County

New iron bridges are being put in at Mooreville. Nate Haskell has purchased the hotel at Norvell. There was a balloon ascensión at Milan last Saturday. Fruit thieves have been getting in their work in Bridgewater. Manchester had a shower of frogs last week Wednesday evening. Holt-'s mijls, at Manchester, has been undergoingsome needy repairs. The senatorial convention for this district will be held at Manchester, today. The churcSit Roger's Corners, near Manchester, has a new Estey organ. Congressman O'Donnell, of Jack( son, will speak at Ypsilanti on the eve. of Oct. 22. The collection at the mission festival in Bethel church, Freedom, amounted to $178. The Catholic church at Whittaker was dedicated yesterday, a large crowd being present. Miss Nellie Easterly, of Milan, was married last Wednesday to Earl W. Leonardson, Ridgeway. The Washtenaw W. C. T. U. will meet in the Presbyterian church at Manchester on October 6 and 7. Monroe Teeter, of Manchster, has been granted a pension of $12 per month, with $280.40 back pay. Andrew J. Braman, of Milan, died Wednesday morning of last week, after a long illness. He was 58 years of age. Miss Lottie Schlecht has opened school in District No. 1, of Bridgewater, and Frank Becker is teaching in District No. 7, of Lodi. Cass Fuller is now "monarch of all he surveys," having purchased 20 acres of Robert Wilson at Wampler's lak, and gone into farming. Fred Hitchcock payed with poison ivy, and is now as big as two boys. He has had quite aserious time, but is getting better. - Milan Leader, Sept. 23. Miss Allie McCormick, of Salem, and Burton L. Galpin, of Superior, were married at the home of the bride's parents in Salem, on Wednesday, Sent. 14, over 100 guests being present. John Saurs, of Milan, is a little gured, but still in the ring, caused by being under a car repairrhg the tracks while the engineer took a sudden notion to switch the car on another track. For sorae time the electric light service at Manchester has not been satisfactory, and recently an inspection was held with a view to lócate the trouble. One part after another was examined until finally the water wheel was reached, when it was found to be full of slashed eels, some of which measured four feet and were as large around as a man's arm. They were removed, the water turned on, and now Manchester is enjoying the fullest extent of its glim. A very sublime spectacle will be observable through a smoked glass on the main street of this village one week from Sunday. The mayor and the editor of this paper will walk arm in arm, preceded by the chief of pólice, to the Methodist cliurch to listen to the opening sermon of the new preacher. On reaching the sacred edifice the distinguished visitors will occupy the third pew from the door, main aisle, west side. - Grass Lake News, Sept. 24. Who says that Ypsilanti's population is not growing? Dr. C. W. Mead, who was the attendant physician, tells us that Mrs. Scott, yesterday gave birth to triplets, two girls and a boy. The babies are all well developed and apparently healthy, and weigh respectively eight, seven and five pounds, making, as anyone who has a tendency to mathematics can see, a grand total of twenty pounds. Mother and children all doing well. May they live long and prosper. - Ypsilantian, Sept. 23. During a conversation with a prominent Scio farmer a few days ago we casually remarked: "Very dry weather, isn't it?" "So some people seem to think," said our granger friend. "Don't you think a little rain would be a good thing for the farmers?" we asked. At this astounding query he aimed one of his characteristic glances at us, and replied: "See here, young man! The Almighty has been farming it a darn sight Jonger than I have, and I haven't the slightëst doubt but that he'll send it." - Pretty Good philosophy, that. - Dexter News. Sheriff Baldwinand Deputy Sheriff Pease brought in from Manchester yesterday afternoon, Dr. Red Eagle, a long haired fraud, who, with two women. has been selling rattle snake oil to the unsophisticated. Dr. Red Eagle hired a team of liveryman Blount, of Hudson, for three days. After keeping them a week a warrant was sworn out for him. Officer Pease tracked him through northern Indiana, back into Michigan, and finally heard of him near Brooklyn. The sheriff and deputy plucked him at Manchester, yesterday, and brought him here, and he was taken to Hudson last night for examination. The horses were nearly dead when found. It was only through the persistence of the sheriff and his able deputy that the man was found. - Adrián Times. Yes, the gang drove in here about 4 o'clock Friday morning, pretty drunk. Nightwatchman Moran soon had them under his eye. They put the team in Nisle's barn and would liked to have slept with them, but were obliged to pay for lodging at the Goodyear house. During the day one of the men was so noisy that Landlord Curtiss pitched him out of the house. Deputy Sheriff Wade received authority from Sheriff Baldwin to arrest Red Eagle, which he did, and held him until his