Around The County

There were six Woods at the Saline sheep shearing festival : J. S , G. S., F. C, A. A., Ira and N. A. Munson Goodyear, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Manchester, died laet week Sunday. The Ïri-County Picket prints Bob Burdette's funny verses on "The Romance of a Carpet," and gives the Yp8ilantian credit. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Mallion, of Dexter township, have removed lo this village. They intend remaining here until fall,when they wil ljoin the fortuneseekers at Tacouia, Washington Territory. - Dexter Leader. The Saline Y. P. C. A. of the M. E. church elected the following officers : President, Miss M. J. Eccles; vice-president, Burt Rogers; secretary, Miss Allie iiortle; treasurer, B. P. Davenport; organist, Miss Annie Cobb; chorister, Charles Bassett. Christian Frey, who has been workng the Thomas Logan farm the past few years, has rented the Edward Fay farm in Norvell township. Mr. Fay will move to Chelsea, where his son Charles will practico medicine. - Manchester Enterprise. P. F. Powers, of the Cadillac Exprese, doesn't forget his Washtenaw friendp. In writing of the vacant presidency of the Michigan Agricultural college, he says: "There is a gentleman in Washtenaw county, Andiew Campbell, as thorough a student as Willits, and more conversant with practical and theoretical farming than Luce, who would make the Agricultural college what its name implies, if its management were placed in his hands." The Saline sheep breeders' association held their annual festival last week Tuesday. The following breeders exhibited : N. A. Wood, 8; A. A. Wood, 7; G. L. Hoyt, 7; Ortmar Bros., 6; F. C. Wood, 6;' R. W. Mills, 5; Iaaac Shaw, 5; J. S. Wood, 4; C. R. Parsons, 4; H. R. Watson. 3; James Hoyt, 1; and T. S. Rowe, of Hillsdale, 1. The following is taken from the Saline Observer : Ottmar Bros. carried off the honors for the heaviest sheep shorn, their 3-year-old ram shearing 33} pounds; while F. C. Wood came in íor second, wilh a fleece only two onnces lichter, and G. L. Hoyt and A. A. Wood íollowing closely with weight8 of 32J and 30J reppectively. The heaviest ewe's fleece was shorn from a 2-year-old, owned by N. A. Wood, which tipped the beam at 26} pounds. R. W. Mills came second with 25}, and Ottmar Bros. third, with 23}. The heavy-weight yearling ram fleece was shorn from a fine animal owned by R. W. Mills. It weighed 19} pounds. A. A. Wood and F. C. Wood followed with a tie of 16 pounds, 6 ounces. G. L. Hoyt next, 16J: and T. C. AVood, N. A. Wo'od and C. R. Parsons, 16, 15-7 and 15-5, respactively. The heaviest fleece from a yearling ewe was from one owned by G. L. Hoyt, which weighed an ounce less than 17 pounds. R. W. Milldnext, 15 6; Ottmar Bros. third, 15; and A. A. Wood, 14 13. Ypsi anti. Miss Rena Bowling has returned from Cliion Springs, N. Y. The Barton house has been rented by Mr. Delano, of Detroit. An army of Detroit teachers visited the different schools of our city Tuesday. Mrs. Elmer Cushinan. of Webster, has been the guest of Mrs. E. P. Allen this week. Mrs. EmmaGrenville, of Detroit, formprly of Ann Arbor, is the guest of Mrs. Julia Sherinan. The bodies have been removed from the old Catholic cemetery, to the new one on River-st. T. McAndrew has pnrchased the Congress-st. block, occupied by Frank Smith's drugstore. Mrs. C. F. Long died, Monday, of inflammation of the lungs. The remains were taken east for burial. The Sanitarium has again changed hands, Mr Chidester retiring, and Mr. Moorman taking the proprietorship. A carriage load ofladiea from Ann Arbor came down Tuesday afternoon and attended the missionary meeting. T., o of our young Iawyers, Messrs. Moriaty and Wendell, have joined forturjes and forces to flght the wicked world. The erention of the new Jenness block, on Huron-st., has been given toa Detroit contractor, and work will be be;un tliia week. It is said that agood share of our business men are prepared to make a vigorous kick against the scheme for free delivery of mail. Mrs. Kittie Gilbert has given the coniract for her new house on Adams-st., and the building will be erected as speedily as possible. Walter Pack, caRhier of First National bank, has purchased the Bennett lot on Washington-st. and will soon erect a ïne house for his own use. Sam'l Post is fillingupa vacant lot on üongress-st. with a small brick building ffhich, it is rumored, will be used as a jranch of Gibson's Ann Arbor gallery. The Congregational church confersnce was held in this city Tuesday and Wednesday. The first day was devoted to the missionary work, upon which subject a number of very interesting pajers were read. Charlie Anderson, the colored man who was persuaded against his will to un for alderman on the Democratie icket, is madder'n 'anytbing now, not mly becauso hegot left, but aiso that ie went back on the G. O. P. for a brief