County And Vicinity

llenry Wood has ur"iic írom Chelsea to Jackson to livo. At Xorth Lake thère are a nutnber oL campera from indiana. Dr. T. J. Ritter has removeo" from Dexter to Wadsworffí, Ohio. Four girla and two boya graduated from the Pinckney schoola this year. Work on the Mooreville churchitis hoped will be completed by tlüs month. The Livington couttty state Teachers' As8ociation is to be held at Howell, August 7. The farmers of Bridgewater and vieinity have sold their wool to the Clinton woolen milis. Tip looi library will be . second Saturday, from July 8, from ■". i" 4 ). m. The last Observer containa a ver? pretty rut of their handsome school building at Saline. The Dexter Newa wanta its arreara subscribe to drop a dollar in the box, and inake the editor look happy. The Manchester poetmaster will liereaiter receive $1,100 peï ypar - the last three figures denoting the raisc. The Chelsea Standard was patriotieally itripped in red, white and blue last week, in honor of the 4th of July. A. D. Bennett has leased the Fowlerville Review to W. H. Peek. Peekaboo ! - Dexter Xews. A clear case of Peek in. Farmers commenced liaying thia week. There is a fine erop of clover, and with good weather will make fine hay. - Chelsea Standarft, Mr. Brownell, of Mooreville, harvested from 18 to 20 bushels of strawberries per day during the season. A beap of Ui8cious sweetness that. Orla C. Gregory has accepted the position of assistant cashier of the Dexter Savings Bank. He lias been cashier of C. S. Gregory & Son's bank for some time. The coat tail flirtation is the latest. A wrinkled coat tail bearing dusty marks of the toe of a boot mean, "I have spoken to your father."- Chelsea Standard. Several farmers wish tliey had forty acres of grass to cut, for the sake of getting a hay loader. Why don't some of the farmers go into the hay and dairy business?- Bridgewater Cor. Saline Observer. We woulil like to see - coming into town, seated on a load of wool, a farmer with a smile on his face. - Saline Observer. Just wait until the coming free trade congress puts wool on the free list. You know free trade makes things better. Mrs. T. O. Stickney, of Grand Rapids, died ut hor hume in that city on Monday afternoon. nier a long illness. She was a sister of Harry I. and Xelson Phelps, of this place. Her body was brought here for borial Wednesday morning. - Dexter Leader. Rev. A. C. Clark, on reading the bccount in a recent copy of the Leader referring to the tii'st railroad, said that he rode on the first road from Albany to Bchenectady in 1834. The car was propelled by horsea and conaidered om1 oi the wonders. - Uexter Leader. The Livingston Democrat suggeats that slates be hung in the churcli vestibules whereon the young ladies may register when tliey enter the church. Tiiis wiü save time and DO end of anxiety on the part of young men who now experience difficulty in locatíng their charmers Sunday evenings. Notwitotanding the cry of hard times, and the fat-t that inoney in Bot as plenty as we wished it was, our village is enjoying a season of prosperity seldom seen. ImprovemestS are being made by citizena, the village and townahip and workingmen are very busy and are earning jood wageg. - Manchester Knterorise. The delay in our water workB was caused by si. me 200 feet of the pipe not having been laid deep eaough by about four feet and the water refuaed to run up hill. Men have been at work for several days relaying it, and it is thought it will be Bnished gome time next week. - Plymouth Mail. (neer sort of water wurks, in which the water won't run up hill, aren'1 they? Prof. Essery and Miss Bmith, the preceptress, were greatly Burprised Thursday morning last at the close of the badge day exereises to receive by the hand of Charles Leeson two silver medals neatlv engraved, as tokeus of esteem from the membere of the high school. The remaría that followed the jiresentation were touching and we are .notaare which were the happier, the recipients or the donors. - Manchester Enterprise. In the change oí teachers for the coming year, the Dexter schools will lose two whose several years of efficiënt work have demonstrated their great usefulness. We refer to the Misses Mumie Murdock and Myrta Baird. During their connection with the school, the progressive and painstaking manner witli which they have digcharged their hities has won for them the warm approbatiou of the scliool board, teachers, parents and pupila alike, who regret their departure bom the school and extend to theni hearty good wishes for their future. - Dexter News. Henry Miller, of Ypsilanti, saw a tarántula fall from a bunch oí bananas, and eaptnred bim with a glass jar. O, hut he waa a whopper! Tlie professors of Greek and Latín and long haired naturalista of Üw Normal wera sent for, who, after throe honre, fonnd it to be a largecrab! Then Henry went out and practiced half a day, climbing back and orth tbrough a knot-hole in a board ence. Tlie villatro lias a lawsnit on its hands, ["hey tried to have Warren Kinrble take he platform he built alongside of tbe 'uildinu' owned by Jacob Reichért, out f the alley, but he refused and claims hatheowns the land. The case bas n taken to the circuit OOOTt. TIn-re n.' casea of trespass, encróachment or and grabbing about the villaje which be villa-" will do well to look aftér.- Manchester Enterprise. Mrs. Xancv Martin departed this life it the residence "f her son in Salem on he 2uth uit., aged 98 years. Mrs. Marin liad boried her husband and all her :hildren but the son with whora she ived at the time of her death. Beinu' a liiineer in the community where she lied, she was well and favorably known jy a large circle of frienils and acqnainttncefl for her maay Christian virtuea. Her funeral was held Saturdav afternoon at tlie Congrejcational chnrch, of which she was a worthy nieniber, and was eonducted by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Shannon. It is to be hopecl that the parenta of our town will get souie honest employnent lor their boys during the long summer vacation ; work on the farm or anythiug else that is respectable, even ïf the wages are low. If you don't want vnur boy to be a loafer when hebecomes i man grown, don't teach hirn to be one now by keeping him inidleneSS. ïhere is no wonder that our best public inen and business men in our cities are largely f rom the farm; farm life for a boy is in many ways decidedly safer (han town life. ïhere are better opportunities for education in our towus, but the boy or man who never had but one opportunity come his way and took good solid hold of it, is far ahead of the loafer who sees processions of good opportunities going past him every day. -