County And Vicinity

Mrs. Win Minnet, of Saline, died July 14, aged 83 years. Mrs. Elias Manning, who lites just west of Salem, died July 15, aged 84 years. E. C. Thayer, of Salem, has been at:ending the teachers convention at Asbury Park, N. J. Rev. D. H. Cqnrad, of Salein, is attendine the Baptist YoungJPeople's Convention at Toronto. Rev. AV. H. Shannon, of Salem, is taking a vacation of a couple of weeks, wliich he is spending in the west. Howell's milk factory has a pay roll of $500 a week and during the last montli $7,000 was paid out for milk. Mrs. ElizaToeth M. Firster died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. O. Lainkin, in Saline, July 19, aged 66 years. The animal county Sunday School Convention for Monroe Co., is to meet at Azalia, ïuesday aud Wednesday, Aug. 21 and 22. The Saline Farmer's Club will meet at Theo. Josenhans' Friday July 27th. A f uil program isexpected and an early attendence is desired. - Observer. The Plymouth base ball club has a concert yell, indicating the cyclonic qualities of the club, ending with "Plymouth ! Plymouth ! Gee Whizz !" York part of Milán village has 572 inhabitants and Milan part 402, making a total population of 974, whieh is a gain of 55 over the census of 1890. - Leader. Editor Allen of the Wayne Tidings, denies the green-eyed assertion of Editor Xeal of the Northville Record, that he wears a silk tile. He simply has a picture of one that he gazes at with longing thoughts. Prof. Nichols of Boston found eight grains of arsenic to each square foot of a green dress submitted to his examination ! Herë is the fact of poisons freely used. Is tliere no remedy? - Wayiïe Tidings. Certainly. Do as they do in África. Do without. Rain does not fall alike upon the just ;nid the unjust alvvays. We are suffering for it and Detroit has had three shówers siuce we have had any. Evidently the unjust have the bulge on that blessing. - Ypsilanti Sentinel. Poor old Y'psilanti ! First it was a cyclone, tlien its fine school building burned down, and now, worse than all the rest, a horde of Coxeyite ragamuffins made a descent on the ill-fated burg. It was too ïmich. It has driven that burg to drink. - Grass Lake ïiews. It may pay to inake a note of tbis : ïo drive away squash bugs and other small, delicate insect pests, wet a small piece of cloth with kerosene, or use the cloth used to wipe the lamps, by laying about the infected plants. - Northvillè Record. If the kerosene is two strong, it will drive away the plants as well. "Limberger cheese bid away in acupboard or re f rige ra tor will drive away aunts." No doubt it will. It will drive a spike in a brick wall ; it will drive a tramp away from a meal of vituals; it will drive a mulé throúgh a barb wire feuce ; it will drive a herd of cattle over a precipice or a man to insanity. - Saline Observer. A Hudson man saw an advertisement in a foreign paper wb'ich read "A sewing machine for 50 cents. ' He forwarded the half dollar and received in return two needies and an awl. That man sfaould read bis local papers and patronize home trade. - Dundee Reporter. Is that awl vou could expect from a Hudson man? lteferred to the Post. The business man who never advertises savea a great many expenses. He saves salaries and needs but a small stock to supply his customers. This tnakes insurunce and taxes a small expense. Unly a small capital is required and a small building is sufficient for the proprietór and spidersi The money saved by not advertisinj will comehandy beariug funeral expense oí a dead busiurss. - Fow leryille Observer. There was a most beautiful freak of nature most artistically developed on the rose busha.1 residenceof Ben. Crane. Thpre came first a white rose perfèctly Bbaped and oí equal size to the others; then sprang right lip in the center, about onc inch high, a stem hearing a most beautiful ciown, or red rose, crowniug the white. The war oí roses, between the houses of Lancaster and Vork, have long ceasted and now the rel rose of beauty erowns the white rose of peace ; may they ever grow in splendor, peace and love. - Dundee Reporter. A party consisting of men, wennen, children, horses, wagons, dogs, mules, bears, etc, struck town Tuesday uight. The wijinen proceeded to make a begging tour of the place, with papooses strapped to their backs, and a worse looking lot never stepped foot in this sectionbefore. Wednesday morning the men uade the bears dance and afterwards, for seventy-five cents, set two buil dogs to fighting with one of the bears, waich was cruel in the extreme, as oue of the dirty vagabonda held the liear willi a chain attached to a ring in the animáis nose ; the bear was also tnuzzled. During the fracus briiin's nose was terribly bitten by the dogs and the inhuman greaser who held the chain, did his share of torturing by pulling at the chain, when the bear got the better of the dogs. Wliy uur officials allowed such people, who are steeped in dirt anil lilth. lo üive their inhuman exhibition on the street, we are unable to explain. - Fowlerville Observer. Boni city folks are disposed to poke iin at the country boy. Some of them nean no harm, but others really feel ;hat there is an odium, or at least a corntnonness about being born and raised ia the country. The country school house is taken aa positive evidence of ignorance and stupidity. When the facts are brought out and arrayed in their proper order the country aoy bêcomea a different sort, of a fellow altogether. He often stands at the head of the various professions, and leads the processioii on almost every occasion, and in fact bears off the houors in the great struggle for the survival of the fittest. In every community you will find that the leading citizens are men who secured their start on the farm. