County And Vicinity

North Lakerg claim the prize for big corn this year. Kelsey & Brown is the name of a new grocery flrm at Saline. lt takt-s 3,780 gallons of water daily to sprinkle the streets of Milan. The whortleberry pieker are almost as thick as the berries this year. Qeo. Woods marketed tlie flrst load of new wheat at Manchester last week. The Ladies Library of Dexterhas added several new booksto its list recently. A nlghtwatchman will look out for the business blocke of Saline vülage durin;: the dry weather. Mrs. J. D. Klef, of Manchester, dropped dead of heartd Isease, at Grass Lake.Tuesday of last week. H W. Wheeler, who llves one mlle this 8ide of Sallue, is improving hU farm with a new $1,200 residence. Mrs. J. C. Harrington of Chelsea, has gone to Palmyra, N. Y., to remain with her children a few months. Encouraging rains have fallen within a few miles, on all sides of ub, bilt not one has ble6sed us yet. - Chelsea Herald. C. Glenn living; near North Lake lias had a norse, colt and cow die within a short time. Pretty bad luck, that. Saline braga about geven babies and six days. Tliat's pretty good, but seven babies in one day ! How that for such dry weather? The oldest iuhabitants say they never knew a time when the dry season commenced so early and contlnued o long as the present.- Saline Observer. Manchester want9 a new bridge across the river at Exchange place, and lt is likely that the tax-payers will be asked to vote thereon. The present one is unsafe the town board ifflrin. The committees of the Norvell and Southern Washtenaw farmers' clubs met recently and deolded to hold their annual jesiiva! at Moore's hotel, Wrampler's lake on Wednesday, August 4th.- Manchester Enterprise. Monciay your scribe and family went berrying at Plainfield. Paid one dollar to go into the swarnp, staid an hour, got rained out, feit glad, thoughtof the potatoes at home, got thcre to ünd it had not rained at all.- North Lake cor. Chelsea Herald. Another give away. Have come and gone - lugged awny Iota of whisky and other thiugs- insulted the colors, their mothers and other niothers daughters- uselessly consumid state tax- raised "old ned " in general- somc gontloman - onmft terrnrn gnnc home to their ma's- state troops.- South Lyon Excelsior. Bkware! - Bogusagents are perambulating the country, selling to unsophislicated ruralists a powder preparation called ' petoneum," for preserving and keeping fresh any length of time vegejables that are usually canned or plckled. The powder is sald to be a fraud, and the agents swindlers. - Ex. It has been very dry,and crops have suffered for want of raio. In the summer of 1856 there were 24 days in succession without rain, in 1871 there were 42 days. In 1875, 26 days, in 187G, 20 days. The longest drought known in this country wn6 in 1762. No rain feil from the l?t of Muy until the lst of September, 123 days. - Enterprise. To show the general interest taken in base ball and the Detroit club in particular, we give an incident of last week. He carne in at the door and wanted to know if the editor was in, and aid : " I am the agent for a beauuful eugraving of the Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments. Say! what'B th latent Vm II nowa? Di.i Detroit scoop 8t. Louis ycsterdny ?"- Saline Observer. It didn't happen to be a North Lake man that patronized a secondclass establishment at Ann Arbor. Courier reporter glven away this time, and dear at that. - North Lake cor. Dexter Leader, Chelsea Herald, Etc. Somehow the above correspondent appears to be very familiar with that North Lake man. If he was not the man he should remember that peopie are often judged by the company they keep. A note from Mr. F. C. Wood, of Saline, announceg the death of their stock ram, the famotis M. S. Sheldon (48) 629, the sire of Diamond 814, the heaviest hearing ram ever known. He has to bis credit a dozen other heavy shearing rams, and a large number of evves. At the late State sliearing at Ann Arbor, Sheldon was represented by the heaviest sheep sheared. He was between seven and eight years old, was bred by C. P. Crane of Vermont, and of Atwood and Stickney blood. - Michigau Farmer. S. D. Williams of Fowlerville, has been engaged as principal of our school for this year, also Miss Nellie Greig and Miss Bertba Arms. The two latter have proven themselves competent tutors in their departments, and from recommendations and general appearances Mr. Williams has all the qualifications to flll the bilí as our principal. The Grammar departinent is yet to be supplied and the board are anxiously waiting for a geuuine feininine instructor for that department. - South Lyon Excelsior. The Belleville camp-meetlng, which commenceg Auir. lOth and doses Aug. 18, promircs to be more interesting than formerly. The grounds are about three miles fri m the village. There is a boanling house oa the grounds, and lots of good wuter. Wabash trains stop at the "Coy Bridge," a short distance from the groande. Omnibuses will convey passengers to and from the grounds. For any further particulars, circulars, etc, iiddres Rev. L. C. York, Belleville, Mich.