County And Vicinity

The Y. M. C. A. of Adrián is a tvvoyea-r-'.'lü. Miiaii will soon have a merry-gotoukí, jast opposite the post office. Xfae Grass Lake creaniery handles ïtoefcweeii three and four tons of milk ipearday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo.Smith, of Willis, are the happy parents of a fine new daugliter. ïtobert Birk, of Whittaker, went to -Detroit recently and took unto himüelf a wife. Jesse Exelby, of Deerfleld, recently tlrove to Clinton vith a load of wood 'weigfaing 2,400 pounds. Rev. E. W. Ryan, of Ypsilanti, fieíped dedícate the new M. E. church at Biiy City last Sunday. Henry Fuy, of Chelsea, will erect a doniidle on some lots recently purchas■ndot the Thomasestate. Tfie Keeley instituto at Ypsilant has closed its doora and the patients have been removed to Detroit. Payson Crafts, of Saline, has set out -Hpeacii orchard nunibering 1,600 trees Tfaey occupy ten acres of ground. Misa Francés Strong, of Ypsilanti wba has been studying music in a Bos il conservatory has returmed borne Aaron Sanford, a wealthy farmer oJ UCIao, Jias pmchased a lot on W. Main ■ át. and will erect .thereon a fine resi'denoe. W. J. LeBaron, by the grace of the towHsliip board of York, will count the uoses in that neck o' woods. M J. Edwards will do the same in Milan. Ypsilanti willl soon have a new ■lrag store. A. L. Smith and Ad. Mayhew are the firm, and they have :rented half of Barnuin an Co's store. Jeff Lumm, of Sharon, sold six head of cattle to Wm. Simonds, of Grass Iake. Their combined weight was -6600 pounds. The Grass Lake News voaches for this big story. Will Wiard, of Ypsilanti tovvn, had another misturtune last Thursday. A valuüWe cow got into a ditch by the roatbaVie where it wasgrazingaud broke ïts ieg. It had to be killed, Orriu Biggs, of Saline, has purchased a lot and will build thereon a house in the near future. This looks asthough the genial Orrin had matrimonia! designs upon the heart of some young lady. Matt. Schwinkerath, of Chelsea, aud his men had just finished raising a baxn for Frank Farmer, one week ago last Saturday, when the wind and hail atorm came along and seattered it to the Éour vvinds. John ÏA. Kempf, son of Mr. aud Mrs. Jieubea Ketnpf, of Ann Arbor, was ■mamed on April 25th, to Miss Jean ililiis Kiik, of Madison, Indiana. The ■■■ young people vvill take up their ':&-:uienue 111 Chelsea. The Ypsilaiiti lire departmeut was iralied to ü2ö Aua street last Wednesuoriiiax by au alarm of fire, The ííauies 3e quickly subdued, but not 1 S3ü() wort li of damages had been tt; to the liouse of Geo. W. Stevenank. This eveuing the flnal entertainment 'ia fctie Ladies' Library course at Ypsiiauti will be given in Xormal hall. A öiie histoncal sketch concert illustrative of the music of a dozen or more fanaous composers will constitute the proeaaaroe. JL S. Wortley, of Ypsilanti, has pursfaased the remaining store of the Laibíe block, so that he now owns the ;wfcole block, froni the postoffice to the Bazarette. He is also thinking of a pía for a new opera house across the street. {Jood for J. B. and Ypsilanti. An entertainment will be given this eveaing at Cleary hall, Ypsilanti, for tluT; b9neflt of Knights of Pythias lodge ,líc. 'H57, by the Farnum concert com{aaisy and Mandolin orchestra. The meïiesti-a was with Downing last seaaon. Tlie concert company contains sorne fine artists. Admission 35 ceuta. Thexe ought to be a good house. .He John Foran and Miss Jennie Tiocbe, of Piuckney, were married in t. Mary's church, Chelsea, last Wedawaday at 8 a. m., by Kev. W. P. Conaidine. Mr. Thomas O'Brien and Miss Kte Eoche attended them. They are veryestiinable and popular young people sud they start life together under the happiest auspices. J!l aew bonnet was voted to the most ípopaiarlady in town, at the recent ñreiBen''s social in Grass Lake. The lady proved to be Mrs. Frank Dwyer. Won't the other ladies of that burg tara green with envy each Sunday taosrning hereafter when they are reminded of Mrs Dwyer's popularity by the appearance of that bonnet. iHow can farmers best organize and co-operate lo promote their interests ad have their influeuce effective" wiíl be the subject which will engage the attention of the Saline farmers' club at the next meeting, second Friday iu May. H. D. Platt will teil how tkis can be done. The meeting will "be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Congdon, of Chelsea, tied his cow with a long rope