie who Oro a a a Rte iian la a a Otta late and take earn if in imm oooo pref Eft do Trino or a a a cd foam of it at the Tian Tonj Tore i clothing was his own and seems to bin i that he will get cd cd a but in the minds of others his acquittal seems very doubt my. The Flat Urbauer on North Center Street docs not Sec to quiet both parties Bob and foam like a Kettle of soap. A few night ago the ferns part of the muss played boat by travelling a boat town at Alne of clock at eight bareheaded and barefooted and if it waa not for oar modesty we would name the Only garment she wore. She was Hunting the marshal u>0��oanmn� quiet her Loving h Nab and. Who says that he and his wife Are. to Nieboe one and us is the one while is wife thinks she Luj Vuis go it 3 10 pad a is the one. The people Are getting tired of thu a Mimi my from the use of to Tom cat music Aud some of the Gay it a in it bringing the River up Here on a rail Kje a what they mean. A i an in client that transpired week shows that people do nut Charity non worthy objects. A we ask a had bees Doug using Aid from the a ankle Call at the depot and surf he that sue wanted top it Weet of the train but Only had Money enough to pay her fare to waste Vleit and would like to go to the next station. The agent g. F. Collett told her that be Woald Alvo her the 10 cents to take bar through. She went into the ladles room to await the arrival of the train and while there began counting her Money when or. Collet Cright a glimpse of her thru a window and fact Long Sousae what Lnier ated a used her until i How Mph de Andi stowed Sway Home never or eight Dollar in a and St cent piece when he asked her if aha had a oath Money to Pey her Way to the cd to a Hon. These be looked after As a her not Ohlir abes the Chart of the people but present the Truf worthy item of among Are Aid they Mead a a word remove Wae the pm Quot a worn that sat of reporting the Arm Diwi about going or she term a if that Snoa has any elate pwt the a a can present a be. To own 1 in Menlo he gets a of Hundred comte on the Dober a the it i r7.7>t�?ttwlwwhusul�?r. U. U. Cuther we our a we my a a a Mol a f f i j ? a a a or it f Ltd Dho Tomlee the Anion from the Osa of to Htoo and should the Captain continue his ttys a doubt not but a will have a numerous army in hit ranks. 1 the red Riff Bonilla and their friends had n per Nam entertainment at their club rooms on monday it Enitte Laet 8oclal gatherings of such nature Are Bright capote on the immanent of life. People do not mingle together in social Intercourse As frequently is they a hould. We Hope this one it the a Good time coming. The suit of District no. A Aganet the township of 8augaiudk has been decided a favor of the town. It each dial Riel beware that their on Only Hnoth amount of Money collected severally a their Dio-1 riots. That no Money Oil to drawn for the general fund if the a Harriot Tail the pay it is to ported that a Chimo j. A a Hurt of Ganges a Ihk with email i Ais and that Doctore View it As they worm a mfg of wild animal a that ii fit a a afe do Toce. Bisa Kos Saya the dutch reformed Church should have a Beu like the real of the churches pod proof sea to on the people of Douglas to denote their a nov of. Fife to the editor of the sent incl. One of the Bea these Northern Lowns is the rapidity with which the unbroken wilderness is changed into a pleasant Villare then by rapid development if the lumber it exerts ofte Tim a assumes the dignity of City. Only ten year.-, ago this town consisted of Oce store hotel and a handful of houses and there were not a sufficient number of children to support a school during the Winter season. At the close of the year 1877 the number of pupils enrolled in the Union school is 58 an increase of 100 during the lost two years. During the year 18gg the Pere Marquette lumber company was formed with d. L. Filer a practical lumbermn., As presiden and they immediately purchased �00,000 acre of Pine lands including the site of the present City of a gentleman by the name of Ludington whose name the City has adopted As her own a and the new company thus organized commenced laying it it streets building House and offering inducements to people to Settle Here. The growth of the town was alow indeed for the next three a ars on account of fevers and Siokes a to which the people were subject occasioned by the decay of vegetation in the swampy binds lying a tar the River. The principal streets Are Raitid from six to ten feet by the use of labs and edgings As they Are hauled from the a Atraill. The older inhabitants Tell us that where the principal Street Ludington venue a new situated people were obliged to be Row boats during the Early history of the town in crossing the Marsh Between the Eleva Tian of Laud in rear of town and the business portion situated near i to Harbor. In i8g8 capt. E. B. War of Detroit a. Came interested in the town and during Ibe succeeding year built a urge two circular and gang who and oter capitalists Aleo invested log Ely Eom want later building several Mill in a starring other mucin of various Hinds. Capt Ward built his Aeo Ovid and most Complete Mill in 1872, at a total expense of $180000. This was la seventh Mill in operation in town and said to be the Moat Complete in every respect of any Sawmill of to big store if not a the state during the levied Between �?