Neighborhood Notes

The Follett house in Ypsilanti ; eopened. Soulli Lyou in 'i mi'ly have a i ouriiii; uiill. There wili ue a tna- lerade ball at SaSne tomorruw iiight. QA good many hen houses built ;n Bnjierior last November. Milán has L'35 school children, of whouj uineteeu are non-residents. "The oldeet man in South Lyon is Beven ty-five years and dnvea a )r,iy. The new Methodist eburch at South Lyon wiil be dedicated un January 24. During 1890,1,923,204 pound of "truck." have been ihipped frooa Bridgewater station. Milán has but ihree raeat markets. What ! Convened lo the veyetarhm tbeory E Mii-s Jessie Graham bas mauaged the exprtes business at Milán so well that the agent of the company cotuplimented her liighly. Tomorrow nijjht and the night after, 'Londun wiü listen 10 the rollowing dramas: "Among the Breakers" and 'Seeing the Elephant.'" Education is more beneficial than wealth. There is no longer any doubt ai it, as the young men's debating club of South Lyon has so decided. The Excelsior Renovating company, of La Rué, lowa, has come to Milán. They will lenovate iverything, from featherbeds to the uonsciences of beerguzzlers. "Jutt fifty years ago loinorrow" taid eur venerable oíd tow n.-man, 1 B. Godirey, this inoininp, "1 first struck Saline." Mr. Godfrey loc&ted on land in York, about three miles south-eat-t of town. - Saline Observer. The Ypsilanti Light Guards have elected the following offlcers: Prei., Chas. L. Begole; vice-pres., Tracy L. Towerjrec. sec, Fred L Gallup; fin. se% Harry C. Sullivan; board of directcrs- JFrank D. McKeand, Harry C. Sullivan, Ben. L. Gilbert, John P. Kirk, Chas L Begole. A York iownfchip man fuund a tiocketbook nd $100 belonging to an Arm Arbor man. Thelatterwent ri,rbt down into the depths of his soul and hia pocket-book and fished up tífty cents and gave it to tbc honest fellow from York. There was a clean half dollar, madeby honet-ty! Itpays - morcor less. - Adrián Press. The fol'.owing is a it of the oth'cers elected to preside over Huron Lodge I. O. O. F., of Dexter, lor the ensuing year: J. O. Thompson, N. G.; Dr. T. J. Ritter, V. G.; V. F. S. Cairns, P. S.; Frank Phelps, R S; C. H. Mannard, Treas.; John Graf. I. G.; W. F. Cairni=, warden; George Graf. R. S. N. G.; R. S. N". G.; J. H. Murdock, R. 8. V,G. The Whittaker correspondent of the Commercial saj-s : " These are great times amonast the religious element in ;his town. They are holding revival meeting in a Free church towardstbe south-west corner of the town, and at this place, and at the Quaker cburcb just over the line in Ypsilanti town, and the way tbe wicktd re flet ing from the "wrati.' lo come is certainly very a-toniug.. Jbsiah Newell, an early settler ai.d long a resident of Yoiplant died in Portlfe.nl, Oregon, on the 2d inst., at the age of 75 years. Mr. Newell formerly lived in Pittstield, but removed to Ypsilanti many years ago, and built the Newell ilock at the depoet. In 1880 he removed to Oregon, where he has since resided. He was well known and esieemed, bv Tnany early seitlcrs, before the present active generation came on the stago. His burviving children are Mrs. S. J. Vail cf this city. Mr. C. H. Newell, of Saginaw, Mrs Bodley and and .Mr. Qicero Newell, of Portland, Oregon. Tlitf lilan Leader does not believe in augar-cont tn(i bitter pille. Itsays: "Mit. Hiram Eddington died Tuesday morning, from all accounts more from the effeets of neglect and Btarvation on account of a drunken sot of a husband than from disease. There is no use sugar-eoating the facts. Mr Eddington ha the re.ord of being a. brave man in fhe war; how mnch liappier he might have been had he continued being a me man in fighting King Alcohol, astead cf basely laying down his arms nd allowing himself to be made the ■prisoner of that old potentate. With his wag.s and his pension he might thenhavelivedcomfortablv andhappilv. But-" The poultry exhibition at Monroe has been Irnly woaderfttl. The Couimercial man rpports the following intejesting facts: Some of the monstroucocks stretched tbeir bausbty at least three feet into t( e air when n occurred to them to lift up their voice?. Occa8ionaliy an i .dustrious hen would yield to the yearniiu's of nature despiie the ezcitement of tbe times, and the coop would be the richer for a new laid egg. There wascrowit:g in all keys and in all volumes - 'diminuendo, crescendo, fortissimo, allegro. There was ihe gqueak of the bantam and the huil f: loar of the lordliest burï' Cochin. Aristocratie fowls have dainties as well na tther biped lords anl ladtpg. li - iides prosaic wheat and corn, mi.Ii ïuxuries as liver, chicken sau-ai;e cabbage, e'.c, were fed by the iiulul.'. nt wner Saline Observer.- Julin Gillen was the recipiënt of a haridsome New Year's present which wou'd mke the average jelic-hunter jirten with envy. It was the old writing dek or tecretury of liis late únele, John K n msr,and iii its day was probaply one ol theünest articles of f the kind to be funnci. It is made of aherry and wlien cloeed resembles a feureau, with a small book case mounted on top. Pullalargeupprdrawer. tou h a spring which Iets the front of drawer drop down, and you have amodern nriting desk with pigeon holes, small drawers, place for hook?, etc. It is probably not leps than 75 yeais old, and possibly 100. In one of the drawers which doubtless had not been opened for niany years were found a lot of Uncle John's old iapers, largely receipts for moneys paid, beariug the dates running from 1830 to 1840, ciany of which are quite curio.iies. One read as follows; "Town of York, July 15, 1840. Bought of S Holman &Co. one fanning mili, warranted to take out the cockle and chees. I Mili don'tfill recommendation.nosale " iigned by John Peck, agent.