County News

Saline hasn't an empty house. Henry Steigelmeyer, of Bridgewater, recently had his arm frightfully cut by a buzz saw. Edward Easterly, of Saline, will go into the grocery business in Milan with his brother. Clara, a 15-year-old daughter of Daniel Case, of Milan, died March 12, of typhoid fever. A. N. Hodgeman, of Scio, has a lamb that weighed 15 pounds when one day old. The Dexter Leader says so. Dr. D. W. Berdan, a former Saline boy, Las been elected president of Cheboygan on the Republican ticket. Miss Bond, of Pittsfield, has been engagedto teach the spring term of school in the Silver Lake district of Freedom. Miss Myra Spafard, of Manchester, on account of poor health has been obliged to discontinue her course at Cooper's institute, New York city. The Saline Methodists will have an anniversary service Sunday, March 25. A " large five-story pyramid fruit-cake" will be there to get in its work. It is thought that the next winter will finish the staveand heading business at Milan. A. H. Hayden, who is interested in that business, will go south to look for a location to which to move the factory. It is reported that George W. Ambrose, a gradúate of the University, now a prominent lawyer of Omaha, has accepted an invitation to deliver the address at the annual Sharon picnic next August. The Manchester Presbyterian ladies' society have elected as president, Mrs. C. J. Robinson ; vice presidents, Miss Matie Short, Mrs. A. W. Holt, and Mrs. C. W. Case ; secretary, Miss Matie Sanford ; treasurer, Mrs. J. F. Nestel!, There were three tickets in the Milan election laat week. Result: President, Dr. E. F. Pvle ; trustees, J. S. Bray, A. E. Gardner, Robert Swayze, W. W. Whaley ; clerk, C. A. Moore ; treasurer, J. Henry Ford ; street commissioner, P. M. Edwards ; assessor, R. W. Trussell ; constable, H. M. Dexter. In the Saline charter election there was only one ticket. Result: Myron Webb, president ; Ly man L. Kilby, clerk ; trustees, Howard T. Nichols, O. C. Kink, G. J. Nissly ; treasurer, O. M. Kelsey ; assessor, John McKinnon ; etreet commissioner, M. D. Wallace ; constable, Frederick Jerry. The State erop report for March is out. In Washtenaw county, 12 reporters eaid that wheat suffered during February, and 6 said that it hadn't. Two said that the ground had been well covered with snow during February ; and 19 thought differently. The report indicates that Washtenaw county farmers yet hold 18 per cent. of the old erop of wheat. The Saline people chased a supposed mad dog "all over town and a good share of the four townships," finally killing it. The Observer says : "The carcasa has been hung from the top of the council hall tower, as a warning to all atrange dogs that may enter the city gates, to conductthemselves in a proper and gentlemanly marnier, that they may not follow in tho path of this poor dog goneto the happy huntinggrounds." The Farmers' Vigilance association of the townBhips of Superior, Ann Arbor, and Salem now has officers as follows : President, Ira Crippen ; vice president, Wm. Geer ; secretary, F. P. Galpin ; treasurer, John G. Rook e ; executive committee, Superior, O. Lathrop, A. H. Collins; Ann Arbor, Fred. Braun, E. Popkins ; Salem, T. Walker, H. Forshee. An adjourned meeting of the association will be held at Dixboro, April G, at 1 p. m. The Manchester charter election last week resulted in electing Amariah Conklin, president; Nathaniel Schmid, trustee ; John F. Nestell, clerk ; and Benj. G. Lovejoy, assessor, without opposition. Their names were on both the "Citizen" and "People's" tickets. Thomas J. Farrell, Citizen, was elected trustee, against William Koebbe.People. For treasurer, George J. Haeussler had 141, and Warren Kimble, 109. Street Commissioner, Norton S. Case, 160 votes, and Harvey L. Rose, 91. Webster Farmer's club held its March meeting at G. W. Phelps. Mrs. Sears read a paper on " Where does economy in the home end and stinginess begin?" She thought it easy to draw the line when one brings such a reward, and the other a curse. Mrs. A. L. Olsaver also read a short essay on the same general subject of economy and stinginess. She said : "The practice of the housewife keeping a debit and credit account may be all right, but it has a tendency to make them try a little more every year to cut down expenses, and they will drift unconsciously into that detestable babit of stinginess." The question of " Best methods of preparing ground for spring crops" was discussed by O. W. Cushing, E. Cranson, E. A. Nordman, Amos Phelps, John Kenny, Ira Backus, and Wm. Ball. The next meeting will be held at H. T. Phelps. Whllmore I.nko. The meat raarket is read y for business. - The hotels are beginning to make preparations for the season of 1888. - Miss Minnie Horner, of Cherry Hill, will teach the summer school. - The social at Mrs. M. Stevens', last Friday evening, was well attended.