County

Bridgewater has a band. Thev are threshing cora in Lodi. A coal famine in Manchester is announced. There are 166 school districts in Washtenaw county. A Clinton eider mili turns out 85 barrels of eider per day. A new bridge is being built over the Saline river, near the big marsh. Home talent will produce the "Union Spy" in Manchester, Nov. 10, 11 and 12. D. M. Fiske will lecture in Saline on November S, on "An h#ur at world building." The first 6hipment of dressed poultry, from Manchester, this season, was made last week. The Ypsilanti road, now that the tollgatö system has been abolished, is being improved by graveling. The Saline opera house bas been lüased to the cornet band, of that place, and John Gillen will manage it. Jas. Kyte, of Saline, isn't complaining about a scarcity of potatoes. He raised 295 bushels, all on an acre and a half. Mrs. Eli Benton, an old lady of about 73 years, living on Lodi Plains, feil down cellar Tuesday, and broke her arm near the shoulder. Séneca Litchard, of Saline, recently returned from the land of cotton and brought back with him several specimens of cotton balls, which are now on exhibition in the Saline postofiice. Henry G. Corkendall, once proprietor of the Norville hotel, has been pardoned out of the Detroit house of correction, by President Cleveland, in which he was serving a four years' sentence for having counterfeit coins on his person. Leader: J. E. Cheney's shoe store was raided Wedne3day night, the thieves entering at the rear, and helping themselves to the amount of $50. They also tok some scarf pins, etc, from Murdock's stock. A night watch is now in order. Leader: The Hon. Wirt Dexter, of Chicago, has kindly presented to the Ladies' Library Association, of Dexter, the very liberal amount of twenty-five dollars for the purpose of purchasing books. It is a generous gift, and greatly appreciated by the members of the Ladies' Library. John Strahle, of Sharon, who was kicked in the stomach by one of his colts while throwing a blanket over it at the eider mili in Manchester a week ago Saturday, died from his injuries last Waturday, and the funeral was held from his late residence on Monday. Albert Perry, of Sharon, lost a valuable cow on Friday last. He had a Poland China boar running in the pasture, and it became angry and with its tusks severed a vein on the cow 's body, from which she lost a large amount of blood, causing her death. Albert has confined that hog in a pen.