County And Vicinity

not Eeel at all proud of her cross-walks. An Ypsilanti grocer-ad 'resh . warm froin the henB." .'v bed-spring and canap-chair factory is to be established at Dexter. 8. Hirth, of Lodi, has purchaeed the farm of Wm. WMttaker, m Lima. Fred. (.'. Wood of Lodi sold six of last spring 's ram lamba for -ïöou recently. Not au acre of land on the line of the motor road can be purchased for less than $125.00 or 1150.00. Johu Wisner, of Manchester, moved 7( buildings la.-t year, 20 of the nuinber being in Ana Arbor. A skimkery has been established at Hudsou. Fur, tallow and musk are the ingredients suught for. ïhe Manchester common council are talking about putting in an electriclight plant, lt is the ligut for streets. The Wm. H. Dell farm at Saline has been purchased by the Sehwitzer Bros. for $50.00 per acre. (Jheap enough. Ten milis and elevators in the county report 32, 112 bushels of wheat marketed during January, and 313, U01 since August lst. The 8. S. of district No. 5, Pittsfield, give a social at Pau) Uarr's residence Friday evening, Feb. 20. Everybody invited. The February erop report places the condition of live stock in this county at : Horses 9, cattle 97, sheep 98, swine !ü per cent. A. A. Wood is contemplating a deal in the sheep line that will eclipse all previous deals, and that's sayiug considerable, as he lias made some big ones. - Observer. AVhether the bill to authorize the payment of a bounty for the destruction of rabbits passes or not, Pinckney has, and will continue to destroy her share of these pests. - Dispatch. The Lima Lyceum has elected the followmg oüieers: President, W. E. Stockiug; vice-president, F. Buchanan; seeretary, Miss E. Uwiiin; treasurer, E. Leacn. Meets öaturday. evenings. Rev. D. R. Shier of Morenci, had a sermón all prepared for last Sunday, trom tiie text, 'Luto OS a child is bom; unto us a son is giveu," but it was a girl, so he has laid the sermón by for future use.- Adrián Times. Apples are pretty high priced this year, but we must be consoied by the prospects for the future. Experts in fruit culture, venture the assertion that the almost total failure of apples this season, will result favorably lo the future crops for several years to come. An exchange says that there will be lifty-three sundays this year, and that ■we will have to wait Hl' years for the like to occur again. That there may be no misunderstanding, we wlU say nght here that we have decided not to wan. - Plymouth Mail. Daniel Baker brought us a head of cabbage this morning that he found in his cellar growing froin a head of cabbage that he had stored for winter's use. This strange freak was a perfect cabbage, solid and tiran, and measured 11 inches one way and 13 in. the other. - Pinckney Dispateü. The grand work of conversión is still going on at the Methodist church ; the converts thus far will not fall far short of two hundred in numbers. (iod is working wonders in the hearts of the people here through the eflorts of his servant, Mr. Sloan, and in answer to prayer. Let the good work go on till none are lelt unconverted. - Milau Leader. The Kochester Era tells of the crooked doings of a certain fruit tree agent wlio has been doiug considerable business in this vicinity. An order for $50 worth of goods was raised to $125.00 worth, and other orders in about the same proporlion. It is well enough to look out for them, and if you order anything of them always take a copy of the order. Some sports oí Aun Arbor and Ypsilanti held a cock-flght in this city last iiight. The Aun Arbor birds won every round, killing íour Ypsilanti birds, and knocking out two otiiers. Tliis should not be allowed. If Ann Arbor roosters can beat Ypsilanti we want the oíticers of the law to inferiere, and stop the barbarous sport. - Ypsilanti Commercial. Milán Leader : This issue closes the ninth year of the Leader. For nine years we haye guided this craft, through fair weather and stonny. There have beenmany sand bars, hiddenrocks, shallow water, etc., in our course, and we have not ahvays lain on "rlowery beds of ease," but here we re are all safe and sound, ready fur auother year's cruise. The great success of the Motor Line is Btimulating discussion of other like enterprises, and lines írorn this city to Denton, Belleville, Willis, Milán and .Saline are talked of, with opinión favorable to the probable construction and prolitable operation of some of them. The Ann Arbor trains make very reliable time, and the business holds up weji. - Ypsilantian. Good roads in the rural districts mean to the country people just what rapid transit means in the cities. There is less appreciation of the proverb "Time is money" amoug dwellers in the country than among the rushing, hurrying city people, but it is just as true inone place as another. Cood country roads are great time savers. - Pittsbu'rg Dispatch. Joseph Feathers this week sold to W. J. Orttway, of Ann Arbor, eleven head of fat steers whose aggregate weight was 14,310 pounds - an average of near 1400 pounds each. B. N. Smith also sold four head to the same buyer, which average 1450 pounds each. They were beauties and brought a good price while poor stock is a drug at any price. There is always a demand for the best, vet some fail to realize it.- Saline Observer. Mts. Margaret Staffan, a venerable and respected resident of Chelsea for many years, died last Friday morning, Feb. 6th, 1891, f rom the effects of a f all received a few weeks ago. Hergreatage of eighty-four years precluded all hopes of her recovery, and she peacefully breathed her last on the day stated. Her funeral was held from St. Mary's church last, Monday morning, Rev. Father Considine officiating. - Chelsea Herald. The ever-facetious Ypsilanti Sentinel, relieves itself in this way : "The hardhanded tax-ridden masses of the democratie party don't care acotinental dinie for the Governor's five dollar levees, nor the long columns of descriptions of it. What they want to see is necessary public business moving along, sinecures being abolished, economy being realized, worthy and faithful i ognized, and their 1 imies eed. In short, th y want to ihat the administratiou has changed." PITT8FIELD. J. McAlaster has raised bis I is excavating for a cellar. The V.V. s. g. ravi. a social at the school house last Friday evaning. A good attendance and pleasant time were reported. Mr. F. Case, T. Smirllnvait, ,T. AVebb and H. I). Platt were elected as delegatea at the county convention atAnn Arbor Feb. 17. The Sunday school of district No. 5 give a social next Friday evening at the residence of Paul Carr. " A good attendance is solicited. Mr. and Mrs. Heininger were slightly injured and their buggy badly demolished last Friday by their horse becominíí frightened at the cara on the T. A A. A.' K. R. As Mrs. Ilauser, and nephew, Cari Wersman were at Ann Arbor last Friday their horse becanie frightened at the street cars and Mrs. Hauser was quite seriously injured by being thrown f rom the buggy.