- The Free Press company have managed to get their papers "here on the 7:45 train. Pray and Stiles are agents. - Miss Anna Rane will attend the Ann Arbor high school next term. - The law prohibiting spearing on Whitmore Lake will be ngidly enforced this spring. - Howell saloon-keepers finding that they must flee, have been searching for a place to open a saloon here. Doubtful what success they will meet. They will probably make an effort to sell on the east side if they cannot on the west. Many in Whitmore Lake think it is a shame that our county should be made the place of refuge for the abolished nuisances of the adjoining counlies. - Fred. Roper and wife have returned to Ann Arbor. - The ice-shipping project has proved a failure for this year. - Dick. Brown's house is nearly completed. - The wheat erop has been considerably damaged about here. - Mrs. H. Spiegelberg is recovering froin a week's sickness. - The new street making an opening to the T., A. A. & N. M. depot will soon be passable. - A social will be given by the M. E. society at the residence of Geo. M. Field, on the evening of March oO. - Worden Stiles visited at Fowlervillerecently.- Misses Addieand Bessie and Mr. Collie Stevens, of Ann Arbor, spent last Saturday at the Lake. Birketl. Four inches of snow. - Robins look homesick. - Miss Fannie Bell returned home from Detroit yesterday, sick with scarlatina.- The heirs of Geo. Howard, who died about four years ago, have petitioned for an administrator, and Geo. C. Page, of Dexter, has been appointed. Plttsflcld. Miss Addie Wilsey has been quite í 11, but is better. - The young people held a surprise party at Mm. Horning's last week. - Mrs. David DePue is spending a couple of weeks in Detroit with her daughter, Mrs. Hadzsits. - Gus Aenus and wife, acoompanied by John Barrenger, a brother of the latter, started Monday for Clarion, ten miles from Petoskey, where they intend to reside. Chelsea. 11. A. Snyder has opened a grocery store in Wood Brothers' block.- B. Parker will open a boot and shoe store in the McKone block, early in April.- Ice boats have been putupon Four-Mile lake, and several of our citizens have enjoyed some yery fast and excüing sailing. There is lots of fun in it. Sail boats, in summer, are no where in comparison. As for danger no one has been able, so far, to discover where it could come in. Nodanger of drowning surely. Tobopgan slides are not wanted here. The boats belong to Chas. Steinbach and Mort. Freer. - A meeting of the W. W. & E. J. fair association was held here last Saturday, to determine premiums and appoint judges for their next annual fair, to be held at this place.- The sun stood vertically over the earth's equator on Wednesday morning, March 21, at 4 o'clock and 1 minute, thus producing whatiscalled the vernal equinox. -Next Sunday will be Palm Sunday, and the Sunday following, April 1, Easter.- The feathered harbingers of spring, except the swallows and the martins, are here. Ypsilanti. Mr. and Mrs. Max Pease will make their future home in Oscoda. - Suffering under temporary insanity, E. R. Forsythe took his own life, last Friday. He was to have been sent to Pontiac in a day or two.- Mrs. S. Rorison and sister, Miss Lenora Platt, have sold their little farm near the city, and will take up a temporary residence with friends in DeIroit.- Mr. Norton, postal clerk on the Hillsdale branch, has laid his head on the official chopping block, and is succeeded by Mr. Underhill, of Kalamazoo. - W. S. Canfield has returned from Pontiac greatly improved in health and mind. - A number of ladies and children have recently been greatly frightenedby meeting a stalwart ghost" in the evening, whose walutation was generally a peculiar hissing noise through his teeth, which was very terrifying under the circumstances. Marshal Palmer has had his eye open and club ready for a number of weeks, and it is reported that he has caught the ghostly disturber of the peace, but for certain reasons refuses to give the man's name. - There must be a boom in the air souiewhere; real estáte is going up, rents are higher, workingmen busy, and the city seems in a general busy rush altogether.- F. S. Finley is moving back to his farm, and will rent his property on Huron-st. St. Patrlef 8 Day at t licltton. The celebration in honor of St. Patriek, that was held last Wednesday evening at the Town Hall, the first of the kind ever held here, was an interesting and memorable event. The hall was beautifully and appropriately decorated. Over the stage on a half-raised curtain were the mottoes " Erin Go Bragh" (Ireland forever) and "Cead Mille Faitle" (100,000 welcomes) with a papal banner bearing a gilded miter suspended from the lower edge. An Irish League banner, with the "harp of Erin" embroidered in the center, supported right and left by the stars and stripes, hung from the gallery front, while the chandelier was ablaze with the red, white and blue. A 6 o'clock