Vicinity

-Adrián owes S36.C0O. -140 cases of measles at state puWíe school. - Fourteen eonviets at Jacksoa have the measles. - James Pierce, of Leoni, has peach trees in f uil bloom upon his fann. - Constitutional amendment in Qakland county, yeas 1,270; nays 3,798. - Ionia was.visited by a $20,000 fire on Friday nigbt, Property generally insured. - Haynes & Turner, prominent dry goods men of Flint, have failed. LiabilU;cs $25,000, assets 810,000. - To secure the Butler road Adrián will have to raise $40,000, oae-fourth of whieh was subscribed by E. L. Clark. -Christopher SpuMer.-whowaa uaurdered at Massillon, O. , becausebewcvuld not teil a lie, vtasfrom Monroe.Mieh. -John Linton of Macon, is the owner of a yearling buck which has wool 1$ inclies in length and weighs 180 pouuds. - H. Ray of Coldwater, sh,ipp;d a car load of potatoes to Dennisoo, Texas, the freight ou which is 55 cents per bushel. -A Detroit man named Ctmningham üasoffered to build the new opera hoosO it Flint for $18,000, and take $1,500 of tiis pay in stock. -Peter R. Adams of Tecumseh is in jail charged with burning four stacks of wheat pmperty of Peter R. Adams, in August, 1878. - In a Port Hurón saToon Micbael Dietz Cred hts revolver at Lewis Long-, the ball striking Long a glancing blow in the forehead. -The site selceted near Adrián for the new reform school for girls comprises 42 acres of farm and woodland, with farm buildings. -The man who last sued theLansing Republican for libel bases his action on an insinuation thathebeat a poorcolored man out of his home. - Iliue of the Lowell Journal thinks that an amendrnent to reduce the governor's salary f rom SI ,000 to $500 would carry by a large majonty. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton hing ill at Big Rapids coukl not Ml her engagement at Coldwater. Susan Anthony was refused as substituto. - Prosecuting Attorney Haire, of Jackson county, who was reeen tly accused of accepting a bribe by Mrs. Jennie Marvin, now sues her for $15,000 damages. -Mr. Crosby of South Lyon, ing well, went into a physician's room and took what he supposed was whisky, but which proved to be aconite. Death füllowed. - Clinton's city fathers have determined saloon-keepers shall give bonds in $5,000 with two sureties residing in that village. ïhey will quit the business May 1. - Hon. Fernando Beaman resigning the Lenawee county probate judgeship on account of ill health, the governor has appointed Hon. Norman Geddes to iill vacancy. -The egg trade in Lansing is reaching important dimensions. One firm ships an average of 3,000 dozen per weeK, besides sales of 1,500 dozen per week to home consumera. -Prof. W. K. Kedzie of Oberlin college died at the residence of his father, Prof. R. C. Kedzie of the agricultural roileee at Lansing on "Wednesday of last week, aged 29. - Morencï girls are so exasperating, audacious, irritating, insolent, provoking, annoying, reproachful, at the Sabbath evening services as to seriously disturb worshippers. - Silas B. Gaakell of Lapeer, has been appointed juáge of the Sixth judicial circuit of Michigan, to üll vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Augustus C. Baldwin. -The Toledo Commercial vill be offered at assignee's sale, May 7. It is the only morning daily in that city, and. in the hands of the right parties ouglit to be made a paying investraent. -John Wellman and party charivaried a newly manied daughter of Tunis Miller, a farmer living near Coruuna. A brother of the bride shot Wellman dead. Miller was arrested the followinar morning. - Mrs. Hattte Douglas, of Spring Arbor, hoping to bring about the conversión of her husband fasted and prayed uutil she became insane, and has been sent to an asylum. She is 27 yeara old and has had two children. -In Albion where there has been a strong prohibition sentiment the Albion división of sons of temperance which numbered 400 meinbers no longer exists, and a red ribbon club which had 300 members is nearly done for. -The way those high-toned gentlemen of Jackson, who were caught in the meshes of Kate Laroungie, got rid of her, was to employ a scavanger to sit by her side when she tookher usual posi tion upon a favorite horse-block. -The grand trotting circuit of Michigan is announced: May 25-28, at Adriaa - purse $10.000; June 1-4, at Detroit- purse 312,500; June 8-11, at Pontiac- purse $8,000; June 15-18, at Flint- purso S,000; June 22-25, at Ionia- purse $6,000. -The Detroit commandery of Knights Templar has engaged Gardner'S celebrated Flint city band to accompany it to the Chicago conclave to be held in Augtist. The Knights Templar band of Lansing will go with the Lansiug commandery. - Nelson Tui-penny and Elista Topps of Pittsford, Hillsdale connty ran away and were overtakeh at Addison where they were stopping for the night. Turpenny now in Adrián jail is a man of many wives, and Topps hom he södücefl is only 15 years of age. - R. Sims of Orion, has embarked ia the drawing business, and proposes to distribute 22,T25 worth of cash. real estáte and personal property to holders of tickets for a g.iand dance to come off Jnly öth, at $2 per ticket. Gardner's Flint City Band has been secured for the occasion. The first grand prize ia the Sims House, Orion. - Mrs. Bellcoover, a young married woman residing in the First Ward, was taken to the Insane Hospital at Pontiac, daybefore-yesterday. Mrs. Bellcoover gave birth to a girl baby some two weeks ago. Mrs. Bellcoover is a Protestant while lier husband is a Catholic. It is eaid they had an agreement before marriage that the boys should be brought up Catholics, and the girls Protestants, but that af ter the birth of the child several neighboring Catholic women came in and insisted on taking the baby to be baptized. Thisso worked upon her mind, in her feeble state, that she became deranged; but it is presuined tbe derangement will be but