Around The County

Manchester has received a new bell for the engine house, The Adventists will hold tent meetings at Belleville this summer. L. S. Allen has been elected as one of the school trustees at South Lyon. Work has commenced on the new Livingston county court house at Howell. Milán has another drove of mustangs and they keep things lively around the town. The G. A. R. at Milford realized aboat $500 from the celebration on the Fourth. Kevs. Caldwell, of Saline.and McGregor, of Milan, exchanged pulpits last Sunday. M. C. Green was elected to a place on the board of school trustees at Belleville, last week. The South Lyon band cleared $25 by running a refreshment stand at Island Lake on the Fourth. Justus Swartout and E. G. Webb succeed T. Grimes and T. Read as school trustees at Pinckney. A wood sawing contest is on the docket inHowell.in whichyoungladies will be the contestants. Corporal Tanner has decided that G. C. Hollis, of South Lyon, shall receive $18 per month pension hereafter. Mrs. Sarah Tucker died at Belleville, on July 3, a?ed 88 years, 66 years of her life having been spent in Michigan. O. C. Burkhart, of Lima, sheared 14J, 11} and 10} pounds of wool respectively from three registered Shropshire sheep. The Ypsilanti mail carriers delivered 3276 and collected 1254 pieces of mail matter during their flrst week's work. Stockbridge now has a horse doctor, F. H. Bates, a gradúate of the Ontario Veterinary college, having moved there. The South Lyon band started in modestly with uniform caps but have grown prouder and will soon have suits to match. The Catholics cleared $300 at the celebration at Pinckney on the Fourth. They will purchase a new bell with the money. W. E. Watson, of Bancroft, has been appointed deputy collector of internal reverme, ia place of Neal O'Hearn, of Howell. Bishop Foley will tbe at Chelsea on Aug. 24 and 25. The Catholics of that place are preparing to give him a grand reception. The chewing gum craze is on the increase at Milan, and the Leader says that the girls are not the only ones that have the craze. A special election will be held at Stockbridge on July 29 to decide whether l$800 shall be raised to purchase a new cemetery or not. When a man dies at Belleville, he is literally placed "in the Soop," the place of interment at that place being known as the Soop cemetery,. The clip of wool of John S. O'Brien, of Stockbridge, amounted to 5,40Q pounds and he received $1,620 for it, What pays better than wool ? This is the season of the year when the girls climb up into the trees to piek cherries, and nine out of ten of them fall and break a leg or an arm. The oíd unión school building at Pontiac has been Hable to fall down for some time, but the board have now ordered it put in a safe condition. Honors are being heaped upon W. J. Knapp, of Chelsea. Besides bei ng president of the village, he has just been elected one of the school trustees. There is a little "One" in the family of John One, of Milan. This One is a boy, born last week, and weighs 9 pounds. John is a happy "One." E. D. Stair, the theatrical manager who was formerly a resident of Saline, will have his successful play, "Chip o' the Old Block," on the road again next season. Edwin Farmer, of Stoekbridge, and Miss Minnie Westfall, of Unadilla, celebrated the Fourth by taking a bridal tour, having been married on the previous day. Charles Harmon, of Saline, and Miss Anna Craig, of Lake Ridge, are now partners for life, (or, until one or the other of them gets a divorce) they having been married on the 9th. Emancipation Day will be celebrated in grand etyle by the colored citizens of Ypsilanti, ón Aug. 1. The orator of the day will be Hon. E. P. Allen, D. Augustus Straker and W. Q. Atwood. Fred Weatherhead, of Green Oak, earned the everlasting affection of five young ladies last week, by stopping a runaway team which was conveying them along at a break-neck pace. Rev. Beale is preaching a series of sermona at Ypsilanti on "Gospel Remedies." Last Sunday his subject was "A Remedy for Suicide," and next Sunday it will be "A Remedy for Divorce." The only remedy that we can imagine for divorces is to