County News

The summer Normal is progressing flnely. Capt. Allen's family are enjoying the country air in Sharon. John King, of Alliance, Ohio, is visiting at Mrs. Dr. McAndrew's. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Hall have been visiting in Detroit for the last week. Mr. Byron Edwards has gone to Kansas City to flll a business engagement. A splendid male choir led the singing at the Presbyterian church last Sunday. Mrs. J. S. Jenness and daughter returned from their western visit Friday night A. N. Noble and family are preparing to move to Detroit the latter part of the week. The clerk of the weather and the tax collector are making it warm for people jast now. Miss Ada Norton, one of the Union school teachers, will spend her vacation at Chautanqua. Dr. and Mrs. Van Tuyl and Bert Childs are spending the warm days in Charlevoix's cool breezes. Geo. Peck and daughier Minnie, of Detroit, spent Sunday and Monday with E. P. Goodrich and family. Our citizens will be sorry they didn't vote for water worki if this state of parboiledness keeps up long. E. S. Bowliüg has purchased Mrs. Col. Lee'i fine home, on corner of Pearl and Adams street, for $4,000. The Ypsilanti Dress Stay factory employs 124 people in turning out dress and skirt stays and dress shields. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Saylee will spend a few weeks in Charlevoix before Mr. Sayles beging his fall evangelistic labors. Dan. Quirk, Jr., accompanied by bis sister Mrs. Chas. Ferrier and her son Harry, started for the sea-shore Tuesday evening. Mr. E. Cummings, father of Mrs. William Seymour, died last Friday of a cáncer from which he has guffered greatly for yeara. Miss Gertrude Kobison, accompanied her uncle Frank Tooker, to Bay City Tuesday, where she will visit for some length of time. The young people's mission of the Presbyterian church held their annual summer sociable on Wm. Deubel's lawn, Tuesday evening. The colored band make3 night extremely musical while practicing the pieces which seem to be painfully new to most of the members. Mrs. John Holden and children, who have been visitmg Mre. Sidney Rathfon for some time past, have returned to their home in Detroit Chas. Foster and son, from Albion, will open a new grocery store on Congress-st, next Saturday. This makes the 16th store of the kind in our city. The business part of Huron street is coming on in the world after all. There's a stone pavemen t being laid in place of the ante-deluvian plank walk. Wm. Haviland borrowed too much hay at the deceased hour of midnight from his neighborg, and in consequence will take a thirty days rest in the Ann Arbor jaiL Frank, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wallace died Monday night of consumption. He was a bright, promising young man greatly liked by his companions anc acquaintances in general. Mayor Cornwell is taking life easy at the eea-ehore, but when he found out thal the remaining city tathers had voted in the Jenny electric lights, he sent 'em a dose of old fashioned Morse electricity whioh showed that he vetoed the business most dec'dedly; not because he don'i want the streets illumined, but he thought a cheaper company would do as good work as the Jenny. However we hear that the decree has gone forth, anc the lighting up business will go on just as though no veto had vetoed.