County And Vicinity

Milán schools liave a new lürfoot American flag. That's the stuif. The school building at Milán la all in use again, being uieely repaired. Jlrs. .John Van Cleve, of Ypsilanti, is to go to New York for her health soon. The Conservatory of JIusic at ypsilanti is filled with new students this year. There are to be 25 chorus singers to the Baptist church choir at Ypsilanti this season. The Xormol orcliestra are to change thfir mimes because none of the ïnembers beloiiig to -tli-e Normal. The ladies of the Baptist ohurcli, Milán, will hold their animal harvest fair and festival Oct. 5 and 6. The clerks at Ypsilanti have made a move for an early closing hour, G o'clock. It ought to succeed. On account of failing health John H. Ketchum, of Ypsilanti, has sold liis stock oí hardware to Harding & Shaffer. Always thought Ypsilanti was quite up-ish, and now comes the Commercial and claims that she is 711.7 feet above the sea level. Uetter make up your mind to attend the i'nir at Chelsea, Oct. 9-1. Tlie management are making every effort to have it an unqualified suecos. Hugh Clark left at this office a fine specimen of a potato that tipped the beam at 1 lb 10 oz. This beats anything so far. Xext.- I'inckney Dispatch. The 81st birthday of Mts. Ann M. Skinner, of Ypsilanti, was celebrated Sept. 28th, mauy of her friends remem bering lier with mementoes and presents. "Walter Robbins, colored, and 25 years old, was arrest-ed at Garitón, Mo&roe county Saturday for attempting to dispose of a load of wheat alleged to have been stolen from Geo. N. Hammond, of Willis. Piaster and Paris green didn't agree with seventeen of Charley Wilson's lambs at Orion last week and they up and died. Between "pizen," the sea serpent and the Wilson bil!, Otíoii sheep are haring a hard time of it.- X(5rthville Ecord. . Mrs. M. Xaylor, of Xorthfield has received a legacy of $17,000 from the estáte of an unele who died in Rochester, N. YT. That amount has been received in cash, and there is valuable property ín that city that also ■.omes to lier. - Ypsilant Commercial. Dundee's new eleetrdc light plant blossom cd last week, aud every one was happy, Even the ministers saw in it Ingpiration lor a sermón and_ one of them foimded thereon his evening talk, relative to the light of the world. His audience, it is presurned, was able to see the point.- Adrián Press. Dundee has a {armer v.'ho knows bow to raise meions and how to raist nioncy. 'He just kept watch oí the tpatch one night and spotted a pl.'itoon of ehaps who had raided it. Then he demanded a settlement and got it, each one putting up a V. Entwisle got more money out of that lot of meions, than from al the rest he had marketed. It was a case of watch and prey. - Adrián Press. Clielsea young boys run in the streets till late hours, and swear with a proficienty that astonishes the oldest inhabitant, and leads the Standard man to utter a note of warning to parents. What kind of grown up Chelsealtes must they have from which these youngsters get theh' inspiratlon. A plantation devoted to blue beech gads, could be profitabiy cultivated over there.- Adrián Press. A good old lady in the Methodist church whose name we are not at liberty to disclose, wanted to jot down the text last Sunday over toward her mischievous son she whisperel : "Have you any cards with you ?" "No,1" he 'replied," and you can't play Sn church anyhow." The good lady was so frustrated she forgot about the text.- Northville Eecord. E. B. Tord bought two fr&sh fish of two well known fish peddlers the other day, and in each one of the fish found a 7 oz. lead sínker.- Milán Leader. Sow here is a hint to our ftehermeo that wül not go unobserved. If the weight of fish caught hereabouts tloes not increase to the extent of eeveral punces hereafter, the anglei-s are not the men we took them to be. 'nie Eingling circus receipts here were oer $4,000- four thousand dol lars in a bard times year. Say ! how about the soldiers' monument ? Pay $4,000 to a circus in one day, and can't collect half dollars enough to erect a soldiers' monument in this city when half the cost is already subscribed ! Let it never be said. The committee don't appreciate the advice to wait nntil another year, in view of such a revelation, and they are llkely to start our right away. -