Dexter Department

- Wheat is slowly but surely advan' dag. -Miss Zoo llurphy is visiting at De h'oit. -The new seenery in red ribbon hall is siiöply superb. - Rev. Dr. Rielley of Detroit, visited Fri Slattery ïuesday. - A new hardware firm f rom the west are about to lócate here. -Miss Kittie lCent of Detroit, is the guest of Mrg. J. Ií. Devine. -A Bhooting gallery by home talent is in operation iu Beal's store. - V. FitZsimotis has purchased the "Alley place '' on Union Street. - "Milt'' Ak'x.mder and vvife are visiting relativas here this week. -J. Ashley Keith has leftthe Leader office- unceremonioüslj as it were. -Mr. II. i). Stannard lias taken a short tour to regain her failing liealth. -Chas. W. Buest is slowly refiovering [rom a severe attack of malaria! fever. - Profs. Arinkle & Wilsey ate peí" forming at the Hastings fair this week. - ürr Waite luis elosed op shop at Mt. Pleasant and returned to DeXter to live. -Dr. II. A. Carr has returned to practice liis profession at lus old home in Lima. -Burt Keith, fonnerly of this place, is with Bootten, Lovett & Co., of Detroit. -David Henninghas oponed his large apple packing establishment near the depot. - A largo numberfromhere attendetl the Ann Arbor fair. All seemed well pleased; -ïhe old cooper shop ia itl f lili Wast again. It ia under the supervisión of Mr. Thrasher. - Üur market is beinj? glutted with apples. Choice winter fruit brings but 50c per barrel. - S:io is said to be infested with Guinea hens which escaped from Forepaugh'a circus. - ThoB. W. Burns won laurels for unique workmanship on netts, etc, at the connty fair. - Chas. S. Gregory will put liis orato rieal abilities in practical use at Milan Wednesday evening. -The apple packiag establishment attached to the cooper shop has been opened by Frank Evarts. -Jas. B. Joyner, proprietor of the Franklin house, smiles complacently over an overrush of business. -James S. Gorman, our nominee foï representative, is out of town on business connected with bis profesión. -The heavy rains of Baturday and Sunday did serious damage to the work on the new railroad bridge over Mili creek. - Sweet eider is but flve cents a gallon here, and even the advocates of teinperance sigh for the exhilarating draught. - Orien D. Lamphear and Miss Alice I. Howard, both of Webster, were married by Rev. L. L. Gage,Thursday, Sept. 30th. - ïhere were doublé the amount of people fromhere in attendance at Foreaugh'a circus, than attended either tate or county faire. -Adam Deckart, our fashinruible taior, has secured the services of anothef irst-class coat maker f rom Detroit, and - still sports a plug luit ! - An idler and a lounger are rare pecimens of humanity on our streets, he building of the new bridge giving UI who desire an opportunity to work. - A singing school underthe auspices f the Ladies library association and upervised by Prof. Ogden, containing 25 members, has started at the M. E; church. -Ladies of this vicinity are much lispieased over the "baby show" at the Aim Arbor fair. They claim they should have at least a year's notice of ts occurrence. - A rare treat is in store for the reenple of Iludson and vicinity, Charles 11. Whitman being billed to address them it the Iludson school house ïhursday evening, October Mth. -Mr. Richmond of Ann Arbor, will address the deinocracy of Dexter the 17th. Mr. R. is au able speaker and will undoubtedly be greeted by a large and enthusiastic audience. Let every democrat turn out and hear him. -Mr. Geo. J. Ililler of Detroitj and Miss Orpha C. Conrad of Dexter, were uniied in matrimony by Bev. J. Boyden of Kalamazoo, at the residence of the bride'B párente Wednesday, Sept: 29. A number of invited guests from Detroit and Ypsilanti were present. -Messrs. Henry and Harrison Vinkle desire us to state that during the period C. S. Gregory has acted as administrator of their portion of their father's estáte, he lias performed the functions of that position in a most commendable and praiseworthy rnanner. - Some scamps who will eVentuallf be an expense to our state for gratuit ous board and pare, by puiling ifp at state's prison, destroyed a valuable barbei pole belonging to J. T. Forchue through nmlieioiis motives last Friday night. This soit of vandalism is tolerated but too long by our inhabitants. - A curious, coinical and ungrammatical communication appeared in the last issue of the Leader. The unsophistieated author complains of the alarming coodition of his " healtli, lungs and throat," whieli made it necessary for him to return to Dexter in Octobernext, but cuiïons eaough, at the same time he was laböfing " in the cold winti r win ds oí anoruiem latmiae." üor me Lord's sake come at once ! - Á responsible resident of Scio informa U3 of a young fellow whose ingenuity in devising a plan to gain the aft'eetions of his lady-love resulted very disastrously to the aforesaid Ingesioua ]ovfv. iïe loaded lümself witli eggs to present her as tokens of hifi esteem (betng 16c pet áozen) but as misfortune woiild have it, slipped as he was about to enter the house, and instead of covering himself witb glory, took it in sqnashed eggs and a darling's scorn ! Tbis is not eggs-agerated.