County Items

Tho contract for tbc new panengor depot has been let, so Bttd. The store of H. 8. Holmes has been puinted and othcrwise renovated. Sixty tickets wero sold for Detroit on Monday of last week. emancipation day. In the air : That thia place is to have s new hotel, and that it will be complcted bofore winter. Out-o'-door Sunday anemoon services are quite popular thia MU9B and geuerally well attended. Herald : " The fruit in this vieinity does not look well- most of the apple trees are shaking ofl" their fruit." Mr. David L Kent and MÏH Mary E. Ward, both of Sylvan, wero married on Sunday, Aug. Ut, by Hev. .1. L. Iludson. The Herald askn: " Where is the Haticock and Knglibh streainer that floated in tho brceze on Main street?" (Jone to hunt up the deruocratio enthusiasin which disappeared at the samo time, probably. R. Kompf and son are et'joying the cool and pure atiuosphfre of the Lake Superior región, while Mrs. Kempf ml family, together with Mrs. L. H. Briggs and Mis." Estella Koycc are at Pctoskey. Tho Herald proposc9to devote a column of (;pace hereafter to " soino of our walkabout gentlemen in Chelsea who nover seem to work for a living, dress weil and put on a good appearance, ftnd who get trnited in diy-goods aud groccry stores, or any where they oan, and will not pay their honest debts. Tomorrow, the 14tu, is the day fixed apon for the harvest picnic to bo given by tho good people of SylTWl nnd Lima at the grove of Dr. Gates. The following progratnme bas beon arranged for the occasion : Music by the band, prayor, thanksgiving anthem, address by W. K. Depew, musió by the band, toasts and NipOMtB, ïnusio by the band, organization, benedic tion. Mr. Charles II. Wines will bc the presiding officer of the day ; Waker C. Wineswill havo charge of'tho vocal musió, and Mortimer Freer of the instrumental music. Evcrybody is iuvitod, und a good time is expected. DEXÏEll. llogers & Coloman have ronted the Dexter milis. N. P. Kieth, of Detroit, is in town visiting his father. The Baptist Sunday school had picnic at Whitmore lake Wcdnesday. Mrs. V. R. Cushman, of Lansing, is visiting at her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8epcr. . l'oor reporters I Two of them have been attacked on the street this week. Thcy still live I The reform club excursión to the state capital will take place on the 17th inst. Fare for round trip, $1.2ö. The boys have been organizing a base ball club here, and are practicing fór a match game to take place soon. Chris. McGuinness, of Eaton llapids, paid our village a fiying visit last week. He reporta business good at his new bome. C. 0. Stickney, of Grand Rapids, well known to our young people here, is visiting in town this week. Many are glad to sec him. Mary A. Iloyt, who has been clerking in the postoffioe here for sonie years, resigned last week, and Lillie B. Lathrop bas been engaged to take her plaoe. The Dexter band has again a teacher. Mr. Cormany has been hired by the band, aud he is to move into town at once. We congratúlate the band and wish it succes. Mrs. Frank Perry, nee Martin, of Jefferson, Texas, is spending her midsummer vacation here, among the scènes of her younger days. She has been here for M. 8. Cook and W. I. Keal will attend the great Knigbts Templar gathering ia Chicago next week. They.are the only knights in Dexter so far as we know. The little boy is in nis glory. Tho circus is coming ! The proverbial little boy who is bent upon seeimz the show, even though he must stoop to the low business of crawling undef the canvass, is getting ready, and egerly watching and waiting for it. It is to be here on the 1 8th inst and has been extensively billed. "One of the candidates for probate judge is said to be J. T. Honey, of Dexter)" - Leader. We are authorized to contradict the above statement. Mr. Honey has not been and is not cow a candidate for any office before the people this fall. Change the name to Wm. E. Depcw, of Chelsea, whom wc are infurmcd is a candidato for the above office. MANCHESTER. The lock-up bas been put in rcpiiir ly the marshal. P. F. Blossor, who was badly burnod by an oil stove recently, is rceovering slowb'Union services are now held by the Baptist and Presbyterians, alternating churches. About twenty young people from this place went to Wampler's Lake, last Tuesday, for a week's camping out. The council have ordered a sewer on Maiden lane, giviug the contract for the same to Wm. Kyal, at $1.24 per rod. A summer festival, picnic and dance was held last Wednesday by the Germán workinginen's Hociety at üranger's grove. Tbe Enterprise gives an extended account of the attetnptat suïcide of Matthew Gall, a respected Germán, about 50 yeara oíd, who resides at Iron Creek, about five miles Bouthwest of Manchester. It seems that he had been suffering from disease some time, and that on the Saturday previdus he determined to end his sufferings by onding his life, and took arsenic with that intention. But he took too large a dose, and by the assistance of Dr. Kapp his life was saved. YPSILANTI. The band excursión on Thursday of last week was a success, both financially and socially. The Ypsilanti paper company have ghipped 80 tons of paper to San Francisco, Cal., since the lst of January, according to the Commercial. Ypsilantian: "A great niany of our citizens improve the oppsrtunity offered by the fine weatbcr, by driving to Ann Arbor. The museum has niany Ypsilanti visitors daily." Do not forget the State teachers' instituto to be held in Ypsilanti, commencing next Monday, the 16th inst. The ses6Íon will be one of iuterest, and educatore of note from various sections of the state will be in attendance. Sentinel : " It is said that Gov. Cross well is averse to removing Justice Skinner, notwithstanding his plea of guilty to the charge of intoxication. The Governor soems to think that when a community ha eleeted a man they must abidc by their ohoice during his term of office ; and we think the principie is a good one. Especially when the officer has shown nothing but what the electors might havo anticipated. If it was a practice to remove every delinquent official eleeted by the people, electors would pay less attention to the qualifications than they now do. Let them stand the consequences of their acts, and i;row careful."