Vicinity

- Whoat looks well about Albion. - Clinton News, a new paper, makee its appearance. - Eight dlvorce were granted at a late term of court in Flint. - over 4,000 trees are to be sot iri the sity of Liinsing this month. - Geo. W. Burt, on trial at Üowell tof iuurder, develops great interest. - Ëight citizens of Monioe departed last week for Leadville and Colorado Springs. - Tho American hotel at Windsor, Can., auffered a 1oü3 by fife of $2ö,000 on Monday morning: - Rtjading's villágo Board demanda a tax of ijí.jOO from thoso wUo wish to sell liquor in its limits. - K. T). Case, a former resident of Clinton, indictcd for bigamy was captured at Sedalia, Mo, - Elisha Hunt of Dundeo had a tumor removed from one of his arm?, at the Uuiver8ty, lately. - Fivo coach loads of Albion's sons and daughters excurtcd to Lansiug on Thursday of last week. - Sotne dirty dogsdisguiscd as human beings egged the doors of a Kilamazoo church a few nights ago. - The Adrián Packing companyhave already contracted for thirty acres of touiatoes the coming season. - Miss Sophia Shautier of Springwells killed her newly bom babeby throwing it into a vault of an out-house. - They ran sn anti secret-society ticket iu one township of Monroe at the late eleotion - and eleoted it, too ! - Pontiao wants a new jail, but the voters of Chikland county by a majority of 2,791, say the old oue must ansvver. - The first gua for Decoratiou bay : Gen. Trowbridge of Detroit, will deliver ei Decoration day address at Hülsdale4 - Mrs. Fannie Kirly of Battle Creek died ou Salurday, the fourth in the fam ily froiu typhoid fever, within two weeks. - The Battle Creek council is a tie (five republicana and five doraocrats), and not an appointed officer has been confirmed. - Toledo has been all agog over an elopement of the daughter of mayor Jones with a spiritualistic affinity from. N. Y. state. - Mrs. Thomas Stalker, wife of the pastor of the M. E. church of Pontiac, died Tuesday afternoon of consuniption, aged 48 years. - The jury whichtried John Grozinger, the Grass Lake man aocusod of incest, could not agree. Some thought it was incest and others called it rape. - The tunnel across Stony Island was inaugurated on Wednesday. Many prominent personages from the East, Canada and Toledo were present. - Theodore Murdock, the negro who tried to kill the sheriff of Jackson eounty, was sentup for 15 years, and 10 minutes after his sentenoe he was in state prison. - 5,000 persons were present at the dedication of the Seventh Day Advent Taberuaclo in Battle Creok on Suuday, a building costing f 27,000 and free from debt. - Col. Henry C. Hall, one of the new aldermen elect at Battle Creek, is reported to have been the first white child born within the limits of what is now Battle Creek. - While in atteudanoe at a temperance meeting in the M. E. churoh at Deerfield recently, three young men auiused thernselves and disgusted the rest of the audienoe by playing cards. - The Cold water Press claims that the non-3Upport of that sheet by the Nationals, and the withdrawal of its advocaoy of their principies, is what has made the change in Branch couuty since a year age. - A. Triquet, a Monroe barber, was irrested for keeping bis shaving shop apen on Sunday. His defensa was that Sunday shaving was an act of necessity ind mercy, and as the juryineu feit of their unreaped ohins they formally agreed with him. - Morrison, the defaulting treasurer af the Odd Fellows, is still in jail at Ma3On, At a meeting last week of the officers and coininittee of the Grand Lodge. his attorney submitted a propositiou for a settlement, offering $1,000 to Grand Encampment and $3,000 to Grand Lodge, which was acoepted by the grand officers. - Plymouth Congregational church of Adrián, built atan expense of $30,000 was sold on mortgage on Saturday for $5,173.28, being $1 more than incurnbrance and oosts. Hon. Norman Geddes was the purchaser and it is the understanding that if the property is not redeemed, the edifico will be secured by the Methodist Protestant interest con - nected with Adrián College. - Eugene S. Peck, the young man charged with alteriug two checks, one from $1 to $1,000 and the other from $6 to 6,000, with which he attempted to purchase some land, was brought into court, and it was shown that since his arrest he has become deranged. Under the circumstances it was ordered that he be released on his persunal recognizance to appear for trial during the noxt term of court. Ha was given in charge of his friends. - JacJcson Patriot. - Duudoe claims the honor of theoldest voter in the Btate. Mr. David VanPelt, in his lOlst year, canie six miles to the election and voted the whole Republican ticket. Mr. Van Pelt, withstaudiug hia extreme age, is as active as many men at the age of 70. He last year had the honor of driving the first spike on the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad, and later in the season took part in the old meu's base buil play and