Around The County

George H. Kenipf, of Chelsea, has started on a trip to Texas. Seven saloonkeepers at Manchester have taken out licenses this year. Rev. Altinger has been ordained pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical church in Sharon. Harry Sayles, the evangelist, will commence a two weeks' seige at Stockbridge, next Sunday. Decoration Day was generally observed in the cities and villages throughoutthe county and state. Rev. R. D. Robinson, of Whitmore Lake, delivered the Decoration Day address at Brighton. The tenth annual May Festival of the Young People's Society of the M. E. church at Ypsilanti netted $138. There will be two graduates of the Milan high school this year - Misses May McGreggor and Effie Haight. Howell will celébrate the glorious Fourth of July in a manner becoming a patriolic American city, this year. The Dexter high school will send forth eight graduates this month. while the school at Chelsea will have but three. Saline Observer : Chas. Isbell has just sold a fine three year old colt to Milan parties for $200. It pays to raise good horsen. W. W. and George Voorhees, of Ypsilanti town, are visiting a brother at Sibley, Iowa, whom they had not seen before in tbirty years. Tbe corner stone of the new Methodist church at Howell was laid Monday. Gov. Luce was among those who were present and delivered addresses. The Chelsea postoffice controversy has not yet been settled, and the chances are that it will not be unlees the contestants can come to some agreeuaent. The oldest wonian in Livingston county isMrs.Mahalah Norris, ofOceola, who bas passed 99 long years on earth, and hopes to be able to niake it a liimdred. The Salem butter and cheese factory is proving a paying investment for the farmers as well as the owners, as the capacity is now 900 pounds of tnilk per day. There were 38 births and but two deaths in Green Oak lastyeai. If this ratio continúes, that township will have a population of more than a million some day. Ypsilanti Commercial : Geo. H. Hammond goes to England early in June, to personally select for importation 200 more Shropshires. They will be added to the woolly beauties he already bason the " l'otter farm '' south of this city. The offlcers of the Y. W. C. A. at Ypt-ilanti are as follows : President, Miss Mary Lockwood ; vice-president, Miss Lutie Densmore; recording secretary, Miss Edith Jones; corresponding secrelary, liss Anna Zacharias; treasurer, Miss Kittie Dennis. Dexter Leader : The lock-up had an occupant for a short time Saturday niglit. Too much fire-water caused a gntnger to becoine reckless in usinjr liis tongue. Result: A sore head, a two hours' Btay in the lock-up, and a cali on the justice on Monday mornipg. C'helsea Herald : The 6th annual reunión of theStorins, Boynton.Hockwell and Killem families wiü take piare in the town hall at Lirna June 7th. They have secured the services of the Wedemyer String Band. Judging from the program an interesting time rnay be expected. Here's a gond send-ofT which the Milan Leader giyes the recent P. of I. celebration held in that place : " About 6265 was spent for beer and budge here last Saturday, and we venture the aseertionthat a majority of the men down whose throats the stufF was poured are grumblers about the hard times and their luck." Saline Observer: A reiuvenating spirit seems to have struck the Baptist society, They began by treating the parsonage to a new coat of paint, and now they are fixing up the church, and last, but not least, removed part of the fence about the parsonage. Now remove the street fence and improve the looks still more. Last Monday afternoon little Cecü Lumbort, thethree year oíd son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lumbert at the depot.fell from the landing at the rear of Shaw's grocery to the hard walk below, a distante of over fifteen feet. Strange as it may eeem, this terrible fall did not injure the little fellow in the least - Ypsilanti Commercial. Chelsea Herald : Mr. Vawn, of Dexter township, formerly of Webster, hired a stout young man by the day. He was somewhat of a ciderman, and Mr. Vawn thought he would see how much he could drink, so he tilled a tvvelve quart pan, and it was gone before night. Rather than hire a cooper he gave liiin the g. b. the next morning. Ypsilantian: "After this the flood" carne true to Mr. Showers of the City Hall last Sunday night, when the gutter paving gave way and let the whole tide of water in upon him. It rushed right in without knocking, and Mr. S. and his family had to climb. Now they can be found up stairs, holding spirited counsel in the Council room. The conclusión is that there are Showers and showers, and that there was just one too many of them in the City Hall last Sunday night. Last Saturday Will Britten had an experience with an enraged beef critter which he was bringing home from Geo. Warner's that he will not verysoon forget. The animal carne all right for some distance but when near Nelson Gould's, suddenly turned upon Mr. Britten, knocking hini down. As he feil his hat flew off which was probably a lucky thing for him, for while the animal made for the hat Will lost no time in gettingon thp opposite side of the nearesl fence. Mr. Warner and several others carne up and took a hand in the deal, but they soon found that the beast was too many for them all. After nearly li al l" a day's hard work they wound "P just where they started from- Mr. AVarner's barn. They succeeded in getting the animal to town Monday, but it was brought in a wagon, ready for the butcher's block.- Brighton Citizen. Mancheeter has eighteeu stores tba have plate "hiss ironts. Married, Sanday evening,May 25, a Rice How-l, Mr. Oliver Harris, of Mon tana, and Miss Cora Enipy, of Morunci They came into town Sunday night 01 the 10:18 tiain from the weit, and wen to the hotel above mentioned, and th nightwatchman drumined up the land lord, disturbed the quiet slumbers o Ju8tice Doyle, who was quite willing to be disturbed íor such a cause, and the two were soon one. On Monday the; went to Flint, and after spending a few days in this state they will go to Mon tana to reside.- Mi lan Leader. Mr. Daniel Pierce is almost daily seen on our streets, and one would scarcely take him for one of the early pioneers, so active and vigorous does he appear. He is, nevertheless, one of the early birds, coming here in 1836, at the age of 21, and settling at Rawsonville. He afterwards moved 3J miles south.where he built a mili, long known as Pierce's mili, but now called Eaton's milis. He has lived for 33 years on the farm he now occupies, and all join in the hope that many years may be added to those already passed so pleasantly among