County And Vicinity

A teacher's fust itute is fco be held at So. Lyon Feb. 3d. Mrs. Geo. Savage, oi Sylvan, (lied Jan. 14, a-ged 80 years. Mrs. John Jewoll, of Whittater, died January 11, of consumptinn. Milan is rebuildlng the buildings destroyed by iire there recently. Lhingston eounty has foi-warded in all $77i to the northern sufferers. Six nciv memlers joined the Congregatlonal ohurch of Salera recently. Adrián and Ann Arbor wlll be united by electric ties in the near future. Sure. Mrs. John McMullen, of Mooreville, dled Jaaiuary 11, of sciatic rheumat'ism, aged 40 years. The next eounty Sunday School convention is to be held in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Marcli 20th. There is to be a school entertainment at High School Hall, Saline, Friday eveming, Jan.,26. Salem has a new tin shop and a new meat market. Walker Bros. are the proprietors of both. B. H. Glenn has sold hifi farm at Nortb Lake, to Ed. Daniels, of Dexter, -vho wHl move thereon next spring. The many temperaoiee people reslding at Willis are indignant over the proposition to establish a saloon there. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Parks died Jan7, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. F. Prudden, in Chelsea, aged about 70 years. Wm. VanSickle is deacon, and Mrs. AVm. Van Siekle luid Mrs. Alexis Stanbro are deaconesses of the Salem Congregati'onal ohurch. H. D. Platt lias been elected by the Saline Farmer's Club, a delégate to attend tlie State Farmers' Club meeting at Daneing, Man-h 2. An entertainment rs to be given at Roberfs school house, Pittsfield, on the evening of Feb. 2, by the young people. Ten cents to get in. Benj. F. Woodruff, a brother of Chas. "VVOOílruff of the Sentinel, died at his home in ISrownstown, Wayne eounty. Jan. 17, aged 86 years. Grass Lake has recently organized a new horticultural society, and asks t he íarmers of the western portion of this county to join it, and go to Grass - Lakei. The Saline Observer wants to know 'how the Courler caught on?" The Observer te mot as ignorant as it pretend. It is too hrewd and clever to ever let left. On the one acre plum orchard of Mr. Miller, siear Dexter, over 100 Imshels of fine plumg were raised last year. All by cultivatton and proper sprayimg oí the trees. Salem townshlp sent 25 barrels of flour, nearly three barrels of corn meal, five barrels of clothing, and $18.85 to the suffering minera; a total valué of $152.97. The next state fair is to be held in Detroit, on the Expoaition grounds, in the early part of September. Entries open to the world, a part of Qanads and all of Hawaii. Three young men, haiiing from Tecumseh and Clinton, liad to pay $7.30 each, fine and costs fo-r attempting to use Manchester '8 streets íor a race track on Sunday. Pretty dear fun(?). Jlr Xordman is authority tor the statement that the proper proportions of london purple or paris green for sprayuig fruit trees is threefourths of a pound to 100 gals. of water. Mrs. A. O. Miller Ib Hack "it her BliSsfield home. A few days ago he Jotoed a theatrieal company, wlúch busted. She now is taklng tbe part of -'the queen of the brooin." - Hiidson Tost. There were 90 peop-le recelved int o eommunion ut the Presbyterlan chureh, Tecuiaseh, on a recent Sunc!ay, 60 oï wliom were baptized that day. It was a great day for the pastor, Eev. Mr. Urown. Salem has a new democratie postmaster in place of Hou. George S. AYheeler, republican. Philemon C. Murray, -vv-ho held the office during President Cleveland's first adminietration, bedng agaiu appointed Judge McMahon, oi the Ludington circuit, is a fornier "Washlfiiaw county boy. Upon asuming the bench recently, he informeel the bar that Uercafter. in that circuit, all divorce procoedings should be in open conrt. T. A. Sayre sliore a flock of CO of liis half blooil sheep last Tuesday. Lou Hammond uní James Blackwood have ateo tunied out a flock in their nude state.- South I-yon Excelsior. Won't those sheep feel thej have been Eleeced before spring? r announces the fai ire of J. W. Smith, who has been a large pureiiaser of grain of all kinds in and about Dundee, Rea, Brittoa, Eidgeway, etc. ïhe a'eneval declime in business ia what caused dt. E. Sampson, in .