County News

Jacob Braun, of Freedom, aged 54 years, died March 1, of nflammation of the lungs. E. M. Aldrich, of 8aline, placed 10,000 brook trout in the streams abont Saline last Friday.- Enterprise, Mar. 1. Kehfuas & Burtless sbipped last Saturday to Buffalo, 156 sneep which weighed 20,120 pounds. They were fed by W. B. Osborn, of Sharon, and are aupposed to be the best load of sheep sent from Southern Washtenaw.- Manchester Enterprise. Norvell farmers' club met Feb. 25, at President Halladay's. The next meeting will be March 31, at P. P. Coles. Mies Ruth Watkins will fiive a select reading. Papers will be read by Mrs. G. H. Fay and C. P. Holmes. Topic : Woman's work and influence on the farm. Mrs. Effie Martin, of Webster township, died Feb. 19 at the home of her parents where she was married only ten months ago, to Geo. Martin. The funeral was held last Sunday at the Webster Congregational church, which was crowded. Rev. James E. Butler preached the funeral sermón. Chelsea Republicans ardently support Alger for president, having a club which numbers 300 of the 600 voters in the villago. Last Friday night they held a large meeting in Ihe Chelsea operahouse which was addressed by Henry A. Haigh and Robert Frazer of Detroit. The following gentlemen are officera of the club: President, Archie Wilkinson; president, Charles Depew ; secretary, O. L. Hoffman ; treasurer, William Judson. A letter of inquiry from Manchester, Mich., signed H. S. Bullard, who had been bied a dollar's worth, cansed the New York World to look into the affairs of the artistic needlework company, of 135 Eighth street, New York. The World became a customer of the company's thiough a lady member of its staff, and then printed a two-column article in reply to the Manchester party's letter, denouncing the artistic needlework concern as an artistic and opulent fraud. - Evening News. Charles Alban, of the town of Ypsilanti, is oneof the oldest settlers in this región, he having come directly here from Lincolnshire, Eng., in 1850. The farm he is on at present which has been his home sincel867, shows what a man with a will can do. It consiste of 125 aeree of splendid land, in an excellent state of cultivation. His house, a two story brick, of nine rooms, is a model farm house. He has a barn 36 by 75, a cattle shed 14 by 90, wagon shed 30 feet square, corn crib 16 by 30 feet, and hog pen 20 feet square. For the last year his health has been poor and his doctor says he needs a change of climate, and he will leave bere as soon as he can sell his property. He talks of going to Florida, whence Mr. Pattison's letters come. - Commercial. Tpsllanti. Rev. T. W. McLean has assumed his parish duties in Grand Rapids. His family will not join him for some weeks yet. - Miss Cornie Howland is yisiting in New York city.- Dan Quirk, jr., will soon leave home to attend a Tennessee college.- The date of the Clara Louise Kellogg concert has been changed to April 10. - Rev. Paul Ziegler, of Detroit, officiated at the Episcopal church Sunday.- Will Feil has left the emplov of Joe Saunders, the clothier, and taken a similar position in Toledo. - Rev. ,f. L. Cheney addressed the Students' Christian association at the Normal, last Sunday afteruoon. - Miss Lois McMahon, of the Normal, was called to her home in Manchester, Wednesday, by the serious and probably fatal illness of hermother, Mre. Joseph McMahon. - Harold F. Sayles is doing good evangelistic work in Dallas, Texas. Birkett. Bom, Feb. 29, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carpenter, a son. - Geo. Howard, of Livingston county, was here last week on a visit to his mother, Mrs. Geo. Howard, who has been conflfted to her bed for some time by illness. - Mrs. Lida Straith, nee Howard, of Sun Dance, Wyoming Ter., who has been here since last fall fisiting relatives, is suddenly called to her far away home by the serious illness of her husband, Andrew Straith, formerly a Dexter boy. - It is rumored that Dexter is to have a brewery, put up by a Jackson man. Judging by the appearance of two beastlydrunken men on her main street, last Saturday, one of whom was fillinsr the air with profanity and vile language in the preeence of passing .ladies, without interference from any one, it would seem that Dexter needs a marshal more than she does a brewery. - The little daughter of John Judson is dangerously ill with inflammation of the lungs. Dexter. The Congregational society had a social at the opera house last Wednesday night. They cleared about $35.