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. The city of Jackson has gained over 2,000 inhabitants, and now bas 22,750. L. Tichenor, of Chelsea, bas justcompleted the handsomest boat to be found in that section. Even the ads in the Pinckney Dispatch are so good that its exchanges steal them occasionally. H. S. Holmes is mederator, F. P. Glazier director, and W. P.Shenk assessor of the Chelsea School district. The Enterprise would like to see enough enterprise in Manchester to get up a match game of ball. Why not roulette ? It cost the city of Ypsilanti $500 to isolate and take care of ita recent case of small pox. Whiich was not only reasonable but money well invested. Pinckney's population has increased about 14 a year for the past four years. Not a good report for the doctors of that burg. There are now 504 inhabitants there. A gang of Coxeyites, after scaring half the town with their fierce demanda, were finally scared out of town by the village marshal, decamping for the next town. It is amazing to see how some writers persist in using the word "Sundayed." If they keep on, doubtless it will appear in the dictionary, and then we all can use it. - Stockbridge Sun. Work horse for sale, also a good, kind driver.- Plainwell Enterprise. Now we don't want to purehase, exactly, but if that good, kind driver is the right kind of a driver he might bring a good, fair price. The Ypsilanti Athletic Association is a new organization of this city, and already numbers 30 members. - Ypsilantian. And the thermometer scooting up to 100, 102, 104, etc, in the shade ! Think of it ! And weep ! If you want to. Farmers might possibly do well to hold their wool, as the conference committies of the Seuate and House cannot agree and the prospect is, no tariii' bill will be passed this session. If the peo ple clean out the House in November as they should do, no legislation will be possible afterthis session. - Ypsilantian. Aug. 25th, 1894! What about that date? Why, the great Farmers Picnic at Whitmore Lake ! Scratch it down on your memory, and make all necessary arrangements to be there. It will eclipse anything of the sort ever held in this section. "Gone, but not forgotten," is our old time eontemporary of the Commercial. Tlie other day a stranger met us in the street with the ealütation, "1 kuow vou, but you don't know me." "Xo, I do not. My name is W., what is yours?" "Oh, I thought it was P. I used to take his paper." And so as the Irishman said on occasion, "He thought it wasj and I thought t was In1, and begorra it was neyther of us." - Ypsilanti Sentinel. The Cavanaugh Lakers oi-ganized a ball team .and descended upon Chelsea j last Thursday aftenioon. The nativos j met the visitors and strove most mightilv tor tlie horiors of the diamond. When the smoke had cleared away, the score loomed through the gathering twilight showing that the Chelseaites had wun the day by tlie juicy score of 31 to 11. The campers Btole away in the darkness, rtiminating on the picture of a vanished dreain. - Chelsea Standard. And there are a half-dozen or so Aim Arbor boys at Cavanaugh, too! Ghosts of Pat Kelly, what are we coming to? Every Sunday eveniug in front of each of the ehurches just as the services are over may be seeu a string of boys and young men, in numbers varying from twclve to ii.i'ty, lined up in semi-military order for nearly half a block. The majority are waitiug to "catch on," the balance to see it done. - Chelsea Standard. Young ladies should remember that the young men who really care for them go to their houses and accompany them to church in a gentlemanly way. The girls have it u their power te do away with the above objectionable habil of the boys. Just give them the mitteo, and tliey'll soon stop it. LIVINGSTON COl'NTY. Our neighboring county of Livingston has decreased in pöpulation 412 in the past four years, although the vilïages I therein have Luoreased their numbera 328 in the same time. The figures are : Brlgbton towashlp J,i"l Qobootab 1.288 Con way 1,264 Deerlield 1,025 Uenoa 913 ' Greeu üak 831 __ ■ Howell township 3,439 Handy Hamburg o,'1 Hartland 1'2i losco J. Marión 1.J Oceola g? Putnara l fè I'yrone Unadilla ■ M0 Total Population 20,416 VILLAGES. Howell vil lage 2,568 Fowlervllle, Handy township 9SS Brigliton village "19 Pinckuey in, Putnara township 50J