County News

The Brighton fair will be held October 2-5. Milán has a new modern equipped machine shop. The Lenawee county fair will be held at Adrián, Sept. 25-28. The Ypsilanti W. C. T. U. has a tent at the fair in that city. A fruit evaporating establishment has been opened up at Dexter. Nese and Milo Conklin, of Manchester, have gone to California. A. A. Woods, of Lodi, shipped a car load of sheep to Texas last week. Matthew Forn died in Chelsea, Mich., Aug. 29, of paralysis, aged 59 years. Manchester people to the number of 433 attended the State fair last week. Clinton had a new fad in the shape of a masquerade ball game last Saturday. There are 625 children of school age in Augusta this year, 17 less than last year. The new iron bridge to be placed across the river at Saline has been shipped. Marvin H. Ball, of Milan, was married to Miss Rhoda Teal, of London, on the 12th inst. The Democratie represen tative convention of the second district meets at Saline next Saturday. Without partiality, Belleville swings two Republican and two Democratie banners to the breeze. E. J. Penniman, of Plymouth, has invested in $2,000 worth of South Lyon bonds running ten years. Geo. H. Mitchell, of Lima, has a new steam heat evaporator which has a capacity of ninety bushels a day. The Milan authorities have arrested Babcock & Hitchbock of that place, for keeping their saloon open on Sunday. The machinery for the new furniture company's works at South Lyon is arriving and they expect to be running soon. Wm. Kirchgessner, of Manchester, threshed his wheat from 20 acres last week, and it averaged 36 bushels to the acre. Rev. T. W. Beale, the new pastor of the Ypsilanti Congregational church, preached his first sermón last Sunday morning. A petition is being circulated in Milan prayingthe township to appropriate money to build a new iron bridge over the river. Editor Smith and wife, of the Milan Leader, now speed over the etreets of that village, with a tandem tricycle.- Observer. The Manchester Enterprise commenced its 22d year last week by expressing thanks to everybody in the community. Archie Foster, a colored boy who graduated from the Normal school last June, has been appointed principal of a school at Hope, Ark. Nichols Bros., the Saline jewelers, believe in not giving burglars too many chances, so they have shipped their safe to Detroit for repairs. Rev M. S. Woodruff, who recently accepted a cali from the Episcopal church at Ypsilanti, commenced his rectorship last Sunday. Sparks from an engine set fire to the grass on the farm of Wm. Ball, near Hamburg, last week Monday, and ït took the fire engine and some hard fighting to subdue it. Eighteen hundred bottles of "Sagwa," , which cures the ills of all mankind were sold to the citizens of Milan by the band of Kickapoo Indians that waa recently encamped there. A fire in a swamp near Green Oak got a good start, last week, and burned over several acres before it could be controlled. The farm buildinga in the vicinity had a narrow escape. There will be a teachers' examination held by the board of examiners in Union school hall, Ypsilanti, Friday, Sept 28 1888. This examination is a special one for third grade certificates and will continue one day. Mrs. Ester Turner died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. N. Thompson, in Salem, on the 8th inst. at the good oíd age of 81 years. Mrs. Turner has been a resident of Michigan since 1832, and has lived in this county for the past 16 years. Ypsilanti lodge, F. & A. M., dedicated their handsome new lodge rooms in the new Savings bank block, last Thursday. A large crowd of ladies and gentlemen were present. Grand Master Wilson, of Muskegon, performed the ceremonv and made an address. Burglars broke into the Milan postoffice Wednesday evening of last week. They were not very well paid for their trouble as all that they got away with was $1.00 and two boxes of cigars. The unfortunate part of it was that the$l belonged to the Milan Leader, and the editor of that journal has our sympathy. The Cordary assignment case at Ypsilanti, looks bad for the assignor. Creditors are getting their goods back, and the assignment sniacks of fraud. In a recent case in the justice court Cordary acknowledged that when he gave his wife a mortgage for $11,000, he only owed her $5,000. C. M. Fellows, of Sharon, nominated forConeress by the prohibitionists in this district, and Willard Stearns, of Adrián nominated for the same place by the democrats, and E. P. Allen, of Ypsilanti, who will be nominated and elected by the republicans, were all classmates in the Normal School, twenty-five years ago.- Ypsilantian. Valentine Bros. have bought the yearling Shropshire ram that won firet premium at the present State fair. His weight is 300 pounds. He was ïmported several weeks ago by Mr. Milton, of Marshall. They aleo bought ten very choice yearling registered ewee of Richard Conly, of Marshall, Mich. A fancy price was paid for this lot of sheep.- Dexter Leader. Hilan. B F. Thomas has hung out one of the finest business signa in the village. The sign was paintedby himself and is a reminder of achievments attained in that line long ago. Last Monday evening Solón Chase, of Maine, and Gen. Paul Vandervoort spoke at Milan on protection and its benefits. The audience was enthusiastic and the speakers well received. A special pension examiner has been in town a few days looking into the source and responsibility of evidence in the hands of the department. The new M. E. church is being veneered with brick and will be modern in shape. Webster. Jack Frost visited us on Thursday night last, doing damage to corn that was yet green. The rain Sunday gave wheat a good start. It also fitted unseeded ground better for sowing this week. John Cushing has not yet recovered from the effects of the horse's kick, but can sit up for a short time. Millie McColl is visiting Miss Ada Latson at Howell. Rev. J. E. Butler writes that he has arrived at Chicago all right, and is being ushered into his new work in the Theological school. Michigan Crop Report. The erop report for September shows reports from 618 correspondents in 507 townships, 422 being from 328 townships in the southern four tiers oí counties, and 102 from 88 townships in the central counties. Wheat threshers in the southern counties report as follows: Jobs, 8,060; acres, 114,625; bushela 1,897,842; average per acre, 16.56 bushels. The reporta are not complete, however, as in many cases only a portion of the erop has been threshed. The total yield in the state, based on the reporta made to Aug. 25, is estimated at 23,898,461 bushels, considerable more than was expected in the spring. Reporta from 215 eleyators and milis in the southern counties show 473,571 bushels of wheat marketed during August. In Washtenaw county 10 of the 25 elevators and milis report 67,7b bushels marketed. The reporta from Washtenaw county show 98,812 bushels of wheat from 5,943 acres, an average 16.63 bushels per acre. Figuring on the same basis the yield of the county is estimated at 1,126,683 bushels. The report of oats shows 69,763 bushels from 1,853 acres, an average of 35.49 bushels per acre. The probable yield of an average erop of potatoes, apples and peaches, in this county, is estimated as follows : Potatoes, 76 per cent.; apples, 64 per cent.; peaches 56. The reports on all of the crops show that the yield in Washtenaw county is a little better than the average in the southern tiers of counties. In answer to the inquiry of which variety of wheat has given the highest yield per acre, 132 correspondents in the southern tiers name Clawson, 18 Fultz, 17 Egyptian, 31 Hybrid, 27 Diehl Mediterranean, and 19 Velvet Chaff. The reports on corn show very nearly an average erop.