County News

The Base Lake campers have returned o civilization. J. W. Canfield is visitinghis old home n Albany, N. Y. Prof. Barbour will occupy the Presbyerian pulpit next Sunday. Rev. H. W. Welton, of Grand Rapids, s the guest of Chas. Barnes. James Merrick has been appointed breman at the dress stay factory. Mrs. Mary A. Smith, of Cross-st., is spending a few weeks at St. Clair. Over 400 of our colored brethren participated in the excursión Monday. Our soldier boys departed for camp n grand style, Wednesday morning. Mrs. L. A. Willard, of Kansas City, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Wm. Cross. Mrs. Tom Welch, of Green ville, is visiting friends and relatives in the city. Rev. McCorkle and wife have gone to Bay View, to spend the month of August, ï" "" Mrs. Emily Scott, an artist of some note n New York city, is visiting Mrs. J. F. Saunders. John VVilson, Rexford's head clerk, s spending the week with his family at Petoskey. Elmer Bristol, with Edson, Moore & Do., of Detroit, is the guest of Steve Bowling. Rudolph Sterling, of Escanaba, foroaerly of this city, is visiting old friends n this vicinity. Miss Kittie Weir and Master AVarner Spencer, of Manchester, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. M. S. Hall. Miss Ray Whipple, of this city, and Geo. Peterson, of Bay City, were united in marriage Tuesday morning. The summer school at the business college will close about the 12th inst., and give teachers and students & short rest. Mrs! C. R. Champion and Miss May Lambert, of Hillsdale, have taken a boat ride up to Mackinac, and back this week. Messrs, Wilder and Forman, missionary workers, are in the city, gi ving some yery effective talks on missionary work in general. Rev. MacLean and Chas. King, Jr., have retirned from their European trip, looking hale and hearty. Foreign travel evidently agrees with them. Rev.Grannis, formerly Congregational pastor here, now of St. Louis, Mo., is in the city, and will officiate at the Congregational church next Sunday. Harry Thompson, a Normalite of '87, will superintend and manage the development of education in the schools at Newberry, Mich., the following school year. Miss Abbie Pierce, of the Normal corps of teachers, spent a few days in the city, while en route from her Niágara Falls visit to her home in Grand Haven. The W. C. T. U. discussed the new temperance laws at their meeting on Tuesday. The organization seems rather in doubt as to the ability of present laws to euppress intemperance. Burglars went through Reuben Cole's pantaloons Tuesday nisht, obtaining a small sum of money. O:her people were disturbed by the midnight prowlers, but managed to frighten them away. The horse races are not raising any very general interest among our citizens, and the outside attendance is mostly confined to the big diamonded gentry, who invariably accompany the races 'from place to place. Tuesday night an infant was left at O. B. Bradley's door. Mr. B's wife took in the little stranger and cared for him during the night, but having no desire to adopt an unknown child, had him taken to the County house, yeaterday.