The Onion Crop

Oiir muil fruitmen liuvintf had a regular picnic in the matter of shipping Urge quantities of berries this aeason, t is now in order to say a word in reference to another enterprlse which is being boomed this year. We refcr to the onion erop which is being raised on tlie Black Muck lands on the old Knowlton farm, and lands rtclalmed by drainuge where once was the big tnmarack swamp th ree and a half miles south of our city. The raising of (00 bushels to the acre lust year on Prof. Steeie's land ha caused the other owners to rush into the business, and now üO acres of onions are growing on these lands which a few yeara ago were considered nearly worthless. The erop is looking remarkably well forsodry a seaaon, the deep black noli retaiiiinKsufflcient moteture to keep the erop preen and the bottoms growing. Theseed isplanted with a small dril] in rows of 12 inche8 apart, the onions are cultivated with a small hand cultivator, and what weeds are left in the rows are taken out by small boys, so there is nothng left to grow but onions. Ourenterprming merchanu, Wlnaiw & Stafford, havealready purchased il acres of this swamp land, and have a erop of 12 acres in onions this year, besides several acres in buckwheat now in blossom They also have built a model house for storing the onion erop, the outnido being made of open slat woik go that the erop can be thoroughly cured for murket, instead of laying in heaps upon the eronnd exposed to rain and frost. Through the center of the house is a passage way for the loaded wagons to euter and be emptied of their contents in tliree huge blus one abovï the other, on euch side of the passage with a capacity of 7,000 bushels. The erop is mostly bought by foreign buyers, wlio eome direct to ilie owiiers and make their contracts. The average prioa is about flfty cenU per bushei, but f the erop is light througli the county, the price sometimes goes up to oue dollar a buslicl. A tender foot in the real estáte business has a queer way of spelling souie of the streets of the city, tor insunce, "Korih," "Semetry," etc. Mrs. Mary C. Whiting has presented three bibles to the prisouersof the county jail, in tlie hope of lmproving their depraved aud iminor.il conditiou. The passage of the bilí allowing extra pension to soldier who lost a limb In the service wlll inórense the pension of such from $6 to f 3 per raouth, nccordlng to the disibility. There sn't very mach pressure on the water mains at the end of the lower town pipes, on the hill. The boys say that couldn'; throw over thirty fcet at the fire Sunday night. The Sunday Schools of the Baptist, Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian chiirehes wlll join in au excursión to Detroit and Luke St. Clair, Saturday. Tickets $1.00 and 50 cents. The latest thing out to shut off people whodeiiglit in repeating jests and stories that are rendered ruspectable by their age -the jests- is a little bell. The mayor lias one. His auditors have ordered some. Mrs. Renchler, corner of Washington and Fourth streets, who put up a crazy qullt, to bo drawu by one oftliose buvlnir a eertüin ainount of goods of lier, realzcd tliu liiuulsoine siun of $800 from her sales, ttiid Miss Mattie Wulz cariied away the prize. The oíd residence on the east slde of north State street, secón d door north of E. Oatharine street, is beiiig rolled off, and It íh expected tliat Mre. A. Keamey will erecta line new residence building in its place. An iinprovement that will be apiircciuted by resident of that viciuity. W". D. Green, formorly niíiuagcr ot tlie telephone exch:mpe of this city, now of Bay City, was marrled on Wednesday afteriioon last, to Mrs. Emilie Allen, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mra. Jay Taylor, in the 5th ward of this city. The state bourd oí equaliz-ition meets at Lnnsing August lGth. Tlils couuty will be offlcially represe il U-d by Hou! John J. Kobison, who will be aecompanied by Juilge Joslyn. The two have been delving into statistics for the past few dtiys, and will be in complete readiness for the array of mathematiciuns and assessment figuren. About 10} o'clock Suuday nighta large barn in the 5th ward, on what is known as the Wilkinson place, was found to be on tire and burned to the ground. There was a sraall nsurancfi. N7 nnntanta We understand that the property had been recently bought by the Northern brewery owner, near which it was located, and that it is the intention to erect a building soon on its site. Over in Flint when a tramp goe around to the hoiises and begs and makes a nuisance of himself generally, the lady of the house telephones down to the chief of pólice and n policeman is sent lifter the '-gentleman of leisure," n a hurry. If caught he has a ball uu'd fluim attached to lus eg and put to Work on the streets. Flint is a hard place for tramps, and tliey rve it a wide berth. Froni the present outlook coal will be about the same as last year. The prices now por town delivered, are: Grate $5.f0, egg $0.50, stove, nut and mixed each $5.75, No. 4 $C.0O, domestic lump $4.50, massillon $5.00, team $4.35, eannel $5.50 blackamith $7.00. Tlie only dltt'erence in prices from h corri'spondinfj period last year a on atove and No. 4, euoli of wliicli aro 25 cents cheaper tlüiu last year.