County Items

McKuno'8 new brick block has been improved by an addition of a cornice. Mr. C. W. Riges hu reeuntly purchascd twelve eolonies of Italian boes. He bought thom at Lansing, and propoaes to have a sueoessful apiary. The dow depot building is to be a frame .itructuro of the Eastlakt; myle of architecture. The luuiber, stono und uiaterials for the sanie have arrived. Our town, as uual, on last Saturday cveniog was crowdcd with poople. The Chelsea band rendercd exuollent niusio, and the businoss men had a livoly trado. - Herald. Mr. James L Gilbort, of this village, while attonding the countv republican convontion, held at Ann Arbor recontly, WBH taken suddonly ill. He ruturned home aod wan vcry sick for a few days. He is now gotting botter. - Herald. DKXTER. Marian l'holps ia visiting in Ypsilanti tliiH week. II . 0. Tliompson ud wife, of Albion, re visiting here. D. P. Markey, of Ann Arbor, addressed the rofbrui club a-t Sunday nigbt. As far as uiadc np it looks ometbing tke this : Oarfield, Jer ome, Jaooba. The excursión froua this place to Lanaing Ijor been postponed to the 2fth inst. Faro, Í1. 25 tor the round trip. Rev. L. 1'. Davia rcturncd Tucmla; niht [rom 'the Sunday school asseiubly ut Orion, whore ho .-peut two weeks. Rev. Fr. Slattcrly has roturned froui Coney Island, accompained by a young eeclcsiastie from New York. Rev. Magoffin and family, M. S. Cook aud W. I. Keal, of this place, took a look at the knights in Chicago this weck. Clara Dale, of' Ypsilanti, speut a few days hero on her return trom Grand Rapid where sbe has been spending her vaoation. Two elegant statuea have been placed on the side alters in St. Joseph's church this week. They represent St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary. Cost. $200. The Chelsea Herald and the Manchester Enterprise have both aecured an able Dexter correspondent, and their readers will in the future find a fair share oí' Dextcr news in their columns. Miohael Tobin boards at hotel do Case in Aun Arbor, for fiftecn days, as a reward Por using threatening language towards his father, who lodged complaint against hm. Whisky did it, they say. Rogers & Coleman have dissolved partnership, and Harry Rogers bought out Coleman' 8 interest in the Dexter milis. O. II. Coleman isgoing to Michigan Centre to engage in his old business agam. We wish hilU 8UCC08S. L. L. James, an old and respected citizen of this village, died suudcnly last Tuesday forenoon. He bas been in fceble health for some time but wae not eonsidercd to be so near death's gate. He is aged about 75 years. Next Sunday morning the M. E. Sunday school will give a missionary ooncert on the subject of China. It will nay you to hear this concert. Learn something of China, its age, population, extent, mineral resourses, religión, etc. Snnday, 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Granger died suddenly at her daughter's roaidence in this village, Tuesday morning. She was visiting here, and apparently in good health, but as she walked across the floor Tuesday morning, Bhe dropped dead. She is 73 yoars old, and the mother of Gilbert Granger, of Webster. S. II. Wheeler showed us a curiosity the other day, which inaybe of some interest to your readers. Curiosities of various shapes and natures are seen iu museums und menageries, but this is a poultry curiosity, open to all. A spring pullet lias adoptod a sinall chioken and caroa for it faithfully. It clueks, gets cross and fights for lts adoptad just like an old hen. Next ? The speakers' platform in the reform club hall has boen transferred from the front to the back part of the hall. This will suit many of the young folks better than the old place did, because thoy now oan pass right down stairs when a speaker "strings out too long," without being noticed, you know. Much pleasanter to paus down away from the speaker than to go up and pass bitn in view of all the audience. Truly, as the Leader says, "Many thtnk this will be a great improvement." Tho game of oourting is one at which two can play. Such a game was played here between a bewitchingly pretty maid from New York and a native beau, at which the native was unmercifully beaten. A certain young lady frora the east visited here, and starightway a eertain young man was "struck." He paid gu'lant attentions to her regularly and frequentlv, taking her to partios, out riding, eto. Thinking the proper time had come, as report has it, he asked a certíin very important question. She askod him to coma the following eyoning tbr the answer. Thefbllowing evuning she was a married woman - but the sweet wif'e of another man, also from the east, and was off on her wedding tour. Beware, oh, youog men how you court engaged ladies 1 The Leader has a long articlo on the Baptist Sunday school picnic ut Whitmore lake last week. We are glad they