Count! And Vicinity

Mrs. John Fletclier, of Sharon, (lied Jan. 2Oth. The enrollmeiit at the Normal now reaches 747. Mrs. Silly Turner, aed 87, died at North Lake Jan. 30. J. II. Flsh and fmily have removed from Saline to Corning, N. Y. Will Chadwick, of (Jhelsea, takes a position iu the Stockbridge bank. The marshal at Grasa Lake receives 10 cents tor every tramp he arresta. Miss Ella llyan, of Chelsea, is to teach the school in Dist. No. 7, Freedom. Toad stools are reported growing at Wampler's Lake.- Clielsea Herald. Roller skating is again 'occupying the time and heels of Dexter young folks. Rev. Alonzo Whitcomb, aged about 55 years, of Ypsilanti, died on Monday last. Tl.e family of George Kelsey, of York, have been terrlbly iifflicted by diphtheria. Mrs. Sliankland s to build a fine new house at the corner of Cross and Brower sts , Ypsiianli. A series of gospal temperance meetings are being held at the Presbyterian church, Ypsilanti. James H. Wilcox of Ypsilanti, died Monday Feb. lOtli ased 00 years. He was one of the old settlers. Saline liopes to have an entertaininent soon by Stair's "Little Trixie" Co., and feels good over the prospect. A "Deestrick Sknle'' entertainment is to be given at the Ypsilanti opera house, on Mondny evening, Feb. 17. "Ouiid's Capers" Is the name of a comedy to be given beforo long by a nuinhur of young people of Dexter. Charlie Schmid, of Whittaker, has rented Louis Wilcox's hotel at Milan aml intends to move títere next May. John Bueliler, living east of Chelsea, had two suits of clothes stolen by tramps the otlicr day while he was away from home. The Y. P. S. C. E , of the Dexter Congregational church, have changed their prayer meetings from Sunday to Monday evenings. The hou-ie of F. W. Cleveland, in Ypsilanti was robbed of $200 in money tojïetlier with a gold walch and chain last Mondny a. m. The Lima grunge is to dlscuss the questlon: ,"Iiesoloed,tUnt tlie needs of tlie country deiuand tnrltV legislation more than temperance legUltttion." Michigan needs better wagon roads' Tlie loss of buslnoss during the present open winter on account of bad roads has been soraething enorraous. - Stockbridge Sun. - Frank Dunlavey, of Dcxter, lost his pocketbook contaiulng about $75 between tliat place and Ann Arbor, but would like very muc'.i to have it returued, John Gretzringer, who died at Dexter recently, from the eilVcts of the grippe, had a $2,000 policy in the Hillsdale Insurauce Co., on whicli he had paid only one asse86ment. Seldom have we seen the butler and egg inarket so flut at thla soason of the yeir as at the preeent time, and merchante are wondering when bottom wlll be touched. - Saline Observer. Mr. John Grave?, of Lansing, bas bought tlie Norria homestead on Kiver street, and expects to raake this his borne. He has a son in the Unlversity and two daughters in the Nórmal. - Ypsilantlan. Bertie, the 3-years oíd son oí C. A. Brown, of Ypsilanti, feil into a kettle of hot lard at his father's meat market in that city Tuesday, and was so burned tliHt the flesh peeled off. It is thought he cannot live. One of tlie sad events to be clironicled is tlie death of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Stanbro, of Salem, froin pneumonía, on jan. 31st. Mrs. Stanbro died at 2 o'clock and Mr. Stanbro died at " o'clock. Slie was 53 years old and he 58 yeara old. The macademlzlng of a piece of rond in Ohio increase'l the value of tlie adjoining fiirm $4 50 an acre. wliile the cost was less than $1 au acre. This is another forcible argument lor better roads, but farmers will be slow to believe it.- Ex. The capacity of tlie Dumlee paper mili will soon be greatly increased by the :iddition of a Jorden engine and Digester, i for erinding and bleaching the slraw. This'wlll be the first mili in Michigan to use tbeae great machines. The mili is now in tlie hands oí enterprislng owners. - Reporter. The cantata, "The Old Clock on the stairs," composed by Prof. F. II. Pease of this city, will be given by a musical society of Ispheming some time dunne; the winter. The naaste was written to the words of Longfellow's noem of that name, and is quilo a popular cantata. - Ypsilanti Sentlnel. The ground hog dlsappoioted a gond many on Sunday by not sceing liis shadow and tliereby exteinling winter six weeks longer. - Wayne Review, üetter reverse your conclusions on the ground hog business, hadn't yon? If