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A wail for more coal has gone up from the freezing Milanites. The scarcity is probably caused by the delay of trains througli snow blockades. Some Lima people aver that a meteor recently seen passing over that township was as large as a bushei basket, and that its light was dazzlingly bright. Ed.Gibbs' store in Adrián was broken into Saturday night by burg)ars who blew open the safe and stole $150 in money. There are no clues to the guilty parties. The Chelsea Standard lastprinted what it calis a bird's-eye view of the business houses of that town. The list shows fifty-three different kinds of enterprises in active operation. The well known hospitality of the Milan people has attracted a arge roniignment of tramps. With eggs at from 30 to 40 cents a dozen, their hospitality must be rather expensive. The Patrons of Industry, of Nora, are about to disband,and are puzzled what to do with the balance r.emaining in their treasury. We suggest that they distribute it' among the poor. During the past year 20,611,461 pounds of freight were shipped from Manchester, and 8,359,606 pounds received. This makes the exports 12,251,855 pounds more than the imports. The Milan band will invest in a new sat of instruments. They had better postpone it till spring, when it will be tolerable for the inliabitants to retreat to the woods during practice hours. ""The Moóreville correspondent of the Saline Obeserver says the people out there are " improving the snow." Science, these days, even in the rural districts, is advancing with giant strides. Parsons & Hobart, of Grass Lake, are shipping sheep to the eastern markets. They paid 4á cents for wethers Bnd $l2 cents for lambs. They also shipped a car load of firstclass beans to Iowa a few days ago. The Webster farmers' club is one of the most progressive in the county. It discusses live topics and discusses them intelligently. It would be of great benefit to farmers if more of these clubs were organi.ed. At the next meeting of the Saline Farmers' Club, the subject of better highways will be discussed. Every farmers' club and every newspaper should Keep pegging away at this matter until the desired end is reached. The ice cutters at Whitmore Lake struck for higher wages last week. A compromise was affected, by which the men will work more hours and receive more pay. From this distance it looks like a coraical compromise. Two men drove a badger into its hole, last week, near Wampler's lake. They dug all day to get him out, but finally gave it up, as the badger dug two feet to their one. ft may be through to the antipodes by this time. The school correspondent of the Grass Lake News affirms that one of the senior boys had nis incipient mustache and one ear frozen off last week. Must have been either awfully cold weather or a very sickly mustache. Henry Drake, one of the oldest residents of Lyndon, died very suddenly at his home on Sunday, Janu-, uary 15, He was 78 years old, and leaves a wife and several children. He was apparently in good health up to the moment of his death. The old song, " Everything is lovely and the goose hangs high," will have to be revised to read, "the hogs hangs high." Pork is rapidly becoming a rival of pheasants' tongues as a rare dainty, lit only for m ui ti-millionaires. -Livingston Democrat. A well known resident of Scio created consternation at the passenger depot the other morning when' the mercury was stubbornly lingering in the vicinity of iS degrees below zero, by appearing 011 the scee, the winter zephyrs playing peek-a-boo witli a life-si.ed bonfire on his "off " trowsers' leg. The blaze was so badly frost bitten that he was not aware of its existence until his attention was drawn to it by a suggestion that the hose be turnfed on him. Considerable rustling saved the other leg of his pants, as well as the gentleman himself, from cremation, and he is now undecided as to whether to carry a pocket fire engine or quit smoking. - Dexter News. Perhaps all persons whouse horses j do not know how unpleasanta frosty bit is to a horse's mouth. If not, let them put a piece of iron in their own mouth for example. Dip the bit in a pail of water to take frost out of it and save your horse great suffering. The Chelsea Union Agricultural Society at its annual meeting elected the following board of directors: Wm. Wood, Martin Howe, Thos. Fletcher, Hugh Sherry, Homer Boyd, Jas. Riggs, O. C. Burkhart, E. W. Daniels, and J. P. Buss.- Standard. If we need a constitutional amendment before we can have good roads it ought to be submitted in April. It will be a good time to secure votes for such an amendment, for at that season of the year Michigan roads are about at their worst. - Dexter News. It is said that when a cow is two years oíd, a wrinkle begins to form kt the base of her horns. At three years this wrinkle is fully developed. When she is five years old another will form; and, after that, one will form each year. Thus her age can be discovered. At an early hour Sunday morning the Vpsilanti pólice raided a disreputable house and captured three of its inmates. After this they pulled a gambling house and captured 12 men who were "shooting craps" and playing poker. They each paid a fine of $7.25. Speaking of quail, Squirc Burgess of Jackson, recently said: "This cold weather and the super-abundance of snow will probably kill all the quail there are. The snow is so deep that the birds cannot find food or gravel. It is a good plan for farmers to feed them with grain. As soon as quail are hungry they will go into barnyards and feed with chickens. If, when they are in this condition, food is given them, they will come as near a person to eat as a chicken will. At such times they are quite domestic." Indications are all in favor of the fact that better care in general is taken of our dumb servants than in .years pat, but there is still need of strenuous measures topreventabuse. We saw orí our streets a few days since, what had once been a horse, but now only a skeleton covered with skin. The poor brute had helped to draw a load to town, but how it was possible for it to stand, was a question. Lt was evidently being starved to death, and was a most pitiable object to behold. Is there no remedy for this species of barbarism ? - Ypsilantian. B. W. Bowmanboarded a week at the