had a good time. and as the Leader man.helped to fill the bilí, he should know whereof he speaks when he says. "there was just hrt'eza enouirh on the lt. to uiake the sail boat glide over it charmingly, ana every one seeined to enjoy it to their hearts' content." It is hard to teil, aoeordingto good report, who enjoyed it most, the man out on the lake unable to manage the sails so as to land ; thu crowd on the shore watching him for an hour, or the boys who procured a bot a mile off to rescue the uii'ortunate individual. Barring this omission, the report is aicepted by the leadin1? Baptists here as correct. But then, the Leader may not desire to expose a mau's lack of sai'ing knowledge, eh ? Charlie Briggs, oldest son of L. W. Biiggs of this village, met with a serious accident last Satu'day afternoon. He and a l'ttle boy started out on a hunting oxpodition (as too many of the young boys of this place do), and when crossing the cattle guards at the railroad crossing, near the village, he slipped and feil, the gun in some way struck on the hammers and both barrels wero dischareed, oassing throush his left arm above the eluow, completely severing blood vessels, nerves and bones. Clasping with bis right hand the shattered arm to stop tho flow of' blood, he imniediately startod to run to the vülage, only a few hundred yards, and oa'ling to his oompanion to run fur a doctor. Charle ran into Crampton's cprriage shop, and requesting some one to tio a handkerchief around his arin, remarkcd, 'Tin bloeding." The boy, with his arm dangling at bis side, who can have such presenco of inind is made of brave material. Well, as luck would have it, it po happened that a'l the doctors were in towu. He was at once taken to Dr. Howoll's ofBce, and there his arm was nmputatod near the shoulder by Dr. Taylor, assisted by Drs. Howcll, Ijöc and Ziegenfuss. He is doing well since the operation. This accident was a great shock for his parents, as they both lok him well when they went away, and both found him a cripple for life upon their return homo. They havo the sincere syuipathy ot their hosts of fiiends in the entiro neighborhood. This sad accident has a moral for all the young boys here, but as they will .soon f'orget it and di-regard it, we shnll not point it out. MANCIIKSTER. Tho Germán workingmens' picnic last Wedncsday was a success everyway. T. C. Sherwood has gone to Cascville, Hurou oouuty, to accept u clurkship in a store. The troublesome Saline road is to be pat in the hands of the couuty surveyor for settlement. Mr. L. Kirclihoferhas nurchased 54,000 lbs. of wool which m all delivered at this town this scason. Tho Presbytcrian ehurch is being thoroughly repaired. New shingles, new plastenng, and new carpeta. Rev. W. F. Matthcws, of the Presbyterian church, is at Chautauqua, N. Y., with his wife, on a month's euvo of absence. M. Bronner, of tho Goodyoar house, is a member of company A, of Ann Arbor, and went into camp at Kaluruazo with the boys. Thoa. Logan, of this township, had 2,6113 bushels of wheat from 9fi acres. He also had 620 bushels of oats. Said to be the largest erop in the township. VanGieson Brothers, of Bridgewater, sold to Kirchhofcr, Tuesday. 155fleeces of wool, weighing 2,02:5 pounds; and J. M. Kress, of the same township, sold 172 floeces, whioh weighed 2,106 pounds. The price paid was 27 and 24 cents.- Enterprise. The farmors' club held a meeting reoently at tho residence of S. M. Merrithew, in Sharon. "What is the best variety ol wheut?" was lavishly discussed, and the fact settled that, 1} to li bushels of wheat were sufficient for eeeding. Tho next meeting will bo beid at B. G. Knglish's, in Manchester township, when "fall aud wint. r HM of sheep" will be discussed. YPSII.ANTI. Fred Cutler is visiting his old home, tin Follet house. VA. Hogan, the Jaokson balooniot, was a former Ypsilanti boy. The Moorman blook, corner of Congress and Huron streots, is having a new front put in. Rev. J. II. Scott will addrcHs tho utiior ¦Meting at the rrcsbyterian ohurch next Sunday eveniog. Subject, temporalice. The residejico of Owen O' Niel, on Concress street, was burncd on Friday night of ast week. Inocndiary. Partially itmured. John McCullouKh, the trapedian, will nlay at no place in this Htate this scason, ut of Detroit, oxocpt Ypnilanti.- Ypsiuntian. The editor of the Ypailantian aoknowlclgee that ho oannot lo four thingi at once. It is gratifying to get these oditors pinoed down to a limit, oocasionally. ou know tho pcople all think there is nothin ïinwssible with thcm, nd troat them accordngly. This city in happy in having both th democratie and ropublican candidatos for members of tlie state board of eduoatioc. [t will be pretty diffioult to cheat her out Í the ectiuine article, now. Ed?ar Rex"ord is the republioan Oandidate and Albort [Jranc the democratie