�70 and 78 the tide of immigration set a and the number of inhabitants Forea de very rapidly. Wages warn enormous and plenty of work a Man with a Good team making from fix Titan dollars per a Lay and common labourers receiving from two to three Donara. The reaction at la Strame and with the depreciation in the value of lumber a Ere �4u.lv or a rat Price .1 the Mille Zarip Ibe iat season being $1.50, common labourers centring $1.25. There Are Tver Al sawmills at present to successful operation with a culling capacity of 120,000.000 feet per annul off two Shingle Milla built a luring the last fifteen moot he and another la process of erection. The Danaher a Melendy company Miu is a a id to he to smartest of its Eilf in the world state no it that the ave Primera wik Back by if Uva the to ant daring tie a Eoa of �?T7$, consisting of 178 running flays was Over 25.0tkmmh�ir largest Day a oat being 168.000 feet Tiki with a a Twa or of Vlf a ill the regular pay Roll of the the summer amount to abort $1,000 psf Day and during the Long Watrt a oaths a it it it 1 200 my Ara employed in the Woods cat tax Hanling lag a a a River. Ata Nather Tima 1 will speak of the Ventura a a0nfi� to Satikas to local a this a Moum strawberries in half br.?Bel Cra a ,.lent a berries in Balf Bushel Cruz. Blar Bernos in half Bushel Crete cherries in half Bushel crates gropes in Peck Basket i grape in h Bushel cases j quinces in Peck baskets peaches in Peck Bak to apples in barrels total 128,849 or 257,680 40,771 or 81,542 14,876 or 29.732 6,915 or 13,890 43.563 5,731 or 7.641 700 427,225 73,882 or 684,938 1 ,526,931 january in 1878. The Snow which commie Decd Ial hug it the Bihday right covered the ground Suo Duy to the depth of a foot and up to this sunday i urging has been improved by All who could Muster a team in deliver tog Wood logs spokes and other products of the Forest but the present Outlook is not favourable to a Doug run of Sleigh . Out wills have not been door much a for several weeks past because of the difficulty in getting logs and a a natural result there bus been a dearth in ail kids of business and the Ery of Burd times has been heard Froais All classes Aud we doubt not that it has been Heartfelt. The tax gatherer has contributed very largely in intensifying the Felt use Etsity Lor Cash. Our literary citizens Are doing a Large by Siuty it a in catering to the Public taste. Our tidings Man has formed a dramatic club Aud started out on a Winter s Eam Patu by the rendering of ten in sjuts in a liar room Quot m our Public Hall lust tuesday even aug another company has been formed under the title no a a a Black a Star minstrels a and Are enter Tail bag the Peop a of other villages. The work of our new buildings drags slowly along. The meeting House is running Iron week to week with a Promise of completion renewed to meet the demand of Tiu is Preuter Tor Inore him it was promised Pesbit icly by an Oiher Lime and two weeks ago it was promised so that meetings should be held in it next sunday but there yet remains considerable Carpenter work after which the stuffing and oiling before it can be used and the Church have not yet decided when they cuu dedicate the store of or. Loom is by ill tire. Or Gould a engaged a there in a Lack of dandelion and Violet a Tensa in our Exchange Thia week. A among the utter eld for postage in Nib is owe far miss Della Fuller off Paw. A tie South Haven Union shool was opened monday last with a �eho1arbip of 251, among the number being 84 new Papilla for the school a or. T. A. Dixit of Casco Thia we fir killed a nine months old Poland Ohina pig that dressed 327 pounds and he desires to Bear from some one that can beat it. Or. C. B. Gardner left Here thu Day for some Point in Southern Kansas taking Bis dentist tools with him. Or. Mort Hulitt Hixa Loat his Bird dog. It is a White one with Brown spots and has been gone about four weeks. The average Reader must be thankful to think that we have passed the holidays and not inflicted on them any original poems written for the occasion. 