The County

- Thero airo ueaiJ}' sixty tuembers ot Mutual Benefit Association ia Ypsilanti. - Wm. Shyrwood has the contract to build tho East Manchester bridge for $189. - G. IT. Cobb and E. A. Houser have purchaaed tho grocery stock of Shaw & Kyte of Saline. - District Grango picnic at North Lake, on Saturday ncxt. Tbos. F. Moore will do the stage talking. -The Sabbath school of the M. E. Church of Ynsilunti enjoy a basket picnic on tha fair grouuds to-day. ■ - Mr. L. E. Cole of Norwell is about to become a, resident of Manchester, and will ocoupy the Baptist parsonage for a time. - Rolland Fletcher of Ypsilanti town sold B. Speucor thirty-ono choice cattle, that brought him tho snug tutu of $1,706.25. - Owners of orchards nenr Ypsilanti are compelled to employ night, watches in order to keep off juvenilo and tidult thioves. - The Baptists of Yp&ilanti have decided to postpone until the iirat of January all aotion in regard to calling a now pastor. - Pe.lagogues-oloot as well as those not so fortúnate meet township superintendent of schools of Soio to-day, in Dextor for examiuation. - In default ot payment of tax by Ja-.nes West of Ypsilanti, Sheriff Case elosed his saloon last week. West saw the Sheriff later and paid. - Harry Aruistroug of Grand Haven is teniporarily tutoring the Dexter band, which proposes to givo him atrialbefore entering upona pennaneutengagement. - D. M. Doyle, tobacoonist iu Ypsian tï, lost about $4fi worth of uustainped cigars by a burglar who transomed nis vvay into and departed through the rear door let't unbolted. - The Union school building of Ypsilanti vvill be open for publio inspcction tb8 afternoon. School election takes plucü on Mouday on which day the school year will begin. - Manchester'8 town board appointed C. F. Field, superintendent of schools, to bucceed C. P. McMahon, removed to Ludiugton. Mr. F. has liad experience iu the dutios of tho office. - Burglars entered Croarkin's store ín Dexter, on Weduesday night of last week by cutting a pane of glasa in a rear window. Nothing missed except silk handkerchiefs and cheese. - M mchester and Franklin Farmers' club picnic id set down for Saturday, in Captain Davis's grove. Charles Richmond, Esq., of this city, and other speakers are expected to speak. - J. Wilscn of 79 Cedar Street, New York, writes to the Farmers' Bank of Sharon he has a 3 bilí an issue of that bank of date Feb. '2:, 1837, and wants to know if he f.h ill cr.llect throtigh express, bank at Manchester, or by mail. - In tho itera in last week's AEGUS, speaking of a surgical operation upon the late Mr. Cleuients of Lima, by Dr. Maclean, credit should havo been given to Dr. Breakey, who perforrueil three operations, Dr. Maclean asiisting at one only. - The boot and shoe firm of Lyons & Kurtz, that moved its business to Ypsilanti, occupiesthree floors in the Norris block nea'r the depot. Production ut present is 50 pairs per day, and within a year probably will bo 200. Their pay roll is $70. - Wengel Dussek, a Bohemian over 70 ypars of age, was waylaid and assaulted in the city of Ypsilanti on Fri day night by two unknown negroes. Despairing of life at first, he is now on the road to recovery. The attack on this inoffensive old man is believed to have been inspirad by crtain ones with whom he Jyid a lifficulty. - Mr. Clements of Lima, whose death was noticerl in last week's Argus, was a r.ativeof Ontario Co., N. Y., migrating to this nounty in 1825, and located with his parents on the farm whero he died. For over forty years he was an active and earnest Christian, an aggressive advocate of good moráis and himself an example of precepts taught. - The fortieth annual conference of the clergymon of tho African M. E. churches of Indiana and Michigan assembled in Ypsilanti last week. Sunday was an interesting day, two open air meetings being largely attended, and in the evening colored ministers held services in wViite and colorod churches. Appointments were made on Wednesday. - Mr. Jacob Grob, brewer, received a cali from a deputy sheriff last Monday, the object of officer's visit being the collection of the liquor tax which Jacob should have paid soine time ayo. The manufacturar of lager declarud that he had no money and consequently could not " pay up." The officer, in accordance with instructions, took a stroll about the premises to see what he could levy upon. In the barn he found a span of horses which he quiutly led out. This was moro than Jacob had counted upon. Of course he could not part with his team, so he called upon one of his ueighbors, who kindly furnished the officer with security for the payment of the tax on Thursday, whereupon the horses were leleased. - Ypnilanü Commercial. - The coroner's jury in tho Minnie Millspaugh case at au adjourned meeting on Tuesday evening rendered a verdict that tho deceased came to hor death from cause unknown to tho jury. - Bveiy efïort has been made to get possession of evidence which would lead to a solution of the mystery, butthty have been unable to get at any facts, although there has been many rumors afloat. Esquiro Goodyear took the stomach to Ann Arbor to have it analyzod, but the professors of the University declined to touch it unless he or some responsible person would agree to pay them for their labor - $50 to $75, which he did not teel liko doing. Tho professors decliued to do the work for the county, or to do the work and look to the county for their pay. - Manchester Iinterprise. Schools commence Monday. S. C. ANdkews has the largost and cheapest ütock of new and second-haud school books in tlie city, at lo Huroa street.