County And Vicinity

Ernest Hutchinson, of Ypsilanti. has closed hiíj store there and moved !iis stock of gouds to Battle Oeek. LaiSt Tuesday afternoon occurred the death of Henry, the little three year-old son ot' Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson, of Ypsilanti. Mr. aod Mrs. Verschoor, of Ypsilanti, lost their eight year old daughter by death one week igo Saturday. She had congestion of the lungs. George II. Hammond, of Ypsilanti town, has sold Lus herd of Jersey cows to Mr. E aster, the Detroit milk and cream man, for $50 per head. An eiglit and a, half pound baby girl is the latest attraction at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Barnes, Ypsilanti. if hhe arrivèd Jast Tuesday. Rev. J. O. Keek, who racentljr j signed the pastorate of the Milán i Baptist chiirch, is at present stopping witli his paren ts in Tecumseh. Ha ia ) in poor health. Forbes Ballard, a resident of ;! lanti town and ;i pioneer of Washtenaw coimiy, died tast Frlday niornii He was 75 years old amJ had boe; resident of tire eoutuy for 6ö years. Mr. and -Mis. A. A.. Graves, of Ypsl-J lauti town, eiiiertüiaed a party of 1 silHiiii friends at liieir home one weí-k j ago Fiïday. Mr. and Mrs. G. ditl the ' butertaining m ttieir usual happy way. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Preese, of Clinton, gave .1 pedro party at their new house on Chicago street, last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Freese a-e delightful hosts aiui the party was a very pleasant afiair. John Cubitt, oí l'ittsiield, vuio has been undergonig treatmeïlt in the Aun Arbor hospita] for cáncer, has been taken hom. They did not cure the cáncer nor add ene Cub:tt to John's stature. The State Veterinary and Live Stock Commissioner was in Frankliu, Lenawee Co., recently,exaniining live stock afflicted with disorder. Some of the stock has bPen killed a'nd it is lioped the ciisease wil] be eheeked. One hundivil sinners havins: been snatched like brands irom the bu'rning at Azalia, the revival meetiags lliere which have continupd tur two montbs, have ïiow closed. The Rev. C. lí. Gib son hiis uoaducted the meetings. The revival meetings at the Tecumseh Baptist church have already convincfd une mier that to be stiveil lie must go under the water, and accordingly he has been ducked, and it is thought that others wil] soon follow, Ypsilanti kindly loaned a üre engine to the city of Marshall while the latter was having a row with the water company of mat city. And now comes Marshall and makes Ypsilanti a present of a tíne drop harness for her Uösö team in return lor her kindnesé. Mrs. Mary C. Spencer, state librarian, Lansing, received two thoiiüand dollars f rom Fpsilanti Lodge No. I ■ A. O. U. W., the same beiáj; the auiount of insurance held in iei'.hus hand, the late Capt. Clinton Spencer c insurauce is an excelleut thing to carry. A round, plump, rosy twelve pounc youngster of the male persuasión arrived on the 2nd inst. at thé home ol H. Ë. Stout, of Tecumseh. It is said that Ilub in tlie ecstacj of the momenl went out and sttick his beau in a bar rel and callecl "papa"' j ust to see liovv it wouJd sound. This is a mighty good beginning after so long a wait. Captain Allen, of Ypsilanti, proprie.tor of the fog-horn voice, will deliver a lecture next' Wednesday evening, at the Congregational church, tor the benefit of the ladies' library. Ilis subject will be "Abraham Lincoln." Admission to the church, 15 cents. The lecture can be heard outside quite as well, and there is 110 charge tliere. The stockholders of Cleary Business College, of Ypsilanti, held their annual meeting a week ago last Monday, at which time the direetors made their report. This institution was demolliëd, or a considerable portion of it was, by the cyclone last year, still it made a veiy favorable finarícial showïng.during the year. The ontlook for thn coming year is much brighter. P. R. Cleary is a hnstler. The Ypsilanti Commercial says thát -.H)ai), of Willis, nloaded a dressed sliote at Banghart's, last Friday. which weighed 421 pounös Shote. eb? Well, Mr. Commercial, you are telling some pretty big hog ries of late. Now don't take any öffense at the above, as we do not question your figures on hog matter. We simply mean that your sfones"' are aboiit large Ijogs. C S. Burroiighs, of Clinton, has made íiimself famous by inventing a new kind of gum. The girls whq have pied it are using all the superlativas to be faund in describing it, and whileC. 