County And Vicinity

No more singing school this winter at North Lake. John Wade h:is moved on to the Westall farm, Lima. An auctdion at Chas. Uhi's, BridgeWater, Martín 9. The creamery for Saline looks some as if it might be a go. The villages oí the coauiíty will hold their ejectíoms jiexfc Momlay. Rev. Cari G. Zeidler lias been holdEg revival meetings in Detroit. Cleiudo Biaymond of Sharon, has gwne to Kansas for his healítih. The Manchester clieese factory te imakiing eight cheeses a day now. The M. E. Sooiiety of Ba-line made $11.50 by tdie soefel1 at H. W. Basset ts. Henry Hudson and íamily move from near Nortli Lake to near Howell, this week. Kart, son oí CJuis. Klaversaal, vho laves so-uth oï Salto, died E'eb. ÍS, ti sed 14. The recent Masouic ball and recept!3on bronght $113 into thetreasury of the MEa.n ladge. Rev. D. Q. Bari-y te 'uhe name o f the ii. w pastor recen'iiy cailed to the Baptist cfliurch of Salina. The next meeting of the Western BrSdgewiatér Social Club, will be held at A'llen Bartlet's Frdíday evening. Otto Bennett of Ann Arbor, WlU buílid a new and modern house on lus Dot on Oounty st., Mllian, this suinJohn Avery lias sold liis farm in York Township to Mr. Day of Detroit. Transfer through Bach & Butler Agency. $1,100. A 4-act comedy drama entitiied "The Song Power," is to be brought out in Saline Fiiilay evning, by Iiobib taüemt. Bev. Mr. Boyce, of Anm Arbor, ad-( dressed a unión service of the Atethodilsts and Baptists of Beïleville, last Sumday. P. W. Watts, Avino li-as beeoi in the morthern part of the state, has retmwd to lus daughtei-'s home iu Webster. The village treasurer of Saline has reoeüved $1,843.23, and paid oiï? $1.497.17, leavinig a balance on hand oí $346.06. Bartdes from Saline arad YpsilantJ vitsited Mr. and Mrs. Tobías Suitherland, a few evening's sinoe, and had a jolly time. Rev. Thtstle is to hold a young oonverts meet ing every two weeks, at Xortih Lake, commenoiing next ilondaj' evening. New ïbnary boots, ïiiew maps a.ad cliarts have been bought by Bchool district No. 5, o-f Lodi, much, to the joy os pupilB anid teaöhier. There were 31 pewpie froni MooreAi;ie baptized at the Baptist church in MiSan recently, a iesult of the revival held there thie winter. M. J. Noyes left last Monday for 111nois, where he will buy a carload of farm horses and drivers, which he will dispose of in this viciuity. - Chelsea Herald. David Bliaich, aged 77 yeare, Uied on. Feb. 21, at tihe hoone of his on George Biaiiah, o( Chelsea. His l'emaine were taken to Syracuse, IS. Y., for burial. G. J. Xíssíy oí Saline, has a graphop'hone, and he is having a good time invitiug his neighbO'rs and friends in aind talkilmg to them all the evening wi'th a crank. Mr. and Mrs. Osman, who are abooit to remove from .North Lake to the morthern part of the state, receiived a surprise party arad several Hice present s recently. Mr. George H. Kempf h,as accepted a temporary poaitian. in thie capitol at liansing íor a few montbs, but says lie is still in thie race for postniaster here.- Chelsea Herald.. A. A. Wood lefb the lirst of the week for Illinois to inspect some of the Pctomd China herds of that state with a view of purchasinig new stock for hiiis own herd. - Saline Observer. When we hear a man say he is going to economize and ean't afford to tiike a local paper, we can't help thinking that he has commenced at the wrong end to economize. - Tecumseh News. The Stockbridge 8un man says: "If Chelsea would put her ancient, musty, verminbreeding microbe factory to soak, there would be a scarcity of hobos iu the north-westeru corner of Wafhtenaw county." Fred AVerner, of Mjanchester, tried a revolver he bad been cleaning, to see ïif it wiorked. It did. And Fred h.as a wound on his left hand and the scar will always be a memento of his caretossness. Jesse P. G-illett, bPO'ther of Mrs. John J. Ro'bison and Mre. Wm. Bowers and ïather of Mrs. Dan'l Burcli, all of Sluaron, died reoontly at his home in Marshall, and tlie Pemains were brought to Sharon for lnter■ment. ! j The íOorthside ladies cleared over $25 by tlueir oyster dituner on the 22d. AV. II. Gieran, of Xorth L;ike lost three swarme oi bees by the late coid snap. Thie owraers of Norfh Lake liav-e forbiidden frshing there any more this wtniter. Orrtüle Hawks, o'f "Wliittaker, lias quite a eoílectiO'ni of old relies and CUTIOS. Boscoe. the infant son of Mr. and Mts. Adiaan Fullei'ton, of Whilttaker. tliied on the 21st. The 'scluooüs of the county quiite gen■ra'lly observed "Washinigboii's birthday wit.h a g'ood program of exercises. Wallis Tent K. O. T. II. has a membershiijp oT over GO, and new ones oomtag all the time. The Maccabees are great Immmers. The choiir of S't. James church are preparing for a otooral service which wtill be given Suuday evening Maren Tth.- Dexter Leader. A hive of Lady liaccabees, witta 16 cüiarter members, has been örg-anized at "Whattaker. lire. Mary KusseM, of Willis, is commander. Bno. AmdreAvs, oí the Piuickney Dispatch has been veiry Uil, but te said to be reooveriing slowly, for wliicli last good news hi-s .biethpen of the quKi ■vv.