County And Vicinity

A G-ross Isle boy kicked a keg containing nytroglycerine receñtly, but he uever wlll do it again. Tuesday our street commisgioner was bugy Bxcavating on our etreets to fliscover if possible the foundation. Reklom have we Been so much mud ín our thoroughfares.- Ypsilantian. A mineral well has been struck at a depth of 160 feet at Ana Arbor. It is fealt and soft, but lacks the Hen, rile, nest-eprg flavor of Ypsilanti which can make Limburger cheese cry, "O, mamma !" and ewoon.- Adrián Press. The new election law is such a complieated affair that someof our neighfooring villages are arr'anging to hold evening schools of voting during this ■week in vacant stores that they may beconie familiar with the manner of voting required.- Saline Observer. The "sleeping beauty,' 'of Stoekbridjte, the young lady who has now telept the larer portion of a year, is reported to be gradunlly waking up. Wh'en fairly aroused after ro long a bnooze, won't she make thinga G !- .Adrián Press. As a resnlt of the railroad accident at Toledo November last. where the F. & P. M. passenger train ran into the rear end of a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern passenger train, injurine; inany persons and Idlling oleven, suits aggregating $170,000 have .been ■broüjïht againet the two railroad companies.- Plymouth Mail. Some of our young bloode, who make 'a practice of loaKng at the depot ml makinK that place a public spittoon, have learned when the operator opens the door and articulates, "G-I-T" - it means for vacancy to occupy their places immediately.- Dundee Ke porter. 8uch a man could find a %ood eituation at some of our public placee. tí no more "monkeying" occurs, a contract will be made by the council hext "Monday evenini, for the liffhtinsr of Dundee with electricity. The Thojnpson-Houston Co. are now in it, ft-nd propose to accept the franchise and contract previously made to antothcr company, and will have their representative present then to execute the contract, and the plant will immediately be put in. That's what the citizens want.- Dundee Reporter. Much .interest has been shown here this -week among owners of fine and fast horses and a step taken to inake a driwng track -where the owners can have an opportunity to train their fetock and as often .as may be thought best. hold a public xJiibition, ing from the lieighboring towns. A paper is being circulated which is being well supportod. O. M. Kelsey lias a plat of the grounds, which vith Jiot an enormous amount of labor and expense, can be made a fine drlvIng place.- Saline Observer. A justice of the peace, living not Tnany miie8 from her6j wag calle(1 upon to hiarry a couple of foreign birth. After arranging the couple for the ïnarriage ceremony, his memfry failed him for the proper words to use, teo he began running over a few familiar quotations from Scripture until he etruck sojnethimg that just suitea the occasion, so he commenced: "Whom God hath joined together let ho man put asunder." Here he betame confused, but finally recovering teaid: "Suffer ïittle children to come unto yon- I pronounee you man and vife." He m.ay be ,a candidate for 4-e-election in April.- Wayne Review. A bear-faced thing- The grizzly. Something that ought not to be picked- A quarrel.