Hawkins, ordered the waiters around in great style. and enjoyed himself immensely. Then he threw his baggage out of the window and skipped. George Alexander, clerk of the hotel, located their lamented guest in Ann Arbor, and officer Eaton acted as guard of honor and escorted him back to the Queen City, where he told' his story to Esq. Bogardus. Now he is boarding at a tïre-proof hotel in Ann Arbor on a thirty-day contract, and he can go at the end of that time without throwing his baggage out of the window. - Ypsilantian. How prone are we to murmur against our position and the controlling circumstances of our lives, when we ought to look at the other side - the bright side - and be joyously thankful that they are no worse than they are! Whycan'twe have a bright smile for everybody, no matter how lowly their lives may be? It will not hurt us, and a kindly look may bring joy to some lone heart wearied with life's manteares. The remembrance of it may cause some despondent one to take heart again. There are times in jj41 our lives when a friendly smile is a real bit of sunshine, on the darkest day. - Stockbridge Sun. People around North Grass Lake are swearing mad at the law makers or law repealers on quail. Where there were flocks of f rom 12 to 50, now we only see some poorcrippled little quail, some with one leg and others with broken wings, cryingfor their mates. No Christian will shoot into a flock of such innocent birds, law or no law. They used to have a law to cut off a man 's hand and put out his eyes for gathering wood from the nobleman's forest to cook his children's food. Twenty years ago we never he&d of such a thing as shooting a quail. We always caught them in a box trap and then we left no cripples to suffer or starve all winter. It'sno wonder thecomniou people exécrate the law makers. Put a charge of shot in the house of representatives every year and they would know how it feit and where they were at, and how they went against a good law not to shoot quails. - Grass Lake News. Henry Tousey, a wealthy farmer living in the northwest part of the town, was found dead in the pigsty, Sunday, January 15. Mr. Tousey went out to feed the hogs as usual, and as he did not return, his nephew, Will Tousey, who lives with him, went out to learn the cause. He found his uncle lyingdead, and with part of his face, one ear and a portion of one hand eaten off. It is supposed that he died of heart failure,and was then attacked by the animáis. Mr. Tousey was about 80 years old, and unmarried, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn his terrible death. - Plymouth Mail. The following is from the Jackson Star of last week: In the circuit court, Wednesday, the jury in the case of the People vs. Wm. Reichert returned a verdict of guilty. This is the case in which Reichert and Chas. Mallett were arrested for robbing Peter McNinnie, of Chelsea, of $30 on December 19 last. After the arrest Reichert admitted his guilt to Chief Northrup, and turned over to the chief $7.50 which he claimed was all he received of the $ 30. Mallett plead guilty last Monday and Reichert was tried yesterday, resulting in his conviction. This morning McNinnie was given the $7.50 in the hands of the pólice, and he departed for home. To cast an eye over the community in and near this village and see the three different saw milis turning out lumber it rerainds one of as we are told, former days. VVithin a radius of a few miles we have three milis that are doing quite a business. Near the depot Sturm & Reeves are located with a forcé of 6 to 8 men besides several others who are engaged in hauling logs. Southwest of town John Gordon has another industry of the same kind where he is doing a good lumber business, and xlbrt Blaess, on the plains has another well equipped mili where in a section cleared off as it is one will be surprised to see the many logs hauled in there. - Saline Observer. At a meeting of the Saline Farmers' Club recently, the question arose and was discussed as to whether farmers sh'ould individually follow special lines in agriculture, and the question was decided in the affirmative. It was also the sense of the meeting that farmers should have free delivery of mail matter, as in cities, and an interesting discussion was had upon the subject. The election of officers resulted as follows: Chas. R. Cobb, president; T. Josenhans, ist vice-president; Mrs. Oeo. S. Wood, lady vice-president; Miss Cynthia Hurd, secretary; A. G. Cobb, treasurer. Theexecutive board consists of Geo. A. Shaw, F, C. Wood, Eden Ruckman, Miss Ida Shaw and Miss Agatha Josenhancs. The railroad project does not seem to be dead, but rather is slowly and quietly advancing. In a conversation a few days since with one who is in a position to know something of the working of the plan, we were told that this company who run the survey through here a yearand over ago, and are nowsecuring the rightof-way are not doing it for fun, and that they are backed up by $3,500,000, which is in readiness to build the road as soon as the right-of-way eau be secured. The line is to be an air-line from the east into Chicago. Since our last issue quite a few new contracts have been made with farmers west of here, and it really begins to look like business. The Lake sliore cry seems dormant and we have little faith in reviving it. - - SaSiiie Observer. Two of the worst looking tramps that ever came to Waterloo village called at the mansión just west of the apple dryer one day last week, and walking up to the lord of the castle grabbed him by the hands and began to shake, at the same time saying "We are much pleased and highly gratihed to have the honor of shaking hands with you, and we've walketl 5,759 miles to congratúlate you as being the only person who dared to put yourself on record as a friend of free lunches with and protector of tramps, and we have brought this package with us which contains a souvenir for you which we know you will appreciate very highly, as it speaks volumes of our appreciation of your noble act, and we only ask that you accept it in the same spirit that it is given and that you hang it in a conspicuous place in your office in this beautiful village of Munith." "Vhy, nienz, dis ish not Munit, dis is Wasserloo." Just then seventecn of Rhodes' dogs broke loose and away went the tramps with the dogs close to their