County And Vicinity

Counly pioneer society niuets tO-dsy. The lighlning rod man has been strikin; Dexter folks. , H. C. Sill, Milan's hardware merchant, was married an the 19th uit. John Croarkin lias sold li is store in Dexter to Tlios. Burns for $3,000. Dr. Chas. Howell and wife of Alpena, have been vtlMng old ("rienda in Dexter. Tim Fallen, or Chelsea. who has been sulï'ering froni i braken leg, is out once more. Over in Saline they hangsleigh bells in the pear trees to ring an alarm in case the boys eome cooning. It Is rumorod that Tommy MeXamara was married Tuesday, at AÏin Arbor, to Miss Ella Diincer.- Herald. Miss Clara M., eldest daughter of V. M. Baker, of Sbtren, was married á.us I lili at Mitchell, III., to John W. Img. The editor ot the Manchester Enterprise probably receives more apples and "sich,'" than ;iny other editor in the county. Mrs. II. L. Kelsey and daughter of Vork, Wasbtehaw Cu, are guestsHt John Deriiidinger's. - South Lyon Excelsior. Schools throughout the poimty vcry generally oom mence nexr Mondsy, and there is a general flxfng up óf íhe culidren for the event. Godfrey J. Dierterle of Deirolt, was married August 23th, to Miss Louise Younihans, of Manchester, at the retidence of the bride's parents. George C. Osborn, aged 26 years, died at his home in Sharon on An$, SM. He was a son of W. B. Osborn of Sharon. and a young man of much promise. B. II. Marsh was elected secretary of the republican county committee, at the recent convention at Ann Arbor. Dick will conduct his part of the program in the coming campaign for the grentest pood of his party. He will have his office in this village.- Saline Observer. There is one man here who has worked on the railroad all sunimer, and so the last pay day he thoujrlit lie would celébrate and celébrate he did by getting very druuk and probably liis time will cost liiin his suminer"s wages.- South Lyon Excelsior. Pretty expensive fun, eh ? The following are the dates of the fall series of teachers' examinations whicli wil] be held as follows: At Ypsilanti, Sept. llth, in union school building: at Manchester, Sept. 18th, in union school building; at Ann Arbor, Oct. 30tli, in court bouse; at Dexter, Xov. Bth, In union school building. Dr. Sheldon informs us that the (feil commissioners told him that the salmón did not do well In Wrampler's lake, but that the whltefllb and eels are tliriTiiijr splendidly. He says that if they would quit speariiifr üsh there, tlie lake would soon be a grand place for fishing. - Manchester Enterprise. Newspapers are always useful, but tho latest idea is to use old ones for sweeping purposes. Wet newspapers wrong nearly dry, torn in pieces and the shred scattered about upon the carpet are much better to use than tea leavee when sweeping, they collect the dust and do not soil tbc carpet. -South Lyon Ticket. An Arkansas farmer says that last year, when 'coons made havoc in his cornfield, he went to the drug store to buy sitychnine with which to kill them: By mistake the druggist gave him morphine, and the next morning he jfound his Held full of sleeping .'coons. He advises the use of morphine ïnstead of strychnine. At a meeting of the Young Me u's ropublican club held Friüay eveniDg at Ypsilanti, the following offlcers were elected : President, Joe Manning; vioe president, Frank Holmes; secretary, Edward Thompson ; treasurer, J. B. Wortley. Much enthusiasm was expressed and prospects are favorable fora lively campaign in this vicinity. Rev. Dr. Robinson delivered a good sermon to the young men and women last Sunday evcning, on the subject of " wild oats." But, in speaking of local instances of playfulness carried to the extreme, we think he did the botter clas3 of fooog men a wrong in speaking of them generally in connection with these depredatlons. While we would not try to palliate in the least the wrong-doings of a certnln class, we think it liardly right to put all young men in the same category.- Saline Observe r. The republican congressional convention for the second district was held at Adrián on tlie 25th. Capt. E. P. Allen, of Ypsilanti, was nominated on the second ballot as the candidate for represcntative in congress from tbat district. The captain was the candidate two years ago and was only defeated by a plurality of4ü votes. Ilis opponent lias oot yet been nominated, but the race, when fairly started, promiscs to be an exceedingly' interesting one.- Brightou Citizen. In excavating for the west abutmeit for the Exchange Place bridge, at a depth of about 12 feet belowthe surface, theworktuen carne to gome timbéis whicli, upon inquiringof someot theoldest inhabitants we found were used to stop a break at the west end of the tirst bridge built across the stream. It was about 1850. The water rushed through the roadway and threatened to do great damage to the ra 11 property, but the farmers, and In fact everybody for miles around, turned out and helped to pile in the timbera and dirt. The lirst bridge had no railling and the plaiiking nearly touched the water. The timbers taken out are apparently as sound as when firet put in.- Manchester Enterprise. , AUGUSTA WIKE MtnDERER. l''rom the Ypsilantl Commercial, 2ïth. Bttween 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday,(26th Aug.) Swayne Wells a farmer reslding about one-half rulle north of AVlllJs station got into a quarrel with big wife and in his rage cut her throat from ear to ear l'licy were sitting on the bed when thé act was committed. She ran to the door where her strength gave out, and she Ml just outside. Her two children came home from school, and seeing their dead mother alarmed the neighbors. Wells was found walking up and down in the granary. The oitlcer being afraid to arrest liim Martin Kyan was deputized to get him, and he did. Wells was brought to Ypsilanti and lodged in the jail. He is either insane or playlng that dodge. Ile contiiiuallv walks the cell muttering sometliin; - " I have lost my land and everything. I c:m't find my papers anywhere,1' etc. It sueins that liis niother-in-law gave hlin the farm on condltiou he paid part iu a given time- táklng u security a mortgage. He did not come up to time and she wa9 about to foreclose, (as he was managing badly) which probably drove him to the act. Swayne Wells is a inauuf about 40 year. He is of medium height and wears a mustache. Hls wife Llda Wells was about 32 or33, had black hair and light complexion. She is said to have been a beautiful voBMUL The air brakcs on the evcuing passenI ger train froni the west refused to work when the train arri?ed here Monday evenins and, although the engineer reyersed his engine and the train men worked nolily at ttie brakes, they dashed into a G. T. freight train standing across the track at the rate of 15 miles an hour. A car of coal was lifted completely from the track and a box car smashed while tlie engine was disabled so it would not work. The diamond was also torn up. No one severoly injured, although Lee Waring wasconsiderably bruised up, and the flreman wlio jumped sptalned liis arm badly. The excursion train was held at Salem until the wreek was cleared for them to pass -