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BUSINESS POINTERS.

Having met with good success dur­ing my visit to Pinckney, I have de­termined to establish an office in the Monitor House in that villacro and will be in my office on Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 8 a.( m. to 6 p. in. I invite all who are in need of dental work of any kind to come and see me. My prices are reasonable and my work is 6rst-claas in every descrip­tion. FRANK 8- BUCKLEY, D. D. S3.

20c. buys a pound of good Smoking Tobacco at SHAVER & Cos. *

Public Sale Of Galloway Cattle. The subscriber

will sell 40 head of Galloways at auc­tion in Ho well AUK. 3Ut, 1889. Nine­teen pure breds recorded in " American Galloway Herd Book" and 21 fine prrade heifers. Sales absolute and without reserve at bidders prices.

GEO. COLEMAN, Marion, Mich. Finest line of Cigars in Pinckney at

SHAVER & CoY *

20 Tons of Coal TV anted! School district No. 2, of the town­

ship of Putnam, will receive bids from responsible parties to furnish 20 tons of Anthracite coal, known as the furnace size to be delivered in the basement of the school house on or before October 1st, 1889, offers will be received up to August 15th.

(3tiw3.) J. J. TEEI'LE, Director. In Men's Shoes we have a line for

^1.75, Congress, all solid leather coun­ters and insoles, at the Star Dry Goods Store. *

If you want to smoke a good Cigar go to SHAVEK & Co's. *

If you want a Child's Shoe call at the Star Dry Goods Store. *

For Sale Reasonably. A Big Rapida wagon. Inquire of

R. C. AULD, Pinckney, Mich. Farmers, at the Star Dry Goods

Store you can get cash for your eggs. * Six bars York Soap for 25 cents at

The Star Dry Goods Store. *

Six bars Bouncer Soap for 25 cents at the Star Dry Goods Store. *

Hammocks. An enormous sacrifice sale of Ham­

mocks at wholesale and we have se­cured ithe benefit We can sell you a good 13x6 ft hammock for only 85 cts., and the best Mexican for only $1.25, saving you over 40 per cent. Call and be convinced that it is a fact. GEO. W. SYXKS & Co. *

Look at this Offer. Desiring to increase our subscrip­

tion list, we will make the following offer: Prom now until October 1st we will send the DISPATCH one year, and the Detroit Free Press> fonr months to any address in the United States or Canad* for $1.00. Now is the time to

a large amount of reading matter 1 little money. Remember that offer will not be good after October

1889.

All papers stopped when the time ex­pires nnfess arrangements are made for a contlnaaoce. We shall strictly abide br this role.

Local Gatherings. Mrs. Wm. Telford is dangerously

ial council meeting on Monday Tght next.

Get one of SYX.ES' Hammocks for your best girl. * . Miss Lncy Mann is visiting friends at Mary8ville.

Miss Musa Nash visited friends in Brighton last week.

I have a fine line of fly nets and lap robes which 1 am selling very cheap. Gall and see Ihsm. THOS. CWNTOS. *

Ye editor is visiting friends and relatives in Shepherd.

Bring your eggs to the Star Dry Goods Store and get cash for theui. *

D. D. Bennett was in Jackson on business fi rbt of the week.

Call at The Star Dry Goods Store forShoe8. *

To-day is the Sunday school picnic on the Portage Lake Bluffs.

Odd vests for 50 cents at F. E. WRIGHT'S.

Morten Mortenson is running the engine at the flouring mills.

You can buy an all wool Coat for $2 at F. E. WRIGHT'S.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Coste were in Ann Arbor first of the week.

Call at Shaver & Co's. for bottom prices on Shoes. a *

The price paid for the new bell in St. Mary's church was $3C0.

Bring your eggs to the Star Dry Goods Store and get cash for tnem. *

Miss Mabel Parks of Webster, is the guest of Chas. Coste and wife.

We find new evidence every day for our $2.25 line of'ladies' K"id Shoes at The Star Dry Goods Store. *

Mr. John Maier of Owosso, is visit­ing his parents near this place.

Rock your baby in one of SYKES' Hammocks. *

Mr. and Vlrs. J. A. Cadwell visited Waterloo friends over Sunday.

A very tine line of Worsted Dress Goods reduced to 7 cents per yard. Best thing yet, .i.t GEO. W. SYKES k Co's. *

Messrs. A. T., N. B. and E. A. Mann were in Detroit first of the week.

Cash paid for eggs at the Star Dry Goods Store. *

Our citizens are receiving their sup­ply of coal for the coming winter.

Shaver & Oo's, line of Shoes is un­equalled. *

I. J. Cook and family visited Mrs. Cook's sister in Webster last Sunday.

Choice full cream Cheese at The Star Dry Goods Store, *

Mrs. Fred Crabb of Grand Rapids, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Thos. Read.

At all times you can get cash for eggs at the Star Dry Goods Store. *

The corner stone for the new court bouse, which was laid last Saturday, cost $33.

Remember that the proprietors of the Star Dry Goods Store will pay cash for eggs, *

Messrs. J. E. Forbes and L. S. Hewlett were in Jackson yesterday on business.

Mrs. Mary Bacon of Pontiac, was the guest of F. E. Wright's family last Saturday.

JUST RECEIVED: A large stock of fall and winter Overcoats which I will will sell cheap. F. E, WRIGHT, the Clothier.

Dr. E. F. Shaw and wife of Dans-ville, visited Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wright last week.

L. D. Brokaw and wife attended the K. 0. T. M. excursion to Muskegon this week.

Get some spending money by bringing your eggs to the Star Dry Goods Store and get the cash for them. *

Mr. George Green, who it working at Chelsea, is visiting his parents in this place.

Emmet Murphy of Shepherd, visitol friends and relatives in this place first of the week.

Master Clyde Bennett of Howell, is visiting his parents and other friends in this place.

The DISPATCH one year and the De­troit weekly Free Press four months for one dollar.

Wm. Avers has traded his farm in West Putnam for a farm in Buffalo county, Dakota.

Mrs. A. J. Chappel! is visiting her parents and other friends in and around McBride.

Miss Lillie Bean of Howell, was the guest of F. E. Wright's family the first of last week.

Quite a large crowd attended the harvest dance at the Monitor House last Friday night.

Misses Katie Barnum and Lizzie Turner of Howell, are the guests of Miss Mamie Clack,

The young people of this place en­joyed a social hop at the Monitor House Tuesday night.

Chas. Grostic of Genoa, died very suddenly at his home on Monday of last week, aged 58 years.

Mrs. John West and Mrs. Jane Hills of Dansvjlie, are the guests of Wm. Telford's family this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sykes and Master Carl Sykes visited friends and relatives in Howell Sunday,

Miss Alma Foote of Alligan, Ing­ham Co., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. P. Johnson in this village.

NOTICE:—Chas. E. Coste is our au­thorized agent and all subscription money paid to him will receive proper credit upon our book.

PUBLISHER OF DISPATCH.

Prof. Z. L. Thompson of Chicago, will make a baloon ascension at the Livingston county fair, September 27 th.

Mrs. A. Pacey, one of the oldest resi­dents of Washtenaw county, died at her home in Dexter Aug. 4th, aged 77 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Johnson left this place for Lansing last Saturday, where they will remain for several weeks.

Mrs. Kate Rose of Stock bridge, and Mrs. Mnry Dakon of Dansville, were guests of Jacob Bowers' family over Sunday.

Messrs. F. A. Sigler and Jno. Mc-Guinness returned last Saturday from an extended visit in some of the west­ern states.

Shaver & Co. have, a new advertise­ment in this issue in which they give great bargains in the shoe line. Read it carefully.

This village was quite vrell repre­sented at the laying of the cornerstone of the new court house at the county seat last Saturday.

The ladies of the Cong'l church will serve ice cream in the town hall next Saturday evening, August 17th. All are invited to attend.

Mo G. L. Mar key, who has been working for Jno. McGuinness for the past several weeks, is now working in the star dry goods store.

Alford Monks took his trotter, a three-year-old Pasacas mare, to Detroit last Tuesday, where he left it to be trained upon the race course.

Teachers' examinations at Howell the last Friday in August; at Brighton the last Friday in September; at Fowler-ville the last Friday in October.

4>Irs. F. E. Wright visited in Dans­ville first of the week. She was ac­companied by Mrs. Mary Bacon, who will remain for a time with relatives.

A peach and cream social will be held at the residence of Frank Slayton in West Putnam to-morrow (Friday) night. A cordial invitation is extended to all.

English sparrows are rather scarce in this neighborhood as the small boys have been on the "war path" for some time and have reduced their number greatly.

Twenty-seven of the friends and relatives of Dr. H. F. Sigler from Lansing, Pontiac and Kansas, enjoyed last week and the first of this at Port­age Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Markey and two children, Katie and L. K., visited J. B- Markey's family at Battle Creek during the last of last week and fcrat of tkis.

Mrs. D. P. Markey and two children and Mr. C. B. Stocken, who have been visiting friends and relatives in this place and vicinitv returned to their home last Saturday.

Patrick Farnan and son Edward, went to Detroit last Saturday to at­tend the fnneral of Mr. Farnan's niece, Miss Rosa Farnan, which was held at that place on Sunday, August 11th.

Miss Nellie Bennett, who has been clerking in the store of G. W. Sykes & Co. for the past six months, is enjoying a weeks' vacation with Miss Nellie Kice and other friends in Hamburg.

Miss Bertha Sigler of Leslie, who has been visiting her many friends and relatives in this place and Fowlerville for the past seven weeks, returned to her home in the above named place last Tuesday.

Ash Spaulding has rented a building at Gregory, Livingston county, and will move his drug stock to that place. Dr. J. H. Lawrence will take charge of the store, and also practice medicine.— Ingham Co. Republican.

The farmer's picnic will be held in Smith's groye, W7hitmore Lake, Aug. 31st. Good speakers will be in at­tendance and a nice time is expected. President Clute of the Agricultural College, will deliver the main address.

The new bell for St. Mary's church was blessed Friday the 9th, by Rev. Theo. Buyse of Jackson, with Mr. S. Brogan and Mrs. Jeffreys as sponiors. It was given the name of William Patrick, after the worthy pastor of the church.

The farmers have begun harvesting their cucumbers in this vicinity and have brought a number of bushels of them to the pickle factory in this place. They report that there will not be over half a crop this year unless we get rain very soon.

The temperance lecture given by Mrs. Eliza Stone in the Cong'l church last Saturday evening and in the M. E. church on Sunday evening, were large­ly attended. Mrs. Stone proved her­self to be an able orator upon the temperance question.

In all voting places in Michigan new arrangements for holding elections will have to be made in accordance with the following provision of the new law. The election room is to have an entrance and exit, and a gate keeper, who is to admit hut one ehctor, who must pass • through a booth supplied with all kinds of tickets and slips, and here, unobserved, he can select his ticket and fix it to suit himself. Hav­ing voted, he must pass out and will not again be admitted.

.Notwithstanding that the Scott per­fecting web press used by the Detroit Journal, has a capacity to print and fold over 20,000 complete papers per hour, additional facilities have been found to be necessary, and another and duplicate press is now being added to their equipment. On or about August 20th they will begin to use both presses simultaneously with duplicate stereo­type plates. The Detroit Journal has also just put in a new engine of three times the power of the one previously employed.

It is a fact that newspaper readers do not slight advertisements. They have come to realize That the adver­tisements in a newspaper represent the goods which the merchants have for sale, and they take pains to familiarize themselves with whatfhopkeepers have to offer. Moreover the constituency of a paper are Very apt to be governed by what they read in their own paper. If the paper is accepted in its political, moral and intellectual tone, as our home paper, its advertisers share the respect and confidence bestowed upon the paper itself. This is an important fact for advertisers to remember: at the same time it calls for the exercise on the part of the newspaper publish­ers of great care in the admission of advertisements.—Williamston Enter­prise.

Samnel Starks of Genoa, baa been troubled for some years past with a cancer. Some time ago be went to Rome, N. Y., for treatment and re­turned supposing himself cured. Ad it has given him considerable trouble of late, he again went to Rome for treatment, a few days ago, but was at once informed by physicians there that they could not help him. He re­turned home in bis sorrow to find an­other sorrow awaiting him. On the day he went away his only daughter was taken suddenly sick and died and Mr. Starks arrived home just in time for the funeral. Coming home as he was, with no hopes of life before him, to waste away from a cancer in his face, to be greeted by his only daugh­ter's funeral was indeed a sad home coming for Mr. Starks and he and family have the sympathy of all our people.—Livingston Herald.

Common Council Proceedings.

REGULAR MEETUrO.

Pinckney, August 5,1889. Council convened and was called to

order by President Mann. Present, trustees Patton, Brown,

Finch, Forbes, Lyman. Absent, trustee Lavey.

Minutes of last meeting read and: approved.

Report of highway commissioner read and approved.

The following accounts were pre­sented and read: A. D. J3ennett, village clerk, $ 6.25. Alex. Mclntyre, tile, ' 20.60. Thos. Read, lumber, 3.60, L. S. Montague, council, 5.00. Dan'l Baker, street com., 675. Morten Mortenson, work on sewer, 2.50. John Mortenson, " •** 3.75. Albert Reason, watering trees on park, 3.00. I. S. P. Johnson, work with team, 1.50. A. D. Jacobey, work on sewer, 1.25. W. H. Harris, " " 1.25. A. J . Chappell, " " 2.50. Frank Newman, " " 1.25. Samuel Grimes, " " 3.75. Thos. Jndson, " " 1.25. Chas. Grimes, " " 1.25.

Motion made by trustee Lyman and supported by trustee Forbes that the several accounts be allowed and orders drawn to pay the same; motion carried by following vote:

Yea—Patton, Brown, Finch, Forbes, Lyman.

Motion made and supported that bill of Dan'l Baker be taken from the table ; motion carried.

Motion made, by trustee Forbes and supported by trustee Brown that bill of Dan'l Baker be allowed and a7: order drawn to pay same; motion car ried by following vote:

Yea—Patton, Brown, Finch,Forbes Lyman. ^

Motion made and supported that the street commissioner be* authorized t<"> trim the hedge along the side-walk on Mil 1-st; motion carried.

Motion made and supported that the proposition of purchasing a fire enginr be taken from the table; motion car­ried.

Motion made and supported that the proposition of purchasing a fire engine be laid on the table until Mon­day night, August 19, 1889; motion carried.

