County And Vicinity

Born to E. Paul and wife, of Lima, a son. There are 247 pupils enrolled in the Milan schools. The Milan band has purchased $600 worth of new instruments. The Knights of Pythias of Hudson will erect a hall for their own use in the spring. R. A. Snyder, of Chelsea, ships about 1,500 pounds of meat to Ann Arbor every week. A large number of quails were found frozen to death south of Saline, last week. Charles Dentón and Aquilla Lee, of Milan, recently took a car-load of sheep to Buffalo. Special evangelistic services were commenced in the Methodist church, Chelsea, last Sunday. A Hudson man made a shipment of eggs last week, and received 40 cents a dozen for them. The young people of the Baptist church, Milan, will hold a Valentine social next Tuesday. A calf eight months old was sold in Adrián, last week, which weighed 442 pounds when dressed. The school in district Xo. 7, Lodi, lias been closed on account of the prevalence of scarlet fevcr. A new organ tor the Alooreville school has been purchased from the Ana Arbor Organ VJompany. A four-year-old colt belonging to Henry Hoffley, of Sylvan, died from bleeding at the nose last week. George Webb, Df North Lake, has drawn over fifty cords of wood to Dexter this winter, and is still at it. A Tecumseh butcher has closed his meat market, claiming that no money can be made in the business. Miss Ferry, of Leslie, who sued John Wood for. seducing her, has accepted $150 in settlement of the case against him. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Milán IJptist church give a social this evening at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Whitmarsh. Prof. A. F. Clark, of Saline, has organized a singing school in Manchester, and has also a number of private pupils there. Miss Margaret Eaton died at her home in Ypsilanti a short time ago, from cáncer of the stomach. She was 70 years of age. Chet Rose, of Whittaker, had a finger and thumb badly cut by a slab saw in the mili of Moffitt Bros. a week ago Saturday. Most of our exchanges have an item reading something like this: "Coasting partiesareenjoyingthemselves." They ought to add, "so are the doctors."- Chelsea Standard. There is considerable alarm in the vicinity of Manchester and Bridgewater about scarlet fever, says the Saline Observer. The offices of the Saline doctors have been crowded vvith applicants for vaccinatiou since the appearance of small-pox in Pittsfield. The Manchester schools were closed last week, by order of the school board, on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever. Magdalene, widovv of the late Michael Rehfuss, of Manchester, died in that village last week, of inflammation of the lungs, aged 83 years. Emma Herzog, formerly a resident of Chelsea, has committed suicide at the home of her father in Syracuse, N. Y., by jumping into a cistern. According to the Observer, the business men of Saline have a habit of collecting in front of the postoffice and getting into disgraceful altercations. The Northville Knights of Pythias will have a grand anniversary ball on the I7th inst. The, decorations for the hall will be obtained from Detroit. Walter Stimpson, of Milán, has invented a computing attachment for scales, which indicates the exact weight and cost of any article at any price per pound. Mr. Halladay, president of the Norvell farmers' club, recommends the setting out of cherry and apple trees on the highways, as is done in New York state. The old and well known Tecumseh banking firm of Lilley, Bidvvell & Co. have incorporated under the state banking law. Their present capital is $40,000. A nuraber of Manchester Knights Templar carne to Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, to accompany the delegation from the Ann Arbor commandery to Jackson. Cordelia Babcock, of Stockbridge, las sued for a divorce from her husband, Rev. Thomas F. Babcock, a Baptist minister. She alleges cruelty and non-support. Andrew and James Ryan, of Munith, shipped last week 424 muskrat and 19 mink skins to New York, the product of trapping done by them in Dakota last f all. Louise Schmid, a young Maner girl, while crossing a Street in that village last week, slipped ai,:: feil under a horse and had a ga vi cut in her forehead. ielleville people are angry because the railroad has raised the fare from that place to Detroit just one cent. They have our profound sympathy in this dreadful affliction. The fiftieth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. William Brower, of Grass Lake, was celebrated there last week, aboutseventy relatives and friends being present. Two Clinton lady teachers have sued the township of Ridgeway for two thousand dollars, for injuries received while crossing a temporary bridge between Ridgeway and Tecumseh. The passenger depot of the Lake Shore railroad at Tecumseh was destroyed by fire a short time since. It was built in 1854, near.ly forty years ago. The origin of the fire is a mystery. A chicken-pie supper was a pleasant event at the M. E. church in Plymouth, Wednesday evening. It was gotten up to assist in raising money for the annual donation to the pastor. The Dexter doctors have made an agreement to charge doublé price for visits made between 9 p. m. and 7 a. m. Dexter people can therefore economize by getting sick in the day time. A Chelsea doctor went into spasms of joy the other day because his little son had cut his first toolh. Nothing said about the paroxysms of pain suffered by the boy before the tooth came through. To such farmers as cry "hard times," and "farming don't pay." we would say step over to Leroy Brower's farm in Norvell and look over his 46 ewes with 48 lambs by their sides. All are January lambs. Grass Lake News. Mail carrier Sam Fletcher is prepared for any kind of weather. He goes with a runner on one side of his mail cart and a wheel on the other, and gives himself a buggy and a sleigh ride at the same time. - Ypsilanti Sentinelí A Chelsea youngman who thought to line his pockets with filthy lucre by buying furs and hides, was discouraged the first thing by someone fastening a mink's tail on a muskrat hide and selling it to him for a mink's skin: - Standard. The council will have to take action soon in regard to widening the streets, as 'tis said that hoops are soon to be the proper thing for feminine wear. It is to be hoped that some law maker will introduce a bilí making the wearing of crinoline a misdemeanor. - Chelsea Standard. The township trcasurer of Manchester finds difficuty in collecting taxes on real estáte that is mortgaged, the mortgagor and mortgagee each trying to escape payment. The matter has besn referred to the Attorney General of the state. A good deal of exciternent is afloat in the township of Britton in the matter of a ditch tax. Many of the tax-payers claim the tax is illegal and entirely refuse to pay it, consequently the authorities are seizing personal property to pay the same. - Tecumseh News. Mrs. Luther King, of Algansee township, Branch county, surprised her husband recently by presenting him with triplets, one of which has since died. There are two boys, however, living. Their weights were as follows: 2) pounds, 2 pounds, and 3 pounds. The students of Ann Arbor stutt cotton in their ears when they are so unfortunate as to have to go near the dental college. There are fiftyfour chairs and they are filled all the time with suffering and howling humanity, who trust themselves in the hands of the fledglings. - Chelsea Standard. Pork is becoming a luxury to be indulged in only by the rich. The situation is indicated by the story on the street, that a farmer, came in Saturday with a fat hog to exchange for a house and lot, but took it home again because he could find no one able to pay the difference. - Ypsilantian. Benjamin Chilson, a resident of Livonia for over 60 years, died at his son's house on Jan. 26th. His four sons-in-law and two sons were the pall bearers. He was interred in the Centre cemetery. He leaves two sons and four daughters and a large circle of old friendsand neighbors to möurn his loss. Don't let the cold weather induce you to shut off the supply of fresh air from your sleeping room, oryour living room either, for that matter. Man should not live by heat alone. If you would keep pure the little coratnon globules that make a rendezvous of your heart twice a minute you must not deprive them oi pure air. On January 4th William Taylor, living west of Hillsdale, made complaint against his hired man, Pete VViseman, charging him with the theft of a pocket book containing $35 and a bank check. Wtseman is still in ja.il , not having been brought out for examination. It is reported that Mr. Taylor, while cleaning out under his barn the other day, discovered the pocket-book in a hog's mouth. No damage had been done. The thief had evidently hidden it under the sheep rack and the hoer