County And Vicinity

TIn; M.-iMm'c lodge room at Manchestor Jt to be Ughted by electriclty. I'caclies, it is aaid promlse 90 per cent. of au a . ; and apples 55 ]"■: cent. The Excelsior Laving bought the Ticket, at Bo. Lyon, the two wlll be one Sereafter. The Saniord creamery at Mam ter uses up eerea toni ol inük dally ;r,o ilis ol bul A barbed v eut a h'orse belOHgltug to .loim O'Brlen of Northi:eid, quite sererely Saturday. Mi.-s Alioe Ellmra Sargent, ;■- about ".." years, died June 4 at the liomc of II. M. Woods, oí r Dr. F. II. Elite, oí Salem, is about to remove to Petoskey witli his ïamily. wJiere he will open au office as vetcrinary aorgeon. John Bnrkhardt, of Manchester, has gane to New York as bookkeeper for a firm. He waa obUged to leave Chicago becaoae of iii health. A .Stotkbridirc druggtot aas pald a fine of i?200 for sellins whisky in vtOlattOO of the law. He wlU be a gTeater respectar of the law hereafter. The old teachers at Manchester, with two exocjii ions. will remain andther year. MSM Julia Conklin and Miss Anna Gtiske will tako a ycar's rest. The "ïn'iM-.-i inion Agricultura] Society has declded to hold Itfl fair on AVednosday, Thursday and l'riday, October 4th, 5tb aod 6th.- Cheteea Standard. There has been ;i falliiií; ofl of 2 1-2 per cent. in the number of sheep owned by farmers in southern Michigan. Free avooI wlU increase these figtirea wonderiiilly. Chas. Kllis of Howell. and K. W. Lake of taiie place, caiiirht about $25 wortax of frogs, on l'riilay ast. They shipped thcin to Grand Rapkto.- I'inckney Dispatch. ThO fhiUli-cn of the village are ■Hhooping 'er np just now ; not so very hard bttt plenty hard enough wlipn tlicy cough all to gether.- ManchestT Enterpi The baccalaurate sermón to th gTaduaUng tíiam oí tiie Mancheste High School wili probably be dellvei delivered by Rev. L. F. Davis, on Sun tlny evening, June 18th. Tlie carpecters at itockbri(lge don' miiul a fall of 25 feet or so ; two o them, Frcd JOcklcs and Fred Ro took sucli a tumble h-om a scaffold and roee agaio, all right. The oidrst nliabitant cannot recaí the timo when dandellona were bo llcntiiui ,is tl, s surnmer. The yeBow nulsamoe ttourtehfifl everywhere. - Chelsea Herald. The oldeet Inhabltant hM amioubtedly forgotten all about last year. Joiikms saya Wie schooi board is dusi'rvini; of gratitud tor the well kept la wn in front of the Hili School building. He also woaders why our clinrcli people In not ornament the olinrcli yards moro. Wlio can anawer trim ?- -ChciM'a Standard. If yon want to kmuv why avooI Is lower tha.n last ycar. it te Basily ex]laini'd. The wool manufacturera refuee to biiy oí onr own grrowers. They gay tliat congress wHl give thera free wool in September, and then thfy can -t it at tlieir own prlce. Ií ycnir garden l rdcely planted aad arramged to your liking, and then a neighbor's hens get n and armnges tfaángci to your iisiikiir. close yoni mouth and reved back in memory to tbe íiuist patiënt man spoken of in Blblteal liistory.- Northville Tvecord. Three yoxithe of toder yean armedwiiii revolverá and a supplyof cartrUges, were taken in charge by Marshal BteveoBon Monday evening. Tney wwe [rom Detroit, and bonnd for the weel to "flght Injuns."- Wíia m Review. Tlic eommencemeat exercle at the Dextor Ilifrli School occur June L':!d. There are nine in the graduating oteas, twn Imivs and Beven girls, as follnws : Joe Jï.iii. Jay Lucas, Ifyrtle Boatwlck, Aunes Ppatt, Mlnnle Dalley, Mage riicips. Mamie Phelpg, Alice Devine and Anna T'.'. Prof. BUI, connected wlth tlie State Norma] tor years, and a man wltb niucli gray matter ia Iii.s skull, has rcsiiïned. ïhe professor loves to fecl thsit he knoivs something that otber peopte do mot, and ttaerefore reuses to give the reasan for reelgnlng, ept that t js aot becanse of a "hot box" anywhcre.- Adrián Prese. A brutal Webeter, Wastatenaw Co. man sa id to jjosscsk uncrriiifr -vveatlu'r instincts, prOpheslea Uve more full grown cyciones before tlie end of '93. Ordinarily we would not encourage blootl fhed ; but it wouldn't be wicked for some piüUanthroplet to risc up and f'kin that prophet'a nove.