Around The County

Rev. Joseph Cook will lecture in Ypsilanti, Deo. 5, on "Law and Labor, Pioperty and Poverty." Mrs. John Jackson, who stayed in Ann Arbor during the summer, has returned to her home, in Manchester. C. M. Blackmer has been appointed village clerk of Milan, to fill the vaoancy caused by the death of C. A. Moore. Addison Fletcher, jr., of Ypsilanti town, died on Tuesday of last week, aged 36 years, leaving'a wife and two children. His disease is anknown, and he has been sick three years. All the children of Mrs. I. E. Robinson met at her residence in this village, Tuesday of last week, for the first time in eight years. The four boys were William, of Detroit, Osear, of Ann Arbor, Spencer, of Morrice, and Ezra, of this township, and the girls were Mrs. Nichols, of Ann Arlior, Mrs. Nichols, of Bloomington, III., Mrs. Nichols, of New York, Mrs. McCord, of Chicago, and Mrs. Chas. Isbell.of Pittsfield.- Saline Observer. There will be a corn festival given by the ladies of the First Congregational church of Webster, tomorrow evening, at the residence of Wm. C. Latson. The bill of fare includes corn meal cake with syrup and scripture, corn starch pudding, with cream sauce and some more scripture, corn muth with inilk and ditto, corn popped, corn baked Indian pudding corn Johnny cake, corn starch cake, corn starch pie, comed beef," korn koffee," and scriptural texts with each one. There will be plenty of fun. Godfrey, of the Lansing Republican, went to Chicago and asked the Chicago Times to write him up. He told them the old chestnut about his walking when a boy barefoot into Lansing. The story hasn't grown sraall under Godfrey's management in the course of years. A modest man wouldn't have mentioned it, but Godfrey isn't tronbled in that way. The Times made him out quite a hero. Then Godfrey secured a quantity of the Times containinsi that account of his early privations(?)and sent marked copies to the press of the state. The Register received one, but put it in the waste basket, having seen the story in one of its stages of growth before. The Manchester Enterprise bit and prinied the stuff, and even intimated that Godfrey has good chances of becoming public printer at Washington. The Enterprise goes it one better even than Godfrey's tough epidermis could stand. He does't expect to be public printer himself. Manchester. The evaporator which has been in full motion all the fall has closed for this year. There is some talk among the merchants about putting in one of Sidney's advertising clocks in the post office. This year our school turns out one of the largest senior classes ever before in this school. It consists of 14 members. A. J. Waters, who wpnt to Dakota, has had his partner, Merriman, ship him two car loads of apples which he will flnd a market for. Whitmore Lake. IX M. King is again making corsets at Jackson. Will Roper spent part of last week at Ypsilanti. Frank Beardsley, of Howell, Sundayed here. It now looks as if Whitmore Lake would have a feed mili in the near future. Mrs. Dodge and daughter of Laingsburg, have visited at T. M. Dodge's this week. Prof. F. M. Lumbard went over to Hamburg, last Friday night, to make arrangements fora singing class there. The M. E. Sunday school has a library of about 60 volumes that it would like to exchange with some other school. Perhaps the " wickedest " joke ever played outside the "Peck" family was the sewing up of the school teacher's pant legs, while he was not around. Girls would never do such a thing, oh, no Last Saturday evening about 20 of our young people met at the school house and took the first steps toward organizing a literary society. Next Saturday evening permanent officers will be elected. Tump-torah-rum is the yell of the U of M. class, two members of which secured a return " tie" ticket to the Lake last Sunday. They arrived here shortly ufter dark, attended church and returned on the 12 o'clock train Monday. Lafever Tuthill, of Green Oak, was severely injured by being trampled upon by a norse, last Saturday. He entered the sta 11 with a milk pail upon his arm ; a chicken ñew out of the manger and frightened the norse, which knocked the pail to the floor, still more frightening the animal. Mr. Tuthill jumped into the mantier, but the horse reared up, and knocking him down in the manger trampled upon him. A little son, barely escaping the horse's heels himself, drew nis father, insensible, out of the manger, and out of the barn. Mr. Tuthill received some ugly gashes about his face and bis breast. Dr. Smith, of this place, dressed the wounds, and thinks that the man is not dangerously hurt. Tpsilanti. Mrs. Wm, Rickey is yisiting Detroit friends. Miss Hanford, of Buffalo, is guest of Miss Clara Goodspeed. Editor Smith, of the Ypsilantian, has been enjoying a fine eastern visit. Burt Boyce, of Lansing, visited his father and other relatives, this week. Miss Kittie and Fannie McCorkle spent Sunday with friends in Detroit. Candidates for the postoffice are numerous; but it is rumored that some of our prominent Republicana wiil not ,ry to remove Mr. Cremer forsome time yet. Mr. Draper, proprietor of the opera louse, has left lor a season's engagement with some dramatic troupe. H. M. Caris has the inanagtnent of the house durng liis absence. Chelsea. Fruit evaporators in this vicinity completed this season's work last week Dr. Armstrong is taking a post-graduate couree of medical lectures at Ann Arbor. Rev. J. E. Reilly will preach the fhanksgi ving sermón this year at the tf. E. church. Rev. J. W. Carson, a new arrival from 'reland, preached two instructive and profitable discourses at the Congregational church last Sunday, his first efforts in this country. Rev. and Mrs. Robinson will spend Thanksgiving day with their sons at Tekonsha. Rev. Mr. Holmes expects to eat Thankseiving viands with friends at Lockport, N. Y. A. Steger took in, slaughtered and shipped to New York 23 tons of poultry infive and one half days. Henry Fenn and Chancey Hummell have purchased the drug and grocery store of Dr. R. S. Armstrong. The ladies of the M. E. church gave an art exhibitiorf at the Town hall, last week, by which they realized about $80. G. J. Nissley, the new proprietor of the Saline Observer, has calied to his aid our excellent townsman, O. T. Hoover. Mrs. Eliza Wickwire, of Hamilton, N. Y., and Mrs. J. A. Getman, of Detroit, spent last week with their niece, Mrs. W. F. Hatch. Hita. W. Babcock, jr., has commenced his third consecutive term of winter school in the Mead district. The stock of goods of the late C. A. Moore, coasistingof groceries, crockery, glassware, etc, is for sale. Milo Haight does not act much as though he was going to farming, even though he bought a farm. He seenis to like Milan very well. Easterly Bros. think the Leader man is trying to rush their business. The feed grinder, if it comes at all, is too far in the future to make it valuable news at this time. A valuable horse belonging to Jo Gauntlett got loose in ihe stable, one night last week, and teil into a shallow well, where it remained about three hours before being rescued, and still it uves. It looks as if both of Milan's stave milis were arranging to take their departure. Whether this is a feint to cali bolts in or not is at present hard to determine. Such rumors were afloat last fall. Fuller Dexter, who has been connected with the Prof. Friend business in New York city for the past several months, is at home. The business seclnsion which seems to characterize this institution really ba (Hes Dame Gossip, to her great discomf'ort. A business which every one doesn't know more aboul than the proprietor would be something new in the country, henee the mystery is that country people go and work therein, yet still upon their return know nothing to impart.