- Adam Deckert has bought Mr. Wheeler's property on Ann Arbor-st, and will oc;upy it about April 1. Mr. Wheeler intends to remove to Kalamazoo April 1. Dexter people are sorry to lose him, for he is a reliable and estimable citizen. He intends to clerk in the R. R. ticket office theré.- The village election, last Monday, passed off very quietly. The " citizens " ticket was elected over the "law and order" ticket by heavy majorities. - There was an attempt to organize a Good Templars lodge last evening. Fears for its success are entertained, as temperance is at a very low tide in Dexter. - David Henning has again remembered the Ladies' library association. His recent gift was $20 in money, with which they were enabled to purchase 23 new and useful books.- Rev. Mr. Burns gave a very instructivo and interesting lecture betore the literary society of the high school, last Friday. His subject was " Lapidary." Anotber Pioneer Gone. Mrs. Lois T. Fenn, relict of Orlo H. Fenn, was bom at Shoreham, Vt., in June, 1813 ; was married at the home of her parents on the 22nd of February, 1832, and came immediately to this state. Mr. Fenn took up 80 acres of government land in the town of Sylvan, to which his father in-law, Aaron Lawrence, Esq., added another 80, which constituted the farm on which they lived until Mr. Fenn's death, July 1, 1876. Mre. Fenn remained on the farm until 1882, when she sold it to C. H. Kempf and moved into the village of Chelsea, where she resided, highly respected by all who knew her, until her death, February 23, 1888. Mrs. Fenn was one of the charter members of the First Baptist church of Sylvan, which her husband, who was also active in its organization, served as deacon twenty years. She was the mother of six children; four of whom still live to mourn the loss of a fond and faithful mother. Her funeral was attende d on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1888, at the Baptist choren in Chelsea, by a large congregation of old friends and neighbors, many of whom followed her remains to their final resting place in what is called the Vermunt cemetery, which lies two and one half miles sonth of the village, adjoining the farm on which she spent the labors of her active life. Death of John Peeblea of Snlem. John Peebles, aged 75 years, died at his residence in Salem township, March 4, 1888. Mr. Peebles was born in Madison, N. Y. He carne to Michigan in 1832, and settled in the neighborhood where he died. He witnessed the development of the state from a wilderness, and has ever been active in social, religious and political circles. His wife died two years ago. Two children survive him, his son Dwight Peebles, of South Lyon, and Mrs. Augusta Curtiss, of Salem. Two sisters also survive him. His funeral was largely attended at Peebles church on Tuesday. Ljndon Chareta Dedicatlon. A very interesting enterprise was consummated last Sabbath in the town of Lyndon, viz., the dedication of the first house of worship erected in the township. Last September the little Baptist church which had worshiped in the village of Waterloo for some years determined to build a house in Lyndon. The contract was let for a building 28x40, with a basement for furnance, social meetings, etc. In October the work was commenced and the result is the dedication of a house for divine worship which compares favorably with any of its dimensions in the state. The style is Gothic, ceiled on the rafters, stained glass windows, seated with chairs, and the genial effect of the interior finish elicited the remark from yisitors, " it's a little jem ; pretty as a picture." After the Rev. O. F. A. Spinning had preached an appropriate sermón, a financial statement was made showing an indebtedness of $267. After a little talking by the Eev. T. Robinson, of Chelsea, the amount was contributed, and the dedicatory prayer offered. Brldgewater. D. O. Stringham has rented his twelveacre farm to Tecumseh parties, who will raise celery and other garden truck upon it.- Jacob Raab.of Bridgewater, died Sunday, March 4, of imflammation of the lungs. He was one of the wealthiest Germans in the town.- Messrs. Logan, Saley, and Hogan, of Bridgewater, each shipped a car load of sheep last Saturday. John Spafard, of Manchester, also shipped one load. Manchester. Frank Freeman, who has been in Florida for the improvement of his health daring the past winter, returned last Friday. He speaks very highly of the climate and says if they had such a soil as we have in southern Michigan it would be the garden of Eden. - Arthur Case, one of Manchester's oldest and best citizens, is very low with heart disease, and his recovery is very doubtful. Hie brother, Albert, of Summit, Jackson county, arrived in town yesterday.