dispense with marriages. Tpsllanti. Miss Ada M. Norton is visiting in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Hattie Snyder is visiting friends in Petoskey. Union service} now occupy the time Sunday evenings. Prof. Sill preached at the First Baptist church, Detroit, last Sunday. Geo. Alexander, of Cleveland, spent Sunday with his mother and brother. Prof. Duran d Springer, of the business college, will spend a short time at Bay View. Mrs. E. L. Hough, who has been dangerously ill for some time, is slowly recovering. Kirk M. Putnam has accepted a position as book-keeper in a foundry at Sioux Falls. Rev. Mr. Gelston, of Ann Arbor, preached at the Presbyterian church last Sunday. Work has been begun on the water stand tower. Joliet stone will be used in the construction. Frank Clark lost an eye last week througa the carelessness of a man in cuóting an iron pipe. W. J. Wilcox, recently with Comstock & Co., has a fine position in tbe commercial school at Lansing. Miss Blanche Deering, a Detroit young lady of some musical notoriety, is visiting at Frank Smith's. Charles Stevens, of Chicago, known on the stage as "Fostelle," is visiting at his father's, Philander Stevens. John Taylor, who has been at the Battle Creek sanitarium for some time past, is slowly recovering his health. Guy Crane, of Detroit, held a birthday reception at George Elliott's, a few miles from Ypsilanti, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Will Green, of Bay City, are staying at the old home for a short time, owing to the death of Mr. Greene's mother. Miss Leda Bellows intends to start on a western tour next week. She will visit Nebraska and other states during the next few moiiths. E. M. Spencer has returned home from Carbondale, Pa., accompanied by a daughter-in-law and children, who will make a visit here. Rev. J. M. Richmond, D. D., of Louisville, Ky., will occupy the Presbyterian pulpit next and the following Sunday. He was formerly pastor of this church. The Follet House proprietor is up with the times and will soon have a mineral wsll and bath house in connection with the hotel. Dr. Bovee will take charge. The Y. W. C. A. are talking of starting a gymnasium soon, and dumb-bells, Indian clubs, tight ropes and the trapeze will soon be the popular thing among Ypsi. girls. Mr. Coats, of Kalamazoo, who has charge of the water works construction, emphatically asserts that the water which will be used here is the best in the state, so far as his knowledge goes. It is free from organic matter, soft and of abundant supply. Cbelsea. The happy farmers are in the midst of a bountiful harvest. Rev. D. M. Kirkpatrick.ofGrassLake' was the guest of Rev. Mr. Reilly, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Branch, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are guests of Mr. S. J. Chase, Mrs. Branch's father. County Clerk Howlett and Hon. A. J. Sawyer, with their families, are camping at Cavanaugh Lake. Several futile attempts at burglary occurred last week as an appendix to the swindle that passed through here callea a show. J. P. Wood, a Chelsea buyer, had 1S,000 pounds of wool delivered at Ann Arbor last week. It was bought in the neighborhood of that city. New cottages have been put up and old ones painted at Cavanaush Lake, and recreative pleasures now rule the hour all the day long at that beautiful resort. Geo. P.fGlazier, of Chelsea, and Casper A. DePuy, of Stockbridge, spent lasi Sunday at Parma, to attend a memorial service of their brother-in-law, the late Thos. J. Stimpson. Two plates of glass, 90x122 inches each, the largest ever brought into thii town, arrived here yesterday safe anc sound. They were consigned to W. J Knapp and are to form the front o Loren Babcock's new and magnificen store room, which is now nearing com pietion. This store room, when com pleted, will probably be the finest ir Waehtenaw county. It has a front o 36 feet, and a depth of 80 feet. A row of iron pillars runs through the middle from front to rear. It will be furnishec with patent adjustable sheWing and every convenience for an extensive re tail trade, and isconstructed in the mos substantial manner from foundation