The County

- Milk 4 cents in Manchester. - Vacant stores ia Chelsea are rented for wool storage. - M. J. Noyes is bringing Canadian horses to Chelsea. - Story numberoneof Ypsilanti's new hotel looks skyward. - Soarlet fever, but not often fatally, prevails in Ypsilanti. - Ypsilanti's band blew their horns at Jackson, Decoration day. - Normal Lyceum of Ypsilanti give a loan exhibition this evening. - Estimates for building the opera house iu Ypsilanti are in con tractors hands. - Manchester amusement: John Walker paid $S,2o for a drunk. John Hoelzle $5,50. - Six more Ypsilantians are ing to migrate to the Rosebud (Indian) agenoy. - Woods and Knapp of Chelsea have rtcovered all the goods lately stolen from them. - Mr. Churoh, an old resident of Freedom, has taken up government land in northern Hich. - Ypsilanti people have had the felioity of seeing a hoine-made balloon go up - and burn down. - C. C. Warner of Lodi, has began the ereetion of a barn on the sito of the one burned a few weeks ago. - iwelveoT thirteeu cars loaded with grain went into Detroit over the Hillsdalo road daily, last week. - Georgo Chase and family left Milan, May 27 in the oldfashionedmanner with team and wagon, for Nebraska. - The barn of George Jedelo of Ann Arbor town was suooessfully raised on Priday under auspices of Luick Bros. - The remains of Frauk Clough, who was drowned ia a lako in Bridgewater, were interred in the Lodi Plains Cemiitery. - John Kosier of Dexter, lost 23 sheep by lightning, Saturday last. They were in8ured in the Washtenaw Mutual company. - A little daughter of Alex. Youngs of Milan, died latelyfrom inflamniation of the lungs, arising from whooping cough. - Harvey Blaisdell and family returns to Manchester to reside from his lato residence, Williamsburgh, Grand Traverse Co. - At seventy-two, and from dropsy, Mrs. Cleinents of Rochester, N. Y. mother of T. T. Clements, residing in towa of Ypsilanti, died lately. - Charley Sandford, poundtnaster of Manchester village has a heap of trouble in enforcing the law. Neither does it come from four legged beings altogether. - A second hand threshing machine Nichols & Shepard's manufacture, run only thirty-fivo days will ba sold cheap for cash. For further particulars apply at this office. - Manchester proposes to have some orating, powder-fizzing &c. At least she is bestirring the latont fires of patriotism in hopes of waking the rural denizens of the town early on July 4. - High rents and expensive living impel proprietors of a Detroitshoe manufactory to lócate in Ypsilanti, provided a loan of $3,000 at seven per cent, can be eocured from her well-to-do citizens. - Wm, T. Butler bore away in triumph one of Detroit's most prominent oolored dames and railroaded her to Ypsilanti, where they repose in a newly fitted dweiling, enjoying the delights of honeyinoon. - A little daughter of David Deyhle of Superior, latoly lost one eye by falling on the head of a porcelain doll. The accident bafüed the skill of physicians who were unable to save tho injured member. - Confined byseven weeks illness frora pneumonía, Mrs. C. Rmith is able to personally attend to her customers in want of millinery. - L. B. Gilmore, formerly of the firm of Gilmore & Fiske, bookaollers of this city, dicd on Friday last at his home in Fleming, Cay. Go., N. T. --For want of a quornra there was no action taken Tunsriay ovening on the bida for leasing Belief Aseoeiation Park the ensviing year, as per advertisement. - -While trade in this city has its periodical fluctuatious between activity and dullnessitis nevertheless on a steady decline. Alinost any merchant on the street will teil you that trade is deereasing. - Tpsilanti Commercial. - John Andrés a resident of the town of Scio, died suddenly on Saturday of iuflammation of the lungs, arising from a cold received while fishing a few days before. He leaves a widow and ten childron in comfortable circurastances. -Mr. D. W. Palmer brought to this city Wodnesday at the requeat of supervisor LeBaron of Bridgewater a pauper, fornierly an inmate of the county house, and delivered him to Supt. of the Poor Duffy. He had been at work in the above town, but was taken sick. - William Osius of Pittsfield prepared to cultívate his potatoes one day last week, and went out for that purpose. - Lo and behold tho tops, looking so green a few days bofore had disappeared. A worm similar to the army worm had eaten thern entirely off. The ground was f uil of 'cm. - On Wednesday, May 28, the new oometery recently purchased by Catholics and located west of Manchester village, was consecrated by Bishop Borgess of Detroit. At confirmation services in St. Mary's church a class of sixty presented themsolves, On the nfternoon of the samo day the Bishop held vesper service ftt the church in Freedom. - One day in the early part of last week, a violent storm of rain feil in the town of Bridgewater. Hail three-quarters of an inch in thickness feil, injuring the wheat erop aomewhat and damaging slightly fruit prospects. The storm was about two miles in width, and coming from the south-west continued over Lodi where apple and cherry trees were injured. -The Frog Opera will bo held at McMahon'a Hall, Saturday afternoon and evening, June 7. It will be played entirely by children for the benefit of the poor. For the matinee doors will be opened at 2 1-2, commenoing at 3 o'elock r. ir. For the evening doors open at 6 1-2, commencing promptly at seven. Admission, 10 ets. Children under 15, 5 cents. Eeserved seats, 15 cents. - During the thunder shower on Friday, Miss Emina Wood, in oharge of the millinery rooms of Mrs. C. Smith, on Main street, sat by a window. A flash of lightning carne so closely as to frighten the young lady who folt no effect from the surcharged atmosphere at first; an hour later she began to grow sick at the stomach, and growing weaker and weaker repaired to a bod where she was confined two or throe days, not experienoing the least bit of stunning common in suoh cases. Miss Wood was unable to lie on the side nearest the window at the lightning's flash, while she was confined. -The largest erop of wheat in Manchester was raised by G. Harmandinger, 1,900 bushels f rom 70 acres ; next largest by Marvin Uooley, 1,G45 bushels from 60 acres; Messrs. Dorr, A. Brower, P. Brower btout, Thos. Logan, W. C. Logan, Jerry Loucks, John Buston, Millard, Miller, Valentine, J. F. Spafard and F. Spafard eachexceeded 1,000 bushels. James McMahon leads on corn, raising 2,000 bushels from 32 acres. Oats generully a poor erop, 700 bushels raised by Harmandinger from 25 acres, and 601 bushels by V, C. Logan from 10 acres being the best. - Barley, cloverseed and potatoes genorally a light yield. Whole number of births in 1878, 73; deaths, 33. - The bountiful rains thathave fallen during the past week have been of great service to the people of Michigan. If not suffering outright crops stood in need of a heavy potion of tho dews of Heaven, and have gone forward with rapid strides since rain began to fall. The earth is now thoroughly soaked, and weeks will elapse before any more will be nceded. Vegetation as politicians would say, "is booming." A particular advantago gainod is the insuring of a plentiful and cheap supply of strawberries that most delicious of all berries, of whioh Bishop Berkely said, "Doubtlesa God in his omnipotonce could have made a better berry, but doubtless ho never did." That they will be cheap and within reach of even the poorest, there is now no doubt.