County And Vicinity

Ktv. Mr. Gal I iip hu accepted ¦ cali in Wisconsin. The Pinckney schoolhous'j was burned down recently. Eight new dwellings are ut present beingconstnwaed in Chelsea. The 8d nine of Dexter sscooplng everything In ttie way of niñea that come in its way. Mrs. M. S. Valentine, of Saline, lias returned frora a six montirí visit in Minnesota. Gov. Lune s nnnouneed to speak at Wliitinore Lake, Aug. 20th, at tlie tntmei's picnic. A missionary contribution at tlie K. B. cliurrh last Sunday morniug netted over $¦211- Stockbridge Sun. Mrs. Qeo. W. Lee of Ypsilanti lias sold lierline new resldence property there for $1,000 to E. O. Bowling. The Business Men's Association of Ypsilanti is preparing to send things booming down at tlie Normal city. Bridgewatcr's supervisor. Jas. N. Kress, isout 35 fleecea of wool stolen from liis granary recently. He ought to have sold out before. Gra?s Lake people are trying to instil new life intotlicir town by making 1 mer resort of a ten-acre isíand on tlie lake. -Stockbridge Sun. Tlie tbree-quarters of an acre patch on the Michigan poultry farm, produced 105 bualiels of strawberrios this eenson. - Saliiic Observen Yttmli Yuml Yuml Oh berry us! Mr. Geo. Hodge, who goes from Ypsilanti to Chicago, was presented with a purse of f 50 by Hev. Mr. Cheney before leaving, for bis earnest work in tlie Baptist church choir. The grove of H. C.Glen at North Lake U alive witli campers. They take meáis at the house ind spend the resnaining time Ín tlie grove and on the lake.- Ilerald. A. S. Osborn, son of Wm. B. Osborn of Sharon township, has purchasedan interest in tlie Búllalo (N. Y.) Business I niversity, lo which institution he has been a teacher for the past seven years. Why don't our village "dads"put up bilí boards on ech skle of the town hall door? At the present time it looks more like a bar n than a hall, with bilis tacked all over the door.- Chelsea Herald. The Dexter Leader man crows about the big playingqualities of the Dexter's base ball players in a way that is deafening to Ypsilanti, Chelsea, Saline, etc, and sort o' tickles the auricular nerves of the Ann Arbor boys. What little wheat there is in this vicinity will nearly all be in stack and barn this week. Afler feeding; the insects, an average of onlv about flve busheU to the acre is looked for. - North Lake pessimist In Dexter Leader. Prof. J. Mclnnis, principal in our union school last year bas secured a position in the public school at Rockland, Micb., in the upper península. He goes from here to Dcarborn, where he will remain until the time arrivés to begin work ia bis new field of labor. - Dexter Leader. The weather has been so hot for the past week that you could put a kettle tilled with cold water in the sun, and it would boil in fifteen minutes. - Chelsea Herald. It might trouble one to get it in the sun, hut if he 8ucceeded there would be no doubt about its boiling in that length of time. M ayor Corn well don't belieye they need any more light down at bis city of Ypsilanti, so be lias vetoed the resolution passed by the council, on a vote of 9 to 1, to pnrchase a plant of the Jenny Electric Light Co. of Imlianapolis, Ind., for the sum of $10,S7". The city to owu and opera te the plant. Take care how you let any machine oil or lubricator come in contact with a cut or scratchon your hand or arm.asserious blood poisoning may resul L In the manufacture of some of these machine oils fat from diseased and decomposed animáis is Uted. All physicians know how poisonous such matter Is. The only safe-guard is not to let any spot where the skin is broken be touched by any machine oil or lubricator. If you have a boy named Bill, or Bob, or Bui), or Torn, you need not foar that he will be drowned during the swimming season. The boy who has a plug name and whose huir stands up straight like hazei brush, and who has stone bruises on his feet, is not la any particular (langer ofdrowning. But if your boy lias curly halr, and if he wears shoes in the summer and bas a sweet name, you would better let hlm swim at home in the wash bowl. - Ex. Judge Harriman bas been here this week hearing, examining and allowing claims against the estáte of Enieline M. W'ait, deceased. Ed. Kinne, Esq., of Ann Arbor, nd J. V. Putchin, of this village appearcd as attorneys for Mr. Fellows, tlie executor, and Ilewett fc Freeman appeared for Mr. Wait. A uumber of wit nesses testitied, and a good many spectators were present. The case was adjourned to-day until August !, wheti it will be hiard in Ann Arbor. - Manchester Enterprise, July 1 1. Poultry raisers who have a deal of trouble with the hen that is bound to set will appreciatc this story from the ltural: Ever hear about our little red hen? Well, sir, abc was on the set for keeps. Couldn't keep her on". Old door knobs, soda botllr, hiini) chiinneys, match safes, anythlng was good enough for her. Finally I put her on three mud turtles, and I hope to die if she didn't batch out alligators! Yes, sir, three of 'cm ! One of 'ein eat her up, and when wo opened hlm, tbore was the old hen settin' on his back teeth.