County And Vicinity

The oW mili tft Sylvan Center lias started up. Jacob S'taffan iis erecting a new livery barn at Ohetoea. An antl-saloon league has been organizod at Ypsilanti. Jas. P. Wood & Oo. have 53 pickers in tlieir beanery at Chelsea. Arthur Lowery is to move from lïridgewater to Manchester. Many farmers have thelr corn threshed out with a machine. Miss Ada Freneh, of Dexter, had a 16th birthday party on the 4th inatj Fred "Walker is to open a new bakery in the Schlanderer building Dex■ter. The Hudson dancing club will give a social hop at Hudson hall Friday evening-. Bobert Scadin, of Dexter, is being treated for tumor at the Universjty Hospital. "Weather sígnate are now displayet at the Briidgewater station P. O. every mornimg. The Lake Shore E. K. hasi opened up a new gravel pit at Green's Crosstng, Manchester. Miss Anna Doane recentjy closed a very successtul term in district No. 2 Dexter townshlp. The Mineas of the father of Mrs. M. T. Woodruff of Ypsilanti, called her to Ovid last Friday. The first anniversary service will be held by the Methoditets ot Manchester on Sunday Dec. 6th. The pastor of the M. E. church at Sharon Center is houding a protracted meeting this week. It would seem as if the thieves ought to have all the chickens in the county stoten by tliis time. The striking cigar makers at ExCongrefcsman Gorman's factory in Chelsea, have gone back to work. Several car loada of fat hog and heep have been shlpped from Manchester within the past week or so. Crosby & Aulls, of Sharon, have a corn huskimg machine that the farmers thereabouts keep busy these days. Rev. Mr. Staley has accep.ted a cali to th3 Congregational church in Dexter, and will remove theretoi at once. Last Friday evening the Epworth League of Chölsea went to New Orleans for the' winter- in their minds. F. M. Tïoot, of the YpsManti ConseTrator.y lias gone to Lansing, acceptIng a pnsition in the Industrial school. Emory West and B. Riggs of Sylvan Center are to leave their homes in search of permanent locations elsewhei'e. A flour and f eed store has been opened by George WClber, in the Gilbert block, near the M. C. station, Ypsiaanti. A guest at the Xeat House, Ypsilanti, blew out the gas the other night. He still lives, but it is no fault of his own. A granddaughter of Simón "Weber, Rr., of Cholspa, Miss ICate Forner, was mnrried Nov. 11. to Jas. Miller, of Jackson. Rev. Jj. Koelbing has beeru called to the Germán Lutheran churches of Chelsea and Dexter. He will reside at the latter place. The Enterprise sta_tes that somé of the farmers about Manchester are holding their wheat in the hope of recelvlng $1 a Tnishet. O. F. Blnm has been' acting as post master at BrMgewater Station during P. M. Kirkwood's absence from home for a few days. Peter W. Carpenter is a candidate for city clerk of Ypsilanti when the Kegister of Deeds elect Cook shall take hfe office January let. Willl Keeler, of Sharom, hae gone to Mt. Pleasant, to visit hls brother Prof. Fred L. Keeler, of the Central State Normal School. A Manchester laundryman has a machine that puts a smooth edge on a worn coMar. He has the cinch on them al'. M he can do that. On Srnday last Kev. Fr. "W. P. Con■sldlne completed a pastorate of eleven years at S+. Mary's church, Chelsea, He has been very successful. 'Tinderella and her Godmother," was successfully given by the Ladies Aid Society of Sylran Oeotear recently, and $25 was reallzed therefrom. Dr. and Mrs. "Wm. Hamilton, of Chelsea, were surprised by their friends last "Wednesday evening, it being the 16th annivorsary of their wedding. Farmers who feed pumpkine to their hogs shouid beware of the pumpkin seed. It remains in the stomach of animal and invariably causes death. A correspondent of the Leader, at Dexte?, where the P. O. aspirants got Ln a hurry and clrculated pecltions the day after election, proposes an electkm, and refers to that method of settlement in 1860, when there were three