nterval. Stony CrpiU. Fred Gillett is making preparations o build a new house. Mrs. Wm. Kelcey is still suffering from her late accident. II i ram Cady is making preparations o move and fix over his barus. Miss Jennie Mason, of Samaría, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. L. H. Crane. The M. E. society gave an Easter social at their parsonage, last Friday evening. Dr. R. E. Douglass, a former resident of Stony Creek. died at his home near Rochester, N. Y„ April 17. Rev. Fred Barry, from Morgan Park, 11., conducted cervices at the York hurch, last Sunday evening. Plttafleld. A new windmill on the premises of Wm. Hanford. Messrs. Rolland, Williams, and Miler, members of the Y. M. C. A., are onductinga sabbath school in the Mills district. Service at 3:30 every Sunday anemoon. A happy birthday surprise was tendered Miss Addie Wilsie, Monday evening. Chelaea. W. F. Hatch attended the association at Ypsilanti on Wednesday. There will be an examination of teachers in Chelsea, April 26. R. P. Copeland, of Dexter, spent Sunday here, the guest of H. 8. Holmes. Revs. Holmes and Reillv attended the Jackson Association at Ypsilanti on Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Nettie Skinner, of Detroit, was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. F. Hatch, the early part of this week. Frank Staffan has the job of rebuilding Loren Babcock's brick block, and is pushing the work right along. Hugh Sherry is laying the foundation of a new harness shop on the site of the old one that was burned last winter. Mrs C.H. Kempf, Mrg. C. H. Wines, and Mrs. G. J. C'rowell attended a missionary meeting at Ypsilanti on Tuesday. " Mrs.A. N. Finch, of Toledo, returns this week to Toledo after a two weeks' visit with the family of her son, Dr. Finch. Alverson Dewey, of Ypsilanti, spent Sunday here, and called upon Rev. Mr. Holmes, to whom he went to school more than flfty years ago. O. H. Will8 closed his evangelistic labors in Chelsea last Sunday night. Mr. Wills thinks Chelsea a hard place to move, and many in Chelsea think Mr. Wills not the right man to do it. mum. Geo. S. Wood, of Lodi, was in town on Tuesday, and expressed much surprise at Milan's growth. It is said that the Milan fence builders have secnred a site on the T., A. A. & N. M. R. R. track and will erect shops soon. Captain Allen spoke tothe E. P. Allen camp Sons of Veterans, on Tuesday evening. Since those side arms arrived the boys have sworn by the captain. Mary Beoker Miller, wife of Capt. C. R. Miller, of Adrián, who died last Sunday oiorning, was the only daughter of the late Hiram Becker, an old Ann Arbor resident, who built the house now owned by Philip Bach. Mrs. Miller was raised in Ann Arbor, where she had many friends. Ota, Come OH". The Ann Arbor papers are making great claims in regard to their charter, stating that Gilbert and Case had no influence with the legislature or the committee on villages and cities, but the Standard has seen certifleates from the clerks of the committee and also of the legislature, stating that these two gentlemen practically made a new charter for Ann Arbor, nearly two hundred changes being made in the original. The saving to the county by these gentlemen will reach thousanda of dollar3 each year.- Chelsea Standard. Webster. The board of school inspectora met last Monday, and elected Will Wilson chairman. On the 8ick list are Will Burnett, Mrs Brough, who has pneumonía, and Miss Geraghty who has the measles; John McKernan with neuralgia. John Boyle has been lying at the point of death, for some days, with pneumonía caused by a severe cold being contracted while riding in a storm. Dr. Smith, of the Lske, is attending. A consultation was held S;iturday, the other physician being Dr. Breakey. They found no hopes of recovery. Saline. John Ruckman is visiting his brother at Pittsburg, Pa. Rev. Barry, the new Baptist minister, has arrived with his family. Rev. Venning, of Ypsilanti, preached in the M. E. pulpit Sunday evening. Mrs. Forbes has moved her stock of millinery goods to the shop just north of her house. Miss Jeannette Caldwell commenced teaching the spring term of school in the Shaw district Monday. Mrs. Dr. Hali's funeral was held in the M. E. church Monday. Mrs. Hall was one of the oldest members of the church, and her loss will be greatly feit there. Miss Lizzie Grote, of Owosso, and Miss Sarah Grote, of Whitmore Lake, have been spending a couple of weeks with their cousin, Mrs. John Lane, of Saline. One of the largest funerals ever held in Saline was that of Garver Bortle Tuesday. His tragic and terrible death shocked everyone beyond anything which has occurred here in a long time. The funeral of David Lindsley, killed last Saturday while engaged in a scuflle with his father, was held Monday morning from the school house near which he lived. Rev. W. E. Caldwell conducted the services.