County News

Prof. Putnam, of the Normal, filled the M. E. pulpit, Sunday morning. The Normal lecture aod music course is finished for the season. Next ! The township demócrata hold their caucus at Babbitt's office, Saturday p. m. Ed. Ferguson, teacher at Royal Oak, has been home to recover from slight illne&s. Rev. Mr. Elli?, of Detroit, spent Sunday with Rev. Cheney, pastor of t he Baptist church. Miss Childs, of Ann Arbor. was taa guest of Miss McMahon, of the Normal, Monday. Miss Ettie Grey, high school preceptress, is spending the vacation at her home in Grogs Isle. Geo. Schad, a young man living in the fifth ward, died of consumption last Fri day and was buried Sunday. Mud paint is being used largely in decorating our fashionable houses. The work is very striking and pretty. It is rumored that interesting faots concerning the burning of Micheal Casey's house Ia9t spring, will soon be brought to light. Fred Haie, of Alma, has been in the city on business this week. He reports his father and the patients as beiDg well pleased with the Alma Samtarium. The opera house was packed f uil, Sunday evening, by people eager to hear Col. Bain, ot Kentucky, talk on the amendment queBtion ; and he etirred 'em, too. The young men hold a big prohibition meeting tonight at the opera house. Five minute addresses by fifteen young men will be given. A big turn out is expected. The amendment meetings are made very enjoyable by the assistance of the young men's quartette ; composed of Messrs. C. Y. Smith, E, H. Edwards, Ben Boyce and Dpn Phillips. Mr. Chas. Léonard, a fbrmer resident of thia eily, died last Wedcesday, of dyptheria, while traveling in Wisconsin. His body was taken to Marietta, Ohio, his old hoEoè, for interment. As every available space on the walks are being appropriated by the small fry for marbles, wearesure that spring, gentle spring, is about to be sprung upon us. Marble playing is a sure sign. Dr. Radchff, of Fort-st Presbyterian church, Detroit, and an eider from the Westminister church, visited the Presbyterian church, of this city, last Thursday, by appointment from Presbytery, to report its financial and spiritual condition. Intense surprise was created Monday forenoon, by the announcement of the death of N. M. Thompson, who died in the morning, af ter only two or three hours illness. Paralysis was pronounced the cause of his death and was wholly unexpected, as Mr. Thompson ate breakfast feeling as well as usual, but soon after was prostrated. He had been in the iosurance business a number of years, and W8S a greatly respected citizen. Saturday afternoon, John Ellsworth, a farmer, drove to Deuble's mili with a load of grain, and after unloading, instructed his hired boy to drive out of the wy of other waiting teams and wait for him. The boy drove to the bridge and puddenly recollecting a forgotten grain batr, left the team to watch some youngsters playing marbles, and ran back to the mili. The horses were more interested in the subject of the good supper awaiting them at home and 80 starled, peil mell, up the Btreet, running into Joel Resslar's carriage and throwing him and daughter out, and causing a regular wreek of the vehicle. No one very seriously hurt, but a big scare was caused all around.