Willis

Chicken thieves have commenced their business a little earlier tliis year than common in this vicinity. Someone stole 15 of Fred Peppiatt's, 50 oí George Clayton and also some of E. Derlyshire, Jast week. Willis is taking another boom in the shape of new buildings and new enterprises. Mr. ülackmer, of Oakville, is building a dweiling house and Mrs. Gibson, of West Sumpter, is'going to erect a house in the near future. We now have an exclusive hardware store, conducted by Mr. Rosenwirtli, of Romulus. C. B. Sanderson has taken, a partner in the person of Hawkes and they have added the grocery business to their meat market! AVhen George Hammond went to his barn last Friday he was surprised to find the lock broken and about 50 bushels of wheat, 20 or 25 of his new bags and a new scoop had disappeared. Tracks showed that a wagon bad been backed to the barn door. Mr. Hammond and some of his neighbors went immediately on the tracks but could follow them only about four miles. The millers and sheriffs in all directions were notifled to be on the lookout. Saturday morning a young colored man by the name of Robbins drove to the mili at Carleton with Mr. Hammond's wheat. The sheriff was giyen the tip and appeared in a few minutes and made his business known to the darkey. The darkey didn't have time to wait for the money but managed to get into his wagon and run his horses for two miles; he then left the team and crawled under the shade of a binder to wait for the sheriff to come along. The sheriff had pity on the poor fellow and gave liirn Setter lodgings in Monroe county jail. Deputy-sheriff Phelps, of this place, went to Monroe last Monday and got the thief. They passed through here on tbeir way to Ypsilanti about two o'clock, p. m.