Among Our Neighbors

George Bell was appointed marsha' at tho last council mnetiriL'-. Evil doere v.'ill do well to mend their ways. Maek and Stebler have sold their wool purcnasecl in Manchester, about 30,000 Ibs., toKeisler, Fisier and Co., of Philadelphia. One of the finest pieces of work in the line of erazy quüts'ison exhibition at Davis Bros. & Co's, store. It was made by and is the property of the L. O. T. M. of the village. A Dexter young man went into the Leader office the other day to pay his subseription. There was somc trouble in findkig his name, and he was asked if he was on the single list. "Oh. do," he replied, "I have been married two weeks." Manchester Enterprise. An excellent flowing well has been secured in the Germán church yard. A Jackson lady, who had been visiting in many places, 'made the remark last Saturday that Manchester was the live)iest and best looking town she had seen. At the bicycle races at Tecumseh last Thursday they would not let Charles Wuerthner take part in the novice race, claiming that none but Lenawee county riders wereadmitted. They had taken Charley's monev and printed his name and address on the list. Ypsilanti Sentinel. A J. Murray has resianed f rom his work at the "Soo" to accept a position in the Cold water schools. The Times representativo objects to being called a lawyer. Very well, The öentinel will adinit that, like necessity, he "knows no law. " The Automatic Telephone Co. have been pushing their work in pur city during the past week. A crew of line men are at work and considerable wire has been put up. Saturday last the Ypsilanti Machine Works sent a gang of men to Boyne Falls,where they will buikl a Öfty-barrel flour mili for Hanke Bros. Tho shop luis been busy upon the machinery for the past month. Chiclsf.a Herald. N. E. Freer, attörney-at-law, and [arai!y, who have been at Korthvilie tbc past tour months, have returned to Lima for the balance of the summer. Kemp and Bacon will ship a carload of poultrv f rom Macón to-day, oirp trom Le'slie on" Friday, and one from uhelsea on Friday. Next week they will ship a car f rom North Adams, one f rotn Broyk■ vn. one from Stockbriuge,and one from Hamburg. Farmers who were in the village Saturday, after the gloriua rain, looked and talked more cheerful than for montbs. as a fair erop of beans, a good erop of late potatoes and a line yield of oern are confidently expected, and the parched pastures will soon show the value of a plentiful supply of water for f all f eed. Chelsea Standard. Lightning killed two horses of Arnold Prudden last Saturday. Whilo a boy was flourishing a buteher knife in one of the meat markets here recently, he accident] y took a large piece of flesh frora the wrist of one of bis companions. W. D. Koch. of UnioD City. Ind., left Jackson about ten days ago for Ann Arbor. Sinoe that time no word has Iwen received from him, and his friends are much concerned over tte affair. Wednesday afternoon thiscommunity was shocked by the report that Mrs. F. M.Hooker had"died,suddenly while with friends at Cavanaugh lake. She went to the lake with Mr. Hooker, and was feeling better apparently, then she had for some time, as she has been subject to heart disease for a number of years. About 30 minutes after reaching the lake, while in conversation with her iriends, she threvv up her hands anl complaint of feeling dizzy, and in a mumAnfc fl.ll was over. Saline Observer. Another narrow escape 'occured here Tuesday. A man with his son, a lad about fourteen, from Plymouth stopped at the Harmon house for dinner. While there the boy slipped away and down to the depot where the work train was in operation. A train of flats was nearly loaded with dlrt, the boy Btood a little past the rear of the car whon the engineer was told to back down to the bridge to unlnad. As the train started the boy jumped and caught the hand i-ail of the last car, but miased the step, and as the train was then under good speed he dare not jurnp, and could not et on, and thus ho hung. Be 'ore the trestle was reached, one hand becarao numb and loose, with the other he clung tigbt untii about the center of the n-idge, wben just as he was atout to (rop, one of the trainmen saw an;l caught him, saving his life as the fall v.'ould certainly have been fatal.