Chelsea

J. H. Durand.of Jackson, was here among old friends 011 Monday. Cuyler Barton, of Unadilla, spent last Sunday in this villageMax Moou left here for Greenland, in the upper península, on Tuesday, where he is engaged to teach next vear. Mrs. Will Leyvick and daughter, Ruth, are spending tbis week witb Mrs. Lewick's parents at Ilowell. The brick are being rapidly laid on the new Congregational church. Onions are being pulled and are a I fair erop, in spite of the dry weather. i Many pieces of bean3 have been seriously damaged by cut worins. This year for the first time insects appeared in barley and badly injured some pieces. Quite a nuraber from here are peoting to attend the farmers' picnic! at Whitmore Lake next Saturday. Thos. I). Kearney was here on Tuesday on official business. The last quarterly meeting of this year will be observed next Sunday iiight at the M. E. church. E. Hooker is raising and enlarging and generally improvin'g bis houe ou Nortb street. The stove factory is now running an Increased force of hands. Jas. Richards and wife spent last week in Lansing. attending a camp meeting of spiritualists. Capt. E. I'. Allen, of Ypsilanti, was liere on business last Monday. Some fifteen or twenty trom here went to Port Iluron with the excursión on Wednesday. Bean harvesting bas begun in some places. The erop is badly shortened up with the dry weather. The cellai is being dug for Charles Steinbach'a new harness shop on Midlle street. The long drought that is upon us is vorking havoc with farmers more ban low prices. Very few are able to low for wheat, and pastures are givng out and erops of all kinds sadly uterfered with. Arrivals of graln have been free the past week and wheat now brings 50 ets.; oats, 30 ets.; rye, 43 ets.; barley, $1.00 per huDdred, potatoes, 50 ets.; eggs, 9 ets.; butter, 15 ets. An occasional load of wool comes in at 14 ets. The large barns beloneing to Orange Bangs, of Unadilla, burned last Sunday evening about dark. They were filled witli hay, graiu and machinery. The loss is a large one. The origin of the fire is unknown. The barn of Eider North at the village took tire and btimed at the same timer.