to top stone. A walk of artificial stone i now being constructed in front of it. Among the few clips of wool taken in ast week by Gilbert & Crowell was that f Nathan Pierce, of Lima, 2,300 pounds. George Mitchell, of Lima, is doing a ushing business in berries this year. Vithin the past week he haa shipped o Detroit 140 bushels of red and black aspberries. On Monday 45 piekert) were at work among his berry bushes. The new brick block, being erected y Hugh Sherry and Messrs. Knapp & lindelang, has reached the second tory. The iron frame work for the ;lass front that ia to be, was put in place 'uesday, When completed, this will e another ornament to our thriving nd beautiful town. Saline. Mrs. W. E. Caldwell was an Ann Aror visitor Monday. The last Farmers' Club meeting was ïeld at James Cross'. A. Sager Hall isspending hia vacation t home with his mother. Mrs. Orrin Parsons is visiting her mother at Farmington, Mich. Miss Tina Klager returned Monday rom a few days' visit in Detroit. Rev. W. E. Caldwell occupied the lilan Presbyterian pulpit last Sunday. Mrs. R. W. Mills left for Dakota last ?hursday, where she hopes for an imrovement in her health. Misses Minnie Ruckman and Leila Jond returned the latter part of last week from a visit at Manchester with old friends. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Moore left last week for Indiana, where they will visit ir. Moore's relatives, and then go to Curope, spending the remainder of the ummer in Switzerland. Rev. McGregor, of Milan, preached in he Presbyterian church, Sunday mornng, and in the M. E. church in the evening. Mr. McG., wife and daughter Dlara, spent several days with Saline riends. Dexter. Another clandestine marria-e of Dex,er young people. Parents shocked, and he curiosity of the community awakened. The people of Dexter are pleased to learn that Dr. Adams feels able to resume his work here, that he will return in a few days and occupy his pulpit next Sunday. Rev. O. Bailey, of the Congregational church, of Perry, Mich., is putting in a pleasant week with his former parisboners of the Dexter Congregational church. Mrs. Bailey accompanies him. The teachers of our schools gave such excellent satisfaction last year, that all have been retained except the preceptress, who is called home to attend to her parents' wants. Miss Stella M. Coney, of Albion. will fill that position the coming year. Wbitmore Lake. Fred Dodge was at Laingsburg this week. Miss Mabel Stiles is visiting relatives in Detroit. Dance at the east side bowery, Saturday evening. Geo. Vanalstine has moved his family to South Lyon. An excursión from Toledo the 22nd, and one from Ann Arbor the 24th. J. D. Stevens was the captor of the 16} lb. pickerel, and it is no ordinary fish story, either. It takes a small man to fall between the ties on the sink-hole bridge, but Martin Kapp did it. Henry Spiegelberg feil from a load of hay striking on his back and receiving some severe temporary injuries, last week. Moonlinght sailing appears not to be safe sport for Detroit and Hamburg people. At least bathing accompanies the recreation. Not everybody knows that Mr. Cleary, the new section-boss, is a relative and student of John L.'s associate, but the boys all believe it after trying hiin a round. Einery. J. Z. Worden has purchased a new harness for his colt. Mrs. Byron Camp spent Sunday with her son at Calkinsville. Wm. Whipple and family now ride around in a doublé carriage. Miss Kate Pfeifle has returned from a week's visit among friends at Pontiac. Little Grace Ramsdell, infant daughter of Rev. D. H. Ramsdell, is very sick with but few hopes of her recovery. H. W. Robinson is employed by L. J. Stiles, of Whitmore Lake, to set up the Excelsior binders, for which he is agent. nilan. The Begole works are running again. The Sunday rain was an unalloyed blessing. It carne just in the nick of time. Arrangetnents have been made to sprinkle Milan's streets for the rest of season. The village street commissioner has fixed up the approaches to the new bridge in fine shape. And now parties are here looking to the establishment of other faetones. A cordial greeting will be extended.