County News

Wool at Saline brings from 15 to 23 cents. Onions on the big mareh are reported big enough to eat.- [Observer. To eat what? The first ward in Ypsilanti is to have a new school house. It will be of brick, 34x60 feet, and will seat 110 pupils. Andrew Miller, of Webeter, recently sold a four-year old colt to Homer Moore for $500. He is of Regulator stock. Mrs. Ella J. Whitman. who has been a teacher in Ypsilanti for 17 years has gone to Chicago to live with her daughter, Mrs. E. S. Gardner. Lyman Burnham of Milán, has left the Babcock hotel and taken charge of the Rice house. D. Gabriel, of New York will take charge of the Babcock. Corn and potatoes, all through the ■county are suffering greatly for want of rain, and farmers say that unless it omes soon both crops will be a total failure. Ford and Son, of Saline, are " spreading" themselves on the stained glass Windows to be used in A. M. Clark's new house in this city. So says the Observer. Bro. Gildart, of the Stockbridge Sun, till insista that his new baby had teeth when twodaysold, and is quite wrouhgt up because someof his exchanges seem to doubt it. Unadilla has a hyenain human form, ■whosechief occupation ishidingbehind ■door-yard fences after dark. What had better be done with him?- Dispatch. Catch him and start a zoological garden. That Webberville hen that built her nest in the cupola of abarn30 feet from the floor, and hatched out a brood of ■chicksthere, evidently knew of a campmeeting being held in the neighborèiood. Parties from Detroit have purchased the old planing mili at Pinckney and will transform it into a pickle factory. Thev will build a 40x60 foot addition with six vats for pickles, and of course all Pinckney ia in a pickle about it. Charley Teeple, son of John Teeple, hardware merchant, Pinckney, was in his father's store, last Wednesday when it was struck by lightning. He was severely shocked and for sometime his life was despaired of, but he is now improving. The July erop report for this state, stimates the yield of wheat to be 12 33 busheis of wheat per acre for Washtenaw county ; acreage winter-killed and otherwise destroyed 28 per cent. Per cent'of old crops still in farmer's hands, 6. Entire acreage in the county in 1887, 75,152; in 1888, 67,750. Total acreage in the state in 1887, 1,675,598 ; in 1888, 1,504,611 or abont 175,000 acres less. Saline. Charles Pareons has returned to farm life. Ed. G. Berdan returned to Chicago, Monday. Vest Mills returned from Clinton Saturday. Cliff Bassett, of Detroit, was in town over Sunday. Andrew Craig died July 10, after a long sicknese. Louie Foster and wife were callers in town July 15. Geo. A. Brown has secured a situation at Laporte, Ind. Geo. Barr is building a neat little residence on Adrian-st. Miss Agnes and Master Fred Gillen visited Clinton over Sunday. The Misses Archa and Eda Clark, 01 Ann Arbor were in town July 15. 3eo. Caldwell and wife are visiting at Eev. Caldwell's, on Ann Arbor-st. Louie Lutz, of Ann Arbor, is spending a week's vacation on the farm. H. T. Nichols, wife and daughter Zoa are spending two weeks at Devil's lake Elmer E. Rouse has accepted a position in a drug store at Benton Harbor Mr. Rentechler, of Lodi, feil from a cherry tree last week and broke his nose. Wm. JackBon and Roy Marsh spent a pleasant day fishing at Pleasant Lake July 13. Sager Hall at Annapolis, Md., is spending his vacation with his mother in town. Lillian Mills, in company with her sister's family, of Detroit, have gone on a trip up tbe lakes. Wm. Donaldson is building an ad ' iition to his residence, corner of Chicago and HarrisrSfs. Austin Rhinefrank, of Bridgewater and Mart King, of Toledo, were visitors in town Sunday. Rev. Caldwell received a number o bruises by a bicycle running agains him as he was crossing the street. The Misses Edessa and Edna Aldrich and Maggie Harmon, viewed Joslyn Lake and Bridgewater last Friday. Messrs. Fred Gauntlett, Theodore Stierle, E. R. Aldrich and son Tommy fished at Pleasant Lake last Friday. The remains of Wm. Gordon, for many years a resident of Saline, were brought here last Tuesday for inter ment. Will Nissley had a fingersmashed in a iBOwer which made amputation neces sary. Dr. Unterkircher performed the operation, assisted by Dr. Heller. Messrs. Whitman, Curtis, Winkle ani Gauntlett, of Detroit, were guests o Fred Gauntlett, Saturday, on their re turn, from a week's camping at Pleas ant Lake. Fred Wallace and wife and Dr. an Mrs. W. D. Billmeyer and son Fred, o Chattanooga, are visiting ex-sheriff E W. Wallace. Charles Booth and fami ly of Milwaukee, Wis., have