Motion made and supported that the following resolution be recinded.

RESOLVED: That the tax of 1200 be levied upon the taxable property of 1he village of Pinckney for the year 1880 to be used as a highway fund; motion carried.

Motion made and supported that the following resolution be accepted and adopted.

RESOLVED: That a tax of 1200 be levied upon the taxable property of tbe village of Pinckney for the year 1889 to be used as a contingent fund; motion carried.

Motion made and supported that council adjourn until Monday night) August 19,1889; motion carried.

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Zichary T. Sweeney, consul-general to Turkey, was born in Liberty county, Ky., in 1849, and is the younger of four brothers , all of whom are engaged in teaching the gospel, in connection with the Chris­t ian church in which his father and grandfather were preachers. When the boy was six years old his father moved to Macoupin county, 111. Here he attended the public schools until the age of 15 when he entered a sem­inary at Scottsville, III., where he laid the foundation for a collegiate education, earning tho money neces-for his living .by teaching. In 1.S68 he became a student at Asbury uni­versity, Illinois, pursuing his studies there for th ree years, serving at the same t ime as pastor of the church in Paris, 111. In October, 1871 he was called to the pastorate of a church in Columbus, Indiana, where he is still working in the spiritual iiold, al though he has in the meantime twice held a pastorate in Augusta, Ga. Recent­ly Butler university, of which he is L. L. 1)., made him chancellor.

Lord Salisbury regards the vast preparat ions tha t have been made by different powers, as a great security for peace. So tremendous would bo the issues involved in a war among the European powers that no one is willing to take tho responsibility of hastening a conflict which all seem to regard as inevitable. Prince Bis­marck 's recent observation tha t he could not tell whether tho German parl iament would have any time noxl year to attend to legislation in tho in­terests of labor reveals what tho great statesman apprehends concerning the near future. For the present the Paris exposition serves as a truce. The representat ives of science and art , industry and labor are pouring into the French capital from all por­tions of tho civilized world, and in witnessing the mighty achievements of peace iho minds of many are turned away from thoughts of war. As the exposition will continue till the close of the year there is no danger of a conflict before tho spring of 18(J0. In tho meantime England. France and Russia are increasing their armaments and poverty-smitten but ambitious Italy, ia s t ruggl ing to keep up with the war-like procession.

The t reasury depar tment has finally decided to in te rpre t tho alien contract labor law with considerable lat i tude. Experience in the past few months in the endeavor to enforce it to t h e letter has shown it to be very imperfect in many respects. Besides causing vex­ation to many people the law, if strictly enforced, is very liable to strain our friendly relations with both Canada t.-nd Mexico, against which countries it can be made to operate se­verely. Until congress shall have de­fined its powers more definitely, cases brought before tho t ieasury depart­ment will be at once dismissed unless the evidence is sufficiently s trong to support them, when the complaint will be heard. This is a sensible rule, and will relievo tho treasury officials of much annoyance and embarrassment .

Tho doctors of Bellovue Hospital, New York, sny tha t more criminals were roceived from tho three slate prisons to be t reated for insanity dur­ing tho one year of enforced idleness among convicts than in any three years before. If tho theory could but be improssed upon tho people tha t idle­ness produces insanity, there would be less g rumbl ing about hard work.

FARM M HOME. Tomatoes by the Acre.

Tomatoes yield the best crops in heavy loam, that will no tpack orbako. The plants, except for early planting, can be raised out-of-doors, in garden beds. The ground should have a dress­ing broadcast of 800 bushels to tho race of good, well-rotted barn-yard or hog-pen manure, well and thoroughly plowed in and harrowed down. When the season is well settled, ha r row the ground, and furrow out live foot each way; and put in plenty of fine, well-rotted manure at the crossing of tho furrows, using about eight hundred bushels to the acre in tho hills. Tread down well and cover with soil about three inches deep. Si t the plants well down in the ground, pressing the soil well up to them. I t is best to wet tho plants when setting, as the soil adheres better. Keep tho ground clean and loose with the cultivator and tho hoe, drawing the soil or hilling them at each dressing.

Tomatoes are marketed by placing in crates holding a strick or Winches­ter bushel, made of two onds and one middle piece, each three-quarters of an inch thick, eight inches wide and four­teen inches long; with slats nailed on three inches wide, 22 inches long, and three-quarters of an inch thick. Good heavy mason's lath will answer for slat9, leaving a space of one inch for ventilation between them. For a long distance from market they should bo picked just as they begin to show a red ting at the blossom end; but for near by they must be ripor or ,so they will be well ripened when they arr ive in marke t Care should bo taken not to pack any cracked or wormy ones, as they spoil the rest and injuro the sale of the whole. For Philadelphia mar­ket they are usually shiped i-n live-eighths stave peach baskets, covered with cloth, which are returned to tho shipper.

Transferr ing isees. Mr. Heddon's me-Jo of t ransferr ing

boes is a good one, and is thus de­scribed by him. l ie says: About swarming time I t.jike one of my Langs-troth hives containing eight frames of foundation, and with smoker in hand, I approach the colony to be transferred. First, I drive the old queen and a ma­jority of the bees into my hiving-box. I then remove the old hive a few feet backward, revising the entrance, plac­ing tho new ono in its place, and run in the forced swarm. In two days 1 find eight new straight combs with every bell worker, and containing a good start of'brood. Twenty-one days after the transter, I drive tho old hive clean of all its bees, uniting them with the former drive, and puton the boxes, if they are not already on. If there is any nectar in the flowers, the colony will show you comb honey. About the queens: I usually kill tho forced queen us the bees run in.

I run them together as I would ono colony in two parts. Now to the old beeless hive; of course there is no brood left, unless a little drone-brood, and wo have before us somo combs for wax for some foundation, and somo first-class kindling wood.

If you have no method by which you can use a full hive of frames, of full sheets of foundation, running a full swarm into them at once, by all means procure it without delay.

Raising Grain. One would think from the following

that grain raising in the states had about come to an end because it can be raised on cheaper lands in the farther west. On the same principle why cannot the farmers of these same cheap lands raise also all the beef and butter needed by the nation at largo and thus leave the farmers eas t of the Missouri high and dry and with their occupation gone? Some of the writers for the papers have surely gone clean daft

Is it not a curious condition of th ings when a Wisconsin farmer keeps skim­ming over several hundred acres of land in a large farm, that would sell for $50,00 per acre, raising wheat, rye corn, oats, etc, to sell in competition wiLh the grain raised on new cheap lands of the west, when he knows that all tho land of the farm he makes a cent of profit on, is that par t it takes to feed the live stock he keeps? When ho counts everything, he sees that if ho did not have to pay taxes on the land he might as well open it to tho com­mons, as to keep skimming it, raising small grain in excess of what his ani­mals consume. Wo aro bold to say that the only men who can afford to sell grain from their farms, are ' thoso who occupy choap lands; those svhoare "hard up,11 and those who have not and cannot get the animals to consume their products.

Wheat As a Food For Sheep, Dr. Voclcker makes public tho re­

sults at experiments carried out in feeding sheep for the Royal Agricul­tural society, at Woburn, for the third

successive season. The object was to ascertain whether the use of cereals as additional food for Bheep feeding turnips off the land was profitable, one of the most important points being that of ascertaining whether wheat could be given safely and economicnlly. The result of tho whole series of experi­ments showing underground wheat, at tho rate of $ lbs. per day, is a perfectly safe food, and that at the prices of re­cent years, it pays better than any other grain. In one of the experi­ments, however, linseed and decorticat­ed cotton-cake mixed proved superior to wheat. In some experiments with cattle a mixture of linseed-cake decorticated cotton-cake and a midze meal gave the best results. Tho ex­periments were made with English breeds of sheep, but we see no reason why tho results would not bo the same with tho Merinos. But wheat should never bo fed to excess.

l 'urui Notes.

It is much bettor to plant a season­able crop .than to plant what wo have planned to plant out of season.

Every' farmer ought to pl:mt a small acreage of millet for tho variety it affords in tho wiutor feeding of stoclc.

If your soil is a limestone one, the plowing should bo done in tho fall, when everything is favorable for plow­ing, as it leaves the soil upturned to the action of the weather.

No occupation is more conducive to health and happiness than till ing tho soil. No ono is loss dependent on other producers, and no o:ie is surar of tho means of living, than tho farmer.

On good soil, in a favorable season, one man can plow, plant and cult lvata fifty acres of corn, and d o i t well, but if kept out of the crop by rain unti l the weeds get a start, ex t ra he lp should bo had to do the work at once when tho land dries off.

Cleanliness is the best preventive of poultry diseases. Room? should b j frequently cleaned in tho summer and sprinkled occasionally with a disinfect­a n t Put a quarter of a pound of sul­phuric acid in a threa gallon pail of water and sprinkle the roosts, walls and floor.

All the non-sitting breeds of hens lay whito eggs, and all of them can 11 y over a high fence. The Houdan is probably the largest, and the Hamburg the smallost. They are excellent lay­ers, forage industriously, and lay more eggs than the sitters, but are' not quite as hardy in winter.

Leghorns and Bramahs can not thrive together. Have your Hocks uni­form. When you send to a bre jde r for eggs of pure breed;, remember that in that caso "oggs aro not e g g s / ' It is tho stock you seek, not oggs particu­larly. You can get eggs at home, but not stock of tho kind you wish.

Tho Rural World has as idea that for all tho diseases of domestic animals there is a cause, and that the surest and quickest road to a cure is in dis­covering and removing it. This is true with regard to all the creation, human and otherwse. I t may be difficult to trace tho cause; but, be you sure that unless you do so, the remedy is much more problematical if not vast­ly moro dangerous.

This matter of brooding horses is ono of dollars and cents. Tho farmers of America aro producors. If they breed right the market is supplied with what is wanted; is they'do not,then the stulT sent to market hardly realizes the cost of transportation. It is not our busi­ness what people shall want, or ho w that want is to be supplied. The peo­ple will have what they want, but will go without rather than have that which is unfashionable. Our business is to suply the demand. If tha t is for a four-year old that can go in from three to four minutes, there is no good reason why we should not supply it if we can, and get a giod profit on our produce. We take this to be self-evi­d e n t

Tho Household. PARSLKYED POTATOES.—Peel , quar­

ter and wash as many potatoes as re­quired, boil quickly in salted water until just tender, strain at once, and let them steam for a few seconds over the fire; add a liberal piece of butter, a nd lot it melt over the pota­toes. Then strew over them some finely chopped parsley, cover, and tak­ing tho handle with one hand and holding tho lid down with the other, shake the sauce-pan so that tho pota­toes turn over a few times. Then dish at once. This is an excellent way of preparing old potatoes.

ICE-CREAM CAKE.—Take tho white of eight eggs, boat to a stiff froth, two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, ono cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one cup of corn starch, two toaspoon-fuls of baking powdor. Cream the butter and sugar, sift Hour, corn starch and baking powder, add tho beaten whites of tho eggs last. Bako in jelly tins. For the icing: Boil four cups of sugar until it will cindy, and pour

over tho beaten whites of four eggs, and add one toaspoouful of pulvorlzed citric acid. Stir until cold, and spread between layers.

GOOD B U E A D . — T o a good ono ha If pint of milk and a good ono half pint of. hot water, a little buttor or lard, one teaspoonful of salt, and ono table-spoonful of sugar. Dissolve one half cake of compressed yeast ia one half cup of lukewarm water and add to the above. To this put thir ty heap ing tablespoonfuls of Hour, and stir and cut with a knife until the Hour is worked in. Let it rise six or e ight hours, or until light. Then give a short but vigorous kneading and put into pans. Let it stand an hour or tliereabouts. Bake ono hour,

FRENCH ROLLS. —One quart of flour sWtod with a teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of sugar, two cups of milk, one-half cake of compressed yeast, two eggs, ono tablespoonful of buttor. Rub tho buttor into tho flour, add tho eggs beaten light, and tho milk. Add tho yeast cako dissolved in three t.iblespoonfuls of warm water. Knead well five minutes. Let it r ise over nigh,t, and in the morning mould into ovul rolls. Place thoso in a pan just touching each other, and let rise again. Cut each across tho top wi th a lUjjXo and bake.

A PASTE T H A T W I L L K E E P . — D i s ­

solve a teaspoonful of alum in a quar t of water. When cold stir in as much flour as will give it tho consistency of thick cream. Carefully beat up all the lumps. Stir in half a teaspoon­ful of powdered rosin. Pour on tho mixture a teacup of boiling water, st irring it well. When it becomes thick pour in an earthen vessel. Cover and kocp in a cool place. When need­ed for use t i k e a portion and soften it with warm water. It will last at least a year.* If you wish it to have a pleas­ant odor stir in a few drops of oil of wintergreen or cloves.

H o w To COOK B E F F S T E A K . — Heat the frying pan quite hot. In this put the steak, previously pounded. No butter, no grease, remember, nor salt Allow the steak to merely glaze over; then turn it quick-ly over, turning it several times until it is done. Do not cook it over three or four minutes. When it is done lay it on a warm platter, butter and salt it, and you will find it delicious and juicy. Al­lowing tho steak to heat but a m o m e n t on each side sears it over and retains all its sweet juices, and salt ing it a t the last moment whilo on the plat ter draws out its juices.

A True Story in Rhyms. "Where is tho baby, crandina/"

The swoct young mother culls From her work in tho cozy kitchoD,

With its dainty whitewashed walls. And grandma leaves her knitting

And looks for her all around; Hut not ii trace of a baby dear

(Jan anywhere be found.

No sound of its merry prattle, No gleam of its sunny huir,

No patter of tiny footsteps, No sign of it anywhere,

All through the house and garden, Far out into the held,

They search every nook and corner, But nothing is revealed.

And the mother's faco grew pallid; Grandmamma's eyes grew dim;

Tho father's gone to the village, No use to look for him.

And the baby's lost! "Where's Rover?" And the mother chanced to think

Of the old well in tha orchard Whcro the cattle used to drink.

Where's Rover* I know ho'd find her," "Rover!" In vain they call,

Then hurry away to the orchard, And there, by the moss-grown wall,

Ckse to tho wall l^s Rover, Holding to a baby's dress,

Who was leaning over the well'9 edge In perfect fearlessness.