4 the township of Columbia has fourteen lakes. In that township is something Over 1,500 acres of land owned by people living in South Haven. A Michigan was admitted into the in info 41 years ago the 26th of thin month. She is a pretty of Little state for one of her age. A citizen Over on to Street the other Day set out to eat one buckwheat cake for every year of his life. The cakes foiled two Short of Ais years. He did Verv Well though considering it was his 48th birthday. A master cd. Scubon furl is having a splendid time among his friends and relatives in and about Syracuse n. Y. The understanding is that he will remain there some three or our months yet. A or Frank. Straight a so far recovered from his recent Railroad injuries As to be Able to answer some of Bis correspondence Hor some time still he will be obliged to keep from work. A or. A l. Burton he told Kia land in Faaoo in a re Alt to was to a acres a flt Over the Bank line. The Pri Moyae did wot barn. A Vamar were n Rotten Hole bouquet of Violeta the Church picked in his fid her s Garden the last sunday in 1877. Remember that in years to come whim they Tell you they never saw such a Winter. A the ladies of the Home Relief society Vhill meet at the residence of mrs. C. E. Palmer of Michigan a. Enue thursday afternoon at half past one Gaary 17. All Are cordially invited to attend. Cora Grimes Secretary. A the Decatur Republican gave a Good item thanking Gen. Robertson for n copy of a a Battle to know it was a Good ene because we wrote it and published it the week before. May Success always attend oar Decatur Friend in his search after interesting la Cala. A Oita a pleasant Little Surprise greeted or. And mrs. D. R. Mcce Immos on their return from their wedding tour on thursday evening being the presentation of a Beautiful Castor from the fellow boarders with Joi xxi a Taring his hotel life. The Young couple Start off with the greetings of Many Friend. a at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the first National Bank held in this Village tuesday the follow were elected As directors for the a a snog year we. Packard s. R. Boardman Geo. Hannahs u. Conger a e. Boardman t. A. Bixby Isaac Monroe a m. Hale and c. J. Monroe. A dividend of five per cent was declared. A we. Sherwood committed suicide at the Morton House to 4 Rand rapids monday by taking morphine. He had for years been employed to the Burdick Kalamazoo Hibbard and Morton houses and was Well known to Many of our citizens. No reason can be assigned for his thus taking away i life. A the state papers have Many hits at major Duncan of the Niles Republican because he does t get married. Some How or other All towns of pro ii Nence Are sore to have a Majar who likes Oil the women so Well be hates to make any particular one happier than the rest. L. It a. Ii. E. Dewey was last week granted a Patent on a Coin Holder. It is quite a Nobby contrivance just suited to the wants of business co in making change. A or. John h. Gillett a labelled the propeller Ira Chaffee the hearing to come on at Detroit tuesday next he claiming $317 As her indebtedness to him for services. The people of Casco have raised Over sixty doll Ais this Winter through socials their object being when a suf i Epcot amount is raised to Purchase an Organ fur the Schul House in District no. 2._ the Young folks will hold a social for Tho Benefit of the >1 e sunday _ school at the residence of mrs Geboe a a it a Charles h. , Dunkin of Phoenix Street tuesday living three or four Miles East it it i a evening january 15th. Dually invited. I a r a basis a a a Al Kalamazoo there at eleven a. V., and left thereat a or. G. In. Hate for so Long a time an employee of the Pion or clothing store will in the near future receive o it his mail to Missouri whither he goes to Aid the people of that benighted stale should they happen to need Bee hives. When you come to talking Geo Hok is solid and we expect before you know it every one of those Missouri chaps will have a Bee hive under his Arm. All Are Cor started monday morning a a about three of clock walked to Paw Paw arriving t on. Cd a unt a from South Haven during the aame period the shipments have been As Fol a lows anew Blacksmith shop is nearly com Christmas jiul my Rritt miss Sabah by express reduced to a to a Small fruits shipped from warehouses 7,458 crate or peaches shipped from warehouses m a outstripped from Viva a to my Ivy Erin bits Peache shipped by sailing vessels est Assied Apple shipped by a sly a vessels estimated picks 32,44f 15,900 9�,488 i 26,282f i 2.000 1,832 200 13.h# total 85,608 from Clapps formerly Macks pier in Ganges picks peaches in peek baskets a peaches to half Bushel boxes