Local Affairs

- A Hook and Ladder Compauy is being organized at Manchester. - Aid. HUI, of the Síxth ward, has been wresthng with the ague. - Moses Soabolt has put a porch across the front of his house on Fittli straet In the Fourth ward. - The Saline SUtneUM says : "One hundred six year old little ones are attending our Union School." - At the regular meeting of the Board of EJucation ou Tuesday evening J. L. Burleigh was elected Secretary. - The M. C. B. K. Company is replaciug the wooden bridge over the Huron, at Geddes, tour miles below this city, with au iron one. - It only takes 3 cents a week to pay the regular yearly subscriptiou to the Abous. Teil your neighbor that when he aaks to borrow this uumber. - A fence : that is what is needed aloiig the T. & A. A. R. R. and that iramediately. Runuing ov r bulis, oxeu, cows, sheep, etc, is a dangerous as well as a costly business. - The Board of Supervisors meet in anuual sessiou next Monday. Remeinber that your little bilis must be filed with the Couuty Ulerk within the ürat three days of the sessiou. - D. F. Alnmndiuger exhibited an urgau of his own manufacture at the recent County Fair which attracted general attention. It was a credit both to tha maker and to our city. - The expresa business on the X. & A. A. R. R. has fallen to the Merchant'a Union. W. A Lovejoy is messenger and commenced his trips on Tuesday. Ames is, of course, local agent. -David Maitr, of Ann Albor Town.returned a week ago from a visit to hls brother in southea&tfaru Kansas. He does n't report falling in love with the country oither through Missouri oí' Kausas. - Aretus Duna his beeu repairing and improviug the house receiitly purchased by him trom Martin Clark, corner ot Washiugton and División streeta : a porch across the front and paiut all over. - In the canvass made of Ypeilauti on the question of payiug the bonds ïsaued in aid of the Detroit, Toledo, and Indiana Railroad, 330 voted yes and 1 10 no. A Uirge uumber decliued to vote either way, - A long-needed improvement : that gutter which is beiug put down on the south side of Huron strest, between Main and Fourth streeta. We hope it will carry water and insure a clean front to the stores in that block. - The engiue which carne over the T. fc A. A R B. ou Monday, atter the accident below Milan, made the run, lb' miles, in 1 minutes. Dr. Herdman says that the run back, with a baggage car attached, was made in 20 minutes. - Contest commeuced in the Probate Court on Tuesday over the wili of the late Dr. Ely Cook, of Saline. Dissatisfied heirs claim that the testator was incompetent to make a will. The estáte inveutories something like 120,000. - At a meeting ot the Board of Directora of the First National Bank, held on Tuesday eveuiug, the resignatiuu of Cashi'r Knight was accepted. The resignation was hrst offered some months ago, but action withheld until Mr. Knight, because of ill-health, insieted upon retirmg. - A sraall station house has been built at the crossing ot the T. Si A. A. and Ypsilanti and Hillsdale Kailroads. A station is also to be established at the crossing of the gravel road from Ypsilanti to Saline. An omnibus already runs from that point to Saline to accommodate Saline passengers. In the speed trials at the i'air on Friday afternoon, five horaes were eutered in the pecial trotting race. Two heats settled the contest, Tuomy's " Lady " comiug off winner. Three horaea contested the free-for-all race) Fleet, Brown Dick, and Virginia. Fleet took the first prize and Brown Dick the second. -Ou Thursday of last week Justice Frueauff gave George Earl, au Ypsilantian, the alternativo oí contributing a fine ot f 10 and $3 costs or boarding 60 (laya with Sheriff Case. Having no momey he chose the latter method of payiug for striking oue George Cram with a pair of brasa knuckles. On the fair grounds was where the "little divarsion" occurred. - On Thursday eveuing last Frederick Schaible, of Freedom, having imbibed a little too treely, drove recklessly through the Btreets, and collided near the Gregory House with J. F. Priester, of Dexter, the pole of Schaible's wagon striking Priester In the abdomen. Fortunately no serious injury resulted. Justioe Beahan lut Schaible off on payment of costs. - Miss Maud A. Kelsey, assisted by some of her pupiU, will give a musical aud literary entertainment at the Opera House, on Tuesday evening, Oct. 22. The programme wilt include dramatic readings and music by the Minnis Brothers Orchestra Band. Miss Kelsey is known to our citizeus, and those who have heard her will coufldently expect a rare treat. - The students put in their first "rush" at the postoffice on Frlday evening last, and oue of them, a freshman who naturally was ouly a "looker on" (none otbers are ever reported arrested), found his way into the "cooler." He did n't stay there long, however : "coolers" are only for town boys and common or "uuedicated" rooks, in whose behalf officials, etc. don't make baste to interfere. - The Works question is up again. For details see Council proceedings. We understand that a special meeting of the Council will be held this eveniug to confer with Mr. Hanchett and his associate representing the co-operiiting capitalists. The propositiou is in the right directiou ït the city be uot requiredto pay for too many fire hydrants. The number aud pnceB uamed will pay the interest on a large capital. - Manchester Enterprise Oct. 3 : " We learu that üeorge Martin, a young man driving tank wagon for Leroy George's threshing machine, was thrown trom the wagon during a runaway on Wednesday night of last week, a bolt caught him, teariug a frightful gash in his left leg, four iuches above the knee. Dr. A.. Gouklin being called, dressed the wouud, and the young man is gettiug aloug nicely." - A jury on Monday assessed the damages of K. G. Wildt, across whose premises in the Third ward the T. & A. A. B. K. Co. propose to run their track, at $475, to which add allowonce for attoruey's fee, $25 ; jurora' f ees, $24 ; officor's expensas, &c, and the right of way will coat between $500 and $600. Nothing made by aaüiug out a jury that time. - -A. W. Ames advises us that hereafter expresa m&tter from Toledo to all pointa west of this city along the M. C. B. R , as far as Chicago, will be brought over the T. & A. A. R. It., and transferred here, and eastern bound expresa matter going to or through Toledo will also be transferred here. Express Compames go in for a saving ín both time and distance: in tlns case over JO miles and from 12 to 18 hours. That is the advantftge of a "cut ofF." - The Ypsilauti Common Council finally refused to order an issue of iiew bonds for the redemption of the bonds giveu in aid of the road thence to Hillsdale, which causes the Sentinel to say : " Now let the bond eint be pushed by the holders, and if the city is boaten, no objection will be made to the issuing oi new securities, which by power couterred on the Council, can then be done. If the city win?, so miich the better, for we will be practically out of debt." - In the Fruit Department of the Fair last week C. H. Woodruft exhibited his superb light-colored seedling grape. In hardy, bearing, and eating qualities, this grape promises to rival any variety known to the grape-growing public in this región. Aid. McDonald, of the Fourtb ward, also had a seedling grape on exhibition, a grape of monstrous size and full of proinise as a bearer, but not of so oxquisite a fliivor as the Woodruff seedling. McDonald's seedling may be classed as a black grape and Woodruff's as a white one. - At about 6 o'clock p. m. ou Saturday last the goods in the show window of Jno. N. Gott's store on Main street (late C. H. Millen & Son's), took fire from contact with the gas et.and the entire contenta of the window, including 8ome costly laces, were destroyed before the tire could be extinguished. Goods severtil feet distant took iire from the heat, and thewood work of the window was scorched and the glas broken. The loss has been apDraised at $300. The fire department turned out but their services were not needed.