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A creamery is talked of at North Lake. The lyceum at North Lake is growing. ïïm. Bessac, of Milán, has gone to New Mexico. G. H. Hay, of Norvell, has returned from Texas. Whitmore Lake is preparing for a building boom in the spring. The I. O. of G. T., of Saline, will hold open lodge tomorrow evening. C. Atkinson, of Norvell, will erect a new house the coming summer. About $15 has been raised in Stockbridge for the relief of Lyon sufierers. The Lutheran society of Stookbridge, will erect a new charcn, in the spring. A. B. Hanson, of Milán, has been apDointed a deputy sheriff, by Sheriff Walsh. A social will be held at the regidence of W. H. Druse, in Nora, tomorrow evening. G. Vogeding, of Sharon, has a well 120 feet deep which contains 70 feet of water. A#Mr. Brown, of Pinckney, will open a hardware store in Hamburg, about March lst. " The Dundee Business Men's club" was organized Tuesday evening with 25 mem bers. H. 8. Holmes & Co., of Chelsea, have purchased Geo. A. Begole's boot and shoe stock. A large number of new converts have joined the Sharon M. E. church this winter. Nearly 3,000 Valentines were sent through the Manchester post office, St. Valentine's day. An effort is being made to have the York portion of Milán village a separate voting precinct. The Saline village council bas purchased an extensión ladder for use of the fire department. Washington's birthday was celebrated at Manchester by a masqiwrade, given 'oy the cornet band. Geo. W. Burnham, a former Milán young man, has been appointed manager of the Indianapolis base ball club. Rev. J. W. Covey, of Lansing, has been conducting a ieries of meetings in the Baptist church at Milan, this week. Edson May, of Lyndon, recently shot D. M. Joslyn's horse. The consequences were, May had to pay Mr. Joslyn $25. A school meeting will be held at Pinokney, next Monday evening, to disouss the question of purchasing a new site for a school building. A joint meeting of the tax payers of Saline township and the village, was held Monday evening to consider tbe advisability of erecting a town hall. Mrs. R. 0. Glenn and Mr. Wm. Wood are the champion poultry raisers of North Lake. From abcut fifty hens they have sold over sixty dozen of eggs this winter Saline Observer: Chas. Comstock was taken back to jail, yesterday. He had become o ugly that his parents could not keep hun at home, and his father had him conveyed back to Ann Arbor. Saline Observer: J. G. Hoyt, formany years favorably know as the owner of the York flouring mili, has disposed uf that property and wiU leave in a few days for Washington Territory, where his two sons reside. The farmer's club, of Norvell, will hold their recular meeting, Saturday, at the residence of O. L. HalL Esiays will be read by Mrs. H. A. Ladd, Mre. W. F. Jones and Miss Annie Palmer; select reading by Mrs. T. B. Halladay; papers by R. D. Palmer and H. H. Ray ; debate, " Shall we seek to becom specialiste ?" Stockbridge Sun : There will be a Sunday school assoaiation at the M. L. church, on March '2, beginning at 10 a. u., in which Ingham, Jackson, Livingston and Washtenaw county will join. A most entertaimng programme has been prepared, and the good people of the village will open their houses for the entertainment ol guests from s distance. The foüowing officers of the Milan Band of Hopa, were inatalled last Friday evening, by W. Babcock, ir., L. D. of I. O. of G. T. : President, Mrs. Fannie Abbot ; ecretary, Fred Wilson : assistant ecretary, Mabel Gauctlet ; treasurer, Charleti Edwards; marshal, Paul liinnis; assistent marshal, Dora Smith; outside guard, Albert Steidle ; inside guard, May Reynolds. Saline Observer : A itory comes from tb sou western part of the township, to the effect that a few nights ago, several of the boys were out on "horning" expedition, and that not content with makïnf noise enough to raiie the "teven leepen," tbey did some damage to the home. The owner thereof now comea forward and smiling aaserts that it will tak 'uit $50 to settle for the damages.