fifi or berries in half Bushel Erst 100, or apples in Barry is 718, or _ total 15,810 from Saugatuck the next port at the North we have of i Faird to obtain report. We Are indebted to c a Dutton of Holland for the following statement of the of shipments from that port peaches in pock baskets grapes in Peck baskets Pear in peek baskets crab apples in Peck Basket gets in barrels 2,5i, plated Luc aled just so a it of the Railroad and est of Van i urdu Street which a to be Rua by i. Van Blackgum from Gobie tile who is said to be a Good Workman. The week of prayer is be do observed by Christian of All denominations the meetings being held in the school Bouse. Capt. Smith a recently it lorried tavern keeper from Dock Ord in this state is expected to lecture Here sunday evening next. Young. Do that lady ? he was a Gay Young Man to and Wasny to she a Young Gay a a Covert Man recently paid us two for an advertisement and made one Hundred and Twenty five dollars by it. People Ali Eay Mako our Winter term of school commenced Money by advertising. App barrel total picks 13,87 5,726 78 78 22,698 42.4ot last monday under favourable Ces. Mab Xixi a in Blooming january 6, by re. B 8. Dean or. Judson t. May Bew. Of Detroit to miss Cora Effie Lane of Bloomingdale. Delta. Covert to lbs editor of the skit isl. On new i ears Day a very of Nippy Surprise at the residence of Ron. We. O. Packard. One year ago he left his Home to spend the Winter in Lansing but this new years he was following the More common talks of Lite and spending most of the Forenoon in hib was Little aware of the Rich treat in store for him. Unknown to her husband mrs. Packard bad invited some thirty guests among came Over into this county a to acc in the afternoon arriving Home in it the evening a distance of fifty Rix Miles with horrible walking. That i More than Many men think a team of horses can do. At a recent meeting of the commercial travel Erst association of this state Yvo. A. Laing was expelled. That cannot be the Yum. Lang who once lived Here. Yah to we marked a Mcdue $3 too oar books a Facer our Bill be was living to Chicago and we presume he is there yet fifth ugh he never sent us our Mon Vej. We Are inter of to Tell about All of oar patrons of his class during 1878, a or. 41 or Ace Cross has Aires of City life and hied to the Green Fields of the country. At present he is of the farm of or. E. P. Townsend but we understand that Spring will find him of a form of his own. A petition has been tiled with the judge of probate asking that an administrator be appointed in the estate of the late Joseph Goodwin. The forty acres in Geneva belonging to the estate will just about pay the debts. It ought to have been settled two years or More ago. Total shipments from Holland and port southward excepting Saugatuck As above 1,770,251 Pecka or 442,-563 bushels of fruits. The shipment from the Mouth of the Kalamazoo River including the two villages of Saugatuck and Duuglas doubtless amounted to a much As those from South Haven say 46.400-bushels. The shipments from grand Haven including Spring Lake and the adjacent Region must have been also Large but no statistics have to far been obtainable from Thia or from any port farther North. With the purpose of Arrivin at an approximate estimate of the fruit shipments of the season for$4#$k now o As the mich�4an fruit map of stare to place Ibe Quantity Fri a Wop Ivha Ven and the More at 1,000,600 pecks or 250,000 Ionela and adding ibis to the Agio Aole heretofore i Vii to make the Ertic fruit product of this Shore 738,963 Bushel of the various Fruita. This we regard As a very creditable showing and the More so when we consider the newness of the country con zeroed nod the dirt period that Bee elapsed since this interest took its Riso. Indeed we feel Oti Mcelvee quite Warra table in expressing the opinion that with the exception of berries the Pun to Tacna from which to big Wplf a a Ltd Rived have not yet As a whole reached the half of their ultimate capacity while it lout Ono Milf of the ones and Vine already plan Ted Are not yet to pairing. A a but by a croaker a a what about Over production a Yve need Only say when we Bob upon Tho map it the wifi the spot known of lift fruit Belt he be Brood rot won to Tho West and North which do end must to u great extent look to this Tot thou a a a Supply Fpo moral Fotieo Cifalu or Tito w occasional Day school class. To add interest to the oct Evieo Rev. F. W. Bush and Wile of Alamo were present. The friends having arrived or. Packard Wes sent for to come to dinner. His time during the Forenoon had been so taken up with posting books etc., As not to notice the unusual amount of travel towards the South. Imagine