to a stake aad left her to f eed. Two boys filled 'with cussedness and total dêpravity tferew stones at her and got her to runnüsg in a circle and theu kept her goiag until she stumbled and broke her ■aeck. Whereupon the Standard rises ■ up and remarks that much pious regret isexpressed that the boys' necks were tiot hroken instead of the cow's neck. tlüiss Hattie Jacobs, of Milan, en'aged to teach the school in the junc ■Ojtm. district. The director "lo wed" ;''-3ie öidn't know "nuf to teach the ■ joung idea how to shoot and dischargd her. Thereupon the young lady commenced suit against the district for her wages on the contract. She vswnvinced the jury in Judge Hack's ■íoort that she knew more than the '-ijre-c'íor, tíie mean oíd thing, alleged :3he d'id and she was given a verdict, , May 15 and 16, the Young Lady 3Min8trels, of Ypsilanti, will give an -3ïit3rtainment which promises to be a i greát success. The idea is a comparaÉively new one which has proven very jnpular wherever it has been tried. 3?Le Ypsilanti patronesses are Mrs. ■,f. F. Sanders, Mrs. J. W. VanCleve, üfrs. M. K. Towner, Mrs. Prof. Pease, Mm. C. P. Ferries, Mrs. Prof. Smith, sö lírs. George C. JBradley. Tickets ■áü-feeon sale at Stone & Bells, Mon■■áay, May 7, at 9 a. m. Compai y C, of Tecumseh, will give a nmisti'ei entertainment totuorrow evening. The May party at Tecumseh on the 1 2d in8t. was a very swell and a very ■ successl'ul affair, as usual. Tecumseh high school boys went to Manchester recentiy and batted the stufliug out of a picked up nine to the tune. of 14 to 2. Mrs. Myron Kimble, of Sharon, was badly injured recently by being thrown from a buggy. Her horse was frightened by the hail and rau away. Mr. and Mrs. George Webster, of Chelsea, were pleasantly surprised by about thirty of their friends on the second anniversary of their wedding, one week ago last Friday. The Congregational people of Chelsea have purchased a lot of W. F. Hatcb on East Middle street, and will erect theieon a parsonage. Mr. Hatch donated about halr of the price of the lot. Prof. L. S. Camburn, whohasswung the gad in the Mooie ville schools lor the past threc years, has been elected to the position of chief fuuctionary in the Centerville schools at a salary of $800. The senior class of the Chelsea high school gave the "Banquet of Nations" at tbe opera house last Friday evening. The entertainment was a fine one and a good audience greeted the young people. G. H. Foster, of Chelsea, has rented the McKune House barns and will stable horses for ten cents each. He is a mighty mean man who will leave his horses on the street when he can have them cared for at the barn for so sniall an amount. In the last issue it was eggs, tliis time milk, and the way Bert Hood's team and milk wagon dashed through towu last Friday would lead one to think that Coxey's army were starving and they were determined to assist them. Bert had left the wagon to deliver milk at the rear of the Union Block. The "tang," which like. all others of its kind, was ready to have a circus, pretended to take fright. Down Ann Arbor street they went at a rapM pace until McKay street corner was reached. here they made a turn. Tlie wagon, with its load of milk and bottles, found it difficult to follow the track, so danced around as best it could. A rinal tangle settled matters, ponies went down and wagon on top, bottles were broken and milk ranfree. The wagon was badly wrenched and the rig in general bore a mangled apearance. - Saline Observer. Last Saturday afternoon the gates of heaven were opened and the rain carne down in torrents, filling the ditches, even the hollow spots in the roads. Blacksmith Schade, who resides at the station, took his hoe and began clearing a way for the water to pass away from his shop. Mr. Ottmar, who resides next door, came out nd disputed his right to do so. Words ensued and finally Ottmar forgot to keep his hands off of Schade. This made Schade mad, and he struck him with a hoe, which it is said made a ! deep impression upon Ottmar's face, j About tliis time Mrs. Ottmar appeared upon the scène armed with a revolver. and fired at Schade, hut failed to hit him. He ran into his shop, but she kept watch, and when he appeared again she banged away at him, hitting bim in the same place she missed him before. We expect that the balance of this sketch will be continued next week, as a warrant has been issued for Ottmar by Justice Hunt, of