County News

Dr. C. M. Mead, of Dundee, will lócate in Ypsilanti. Huckleberries are said to be very plentiful all over the state. R. H. Marsh, of Saline, has one of the old Harrison medals of 1840. Mrs. Mary Jones and family.of Milan, are going to Tennessee to live. Co. D., Fifth Mich. Cavalry, will hold a reunión at Northville, Aug. 14. Arthur Stephens, of Pittsfield, has recently purchaeed a farm in Dakota. Dogs killed nine sheep for Ledru Hunter, near South Lyon, one night last week. Gus Weis, of Freedom, raised a big barn last week, assisted by 105 of his neighbore. Geo. Heiier, formerly of Manchester, was drowned last week in the mili pond at Jackson. Blue racer snaken are killed on the Main streets of Saline. Not out of the woods yet, eh ? All accounts seem to confirm the fact that the wheat in thia county is tbout the best in the state. E. D. Stair, of the Livingston Co. Republican, was married in New York city, July 2, to Miss Louisa Cookson. The Saline Observer tells of the first job of wheat threshing of the season. It should also have said it was last year's wheat. The farmer's picnic will be held at Whitmore Lake, Aur. 18. Pres. Willits, of the Agricultural College will deliver the address. The saloons of Dexter openly defied the law last Wednesday, and were all open. Is is understood that the president of the village endorsed the act. Last Thursday night John Doody's house, Dexter township, was entered by burglars, and robbed of $45 in money, some knives, forks and other articles. "Beg pardon, Mr. Editor, but we are around again alive and well, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. Yours, till potatoes are dug, P. Bug." The law and order leauge of Manchester have notified saloonists that they must remove their screens from in front of their bars or they will be proeeuted. The Milan base-ball club have been presented with a " dead ball " by a iriend in New York. Cause of death, probably assault and battery. Date oí funeral not given. Sister Milan had a big time on "the 4th." The Milan ball club won the first prize of $50, and the Detroit Greys the second of $25. "Chandler" won the race in the 2:40 class, and " Pet " the running race. The following from the highway law may be of interest to pathmasters : Section 8. Every overseer shall cause the obnoxious weeds within the limita of the highways within his district to be cut down and destroyed twice in the year, once before the first day of July and again before the first of September, and the requisito labor shall be considered highway work ; once in every month, from the first day of April te April to the first day of December, shal! cause all the loose stones lying on the beaten track of every road lying within is district to be removed. Any overseer who shall refuse or neglect to perform the duties required by this section shall be Hable to a penalty oí f 25. Stoney Creefc. The fourth passed off very quietly in this vicinity. N. Resdner celebrating by fire works in the evening. Rev. Mr. McMahon and family have gone to the sea shore for the health o Mr. McMahon. June 27, certain persons enticed Wm Avery and wife away from home for a short time. when their accomplices pro ceeded to take possession of the premises, and make themselves at home When Mr. Avery and his wife returned and saw the state of things, they de cided to quietly submit. It being the thirtieth anniversary of their marriage a nice couch and a beautiful hanginj lamp were brought as memorials, wbich were luly presented by the Rey. Mr Lowry. He thought that though it wa more blesaed to give then to receive yet under the present circumstances, i vr&B not very hard to receive. A boun teous supper was served in due time. Hilan. Brick are now being delivered for the new Putnam block. And now our team contémplate chai lenging Detroit's champions. It is won derful how a little success will puff some people up. It is understood now that D. W. Hitch cock failed to put in his bond or take the oath asjustice. L. Burnham has vacated the Babcock house. Mr. Gabriel, an old hotel man is expected to assume control soon. The new village marshal had a little unpleasantness with Vercelius & Bab cock, saloon-keepers, for selling liquor without bonds. Hearing on Friday. The Hitchcock Bros. are selling a number of new binders of Champion make, this season. Attorney Williams has been heard to remark that he had new potatoes, home grown, on July 5, and still has been heard to get off that canard about Ana nias, etc. The base ball Fourth of July was a big failure in Milan, and always will be when money making is stamped on rery movement. Managers need to learn that American patriotism haa no been swallowed entirely by the base ball erare. Perhaps this lesson has been salutary enough to be remem bered. What entertainment did Milan' "4th" offer? Third class base-ball, anv horse trota at first class prices. The oh "fourth" was not a thow. Webster. The Sunday school that has latei; started in North Webster is rapidly in creasing in size and interest. It haa a yonng but bright superintendent, and now consists of about twenty members. The strawberry and ice cream festival, held at the residence of Ed. Ball, ast Friday evening, was well attended. Rev. J. E. Butler has resigned pastorhip of the Congregational church in order to attend some theological school next fall. Johnson Backus, who was quite badly ruised by falling from a load of hay, a 'ew days since, is