yon don't tlie oldest inhabitauts will be after yon wit li a sharp stick. A tall chimney has been erected at the rear of the Deubel mili it the depot, and an englne capable of runniiitr the mili to it8 ful! capacity will be put iu place soon. So, hereafler, even thougb the Hnron gels so low that it cannot leave its bed, they won't care. The mili can go on just the satne. - Ypsilanti Commercial. Fneumonla eau De cured ïf the per3on will apply pronptly over the lungs a poultice or draft made of mustard and flax seed meal, keeping quiet and warm in bed. Prompt action is of vital importanee. Mustard is an old fashioned remedy, and lts healing propertiescan hardly be over-estimated. - Dexter Leader. A number of our cltizens attendod Kennan's lecture at the Jniversity city öaturday night, some returniDg on a freight train at 5 o'clock Sunday moining and others returning Monday noon. SucU are pleasures and railroad conveniences of atteuding an out-of-town evening entertainment. - So. Lyon Picket. The nmount of siokness iu the vïllage and vicinity during the past week is wlthrtiit yrcocdonf. Pnennionla flnd othercomplicatlonsarisingfromlagrippe have appeared in their worst form. Several cases have been fataland a number of others have brought the suflerers almost to death's door.- Dexter Leader. The junction of the Wabasb aml T. & A. A. railroads being also the junction of WuDasn, nnim -..a ah,,,, at mots, makes a dangurous network of tracks and highways. Ëach street is crossed by two railroad track?, and all within a radius of a few rods. The accident last Saturday is the third within two or three years - Milan Leader. We learn that the Ypsilanti branch from Manchester to Ypsilanti is being relaid with steel rails, and the supposltiou is that something unusual is about to happen. Wuat ff the country should build a line from Ypeilanti to Detroit and then run trains from Detroit to Jackson via Manchester? There are all sorts of rumors afloat. - Enterprise. We thought we had 'em on the porie barrel race sometióle ago wlieti we trotted out one that had been in use GO years or more; but there comes A. C. Hathaway from Moorevüle and declares he has a pork barrel that he received from hls father who would now be over 80 years oíd, and with the exception of one year this barrel has been in use and is in use now. We throw up the sponge. - Ypsilantlan. Isn't ít about time that barrel was thrown up? Here is a piece of good advicc from an exchange: "Drink nothing without seeing it, and be sure that it means nothing more than it saya. Don't go to law unless you are forced to or have omethlng to lose; lawyer's houses are built on fools' heads. In any business never wade in where you can't see tlie bottom. Put no dependence in the label of the bar, and count money before you receipt for it. See the sack open before you boy what is in it, for he who trades in the darkness asks to be cheated." Geo. W. Axtel, an ex-IIowelllte, Is writing some very tnterestlng letters from the National Capital to hls tlrst love, the Livingston Republlcan.- South Lyon Plcket. The Picket is mistaken on George's flrst love. Sue tausht school about two miles north of Howell, as the writer of this happens to know, and George used to come up there every night or two to walk home with her. And if we are not in error she walked home with Qeorge one day and stayed with him ever since. He met the Bepublican after that time. The contiouation of the work begun by the Michigan Central here last fall, together with putting in tlio tunnel will niake Dexter one of thelivliesttowns on the line next suinmer. We are glad this is to be so. It will gire employment at good wages to all our laboring men and to many others who must live herc. This loosens up money, tnakes trade good for onr merchants and keeps overybody busy and happy. The work e to commence as soon as practicable ii the spring. - Dexter Leader. Our fellow-townsman H. F. Lyman, has dropped upon our table a numb;-r of Florida papers, among thcin the "Times Union'1 published at Jacksonville. Nortliorn people are not usually aware that in the south the Afro American race are divided into two classes. The "colored people" and the "negroes.'1 The "colored are those who are decendants of white father?, and the "neuroes" those of unmixed blood. It is the latter clasa that the southernnra are desirous of sending off to Liberia, África.