County News

There are 42 Good Templara in Mooreville. Miss Colgrove of Ann Arbor is teaching in district No. 8 in Lima. Manchester expects to hear Prof. M. W. Harrington of Ann Arbor lecture. The residence of Dr. Pyle of Milan had ascorching last week ; damage $50. There is a fine mili süe at East Manchester, and J. A. Kingsley is improving it. Young ladiee broom brigade in Saline, and the Saline G. A. R. want to produce the Union Spy. Dr. Kapp of Ann Arbor attended Miss Olive Kuhl of Freedom whose right leg was fractured last week. PeterGableofWhittakerwasseriously hurt in the eye by an overloaded gun breaking from the stock. A long Germán clay pipe has been presented to Mr. Gregory of Lima, chairman of the board of supervisors. Míbs JennieBrownof Lima will spend the winter in Chelsea, and Miss N. Storms of Lima is attending school in Ann Arbor. The North Sharon young ladies missionary society gave an oyster supper at the residence of G. S. Peckins last Friday evening. Miss Lucy Burch gave such satisfaction asteacherin district No 9 of Sharon township that she has been engaged to teach the winter term. Misses Bertha and Marie Kirchhofer of Manchester attended the AbbotMack wedding in Ann Arbor last week ; also Mr. and Mrs. N. Schmid. School district JMO. 8, mnan, cuuimenced school last week with Miss Annie E. Tenant teacher. Miss Annie brags about her school a Httle. The unfortiinate item about the death of Rev. Samuel Clements of Ann Arbor isgoing the rounds of the county papers. Please correct it : he is not dead. W. H. Pottle, a successful business man in Manchester, will go to Arkansas City, Kan., to assume control of a flourishing business. His family will remain till spring. A "flsh-pond box social," so-called, was held at the residence of John AVheeler in Webster, Nov. 29, and in Stony Creek, Nov. 25, they hand a "rainbow" social. Broncho John and his troupe of cowboys and Sioux Indians have been entertaining the Manchester people. The Indians camped out, and attracted great attention. One of the cowboys did the William Teil act, On Thanksgiving day, at the residence of the bride's father in York township, Mísb Linnia A. Richards was married to James Murphy of Ann Arbor. Rev. Samuel D. Breed performed the ceremony. There was a large company and fino ríinnpr Last week Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams gaye a very pleasant social at their residence in Pittsfield township near Ann Arbor. A collection was taken for the benefit of the Pittsfield Sunday school, whose superintendent is Mark Williams of the University. Webster. Munis Kenney, one of Webster's most promising young men died on Monday. -The members of the N. E. reading circle will meet at Osbert Williams on Dec. 2, at which time they will wrestle "with the historical facts connected with the Eevolution. Master Ray Olsaver will read a paper, subject, Washington and his contemporries.- There was quite a ripple in short-horn circles on reading the announcement in Michigan Fatmer of the joint sale of a draft from the herd of Ball & Boy den at the Spring Brook farm next June- Winter wheat that previous to the last rains seemed to be suffering from an attack of jaundice now shows signs of convalescing. - Rev. Jas. E. Butler last Sabbath returned to his pulpit to find that the interior of this old-time structure naa, unuer me hands of carpenters, painters, decorators, and the ladies, become a thing of beauty and, let us hope, a joy forever. - North Webster people, with Capt. Allen at the helm, aremaking it warm for the postal authorities about the cuttingdown of mail facilities.- There are strong symptoms of the revival of the Nelson amateur club. - Ray McColl is home from the Agricultural college, and says it is prospering.- Messrs. Ira Backus, Geo. Phelps, and Wm. Latson have each erected fine residences on their farms the past season.- Members of the Webster Farmers' club should bear in mind that the meeting at the town hall thesecond Saturday in December is an important one, it being the time and place for the election of offieers for the ensuing year. Whttmore Lake. Fred. Roper and wife of Ann Arbor, spent Thanksgiving here.- L. J. and V. R. Stiles were at Toledo on business Tuesday.- Fred. S. Horner spent Thanksgiving at bis father'sat Cherry Hill. - A ten-cent social in the interest of the M. E. church will be given at the residence of Wm. Rane Friday evening. -Prof. Lumbard's singing class is progressing nicely.- Wild ducks have been verv plenty on the lake recently.- A family reunión made Thanksgiving very pleasant at Postmaster Stevens. - Rev. . W. Bird and family attended a wedding at Albion last week.- Our postoflice with its improveinents is by no means the worst oflice ever seen. Thanks, Uncle Sam.