She »$retch?d her tiny arms down, But Rover held her fast,

And never seemed to mind the kick3 The tinv baro feet cast

So spitefully upon him, But wagged nis tail instead,

To greet the frightened searcher^ While naughty baby said:

"Dere's a little dirl in the water; She's dust as big as me;

Mamma, I want to help her out And take her homo t.> tea,

But Rover, ho won't let me, And I don't lovo him. Go

Away, you naughty Kover, Oh, why are you crying sol"

The mother kissed her, saying, "My darling, understand,

Good Rover saved your life, my dear, And see! licks your hand!

Kiss Rover." The baby struck him, But grandma understood;

She said: "It's hard to thank tho friend \\ ho thwarts us for our good."

Knocked Down a Horse. A telegraph lineman fell from tho

cross-bar of a pole at New Haven, and, after descendingtwenty-five feet, s truck astrido a horse that stood below. Tho horse was knocked down, but tho man7

escaped with slight injuries. /

Omaha parent—"Well, my so n, )fo\v are you getting on at college!" Oman a youth "Just splendidly. I've only motto ono error In the last throo games of/ball wo have played."—Omaha Wor ld . /

How Rockets are Made. Rockets a re made for th ree pu*»

poses; for signalling'; for decorat ions or celebrations, or as projectiles in in war. For signals, tho charge con­sists of 12 par ts of niter, 2 of sulphur, and 8 of charcoal. The or or decorative, rocket is the!' see used on the Fourth of J i the composition of which it comprises 122 parts of mealed or finely pulverised powder, 80 of niter , 40 of sulphur, and 50 of cast-iron filings.

The main par t of tho rocket is a case, made by rolling stout paper , covered on one sido with p. tste.around a wooden form, at tho same time plying considerable pressure, end is then "choke(V' or t ightly together , with twine.

The paper caso thus made is placed in a copper mold, so tha t a conical copper spindle will pa3H up through tho choke, and tho composition is then poured in and packed by blows of a mallet on a copper drift or pack­ing-tool made to fit over the spindle. The top of the case is now clos3d with a layer of moist plastor-of-paris one inch thick, perforated with a small hole for tho passage of tho flame to the upper part, or "po t . " The pot is formed of another paper cylinder slipped ovor and pasted to the top of tho case and surmounted by a paper cone filled with tow. Tho "decora­t ions" a re placed in tho pot and are scattered through the air when the flame, having passed through the aperture of tho plaster, r e a c h e s a small charge of mealed powdor, placed in the p o t The stick is a piece of pine wood, tapering," and about nine times tho length of the rocket. I t is to guide the rocket in its flight. The decorations in the pot may be "stars,1 ' "serpents,1* "marrons,1 1 "gold-rain,1 ' and so on. "Marrons1 ' are small p:iper shells fillod with givtinod pow­der and pinned with quick-match. Serpents" are small cases about \ inches in diameter in which is a com­position of 3 part3 niter, 3 sulphur, 16 mealed powder, \ charcoal. This com­position is driven in the case, the top of which is closed by plastor-of-paris, having a small aper ture th rough which passes a piece of quick-match. —Lieut \V. R. Hamilton, U. S. A., in S t Nicholas.

AL.ightnin?-Proof Pi?. Lightning nearly broke up house­

keeping for Josiiih Buoll in tho sky­ward-tilted old town of Hebron, Oonn., a few days ago. A frisky bolt climbed into his home through his chamber window, skipped down the back s ta i rs with an caso born apparent ly of familiarity with the premises, tore off four slabs of plaster from tho ki tchen wall, lifted a door off its hinges and laid it carefully on the floor, removed six covers from tho range, opened the pantry-door and set the picplatos whir l ­ing, and then whisked out to tho pig­pen. There were four persons in the house, and not ono suspected that elec­tricity had dropped in for a social call until Josiah visited the kitchen. A few minutes later he went to the pig­pen. His 300-pound Chester county pig lay on its back, its legs uplifted and quivering; but the pig, like the N e w York car-driver, was not to be knocked out by 1,000 volts of crude l ightning, and soon it got up and gazed at Jos iah reproachfully. The bolt tha t the p ig had successfully withstood knocked the pig-pen into splinters. Mr. Buell has very l i t t le confidence in electricity as an ugent of capi t i l punishment.

The Princess de Metterntch. Princess de Motternich will visi t

Paris soon. Very seldom does she come, because Parisian society is not what it wa3 before 1870. I t was the princess who found Worth; it was she who made Virot the fashion. She was. spoken of in the s dons, in the clubs, in the newspapers; and a wit t icis j* without an owner was always a t t iby to tho princess do Motternich played, she danced, she sang Fi songs and Viennese songs, bu t so wisely and so well tha t an old osopher said of her: "The woman/ls a marvel; she is wisdom itself conceai-od by a mask of jollity." /

Crazed by Spelling. Probably the queerest charac ter t h a t

has been received in the asylum a t Milledgeville, Ga., recently is a young fellow brought from Walker oouaty. Tho subject o f ' h i s derangeme^^i spelling, and it is said he went during tho spelling boo craze | years ago. He uses tho same for spelling any word given him, and invariably pronounces tho rosultof h i s . botfbliug "asafotido/1 When given a word to spell ho throws open his mou th and ye*ls at the top of his voice: "B-a bn, y-a ya, g-a ga, f-a fa, d-i dl, "asifotida.11 He can bo seen most anyx

time about tho yard spelling for tlie amusement of the crowd, who general­ly award him a chow of toimcco for his offort. -y

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S P O K A N E F A L L S D E b T K O Y £ D . The Flotirlthing City Laid In Ruins.

L>osi l U a c h a i I n to the Millions. The entire business portion of Spokane

Fai ls , Washington Territory, wi th the ex­ception of one mill, was detroyed by tire on the night of Aug. 4. The loss will reach t7,0W,«m The fire s tar ted in a lodging ktoise on Railway avenue. A large uum-ber of frame buildings and several grain elevators were near the lodging house, aud soon after the iiro broke out they were ablaze. A strong wind was blowing toward the city at the time, and the blaze was soon beyond the control of the flromen. The names leaped from street to street, and nothing could be done bu t let the flames have their own way until they reached the rivor and then endeavor to prevent the fire from reaching the build­ings on the opposite side. The flames swept through the city and one business block after another was consumed, every­thing being burned to tbe water ' s edge. ': Tbe five department was stationed on the

Jttber side of the stream and prevented Hy­ing timbers from setting tire to the build­ing there. Only a fow dwellings were des­troyed us the residence portion of the city was not visited by the tire.

The burnt district includes all tha t part of the city from the Northern Pacine rail­way to tho river and from Lincoln to Washington streets.

Several persons are known to have per­ished and several" more were injured by leaping from windows. Charles Davis of Chicago, a guest at the Arlington house, was awukened by flames breaking through the door ot his room on the third lioor. He jumped from the window aud was shockingly mangled and died in a few minutes. A woman, whose namo is tin-known, leaped from the second story of the Pacific hotel und was killed.

The flre spread with such astonishing rapidity that it is believed that many were cut off before they wore aware of their danger. A dozen large buildings were blown up with giant powder, by order of the mayor, but oven this proved futile. The Nor thern 1 u^ihe railroad is probably the heaviest loser, the ma^ni l icent 'new freight warehouse being destroyed. Their loss, including freight burned, will reach about $1,000,000. All provisions and sup­plies wero burned, and there will necessa­rily bo much sufforiug for sevoiMl days. Appeals for help have been sent out, and Por t land , Seattle, Tacoma and several neighboring towns have already responded.

TRAIN ROBBERY IN TEXAS,

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F R E N C H S L E E P * - — C A R S .

About $2,000 fc>?urecl From Mail and Express <"ars.

Six masked men stopped the For t Worth & Denver mail and express, south bound, betweeu Cheyenne river tank and Tascosa on tho morning of Aug. 5, Throe men jiOt -on to the locomotive and commanded the engineer to pull away from tho passenger •coaches, which hud been detached by the robbers and left under guard of tho three. After going a hall' mile they compelled the engineer to get off the locomotive and fetch a pick to force open the door of tho express car."-• ...Express Messenger Marsh closed the door to h i s c a r and put out the lights, first secret ing all- tho express packages but three. Tho robbers ordered him to open tho car and fired into it. The engineer hammered away with his pick until he got the door partially opened, when a torch was pushed into the opening and a revolver poked in and pointed at Marsh, who was told to open UP or be killed. Marsh opened the door and three packnges were stolen, but the Pacific Express company says but very little was secured. The robbers then went to the mail car and compelled Route Agent Wolcott to open his car. He had hidden all his regislercd mat ter but one let ter under a sack and turned the lights out. The robbers.got the one package and thon opened thermal pouches and scattered the contents over the lioor. After doing the work they ordered the engineer to put out tho torch and pull out.

When they left tho authorities in the neighboring counties were notified and are in pursuit. It is said tha t the total amount stolen is less than §2,000. The pas sengers wore greatly frightened, but not one of them was molested in any way.

THEY INDORSE TANNER.

A b o m i n a b l e a n d H l g h - P r l c e d A c ­c o m m o d a t i o n s f o r U n h a p p y T r a v e l e r s .

T h e c h a r g e for a bed in t h e s leep­ing -ca r s from Bas le to Calald, s a y s tho London S t a n d a r d , is a b o u t 19 franca, a n d f rom Bas le t o P a r i s , for s o m e oc­cu l t reaaon , 7 f rancs more . By one of those e x t r a o r d i n a r y a r r a n g e m e n t s t h a t can e x i s t only in c o u n t r i e s w h e r e no­body t r u s t s a n y b o d y , and e v e r y b o d y is suspec ted by e v e r y b o d y e l se , even the u n f o r t u n a t e t r a v e l e r who h a s h i r e d a bed a t 9:15 is n o t a l lowed t o t u r n in to i t t i l l 11:30, tho reason a s s i g n e d b e i u g t h a t a t t h o F r e n c h f ron t i e r t h e " s m a l l b a g g a g e 1 ' m u s t bo e x a m i n e d , a n d if peop le were a l lowed to " t u r n i n " be­fore t h e e x a m i n a t i o n took p lace t h e r e is no s a y i n g w h a t a m o u n t of tobacco und laces and t h o r e s t of i t m i g h t not bo s e c r e t e d ' i n o r unde r tho bed by t h e tou r i s t o r by t h e s e rvan t s of t h e s lcep-c a r c o m p a n y . W h e n , h o w e v e r , t h e c o n v e n t i o n a l c e r e m o n i a l of aff i rming t h a t you h a v e " n o t h i n g to declare 1 1

h a s been gone t h r o u g h a n d y o u r d r e s s ­i n g b a g h a s b e e n defaced by h i e r o g l y p h ­ics in wh i t e cha lk , t h e n t h e o p e r a t i o n of b e d - m a k i n g in t h e wagon- l i t s com­mences . A n y one who h a s w a t c h e d it will be d i sposed to e x c l a i m , wi th M a c b e t h : " S l e e p no m o r e . " In a smal l und s o m e t i m e s filthy don n a r r o w c u s h i o n s and h a r d p i l lows of h o a r a n t i q u i t y a r e pe r func to r i ly cove red wi th a s h a b b y r u g and shee t , and un­d e r a c o v e r i n g of a s i m i l a r c h a r a c t e r t h e t r a v e l e r who has p a i d m o r e t han £ 1 for th i s e x t r a o r d i n a r y i n d u l g e n c e is i nv i t ed to b e t a k e h i m s e l f to s lumber . If h o h a p p e n s to h a v e a t r a v e l i n g c o m p a n i o n t h e y can p r o c u r e t h e lux­ury, s u c h as i t is, of p r i v a c y , t h o u g h one of t h s m , on tho D o g b e r r y p r inc i ­p l e , m u s t needs sloop on t h e u p p e r shelf, w h i c h i s an e x p e r i e n c e s eve ra l d e g r e e s m o r e pa infu l t h a n ly ing on t h e lower one . If t h e n u m b e r of p a s s e n g e r s bd not e q u a l to t ho n u m b e r of beds t hey will be able, by b r i b i n g t h e pe r son in c h a r g e , to g e t a four-bed c o m p a r t m e n t , and t h u s bo th will avoid t h e t o r t u r e of b e i n g s u s p e n d e d from t h e .'celling.

As a ru le t h e s e vacan t c o m p a r t m e n t s a r e to be h a d by t i pp ing tho d i r t y of­ficial In c h a r g e of t h e m and thus , per­haps , for m2o sh i l l ings ap iece two people can s e c u r e t h e m i t i g a t i o n of m i s e r y we h a v o desc r ibed . One of t h e ma in i n d u c e m e n t s to m a n y people t> havo r e c o u r s e to a wagon- l i t is t h e belief t h a t a t any r a t e in t h e m o r n i n g they will bo able to havo " a good w a s h " and will t h u s e m e r g e from tho t r a i n t h e s imu la t i on of a c iv i l ized be ing in s t ead of an u n w a s h e d , un­k e m p t , u n s h a v e d savage . M o r n i n g t h r o w s a ful ler l i g n t on th i s p l e a s i n g an t i c ipa t ion . As some of ou r co r r e ­sponden t s po in t out t h e " l ava to ry" ' a r r a n g e m e n t s in the s l eep ing ca r s be­tween B a s i c a n d Cala is and b e t w e e n Bas le and P a r i s a r c a b o m i n a b l e beyond desc r ip t ion , and can not bo t u r n e d to the s l i g h t e s t accoun t by any one ot t h e mos t o r d i n a r y fas t id iousness .

Pennsylvania Republicans Meet in Convention.

The-Pennsylvania republican state con­vention met in Harrisbuvg on tho 7th hist. After the usual organization Henry K. Boyer of Philadelphia, \\'<>s nominated by acclamation for state t reasurer . Mr. Boyer accepted in a brief spoeeh/

Tho platform indrrseg'tho Chicago plat­form; rejoices in the victory of ls^is because it was fought on a Pennsylvania platform and under a Pennsylvania leader; indorses tho administration of President Harr ison; declares in favor of liberal pensions and commends the "friendly liberality ' ' ot" Commissioner Tanner, and declares that the republican pnrly has 'fulfilled all its obligations to the prohibitionists by having provided the machinery for submitt ing tho question to the people of the state. I t com­mends the administration of Gov. Heaver and advocates such legislative action ns will best furnish permanent relief to the Johnstown sufferers. In conclusion, tho platform expresses regret at tho death of Gen. Simon Cameron.

