County And Vicinity

Francia Hill, of Milan, is the second man in that town to have his house Ijiighted vtth electricity. Rev. amd Mrs. J. W. Sto-ne, who tuave been guests of Kalamazoo fi-iends, hiave returned home -to Mllan. O. 41'. Blackmer, of Milam, has heen taking a turn with the grippe recentiy, but will master his unpleasant antagonist. School Commissioner "Wedemeyer visited the Augusta schools last week. Adam Fullerton and Albert H. Lewls, of Milam, have received an increase of pensión. Miss Mina Hall of Dexter, is spendImg the winter with Mrs. Don Briggs, of Detroit. Rev. J. H. Girwoöd has presented hls reslgnartian as pastor of the Baptist church, Chelsea. A. C. Weleh has moved his grocery ínto the building formerly occupied by H. Iv. TVood & C5o., Chelsea. Henry F. Stollstelmer who lived in Ixidi. died on Thursday last, and funeral services were held Sunday. All farmers attemiïng the institute at Chelsea, stoould ask questiions in ■regard to things they do not understand. The summer oottagers at Cavan'augh Lake are now enjoying the sport of Ice boatiiig, and having lot of Tun. S'aturday, Jan, 30, at Saline, is the date and place for holding the next meeting of the cowniy Teachers' Afr sociation. The Chelsea Herald states that "(Xinrad Finkbinder had the mislortune to break his right leg in three places last -week." John Girbach, a former Ann Arbor boy. öied at his home In Chelsea on Friday last. Funeral services were held an Monday forenoon. Prof. A. D. DeWKt, principal o the Dexter schools, Is a camïidate for eounty school commissioner on the free silver democratie ticket this spring. Saline will come tato the eounty eoTivention this spring with a solid delegatlon, asking the nomination of Prof. Wm. N. Ilstr as eounty commissioner of schools. Mr. arad Mrs. Russell Parker of Lima townehip, wlio live some two miles south-west oí Dexter village, lost tJieir llttle four years óld boy Saturday last, with pncumoTiiti. The Tcmiains of Helen Pratt, wiïe of Geo. E. Davis, were brought to Chelsea from South Bend, Ind., where she died Jan. Gth, and interred in the Vermont cemetery, Sylvan. .Mrs. Jessie Hoyt of Dexter village, who was stricken with paralysis some months ago, ifi lying very low at her home on C street, and her death is expected at any moment. ilirs. Maria Cbok, aged 8-t years, of Ann Arbor town, died on Thursday evening last, and funeral services were held Baturday afternoon, from the house, with interment at Dixboro. George. the 14 years oíd son of Mr. and Ttfrs, John Miller, of Manchester, feil 't'hPougïi the ice while skating on the river there last Thursday, and was drowned. The body was reoovered. Kev. Mr. Hicks of Whiitmore Lake, wlll 'deliver a temperante lecture at the Baptist church, Friday evening, Jan. 22, at 7:30 o'ciock, after which the lodge of the Independent Order oí Good Templara will te orgamized- Dexter Leader. Ou Tuesday afternoon last-, Jan. 12, Thomas O'Brien died at his home in Northfleld, aged 57 years. He had been 111 tor a lorae time. He leaves a wife a-nid two soras. Funeral services -weve held Thursday mornimg last, from St. Patrick's church, NortniieM. An Ioniia farmer is eaid to have fatted his liogs by turnlng them into the orchard and alloAving tiiem to eat up the surplus apples he oould not sell, his porkers brtnging him $111 ■after beimg so fatted. A good profit. The po'rk must liave had a good flavor, and been juicy, too. On AVednesday last Simon Henry Donglase, of Pittsfield township, died aged 60 years, 1 monitih. Funeral services were held Saturday at 11:30 a. m., at the home of his sister, Mrs. L. J. TicknoT, who lives on the South Ypsilanti road. The remains were iaïterred im Forest Hill cemetery. There is fo-od for thought ia the Jefferscmian Biiaplicity of Ping's inauguration. There was no puttiug on airs, no monkeying around a ball room, no hali-dressed -ornen, no getting drunk. Ie was a plain, coto pipe affair, and a credit to our potato executive.- Urass lake Uews. A ïienid who calis himself "The Rounder," admits in the Kalamazoo Telegraph, tliat he saw ten persons in one day swap microbes by wett ing a lead pencil attached to a cian's slate. Aa the monster toot no trouble to wam the poor victima of thelr danger, we say freeze him solid and drive him into the earth nitli a pile driver ! - Grass Lake News. The Germán Mutual Fire Ins. Co. for this caunty has chosen officers as follows : President- Jacob Richert, Scio ; vice president- Jacob Knapp, FTeedom ; s ecretary - Otoas. Braun, Ann Arbor ; treas.