an ampie banquet, such as Chelsea ladies know so well how to prepare, was served in the basement, after wbich the " feast of reason and the flow of soul" was served in the audience room to a congregation of nearly four hundred attentive and delighted listenere. Besides the performers, upon the stage were Fr. Savage, once a Chelsea boy, and Fr. Doherty, both of Detroit; Fr Fierle, Sheriff Walsh and Postinaster Duffy, of Ann Arbor ; Fr. Loughran, of Dexter; and Fr. Buyse, of Jackson. The program consisted of toasts, essays and songs, and was well executed from beginning to end, varied only by the occasional introduction of an amusing song by J. E. Harkins, of Ann Arbor Of the toasts, "The Day we Celébrate' was responded to by Geo. B. Greening " The President of the United States,' by Hon. Jas. S. Gorman ; " Gladstone, by T. D. Kearney, Esq.; " The Ladies,' by Chas. V. O'Connor; "The Irish American," by M. J. Cavanaugh ; "Home Rule," by H. V. Heatley. Miss Agnes McKone read an interesting essay on "The Poetry of Ireland; and Miss B. 8 Greening, one on " The Exiles of Erin.' AH these performers have headquarters at Chelsea, except Messrs. Kearney anc O'Connor, who hail from Ann Arbor The speeches were excellent, without exception ; filled with noble, patriotic sentiment for their adopted country, as well as loving; pathetic allusions to their father land. The songs were appropriate and performed in a spiritec and tasteful manner, under the leader ship of H. V. Heatley, who sang one himself, entitled " Home Rule for Ireland," which he also composed for the occasion. The handsome sum of $150 was taken at the door; and the whole affair. was a triumphant success. Dextr. The Methodist society had a leap year Social at the residence of L. W Briggs, last Friday' night. A novelty was the men taking the place of the women in waiting upon the table anc washing dishes. Another laughable performance was the " humaniphone." - The Baptist people had a social at Mrs E.K.Taylor's.lastevening.- MissLuella Sill will be married, Wednesday evening, to Mr. Edgar, of Detroit. The cere mony takes place in the M. E. church Dr. Adams officiating. - Miss Mamie O'Brien and Miss Nellie Hoy " took the white veil" a week ago last Monday Some of their friends went to Monroe to witness the ceremony.- Rev. Mr Claflin gave a very instructiye and en tertaining lecture to the high schoo literary society last Friday. - Dr. 8. L Jenny was " down town" for the firs time since his sickness, last Monday. - Prof. Arndt and family were in Dexter last Saturday. - A. R. Beal was in De troit, Monday. White there he met Mr Vail, of the D. B. B. C, and discussed he base ball situation. Saline. Jonas Bond on Henry-st is very sick. - The social at Orin Parson's was largely attended. - Martin Burroughs is conined to the house with a fever. - G. B. iVillard and Mrs. K. H. Marsh received he prizes at the skating rink, March .6. - Jacob Lutz is around ngain after a ong spell of sickness- Miss Nannie ïond closed her school in the Judd disrict, March 16, with an exhibition. - The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Clark is on the sick list.- Pearly Jones, who has been sick for 2 years, with ïeart disease, died March 13. -Surprise jarty for AnnaCobb March 16. - Mrs. J. il. Warner is yisiting at Charlotte. - Charles Miller is confined to the house with rheumatism. - Several couples attended a card party at Tobias Sutherand's, in Pittsfield, March 14.- A. M. Dlark and wife, of Ann Arbor, visited ïiends in town, March 16 and 17.- Chas. Jackson, of Roscommon county, made a short visit with his brother, W. J., one day last week.- W. P. Carson is aid up with a bad hand, caused by running a nail into it.- John Gordon and jisengine have kept several of ourcity ;ents busy watching him saw fencelats for Jacob Sturm. - Mrs. Adam Stang is very sick with inflammation of ;he lungs.- Fred. Kader, of York, was juried March 15. - Mrs. M. Reynolds las returned from her visit at Mason. - j. C. Lindsley, John Dunn, and Ed. Rogers, all old farmere, are moving into town.- Nettie Sanford closed her winter term of school in district No. 9, March 17. - Will Brown leaves next week for Minnesota.- Dr. H. A. Nichols has gone to Indiana under the physician's care. - March 11 the citizens of Saline were suddenly thrown into excitement by the flying report that Samuel Hartwell and Herbert Lindsley had been bitten by a mad dog. Almost suddenly there were 20 to 25 men and boys out with their guns, and after the dog had bitten 30 or 40 other dogs and had had a tussel with some of the would-be dog-killers, they succeeded in killing the mad dog at 11 o'clock, Monday, but not until the marshal asked a marksman to take his gun and destroy the pestilence. Since that time the village has been quarantined against dogs, and those that have not lost their lives are compelled to wear a muzzle by order of the village president.