County And Vicinity

The senate committee on the Normal School consists of Senators McCormick, Benson, Wilkinson. The first savings bank organized under the State law, commenced business at Howell yesterday. The House committee on the Normal School consists of Messrs. Rockwell, Marión, Canfield Holden, Kirk. Howell sent a delegation of 75 faithEul demócrata to Lansing last week, all lioping to capture a plum from the governor's hand. The T. & A. A. road has flnished a nice job of grading at the station here, giving large facilities for shipping on cars on the track. - Byron Herald. John Shipman, aged 87 years, who carne to Ypsilanti in 1831, died on the (ith inst. He settled in Pittsfield, where he lived uutil 1807, when he removed to Ypsilanti. The Livingston Co. Fire Ins. Co. has $4,5ö(i,134 insured, with an income for 1889 of$6,218.17;expenditures, $4,555.18; and cash on hand, $1,649.05. A pretty good showin:. "Justfifty years ago to-morrow," said our venerable oíd townsmen, I. B. Godfrey, this morning, "I first struck Saline." Mr. (i. located on land in York, about three miles south-east of town. Misses Kate Geraghty and Sue Howe, who have been in the dressrnaking business in this village during the past nine mouths, returned to their home in Chelsea on Tuesday last.-PinckneyDispatch. Dr. J. AV. Babbitt, father of Probate Judge, ,T. WillardBabbitt, died at Ypsilanti last Thursday, aged 89 years. The deceased came to Ypsilanti in 1849, and has lived there ever since. Three sons sur vive him. The church at Wliittaker is for the present most acceptably supplied by the services of Prof. Vroman, of Ypsilanti. They have recently raised mouey and sent to the starving people in Dauota and to the starving victima of the floods in north China. Tlie following are the civil officers of the Ypsilanti Light Guard : Pres. - ('lius. L. liefíole. Vice Pres.- Tracy L. Towuer. Ree. Sec- Fred L. liallup. Fin. Sec- Hurry C. Sullivan. Board of Directors - Frank D. McKeand Harry C. Snllivan. Ben L. (iilbert, Johu P. Kirk, Chus. L. Besóle. Bo long as people continue to act as if railroad tracks were made to walk on, so long will they find that the average train goes taster tlian they do and is likely to overtake them. And when the trains do overtake them, it's the same oíd story of the first locomotive and the cow. It's "verra bad for the coo." - Chelsea Herald. The Congregational Sunday school superintendent at Salem, dividêd $2among the children at his Sunday school, about a year ago, by giving them 5 cents each. The object was to aee how much each one could make out of his five cents. Master Charlie Buree has the honor of being the most industrious, he having made $2. The whole amount was collected Sunday before last and amounted to $18.31. We are in receipt of a card f rom the old auctioneer, Geo. E. Davis, formerly of Chelsea, Lnviting as to be present at an auction sale of mustangs in Atlanta, Georgia, on Jan, 5th. As the lightninjr express was snowed in somewhere in the región of the a-roarer-bore-all-us, we were uuable to be present ; but then our heart yearneth for the mustang, and our ear seemingly drinketh in the melodious sounds of George as he crieth "Once, Twice, Thre-e-e times and sold!" - Stockbridge Sun. Aecording to agreements entered into by Michigan linos stop-over checks are to be limited to time not exceeding 15 dayg from the date of issue, and such checks to be granted only on tickets sold at full, unlimited rates, except on the Flint & Pere Marquette, whicn will be allowed to issue stop-over checks on summer toorist and hunter's tickets at any point west of the Saginaw river, and by the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North iíichigan Kailroad north of Alma. C. H. Millen, of Manchester, is to build a cottage at Wolf Lake this suinmer. The meat mui-kets of Milan are consolidating. Daschemer & Boutell have bought Higley c Vedder. Frank HUI and Maurice Day of Milan, i Mina tó open a brancb. store for . E. Putnam of the former place. It is said that .1. ('. Stellwagen reEused $25 yesterday Eor liis [riso dog Erom a Ypsilanti man. - Wayne Review. Reviva] meetings at Howell are in -dl;carried on very auccessfully by tlie united churches there. Last Sunday about 20 persons had expressed a desire to lead better livea. The treasurer of the Arbeiter Yerein, of Manchester, had $3,828.32 pass through his hands last year, of which $740.20 was for death assessinent, and $609.66 forsick benefit fund. We shall consider it a favor if you will inform us what