Around The County

Milán is the ecene of a good niany drunken figlits. ïhe Chelsea grist mili has been undergoing repairs. A poor apple erop is reported from all over the county. Jumes Taylor, of Chelsea, will spend the summer in Europe. Pittsfield is going extensively into the bee-raising business. Services are being beid at Dover by the Rev. Mr. Conrad, of Dexter. A harvest dance took place in the town hall at Lima on Friday last. John Fuller, of U nadilla, died recently. He was one of the pioneers. Crvstal Tent 279, of Dexter, will be reprêsented by DeForest Litchñeld at the August meeting of the Maccabees in Bay City. Mr. MiLflUitfalin, of Chelsea, will address the P. of I., in Freedom, next Saturday evening. It is rumored that Benj. Allen will hereafter be the jnlly landlord at the Franklin house in Dexter. Congressman Allen was appointed speaker pro tem. during the discussion of the original packaue bill. The P. of I. at Merrill'd school-house, in Base Line, now have fifty members. Two ladies joined recently. Tne Chelsea school district will soon vote on a proposition to raise $15,000 for building a school house. The excessive heat during the past few weeks has caused considerable illnes8 throughout the county. Eev. Fred Berry, pastor of theMooreville Baptist church, began a series of meetings last Monday night. The Farmers' Association, which met at Ypsilanti recently, bas ndjourned till the second Saturday in August. The Democrats are casting amorous glances at E. F. Vhl, formerly of Ypsilanti, as a possible candidate for governor. While Perry Haner was stacking straw receutly on the Letts' farm near Chelsea, he feil from a ladder and broke his leg. Ypsilanti crows over the fact that the city clerk has, within one year of the establishment of the water works in that city, issued 600 permits to customers. John Bi oettner has laid the foundation for his fine new house, which he is building in the western part of Saline township. Clark Cornwell, of Ypsilanti, bas been eranted a pal ent upon an apparatus for producing bisulphate for paper pulp. l'rof. Gus. Warren, wbo, according to the Chelsea Herald, has been traveling w it h a circus the past spring, bas returned to the quiet shades of Chelsea. Dexter Leader : A new pest has appeared in the raspberry patehes and hundreds of bushels are being killed by it. It is a minute "borer" and eats its way into the heart of the stalk, killing it Ypsilanti Sentinel: A Milán firm is running a lottery and advertising it in the paper. They give $10 out of every $100, each purchase of $2 entitles the holder to a chance. Sick'em Bro. Ypsilantian. The stone cutters who were working on the arch over Mili Creek, near Dexter, Btruck for higher wages recently. They were getting $3.00 a day and wanted fifty cents more. P. S. - they didn't get it. Wheat on sandy lands is yielding ■well- some as high as 27 bushels to the acre ; but the later clay flelds will teil another story, and probably not reach above half the yield of those on sand. - Yp8ilantian. Dexter and Pinckney have joined hands. Says the Dexter Leader: "A nuinber of Pinekney youtbs were entertained by their girls last Sunday." Ypsilanti papers please copy, making the proper subatitutions, witn Ann Arbor in place of Pinckney. Geo. C. Srnith, of the Ypsilantian, has been appointed special agent of the census bureau to collect statistics of manufacturing in Ypsilanti. He will mak e astron eflort not to"see doublé." His inquines will relate not only to milis and factories, but also to small establi-hments and the mechanical trades. There are 12 ".94 unmarried school teachers in this state, and their average wages are $32 32 per month. They labor in 6,428 school houses and teach 543,707 cliildren. Bachelors living in this county should see to it that the supply of unmarried teachers decreases. The farmers in this eounty will please take notice of the following faire to be held in this vicinity : Washtenaw eounty, Ann Arbor,Sept. 30 to Oct. 3; Detroit exposition, Aug. 26 to Sept. 5; State fair, Lansing, .Sept. 8-12; Eastern Mich., Ypsilanti, Sept. lö-19 ; Lenawee Co., Adrián, Pept. 22 26; Piymouth fair, Sept. 23-27; Hillsdale Co., lïillsdale, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 ; Brighton fair, Sept. 30 to Oct. 3. The Ypsilanti Sentinel spreads itself as follows: "There are five churches in Chelsea and