- Adrián Freas. The electrfc light plant has become -iif Biietalnlog during the past month. To reach thta ead Id only the third moath of its exlatemce la beyond the moet sanguine bopee cntcrtained by piroinoterg. V. ih.ivo the best and cneapeet l%htd town In the state. WOB as the bonds are taken np tben tor water Clinton Looal It is anncmnoed tbal the castor oil plaat ba raluable protección againet moequitoee- ttoat plamted aiimit house t will drive tham away, and th;it yïmng plaste in pots In iliu ni'in. or leavee placed abont, Avill completely ril a bous thi gesta. TWa is rery Important, 11 truc. anti it la eaelly lcslc'1. - Vpsilant [au. Uany people hare arrlred at the i, tiiat tiic only way tu rul of the daadelion la to attempt to cultívate it. That wat the t late Bev. Henry Ward Beecher for Canada tiiistics. said ( if tarmera wóuld dig about tlicm. -lic bugs, wen-nis, and other peetê would; ■ tor tbem, and ilic erop would be Bhortened íorwit h. - KorthvJlle Record. A band of Dearborn boys carne ío Wayna Monday oveninir, flUeJ np wlth 'bug juicc" and made the rounda ot the "vestibules of li 1" until oioalag np time, maklng Rome howl wit li a noiso tliat would drive a "song and benr dance" man into liis hole.- Weyne Review. Dear born boys. indeed ! lint why didn't yoor nlïic-ials jralhcr t hom in? DÓMB'1 your library fnnd deed increaaing ? Rev. S. T. Morris in Deiter Leader: "Xow can not Dexter have a library nl reading room ? A glance about our li 1 1 Ie town wlB Show tliat outshle of the saloon there is not a spot in the whole town whrrc a young nan can drop in and piek np a newsraper or book. A movtmrnt is on oot to provide sucli a place, but to iiMire the plan the succesa it deaervea licre must bc a hearty oo-operathm of all the siirici i's, orders and hurclies in th place. Wlth suc-h cooperation it cannot fail." In the eouthern counties the wag per montlL oí farm honda average $18.01 witJi board, and $24.82 without board; in the central ccnintlea $17.46 tluboard, a.nd $2G.Ü without board, and in the. northern counÜea, $19.28 wlth boanl, and $29.89 without board. The average wages paid farm hands are hlgher DOW than in any prevkma year nce 188Í. In 1890 tlie average wagea paid in the southern counties, wtth board, vu $10.45 ; hi lS'Jl, $10.89 ; In 1892, $17.59, and in 1898, $18.01. An exchange saya : Take a drive through the country and carry a three foot iinc stick with you. Ctil a notcli every time you Bee a piece of farm machiinwy standing out of door unprotected, wimi cracked, paint waslied ofl aml brons rusting. Wetwiii wager your pJne stlek glvea out beiore your team gcte tired. Imiilement dealers and mannfactnrera are not making .muclT fuss about tliis. It .suiis thciu all rjght, if it 6uitn the (armer. Tnta is the groseeet kind ol carelcs.-iicss, and ii cvi-ry farmer vvouid lmiid a cheap, traw covered Hhed, for tools or Implemento to Bhed rain, wind and BunllgOit, and n-e lt, they would save hondreda m" dollars annually. The I)?xtor Leader, in clocing au article in reterence to W. E. Boyden'B al stock sale says : "Mr. Butterlii'ld, of the State Board ol Agricultura, and AlvH JI. Sanders, of the. Stodc-breedera Qazette, seemed to take greal interest not oulty in the sale, but also in the dtoplay of fine stock and conveniently arranged l)uildings of Springbrook farm. In tact SprJngbrook witli lts broad aerea and niagnificent array of buildings K t.istcfully arranged, is an object of Interest to the most ifetteM eye. One may tnivcL boodreds of miles through the bost tann&og lands, without meeting i-o niuch capital so ju(lk-iously investcd in tliat which goeg to make up fine farm appearances and there Ib no doubt but the thrifty l'aimers who nttended this sale from so many parte of the state are satisfied that oíd Washtenaw county can ahOW up as thrifty a lot of ilfjiicuiturists as the average, to say the easi ."