-m ai-ticle cntitletl "WotW's Fair Aftermath," pub'.isiied in ilie Ypsilantian, bringe vividly to inind scvcral piotures tliat struck the ayerage siglit seer at the Vorld's Fair as bei-ng of unusual merit. Mr. Bampson'e deecription of tliem is excellent. Ixrais Chnmberlain, of Webster, saya i lint pendí trees sbouM be set wlth 10 ieet between rows, and care should be used in selectlng varieties adapted to soil and cllmate. Peach trees 1 1-2 years from bud he reeómmeode oe the beet to set on account oE cheapncss, princdpally"How many wives are belmg poisoned to sickness and death. by the tobacco-usiing husband, God only knows,'' exclaims a writer in the Doxter Leader. TVhy, how many wives has thefilthy old lopper-chopped, bosom frescoed, goat-scented varmiut, nnyway ?- Adrián Press. Remarking the unusunlly email eggs om the market, Dick says the hens are mad because eggs are cm the free list in the Wdteon bill, and won't lay any more big ones. Dick's philosophy goes deeper into the sclence of cause and effect than most people imagine. - Ypsilantian. Eggsactly so. One eventng last week the skating pond became too crowded for comfort and there was a questton as to wnich shcnild leave, the town boys or college students. The students -vithdi-ew, but say they never wffl again. - Yptilnntinn. That will probably be owing to numbers and Band. Dr. McLachlnn. of Mooreville, exhibited hte Brown Leghorn birds at the show at Ypsüanti last week and took ei'fflvt out of twelve premiums in tht daas- lat, 2nd, 31 and 4th on hen, lst and 4th on cockerel, lat and 2d on pullet. The doctor claims to have the finest Brown Leghorns west of Niágara Falla.- Milán Leader. The Ypsilanti Commercial tells .■bout an invention of George H. Oackson and Thos. J. Rice, of that place, which will be proof against a burglar attackhig a Kafe or an exprcss car, and ever leaving the locality alive. The minute the door is disturbed it eet-s a whole arsonel of guus firing in every dlrecticn. Alex. Soulier, well known throughout this county, died at hi.s home in Webster township, near Dexter, Jan. 13, aged 69 years. He was a man of strong convictions, au unconiprornisvng democrat, and a man wlio ahvays beüeved in and fought for progrese. He leaves a -wlfe and two children, Itobert Soulier, of Detroit, and Mrs. A. J. Lenfesty, of Ann Arlxr. At the animal meeting of the Farmers Club held at S. R. Crittenden's last week, the following ofïicers were elected for the ensuing year : President, C. E. Cobb ; vice presidente, T. Josenhans, Mrg " H. Isbell ; secretary, Cynthia Hurd ; cor. sec, N. B. Bmith ; treas., A. G. Cobb ; memtos oí executive board, S. R. Crittenden, G. L. Hoyt, G. s. Wood.- Saltae Observer. Amos Wilbur, of Superior township, aged 85 yeare, died oai the 14th inst., at the home of his son George. He was ome of the prominent pioneers of this county, coming here as long ag as 1834. He leaves three sons and one daughter, all residents in the vicmity, and besides a comfortable fortune leaves them what is more to be prized a name without a blemish. Speaking of the talk of Hand to a newspaper reporter, just before going to Jackson, in which he cnsts out hints against other people, the Ypsilanti Sentinel says : "It is bad tor Hand that he could not have had counsel before uttering sucli nonsense; for it certainly will convince ïnany tli.it have not before been fully satisfied as to lus guilt. Bo far as its effect upoa the others is eoncerned, It wili not be feit, and still it is very annoyiiiK to have one"s name bandied about lm such a way." K Hand is g-uBty. as most peopi believe, is it not lest Unit lie BhouW cónvtet himself out of bis own mouth ".' Tlie Ocrarier's informant makes a mistake in saying that Mr. L. D. Nórris "graduated wlth the first elass that ever went out from the Ypsilanti High School. " That school had no existence for years after Mr. Xorri entered tlie Universit y, and he nuver attemded it. His preparatory educatiou was received in the private schools of Ypsilajiti and Ann Arbor several of which flourished while the public school system was made in an inchoate, and abnost paralyzed con dition.- Ypsilanti Sentlnel. Xot be insi around at that time, we take it for graated that Bro. Woodrufl is correct.