County And Vicinity

Harmon Clark, of Manchester, raised a potato this year that weighed 2% lbs. Pumpkins are belng Lougbt and slnpped out of the comity. Something nevv. Robert Shaw, who gettled In York townahip in 1S34, died last week, aged 82 years. The farm forraerly owned by Aaron Westfall, in Unadilla, was aold at auction last week for $8,000. It will be necessary to "settle the tariff questioii" again this fall, notwithstauding the passage of the McKiuley bill.- Milan Leader. John Scliill, of Saline, treed a coon recently, and as he wasclimbing the tree to bring the coon down, feil and was cor.siderably hurt. Q. B. Mason, of Siline, uses a razor that has been in the family GO years or more. Ile prlzes it highly. It is English make, of courae. The McKinley bill leaves "spunk1' on the free list. There never was anything stnall about McKinley. He always knew what the advocates of free trade feit in the most need of. - Wayne Heview. The Ann Arbor fair people have paid their premiums in full. This will do not a little toward making their fair a big one next year, as exhibitors are humnn, and like tlu ir promised pay.- Saline übseiver. This whopper is from the Mnoreville cor. of the Saline Observer: "We have lieard big pquasli, cucumber and pumpkin atorics tliis fall, but it rcmains for Mooreville to teil the longest potato story. Walter Kanouee has on exhibition at E. B. Ford's store, a gweet potato tlial measures three feet and t-ight and one-half niches in length." The early closinsr movoment is welcomed by the clerks and otiiers who were compelled to stay at their posts until all hours of the nieht. They will now have a little time in the evening for recreation and enjoyment, which is needt'ul to health and happiness. Farmers and others can do their trading just as well In the early part of the evening du ring the winter. In inany tovvus nearly all places close at C o'clock. The Monroe district ministerial association elosed a three days' session in the Four Mile Lnke church near üexter, Friday. Slxteen pastors were present with Uev. C. C. Straffeld, P. E , I). Flint, as chairman, nnd Rev. P. Schurer, of South Kockwood, as secretary. The question of the best methods of downing the saloon was discussed. A large nndiber of Sunday school workers were present. Kev. A. Holmlmber, of Detroit, delivurcil hu adcjress. For some time past the F. & P. M have been talkiag of a line of their own from Wayne Junction or thereabouts itito Detroit. Such a line now appears an assured fact. For the past two weeks the F. & P. M. have had a civil engineering corps at Northville and Novi under the direction of Chief Engineer W. B. Sears, of Saginaw, and are also said to have an agent at work securing the right of way. The ro-id will enter Detroit at one end of Woodmere cemetery, reaching the nnion depot over the Wabash tracks.- Milford Times. A step-son of Fred Frinkle, fiom Ann Arbor by the name of John Berger got into a dispute with bis step father regard - ing soine family matter, conspquently Frinkle ordered Berger out of the house whlch enraged him and he attacked Frinkle ziving him a severe pounding. Mr. Fiinkle's cries attracted the attention of a neighbor who was working in au adjoiuing liWd who went to his rescue and wbo ordered Berger to desist. Mr. Frinkle was carried Into the house Insensible and now is reported very low. Papers were procured Monday for the arrest of Herger who had gone to Ann Arbor with hls rnother, Mrs. Frinkle.- Munith cor. of Stockbridge Sun. Berger has been arrested and taken to Munith to answer to the charge. PITTSFIELD. Sidney Harwood is repairing his barns. Fred Webb drives to Ann Arbor every d ty to altend the law college. The Ladies' Aid Society will meet with Mm. Carpenter, Thursday Nov. 5th. The P. U. S. S. will glve a spider social at the residence of A. N. HarrU, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, of Brlghton, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Coombs. The donation of district No 5 proved a very pleasant social event, Hev. Barry receiving flfty dollars. Farmers are taking more interest in politics than ever before, and it is right that they should do so. It is their duty as citizeus to take an active interest in politics. But, at the same time, they should not listen to the demagogue who la trving to make tliem believe that politics can cure all the Hls that agriculture is heir to. It is well for him to altend to politics, but not to leave other things undone. On this subject, Hoard'a Dairyman has the following pointed remarks : How are you going to cure depression in agriculture, when the actual depreciation In the prodnctive capability of the land from what it was. In a state of nature, Is a greater than the depreciation in the prices of general farm products between war and soft-money prices, and now. Leglslation cannot evoke good crops out of a sol} that lacks manurc and judicious cultlvation. But there are lots of men who would rather howl and carry a banner with some strange device lmprinted upon it, than to make a compost heap and apply it to soil gaping for food, and there are lots of demagogues who will egg them on. Depressed agriculture Htalks n vengeance over land that is deficiënt in phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash." And the f llow!ng, from the bst woman farmer in the State of New York, is right to the point : "After congress bas done íill that can and ought to he done; after legislatures have done all they can ; after Farmers' Alliances have done all they can, the fariner's prospecta will depend upon the farmer himself, the attention he gives to every detail of his work, the thought and the brain he devotes to it."- Farm and Fireside. Held by the grand jury - secret sessions. A trial trip - opening move in a w res tl e. The password al a Germán theatre is "nixey." 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