Vicinity

- Colored people oí Flint want $200 to elimínate tlieir chnrch'indebtedness. - The city marshal of Marshall arrested six drunka at one feil swoop the other niglit. - A Siamese girl is visiting at Birmingham. She is with the family oí a returned missionary. -Frank Burdick, a Ilillsdale woolbuyer, has bought over 250,000 pounds of the staple this season. - After p'reaching fourmoreSundays, Rey. T. F. Hildreth will retiro from Jackson to Grand Etapids. - Lulu is the name of the new postofflce in Monroe cdunty, on the T. & A. X. R. B. Paul !Iill is poatmaster. - Notwithstanding some scholars egged Prof. Wilson the board of Petersburg vill probably reengage him as principal. - The Christian church of Fairfleld is contemplating the prospect of aecuring Mrs. Gaiwood to preach tor them permanently. - Tlie Clinton News is clever. The office has a pole, not a party pole, but from which a flag for either sido can floíit according to emergency. - With one town yet to liear from, offieially, Lenawee county has a population of 48,0&4. AVith Fairfleld counted in it will probably foot up to 47,899. - Tt is freely charged thatthe late disastrons fire at Jonesville was the work of au incendiary, as havo been abontall the lires in this place for aflbut two ycars. -Frank Osborn, Jr., of Franklin, according to a correspondent of an Adrián paper, says, "he speut the last year at the nniversity and is well pleased with the school." - Thore are íive prisoners in Adrián Jail who desire to plead guilty and receive their sentences. Uut as there is to be no court nntil September, they must reroain in durance vile. - Jolm A. Fabrigue of Clinton and lira. Louisa A. Shonnls of Rasin were lately married at tbe Masonie Lodge in Clinton at tbe time of the Masonic festival. Rev.G.E.Wilson initiated them. - A Wavne county farmer üired a couple of tramps for harvest one day last week, and went to town with bis family. When they retumed tbe tramps were gone, also a gold watcb and 125. -As migbt reasonably have been expected, tbe Orion lottery drawing bas been postponed. The date now given is November lst. It is claimed tbat not enough tickets were sold to warrant the drawing. -The knigbts of Jackson Command ery will put in four days in camp agaii this year, at Round Lake. They have flxed upon the twentieth, twenty-flrst twenty-second and twenty-third of the present month. - A man who mortgaged his cow writes to the holder of the mortgage a Jackson, begging him not to foreclose He says lie now has a pair of twins in the house, and every drop of the cow' milk is needed. - A daughterworthhaving: Adaugh ter of B.I.JLaing,of Raisin, aged twelv years, drove the team to her fathers reaper, while cutting thirty-five acre of wheat. 'l1'10 - - - ■ hj,.„, ,, seli - Dougiass Lgwis, aged 18, and AIv Starkweather, agècï 25; öt iuawnpwer broujjlit to jail by-coastable Greenlea ,i'i.-i-ihiiiii, charged with sten ing S5d fiom the hoMim of Ibpvt Tinr nett, a short time since.- Adrián Times -Considerable indigiiatïon was ex pressed by visitors on the 8d instant t Lanaing because admission to th capítol building was closed. The Joui nal intimates itwasowing to the fee that the orator of the day was a dernocrat. - A farmer living south of Deerfieli named John Jackson, went to Aririai with another chap, and both got drunk While coming home Jackson stranglei to death by liaving head over the wagon box, frorn which position he was too drunk to remove liimself. - Result of Flint's celebration: A rocket went through a píate window of Lyon & Co's store, setting curtain and goods inside on fire, damaging building and goods 1; another rocket struck Fred Thorne, injuring him severely; and a second person was siinilarly injured. - Mr. Greenwood, the baTcer oí tlic state public schooi at Coldwater, had liis arm badry bHstcred and filled with powder by a toy pistol in the hands oi one of the yoimg ladies of the sewing room during the Foiirth celebration. A girl put out an eye for him in the same way when he was a boy. - A state convention of the prohibí" tion reform party of Michigan will be lield in Jackson, Sept. 1. The objects of the convention will be to nomínate csndidates f or presidential electors, and for officers 'of the state to be supported at the election in November; also to select a state central committee, elc. - A merchant at Caro named Parkhurst is reported insane and missing. For some time his idiosyncracies have been remarked, but they were attributed to general ugliness. ïhe other day as one illustration of a hundred, a ing salegaran entered his store and spread liis samples out bef ore Parklmrst, when tlie latter with one sweep of the arm kiiocked them olï the counter, then kickecl the t. s. out and threw his sample case after him. At the time this was aupposed lo be l'arkhurst's peculiar and emphatic way of saying: "Jiothing today, thank you." - ïhe Fort lluron Times charges that the city council of that place, by its action in regard to locating the Port lluron & Northwestern railway depot, etc., has strucka blow at the city's best interests, from whicli it eau liever recover. The long and short of it is that capital has built a railroad and cussedness has driven it out of town- or around the city by the back way - a move that will prevent the (irand Trunk and Chicago & Grand Trunkroadsfrom uniting alongthe river front and building shops, general offices, etc, where they could be advankigeously placed. - One day last week August Knowlin, a f'nrm Iaborer, went to the house of Mr. :iutters, in the Town of Concord, and linding the children alone, separatedthe oklest girl- Jennie. about twelve years old - from the rest, and outraged her )erson, injuring her quite severely. Ie was arrested by Officer Hungerford, aken before Justice Dodge, and held for trial in the sum of $800. Faüing to [iveball, he was brought to thia city uid lodged in jai] on Saturday, The 'eeling in Concord and Pulaski against ïim is intense, and all feel that he hould suffer the extreme penalty of the