Two Gigantic Trusts. Reports are in circulation that the Amer­

ican sugar t rust havo about completed no >K' flotations with an English-German syndi-'"'' M t e to get the sugar markets of tho world

Wider one supreme control. The plan in-*t <<|pdes tho bonding, for a short term, of all sCmjjki, principal sugar plantations of Cuba, ^"•iBl 'Phnippine islands, Java and Mauritus, •'', ^llrtch would place the main sources of the

raw supply undc. fhe control of tho syndi-date.

Advices from Pi t t sburg say a gigautic trust , to coutrol tho manufacture of glass­ware, is being organized, and tha t tho principal factories of Pennsylvania, Qhio and West Virginia will bo included in tho combination. The headquarters will be in Pi t t sburgh, and all the manufacturers of that city havo joined in the movemont.

National Grocers' Association. The National Grocers1 association was

organized in Now'YorK a fow days ago by i election of Uiehard Dymond of William l a ' s Sons, Cincinnati, pres ident ; v.co

jpts, Thos. W. Ormlston, New York; s Andrews, Philadelphia; Chas. Hig-

S^Chic.tgo; treasurer, W. I. Seaver 1r., Joston; secretary, P . W. Imbusch, Mil­

waukee . Tho objects of tho association are to rem

edy tho evils of tho increased facilities of production and distribution, which have ro-aulted in the extreme development of the law of competition, und this in turn in abuses of tho trade. I t is claimed not to b6 a t rust , but an association founded on t r ^ principle that no goods should be handled end sold without a margin of profit.

- — • -Foreign capitalists are t ry ing to buy up

the cotton mills in this country.

A Chiropodist Has His Say. Y e a r before las t I had two worn m

p a t r o n s to one m a n / ' s a i d ' a ch i ropod is t . " B u t las t y e a r and so far th i s y e a r , t he fa l l ing oil' in tho former p a t r o n a g e has been m o r o t h a n one half, l i n t t h e r e has been no d e c r e a s e in the n u m ­ber of my m a l e cus tomers . How do 1 accoun t for a l l th i s? Eas i ly . F a s h i o n in shoos is r e spons ib l e for it. A y e a r and a half a g o tho h i g h , n a r r o w F r e n c h hee l s w e r e t h e fashion in w o m e n ' s shoes , and t h o v a r e the bo>t f r iends a ch i ropod i s t cu«i have . T h e y a r e r egu­lar and r a p i d b r e e d e r s of corns . No w o m e n can h a v e a pa i r of s u c h shoes long w i t h o u t l ook ing tip a corn doc to r .

But the low Hat hee l is now in fash­ion. I f t ho r e s t of the shoe fits t ho foot, t he se hee l s a r e t h e n a t u r a l e n e m y of c o r n s , a n d t h e ch i ropod i s t has to suffer. I t is g e n e r a l l y bel ieved t h a t women a r e m o r e vain of t h e i r feet t h a n m e n a r e of t h e i r s , b u t m y e x p e r i e n c e has shown me t h a t q u i t e t h e c o n t r a r y is tho fact. Men will i n s i s t o n m a k i n g t h e i r foot look smal l , and a n y shoo t h a t wil l do t h a t is t ho fashion for t h e m . T h o n a r r o w -toed or " t o o t h p i c k ' ' s ty le of m e n ' s shoes , worn now as m u c h as eve r , wi l l '-always i n s u r e t h e corn d o c t o r a l iv ing , espec ia l ly if t h e shoos a r o p a t e n t l ea th ­er . . A p a t e n t l e a the r shoe , for some reason , wi l l call a c o r n i n t o b e i n g m u c h q u i c k e r t h a n an o r d i n a r y l e a t h e r shoe .

T h e follows who dOn't h a v e c o r n s a r e those w h o w e a r roomy- toed shoos. Bu t t h e y m u s n ' t be too la rgo . A shoo too l a r g e is as bad as one too smal l . An o v e r s ized shoe m a k e s co rns on t h e b o t t o m of t h o feet, und they aro tho wor s t k ind . Tho la te wa r was t h e g r e a t e s t c o r n - c u r e r o v e r known . 1 n e v e r k n e w of a s ing le case of a s o l d i e r in t h a t w a r who suffered from corns , a n d I was al l t h r o u g h it. If a law shou ld be passed t h a t no shoe shou ld bo worn in t h i s c o u n t r y bu t tho pa t ­t e r n a r m y shoo of t ho rebe l l ion , tho co rn d o c t o r ' s o c c u p a t i o n would be gone . 1 1 —New York Sun.

Less goods than common is used this yea J in tbe manufacture of bathing-sulia, re­marks a fashion paper.

Official and estimated re tu rns from every county in the state of Pennsylvania show that the prohibition amendment w a s de­feated by 188,449 majority.

I t is reported that very str ingent orders, have peon issued to the Canadian fishery protection fleet, and violations of the law by American vessels will subject them to prompt seizure.

Information received by the Canadian government states that mackerel have struck into North Hay in large numbers. The mackerel are o lid to bo large, und are fetching good prices in the local mark­ets.

For the first time in twelve years dark hair is said to prevail in Vassar ' s graduat­ing class. Every day seoms to bring soma now trial to tho "favor-losing blondes,1' as a southern periodical pathetically charac­terizes them.

Reports from all but twelve counties in Pennsylvania show a majority of 1415,934 against tha amendment providing for tho repeal of tho fifty-cent poll-tax qualifica­tion. The majority against it will bo still further increased.

A resident of Seattle offers to give $29,-OOJ towards a now town hall if they will re­name the place. He suggests Edinburg, but is not particular if they call it Smith City. Anything but Seattle, which is tho Indian name for dry bones.

A Connecticut woman is suing her neigh­bor for damages for putt ing up fly screens. She claims that the flies which cannot get into the neighbor's house on this account will come to hers, and she will thereby havo double the usual number.

A case, which is believed to bo yellow fover, is reported at Brooklyn, N. Y. The sick man is Dr. Duncan, Burgeon of tho Pacific Mail steamship Colon, who was stricken with illness when live days out from Aspinwall on the last voyage.

Three hundred delegates to the World Sun iay School Convention, which will ba held in London on July 2, '\ 4 and 5, have sailed from New York on tho Bothnia. Tha delegates aro from every state in the Union, and many of thorn came from different parts of Canada

The bill classifying the cl?rk3 in fir3t and second class uosto.lices has placed the officials of tho department in a dilemma. It9 enforcement will reduce some salaries in the New York omoo from £2,0JJ to $14,0), and threatens to demoralise the service in that and other largo offices.

It in reported that F rank J. Kastner 's brewery atNcwark, N. J . ,with an output of seventy thousand barrel* a your, has bujn sold to a syndicate lor -?>OO,00O. P. Ballan-tino & Sons have published a card denying that they have sold, or havo any ide.ioi' selling, their lar.-jo br jwery intarest in Ne wark.

Upon the recommendation of tho civil service commission the president has ameuded rule 10 of tho civil service rules, so as to do away with the limitation of one year within which reinstatement may legally bo made to officers within the classi­fied service, so far as it affects ex-Union soldiers and sailors.

Between ~ 0 and "00 persons were stand­ing on a frame structure, forty feet high, in Philadelphia tbe other cvoning. obtain­ing a freo view of the "Fal l of Babylon," when the roof collapsed, hurling nearly half of them to the ground. A large num­ber were injured. Thro j received broken bones and were otherwise seriously hurt.

Governor Hill of Now York h i s vetood tho compulsory education bill, because it is "unnecessarily offensive in its invasions of tho liberty of tha citizen and in its inter­ference with tho control of parents over their children," and oeeauso it exempts no emergency of sickness from the eompulsorv requirement. He claims that the bill is loosely drawn and that the proposed truants ' homo would b3 a costly experi­ment.

The barrei-boa", in which Professor C. D. Graham, the whirlpool rapids navigator, intends to go over Niagara Falls early in July, is buoy-shaped, 12 feet long, 3V/ feet across the center and two feet across tho ends. It has '-4 iron hoops encircling it ami five running lengthwise. The b ia t is div­ided into thrco compartments and in the ends are air chambers. The foolhardy nav­igator intends 10 place himself in the cen­tre. There is a manholo on top which tho occupant closes after ho gets into tho boat

Among the most interesting'fetes during tho French exhibition will bo the inter­national gymnastic foast at Vinconnes. It will bo a monster athletic demonstration, no fewer than 12,000 gymnasts, French and foreign, taking part in it. They will be lodged in tents extending from the cha­teau to tho-Polygoae. France will be rep­resented by 4^J societies, Be lg iua by fifty-two, and Switzerland by forty, while Italy, Denmark, Holland, Swedon and Norway, Luxcmberc, and ciher nations will send their crack bands.

Wha t wroXisbt the change! This woman's face

I s rtiddy with a rose 's grace. Her eye is bright, Her hear t is light,

Ah, t ruly, ' t is a goodly sight. A few brief months ago her cheek Was pallid and her step watt weak.

"The end is near For her, I fear,"

Sighed many a friend who held her dear. I can tell you what wrought the change

in her. She was told by A friend, who, like her, had suffered uutoldraisery f romacom-

&ligation of female troubles, tha t Dr. ' ierce's Favori te Prescription would cer­

tainly cure her. This friend "knew where­of she spoke," for she had been cured by the remedy she advised her friend to use. She is enthusiast ic in its praise, and tells her friends that ' Dr. Pierce deserves the universal grat i tude of womankind for hav­ing given it this infallible remedy for its peculiar ailments. I t is guaranteed to give satisfaction in every caso or money refund­ed.

Dr . Pierce 's Pellets, one a dose. Cure headache, constipation and indigestion.

A German photographer, Anshuetz of Lissa. a l ter some years ' experimenting in photographing the fiight of cannon balls, lias at last succeeded in obtaining photo­graphs of the trajectory of balls moving at a velocity of 1,31)0 feet per second, with an exposure of only the ten thousandth par t of second.

August 6th and 20th, Sept. 10th and 34tb, and Oct. 8th the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad Co., ' 'The North­western Line," will run a series of Harvest Excursions to points on that line In Ne­braska, The Black Hills and Central Wyoming at one half regular rates , and if you dosire some furthor information com­municate wi th J. K. Buchanan, Gen. Pass . Agent at Omaha, Nebraska, who will fully advise you.

Have you tried •'TanriilPHi i'Luirli" Cigars.

A Lucky Finn. Duluth (Minn.) Tr ibune July 16.

William Dalquist is the name of a lucky Finlander who at present is a day laborer in II. A. Gray ' s saw mill at the West End. The fact is, William, who has been in this country some six years or more and who has been a hard worker all his life, is one of the lucky persons who drew'a "p lum," at tho drawing of the Louisiana Sta te Lot­tery held on Juno IS last, ho holding one-fourth of ticket "ol .bOV which drew the capital prize of SWXl.OOO. When Mr. Dal-quist Was made awaro of his good fortune by a s tatement in tho Tribune that that number was the lucky one, he was over-Joyed beyond measure and was the recipi ent of many congratulations from his nu­merous friends and at the same time not a few were envious of his good fortune. Mr. W. A. Footo immediately offered Dabjuist $14,SOU for his little slip of paper, but Wil­liam thought he would do his own cashing and thus save the $200, which he has done. As soon as he can make arrangements he will at oneo proceed to Finland, where his father and mother, who are poor people, live. The $15,000, Mr. Dalquist says, wil l bo moro than enough to keep his parents , himself and one of Findland 's fairest daughters (which lattor was said with a slight distortion of his facial musc les tend­ing to a smile) for tho rest of their days.

In Edison's laboratory are samples of al­most every known substance. During the progress of the experiments with the incan­descent electric dght all manner of material was used lor the carbon filament. Finally the shreds of one part icular var ie ty of bamboo was found to be the best. Edison owes his success to the patient investiga­tion of substances suited to tho strain to be put upon them.

If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell i t 25c

The s treets of Pekin, China, are describ­ed by a traveler as composed of dust a foot or more deep when tha weather is dry, and of mud from one to throe feet deep when the weather is wet. The sewage of the city is dumped in the streets , which are higher in the middle than ou tho sides. Between the mud, the duiit and the inde­scribable stench, the place is obnoxious to anyone with any refinement at all.

If Dobbin's Electric Soap is wha t so many people insist that i: i.;, .you cannot afl'ord to go without it. Your grocer has it, or can get it, and you c m decide tor yourself very soon. Don't let another Mon­day pass without trying it.

A Wmlry T a l c . A famous woodsman once boasted that he

could find his way through a whdern«M and return by tbe same path. Being test­ed, he carried with him a slender thread, which should serve as a guide for the re­tu rn tr ip. Reaching the end of nis Journey, he lay down to rest. While he rested came the genius of industry and breathed upon his thread and changed it into two shining ribbons of steel. I t was a railroad. Throngs of people whirled past him in lux­urious cars, and he read upon the ti ain the mystic legend: "Wisconsin Central 1"

Mrs. Louisa Shepherd at the time of her death was Ui inches high and weighed iS> pounds.

When Baby was sick, we gave her-Caatorta,

When she was a Child, she cried for Cutor ta ,

When she became Miss, s h e cluug t o Castor*,

W h e n she had Children, she gave t h e m Castc^la,

s JACOBspi TRADE

X T C O N Q U E R S P A I N .

M A R K ^

Believes and cures

EHBTTHATIStf, NEURALGIA,

Sciatica, Lumbago.

HEADACHE, Toothache, Sprain",

BRUISES, Barns and Scald*.

A t D r n g R i n t * a n d D e a l e r s . THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. • < .

SIGKHEADAGHE! l*ojiltlvelycure<! bi thette L i t t l e PUN.

They also relieve trena from DyHpep»ia,In.| (1 igestion and TooHeartyl Eating. A perfect rem-1 e'ly for Diz3duc3H,Nause«| Drowsiueiw, Bad Ta.st in tho Mouth, Coated! Tpngue .Pain in tbe Side J TOKPID LIVEIt. Theyl regulate the E o w e l s J Purely Vegetable.

P r i c e 2 5 Cents .

CAHT22 MEMCM vTO,, NSW YOiZ.

Small Pill. Small Dose. Small P

Jeffrey Hudson was only IS inches tall when he made his first appearance before the king of England, served up, it is said in a cold tfie.

lu l j e tc i t t cd . - l ' enpNs Advertising a patent medicine in the pe

cu'.iar way in which the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam, for coughs and colds, does it i9 indeed wonderful. He authorizes all druggists to give those who call for it a sample bottle free, that they may try it be­fore purchasing. The lar^e bottles arc ';0c and | 1 . We certainly would advise a t r i a l . It may save you from consumption.