- Milan Leader. We notice lately that the boys have again got into the habit of jumping on the platform of passenger trains and ridIng short distnnces, then jumping otf whlle the train is in motion. When one of tlicni loses a leg or an arm perhaps this sport will cease. In the meantiimthey had betler not let the mar.-hal cntcli them at it if they do not want lo i uk ¦ riist in the 0xlTnd be finedaftcrwaul- Mll m Leader. Tlicr. V ttn usi' talk'n l the boyson tliat "iilijecl Kuch tlii k-: " tliere i no d.mgir ut auyfhlajt liapp ing to me, l'in too smart for tli ii " The South Lyon Pkket ppeaka s mr pretty plaiu wordg about the soldier boys that are not extremely coinplimentary: "Encatnpmint of the stale troops has been and gone. Our people hove teen to see them, ttiat ia, a pirtion of tliem, and they still live. The g.meral verdict here is that they are a cr.iwil ut in8iilting touüli!". with tt conree -xcptinn-. With Ihlê year (he Ie se of M'. V mlerlip's farm expire and it is nol probable it will bu lensed UTitin, Onml Rápida i spoki n of as a po-sible . Citlzens of Grand Kapids, you have uur sympathy. Amen." i A Meting of tbe threahen in Injrharn I county liave adoptad and publlshed the followitig scale oí prices for the present geiison: Boheinian oats, $4 per 100 bu.; wheat, $3.50 , rye, $3.50; peas, $3.50; oats, common, $2. - Pinckney Dispatch. One of Ann Arbor's base ball clubs started out laat Taeaday on a bae buil tour. The firt place at whicli they stopped was oit quiet littlc villaje. Conspicuous attong tlicir belon;nrs were various tin liorns and au umpire, but no mascott. To the absenre of tliia latter piece of warfare was probably dup the uiinierciful drubblng they received at the hand of the home club. The score gtood '22 to 7 In favor of the home club. The Aun Arbor boys (Ud wel], but the Dexters outplayed both them and tbe umpire at every point. At the close of the game the Ann Arbor's started Immeiliately for Chelsea, in search of " new victims" aDd revengp, whicli they obtained by a score of 28 to 22. - Dexter Leader. KMAN'CIPATION CELEBRATION. The Ypsilantian of last week has the following noticea of the coming Emuncipatloo Celebratlon to be beid in that city, August 21:- The iirst of AuglUt which may be said to come on the second this year, will be eelebrated by our colored populatlon aud their gnestl trom nbroad a week froin next Monday. The conimittee of arrangements are ïnird at work looking nfter odds and ends, and expect to make the occasion one to be remembered. At 10 o'clock the procession will fonn at the corner of Adama and Conpress streets, and march to the depot to w-lcoine the visitors who are coming in large uunibers from 'l'oleilo, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Windsor and Chathani. The line of in:irch is thence to the Fair Grouiuls. In the procession will be tbe speakers of the day in carriage?, preceded by a baud of music. Xhere will be a goddess of libprly and thlrty-ciz dnkv belles representingtlie stalesof the Union, and the Good Samaritans and Michigan Mutual Benefit Society in regalia, on horseback and on foot The prooeWJon is in charge of Ihe marshals of the d:iy, ueaded by Ackaam Julm-on of Uiis city. At the fair proanda, alter prayer by R(-v. Alexander, readlog of tbe pmancipation proclamation by A. C. Koster, and trnisic by a (flee club of yonng colored gentlemen, the company will ait down to dinuer. At 2 o'clock Mayor Coinwell is expected to deliver an address of wclcome, to be followed by addrvwea by Hou 11. P. Jacobs, a Colured represent itive from Natchez, Miss., tlon. E. P. Allen ot oui own city, and Daniel Mills, a colored gentleman from Detroit. Hon. (J R. Whitmau is also expected to make a speech. Athletic prize sports will occupy the remaimler of the anemoon. In the evening there is tu hu a reception and ball at tbe Arcade rink, aml i'm tfaosr who do not wish to tread the m-i. the dance, a festival in Litrlii Quaid Hall. The arrangements are in the hamia of H. H Morton, .). 1Í. Johnson, J, C. Ainbio-e, A. C. Koster, and K. A. D 11 en It is ezpeoted that tliree thousand col'i peopie will p trtlelpate.