aspirants for the office. It worked all right then. Buiiders are pushing Milan's new city hall. The walls of Ypsi's new opera house are being tinted. Ship timber Is being shipped from Milán once more. we mcrtals are, aside from politics. - Grass Lake News. Dr. Pyle's new residence at Milan is being finLshert up in fine ïtyle. Mr. and Mrs. Cliartes Harmon, of Mooreville have a 12 Ib. boy. The motor line is now nearly ready to start in as an electric line. The law and order league of Ypsilanti disagree as to methods of work. The Ypsilanti Orchestral Society will give lts concert on the evening of Nov. 24. Thero will be an informal party at Llght Guard Hall, Ypsilanti, Thanksgiving evening. A band of 15 members wltli Mr. StruMe as leader, has been organized at the Normal. Memorial exercises are being held for the late Hon. Edwin TYilIetts. at 1ansinp; to-day. Mrs. Geo. H. Hammond has returned to Ypsilanti from a two years' tour in Europe. At Ypsilanti the G. U. O. of O. F. - guess ilt - is preparing for a hop Christmas ni.&'ht. The Presbyterians at Milan are making good improrements on their chnreh property. J. N. Yanderwerker and Arthur Howe hare opened a blacksmith shop on North st., Milan. The Methodists made $7.10 and the Baptists $8 on election day at Mooreville by serving meals. The owner of Tan Q, the fast horse of YpRiianti, has rehised ara offer of $2,500 for the animal. Down at Dearborn diphtheria has raged to tbat it was found necessary to close tfoe public schools. In some parte of the county there ís lots of unhusked corni yet, and cold fíngers wíll be the result. Horace Case, of Milán, has sold nis house to Mr. Baill, and will build a new one on the same street. A house on "Hungry Hill," Ypsilanti, burned Friday night. It betonged to Mr. Broivn and got burned. Gold is coming in to all of tjhe banks of the county iti plenty. Now that it is easy to get, no one wants it. The editor of the Adrián Press diecredits all of our fish stories. 'Well, he's a soaly story teller himselfi . The thieves who prowl about hen coops for chickens and turkeys are busy in the south p-art of the county. The electric lighting plant at Milan lis to be ealarged so that more commercial and house lighting will be possible. John Wijmot of Mooreville, will remember election day of 1896, as he was presented with a young voter on lihat day. i Thursday ooon, Nov. 19, the ladiea aïd society of the Mooreville Baptist church, wÜl give a dinner at the home of Milles Stoddard. Wm. Barry, ome of Salem's old resdents, died on Nov. 4th. Itev. J. M. Gelston, of Ann Arbor, conducted tte funeral services at Pebbles Corners' chairen. Just hear this from the weather prophet f the Minan Leader : "There vi::i be either skating or sleighing, or both, tor Thanksgi'vúng." On Thanksgiving night Saline Hive ti. O T M. hold au annual social in the opera house, íor which a good program has been arranged. Among the candida tes for the appointment of postmaster are Messrs. Aiïfred Davis, Jay Keith, David E. Waite and Chas. H. ötannard.- Dexter Leader. The republicana about the county who refused to put money ïTito a "blo'W out," were wise. Better by far give the money it would cost to the poor. Frank Head, a young lad whose home Is near Milán, took a header from hiw father's straw stack the other day, and broke hiB right leg in tlie experianent. Howard Augustine and Miss Laura Jenness wiU represent the Presbyterlan church of Ypsilanti at the state Sunday School Convention at Kalamazoo tiiis week. Albert Dresselhouse of Freeilom shipped from here the past season about 250 bï.shete of peaches, 50 bushels of pears and three tons of grapes. - Manchester Enterprise. A pension has been sec-ured, t lirough W. K. Childs' agency at Ann Arbor, for achild of the latei Wm. R. Swick, oí Milán. The claim was entered oöly in August last. Robert C. Rosss, who was bora a slave in Virginia, died aiti his home in Ypsilanti Friday, aged 75 years, after a long