- Michael Groesman, Saline ; director- Matthew Segiar, Saline. Toe past year ha beeu a fortúnate and prosperous one for the company. One of Reaidlng's well-to-do farmers slvipped fifty barrels of eh-oice apples to a Chicago commission merchant recently, and last week he got returns from the consignment. He realized just 3 cents per barrel on the deal. All commission. men are not dishonest, but it's our opinión that there's a lot of them that are good subjeets for the penitenttaxy.- Reading Hustler. The following young men each gave up a portion of his anatomy for the purpose of having the operation of skin gfafting performed upon HowarJ Canfteld, who recently lost his leg lm a hiay press : James Canfiield, Win. Canfield, Cbas Stapten, John Stapish and Elmer Bates. The operatton was performed by Br. G. W. Palmer amd promises to be euccessïul. - Chelr sea Standard. The Livingston Oounty Board of Supervisors before adjoumimi, passed 'a resolution which Btated that the piiblication of the document by tihe state known a& "Farm Statistics," was an useless expense. Geo. W. Teeple, senator, and F. W. Allisom, representative, were requested to. use theiir influence in having the law pixjviding for their compilation amd publioation repealed. Amos Phelps, who lived about one amd ome-half miles eoulth of Dexter, died on Bumday morning last, of tonsalitis, 'aged about 73 years. Mrs. Phelps died last August, and a brother, Benjamim Phelps, died a few weeks ago. Tbere are four children, all of whom have reached man's estate. Mr. Phelps was the last one of tiis family, aad ome of the best known men in his section of the county. We are inidebted to some kind frlend for a 32-page oopy of the mld-wimter Los Angeles, Oal., Times, which brags over its town in great shape. lts fervid praiae of tlie climiate of the Golden state reminds lis oí Bro. Hubbard of Verdi, who doesn't want to die 'for fear Para:dise isn't up to tlie Oalifornia standard as a right down giood place to Hve. The Times is larger than the News but not so well edited.- Grass Lake News. Just what we were about to say ourself. Thanks. The shipment of flour from this ster tiion has fallen off since the roller milis changed hands and duiing 189G oaily seveu full oai'loads were shlpped. Ho-wever oí the full earload lots thera were enough of other products shlpped to make a very good showiuig for a dull year. Of graim there wcie 113 cars, of stock 77, wool 6, oay l:.', apples 20, eggs 5, feathers 1, live poultry 1, celery 13, lumber 9, straw 5, household goods 6, oil 5, agricultural implements 1, and oí ecrap inora. 1, maklng in all 282 full earload.- Manchester Enterprise. Mrs. E. Xi. Negus enftertaJjned tlie Jollowimg old people at lier home Friday last, the occaston being the 83d amniversary of the birth of her father, Ourran Wluite : Daniel Tichenor, í)4 yoar.s of age ; F. il. Hooker, 96 years Mrs. E. SkWmore 69 years, E. Skldmore 79 years, Mrs. T. Jewett 86 yearp, T. Jewett 79 years, Mrs. E. Keyew 69 years, E. Keyes 69 yearp, Mrg. Brown 72 years, C. White 83 years, Mr. Stoeking 78 years, Mrs. B. Arnold 75 years, Mrs. Fletcher 59 years. The total age, 988, average 76. The old people hiad a very en. joyable time. - Chelsea Standard. The strange case of Henry Williams a. young man 23 years old and a gradúate of Hillsdale college, is attractie much attent ton and is a marked example ior ciigarette smokers. He is a son of Richard Williams of Wheatland, Hillsdale Oo. He frecame addicted to cigarettes and tollowing the use of three packages in one day, feil from a train. He was sa ved from bodily injury by the conductor, but remalned unconscious for thirty hours. When he recovered consciousness hls mind was blank. He did nolt recognize nis most intímate friends and acqualntances. Hia father and classmate are ttie only perso.i-- hom hc now recognizes. Neither does he knw his home and former haunts He is unable to read Engllsh, but c-anverses "vhen moved out of apparent lethargy. He still retains his knowledge of Crerman and tihe languages, and while he cannot oount more tnan two in his mother tongue, readily runs up figures in German. lhysicians say the excessive use of cigarettes has affected his heart, and caused a blaod clot at the base of his brain. He is vigoroue and healthy, and the final absorptlon of the blood clot may restore his mental faculties. He is as completely under the oare amd direction of lüs parent as a child. When he met his brother he did aot know him, and although a frequenter of Hudson he (Usclaimed all knowledge of the place. The young man obeys his father implicitly, but does mot hear conversation carried on in his presence, or see any object until he is touched and aroused. - Hudson Giazette.