THIS i s

THE

GREAT TUBULAR WELL AND

PROSPECTING MACHINE famous for pucceedlns where

others have failed.

SELF CLEANING. l>rUl d rop» 60 to »0 t i n e

a minute. CATALOGUE F R E E ,

LOOMIS & NYMAfl, T I F F I N , OHIO.

rice,

t y t V r l t e na \v h u t w o r k y o u w i s h t o d o w i t h a w e l l m a c h i n e .

ALT. OHDEH3

PUOMPTLT.

John de Est r ix of Mechlin, who lived in l."J9J, at LT> years of age-'had a long heard, and w.:s but three feet in hight.

Grand .Harvest Excursions Will run via the Wabash line to points in Kansas. Nebraska, Oklahoma, Dakota, Colorado, and all parts of the west, ou August ::0. September 10 and 21 and Oc­tober !>, lss«,». Kate one fare for round tr ip For particulars apply to nearest Wabash ticket agent.

Tho remarkable Chinese dwarf Chemah is now f>o years old, while his hight is just o,"> inches.

Excelsior Springs, Mo. Unequalled as a health and pleasure re.-orf

Finest' ' 'Watering Place i.otcl in the west. The waters will positively cure all kidney

and liver diseases, dyspepsi i, diabetes, 'o-male complaints, sKiu and biocd ui.ieuses. etc.

For handsomely il lu-tratcd descriptive pamphlet, apply to F. (Jhainiier, O. P. A: T. A. "Wabash Line." ^ t . Louis, Mo.

The Post-Mortctn Would Settle ft. A Scotchman was so sen.vc.sly iil that a

coi- -ultatiou of physicians was called, but eVen the combined skdl and knowledge of the M. I V s seemed bable 1 in determining for a certainty the side man 's ailment. Alt­e r the physicians had left the patient turn­ed to his at tendant, a fellow countryman, und asked:

"Sandy, dinna they say what was the mat te r \vi" me! ' '

"Naw, mon, they dinna ken yet ." was the reply, "bu t the post-mortem will settle it a ."

Leprosy in thr» East. Tho discussion consequent upon the in­

crease of leprosy in the east tends to serious conflicts of opiuion regarding its cause. One authority declares it to be beyond question tbe result of a hot and d a r u p d i - j mate ; another says that it comes from bath­ing when in a atato of perspiration; ' la th i rd from sitting in a d raught ; a fourth says that it is hond i t a ry ; a fifth that it is contagious, and so is catigbt like smal lpox or scarlet fever; and auother accepts the sentiment of the ancient Jews , and asserts a belief iu its being a punishment for sin.

The Old "Was Better. There is something exquisitely touching

in the experience of an aged and eminent lawyer who had built himself an elegant house in the fashionable suburb of Head­ing, Pa., and moved into it a fortnight ago, only to move back again last week.

The new house was magnificent, but it was not home. The old was better, and tho whole family longed for its plainer comforts. With rare courago they dared the ridicule of . thei r neighbors, confessed their love of home, turned their backs on novel splendors, and sought their old home­stead and aro happy. Many thero ;.ro who havo the experience that impelled this family to tu rn their backs on the novelties of wealth, but few thero aro who have the couraee to act on their convictions and ox-change tho shadow for the substance.

J. A. Johnson, Medina, X. Y., says : "Ha l l ' s Catar rh Curo cured mo." Sold by druggists , 75c.

D U T C H E R S

FLT KILLER Mnkcsa c!»an »w«>ep. Krerr MM Oi w.ll kill a qaart of tiies. stops buzzing Mviniid. ears, diving at eyes, tickling your n<'W(\ !*ki|>s hard words nml HC-I ure* i"'iu-*1 iittrittlnaexpennn. Send'2.1 i'eiit» T T ."$ sheets to F. bL'TClIKll. St. Albaas, V-.

1 prc«crirje and folly Mt> r1nrs»» M1K ii as Ihe only spei'ifii' rorihe ct-itain cure <>i t Ills cH-teaee. U. H . I M J R A H A M . M . !>.,

Amsterdam, M. Y. Wo have solil T?U O for

niftiiy years, and it ha* given the best of satis­faction.

D. K. DYCTTE A CO., Chicago, 11L

S I . 0 0 . Sold by DruggJatt.

IRRIGATED LANDS In Ttlo Pceos Valley. in SuiitbeaHiorn Xew Merio<>. Cholro ltm«?-

• Ftone soil; abundance of pure watnr; a d e l i g h t ­fu l c l l m n t e all the year; uinmst eontinuoi:) sun-s>V.m«>: sltltudo ;!.;J00 feet; h e a l t h l o n t l o c a l i t y in t:H U..S.. no consumption, no malaria 2 0 a r m -will yield a eonineii-iiey. Write for particulars, mniinc this paper. ti> I*<»*a» I i r l f n t l o n <*; I n -v t i i m e u t Co. , S i i t l o iu -oc St., C h i c a g o , I U .

lone-K Sold

.50C 1 $75.^° to $250.

by drucsclHts or s<»nt by makL K. T. Hiizeitino, W a r r e n . P*.

pi-nts pivferred v h. t ln-ir \» ho.e tii.ii- l<> t'. U' profitably < in) 1"*' "1 '« t.n 1 ...ties. 1¾. K. J. HNM i n n n i l . \ IV. A- Il.— J'r'H< ;,?>'ifucf. ye it >' iiinti i eplij. il. 1'. </. it t M.

OO A M O N T H e«n 1« — nir'ile work ing fnr u».

r,-1 n h;i v.ifi*i n. IUT-C ii'iil g W l.li»ui< !•>. Spin c ninmriilit nisy

-i>. A feu viiisui'it's :n tovfnn N A- i'n„ pi',, Main St.. Rieh-• </"«" <.>;/<• and Ittt.ioiess iM--<.iLoul itndtiitj *iu>mi for

PENSION J O H N W.TCOHRIS , Late Principal ETamtner. V.s. Pension Bureau, Ati*y

_ at L.v.v, W a s h i n g t o n , T». (.'., S u c c r s s l ' u U y P r o * p o n t e s ClalMB*-orlglnal, inerense, re rating, wl.i»wn', chiKtren'a and dependent relativ.V. Experic-.-ee ; S jrs . in la*t war, 15 yrs. in Pension bureau and attorney sine*.

DEfiCflVES TT_n!pii in fr^rr countr. Khr*w,lm*n tn »ct •nil'MtMirentfoa. la »vr Stcret S.TT1C«. Y.ip*ritne» ml n ^ f i u n . S«nJ Vc. iitnp GrannanDitectiveBureauCo.44 Arcade.Cincinnati.0

C h M d w I r k ' s M n n n s l . t I n x .1 I n . T4> p u | f « . I l l u m i n a t e d ( ' e v e r . BASE BALL

C C V T . C D E E OB applientioti enehvsinK nn« lie.) MbR I i n C E wtani|i. hv ni'd:-i'ssjnK T h - o d o r e i H o l l a n d . P . O . B o x I S O . k ' h l l a d e l p l l i . P a .

OPIUM H a b i t . The only c e r t a i n and easy cure. Dr. J. L. fetepheas, Lebanon, Ohio,

PENSIONS C'laima a Spot-Lilty.

Write J. T.. STARKWRATHKB, Vomeo, Mich., fer question lilnnkf. Vetoed ar.d Rejected

Mentitm this puper.

A mtro

KIDDER'S PASTILLES."'- - - ^ ASTHMA

.•ire , . MOWVI.I. & CO. Churkdtowii. Mass,

$5 i s S H artwy. Sample*worth » t . 1 5 F R E E . 4.nte!« not uniler lioraeV feet. Write Br3W« ster Safety Ram Holder Co..Hollv, ili-io.

W. >\ t \ , I).— VII—:^.

When writ ing to Advertisers plea*« %my Vou *a\T the adver t isement In this Taper.

JOSEPH H. HUNTER - - ™«^ without delay.

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Pinckney Dispatch. I . 0. BENNETT. EDITOR UNO PROPRIETOR

Pinckney, Michigan, Tnuruaay, Augubt l"th, 1889.

Washington Letter.

"WASHINGTON, AUGUST 13, 1889.

The census of 1870 was taken by the United States marshals under the direction of a superintendent, who worked under the Secretary of the In­terior. As the marshals were em­ployees of the department of Justice, the confusion was very great. The act of 1879, which governed the census taking of 1880, and will with a few modifications apply to that of 1890 was properly the work of James A. Garfield, Representative Uox, General .Francis A. Walker and Eugene Hald. It provides for the centering of the work at Washington and the enumer­ations by persons who are solely ap­pointed, except the supervisors, by the superintendent of the census.

The house to bouse count will com­mence on the first .Monday of next June, and will involve inquiries as to age, sex, nativity, race physical condi­tion, and a dozen other things. Forty thousand enumerations will be in the 175 census districts and for each of •these districts the President will in February appoint a supervisor, who will receive $125 per month and in ad­dition thereto $1.00 for every $l$00of the population in thickly settled dis­tricts and $1.40 in others; The en­umerations will be paid two cents for each farm and thirty cents for each factory recorded, and for every veteran of the late war five cents, In addition to these out door employees there are many special.agencies which are very cozy places for the friends and states­men, involving little labor and no ex­penditure of ideas, the duties being merely to go to manufacturing es-

• tablishments in cities and ask pointed questions and put down the answer.

The amount of information obtained and .the numbor of subjects treated in our census are amazing. Every field is covered. Great Britian sends a po­liceman around in the evening to each house with a printed slip asking in­formation and in the morning he car­ries it away, and* the thing is done. Uut in this country census taking is invoicing everything on hand. The work of the Tenth Census was em­braced in twenty-two volumes, and some of those were not issued until 1887. The work bid fair to last for­ever. There was even a volume de­voted to forest trees, and two volumes of long winded essays on social sub­jects. It was a dumping place for waste information. The new census will attempt to be less ambitious, though the projectors of the census of 1880 made the same promise

I saw in the corridor of superintend­ent Porter's offices on Saturday the veritable original census office clerk, at least he w»s so considered when the census of 1870 was made, and I would not be surprised to learn that speci­mens of his youthful penmanship are to be found in the musty records of the census of 1790, still preserved in the Interior department. In 1870 he was held in office by Henry Wilson, and in 1880 by Senator Hoar. He was promptly discharged at about the first general reductions of clerks after the taking of each census, and wis never seen until the next one was announced. On Saturday he seemed as chipper as ever, asked me for some chewing to-banco and was surprised to learn that I did not use the stuff, informed me mysteriously that he'"had Porter down tine," "borrow" ten cents, aud drifted away, poor old wr2ck.

When the man who wants to know goes to the Weather Bureau to find out, and succeeds in interrupting the interminable fight that is in progress between the Army officers and the civil alleged experts of that office long enough to get an interview, he finds that he has had his labor for his pains. The other day I asked one of Pro Cleveland's able assistants fp^l i is theory as to the causes of^tffe heavy rains since April 1. J>fwill give you the figures," he^acoful ly replied, and his face gp*wserious "of course, the occas>efl for every phenomenal pre-wpitation is not certainly known, yet 1 may say in general of this case at a i least, that these recent precipitations

of rain have been dne to the fact that the conditions for such rainfalls bave been astonishingly favorable." And then the poor blunderer who is paid 12,500 for befogging himself and los­ing himself up in thoroughfares of words, beamed upon me in delighted surprise at his own wisdom. So, in other words, regardless of expense, the Signal Service announces that it has rained more than usual because it has been easier for it tu fall than it was, say, last year. You can procure all the figures you want at the Signal of­fice rainfall, temperature, barometer readings,—anything but theories for forecasting the weather or avading calamaties from storma.

The Signal Service may be of some practical value if it is ever taken out of the control of the Army. I t goes without saying that the Army is a necessary evil and whatever can be taken from its charge and put on sound business basis had better be taken at once.

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Heart Disease. If you get short uf breath, have flut­

tering, pain in side, faint or hungry spells, swollen ankles, etc., you have heart disease, and don't fail to take f)r Miles' New Cure. Sold at F. A. 3ig lers drug store.

The Great-M. P. By M. P . is meant Miles' Nerve and

Liver Pills which regulates tbu liver, stomach, bowels, etc., through their nerves. Smallest and mildest. Anew principle! A revolutionized Samples free at F. A. Sigler's.

A Sound Legal Opinion. E. Bainbridge, Munday Esq.. County

Atty.;Clay Co., Tex. says: "Have used Electric Bitters with most happy re­sults. My brother also was very low with Maleiial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medi­cine. Am satisfied Electric Bitters saved his life."

Mr. D. I. W'ileoxson, of Horse Cave, Ivy., adds a like testimony, saying: He positively believes he would have died, had it not been for Electric Bit­ters.

This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure all Malarial Diseases, and for all Kidney, liver and stomach dis­orders stands unequalled. and $1 at F. A. Sigler's.

Pjice 50c.

iFOsntmrctnuBi BRlGHTINESit DIABETES , PROMINENT

I PHYSICIANS , PRESCilBE I IT. VALUABLE

INFORMATION MAILED TBEE

LIVER AND IIDREY DISEASES. Bott lo t l . Aak Di-nfffUt or wrlt«

WM. T. LINDLfY A, CO., •1&4M L* Salle Sk, Chlea**, III.

ST.Loma.Mo., Aug, 1,^8. BnianTitfBcuredme of Diabetes, and to-day am heart r and well. MHa.A.A.GiLLiAM.Treaa.Womao'a Exchange. CHICAGO, Dec. 1. '87. My Kidneys troubled me eeveral years, URIGUTIN* entlrol; cured me.

