County And Vicinity

The Dexter Leader quotes butter tt 15c per Ib. Wuat rank? InsectB are reported in the ivheat in various parte of the county. Dexter hesitates on the electiic lights It i a fine liglit gentlemen. Dexter folks hope to take the cara from their new depot by Jan. l."tli. John Sehlefasten, of Dexter township is building a larffe new baru. The Dexter Leader can be obtained for $1.00 per year, if paid in advance. The Manchester Presbyterian luilies made $75 at a fair and festival last week. Jas. Kelly is the new eomminder and Saín Davis adjntant of the O. A. H. Post of Manchester. All of Dexter's merchants are in favor of closing up at 8 o'clock p. m., says the Leader, and still it is not done. A bazaar is to be held at Ypsilanti by the ladies of the Presbvterian church, of that city, to-raorrow and next day. Hev, O. C. Bailey of Dexter, received a donation of $71, the other evening, and the wcather wae niighty bad at that. Thos. Uirkett, of Biikett, in this county, was un fortúnate eaougb to lose Iris will at i'etoskey, by tire on the 5th inst. Ypsilanti will have a tobogíran f]de. Messrs. Guy Daris, Frecl. Hale, Ed.Wallace and Fred Stebbins, are tlie projectors. The sneak tliief is agBin lieard from n this vicinity. Look out lor hhn, and be ready to sílve hiui a warm reception. - Chelsea Echo. Ordinary marsh hay brings $6.00 per ton in this market, which is the lirst time for many years that t would sell at any price. - Chelsea Kcbo. Meridian Chapter R. A. M. Manchester: H. !.- P. F. Blosscr: King- Arthur Case ; Scribe - B. G. Lovejuy; Treas. - J. A. Lynch; Secy. - A. F. Fieenian. The K. O. T. M, ana the I. O. O. F. of tliis place will tit up a huil in the third story of the Jenney building, to be used htreafter as a loilge room. - Dexter Leader. The new Oonjfregational church at Salein, will be dedicated OU the 2!Hh lüét, and aniKiig the divines to be present npon the oicasi.ui is Rev. Dr. Kyiler, of Ann Arbor. Neither the removal of the transfer business from bouth Lyon or the narriafte of its editor in;ike any dill'erence with the South Lyon Picket. If anything it grows belter aud butter. Tlie South Lyon Picket complains bit;erly of the wrongs done tliat place bj' the railroads centering there, and wants some legislation this winter to right the wrongs intlicted upon its people. The total taxes of Saline townsliip for this year, amount to $8,145-99. State tax, $1,928.98; county tax, $1,011.33; schooltas, $2,910.87; drain tax, $14.61; bridge tax, 800; dog tax, $139.- Saline Observer. There was more wood ent last winter ;hau for some lime previous-, and that accounts for its being so plenty in tnurket. lt is very fortúnate, however, as there seetns to be a scarcity of coal. - Manchester Enterprise. Manchester Lodjre No. 148 F. & A. M Manchester: W. M - AlbertCase; S V. - J. F. Nestel]; J. W- F. Spaard; 8. D. - B. O. Hill; J. D.- F. G. Briegel; Treas. - G. J. Haeusler; Secy.- Ed. E. Koot, Chaplain- W. H. Poule. Sometimes a farmer will eet blue and think, "Well, I must stop my piper, I eannot afford to take it any longer." The ;ruth Is no farmer can afford to be without his county paper. He w ill lose more n one inonth, olten ia one week, than the cost of tüe paper for a whole year. We eannot too strongly urge opon our readers the necesslty of umiiit precaution n the spread of diphtheria. Severnl OMM are reported in Salem and Northlield tnd each family sliould carefully examine ;heir own premises and see that tliey are iept perfectly clean. Rotten apples or vegetables of any kind are said to be a druwinjr card for the disease, therefore leep y our cellars cleaned out. - South Lyon Picket. We learn that Henry Gardner of Sharon, lias shown unmistakable signs of Insanity of late and the oiiicers have been nstructed to tuke himto Ann Arbor. A good many people think thut he was as crazy as ever when taken from the asyluin, and hope that he will be placed where he can do no iujury hereaf',er. He has a iinall barn in which he secretes hiinself and it would be a sorry job for anyone to attemft to take him from his stronhold. - Manchester Enterprise. OMTUARY- JANE D. SAWYKK. From the Chelsea Ucrald. At a quarUr past seven o'clock, on the afternoon of Noy. 30th, 1886, she left us. While it is a great allliction to us it was lttlnj( 8he sliould go. She had tiniehed a ife of seventy-two years and ten months of great usefulness, and in the evening of icr days she quietly feil asleep and passed beyond the rivor. to join the loved ones n the great beyond. She has gone but she has left behind her the sweet memory of the many acts of kindness and words of enderness administered by her at the bedoide, and in the liour of Deed, of tliose who were blcsscd with her piesence. One of a family of four daujrhters, born n the early settlement of western New York, she was reared to habitsof industry and f rugality. She could not countenance ndolence but tailed not to supply with a iberal hand the truly unfortiinnte wlio came to her notice. Accustomed to viw all KUbjectá trom a practical stauilpoiut, a stranger to fear or flattery, she was indebted to Do one for her opiuions, and sought no privacy in which to exprefl hem. To her, lite was earnest and lull of duties. She spared berwlf ncitlier labor nor pui ii8, and left no obligations undiscliartred, if fouud within the range of her possibilities. Being human slie loved her rienda and never vvearied of doing good unto them; and died in the belief that to do her wlmle duly every hour, according to the dictatet of herconscience, was most iltMMin; and acceptable to G(k1. Shi; was the daugliter of Peter Bush, ute of Caroline, Tompkini Co., New York, and leaves surviving her three sisers: Sarah, wifcot' M. J. lludler, of llr.i-.Lake, Micli.; Maria, widow of Hurry Mott, late of Ithaca, N. Y., and Eliza, widow of Peter Decker, late of Marbletown. Ulster Co., N. Y. She was born in Caroline and there married her present husband, Lorenzo Sawyer. Unto them was born oiik child, Dinna Majrgie Sawyer, now deceased. In 1807 the family moved from Caroline to Chelsea, Mich., rbere tliey have ïlnce resided. From the death of Maggie, May 10, 1884, she has coni-taiitly declined in health until, at last, she has goue to joiu hor in the land thut knows no parting. There is a daily attemlance of nearly 25 children at the unión and Germán school of the village.- Saline Observer. Wiltsie post G. A. R., Saline, has J. II. Fish for cominander; S. II. Moore, quartermaster; L. d. Pierce, chaplain. Manchester folks propose to havo a biff jollilication, Mondar, Dec. 20th, over the opening of the roller milis at that place. It is possible for farmeri win ar; willing to wnrk to provide very comfortable winter quarters for stock vvith little or no inoney expende. If a sicle hül isstill avail¦bic, dig a cellar in its side large enoiifrh for beveral ttabtoa. Cover it with any mu:li Ininber. Good atrong poles from the woods are best, and theu roof with Btraw. Even buckwbeat straw, wortlilos for any otlier use, answers to keep out cold and snow for a single season. By putting on plenty of straw, even rain will not go tlirough, and the place can be made as comfortable as the basement of a costly barn. These are the times when farmers vvish to economize in every wav possible, and tho.e who cannot ufford to build.can less afford to have their stock