üi 'be glad. Mrs. Esther Randall Day died ut her home in Ypsilanti Towii, Feb. 19, ageii 78. Mrs. Day was an old and wel) known resident of tliat town,.and leaves many friends and relatives who will clierisli her memorv. An ecclesiastical council of the Conregational church was convened in the Church of Duudee, Tuseday afternoon of last week, for the exaniination and ordination of Rev. J. C. Ho;einan as a minister of that denoniination. The Rev. gentleman can now solemuize mutrimony, and tie all who desire to be tied. E. A. Mann, of Pinekney, has sueJ bis fatlier-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomson Grimes, for alienating the affections of his wife, laying the damages at $10,000. Mr. Mann must have been seriously liurt, to reqnire so much balm to heal up tlie sore. - Stockbridge Sun. Perhaps he prefers to guild it rather than em-balm it. The viKlage treasurer of Manchester makes an iteruized report of all receipts amd txpeaidi tures for the year, aawl it makes quite a long one. The Ubal receipts were $3,751.21, amd expenditures $3,137.78, leaving a balaooe om hand of $613.43, A good iimiamcier. There is a sfhiool house in Sharon the 'district for which runs int Jackson counfcy, and the school commissio'ner oí tJiat county won't Jet any one teach t-liere who hasn't a certifícate from that coimty as weil ae ■Cliig. AA7hu the sehO'Otl house la in tJiis eounty frorw couM he help himself ? The MaTch meeting o{ the Saline Farmer'g caub will l)e lield at the tome of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wood, tn Loidi, FrMay, Marcli 5, with the fotliowhig proigram : Baper b A. G. Otítíh, subject, The breeding, raisiaig and feeding of beef ca-btle lor proflt. Select readiing by Miss Agatha Jos&nhams. Wscussian of the Association Questiio-nj; for Marcih. The prospect for sheep feeders juat now is that prices will not reach a point in the near future that will make the business very protitable this winter. A number of lots of lamba have been ooutracted to go the flrst half of Marcli at 4)2 to 44 cents, slieep briuging about a cent a pound less. Many of the feeders paid about four cents for their lambs in the fail. The Willis correspondent of the Commercial sings this sad requiem over the death of a friend: "One by one they drop out of the association of this life, to be remembered by those that remain for their sterling qualitks in their varied occupations and tlie'r diversified spliere. Manifest destiny reachs out a band to her, and her spirit, obedient to the cali, passed 011 to joir. the loved I ones gone before, in the presence of Him in whom she had placed her trust. So she was enabled to meet the pale messenger with a confldence begotten of a faith in all that pertains to that ideal home wliere soul meetssoul, and spirit enraptured by sight and sound in that blissful land of song." That almost makes one want to die - in Willis - don'tit? It is a well known fact that eats delight to stand on their liind legs by the side of a tree and perform gymnastic exercises by vigorouely applying their sharp claws up and down the bark. Fred Andersou, of Litchfield townsbip, lias a cat which innocently supposed that it would be just as funnv to practice such recreation on the rear leg of a wide-awake borse, and proceeded to act aceordingly. When the performance was over poor pussy found itself with a broken leg and othervvise badly demoralized. The horse seemingly was not pleased with such kind of amusement. - Jonesville Independent. In the northern part of Hillsdale county large numbers of cattle are dyini: frona a mysterious disease, and several large feeders and handlers of sheep and lambs have lost heavily. The disease is unknown, but sonie wbo have suftered from its effects attribute it to the great and unusual rainfall of last stiminer and fall. They say that sheep thrive much betler in hot, dry seasons, and that the grasses and hay, as well as grains, are better and more nutritious than in wet. Their opinión is that by reason of the extreme wei season sheep went into the winter with low vitality, aiid uuable to withstand the severe cold weather of the present year. Mrs. R. S. Cobb, of Belleville, and her daughterMabel, each had a dream lately that an old couch, they had bought of the estáte of a deceased miser, had a large amount of moneyconcealed within it. The circumstance of the dream coming to each of them seemed very significant, and they lost no time in explorinj; the bowels of the oíd relie. They proceeded with beating hearfs through portion af ter portion of themiser's treasury, finding nothing for a long time, but when the task was nearly done and it had begun to look as though they had destroyed their furniture for nothing, they uncovered the clevered concealed treasure which had laiu there so long - several pins and a lot of rusty hairpins. - Commercial. The trouble was they didn't look in the right place. The operations of Henry C. Ward in establishing his sheep ranch just ontside the city, is attracting wide attention. It is claimed to be the largest sheep ranch under cover in the United Suites. The sheds already cover nearly as much irround as the Crystal Palace of London, and more are being constructcd. Sheep are being constaiitly bought and sold. Purchases are made in all parts of the western country, and farmers are bringing them in by the sleighload from this vioinity. The flock averages from 20,000 to 25,000. If strung in a single file they would forrn a column 20 miles in length, and if they were all fed at once it would require more than eight miles of feed troughs. Allowing each sheep a pound of hay it requires over 10 tons for a single feed. The care of the flock and shearing, which is constantly going on, requires the services of about 50 men. This ranch is proving a lively market for farmers within ing tlistance.-