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The Webberville Observer is a new star in the newspaper galaxy. It is edited by W. H. Peek. 'lt should have been called the "Peek-aboo." A boarder at the Kiefer house, Hillsdale, won $5 of the landlord, by sleeping in the room where Hurlburt recently shot himself. Never a ghost appeared. VVill Sheeler, of Onsted, went to the head of a store cellar rnusing on "the girl he left behind" and feil down stairs." He kept his Sunday night contract with her, wearing his nose in a cot. The price of membership in the Tecumseh library association has been reduced f rom Í3 to $1. This is putting the knife into prices at a rate to accommodate these tight republican times. Ivlection is over, the baseball season ended, and Auditor General Turner has discharged seven clerks for the published reason that their services are no longer needed. - Jackson Patriot. A stranger recently put up at Wonder's hotel, Adrián, and the next morning developed a large, beautiful case of small-pox. The man is in the pest house and the hotel is under quarantine. After a heroic struggle of nearly three months the Brighton Express is no more. It appeared to have plenty of brains inside of Hs "chases" but was unable to successfully chase sufficient patronage to live. The Fowlferville Observer states that "four luinters have been killed in the northern woods since the law was out for killing deer." Well, there is nothing in the game law that prohibits the killing of hunters, and ifthey hunt deer and get killed, the game warden can't help it. The Page Wire Fence menagerie still contrives to advertise the firm. About a year ago, a buck deer "downed" a man named Jackson, plowed his legs full of rips, and would have killed him, had not another buck rushed up and opened a fight with the assailant. While the deer were fighting Jackson escaped. A few days ago one of the same herd tossed a man around the grounds till a friend got hold of the deer by the legs and threw him. The two men then tied his legs with a handkerchief and ran for "deer" life, or from it, and escaped from the park before the venison could get free. C. G. Rumsay, a wealthy farmer living near Keene, Hillsdale county, satisfied an old grudge against himself last week by sending a bullet through his brain. The cause is not known. Mrs. James Lloyd, of Dundee, clipped a wart from her face with a pair of rusty shears. Blood poisoning followed and the lady is just recovering from a serious illness resulting from it. The supreme court has just decided that in certain cases married couples are not competent witnesscs to testify against each other. Yes, married couples often hate each other with great cordiality. Wm. G. Sweet, a Riga Lenawee county farmer, has had his neighbor John Allendorph placed under bonds to keep the peace. He claimed that Wm. G. was too Sweet towards Mrs. Allendorph and yet all he did was to chase him with a loaded shotgun. Some people are very easily stirred up. James O'Donnel, of Jackson, editor and ex-congressman, is already n the field for governor, two years henee. He knows this to be true, because he has interviewed James O'Donnell on that particular sub ject and knows whereof he affirms As Mr. O'Donnell is a very reliable newspaper man, we believe all he says about it. Chas. D. Howley, a Dimondale bachelor, was nearly killed tje other day by a hog that was feeling well. Just as might have been expected. A fellow who hasn't life enough to get married is just the sort of man to stand around and let the hogs eat him. When the hog got through with him, Howley looked like a second Adam as to clothing. While some men were thawing their shins before a coal fire of an Adrián saloon, last week, a fusilade insidé of the heater caused each man to nearly fall over himself in getting away. A box of cartriges had been spilled in the coal bin. In commemoration of their escape from death, all went back, stood up at the bar and were "shot in the neck." A Tecumseh drunkard last week reeled against a six-year-old boy and both took the ditch, with whiskey on top. The boy was nearly killed and it was at first supposed his shoulder was broken, but he got off better than that. Thus, even the drunkard is kindly cared for by the wise direction of the powers. Had not that little boy been near, to fall onto, the poor "bum" might have broken his neck. ■ - - A. J. Lee, of Britton, discovered night robbers looting a freight car, and notified night operator Clark. Clark got hot, then he got his re! volver, and the two soon had a couple of candidates for jail, whom , they turned over to a deptity sheriff. A partridge, last week, visited Tecumseh, and becoming frightened and dazed, smashed 83 worth of tariff and $150 worth of plate glass in the residence of George Freese. It fluttered about the room and out : again through the broken glass, and spinning across the street, broke its neck against a building. The Freeses had partridge for dinner. Will T. Barnum is a well known Adrián photographer. He can also whistle "Yankee Doodle" and an 'accompaniment to it at the same time. He is billed to whistle in Detroit, Dec. 11, for the benefit of the newsboys' sick fund. Although Barnum has a fortune in his whistle, he sets his face like a flint against' making any money with it. He whistles only for benevolence and makes faces for a living. Grant Fellows, the Hudson lawyer who was in the race for congress at the republican convention, has formulated and will fire off a lecture on "Politics as a Fine Art" at the Hudson opera house, on the nth, for the benefit of the Masonic pie fund. Mr. Fellows, it is feared, is about to expose to the bare gaze sorae of the ruethods which he discovered in use at the congressional convention which nominated another man. It is currently reported that V. H. Canniff has been promoted from general superintendent of the Lake Shore road to the position of general manager. The late John J. Newell was president and general manager, tt is surmised that P. S. Blodgett, assistant superintendent, will be the successor of Mr. Canniff. - Hudson Gazette. Both Canniff and Blodgett are Lenawee county men. Canniff was a Clayton boy and Blodgett was from Adrián. James Jordán, of Adrián, having served in the Methodist gospel harness 52 consecutive years as class leader, feels that he is now entitled to a paid up policy and has resigned. The late Hon. W. S. Wilcox, of the same city, was 50 years superintendent of the Baptist Sundayschool. These records are hard to eat. Jeff O'Connell comes next vith a register of 40 years in the "::iploy of the United States express mpany, but this gives him no :'nch on a reserved seat above the! :uture fire.