County And Vicinity

Charles B. Curtís, Whitmore Lake's jeweler, has secured to himselí the best jewel a man eau have, a wife. Mrs. Aun Eliza Scripture, wife of L. W. Scriptnre, formerfy oí Ypsilanti, died at her home in S. Dakota last week. The South Lyon Picket enters apon its 9th volume, healthy, happy and vigorous, with better promise tor the future. H. Pulver has a contract for sopplying several carloads of ties for the Aan Arbor street railroad, and is now sawing thein at his mili. The ties are of oak, 5x( inches in size and seven feet in length. The Milan Driving Park Association have elected the following omcers : President, Chas. Gauntlett ; vice president, C. M. Blackmar; seeretary, Dr. D. P. McLachlan ; treasurer, Mell Barnes. The gate house at the depot has been moved out of the street, and other improvements made that add both to the eonvenience and looks of the grounds. Trees have been set out without waiting for the proclamation. - Ypsilanti Sentinel. Curtís' creamery is rapidly increasing its business, despite the bad roads through the country. The receipts of milk, each altérnate day, is now over 0,000 lbs. Present wholu sale price for creamery butter is 24c. - Duiulee Re porter. Rev. .Tennings gave a grand discouree last Sabbath evening. "There's room for him at the top," and he'H get tbere, or we are no prophet. We have good grounds for our pride in our able minister. - Whitmore Lake Cor. South Lyon Picket. The house of Wm. Geer, of Superior, carne near being destroyed by tire one day last week. They attempted to disinfect the house by burning sulphur, etc, to destroy any genus that the measles might have left and it made too hot a fire. The carpet was burned ofl the room, and some articles of furniture destroyed. The house was insured in the Washtenaw Mutual for $3,000. Jacob Grob, of this city, was acquitted in Detroit, Tuesday, on the charge of selling liquor without a lieense in Belleville. The judge did not agree with the jury, and gave theui a sharp scolding, for finding a verdict, as he declared, against the evidence. It is said Grob acknowledged the selliiifr, but we don't suppose a jury is obliged to believe a man even when he pleads guilty. - Ypsilanti Sentinel. "John O. JackaoD, R," say all of the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti papers, but John O. is a democrat just the same, and neither was he elected treasurer of Y'ork, as those papers also state. It was J. Henry Ford, R., who was elected. Both these gentlemen ought to feel offended - one for being accused of being a republican, and theotherfor being so directly snubbed. - Milan Leader. It shows plainly where they all stole it. i An absent-miuded woman in Grass Lake, started down the street the other day and slipped and feil flat. In recoving herself she got turnea around and started back home. She is a cousin to a woman in Stockbridge who started to prepare the evening meal recently when she sneezed, and upon recovering thought she was "doing up" the supper dishes. She put everythiug away nicely and sat down lor a quiet evening. - Ex. The Rev. Anna H. Shaw, formerly national superintendent of frauchise, now president of the Wimodaughsis, will speak in the Opera House on Friday evening, April 24th, under the auspices of the State Inter-Collegiate Prohibition Association wliich holds its annual convention in Ypsilanti April 24 and 25. All are invited to attend both convention and lecture to hear discussed Questions of living interest to every . man, woinan and child. - Ypsilantian. Horseradish is again commended as a means of alleviating the miseries of the grip, if not effecting a thorough cure. Ordinary horseradish, eaten at frequent intervals during the day and in connectiou with food at the tables, if food is eaten at all, has been foond remarkably efficacious in banishing the distressing t-ough that frequently lingers after all the other symptoms of the grip has gone. It can do no harm to try it, at all events. The hmnble hut pungent horseradish must have been jnade for some good use. - Chelsea Heral.l. In the beginuing God created the heaven and the earth and all things therein. He then created man and woman and left the loafers on the corners, and in due time they multiplied and spread into the postomce, the depots and the stores. In the latter place they sit and explain state and national problems that have vexed great minds ; and exist, partially, by sampling the goods. While he is thus eugaged his wife is out washing for her neighbors, and the poorhelples children are left at home to care for themselyes as best they can. There is nothing more noticeable than a loafer. It seems that in this day and age everything under the sun is a fraud. Now comes another scheme whereby the honest and unsuspecting farmer is relieved of his hard-earned dollars. A firm advertises in the papers that a first class farm is wanted, and of couree receives replies almost without number. The game is, on receipt of these letters to write to parties, saying that if railroad fare to and from the farm is sent to the advertisers, someone wonld at once come out, as from the description it is judged the farm is about what is wanted. Quite a number of people forward the railroad fare, which of course they never hear of again. The scoundrels skip out and their vietims are apparently without redress. One Greenman was defeated for something over in Augusta at the last town meeting, and he gives the various reasons for his defeat in the Ypsilanti Commercial in this amusing way : "Greenman's popularity is what killed him. One reason is because he has refused to come under the party lash and support anybody, however bad, that ia running on his ticket. Another reason is because soine little "2 centers" thought about 11 years ago that they had too much drain tax ; and another reason is because some parties that attended the revival meetings this past winter and we re the most pronounced in their determination to be good and do better ; and teil you night after night how good they were, went to the polls and with sneaking cow' ardice, and falsehoods on their tougues, got men to vote against me. These are the principal causes of my defeat. D. J. Clongh, of Ypsilanti, died at liis home there reeently. He was ui old soklier and a masón. l'ITTSFIKI.D. Miss Rose Wheelock is teaching school at Bridgewater. Mrs. C'hauncy Fosdlck, late of Saline, has returned tO her farm. George Barr, of Saline, and Allie Rogers are building a harn for John Brogan. Miss Bell Stephens, of Ypsilanti, is the gnest of her sister, Mrs. Sidney Harwood. A cow, being pastured on the Harwood farm. was assisted out of the ditch Saturday evening. The Snnday school of district No. 5, organized for the season, Sunday, April 19th. Henry Preston was choseu superintendent, and Mr. Stave, vice-superintendent. The Sunday school of district Xo. 6, opened wlth ils accustomed interest and good attendauce under the continued superintendence of W. J. Canfleld. The additional room is a decided improvement, affording comfortable seats tor all. Average attendance thus far 95. Wliile Daniel Reaves was driving to the Fosdick farm last week lus team, a pair of colts, became frightened and ran awav landing him in the road and démolisning things in general.