County And Vicinity

The Dundee paper mili has shut down. Ed. Corwin, of Manchester, was robbed of $10 last week. George Wood has returned to Saline after two years in Australia. The Bridgewater farmers' picnic will be held to-morrow August 26. F. E. Holcomb, of Mooreville, has had three ribs broken by a fall. A $600 addition will be built to the parsonage of Bethel church, in Freedom. The Saline Farmer's club will meet with N. H. Isbell on Friday, September 1. Emanuel church, of Manchester, contributed $150, last week, to foreign missions. The only son of John H. Smith, of western Saline, was drowned in Joslyn Lake, August 13. William Goodwin paid $10 into an Ypsilanti justice court for the privilege of striking his wife. The Southern Washtenaw farmers' club meets Friday, September 1, at G. W, Rawson's in Bridgewater. Charles Thompson shipped a carload of Shropshire rams from Dexter, last week, for the Montana market. Bert Derindinger, of Saline, while tossing stones the other day tossed one through Nichols Bros. $70 plate glass window. M. D. Wallace, of Saline grew a tomatoe this year which measured 16 inches in circumference and weighed 25 ounces. Bayard Martin, an old resident of Ypsilanti; died last Friday, aged 87 years. He had resided in Ypsilanti township for forty years. Frank H. Sweetland, of Sylvan, raised ninety bushels of strawberries on three-quarters of an acre, which brought him about $250. The barn of Henry Kuhl, in Sharon, bürned last week, togetherwith 900 bushels of wheat. The fire is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustión. Lieut. John P. Kirk, of Ypsilanti, had $60 stolen from him while in camp at Zukey Lake. He has recovered $24 of it from a colored man named Edwards, who was arrested in Detroit. The large barn of Peter Kelly, southwest of Pinckney, was burned about nine o'clock last Friday. It contained three years' erop of wheat. The barn was insured for $600, but the grain was not insured. The house, barn, wagon shed and hay stacks of Barney Limpert, of Sharon, were burned a few days ago. The house was insured for $625 in the Germán Mutual, but there was no insurance on the barn. John Murphywas drowned in the mill-pond at Pinckney last Thursday evening, while attempting to swim across the pond. He was twentyone years of age, and had recently come from Ireland. A little son of William Richards feil into a twenty-four foot well in Ynrlc tnwnshin last week. the wel] containing four feet of water. When the father attempted to rescue him, the rope broke, letting the father fall fifteen feet. Both were pulled up without damage. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Eider, of Ypsilanti, assisted by Alpena talent gave a very successful musical entertainment and the operatta, Trial by Jury in Alpena last week Wednesday, which is said by the Alpena Pioneer to have been "the finest musical entertainment ever. given in the city." Of Mrs. Eider, who is the daughter of F. P. Bogardus, of Ypsilanti, the Pioneer says she is "a pianist of marvelous ability."