Around The County

A grove meeting is being held at Belleville. F. A. Dean ia Uncle Sam's postal agent at Belleville. The Milan Charcoal Co. ship about 15 carloads a month. A song service was held at the Sylvan church last Sunday. A driving park is the latest question which agitates Dexter. A wild west show is advertised to appear at Chelsea today. The citizens of South Lyon celebrated the Fourth at Island Lake. The Chelsea band furnished music at Manchester last Thursday. Senator Gorman was the orator of the day at Pinckney on the Fourth. W. H. Moody, of South Lyon, had a slight stroke of paralysis last week. Haying is nearly finished and many farmers are beginning harvest this week. Four young men from Chelsea will attend the business college at Ypsilanti next fall. At the Fourth of July dance at Milan, 101 couples sweltered on the small floor until 4 a. m. The Ypsilanti Commercial threatens to publish a "booming" edition and write up that town soon. Miss Matie Gould, of South Lyon, celebrated the Fourth by marrying William Graham, of Canada. The Pinckney city fathers have decided to challenge flre another month before purchasing an engine. A brewery team at Manchester ran away last week and distributed kegs of beer from one end of the town to the other. Mrs. Fred. Ottmar, living near Saline, waa badly injured last week. The horse attached to a hay rake which she was driving, ran away, throwing her under the teeth. . E. D. Howell has received notice of his appointment as postmastei of South Lyon, and is now watching for his commiesion to arrive. G. B. Ratz is a hustling carriage manufacturer at Brighton, and the ooys of that village are particular to see who is around when they yell "rats." The new Chelsea fire departnoent had a chance to run to a fire last week. The thermometer registered 90 in the shade and it was only a hen-house that was on fire. E. S. Rose is having his roofs painted. - Stockbridge Sun. That's a good idea. When a man's roof becomes bald, the proper thing to do is to cover it with paint. Prof. F. H. Pease, of Ypsilanti, is at Chicago this week. He delivers ten lectures on harmony and composition before the National Summer School for Music Teachers. South Lyon wants the fast train on the D. L. & N. to stop there and a petition has been signed and sent to the officials asking them to do it. They probably won't do it. The Germán Lutheran society of Dundee has outgrown its present quarters, and a committee has been appointed to make arrangements for building a larger church. The common council of Pinckney believes in economy. They let the grass grow in the village park and then sell it to the highest bidder, $3.55 being the amount received this year. The Saline poultry farm is becoming one of the well-known institutions of that village. Last week shipments were made to nearly eyery state in the Union and to some foreign countries. On the 3rd, Robert Dunlap and wife of South Lyon, celebrated the Ó8th anniversary of their inarriage. They have resided in South Lyon 57 years and were among the earliest settlers of that place. Belleville now has a gun club, the officers being T. T. Woods, president ; M. C. Green, vice-president ; A. E. Smith, secretary ; Jas. A. Cady, treasurer. The members will attempt to hit "blue rocks" thrown from a trap. One evening last week, Mrs. Margaret Leary etarted from a neighbor's to return to her home near Brighton. The next morning she wasfounddead in the road. She was 65 years old and her death was caused bv heart disease. If you had counted at the rate of one a second, ten hours a day, every working day since the first of April, you could not have counted the number of eggs Harris & Johnson of this city have bought and sold during that time. Over 3,000,000 eggs, or 250,000 dozen is their record for the past three months. They now have 55,000 dozen in their coldstorage.- Ypsilanti Commercial. Nescelius & Babcock want to open up a saloon at Milan but, thus far, have not been able to furnish a bond that the council would accept. Last week they thought they had the bond all right and a special meeting of the council was called to act upon it. The councilmen waited but no bond appeared. The wife of one of the bondsmen, objecting to her husband's signing the bond, had taken possession of the document and destroyed it. Young Fred Fehlig had a ride at Belleville last week which he will not forget when he grows to be a man. While holding a team of horses, one of the Unes became tangled, and he walked out on the wagon tongue to fix it. The horses didn't like this and started on a run, stopping only when they had knocked a fence down and smashed the wagon into kindliiig-wood. Strange to aay, the boy wasn't hurt although he was in the midst of the wreek. Secretary of State Osmun has received 300 reporta from his correspondents concerning the ravages of the aphis or midge, throughout the state. Of these 250 are from the southern counties. The insect is found in great numbers in every county in the southern and central sections of the state and in many of the Borthern counties. In the first and second tier of counties they are found in 85 per cent. of the wheat heads ; in the third tier, 76 per cent. ; fourth tier, 68 