Local Affairs

- President Angelí and wife returaed home yesterday. - The new Court House bell is in place. Clock uot yet up. - Sam. B. ltevenaugh photographed the Conference yesterday noon. - It is giyen out that the projected Greenback paper will uot be started. - Vigilant Fire Company give au excursión to Toledo and Put-in-Bay to-day. - Miss liebecca Heuriques is enlaiging aud improving her house on Fitth street. - J. H. Shepard, late of Marquette, is the naw principal of the Saline Union School. - R. A. Beal is buiding an addition to hi8 house, corner of División and Liberty streets. - Twenty tons of iron is the estimated amount necessary to strengtheu those Court House floors. - The long-heralded Anu Arbor Democrat has made its appearance, and the Huron stil 1 runsdown-stream. - Time, Tuesday, morning ; sex, a girl ; weight,,12 Ibs.; " at home " at the residence of A. VV. Ames. Newspapers must " riz." - Within a few weeks James H. Hamilton has purchased 3,600 sheep in this couuty and ehipped them to Taylorsville, Texas. - The authonties of the iusane asylum at Pontiac sent an ofricer to thi3 city on Saturday last, and H. A. Hyde returned with hitn. - The Republican County Convention, to nomínate caudidates for county oflicers, has been called to be held in tliis city September 26. - To get your half-fare tickets to the State Fair next week you must buy them at the ticket office. Full faro will be collected on the train. - The recent census of the Dexter Union School district shows the number of children between 5 and 20 years to be 435. The Manchester district reporta 379. - The Saline Standard is poking sharp sticks and "the law" at parties ordering it discontiuued or refusiug to take it from the office without paying arrearages. - Peaches and Peach-Cxrowing : that was the topic discussed by J. D. Baldwin and others at the meeting of the County Pomológica 1 Society on Saturday afternoon last. - John C. Bad has our thanks for a basket of superb Late Crawford peaches, - just such peaches as Bird knows how to grow. Our ministerial guests will test thera to-day. - W. A. Buntiug has been appointed station agent at 3-eddes ou the M. G. R. E , and at Scio our Granger and Greenback friend, G. A. Peters, hos given place to J. H. Bvarts. - The Gorman Lodge of A. O. U. W. has appointed a committee, consisting of Albrecht Gwinner, George Haller, and John Heintzman, to solicit subscriptions for the yellow fever sufferers. - A switch is to be put in at the junction of the Michigan Central and Toledo and Ann Arbor railroads, so tliat freight cars may be run from one depot to the other and a transfer of freight facilitated. - Peleg Marshall has the contract for building a fine house for Israel Hall, ou Monroe street, next west of the residence of A. J. Sawyer. H. Bamster will do the mason work. It is to be done by January 1. - B. E. Nichols placed the editor's family under obligations a few days ago for a basket of the very best peaches they had been privileged to eat this year. Early Crawfords, thoroughly ripe, sweet, and juicy. - Saline Standard: Shipments of wheat from Saline duriug the mouth of August : Huil & Lawrence, sixty-nine cars ; Clark fc Edmund8, fifty-two, and D. Honning five cara ; total, 126 cars. Average, 380 bushels per car ; total, 46,880 buEhels. - Uouldu't those finíala or slender iron what-you-call-'em which ornament (or don't ornament) the tower gables over the openinga for the clock dials be coaverted to some useful purpose, say to wrapping around and strengtheuing those weak joist ? - Miss Ellen Morse has had two houses built this season and thoroughly overhauled another: two on Bowery street and one on North street. With a few more such enterprising ladies as Miss Morso our mechanics would be full of business. - L. L. Forsyth, au Abgtjs subscriber aged 79 years, came up from Ypsilauti a few days ago to renew his subscription, and after a plea8aut cali went to the depot aud not findiug a train due for some hours walked the whole distauce home, 9 miles. - We are requested to say that the trastees of the Congregational Church will pay a reward of $50 for the detectïon, arrest, and conviction of the person3 (we should say vandals) who have