A. C. SMITH, Western News Co. Joa.M.Norrls, AgUC, R. LAP. R .B.

BtrWAi.o,N.Y.,May 11/88. Suffered fromLtrm-bugo several years. BBIGIITINE cured me. Shao-aan, Capt. Steamer Chemung, Un, St'boat Co. ST. Lotns, April 24/88, BKIGHTINE gives Mt-iafactioa. STAHO'D DRTTQ CO. 900 Franklin A T . St, Louis, Hoc. 12/8& BKIGHTINE has all the virtues clalmed.MASTBFooK, D'ga 109S.B'way. Rockvllle, Ind., Nov, 18, '87. Can recommend BUiUUTINE highly. KEV, JOHN UAWKEA. Chicago Times,March28, »88-01606, Nov. 17,*m Illustrated Century, Jan. 28, *88.—Commercial Traveller, Feb, 15,-88, PRAISE BR1GHT1NE. Rpfer to Mat-, Inv. & Loan Aesn., Bnllock Bros J.8hepard,SuptU.S.Ei. G.F.Klmball Glass Imp j

I OIST A L L

IWfaw AOSTID

FIXTURES ! during the month of

AUGUST .A.T

WILLGWRLETT'S,

Dexter, Mich,

General Blacksmith.

Shop owned by Daniel Richards and formerly occupied by Ed. Park­

er, on Mill htree.t.

PSSraKHTfcY, MICH.

FIRST CLASS WORK GUARNATEED, AND PRICES REASONABLE.

*&* Horse Shoeing a Specially."®*

Western Reserve FERTILIZER !

— . » • , « . — Having taken the agency for the

above named Fertilizer, I am prepared to supply alt demands at

$20 00 PER TON. This is just the thing1 to sow broad­

cast on bean crround before sowing wheat. I also have the agency for the celebrated

Homestead Fertilizer AT

$30.00 PER TON.

Salt in Bulk or Barrel . Come and see samples and gettesti- ^--

monialsfrom farmers who have u ^ T SPORTING GOODS OF ALL KINDS. Western Reserve fertilizer:^a«0 re-membsr this is the place tsytiuv

THRESEHftf COAL, which is jjwrcu safer than wood. Also

'A^tmi £ 2 BILIOUS m u m s

•u«fc u Stok H w d M M i Torpid Uvcr, tlon, Ma!aria,Ohiil«* F « w * U t a 4 * IndigMtlon, Lo«t Apprt l t* Win* on and B O M I I , Pain* In Baok. Foul Brmtft*

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Or to sell Wheat, Rye, Oats, etc.

Tbos. Read, Pinckney.

(runs to rent by the day. The best grades of Ammunition always in stock,

MUSICAL C3-02DS. Violins and all kinds of strings.

I have the host Mouth Orpau made. The latest and neatest

Dtyles of Jewelry, Watches,, ('locks and Plated Ware.

Call and examine goods and get prices. All

kinds of repair­ing done,

Eugene Campbell.

A CUUB, E » T COmrLEXMM f»U»w»lk« mm «f 1 0 1 0 4 1 1

ijiten. MMI MOMMSIMI »w4i«u« to mm. Atariitriy m**\

•Ifound." H.Ct*» WooallVBa.UrU.B.atr.YMiU,M«v>»rt,B.l. KALI BTUYWUBI, OB MS* »T BAIL, FOTmiBb VMM*.

MMB, o n n i l . rates, •*. , u BOTTLU i n . UfXZB * QO., fete rrawtotoai, ST. LOOTS, VO.

OO rJ?0 T H E " %

•WEST END HARNESS SHOP !• Where you can buy H Single or Double Harness as cheap as you can find

them anywh re. Being compelled to have some money, I will sell at the following prices:

For Nickel Plate, Double Strap Single Harness, 111.00; Sinjfb Strap H inch trace, wide Breast Collar, nickel winker braces, fly territ, 7-8 inch aide .straps, $10.00 to $14 00. Double Harness, see pJatc, without collars, 920.00 to 823.00; also sweat pads, canvas collars, whips, etc, I will sell anything in the harness line as cheap as can be afforded. The harness are all of my own make. 8-¾..Repairing a specialty, Tbo^e indebted to me are request­ed to call and settle. J O S - S Y i B l E S -

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October 1st, 18«». Subscribe NOW.

We pay CASH for our Goods, therefore we must have CASH to do it. All persons having accounts with us that have been running 30 days, are requested to call and settle same by CASH or NOTE.

C A. SIGLER, Pinckney, -:- Michigan,

HERE WE ARE! Having secured the building owned by L. H. Beebe on North

Main-st., we will keep a very complete stock of

Canned Goods, Smoked and Dried Meats, Candies, Peanuts, Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft drinks, a variety of Pickles, Jackson Crack­ers, Fruits of all kinds. ^

CALL AND GET A MILKSHAKE We will sell ice cream by the dish or

quart. We have all kinds of fresh Bakery Goods.

i%&mWarm Meals will be served at all limes. Hoping to receive a share of your paironag3, we remain

Yours Truly,

i »

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Plnckney, - Michigan.

ttubftcrlotion Price Strictly in Advance:

OKI VtAR $1 SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS —

Entered at the Pottofflce at Plnckney, Michigan, as second-class matter.

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M ETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Kev. W. J , Clack, pastor. Services every

Sunday morning at 10:3«>, and alternate Snnday evenings at 7 :*.' u'clttck. Prayer meeting Thurs-dny eveaings. Sunday ac::oof at close of morn-in / se rv ice . J . E Forbes, Suoerlntendent.

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All trains run oy "central aiauuard" t ime. Al l trains run dal ly ,Sundays excepted . W . J . S P I E R , J O S E P H HICKSON,

Superintendent. General Manager.

j lONGHEGATIOMAL CHURCH. \ ; Rev. O, B. TUureton,pastor; service every Sunday morning at 10:HO, and alternate Sunday evenings at 7:3D o'clock. Prayer meeting Thurs­day evening!, tyunday school at close of morn-intf service. Geo, W. Sykes. Superintendent.

ST. MAUV'S ' JVrHOUCOIIURCII . Rev. Win. P. Oonatolne, Pastor. Services

every third Sunday. Low mass ut K o'clock, nigh mass with sermon at 10:30 a. m Catechism at 3:00 p. in., vespers ana benediction at 7:4« p .m. The A. O. H. Society of this place, meet every third Surtnay in the Fr. Mathew Hall. The C T . A. and B. So> iety of this place, meet every third Saturday evening In the Kr. Mathew Hall.

Rev. W. P. Cons* dine, President.

C O C 1 E T I E S .

Y OVXd PEOPtiEs SOCIETY OF CHRIS T iAS E S D E W O R , meets every Moutlay

^venluc at the Coi!!»'l church. All interested in chr is t ian work are cordially invited to join. Mrs. A, J . Chappi'll, President.

K NIO HTS O K M A CO A B li K S. Meeteverv f"rir4rtv evening on or before full

of tin* moon at ..M M:usoriie 11 »11. Visiting broth ei -1 cordialiv ur.it (1.

W. A. i.'iirr, sir Kniirht Commander.

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( SA.At: TKI.i .h. i,-, i 'u;u '\ -• 'irvevor. I 'o^tot'ice ;v:ldress, iviM < »'; '« ;J;. Mi h."

U . PHN/-3ICtAN AND SURGEON. ()(>Hv> «t«xt ' i ' iv-<ii!>'n<'>\ <> t M;:in ."tr• *<'t. Pinck-

:n-y. Michigan. < '.ill.- p r o m p t l y att '-.ided to day '• t i i u ' h f .

/~\ w. n \/?!•:, .M. o \ , ' . A t t ends p r o m p t l y ;iH profess ional cal ls . '. XVu'c ('.' r>'«idf nci> mi ( ' n sd i l l a S t , th i rd dooi wsot of roH^roi ' i i l ivt ial c u u r c h .

PINCKNEY, * MICHIGAN^

A M E S MAKKKV, NOTAflY PU91.IO, ATTORNEY

And Insu rance A;;'T>1. l.t'irul ;<:n>"rt» nuide out it ' islmvl r.ntici'iijui ri'f.solni'iir t e rms , Als<> aiii'iil fo r \1.LAN LI % Kof (tci'Mi, MI>;OJV: ' - \ utlice on N o r t h Hide Miiin S t . I ' lnckimv, Mni i .

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w p. v.\.\ w I N K : . K , Attorn, y .IMI t 'o i iuselor ut Law. and

jsoLiriTon IN CIIAM:I:KV. <»ftlce in 11';;•'»• 11 ll loci; ^rouiin formridv occu­pied IJV S. I'. Iliii.lii'U.j 11 > < A'KLL, M K ' i l .

W AN.'SUi V.'hcjit, Jlciins, Havley, Clov«>r ^eed, Preflf-

»»d 11(1)(1), i'M:. »s> *'! .\f hi^iu'.-i uuirket pric.i> will He piiia T11U-*. !<:•; \ P , 1'iiickney, Mic.u.

F1- KC. BATES, VETERINARY SURGEON.

(Jnidiinte of the T o r o n t o VetiMi fieii Colh ):i' Vieatnient of all do-memic aniiiiuli* in a iijottVHiona! noiiiiier. AlUiiit^ prompt ly 'a l te i id-wl to dny or uij^ht.

STOCKBRiDGE, MICHIGAN.

T AMES T. H A M A X will \rrlte inwiiranco on your life in the old rellahle Manhattan Life

Couu.Miy, of New \ o r k . Ordinary Life Term Payment or Endowment

Policies on the n^.wSui'viviirriliip Dividend plan. This company's record for 14 yeiir^ pant shows the lowesfperrvntaue takt'n from it policy-holti-<&r* and the hi^liect peri eut;iL*e i-etunieil t« them \»f any compuuy iloiui; lui^ines^ in the t'nited htates . It IHO sbowd the largest percen lane of asuetts for the tllscharye of its inuebtednewe. Address postal card to Jaa. T. Kaman, Solicitor Ann Arbor, Mich. (;lmo )

•W- R.- TABBR, VETERINARY SURGEON.

GRADUATE OF THE MONTRAEL VETERI-TIERY COLLEGE.

Has had nine years of uriictical experience.

Treatment of »11 I)o-.i.ctitic snimalB In a pro­fessional manner. A II ttills pron ptiy attended

to day or nijiht. Office at Parker's Drug store, Howell, Mich

HISTORY OF ALASKA Prom the earliest period to the present time.

Br HtfBKirr HOWE B.\st'Korr. A vivid narrative of most poculiir interest;

original, truthful, thrilling. Prawn largely from Russian sources now nrst revealed.

This book, complete in one volume, with index, is now d m issued separate from the complete •et of Mr. Bancroft's far-famed histori ;il ^ i iea of thirty-nine volumes Thousands in evuy part of our land will avail themselves of this privilege, and bay and read with avidity this book. The knowledge which it contains is of intense interest and importance, and much of it is found nowhere el*e.

Pincknty Exchange Bank.

G. W. TEEPLE, PROPRIETOR.

DOES A GENERAL

BANKING-* BUSINESS. Money Loaned on Approved Notes.

DEPOSITS RECEIVED. . Certificates issued in time depos­

its and payable on demand. COLLECTIONS A SPKCULTY.

Steamship Tickets for Sale.

Toledo, Ann Arbor ft Northern Michi­gan Railroad Time Table.

The short Line between Toledo and Eaet Sagi­naw, and the favorite route between To­

ledo and Grand Rapids.

Trains rua on Central Standard Time,

For all points in Northern michigan take the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North­ern miuhigan Railroad. Train* for the north leave (Federman) or mon-roe Junction at 6:19 a. m., 4:06 p. ra. and 8.00 p. m.

South bound trains leave monroe Junction at 12:24 a. m. 10:20 p. ra. and 4:06 p. m. Connections made with michigan Central at Ann Arbor, Grand Trunk at Hamburg, Detroit, Lansinj? & Northern at Howell, Chi­cago & Grand Trunk at Durand, De­troit, Grand Haven & milwaukee and michiaran Central at Owosso Junction. Flint & Pere mamuette at mt. Pleas­ant, Clare and Farwell. and Grand Rapids & Indiana at Cadillac, at To­ledo with railroads diverging. H.W.ASHLEY, A. J. PAISLEY.

Gen 1 Manager. Gen. Pass. Atfent

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Notic»« of Snle of Real Estate.

ST A T E O F MICHIGAN, County of Livingston, ss.—In the matter

of the. Estate of Mary Plummer, de­ceased.

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of an orrler granted to the undersigned, executor of the estate of said deceased, by the Hon. Judge of Probate, for the. County of Living­ston, on the 20th day of July, A. D., 1889, there will be* sold at public vendue^ to the highest bidder, at front door of the Probate Office, in the County of Livingston, in said State, on Monday, the 16th day of Septem­ber, A, I).. 1H89, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day (subject to all encumbrancesby mortgage or other-J wise existing at the time of said sale,, and also subject to the right of dower j and the homestead rights of the widow , of said deceased therein) the follow- j ing described real estate to-wit: The south east quarter of the north-west quarter of section twenty (20,) town one (1.) north of range four (4.) east, containing (40) forty acres of land more or less said land being situated in the township of Putnam aud county and state aforesaid.

JOSEPH W. PLUMMKR, j

(3Qw7.) E t t c u l o r -

Pelting the RhlnoOero*.

There has been of lata a want of cor­diality in the pleasant relations be tween the elephants at the Zoo And their next door neighbor, the somno­lent rhinoceros says the Philadelphia Times. The trouble first arose at the time when the male elephant lay sick of rheumatism, a complaint to which he ultimately succumbed. He com­plained that he could not rest at night on account of the snoring of the rhin-

*> oceros. This ill-mannered brute met the oivil remonstrances of the ladies of the elephant's household with the base insinuation that their lord and master was only shamming sickness to excite sympathy among the visitors.

The rhinoceros hungered for the buns and bananas that by flattening his ugly snout against the bars of his cage and swinging his evil right eye into the extreme corner of its socket he could see timorously handed to the sick elephaut, so he continued to snort by day and snort by night, till his big neighbor's life became simply unbear­able, and one calm nivonlight night he carefully packed up hiB trunk, shoul­dered it, and departed for the happy hunting grounds. All the animals in the garden, except the rhinoceros, sent messages of respectful sympathy by the rats which roam freely all over the place to the mourning wives of the de­ceased mammoth. The boorish pachy­derm publicity rejoiued over his neigh­bor's death. His unnatural gayety took the form of distressing diurnal grunts and ferocious nocturnal snorts. The widowed elephants registered an oath that on the tirst opportunity they would make their ugly neighbor pay dearly for his unnatural behavior.