illness. He was a wealthy man, and leaves a wi'fe bub no children. Thiags are booming at Grass Lake! A Jacksou flnn has placed a mammoth bulletin board on lier streets, and "an artistic sign painter" did the Job, or the News tells a falsehood, that's all. A tbree-footed ehifeken is among the chattles of Mr. and Mrs. George Shutes. It has the ordiaary two Legs and feet, and the third scratcher branches out of its right leg near the body. - Milan Leader. Seventeen prohltos. at Salem lost themselves at the last election' in the rank.s of their old time foes.the democratie party, and stdil they were not suceessiul in voting for a winning ticket, or in killing tbe G. O. P. The mutual friends of Geo. A. Cook and John P. Klirk beüonging to Co. G, M. X. G., of Ypsii.inti. sere-naded those gentk-men Thursday nlght last, and expressed their gaadness at their election to county offices. They don't seem to like carp in Ohio. They claim that carp destroy all othcr l'ish ; that they are not a good food fish and the introduction of carp to the streams puts a stop to the sport of still fishing.- Enterprise. The Clinton 'Woolen Mills have put ifti a large pump for fire protection, and propose to extend protectiün to tbe viliage, providing the merchante have enough enterprise to avail themselves of it, which is said to be doubtiul. All music lovers wlll want to attend the course o'f six lectures to be íUven by MesfTá. Félix Lamoaí and Oscar Gareissen of the coiiservatory at Ypsilantl, on "Modeirn Song and Pianoforte Composers," commencing on Thursday at 4 p. m. On ThanksgivTng day a doublé wedding will oocur at Howell, the. two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. IC. L. Morgan, Miases Bertha and Nellie, to, be the brides. Miss Bertha will be the bride of Wm. T. Evans of Howell, and Miss Nellie will wed Wm. Ë. King, of Tawas. : A lady from Lincoln, Neb., who has been visiting in Ypsilanti, has a watch made in Paris in 1518-378 years ago - which ie now ranning and keeping good time, too, according to the Ypsilantiiin. Whew : what an awful 1 y old ticker. - Northville Record. Stop it. It is said that the principal of the Fenton schools recently received the fodlowing letter from the parents of one of the studente in his physiology class : "Dear Slr- I doe't want you to learn my daughter any more about her insides. It aln't decent and it turns her agin her vlttels." A bashful boy of 80 Irom Livingston county was marrled attlie Methodist parsonage at Northville to a blushing bride oi 68 years irom Wayne. The young couple declined to give their names to the newspapere. - Fowlerville Eeview. They are certainly old enough not to be ashamed of it. Additional County News on 8th page. ADDITIONAL COUNTY NEWS. fCont.inued from 7lh Page. Mary A. Pool, oi Milán, has been granted au original widaWs pension thi-Du.u-.'i W. K. ciiiid's ageacy. Tiie regular Wednesday Recital next week -viil be given in Normal Hall, Lnetead m' In the Conserva tory, and a fine program win be rendered. The Bastera Star Ohapter No. 119 of Ypsii.'inii. will necelve all their iriemU in a birthday party, at their rooms, on Monday evening, Nov. 30. On Thursilav. IV.ilnv and Saturday the laclies of St. Luke's partsh, Ypsl'anü. are to -give a fine display of chrysantheniunis, at the parten house. Although Capt. Kurk, of the YpsiIianti T.ight Guarda ie In line oï promotion i o the vacancy oí major that exLsts, it is asserted tliat lie preíers the oaptaincy. The game of foot ball on the Normal gfounds Saturday, between the Normal eleven and the D. A. C. eleven 'of Detroit, resulted in a squabble, as usual, and the lattor left the field, the Normal's claiming the vlctory 10 to 0. The faculty have declined to low fray more games wíth the D-. A. C. J. T. Norrte, who lives in Chicago, visito.l Ypeilanti last week. He was one of the early settlers of thüs county, coming to Carpenter's Corners as early as 1S25. At that time Chicago was a mtsstomary station and Indinns were about the only people there. He visited the scènes of liís early childhood and picked apples from a tree planted by bis father 70 years ago. The very best joke of the campaign is on Supervisor "By" Wlittaker, W Scio. He lives in Dexter village, and he agreed wlth Dr. Chase that i( McKinley should be elected he would attend the Congregatilonal church every Sunday for a year. ïvow he is trying to declare the wager off beoause there was no collateral put up to bind it, but the Dr. imsists upon the full'illment of the contract. 