Washtenaw County

Manchester eider milis are ehipping In apples to squeeze the juice out oí. The man who rakes up hiS' leaves and puts them in his garden, is 1he wise man. Pinckney has opened a new and une opera house this fall, and her entc-.rtainment going people are very much pleased thereat. Court Chelsea JS'o. 1012 Independent Order of Foresters, has been re(.■rganized at Chelsea. Eleven new njembers were added lnst week. AValter C. Mack has bought out tho store of ICernpf & Co., at Manchester, and now has a pretty good ciutch on the business oE that villageMr. and Mrs. O. Bivins, oí Manchester, celebrated their 50th marriago anniversary Tuesday, and the Baptist society and Mentís at that place helped them to do it. Lewis Lamborn, of Lorti, 'lied on Thursday last of inflamation of the lungs, aged 77 years. The 'leecased v, as a nativ.e of England, bufe carne 1o this country when a young man, aiul had üved in Lodi many years. His wife died a number of years ago, and two sons and a daughter eurtíví; him. Mr. Gaudy has resigned the position of commissioner of the Board oi Public Works at Ypsilanti. He tecame convinced that he could not retain his self-respect and act in liarmony wlth the common council, and as hc. thought more of that than of either the office or the council, he ïesigned, so they will not have such .t. gaudy board down there as formerlyi. A good many farmers throughout thecounty use oíd rails or other wood in the threshing engines. Most U not all insurance policies prohibit the uso of wood, but careless farmers take the risk and if a lire occurs try to make the company pay.- Manclusttr Enterprise. But there is one company at least, which flatly refuses eery time, and that is the Washtetaw County Mutual. Boys, you will have to put that app3 core in your pocket till you get somc where else, as the council has passed an ordinance prohibiting you fiom throwing it into the streets. Xhal ordinance is a good one ; now if the council will pass an ordinance making it compulsory that a litizen's neighbor's hens scratch only in their owner's garden and posy beds, they will confer an everlasting favor upon many of their constituents, and maj depend upon a re-election next spi ing.- Mllan Leader. A eertain doctor of this 'ity of i piscatorial turn of mind, alter ".onfriöerable trouble obtalned a fine lot oí miimows whlch he lntended to use j.i o tishlng excursión the folio wing !.'. To keep them ïresh and 'ively ho di cided to put them in lils watering trough over night. What was his horror wlien he aróse in the aiorniug, t i iind that his pet cafc was loing n, littlc fishing on her own account, and her efforts met with such success that the fishing trip had to be delerred to soine future time - Ypsilantian. yuite a catastrophe. Kome of the residents of Lima town8l)ii are incHned to poke a little ïun at the commissioners who had the a.gfcessing of propei-ty for what is kLCwn as Mili Lake Drain ot Sylvan and Lima. These commissioners, on atiidavit of one Taylor, that some pollywogs were wont to swim up there and -vvhen the water dried up would lu left to die and dry; up, and so )et-omc an unhealthy nuisance, assessed the township of Lima $142 for building the drain because oí the improvejnent it would be to the healtb of the township. Property ownera along lts Une will have to pay some $700. Mrs. James Gorman, of Chelsea, lias leen visiting friends at Dundee Uuring the past week. Joseph Avery died at ais home southwest of Saline on Tuesday of last week, aged 76 years. Mis. W. H. Gay and daughter Gertrude. of Milán, have gone to Grand Kapids, Wis., to visit relatives. Mis. C. T. Sill, of Milán, has been visiting íriends in Ann Arbor, Dexter and Ypsilanti, during the week. According to the Observer, Everett Davenport of Saline killed 57 spariciví- at one shot. Good shot. A'i anf.ex iias been purehnsed f.t Sahne's c.emetery. which is being íñcey eieaned up and put in good shape. Mrs. Goodrich of Saline, h:;d a !ii tie party of young folks help her celébrate, her Sist birthday one day last week. Dundee.Maccabees conferred the Oriei'tai degree upon some Milanites, at the latter place, which thcy vlsited Mcnday niglit. The Observer says there have been a dozen íunerals in Saline within the past month, and it is not considerad a sickly time either. At Saline they have had to import f rom out west. Here Ann Albor we have to eat the worm y viudfalls or go hungry. James Owens, of Dundee, was senteixéd to pay a fino of $25 and i?2.95 costs ou an action for slander brought by Mrs. Ahce Seile:1. ïhe ledger appears to think that the fellow got justice done him once. "W. F. Hatch, the American Express agent at Chelsea, has Just completed his 3()th year in that capacity Jiaving eutered upon the dutiea oí tha positioii Oct. 12, 1859. In all tüose ycars the compauy has never lost a rent tlirough him. Mr. Hatch was tliè first teacher of the first school in Chelsea. Charmed by the beautiful manne'r i.i which Mr. Masters, of Lickly's Corners, Hülsdaïe county, sings at funerals, the delighted mourners oí dead frii-nds, recently surprised liim at hid liome with a present of a wateh and hain. Speaking of the incident, an exchange says : "AU present seemed to enjoy themseh-es.''- Monroe Democrat. Tho Adrián Press man notes that bo has engaged lodgings with his friend Clmrchill at Prtoskey when he next visite the frigid zone. "What Brother Stearns needs most to look af ter ís in reference to his rooms in the torrid zone. This is wha't stares him btern in the iace - Xorthvil'.e Eecoid. Perhaps our Northville triend may welcome a breath even irom Iceland after the Press man reads the above. Au Adrián lad sat on a load of sav, logs the other day, when the load and the boy süddenly changed places, and the saw logs were on top. A horse was kiUed in tho fracas, but when the logs were pried apart, out popped the boy as slick as a weasel, andawl'uUy sorry the hors.: was killed.- Monroe 'Democrat. If any one tUinks that a common, ordlnary, cvery day saw log eau squeeza tlie wind put Of au ordinary boy, he wil iind himself fcrdinarily mistaken. One of the sad events that occaSionally take place in this world, was rlif; death by suicide, last Saturday moming of Myron H. Cady, brother oí C. H. Cady of this city, at his home in Ypsilanti. The deceased had recently removed from his 480 acr fa.i m iu Pittsfoeld, and was engaged in the erection of a new house. Although possessed of plenty, yet he become worried in some way over money matters, and settled the whole matter in the manner indicated. AVolter B. Cady of the University, is a son oí the deceased. The affalr v. aa a great shock to the inany fi iends of the deceased and the fami'y who have the deep sympathy of the community.