Bis Surprise to find not Only dinner ready but Al amp of 4� find Semi thirty of his friends Redy to Ait with him. After the a Happy new year greeting nearly one half coming from his 8. S. Class or. Packard was so taken Hack he could Only any a 1 wish you to the or. Packard a class left him roes last work the knights of the Xix some Friend furnished a Tefte i which Wes written m raised let ten a a Happy new year to after an hour or two spent in social Chat end games the guests retired some to their or i Aud some to the House of mrs. Dhu in or where e lunch Wes furnished it let. A or. F. Conour has recently them the members of or. Packard a san been appointed train dispatcher and Quot a a a to superintendent of Lele Givah for the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad in Iowa with Headquarters at Missouri Valley. Fred was at one time a South Haven boy and we Are pleased to hear of Hie de neoved promotion. A or. Jamb Monroe has already interviewed capt. Ford As regards the removal of the Lawton Furnace and by another week something May be ascertained As to the prospects. It is evident Lawton i too far Inland to make the freighting of Ore a profitable business a several of the sidewalks have entered into Winter quarters without repairs and will cause pedestrians to think inwardly of their owners. Such a neg Lect on the pert of the owners of those walks liable to break limbs before Spring is almost criminal. A a in a recently pub listed list of the agricultural societies of this state the membership of Tho Paw Paw society is Given at 200, the South have society at 100 and the Lawrence society it 700. There Are but ten societies in the state that exceed the eat Lawrence. A b. C. Wentworth general passenger agent of the Michigan Central will plea accept our thanks for i name and our name on the tame card Good for Etc or. John Ihling Alto remembers is with the compliments of the narrow a swags and desires to know How the people Here feel in regard to an Extension. We hardly know How to an wer him lint Premone our people Are waiting fur Ibe time to Home when Aid will be a a Eort spire living som ii Miles a oath Efth Villas hed in misfortune to lose i Boas to for. On new years Day. Himself cd wife were Home two mile Utsy taking dinner when the dread tiding was brought that their House was on a re. Leo. Hastened to the and in the item tone of e erupt of friends saved nearly eur of Tho household articles except their bedding and his wife a clothing. A Kasai be item. A a the editor of the artict Orno Strong Esq., Owen Man need a Van Buret county paper and we hardly be Sieve he workd toll what was not True hut toy was t that a fearful accommodating fire 7 four Miles of travel and �?�1 nearly All of the household articles raved. That first Man ought to have a put he foot on it instead of going two i a. A a while or. L. G. Woodman lived Here he was thrown from a buggy and had his Arm broken or put out of join and thrown frees a Cutter doing the same thing to his leg. As soon As he ecu id he moved to Paw Paw and there of new years Day he fell Down stairs and tried to break his neck. Now see Here doctor Why not die whole what is the use of All the while try to break yourself Ioto pieces ? a. J. Pierce is a Funo tie be soc in Many things and ordinarily we have of fault to find with Bun. What w j would say to him Dow is to Tell that 7v Diny Man to not Abrev ate South to so. In speaking of this port. Besides thu he is reported As spelling essentially pm in Fate Veri wet of ii Oft it of to Suffel. From what we know of whet he rails Bis manuscript we judge that the above is unpardonable to the tiding Man. Ive have of Cejp wondered what had become of Jeff Childs. Jeff a the greatest fellow for wind pudding this town Ever held. Jeff a a Good Tinner hut times being Dull one Day he thought he would work ont doors. As we remember it be broke hit thumb bad Bis boat stole let a 12-foot Plau fall through i watch All for a Dollar a Aud Thea went to Decatur where he now runs a tin shop of hit own. A in a a the marshal ought to have taken three or foot Young Mei of the Nape of the neck wednesday and arced Ibeme it of their tote Hes. They Mese engaged in froot of tie Pacific in throw a now balls it different people As Thi passed of the opposite tide of the strip there Are Throe a ovum men Here win re perhaps the Eutest for off a a we Ever lived to be a a Irge Motiey and not know any Mote then they they a ways Tato and they a a a a Ute a sensible Ford Iff Slang. In tog or be stopped in the Prea enee of ladies Little a Burtn and Thor Gaidi ought to Delft them to Stop to a Orold indent and. To n

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