article you pay more for now than you didayearago. - Standard. Coal ; we burned wood last year. - Manchester Enterprise. And now you undoubtedly cry : "Oh, would tliat I had Btuek to wood. But it is a coal'd day when Blosser gets left. A party of ten visited Aun Albor on Tuesday evening for the purpose of hearing the Stanley lecture. A good time was report ed, but the general opinión seemed that the lecture coasisted too largely of "Henry M. Stanley," and too little of "Darkest África'- Plymouth Mail. Wasn't that just what they came here to hear? Almost 2,000,000 pounds of freight shipped from Bridgewater in 1S!K), as near as can be estimated outside of official railroad iïtrures, as follows in lbs: Live stock 1(50,000, wool 23,000, luraber 105,800, onions 27,000, James Burn's whéat 1,372,150, F. E. Orttenburger's butter 39,394, poultry 47,050, eggs, 73,080-36,540 doz.- hickory nuts 18,750, miscellaneous freiglit 5ü,540. Milan Leader: "At the close of the fall term of school, fourteen weeks, the total number of pupils enrolled was 235. On account of diphtheria tbe average attendance was considerably decreased during the last month of the term. The total number of non-resident pupils was mneteen, and wül probably be increased to twenty-five during the present term. With the present corps of teachers and work well under control the winter term will be even more successful than it has been before." We learn just as we were putting our paper to press, that Prof. Bellows has received notice from the State Board of Education, that his connection with the State Normal School will terminate at the close of the present school year, next June. The announcement is a surprise, and in common with all our fellow citizens we receive it with deep regret. We are unable to speak of it now as we would, but it is eutirely needless for us to testify of the faithful work Prof. Bellows has done in the long years of his connection with the school. - Ypsilantian. PITTSFIELD. T. Sutherland had a colt badly kicked last week. Emanuel Koch and wife are located in their new home. The roads were never in better condition than at present, even in summer. It is rumored that 4in. Norgate, of Ann Arbor, will return to his farm this spring. Eight wagon loads of goods and chattels belonging to Walter Fosdick were moved to his new home at Danville, Ingham county, last week. SALINE FARMEU'S CLUB. The Saline Farmer's Club had as usual, a very interesting meeting Jan. 3, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Isbell. A large number were present, it being the annual meeting. The club lias been runninir four vears. and not one partiële of interest or enthusiasm seems to have been lost, while peace, narnion)1 and good will prevailjamong its members, ilso a feeling that they are able to do better work the coming year than auy previous. Tlie subject of County Organization was brought up for diseussion, and met with approval, a eoinmittee of three were eleeted to represent the club, consisting of Messrs. G. L. Hoyt, S. R. rittenden and E. P. Harper. The folowing officers were then eleeted for the ensuing year : President - Delos Townsend. Vice President- Gilbert Hurd. Lady Vice- Mrs. P. E. Townsend. Secretary- Mrs. A. A. Wood. Treasurer - Albert Cobb. Executive board - N. Wood, chairraan; E.C. Warren, Geo. Shaw, Mrs. Fred Wood and Mrs. Isaac Shaw. The next meeting will be held the second Friday in February, at the residence il' Mr. Geo. A. Shaw. Subject for disiussion : What ean we raise on our iarins to compete with the West? Paper by Mrs. F. C. Wood; Select reading by Mrs. Cone Warner. Music. - Observer. E. M. A. S. The Ypsilanti Fair Association announcea itself as as out of debt and ready to commence business anew at the old stand. At the recent annual meeting the following officers were chosen : President- William Campbell. Vice-Presidents- Johu McDougal and Norman Kedner. Tnasurer- William S. Whittlesey. Secretary- F. P. Bogardus. Marshall- C. L. Yost. Exeeutive Committee, for three years- IlL-nry Stumpenhausen, John E. Betts, J. C. Bemis, W. H. Hawkins, M. F. Case. A committee was appointed to revise the premium book in the horse, cattle, sheep and swine departments. The report of the secretary and treasurer were made and aocepted. The society was never better off financially than at present. All premiums, debts, etc, of the fair of 1890 have been paid and all that romaina unpaid is the rent of the grounds amounting to Í350. As a note was given tor that, virtually the societv is out of debt. '