Ever since they have presumably been casting about to discover a means of revenge. A day or two ago they found it. There is a thick partition wall some ten feet high separating the den of the rhinoceros from that of the two elephants. Early in the morning, while the rhinoceros lay fast asleep and snoring in the middle of the floor, Empress and her mate cautiously rais­ed themselves on their hind legs and with their nimble trunks deftly loosen­ed the top rows of bricks. They worked away utit.il they had removed eight rows, and, as the wall is more than a foot thick and by a little exertion they could now see over it. they concluded is w:is about time to begin the fun.

They pelted the unhappy rhinoceros with the bricks till he roared witnrage

j anil paiu. He could not possibly get out of range. If he trkd to get shelter by crouching under his side of the par­tition they dropped the bricks on idm; if lie went to the far side of the den, I hey thing them at him. When Head Keeper Byrnes, going his early rounds, euteied the house, he found a demora­lized rhinoceros, crouching and grunt­ing amidst a wilderness of bricks, while two trumpeting elephants stood ou their hitnl iegs looking over the top of Hie wall, enjoying bis discjmSture.

The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neighbors talking about it. You may yourself be one of the many who know from personal experience just how good a l h i n g i t i s . If you have ever tried it, you are one of its staunch friends, because the wonderful tiling about it is, that when once given a trial, Dr. King's New Discovery ever after holds a place in the luuse. If yon have never used it and should be afflicted with a cough, cold or any Throat, Lunp or Chest trouble, secure a bottle at once and give it a fair trial. It is guaran­teed every time, or raonev refunded. Trial bottles free at F. A, Sisler's drug store.

NOTICE! - * - « - * -

During the next 30 days we shall bfeed every d )ii' r that is due us and request every one that owes us, either on note or account THAT IS PAST DUE, to call and settle.

TEBPLE & CADWELLw

June 4th, 1889.

HARVEST EXCURSION TICKETS TO THE

WEST, S?UTHWEST AND NORTHWEST, WILL BE SOLD BY THE

Chicago and Grand Trunk R'y Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee

R'y, Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon R'y,

3-Mr5.3a.gr ^.-0.5^3.5-¾. S e p t . a r i d . O c t o t a r .

HALF RATES. For particulars apply to Station Agent.

CALESMEM ^ j» WANT Kl) to canvass* for the sale JL ^1 of Nurseiy stovk. Steady employment guaran­teed. s.u.AKV AND KXI'KNSKS paid to successful men. Appb' at once, stating age. Mention this paper. ' ,

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LODSE^EXTRACf

fjLOYER THBGRBal

jLOSSOM Blood Purifier.

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J. M.-LQ06* BED CLOVER CO,

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! Our entire stock of

FURN1TUEE, BEDS & BEDDING, to be sold regardless of cost.

NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME TO SECURE IM­MENSE BARGAINS IN ALL GRADES OF FURNITURE.

$100,000 WORTH OF FURNITURE TO BE SACRIFICED !

Parlor, Bedroom, Dining, Library and Office Suite. Tables, chairs,book-' cases, sideboards, hatracks, desks, looking glasses by the hundreds. The; largest stock of Furniture, Beds and Bedding in the, State to select fromv» Don't fail to call at once and secure bargains, You will never haye an­other opportunity like this.

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Cft DUDLEY & F0WLE, .M. -V*

s MAJWOUTH FUBKITUKE WABEROOBtS,

125 £** 129 Jefferson Ave., - Detroit, Mich.-

Gross Cruelty. Parents too frequently permit their

children to suffer from headache, fits, St. Vitus" dance, nervousness, etc., when fhey can be cured. Mrs. P. was cured of sick headache, dizziness, dy­spepsia, nervous prostration of eigh­teen years standing, after failure of sixteen physicians; Mrs. K., of sick headache for 35 years; Mrs. P. of twenty to fifty fits anight;others from this vicinity could be mentioned who have been cured bv that wonderful nerve food and medicine—Dr. Miles/ Nervine, which contains no morphine, opium or dangerous drugs. Free sample bottles may be had at F. A. Sigler's drug store.

New Harness Shop! I wish to inform the people of Plnck­

ney and surrounding country that I have just opened a

-*— new

HARNESS SHOP! in my building, 2d door south of

the Monitor House, and would say that I am prepared to sell all kinds

HARNESS GOODS ! C H E A P E R than you can purchase them in any other place in Living­ston county. Those desiring to buy harnesses will find it to their interest to call and examine my stock and get prices on

SINGLE AND DOUBLE LIGHT AND HEAVY HARNESS

before purchasing elsewhere. We al­so keep in stock a full line of all

kinds,X)i* good needed in a first-class harness shop. We are also prepared

to do all kinds of

Repairing Neatly and Promptly. W e invite all to call and we will be

pleased to show goods.

Bncklen'g Arnica Salre.

THE BEST SALVE in the world for' cuts, bruises, sores, tilcers, salt rheum,' fevsr sores, tetter, chapped hands, chil­blains, corns, and all skin eruptons, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give"

! perfect satisfacton, or money refund-i ed. Price 25 cents per box. For sale' joy F. A. Sgler.

DIXON'S o%*:.%"T

STOVE POLISH 18 THE BEST.

W e will continue our shoe shop in connection with the harness shop and will do all kinds of repairing neat and cheap. Give mc a call,

TUohu Clinton.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Livingston, ss.—At a session of the

Probate Court for said Connty, held at the Probate Office in the village of Howell, on Wednesday the 17th O\T of July in the year one thousand eight','

[hundred and eighty-nine. Present: Charles Fishbeck, Judge of Probate.

In the matter of the Estate of HIAL PERRY, Deceased.

On reading and filing the petition' duly verified, of Grant S. Burgess the1* Executor of said estate praying for*, license to sell certain real estate of said deceased.

* Thereupon, it is ordered that Mon­day, the 19 day of August next, at oae o'clock in the afternoon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition, and that the heirs at law of said deceased, and all other persons interested in said estate, are required to appear at a session of said Court, then to be holden

{at the Probate office, in the Village of Howell, and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the p e t i t i o n e r should not be granted.

And it i« further ordered that said petitioner give notice to the persons interested in said estate of the pendency of said petition, and the hearing there-, of, by causing a copy of this order to be published in the "Pir.ckney D I S ­PATCH," a tiewspaper printed and cir­culating in said county, three succes­

s i v e weeks previous to said day o F ; hearing. CHARLES FISHBECK.

(A traecor>y.) Judge of Probate*•

THE STAT£. A Free Man.

Four years ago Charles Rynd of Adrian, son of the well-known Dr. Rynd, was charged with stealing a let ter from the United States mail. Kynd was arrested and convicted of the charge upon an infor­mation filed by Mr. Cutcheon, who was at that time district-attorney. He was sen­tenced to three years in the Detroit house of correction. Rynd was scarcely 21 years old at the time and had shortly before this unfortunate occurrence married a most es­timable young lady of Adrian.

He was taken to the Detroit house of cor­rection, where he served nearly one year. Then he applied to the court for his dis­charge on the ground tha t he was entitled to an indictment by a grand jury before ho could be tried, according to a recent ruling of the United States supreme court. Dis­trict Attorney Black was the incumbent at tha t time. Kynd's case was argued before Judge Brown who held that the point was well taken and thereupon discharged Rynd. District-Attorney Black thereupon re ar­rested Kynd and had him indicted in ac­cordance with the ruling of the supreme court. Bu t instead of t rying him ou the in­dictment, the District-Attorney released Rynd ou condition that he would give a bond to appear and receive sentence when requested to do so. The bond was furnish­ed and Rynd was released. The District-Attorney pursued this course in order to deter United Statos prisoners in the house of correction from making application for their discharge upon similar grounds.

Sentence has been suspended over l tynd 's head for three years past, in the meantime his career was closely watched. It was found tha t he had thoroughly reformed and had become a most exemplary citizen, and he has been given his absolute freedom.

The State K. of L. At the annual meeting of the state assem­

bly K. of L., held in Detroit, the following officers were eleeted: State master work­man, Henry I. Allen, Schoolcraft; worthy foreman, E. Van Winkle, Bat t le Creek; re­cording and financial secretary, T. M. Sheriff, Detroit ; treasurer, R. W. Ostran-der, Kaiamazoo; state statistician, Henry Schultc, Lansing; executive board—J as. Croley, Cadillac; H. F . Baker, Clayton; James O'Grady, Saginaw; delegate to the G. A., E. Van Winkle; alternate, James Morrow, Adrian.

A resolution protesting against the recent purchases by British capital and demand­ing America for Americans was adopted. The eight-hour law and T. V. Powderly were indorsed. Some minor mat ters were considered.

Recording and Financial Secretary Sher­iff read his report. It was exhaustive, carefully compiled and covered the ground thoroughly. That his work has been satis­factory to the state assembly is shown by the fuet that he was re-elected. The report showed that seveu new assemblies have been formed. Eleven assemblies had ceased work. The membership had increased ten per cent during the past two quarters, but-previous to that there had been a falling off. There have been four halls erected and dedicated by the order in the s tate; five cooperat ive as­sociations formed, mostly creameries. The only lock out was the coopers at Hillsdale, which is continued from last year. There are TO assemblies in the state, running and in good standing.

Richard Trevellick made a very eloquent closing address, and Henry L. Allen a very practical inaugural address.

Monthly Crop Report. For the Michigan crop report for August,

re turns have been received from,.<£*» cor­respondents, representing 070 townships. The average yield of wheat pjer acre as es­timated is i:t.>l bushels in' the southern counties, l'.\70 in ths central and 14.:52 in the northern counties. These figures repre­sent the average of the estimates of all cor­respondents reporting lrom each section^ and are mainly based on examinations made when harvesting and stacking.

In addition to the above, 2^2 correspond cnts in the southern counties and 1¾ in the central have furnished reports of V.iy jobs of actual threshing which showed an aver­age of 17 bushels to the acre in the southern and 113 bushels in the central counties. This average here per acre as obtained from threshings represents an output of only a limited number of jobs, however, while correspondents have reported what they be­lieved to 1)0 a fan* average for the whole of their respective localities. The reports as to quality indicate that the output of mer­chantable wheat wiil be much below threshers ' measure.

Oats are estimated to yield 3'> bushels per acre in the southern, ;>7 in the central aud •'•!() in the northern counties.

The condition of corn is lower than for a number of years, doubtless owing to the told nights,

Potatoes indicate '.'> per cent, of an aver­age condition.

Meadows and pastures show 07 per rent, clover sowed this year US per cent, and the yield of hay <J4 per cent.

Apples promise 73 per cent of an average crop in the southern and 55 per cent in the central counties.

— —-». Michigan's Salt Yield.

The report of Salt Inspector George W. I Hill for .July makes the following exhibit J of salt manufactured in Michigan :

County. Bbls. Saginaw 111/(00 Bay 11>>,W.) Manistee 1'03,47S I o s c o . . ; 45,112 Mason 3fl,sin St. Clair 23,173 Huron 10,104 Midland 3,765

Total 449.326 Thiu shows ar. increase over the inspec­

tion in .July, 1S*S, of 54,1*4 barrels. The salt inspection year begins in Decernbcr.and the annexed table gives the total for each year to Ausr. 1, for a series of years : 1S-S4 1,738,075 1**5 1,83S,S22 lw86 2.065,300 1S87 2,373,8:¾ 1888 2.2(̂ .),317 1889 2,217,72¾

Holsteiu-Friesiau Association. The Holstein-Fricsian Association of

America has offered four special premiums to be competed for at the state fair. They aggregate $550 and arc as follows: ,. F o r t h e Holstein-Friesian cow mak­

ing tne best one day butter record, first premium—gold medal valued at *50 and $100 00

Second premium 50 00 For the Holstein-Fricsian cow mak

ing best one-day milk record, first premium—gold medal valued at »50 and 100 00

Second premium 50 00 F o r t h e Holstein-Friesian enw win­

ning the first premium for butter competition open to other breeds, a premium of 50 00

F o r t h e best herd of Holstein Fries iau cattle, first premium 100 CO

The Detroit city directory for 1689 gives that city a population of 270,493.

Judge Wixson Dead. Hon. Levi L. Wixson, one of the most

prominent lawyers of northern Michigan, died at his residence at Curo, Aug. 3. He was a graduate from the law depar tment of the s tate university and was for 12 years judge of probate for Sanilac county. He was afterwards elected prosecuting-attor­ney of that county. In 187« he was elected judge for the judicial distr ict comprised of Huron, Tuscola, and Sanilac counties. In 1881 he was agaiu elected circui t Judge for six years, but was obliged to resign on ae-couut of ]KH>r health. In 1887 he entered the law practice again, associating himself with T. C. Qulnn of Caro.

Another Detroit Murder. Another murder occurred in Detroi t on

the night of Aug. 3. Herman Dieball was killed by one Lewis Little, a bosom friend, with whom ho had been spending the eve­ning. The men had been drinking, and started to go home together. They became involved iu a dispute, and from words pass­ed to blows. Little picked up a shovel aud struck Dieball over the head, and proceed­ed to poundhim after he had fallen. Dieball was taken home, and a physician culled, but tpo injured m;ui died a few hours later. Little was arrested, aud is now iu jail on u charge of murder.

WOLVERINiTiTEMS. Carlos F. Dexter of Michigan, a pustofHce

inspector, has resigned. G. F. Stevens, postofnee news agent at

South Haven,has been put under urrest for debt on the order of Eaton & Lyou of Grand Rapids and taken to P a w P a w in charge of an officer. Stephens has been embarrassed tor a long time. Creditors have been temporarily appeased with promises of future payment. He was ac­companied to tho county jail by his young wife.

Emory Allen of Hart land has had a cherry stone taken from his oar which was put there over 50 years ago by a mischiev­ous boy.

Daniel McLaren's barn in Lima, Wash­tenaw county, burned a few days ago with ^0 tons of hay and tho season's wheat crop. The loss will reach $2,000, with but small insurance. Tho fire was a mysterious one.

Gen. Alger is the most proiniuent candi­date for commander iu-chief of the G. A. R. to be elected ut Milwaukee.

Capt. Fuwan.1 F. Douglass of Houghton has been appointed major and assistant in­spector general on the Governor 's staff.

E. T. Lee, agent at East Saginaw of the Crescent candy company, was arrested a lew days ago and taken to Toledo to answer to a charge of embezzling ¢300.

James Duffey, the C. ^ W. M. engineer who was tried at Grand Haven for running over a boy, has been acquitted.

II. L. Roach, who served throughout the war as a member of a Colorado artillery ., com pany, died in East Saginaw a few days ago.