rapidly recovering, and is able to work some now. Clielsea. The "bohoys" built so large a bonire on the crossing of Main and Middle streets, by way of celebrating their independence, that a $50 píate glass in the Durand and Hatch block was crack ed by the heat. F. D. Cummings has been released "rom the insane asylum at Pontiac, and s among bis friends once more. Mrs. G H. Kempfhas returned from a visit of several week among friends in ;he state of New York. Rey. J. H. Mclntosh is spending his vacation visiting his sons, one in Chicago, the other at Ashland. Wis. His pulpit will be vacant two Sundays. Rev. Christian Haag, of Lansing, is the hopeful candidate for the Lutheran pastorate here and at Dexter, made vacant by the resignation of Rev. G. Robertus, who goes to Buffalo, N. Y. Rev. J. E. Reilly, of Ireland, who landed in New York just two weeks ago, preached so acceptably to the Congregational church here last Sunday that the trustees invited him to take immediate charge of the church. Miss Marcia V. Hall, of Plainwell, an oíd time teacher in the Chelsea high school, is a welcome visitor among us this week. Misses Jessie and Susie Ainsworth, of Ypsilanti, are spending this week with the family of W. J. Knapp. W. C. Wines, of the Detroit Evening Journal, spent last Sunday here, guest of his father, C. H. Wines. Peter J. Lehman, one of the '88 graduates of the law department of the University, will hang out his shingle here. Success to him. Casper A. DePuy, of Stockbridge, was here Monday, inspecting a vault he has had erected in our cemetery of the style used at New Orleans. It is beautiful structure, of red sand-stone from Lake Superior, and with surroundings completed will cost $1300. Thomas McGraw, of Detroit, is here this week buying wool. Holmes and Judson have sold him 80,000 lbs. Wlilliiiore Lake. Farmers' picnic, August 18. Rev. S. W. Bird has been visiting his parents at Salem. C. O. Willis, of Ann Arbor, visited at L. J. Stiles', recently. The hotels had large companies at their hops, the 4th. Frank Taylor has been visiting his brother John, at Battle Creek. D. M. King, of JackBon, spends this week here. Misses Eva and Josie and Master Leslie Stiles, of Vermontville, are at the Lake. Their parents and they will visit their friends here before leaving for their new home in Denver, Coló. Northfield's Democratie delegates are : County convention, Thos. Wall, Michael Duffy, Anthony Burk ; congressional convention, Ñ. E. Sutton, James McHugh, B. Murphy, Henry Jung. The trouble between the township officers and Ted. Lavendar, regarding a road fence, is still unsettled. It will probably be carried into the courts. Stilsonburg, the M. A. L. station is booming. Two new houses are building. The head of the burg has arranged a cable car to carry passengers from the depot into his diníng rooms and ice cream parlors, where he will have accommodations for 100 persons. Once in the room there is no escape except over the cable ; thus no bilis can be " skipped." Thos. Wall has rented Chas. Rane's store and bought the business for one year. Conductors' excursión to Whitmore Lake, Sunday, July 22. Thirty coaches will be required to accommodate the excursioni8ts. The Salem base ball team has challenged the Hamburg nine for a game at this place tomorrow. The family of Emmet Smith, of Jackson, arrived at their cottage in the Clifton grove, Monday. Miss Roba Pulcipher, of Ann Arbor, has been at the Lake Side View. Druggist Calkins, of Ann Arbor, has seen the Lake this week. H. C. Nickels, of Ann Arbor, visited at Wm. Rane's. Tuesday and Wednesday. Last Saturdav morning, Phil. Fohey's large grain barn was entirely consumed by fire. There was but little property in the barn, except a new binder belonging to Fred Smith. An earnest effort was made to save this, but the fire advanced so rapidly and all were so excited that it was left to be destroyed. The barned was insured in an Ohio company for $800. " Lake Side View" is the name given by the families of Mr. Kyer and Mr. Stimson, of Ann Arbor, to the " opera house," which they are occupying. Geo. A. Woodford and family, Mrs. LaDue and daughters, and Dr. Walsh and son, all of Detroit, are some of the Lake house guests. Hudson Ellis and Fred Eberbach, of Ann Arbor, enjoyed themselves at the Clifton, this week. Tuesday morning, a freight train on the Ann Arbor road was wrecked near Ryan's crossing, 21 miles south of here. It is supposed that a stone lodged in the crossing did the destructivo work. Ten cars were wrecked, and of these only one flat car loaded with coal and badly demoralized was lifted to the rails. Four refrigerators, three coal cars, and two box cars lie in the ditch, some of them totally ruined and all more or less damaged. Neither the engine nor the caboose left the track, and no one was injured. The morning and noon trains were obliged to run to South Lyon and across on the M. A. L., but the wreek was removed and the iron repaired to permit passago for the evening trains. Dr. Jackson and family, of Ann Arbor, were here a part of last week. It is reported that the T. & A. A. will run one more passenger train soon. Ex-Auditor General Stevens and family, of Ann Arbor, were at the Lake house, recently. South Lyon worked hard for the farmers' picnic, but the grangers' know where they can enjoy themselves. The T. & A. A. will have better accommodations this year. B. F. Thomas and Wm. Esterly, of Milan, at the Clifton.