Neighborhood Notes

Over 200 men are employed in the T. A. .L. shops at Owosso. Coldwatei's council has decided to yaye the principal streets. It coet Owoeso $450 to have the city aBsessment taken this vear. Pinckney is trying to organize a hive flady Maecabees. Can't afford to get ]ehind the lighthouse. Jk telegram was received at the Noraial Monday afternoon announcins: the appropriationofS20,000 for a gymnasium-- Ypsilanti Sentinel. Green Oak farmers eay they hav maiked their chickens with "blue" yint and have loaded their muskets to the muzzle and are now watching for game. üforthvil'e has raised by subscription $2 624 as a bonus fund to be paid for the Hanrahan Refrigerator Work. One of the terms of the contract is that 50 men will be employed inside of a year. Howell thinks she has a good thing in her new condensed milk works AboutlOOOO lbs. of milk are shipped. áaily to Lansing. At the last pay day; $3,000 was paid out to the farmers for their lacteal product. - Tri County Ticket. A well known sheep grower says thre have been more sheep shorn un■washed this year in this section tban ere? before. He believes that the time ie not far distant when sheep washing ■will be abandoned and wool sold upon its merits.- Coldwater Eepublican. The meanness of a Coldwater woman takes the cake. Shc refusea to let a thirsty trave.ler have a drink, saying tbat pumping water for other people would unnecessarily wear out the pump JSecently two bicyclists stopped beneath tree to get out of the hot son. The woman drove them away with a gun. An exchange Baysthatthe gum on the ebverse side of the Columbian stamp is aaedicated and warrantedto cure catarru, brace up a torpid liver, destroy the apyetite for alcohol, morphine and tobace. lelieve that tired feeling, cure warts aad kill delinquent eubscribers and aewspaper borrowera, as well as potato fcngs Ai Coldwater pastor last Sunday attempted to seperate the chaff from the wheat. He called upon a!l such memteers to rise as would refuse to attead the World's Fair in case it was opened Oa Sunday. There was, however, mostly chafif in that churcb, as only about 20 not even a respectable minority, r06e irom their seate. e Orchard Lake Cadets, 110 strong, eare their quarters to-night for the "World's Fair. A convenient camp ground has been arranged for them inside the white walls of Jackson Park ■where they will remain for two weeks. The cadets have been in Chicago before and received a warm welcome for their aianly deportment and perfection in dilling.- Excelsior. Strawberries are a little cheaper in the local market, though too high to be cnsidered anything else than a luxury. The advance is due entirely to the fact that the erop is short. The Tennessee jop was a'.most a failure and the llliaoisberries are just coming into mark et. Had the Tennessee erop been anything as it should have been, prices would have been away down. A Birmingham amateur gardener has the following receipt for killing equash iugs: "First catch yourbug.lay on three coats of Paris green, putty all appertures and saad paper between coats. Then ïay the bug on a stone and strike it a harp blow with a coupling pin. Now lay the bug in hot water and he will never recover from his injuries and will Snally expire and become defunct." The farmers of Michigan are now jaore tban ever, turning their attention So bean cuitare. The indications are Uiat a largely increased acraae over aiiT proceeding year will be planted thia season. It is claimed that.one year with another, it is as sure a erop as wheat, and far more profitable. The ropa of late years have brought on an verage from 81 25 to $1.50 per buahel, Inlly doublé the price on wheat. Banks have been warned of a new oonterfeit which has made its apoearanee in this section of the country. It is a $5 silver certifícate issued under the ct oi August 4, 1S86. The principal defects are in the portrait of Grant, which is poorly engraved. The nose is too iarge and flat and the right ear is larger than the genuine. The portrait has a aooth-eaten appearancp. The bill bcars