Vicinity

-The Clinton News is talkir-g up a 4th of July etlebration. - Postmaster Kddy of Toledo, fa(h;,r of Gov. CrwwflU's first wife, died lately. -Mr. A. O. DuBois, a leading gxeet - backer of Bunker HUI, has joined the ProMbitïönists. -David Weaverof Blissfleld. rejoices over the receipt of back pension to tho tmowt of $1,010. -The government is buying "Jackson wagons." at Jackson, for the Indians of the f ir west. - An insane person of Pontiac plaood a hfklí-pound paokage of Paris green in Wm. F. Kelly'swell. - Parties in Monroe contémplate tho building of ;i wood-pulp factory for paper manufacturera. - Ovid townthip pays 10 cents bounty for woodchuek soalps and 2ö cents for each lien hawk killed. - Phileman Huinplirey an old and respected citizen of I'ontiac died on Sunday of lieavt disease. -Dan B. Hibbard, a prominent Jackson man. was throvvn from lus lmggy Friday and severely hnrt. - F. W. Sniith ia in Adrián jail charg-ed with being n party to the robbing of a safe in a store in Jasper. -The Coldwater Repnbliean favors the sending of Prof. Moses Coit Tyler a delegate-at-large to the Chicago coavention. - Dundee Reporter: The wheat and grass are noff just a booming. Plenty of rain and cverything favorable for vegetation. -The only convict received at Jackson from Washtenaw otmnty during April was James II. Ilulbert, two year3 for larceny. - W. II. Clute, of Three Rivers, is endeavoring to find eneouragement enough in Jatkson to start a Greeuback paper. - Mrs. J. F. Smith, of Howell, difd March 15 at Marsovan, Tuikey, where she was laboring with her hnsband in the missionary field. -The JacksonOounty Pioneer Soeiety have conctuded to celébrate their anniversary, on June 23. with a basketpicnic on the fair ground. - .Vthrec and one-half years okl child, son of Ed. Magee. Jr., of Marsb&U, accidentally feil in a cistcrn Saturday evening and was drowned. - A party of seven left lonroe on Monday for Leadville, including the popular banker. Mr. Lafountain, who has large ruining interests in Colorado. - Clinton'B sporting genta have marked off a half-mile track onïecumseh street, and tunuse tliemselves evenings by getting up walking, ruiming and trotting matches. - The Lansiug Journal says that an attempt has been made to rui the Lansing mineral well by dropping into it a piece of iron which will cost time and money to remove. - There was quito a sevre frost at Monroe on Friday night, doing heavy damage to peaches and oüht fruits. It was one of the coldest. days ever known thore in April. -Colorado C. Hagadorne of South Lyon.has bonght of Henry Whïpple, his hotel, for ÍS.00, and reted the same to Mr. Moody of ClarkstOu, formerly of Orchard Lake. - Doremus Alken, who shot and killed the policeman at Adrián recently. ia the husband of Xoiu Aiken nee Anson, of Bellevue is shot liy him at Grand Itaiiid ; n yi ar ago. -On Saturday J. C. Wood. Justice of the Peace-of Tompkins, went into a Jackson restaurant to lunch, and after being seated a few moments feil backward in his chair and soon diod. - A dose of strychnine, administered by her own hands, carne noar killing a Mrs. Dalier, of Spring Arbor, on Sunday. The dose was too largo to stay down, however, aud the woman's life was saved. -The Michigan Association of City Superintendente of Schools, of which Trof. J. M. B. Sül, of Detroit, is President, and Trof. W. S. Ferry, of Ann Arbor, Secretary, will meet at Jackson May 20 and 21. - Xicholas Bartlett who attempted to outrage the person of a ten year old girl at Royal Oak, goes to Jackson to abide seven years. In the same court Jas. McGuire of Detroit received five years for body-suatching. - A post mortem examination of little Eddie Lockwood of Jackson, showed his deatb to nave arisen bom one-lialf of a peanut found Lodged in the trachia, just above the bifurcation of the bronchial tubes, causing deatb by inflammation and suffocation. - A daushter of Ilenry Helliner of Flint, was drowned Monday evening in a cistern in her father's yard. She went out to get gome wood and did not come back. Wlien the family went to search for her they found her in the cistern. She was 8 years old. -The house of 'Mr. Cyrus Parmeter, in Spring Arbor, was robbed a few evenings since, of a suit of clolhes and a r volver, by two thieves who pretended to be book agenta, and obtained a night's lodging. They were traced to HuUlwins, where all track of theru wa8 lost. -Detroit is agitated over the action of her council and mayor who, together unite in an endeavor to restrain tho payment óf the liquor tax. By this action the cfaief offlcer and city fathers have made themselves ludieron to say nothlng of depriving the city of a revenue of -■ n.ico. lt is simplyapropopal to nullify tlie law of the state. - At the last meeting of the Board of Èducation, Prof. Ilarris was iequested to invite a conimittee of the Faculty from the Michigan University to visit the Union School and examine the gradual uü; class, and if found to meet the requirements, issue such diplomas as will admit.the graduates to the Michigan University without f urther examihation.- Monroe Demoraat, - A ligWaaing rod agent struck Lrsalie and conlracted in writing to put on Sam. LargeneSs' house and barn, and on Mr. Kummter'a house, pointed rods for Sö.óO per building, ïhen ou last Satnrduy the men employed came on and put rods on to .Mr. Kiiuimicr's boupe and tben demanded 57 a point and 88 cents per foot for the rod in addition to the Sö. ■"(). Mr. Klimmer naturally refused to comply. They undertook to scare him but he didnot scare a bit, but took his ax aud told them to take the rods down.- They saw there was evil determined against them, so they pulled them down. i'lie same gaine was tried ou Largeness, but they were compelled by him to take the rodB down.