- Our citizens "do pray and petition" the coinmissioner of highways for the opening of two new streets in onr village. If the project is carried out, there will be obtained a good opening to the T. & A. A. station, which is very much needed. - Stiles & Pray is the firm which succeeds L. J. Stiles at the " Old Reliable." Tpsilanti. Ben. Kief spent Sunday in Charlotte visiting his sister Fannie, who is teaching in that city.- Miss Minnie Adams starts for Chicago next week to stay for a number of weeks.- Mrs. Maria Si;ott, an old resident of this city, died very suddenly last Thursday while visiting her daughter in Detroit. She was feeling quite as well as usual, but suddenly complained of a pain in her head and died within a few moments after her first outcry. She leavesthree chüdren. - Thirty young couples hopped a thankful hop at the Follett house last Thursday evening, and about twenty couples went to Cherry Hill in the rain for the same purpose.- Prof. and Mrg. Sill and Mrs. Grahara f pent Thanksgiving with friends in Jonesville.- It is stated that Mrs. Ella Spencer's children are very dangerously ill with diphtheria.- It is rumored that owners of the property on Congress-st, between King's grocery and Gaudy's bakery, are thinking over the matter of building a fine business block in place of the crazy patch-work lot of buildings that now ornament the ground. - Merchante say that business was never more rushing in this city than at the present time, and that the outlook for December trade is most flattering.- Perry F. Powers, junior editor and proprietor of the Ypsilantian, has sold bis interest in that sheet to Prof. W. M. Osmand, and has gone to Cadillac where he has purchased The Express, which is a very out and out Republican paper. Ypsilanti regrets to lose him. Chelsea. Married, at Chelsea Nov. 23, by Rev. Thomas Holmes, D. D., Arthur Scofield of Ypsilanti, and Miss Jennie Perry of Chelsea. - Atthe residence of the bride's father in Chelsea. Nov. 24, Lila Winans was married to Wm. Campbell, by Rev. T. Robinson. - Mrs. J. H. Durand and her sister, Mrs. Lansing, ate Thanksgiving turkey with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Mitchell in Lima.- The W. W. and E. J. Fair association are paying premiums awarded at their late fair in September. -Miss Tillie Mutschel, Normal student at Ypsilanti, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kempf the latter part of last week and Sunday.- T. E. Speer, late clerk in C. H. Kempf's furniture store, has gone to Detroit to take a commercial course.- Mrs. Brackbill and son of Macomb county, are visiting Mrs. Barlow. - Lorin Wines, late of Chicago, has accepted a situation as clerk in the furniture store of C. H. Kempf & Son.- A " bucket shop" is to be opened again in this place, for which telegraph wires were put up last week.- Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Kellogg of Brighton were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Freer on Thanksgiving day. Dexter. The following persons were licensed at the Dexter examination Nov, 25: Anna Carraher, Mytra Baird, Sara Zimmerman, Anna L. Hughs, W. H. Sales, Zilla Hicking, Henry A. Conlin, Hattie B. Lucas, Jessie E. Williams, K. H. Wheeler, and Frank H. Wheeler. - Claire Allen, architect and contractor of the school building, was in town Thanksgiving looking at the progress of the work.- Special Pension Examiner McGinnis was in Dexter last week taking testimony in sorne pension cases. - The Congregational society have "given a cali" to Rev. Claflin of Williamston, Mich. - Mr. Andrews of Ypsilanti has bought a half interest in Davis & Co. 's general store.- M. Kinne, Webster, was buried on Nov. 30. He had been sick of typhoid fever for a month. - Mr. BentoD, father of George Benton of Lima, died last Sunday morning. Deceased was oneof theoldsettlersin thecounty. Thanbsgiving in Pittsfleld. Joseph Wilsey of Pittsfield has an oldfashionedfire-placethat was built nearly fifty years ago. Could the old bricka against which innumerable " back-logs" have been piled and burned relate what has transpired in their time, it would be an interesting tale of changes in families, communities, the nation, and the world. Mr.Wilsey's father and mother, who died a few years ago aged 90 and 94 years, spent many hoursin the genial warmth of this oíd fire-place, and many children and grand children and friends and neighbors have basked in its warmth and light. Last Thursday it again made the inside of the old domicile cheerful, while outside the weather waa dismal. Twenty-five relatives enjoyed the day very much in the good old Thanksgiving style, each one doing his part in feastine, making merry, and beingthankful. Thecompany included flfteen from Ann Arbor, one from Chelsea, besides the families of David and Joseph Wilsey.