Around The County

A leetnre apsociation has been organizedat South Lyon. The new creamery at Saline '.is now running in ful I blast. John II. Feldkamp of Sharoiv died Oct. 22, aged '16 years. A. V. Laahíer is the new manager of the opera house at Saline. C. C. l'orr of Sharon has retnrned froni his second trip to Texaf. The epidemie of dysentery which prevailed at Stockbridge has ended. The Mancheetor creamery turns out 1100 pounds of fine butterevery week. The masonic fraternity of Manchester are to have a big social tomorrow evening. The correspondence from several of the neighboring towns was crowded out last week. Waahteaaw connty raised 940,272 bushels of wheat last yeat and ranks third in the State Daniel McLaren of Lima ie building a fine barn in place oftheone destroyed by fire last spring. Re'. D. L. Jones of Edwardsburg filled the pulpit of the South Lyon Presbyterian church Sunday. Dan Burch of Sharon lost a norse last ■week which he was obliged to shoot on account of a broken leg. The South Lyon furniture factory lias just sbipped a large consignment of church seats to Imlay City. Clarence and Fred Williams of Ypsilanti have engaged in the boot and shoe business at Charlotte. Laborers are busy at work near ChelEea gra-iing for the doublé track which is to be put in by the M. C.B. K. MilfordCurtis of Chelsea now liobbles around on one foot when he moves. He was mixed up in a ruiia'Aay and had a leg broken. Richard Hall, au old pioneer and wealthy citi.en of Manchester, died on the 19th, aged 84 years. llelived in that township smee 1834. Mr. and Mr. H. E. Ford of Belleville now own a fine, new bedroom snit, the gift of friends who dropped in and surprised them last week. A beautiful tnksión crucifix has been erected in St. Miry's church, Pinckney, in remembrance uf the, obíbbíob given by J'r. Vander Krden. II. A. Whi])pleof South Lyon is with a party of hunters in northern Michigari! Ile reports ten hunters to i deer in that section. Silas F.llis of South Lyon dieil Oct. 19 after'a Ion" illno;-. ücivasa member of the G. A. }{., that orgánization taking chargé of the funeral Rev. Wallace Raddiffe of Detroit told the Ypsilautians all ho knew about Torn Hood in a lectura delivered at Normal Hall, Tuesday evening. "Grandpa" Tichenor of Chelsea went to Jacksun last Friday and celebrated his 87th birthday. lie is hale and hearty, and giveB promise of living to be 1 Oü. The Mag recen: ly pttrchaaed for the school at Cbelèea is to be dedicated tomorrow. Congressman Allen is expetted to be present and deliver the address. Thomas McGee came to Chelsea to Battle Oreek an the 22d and before returning was niarried to qne of Chelsoa's most etimuble young Utdi.es, Miss Mary Hogan. The Bentinel and Ypsilantian are using some heated terms against each other over the building of the new waterworks at ihe city down the river. Keep cool, brothers. K. C. Cobb shot a grey eagle at Portage lake last week W'ednesday, which measured six feet, three and oue-half inches from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. Anson Grimes brings us a hen's egg tliat beats them all. It measures six and one-half inches in circumference the sinall way and eight inches the long way. - Stockbridge Sun. The Ypsilanti ladies are believers in equal suffrage. If you have any doubts about it, attend the next meeting of the Equal Suffrage Association, which wijl be held at Dr, Helen McAndrews' residence November 7. The following olllcers liave been elected by the Saline M. E. Sunday-sehool: C. R. Cobb.superintendent; Burt lïogers secretary; Alfred Humphrey, treasurer ; Mrs. U. A. Wood, chorister; Miss Anna bb, librarían. (ieorge II. Mansiield left Ypsilanti in 1S80 and was supposed tohave died, until last week, when hisbrother received a letter from him statin that " 'twas all a lie." lie is living and in good health at San Felipe, Cal. A party nf hoodlums werp out "horning" on Monday 11 itrli t. Wlien will such practices cease '.' -Manchester Enterprise. That's easy ennugh, When the authorities punish them as they should bo punished. The drit'il apple cores and parings of , lames Bacbman's evaporator, are gent to a Chicago house, from whence they go to France to Ijo returned to this country as chainpagiit) and higher grades of wine. - Chelsea Standard. The Pinckney Dispatch has affidavits to prove tlie following ñsh story, but nevertheless, the niory luis rather ;i lishv sound : "On i'riday night last while Messrs. K. C. Oobb," Geo. Colins, WlD. and Jno. Chambers were spearing on Portage Lake they captnred a iickeral that weiglied ü;!'. pounds." David Roberts and family started from Pinckney last week to make tbeii future home in Dakota. When a good lively blizzard comee whistling around and the mercary in the thermometer needs thawing out every morning, David will piobably wish that he had never left the Peninsular state. On Oct.22,Mason reaped a rich matrimonial haryest from Stockbridge. ( In that day Alfred Coulson and Miss A'„'gie Collings, both of Stockbridge, were married at Mason, as were Will Lyons of Slockbridge and Miss Krepps of Munith. Whatextra inducement does Mason that takes the Stockbridge young people there? A. A. Wood of Saline has this season shipped to Texas about 1,400 Merino bucka, eelectd from floeks in vanous sections of the state. Altogether Texas and the Southwest have taken over íi.OOO Michigan ranis this season. This shows conclusiveiy how flock owner.s regard the future prospects of woolgrowing. - Picket.