County News

C. R. Whitman is moving to Ann Arbor thia week. The savinga bank building is being hurried along in fine shape. George Brown has purchased Frank Earle'a reaidence on Congreas-st, for $1600. Progreaaive euchre parties were given this week by Misa Fannie Grey and Mrs. E. L. Jansen. Geo. L. Pierson and family, from Tombstone, Arizona, are visiting his parenta in this city. Moat of the dry goods stores close at six, and the rest of the business housea will begin next week by closing at 8 o'clock. Charlie Davis, a young colored boy, has been sent to the reform school at the request oi his mother. She couldn't make him ïnind. All but about twenty of the citizfps. tickets for the lecture courae have been Kold, and the financial success of the enterprise is assured. Prof. Cleary ia bound to have a new building for his Business College, and will soon begin a building on the corner of Congress and Adams-sts. R. W. Hemphill ia treating hia residence on Huron-st, to a Queen Anne or a Swiss or some other kind of a foreign roof, which gives the building quite a stylish effect. Fred. Brown, a 15 years old lad, was killed last Saturday, while catching on to a freight train. The conductor had warned him off several times, but hia peraistence coat hia life. A young man named McKinstry, employed in the dress stay factory, nearly lost his eyesight the other day, from havingammoniapouredin his face, by a companion, " just for fun." Capt. Allen yisited Monroe last week in company with Senator Palmer and others, to view the harbor works. The question of improvements may be brought up in congrega, and these gentlemen will be poated as to the necessity of such improvements.