broken or shall hereafter break any of the wiudows of their church. - On Monday Justice Clark levied a contribution of ÏG upon Jacob Walker. Drunk and disorderly. The same day he gave Martin O'Flarity a ticket of admission to Case's hotel for ten days, - in default of paying a fine of $8. "Tipplar and drunkard." - Mrs. Anna L. Cook, widow of the late Solou Cook, died at the residence of her danghter, Mrs. C. C. Clark, on Tuesday last. Mrs. Cook has lived in this city continuously since 1831, and was well knowu to all the older inhabitants. She was 78 years old. - At a meeting of the Court House Building Committee held on Mouday last the action adopting the Grand Kapids plans for furniture was reconsiderad. Mr. McPhorson is to present plans to the committee next Monday, and if approved seaied bids from manufacturera will be invited. - On Thursday evening of last week James Jones and wife, of the Fifth ward, celebrated their golden wedding. Cbildren, grandclnldren, great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends to the number of 52 joined m eating tlie provided feust. The valuahle presents included gold coin to the amount of over $100. - Inspector-lxeueral L. W. Heath reviewed and inspected Company A on Monday evening at the Armory. Duriug the review the Uompuny was serenaded by the Ypsilanti 'City Band, after which cama an exhibítion drill by the Band, followed bv ice-cream, lemonade, and the cigars. The Band also serenaded Rev. Wyllys Hall, regimental chaplain. - At Manchester on Monday evening, the 20th tart', J. D. Van Duyn and M. D. Case were elected school trustees for the ensuing term. The expenses of the school for the commg yenr were estimated at $3,485, of which $2,566 were ordered raiBed by tax ; the balance to come from primary school fund, two mili tax, and non-resident tuition. - Some days ago- m the height of the peacli season- B. E. Nichols telegraphed to a lieuton Harbor manufacturar for four hun(Ired peach baskets. Four thousand came The dispatch on file in the telegraph office reads plainly "four hundred," the dispatch received at Beuton Haibor read as plainly "four thonsaud." Somo telegraph operator blundered. - The Bice-Knox Coucert on Wednesdny evening was not Iargely attended, but the fortúnate ones present expressed the greatest satisfaction. A seoond concert was given last evening in aid of the yellow fever mifferers. - At the recent animal school meeting of Dexter Union School district (No. 9 ot Scio and Webster) George S. Sill and James T Honey were electecl trustees. The axpenditures of the last year were reported at $3,478.41, and the necessities oí the coming year estimated at 84,030, to which tho meeting added Ï200 tor a fence. The tnx voted was $2,125. - During Saturday night last John Walker, a painter working for Handy & Wurster, was assaulted by Jack Keegan. Walker ndvised the officers and Keega was immediately arrested and lodged iti jail. üa Tuesday A. R. Hall, knocked down and robbed ou Boweiy street on the evening of August 27- near the same place where Walker was assaulted - made a complaint against Keegan, charging him with the crime. - Judge Huntingtou camo down on Friday afternoon last and held a very brief adjourned term. A motion was granted to amend bill of exceptions in the appeal case iuvolving the claim of Sarah C. Schermerhorn against estáte of Fred. Basom. In Mary C. Gladwin vs Theodore Taylor et al., judgment entered for plaintiff against all the defendants except H. D. Bennett, for costs to be taxed, and in favor of Bennett for his costs. - During Wednesday night last a man named Charles Suschow, who was stopping at Diehl's Hotel, feil out of a window and broke a leg. The night before he had occupied a room ou the lower floor, but night that his room had been changed, which forgetting he raised the window as an easier exit from the room than by the door, with the result stated. He refused to have his leg amputated and on Suuday feil out of bed further injuring it. On Mondayhe was removed to the house of Emile Uleff, near Kelief Park, and during Monday night died. An mquest was held by Goroner Clark, aud a verdict rendered in accordance with above facts. No intoxication was disclosed.