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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
December
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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Uabella County Enterprise: A nocqaito Came out of its hol? and pive nur d'vil u pre.tty, pretty ottg tlic ofber day. Guess il bad a dream lik "Kip VanWinkle" and carne out rejokeing to Ihink (bat it stiu livcd. Battle Greek Mpon : A sehoolntaater ia this viciniiy applled td a justice of the peHce to know what punfshtneni he eonld inflict on the ¦bi:_' jjirls," wliicli he said annoyed hirn dreadfully. Thejuttce,after a tearching exumination ot Cooley on Coustitutional limitation-. adviaed t lie perplexed inaster tliat tic coold marry one of 'cm, whiiii puntahmeiit would be thoroujrhly lawful. Hul y Adveitiscr: Last week the county treasurer concluded to have the time nttacbraeiita mi the ooqnty safe lock cleaned, mi look i off and Bent t to a watch-repairer's shop. Wheii tbc time oadie to close tlic sale it bad in t been leturned, and lie deolded the lock could lic run jut as well without the time part, bul when he wanted to open it the next mornlng changed bis inind, and experts from ( neinnati and Chicago have been hainmerlng and poundIng ii ever sinci-, but ttisexpected tbiit it will Boon be made to give up its sonteuts. Adrián Press: Judge Howell recently found hlinself very unpleasantl; rituated. lic i eonstantly forwarding to tlic printer in Detroit bil manuscript oi the coinpilcil laws. H lately toiuanled thirty pages of the'Vopy" wliich failed to reach its addre-.- and the only iilternative left to the Judge was to "fail to'' and do the work it;ain. About tlie time lie liad got fuiiiv at wiuk he receivcd word Iliat tlie copy luid reacbed its destination, it having lirst gone to Detroit, lowa. What will printers do witli tlie Jndge't chirography, it puntal clerks mal.c Iown of Micli.y Qnincy Hi raid: In July last, while Otis L. Kuiler was at work on tlie farm of Dr Glc ason. noi th of the village, he picked up a mass ol copper wetgtiinjf 11 pounds and two" ounces. Kecently this lind has come into tlic pouession of ffirara Bennètt who Un given Minicwliat of an iiivestijiation to the iccasion of Bucli a piece of oopMr belnjc fouud hercnliout. Mr. iiennett Informe Ui thai Bereml years ugo a similar nug!;ct was found o'i the atme farm, and the puiity of the metal, lts ahupe and evidencc tliat U is in its original condition, are sufflc.ient to establish it. remora] as t;ikiiiL' place at the time of the glacial period. Coldualcr Ele publican: We had supposcd ariuury hall to be among the thi.igs of the pa-t, anti werc, theicfoic, somewhat sarprised at bcholdiug it in the window of MycrV bnkerr. Tbere it is, with its steep root. k)Hg Windows, in tact the only tliin; we mlm is the bül-boaids wliich used to decórate the front. Even the man is discovered ál tlie nar end uith the tire-box in hand. about to enter the door and lire the building: rnany are sure they recognize him, still, thcir oplnions seem to difler. The building is built eutirely of candy, and is about tincc tcet lona by two in height. It is one ot the most dillicult branches of TTork in tin, oonfofltinnoi'ji lino, iiid whí made entire at this instltuüon. It will be on exhibition until alter the hoüdays. Alpena A : One day last week, Dan MeCallutn uastakiug a load of supplies trom this city to celar railwav tic camp at tbc head of Long Lake. Part of the journcy was made on Long I.ake inch bak been froceii over tor BOtne time. McCalluni had got ithiii a lew yards ot the OOTta end ol the lakc, when the BOrSM BUddenly broke throiwh the ice. and were i ui 1 1 1 1 diately followed by the wagon. The water at the place whcre the horses broke throufh wal about tu'cnty-one fcet dec]i. One ot' tlic hor-cs ml drouncd and McCallum hadalo a very narrow escape from drowning. The wajfOn and supplies were lishcd out of the water. The loss will be fully one hundied and ti i Cv dollars, and is a seyere bluw to Jlr McCaflum. Tecuinseli llerald: Last week our village sextou, John MeConnell, had occasion to remove the reinains of a person who had been bnried twdve years. The coffln was louncl in such a decomposed state that it eruiiihlcd into sniall pieces; the flesh had cntiii'iy dtiappeared trom the corp-e, and the clothlng upon it had wasted into nolhingneffl. The bonm of the body werc so Miltencd tliat they droppeil apart on belng moved. Uut a heavy hlacksilk neck bandkerchiaf arouud the neck of the body w:is found in a perfect state of preservation. The t-ilk was not even tadcd and the texture ot the cloth ccincd to be as stroug as on the day It was placed in the ground. The cravat was kept by the friends of the deceased ag a memento. This is a rtrlking illustration of the peculiar preservativo qualities of .-ilk. Howell Hi'pulilican: l.ast Frklay, quite a niimber of went to the stock vards at our depot to look at three car-loads of holiday cattle that BwiUer A Aekley of this place, were shipplag. The eattle were puicliased ot !-ome ot' the best farmer in the COUnty, and justly attraded much attention. The ajrgragate weight of the three cars ua.-abctii 8AÍOO0 1 lis . and some ol the Ctttle sold in liull'.do at S] per pound. In spcaking of this lot of cattle, the Farmer of this week sajt: "Strlteer iV: Aekley, of Howell, had in miiiic 10 h ad. hich would ! bard t" beat in anv hcnl taken altoL'ctlier. A.tBOBg lhem were two twin steels, raised and led by A. C. & H. EL Switci, of thll tirm, uhich lor quality werc not excelled by aiiything in the yards. They wltb the rest of this lot, were contractcd tor by HuM'.ilo partiet, and were not oli'cred tol U Ppiiliac Oazette: A contequentiaJ, hightonetl gnntteman, lasl Baturday evenlnjr, callad ti tlic sboe stuv al Charlea H. (iohijj. Alter enquirilijt of the clcrk as to Me probuble whereitboati of Jadge lt;illwin, the oounty treasarw, and other prominent pei8one, be took from his pocket a niemonindutn i aome bsota und thoet lie to purebaae. After fludlng what he wanted uiiil the pi ces ii be satiefactory, lic gaid h WOU ld Ic.ivc tlicin 11 ii t i l Muiiilay ¦norning, when I1 wuulii go to the liank, yct ilic nioney and pay for theui, in the unan [line (flvlng name in his own iiaiiil writing, i K. s. Russetl). He called Moaday Mornln, wyiiig be would like to put tliu rubbers on untll the banlcopaaed. Palllng tu put in ii it appearance as per iigreeweut, Wr. tlniiir atleuipted to flnd iiiin. bul ouly lucceeded In Sndlog his trackB. At ijirtl iV" Hamlin's he seCCled M ¦ clothea wltb tbe aame pretencea and ji(imic-, lailing to secure b pair of pauta, on iiic pretexl "i navtag iiis old oaw pro wet!, öo ba au we Itnow, ba left town, jumping liis blll ut the hotel. Humor anyi be has beeti regfuter ol deedi at Midland, in state.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News