'By" ■WMttaker you better do it. Twon't hurt you. A successful farmer gave a note of warning the other dn y in regard to the appte erop. The small erops of the past two years have had the effect of almost extermina tin.c the worm. The apples this year are remarkably tree from grubs and to1 prevent a recurrence of the evil, fruit growers should not allow tbe fruit to lie under the trees for any length of time. It islietter to use tliem for food for 6tock than to await the chance oí a sale at the risk of producing a plague of the grub. _ _____ John Pinnkett, one of our most successful farmers, living three and a half miles 'snuihvr;t o; this village, made an experiment in corn raising this season. The rows are the usual dist anee- four feet- apart, but instead of being planted, were put in with a grain drill, the stalks being quite close together. He bas an excellent erop of corn, besides the best eorn fodder in his neighborhood, and saved several days labor in preparing the ground and planting.- Milan Leader. John thinks he can plunkett down as a success. Young cattle for feeding are changing bands at a rapid rate. Corn is cheap and those filxed tor it can feed all kinds of stock tkla winter and not Laïl to get good margins even at the present prilce of fat hogs and cattle. Farmers, save enough for home consumption and to pay taxes, whatever else you do ! Corn ylelds beautifully as far as husked, and mostly wèll matured and secured before the frost. Seventy-five cent wheat makes farmers hope 'twül reach the dollar mark. A short time ago manyrof them said "If wheat reaches 75c in Grass Lake I will sell." "Wïiat uncertain things St. Mary's church, Chelsea, was the scène oí a very pretty wedding last Tuesday evening, Nov. 10, 1896, when JIr. Michael L. Noon oí Leoni, was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Howe of Waterloo. Tlie Eev. W. P. Considine oiliciated. The attendants were : Mr. Martin of Chicago and Miss Cynthia llasters of Ann Arbor. The church was beautilfully decorated, was ïillled wi-bh the relatlves and friends of the happy couple. After the church ceremony the brida! party with a few friemds, partook óf an elegant wedding breakiast at the home of Mrs. Stephen Clark on S. Main st. Mr. and Mrs. Noon left at II a .m. for a tirlef trip to Detroit and Cleveland. This estimable couple have the hearty congratulations of numerous frtends for a happy wedded life.- Chelsea Standard. Large numbers of republicans in this county were swept into the stlver ranks by a sort of tidal wave the past summer and faH, and voted lor Bryan and iree silver. The hard times and low prices of produce led most ol the farmers who went over, to take that course, though it was demonstrated beyond all controversy that there was no connection whatever between the suspension of f ree silver ooltaage in 1873, and the low priee of produce the last few years. It wal 1 1 sliown that a reign oí , free silver coioage oould not ;ive the country berter tinaee. It has been steted that many farmera -vlio are in debt -went Info the iiiovemt'iil beoause ihey had been made to bettteve bha1 they couni pay off their mortgages and other forms of iindebttidness wltb 50 cent dollars. Very few were ünílueneed by a dishoneet desïre to pay their debts with a depreciated dollar. The republlcan party stands wlftl] open arais. and asks all oï theni to return to the l'old.