8 isinthefar west, attending to his duty asagovernmentofficer, Ms vvi.fe and a niimber of al)le assistants are kept very búsy filhng orders for firras iu various parts of the nountry. The girls, bless the dear creatlires, must have the gum, you know. At the meeting of the Ypsilanti Grange, Saturday, February 3rd, the question "Wherein do Michigan farmers ii rul their families fail to'live up to their privileges?" was discnssed. The discussion was good. Visitera we re present from Fraternity and Superior granges. This grange will entertain tne rot, rui aegree membei s of the variaus granges of the county on Feb. 15. An interesting program "is being prepared by Miss Jennie Buell, lecturer of the srange. W. living Kelsey. l'ormerly of Ypáilanti, liad ayearning to become a uaissioriaiy and accordingly he looked about for a euitable place to iocate. At last he decided imon Victoria Tamaulipas, Mexico. He.wntcs home abont hij experienops as follows: "Fleas and ticks are innumerable. The latter are worse than the f'ormer and I have had thonsands on me I am literally covered wiih blotches. ïhere are two wirietiea of these ticks, one very large and they fairly make you seream when thev bite. The othfr is smaller, but dig right into the Jlesh. The ili-as crawl all ovpr me at night. The burrowifig ileas enter the flesh.'Iay their eggs and die. Then the little ones hatch out and live on e flesh; unless you kncrw it when iy enter, yon wi II probahly not find I out till a considerable hole is caten." well that a man who eau teil such a story as tlif abow does not look for rewards in this world. t, M. Ronke, of Superior, is extensivcly engaiied in ulcunk farmiug! Now il oor friend. Mat Blosser, of th: Manchester Enterprise, whose esthètic olfactories liave been so greatly oftended by the aged and diluted odoi arisiiigirom thal pik; of sknnk skins lying oo oiih of the streetsoi bis town,, vvül iuL visit the above nauied estabI Jisbmetit, fae m'II be enablecl toenjoy ; bis favorite pertumé in iis pure and . uuacUilierated form. ! Prof. Putuaqo's lost cane, which be has happily recovered, lias an inteiesi iog liistory. lts whole histtjry, its lorigiu, js iiot known. Vh:it is küown j is tliat it was giveii to L'rof. Futiiam's snindfatlier in Vennoot, by a relative oi'hiswho was in the liattleof tienningtón, and picked up the c'-mmí ou I tlie field after ti)e battle. Tliero was a story that it vvhs fuuud beside die body [of a Uessiau otBcer, hut thit was nol quite cèrtain. U is a nmst interes! ing rainily reiic, and it, is ut strange tiiai Pruf. Putnam should lüive been iroub - ei by its los.- Zpsilanti Cotniuercial'. Mr! G-eo. 11. Holloway, of Lenwee Co , yi a paper read beLov the Pitrm eis' c'iihin recrfiiliy, said tliaó lii;Oiover Leal Creamery had, during t ie past, year. distributed amoug tlie larmeisof the vieinitj $8,000 formilk. EItí ttiinks the wheat raised by the same farmer all bniiclied together woitld not tie worth iliat' uiuch. He ' au vi sea t ar Ui era to keep cows and seud thelr miík to the ereauièry. fíe gi ves , the follovviiigögHies: Mr John Si-bw ib i luis fiad atí áveráge oí uwlve cow.s . dui-ing t he past year. 1 have pnid ; . I , n i $618.13 or arv average pweowof $51 :; ■ Mr. MacliHDi 8640.05, oran average peí1 eof of $53.3t. Mr. Melntvre $2jo.W, an . average of $48.48. Coultfgive otherti, birt ttmt ia a f air average per cov f wliat thc milk luis brought at tile íaitory. Now tbeskim milk hasg t to ., estitnated. I claim that the milk ind cálf are worth $15 per cow. aml I think that a low estímate, but idraittiugthat iswhatitis worth, we liavn haví averagfi of Mr. Schwah's cow Mr. Machatn's at $68.31; Mu. Aíclutyré's at $03.46. Claude W. Tempíe. an o!d Te umseh boy, now in the employ of a 'arge mauufactiiring compaiiy oí St. L'u.il, Aíinn., recently rect'ivi'il H pioai íoraaving hia fir.m $3,500. He was sent to t!ie bank, Jitnuarv Isi. to get $3,600, and uas Lnformed by tlie cashier that the bank could íiot that day pay so large a sum. He demanded to see the president and was tokl by that official that he could have the ainouut proyided he vvould take it in silver. ' Th is Claude consented to do, and ': tina; a bag he had the money counted and placed in the saaie. He then called a diay and loading liis 200 pounds of chink on the wagon he went to the office of his firm and dumped the money on the floor. His employers proceeded to roast him thoi-onghly for allowing the bank to impose upon hím. A few days thereafter when the bank closed its doors, the firm took a very different view of the young man 's transaction and proceeded to promote him on the spot. Had it not been for the persistence of the boy, the firm would have been out to the tune of $3,500. It was a fine stroke for Claude.