also been spending a few days with E. W. Wal lace. WliHinorc Lake. W. B. Rane has been visiüng at Ionia. Hops at the hotels nearly every evenng- Taylor's grove is a small hamlet of ents, nine in all. Wendall Moore, of Ann Arbor, stops at the east side grove. The family of Milo Pulcipher, of Ann Arbor, are at the Lake Side View. John Schumacher and son, of Ann Arbor, are registered at the Lake House. Dr. and Mrs. Hartler and Mrs. Johnson, of Ann Arbor, visited here Sunday. A picnic party of about 40 Ann Aror people enjoyed Tuesday at Whitmore. Whitmore Lake has a base ball nine. They have airead y challenged the clubs at Salem and South Lyon. The new T. & A. A. time table is, in some respecta, better for this place than ,he old one, and in some not so good. Rev. and Mrs. Sunderland, of Ann Arbor, together with friends, are enoying themselves exceedingly at Silver ake. A large number of Ann Arbor's mest prominent citizens, enjoyed last Thursiay here, although it was rather cool and damp. Among the visitors were professors Rogers, Wines, Knowlton, Kempf and their wives; Philip Bach, Mr. Cheeyer, Charles Spoor and othejs with families or friends. Ypsllantl. We have a young men's prohibition club just organized here. The new 150 horse-power Corliss engine is being placed in the Electric light works. MissCarrieWeedis visitingher niece, Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, the authoress, at Milton, Mass. The Ypsilantian has moved into elegant rooms in the basement of the handsome new Savings bank building. Mrs. Will Snyder, vee Hattie McElcheran, has returned from Petoskey, her home for two years, and will romain hereafter with her parents in this city. The dress stay factory has 200 people employed in its building, and has a $40,000 law-suit on the tapis with a Canadian party for infringement, besides. Many of our neighboring farmers are wroth over the early closing of the dry goods stores. Their work prevenís their coming to trade before six o'clock, and after that time there's no use coming, only for groceries, etc. Wednesday evening a large number of Ypsilantians witnessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Platt's youngest daughter, May, to Mr. Burt Cook, of Gladstone, Mich., a lormer Ann Arborite. The young couple started on the evening train for their northern home. Kfilau. Stone is being delivered for the foundation of the new Methodist church to be built here soon. This will give Milan four cburch ediflces. The case of Boyles vs. Butler has been appealed to the circuit. The taking oi snap judgments against farmers during harvest is not always crowned with succeas. Under the present time cards we get our Detroit morning dailies just before noon, only a few hours before the evening papers are delivered. And all around therenever wasso inconyenient a schedule of time as the present. Our merchante are improvingthe dull days of harvest by cleaning up their front windowB and perpetrating jokes of a practical nature upon one another. The man with the best sprinkler seems to come out anead, unless damp linen is a symbol of success. A stranger enjoying a nap in his chair on the porch of one of the hotels, last Saturday, was rudely awakened by a Milan business man throwing a lighted mammoth cracker under his chair. The Milan business man and bis Street congregation called it fun. The case of the People vs. Vercelius & Babcock for selling liquor without having given bonds was continued until the 24thinst, and now the attorneys say the case is about discontinued. The parties under arrest have been called into court twice. Now with the public prosecutor in attendance on one of the occasions and still the prisoners have not been called upon to plead at all. Webster. Miss Alma Spencer is visiting her uncle, Mr. Burnham. Mr. Popkins, of Ann Arbor, is the guest of Will Alexander, this week. Mrs. Otis Cushing, who has been sick with diptheria for some time, has now nearly recoverd. Misses Anna and Maude Helson, who have been visiting Mr. Boyle for a few weeks, returned to their home in Detroit last week. Miss Nettie Lateon, who has been spending a few weeks in Howell since closing her school in Brighton, is now home for the summer. Plttofleld. Mrs. George Hadzsit and children are spending the summer vacation with her father, David DePue. Henry DePue has recen tly finish ed a large barn and with additional fencing, etc, greatly improves the appearance oí his place. Alfred Paul is recovering from painful injuries received in face and eyes occasioned by the bursting of a toy cannon the week of the 4th.