per cent. ; central and northern counties, 55 to 60 per cent. Estimates of the number on each head vary greatly. The damage cannot now be calculated, and of course will not be known until the erop is threshed. It is noticed that in some localities there are fewer lice now than ten days ago. Many of the wheat heads sent to the secretary 's office are nearly or entirely ruined. Others, containing as many of the pests, are not damaged. The louse is found on rye, oats, barley, shrubbery, and even fruit trees. IWhltmore I.iikc. The "flying Putchman" has gone to Howell. F. G. Rane, of Detroit, spent the Fomrth with relatives here. Mrs. E. W. Snell is suffering with a Berious attack of pneumonía. Enterprise increases- L. J. Stiles has added the coal trade to his line of business. Fred Smith has purchased the Jay Taylor farm on the north side of the lake. ' An ice cream social was given at the residence of Henry Pinckney, Saturday evening. These warm days bring the guestbï and Whitmore Lake will soon be like a bee-hive. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Payne, of Port Clinton, Ohio, are with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Snell. Mrs. Phelps and Miss Leah Dodge, of Laingsburg, have visited at F. M. Dodge's the past week. Section-boss Geo. Vanalstine has been relieved of his duties and an Owosso man takes his place. Mrs. F. Drake and M. Lawd, of Detroit, and Miss Sibyl Stiles, of Fowlerville, were guests of L. J. Stiles, last week. Dr. Breakey, Wm. N. and Ex-AuditorGeneral Stevens and John Nichols, of Ann Arbor, made the fish suffer last week. The families of George W. Kenwick, Alvin Wilsey, C. E. Mutschel, D. C. Fall and Mr. Calkins, of Ann Arbor, are in camp in Dunlap's grove. The number of tickets sold for the hop at both hotels on the evening of the Fourth, was unusually large, although there was a bowery dance on the east side. A large number of people was expected at the Lake on the Fourth and the expectations were met, although some disagreement between the D., L. & N. and the G. T. railroads prevented several hundred people who had purchased tickets in Detroit from being present. It is estimated that there were 2000 people on the picnic grounds, but there was probably no time when more thaa two-thirds of them were there, as the lake was dotted with row and sailboats and the two steamers were moving back and forth with crowded loads from morning until after dark, and a crowd was never lacking in the village. The object of the picnic was to procure means with which to repair the house belonging to St. Patrick's society, and every effort was made to swell the returns. Immense quantities of ice cream, pop, candies, etc, were provided at stands, and the dancing bowery was crowded the whole day. An Ann Arbor young lady was lucky enough in a raffie to secure the porirait of the finefeatured priest, and an excellent table was set and partaken of by a large number. The receipts must have gone up into the large numbers, and everybody received his money's worth. The amount received will certainly remodel the old house in grand style. Everything was quiet and peaeeable, everybody was happy, and all must certainly have enjoyed themselves in snch circumstances on so beautiful a day. I) ex ter. Prof. Thompson, of Saginaw, formerly superintendent of the Dexter schools, is the guest of J. H. Murdock, as are also his wife and little daughter. Our school board have peculiar ideas regarding the lawn about the school house. The grass is almost waist high and is anything but beautiful. Three superintendents of schools seem to be summering at Dexter, Thompson, of Saginaw, Seelye, of Marshall, and Waller of our own schols. James Farrand, of Port Hurón, with wife and two daughters, are visiting oíd friends in Dexter. Mrs. Farrand was formerly one of the most prominent young ladies of our town, daughter of the late Dr. Gray. Will and Anna Adams, with Ray Copeland and his sister Nellie, and two other graduates of the University, are having an " awful" good time camping at Portage lake. They complain that the fish are slow to bite. The anvil, used by the boys on the Fourth to awaken the patriotism of the people. did good service sixty years ago in the blacksmith shop of our honored citizen, Judge A. D. Crane, and we are glad to be able to report that he is in so good health that he could do fair work on that anvil yet if necessary. It appears that that portion of our highway that approacb.es either end of the doublé bridge over the Huron is without an overseer, or else he has been asleep for the last year, for the condition is such that in fast driving it would almost throw one from the seat, and is certainly dangerous for heavily loaded vehicles. Last Saturday as Patrick Toban was on his way back to the county house, he met one of his old associates, Dennis Warner, and it was really interesting to hear them teil of their experience of half a century ago, of shoveling gravel just over there on the railroad for a very small sum per day. Now the stronger and far the most robust of the two, is an inmate of the poor house, while the other is able to give several hundred dollars each year to religious and benevolent institutions. Saline. Robert Shaw has been quite sick again Lew H. Clement, of Ann Arbor, was in town Monday. Miss Minnie Davidson is spending her vacation out of town. Rev. Yokom has been on the siok list this week, but is now better. Miss Anna Jewett left Monday for a visit with Jackson relatives. Will Shaw and wife united with the Presbyterian church Sunday. Miss Linnie Fosdick is visiting relatives at Watson this vacation. Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Heller are now nicely settled in their new home. Ed. Berdan, of Chicago, has been visiting his mother the past week. Mrs. C. F. Corden, who is spending some time here for her health, is much better. D. F. Schairer and wife, of Ann Arbor, spent Monday with George Schairer and daughter. Miss Rose Alien has returned from an extended visit among relatives at Leoni, Olivet and Manchester. G. B. Mason and family and A. S. Clarke and family spent an enjoyable day at Pleaaant Lake, Tuesday. Miss Allie Caldwell is the owner of a new lady's bicycle and is learning to ride it. It is a very pretty wheel. Cherry-picking seems to be the principal occupation now, and bushels ol the ripe, red fruit are taken from the trees daily. There are a set of hoodlums in Saline (and some married men among them) who richly deserve a few days' lodging in the lock-up. Miss Nell Gamón took a rather severe fall Monday from a ladder which slipped from a cherry tree. She was not seriously injured, bowever. Ypsilautl. The Light Guarda celebrated at Adrián on the 4th. Prof. and Mrs. Cleary are expected home the first of next week. The colored camp meeting at the fair grounds has been well attended. The Home Association held a meeting at the residence of E. C. Bowling, Tue8day p. m. Ypsi is preparing for a big boom this fall. Nothing like prosperity to raise the spirits and taxes in a little city. Doctor Morford, daughter Sue, and Miss Florence Goodison are at Houghton, on Lake Superior, for a brief vacation. The extremely hot weather has made work on excavating for water pipes rather laborious. Still the work goes on rapidly. Miss Mary Lillie, of Newark, and Miss Sanford, of Manchester, were guests of Miss Jennie Moore and Mrs. C. M. Norton, over Sunday. The remains of Mrs. John G. Crane, of Carlton, Mich., were brought nere for burial last Friday. Mrs. Craae was a former resident of this city. Hon. Sam'l Post has been considerably under the weather for the past few weeks, but is now able to enjoy life again in his own happy way. Our firemen were invited to Mt. Clomens on the 4th, and went, did themselves proud by their fine appearance and came home tired and disgusted with Mt. Clemens' accomodations. Mrs. D. B. Green, one of our most respected and oldest residents, died at her home on Forest-ave, Sunday morning, after a brief illness. The funeral was held from the home, Tuesday morning, Rev. Joseph Estabrook, of Olivet College, offlciating. Cbelsea. Mrs. Dr. Finch bas returned from her visit at Toledo. Many of our citizens had a jolly time on the Fourth at Cavenaugh lake. Three candidates were immersed at the Baptist church last Sunday evening. Mrs. Dr. Robertson,of Battle Creek.is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron D Li rand. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Durand, of Ann Arbor, were among their Chelsea friends last week. Miss Harriet Evans, of Bellevue, Sundayed with Miss Lyra Hatch, and left Monday for Kochester, N. Y. Rev. J. H. Mclntosh spent last Sunday at Laingsburg and there were no services at the M. E. church here. Rev. Samuel D. Breed, of Ann Arbor, spent Sunday here, and preached at the Congregational church in the eveninjr. Mrs. L. M. Skinner and daughter Mary, of Detroit, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch the first three days of this week. About 365,000 pounds of wool have been purchased here this season. The largest buyer is R. Kempf & Bro., who have taken in 162,264 pounds, A. C. Collins, Otto Durlach, and John Ryan, who are implicated in the theft and drowning of John McKone's sheep, have given bonds to appear for trial at the next session of the circuit court. Bert and Harris, who were also arrested, were discharged . Itlilan. Another drove of Texas ponies struck Milan on Monday. Milan patrioti8m showed itself in a horse trot on the glorious 4th. S. Gay is driving a span of yearling colts of his own raising as a carriage team. The Milan bridge cost $1,962 all told, and it is a beauty. The company at Masselon wants no notice against fast driving posted on that bridge. The delivery of wool has been commenced in this market with but one buyer in the market. The farmers wonder if the early rumors of other buyers here were false. That Begole Fence-machine Factory which captured the wealth and business brains of Milan, is as silent as death and not half so active as the swinger of the dread scythe. What's up? Stony Creek. Geo. Harmon and family, of Detroit, visited friendsin this vicinity the4th. Haying is well under way, most of the farmers having their early variety secured. Mrs. Theresa Dansingburg and daughter Eva, of Jackson, are the guests of Mrs. Thomas Talladay. Mrs. Fred Gillett is very sick with scarlet fever, there being some grave doubts as to her recovery.