Among Our Neighbors

Chelsea Herald. A burning chimney in Jos Schatz's house, corner Summit and Garfleld street, last Saturday, caused some little excitement, but no damage was dono. Chelsea Standard. Araong the patenta reuently granted to inventors. we find one to Mortimer Yakely, of Chelsea, on a wire fence. George Lehman 's farm house, five miles north of Chelsea, was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Nearly all of the contents were saved. Ypsilanti Sentinel. The Normal News for January contains a fine portrait of Prof. C. P. R. Bellows with a sketch of his professional career. A registering thermometer on Normal hill gives 10 below as the coldest point reached Sunday night. The instrument of Chas. S. Woodward on the east side recorded 8 below. Considerable has been said by citizens in the vioinity of the Normal school buildings, about the odor arising from the use of crude oil as fuel. At a meeting of the boord of education, held Saturday, measures were taken to do away with it. It is certainly most disagreeable. Saline Observer. A little 8-months oíd son of Peter Weidmeyer, west of town, died of pheurnonia, yesterday. Shall we reirain in the darkness forever, or shall we wake up and put in an electric light plant? The question is a good one and we submit it in this form for your consideration. E. C. Young and wife, late, of Waterville, Washington, arrived here last Thursday night. It has been eight long years since Ed. left here and he says things have changed to his then remembrance, a great deal. They will doubtless settle in Michigan in the spring as he thinks there is nothing in the far west at present to cali anyone in that direction. Dexter Leader. Jacob Haas. of Lima, feil through a scafl'old in the barn Tuesday and broke one of the bones of his right arm at the wrist. Dr. Chase reduced the fracture. Geo. Benton, of Lima, remarks the singular circumstanoe of a visit to one of his apple trees last Monday morning of four robins, while the mercury stood two degrees above zero. The announcement Tuesday morning that C. H. Slannard, proprietor of The Cash Shoe House, has made a voluntary assignment to his fBther, H. D. Stannard, created intense surprise. His obligations are not large and his failure is owing to dull times and slow collections. Affairs have not been sufficiently cleared up so that any statement bas been gi ven out. Mr. Stannard is one of our most upright business men and has the sympathy of the entire community. Manchester Enterprise. We understand that the solicitors of stock for the new canning factory are meeting with favorable suocess. There are nearly 50 pianos owned by residents of this village. Who says that we are nota music-loving people? Mrs. Yokam received word this morning of the death of her mother, who resides in Canada. She wiil attend the funeral, which takes place on Saturday. C. E. Weidlich, of Oincinnati, the fountain pen manufacturer, was in town this week and secured the services of W. II. Starks to take charge of his works after the lst of April. Six of our village sports went to Wampler's lake yesterday to fish through the ice and caught some bass and perch- mostly perch and hard colds. They returned with frosted ears and a sensation of icebergs sliding down the spinal column.