not one has a lightniug rod. Such neglect ought to be punished, and it was. Kecently, while they were all filled, a thunder storm of great violenoe passed over, and not one was touched, or carne anywhere near it. The lightning rod isa 'relie of a barbarons age,' in eléctrica! science." What else can be expected from a paper which preaches Democracy? The loüowing are the teachers reeently elected in Manchester: G. WilHatn Loomis, superintendent ; high school. G. William Loomis and Minnie C. Sullivan; gratnmar, Julia M. Conklin and Anna Gieske; prirnary, Anna Poucher, Edith M. Case. Kittie E. Wier and Marie Kirchhofer. Two complete courses of study are presented in the high school, an English course and a language course. The language cpurse embraces two years of Germán and two years of Latin and displaces an equi v;i lent amount of work in the English course. The first two years of high schoo work embraces all studies requisite to procure teachers' certificates, be sides others indispensable to competen instruction in district schools. James Waters will open a law office n Manchester. ])r. Henry R. Watsun, of Saline, died Sunday night. It costs $5,000 per year to run the L'helsea schools. Burglars have been prowling around Cavanaugh Lake. The Saline Farmers' Club met at E. '. Warner's, last Friday. James Kelley, of Manchester, has recently built a coal office. Nineteen Deering binders have been sold at Manchester this season. Washtenaw county has spent $803.07 ror sparrows since Janaary 1, 1890. T. E. Ortenburger, of Bridgewater, is sbipping spring chickens to Detroit. Thomas Lane, an old resident of Salem, died recently at the age of seventy-three. Gov. Luce will deliver the address at the farmers' picnic, tobe held in Bridgewater, August 26. There will be no preaching at the Saline Baptist church during the Rev. Mr. Barry's vacaticn. J. M. Brent, of Chicago, was in Saline he other day, his object being to estabish a cheese factory and reamery. Felix McCabe, of Green Oak- so they say - feil asleep in kis chai r recently , and br six days was awake only one ion r. The first new wheat bought in this market was bought Uy Wm. Burtless, ast Tliursday,for 80 cents per buahel.- Manchester Enterprise. Rev. Richard Woodruff, formerly lastor of the Salem Congregational church, died recently. His remains were taken to Hillsdale. The editor of the Milan Leader was evidently either away or usleep last week. His whole paper was set up in Jetroit and sent to Milan in a box. Manchester Enterprise: Mrs. Kies, of Bridgewater, informs us that she had 'orty hands employed on her fruit farm a portion of last week. Who says that Washtenaw county has not a fruit growng industry? Saline Observer : Rev. Caldwell and ainily have bid good bye to Saline as a place of residence and are now nutrered among the residents of Aun Arjor, having moved thefe Ihe past week. Zuring a sojourn of six yeare in our midst they won many warm friends and their departure will be greatly reretted. We understand that Mr. Caldwell, for the present, wiil retire from ictive ministerial work. HÍ3 successor lere bas, as yet, uot been engaged. As we were passing the residence of Dr. Hueston iu Superior, on Thursday ast, we noticed that gentleman sitting on the porch fronting the east, smokng his fragrant Havana and reading he papers. Overeóme by the temptaion to enjoy the shade we halted and was soon pleasantly engaged in conversation. We fouud the doctor wellversed on the topics of the day, a conversationalist, and a genial gentleman n every respect. Besides attending to a large and lucrativo practice he fincl.s ime to scan the political horizon, and lis digest and conclusions as to the efect of legislation on the business interests of the country are intelligent and, we believe, well-founded. In these days of cornbination, he is inclined to the idea that the farmers' only safety lies in some kind of a unión. L.et a number of farmers in each township form a stock company and place heir business under the control of thorough business men, each retaining, of course, his own part of the capital stock. This plan, he believes, would secure uniformity and system, and jring the business of agriculture up to a higher level. Upon this question we are inclined to the belief that the doctor is sound. Certainly his views are worthy of attention. - Ypsilanti Commercial.