County And Vicinity

The State fair will be held tliis year at Detroit from Sept. 11 to 21. John Wheaton, aged '86 years, died ai his home in Oakville, July 22. The yields of wheat so far reportet in this county have been excellent. The Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, of Milán, reports a balance sheet of $97,J 15.48. The deposits are $66,409.67. According to the Mail, Plymouth is infested by a gang of rowdies that need to be introduced to the chain gang. There is great complaint from fruil growers about the fruit dropping off the trees. Caused no doubt by the dry weather. On Thursday, July 26, Mis. Grace Hitchcock, wife of Milton W, Hitchcock, of Milan, died at their home in that village, aged 27 years. Daniel Wilcox, of Unadilla, was drowned on Sumday while bathing. He was 21 years of age, and a Maccabee. - Pinckney Dispatch. Dr. Richardson went to Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon, and had au operation performed upon his throat by Dr. Oarrow. - Dundee Reporter. The managers of Germán Day, to be held in Chelsea this year, announce that Gov. Rich and James S. Gorman will speak to them on that occasion. The Dexter Leader states that the gaiu denoted by the recent census comes from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Our friends down the Huron wish the last of that statement was correct. The farmer's wife lias a scowl pass over her otherwise pleasant face as she liears the hum of the threshing machine and thinks of the big meals necessary for her to prepare for a day or so. Not only rag weed, but all other kinds of weeds, notahly burdocks and thistles, are just everlastingly Ioaded with hay fever. The only safe way to do is to cut thein down and burn them up. That promised rain has not yet arrived, and everyone casts an anxious eye skyward, with an inward, if not spoken, prayer for the elouds to give forth their moisture, and the rains to descend. ïsow that wool is low, we hear that there is no inoney in slieep." The imprövement of the fertility of the land, due to the prescence of sheep, is an important element of profit frequently overlooked. - Farmers' Friend. Some trampa, it is supposed, set the bridge on flre, over what is known as the bij? ditoh a lialf mile north of Dundee last week Tuesday, and the south bound passenger train on the T. A. A. oc X. M. R. R., carne near having a smash up thereby, but didn't. Harrison Phelps and family returnec Friday from a stay of several months at Colorado Springs, where they went in hopes to improve the health of their eldest daughter, whose condition, however, remains about the same. - Dexter Leader. By the giving away of a bridge near the Centennial school house, Augusta, Dan Hitchingham's traction engine met with a bad smash up recently. More expense for the town in not seeing bat her highways were in proper con[ition. During the hard rain last Friday afternoon, lightning struck and burned a large stack of straw belonging to Ira Webster. Had it not been for the heavy fall of rain bis barn buildings would doubtless have been burned. Saline Observer. AVhen the local reporters of the Ann Arbor papers get short of nevvs, they stick in this item, " It is said that the bondholders and stockholders of the street railWay have arrived at an under" standing and that cars will soon be running on our streets. - Chelsea Standard. Remember the Farmers' Picnic at Vhitmore Lak'è, August 20. Big time. Lots of talk. Lots of lemonade. Lots fun. Lots of water. Lots of neighborly greetings. Evrybody is making arrangements to be there. Go thou and do likevvise. Half fare on all railroads. The man who makes general íarining pay the best is the one who has some produce that he can put on the niarket ever}' month. He is not tied down to any one erop, or one branch of stock raising, but he branches out safficiently so that if one thing fails, he has other opportunities ready. - Dexter Leader. The product of the creamery is below that of Iastyear. Chas.-Sandford isrunning it in accordance with the demanda and prices. The product now is about 1,800 pounds per week. From every ton of cream they allow for getting 900 pounds of butter, thus 20 tons of cream are handled weekly by the two teams. - Manchester Enterprise. The following are the new offieers of "Wolverine Lodge, No. 197, I. O. O. F., as published in the Milan Leader: N. G.- E. W. Mead. V. G.- W. H. Whaley. Secretary - J. S. Bray. Treasurer- S. T. Blackmer, Warden- Archie Gauntlett. I. G. - Nelson Younglove. E. S. to N. G.- C. M. Blackmer. L. S. to N. G.- Nelson Taylor. E. S. to V. G. - George Sherman. R. S. to V. G.- Edd Farrington. E. S. S. - D. J. Anderson. L. S. S. - George Segar. This cat story is told by the Saline Observer : "During the past week the poultry farm of G. ,T. Nissly lias beeu quite the scène of mourning, between one and two hundred chickens have been killed many of them from bis most choice breeds. In conscquence of the above some forty choice cats in the neighborhood have been caused to straighten out from the effect of as many doses of course shot." Of course that shot took the right course or of course the Observer would not have had that item. By authority granted from the "Ancient Reckless Order of Prevaricators," a society started and sustained by Bro. Neal, of the Xorthville Record, we are entitled to lie to our heart's content, and no one has a kick coming. Usually we have believed all of the thrilling articles found in the Record were true - true as gospel, but our faith is shaken, lo, its foundation quaketh, in fact it bas flown, and now the Record is regarded by us as a modern newspaper only. There, take that! Next!- Dundee Ledger. While walking about town recently we noticed a number of Russian thistles that need harvesting as they are nearlv ready to go to seed. This thistle is the one that is "raising Cain" insorneof the western states, and in some places large amouuts of money have been appropriated for the extermination of the pest. Many people thiuk that it is a niilkweed, but if they will take the trouble to examine it a little closer they will find that the leaf is decorated with a row of thorns. - Chelsea Standard. We have pretty good authority for stating that there is no thistle about it, but it is siinply wild lettuce. Extensive preparationsare beingmade for the fifth annual celebration of the German-Americans of Washtenaw County which will be held at Recreation Park, Chelsea, Aug. 9, 1894. Societies from the various eities and towns throughout the county will be present, each bringing their own band. The societies and bands, together with the advertising cars of our merchants, will 'orm in line for a parade through the principal streets. The excersises at Recreation Park will open with an address of welcome by P. J. Lehman, owed with orations by Gov. John T. Rich and Congressman Jas. S. Gorman. Also an address in Germán by Mr. Martin Scheltle. At the close of the speaking the rest of the day will be taken up with sports and games, f ollowed in the evening with flreworks and a ball in