The Manistee & Northeastern rajlfoad is now graded to within tea miles of Traverse City, and when finished will giro Traverse City and Manistee direct connection.

Horsemen and sportsmen iu general are highly pleased with the outcome of the 2.24 trotting class at Buffalo Au_r. 8, for the Michigan stallion Alcyron, owned by Frank L. Noble of Grand Kapids, won tho day in three s traight heats.. The fastest time was 2.17'4, and the stakes were «v>,COO.

Oregon Hamiltuu of New ago, who has served two years of a life sentence for tho

^murder of his infant daughter, is in jail await ing calmly the new trial granted by tho supreme court:

The Nickless box factory and 30.000 feet of lumber were destroyed by tire in Bay City Aug. IU. Loss, 120,000.

The state board of health reports diph­theria present at eight places, scarlet fever at ten places, typhoid fever at live places, and measles at two places.

.loiiithan Whitney of Allen, Hillsdale county, had a horse and buggy stolen July 30. Tbe plunder has been discovered in Chicago and the thief caught.

'•Dad'' Hilton and William Keilev, the fellows who swindled Hunker McKillop of Berry on tho "gold brick" game, have been held for trial at Lansing.

William M. Gale, a merchant at Vesta-burg, was arrested at Saginaw a few days ago charged with assaulting Annie Bur­ling, aged 21 years, whom Gale brought from Detroit on the pretence of taking her to his home as a servant. Gale is married and 45 years old.

The greatest surviving figure of the Mexi­can war. Gen. Geo. W. Morgan of Mt. Ver­non, (.)., was iu Detroit a few days ago, en route to Duluth. This distinguished-look­ing man is the last of the Mexican war gen­erals, and was a famous major-general in the rebellion. He was severely criticised for the blowing up of Cumberland Gap, but his nearest friends think he did a humane act in the interest of his men. He was in congress for many years aud was once the caucus democratic nominee for speaker against Mr. Blaine. He has been promi­nently identified with the democrats for years, but is now out of politics.

Thomas Matthias fell on a sidewalk at Ypsilanti and broke his leg aud now sues that oity for ¢5,()00.

Th.imas H. Ncsbitt 's barns and grain sheds, four miles from Flint, burned Aug. 7, with tho season's crops. Loss, $3,500; insurance. ¢2,000. The fire, it is thought, was accidentally set by a tramp.

Prof. H. li. Pettengill , who has been an instructor in tho agricultural college for the past four years, has been requested to resign on or before Aug. ; 0.

English capitalists iire trying to get con­trol of the Braastad iron mines near Ish-peming. This is the finest iron property in the Lako Superior district that English capital has been interested in.

Hillsdale county school inspectors vote unanimously against providing freo text­books.

The state fair buildings at Lansing are to be lighted by electricity, and evening exhi­bitions are to be held.

The state W. C. T. U. requests ail minis­ters in Michigan to preach on "The Physi­cal, Mental and Moral Effects of Tobacco" Sept. 22. The bill that blue eyed " J e r r y " Rogers got through the legislature last spring, prohibiting the sale of tobacco in any form to minors under 17, goes into ef­fect Oct. 1.

Tho safe in the union ticket office at the corner of Jefferson and Woodward avenues, Detroit, was broken into the other night and about $1,000 taken.

The Sixth Michigan heavy artil lery hold its annual reunion in Charlotte August 7. Following are the officers elected: Presi­dent, Maj. Harry Soule of Ann Arbor; vice president, Capt. Edwards of Niles; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Milton Chase of Otsego. Albion was selected for the next year ' s reunion, to be held Aug. 20, '8'.).

Capt. A. V. Norton, ex-sheriff of Kent county, and one of the ohiest residents of that county, is dead.

William Dorrien of Pincoming has aued the Michigan Central company for $20,000 damages because the station agent at that place threw him out of the station building and broke his leg.

R. J. Margeran has been appointed light house keeper a t Pe t i te Point , off Au Sable.

P o r t Huron business men aro making an effort to have a distr ict fair held annually at tha t place.

The s ta te board of auditors has awarded the contract for the s ta te pr iut ing to Rob­ert Smith of Ithica, and the stationery con­tract to Ih l ingBros . &, Co. of Kalamazoo.

Prof E. C. Andorson has been chosen professor of fcogliah at the Agricultural College to succeed Prof. Johnson.

The children of Zion church of Grand Rapids has recently been reorganized, and all the objectionable features introduced by PaUjrson are abolished. There are no more " E y e s of Jehovah' ' nor "Handmaids of Chr is t . " Exropimunication can bo pro-nouueed only by the congregation, and the bishopric is no longer retained.

Thomas Moriarty of Houghton, tho main support of his aged parents, was drowned on the 8th, i u s t

Millions of fish were killed in tho river at Iron Mountain by the dyuamite which w a s exploded iu tho water in tho at tempt to find the bodies of the three young ladies who were drowned there a few days ago.

F r a n k Por te r of Jasper was crushed to death the other day while repairing u re p-er under which he had crawled, by the ma­chine falling on him.

George Stevens, son of Pres ident Stev­ens.of tho b'irst National bank of Niles, was shot and killed at Uuthrie, Oklahoma, tho other day by George Towusloy, The two became involved in a quarrel ovor the own­ership of a town lot. This is the first mur­der t ha t has occurred at Guthr ie since the opening of Oklahoma.

Tho governor has pardoned George N. Barnhardt , sout from Branch county ia June, 1S74, to s tate prison for life for crim­inal assault . Barnhardt , who was a repu­table citizen, was convicted under pressure of great public excitement, and there has always been groat doubt of his guilt. He has already served In years and the gov­ernor has decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and releusc him. This action was unanimously recommended by tho pardon board.

Several prisoners escaped from the Cadil­lac jail the oth er night and are still at largo.

Mary J. Reynolds has sued Detroit for $10,000 damages. In her complaint Mrs. Reynolds says that in February last she fell down tho west side of Shelby street between Congress and West Fort , owing to a defective sidewalk. Mrs. Reynolds states tha t she kept a boarding house, and that before the accident she realised there from a net income of - £50 per week. Since the accident she says that she has no longer been in receiptor this income.

A well dressed young man, who gave his name as,.Wm. Baird, and residence Petos-key, while t rying to jump a freight t r r in ne,ar Xenia, Ohio, fell lrom a bridge over Which the cars were passing, breaking au arm and badly spraining his unklo. Ho stated that his parents were in good circum­stance, and :i telegram to his home brought an answer that his father had started to him. He was taken to a hotel and cared for.

Calvin G Townsend of Kalamazoo has been appointed principal clerk of the public lands in the general land office.

Deputy Sheriff Mat. Thomas of Partcllo, Calhoun county, is iu jail charged with re­sisting an officer.

John O. Becktel, landlord of the Lake house iu Bay City, has been arrested, charged with committing a criminal assault on Susie Williams, a 15 year old girl who stopped at his house.

Whilo fooling with a revolver Sidney Wiltsie of Jackson shot Michael Kisslofj, causing serious aud perhaps fatal injury.

The money raised at Battle Creek for tho Johnstown sufferers has been turned over to a local chari t ible association.

Nathan S. Pinckney, cashier at the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern freight hydjuso in Graud Kapids is missing, and an over­hauling of his cash account sho\v*.ja de­ficiency of $1,000.

Capt. George Carter, a resident of Eas t Saginaw siuce 1852, died a lum Aug. 0.

Mrs. Mattie Westland, wife of W. C. Westlaud of the Grand Lodge Independ­ent, died suddenly on the 5th inst.

Robert J. Roberts of Dotroit was run over by a freight traiu and killed, near Green River, W. T., a few days ago.

Prof. Fer r i s will build a line normal school at Big Rapids.

The secretary of the treasury has decided that foreign built cars may carry freight and passengers into the United Statos and return without the payment of duty. The decision was made on tho request of the collector of customs at Detroit.

Andrew F. Densmore of Michigan, a $1,000 clerk in the draught ing division of the general land office at Washington, has been promoted to be chief of that division, at a salary of $1,800.

S, Hinesof Alvordton, Ohio, an agent for the Albion manufacturing company, was drowned at Devil 's Lake, Lenawee county, Aug. 14. He was out boating with M. B. Treat , of Alvordton, when the boat capsiz­ed. Trea t managed to hold on to the boat, but Hines went down.

C. M. Hill has purchased the interest of his par tners , L. D, Sanborn and J. Beard, in the saw mill and salt works of Sanborn ^ Hill, at Carrollton, for $20,000. Mr. Hill will remove the saw mill at the close of tho season to Duluth, where he has a large amount of timber, and will build a planing mill a t the old stand to work in connection with his salt block.

Carl Anderson fell under the cars while at tempting to board a moving train near Brooks, aud was instantly killed.

F i re broke out in Get ty 's saw mill in Shelby the other day. The mill was des­troyed and a large amount of lumber was also burnod.

Five men were blown to atoms by an ex­plosion at the Republic mine, near Ishpem-ing the other day. Tho accident occurred in some unknown manner, although it is thought that one of the men who was lighting his pipe dropped a spark into an open box of dynamite. Two boxes of explosives yf**e fired and a terrific de­tonation was* 'heard for several miles around. Two of tho men wero s t rangers , having just arrived.

The bodies of the three young ladies who were drowned near Norway, wero found on tbe 4th inst. by a professional diver from Marquet te .

Dr .W.A. Ewing, a graduate of tho medi­cal depar tment of the university, has been appointed sanitary superintendent by tho board of health commissioners of Now York. Tho position is one of great respon­sibility, and has a salary of $4,800.

George C. Lawrence of Red ford town­ship has been appointed county auditor of Wayne county, vice Wm. Mahoncy, do-ceased.

The contest for tho judgeship of the sec­ond judicial dwtrict has been settled by the apjKtintment of Quar termaster - general Dabollof St. Johns. Gen. Daboll will ac­cept and resign his present office immedi­ately after the state encampment. The quartermaster-generalship will be tendered to Col. George M. Devlin of Jackson.

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NEWS SUMMARY. Arid Acres to be Reclaimed.

A syndicate of capitalists, including resi­dents of Bismarck, Grand Forks and Jamestown, has beou organized to develop a new canal scheme tha t will reclaim up­ward of 5,000,000 acres of arid and now use­less land in North Dakota. Tbe Idea is to construct a canal from the Missouri river at Bismarck, 1,M8 feet above the level of the sea, to Lake Traverse and Big Stone lake, 900 feet above the level of the sea. La tera l canals are to be constructed by the various counties, and hund reds of thousands of acres of arid land reclaimed, whilo the present cultivated country will be wonder­fully euhauced iu value.

It May Be Cholera. From June 20 to Aug. 5 there were 31

deaths iu Whitehall, 111., from tfux, 27 of whom wero children. A numberof critical cases exiBt among tho udults. Physicians are powerless to check the disease.

The disease is epidemic at Warsaw, 111. Sixteen deaths occurred in three days.

It is impossible to obtaiu reliable infor-matiou couceruing th*» epidemic. Physi­cians aud undertakers refuse to show tho death list or tne list of patients.

Tho disease has appeared iu Keokuk, la. Warsaw is threatenjd with Asiatic cholera.

A Village Destroyed. At au early hour the other morning fire

destroyed every manufactory in Ripley, O. It s tar ted in the furnace room of the Rip ley mills and lumber company and- burned tho company's property, the Phoenix foun­dry, the Radys piano factory, tho entire plant of the Ohio valley piano company, and all but six dwellings on the square. Tho loss is estimated at $.00,000. Three hundred men are thrown out of employ­ment. The amount of insurance is un­known.

Heard From Stanley. The New York Herald s Zanzibar dis­

patch says : Stanley is coming down the coast with Emin Pasha, '.»,000 men and an enormous quantity of ivory. The exact date of their arrival is uncertain.

The Germans are doing their utmost to create a disturbance in Zanzibar, and a ris ing against all Europeans is not only possi­ble, but highly probable.

GENERAL. The wheat crop in Minnesota and Dakota

will amount to about '.0,000,000 bushels.-President Harrison thinks that the

world 's fair should be held in Washington. Martin Burke was arraigned in Chicago

on the 'Jth inst tor the "murder of Dr. Croniuand pleaded not guilty.

Under order from the governor of Penn­sylvania the employes to the number of about J-0, who were under the immediate direction of tho sanitary corps at Johns town, have been dismissed, and only three or four mou will be kept on d u t y ' i n the office of the state board of health. This turn of affairsisdiseouraging toJohnstowu people who had hoped to see enough men put to work to clean out all the cellars and take away the foul smelling rubbish every­where.

A natural gas main in Pi t t sburg exploded on th<« 10th inst aud two men were instant­ly killed.

Great excitement prevails in Albany, Wis., ou the Sugar river, over the finding of pearls. They are found in clam shells between membrane and shell, and are or all sizes from a piu's head to a large sized pea aud of all shades. Some have sold for as high as $75 and $100. Shipments esti mated to be worth $1,.'00 were made to Chicago iu one d.i.y recently. Men women and children aio raking and dragging the r iver in search of clams.

The Columbus iron company of Lancas-tor. Pa., has increased wages from $:i.50 to $3.85 per ton lor puddling, «nd other wages in proportion, keeping the promise made four montus ago, when the reduction was made, that when trade grew better they would increase.

John W. Hardee, for five years judge of probate of Tower county, Dakota, has robbed the county and several eslatcs in his charge of about *7,000, besides fleecing his friends of as much more. He is sup­posed to have gone l> British Columbia.

County Trcasurtir Stoadman of Vinton, Iowa, is short in his accounts $11,:,0.¾. He was retired a fev* months ago pending an investigation of affairs in his office.

\J. F rank Cullom, a prominent young at­torney of Minneapolis, and connected with tho best famides in the city, is under arrest on a charge of forgery. Tho amount of his forgeries is $2^0,000.

Four train robbers stopped a train near Crevasse, Texas, on the night of Aug. 7. They collected *','00 ;nd several watches from the passengers and made their escape.

The Oswego worsted mills at Oswego Fal ls , N. V., one of t lie largest institutions of the kind in this country, has been closed by creditors to whom the firm are indebted to the amount of *H2,0(K). Over 1,000 men are thrown out of employment.. It is not thought that the suspension will last very long.

The commanding officer of the United Sta tes steamer Michigan has been ordered to be present with that vessel at Milwau­kee during the national encampment G. A. R., Aug. 27-30, and take part in the naval sham batt le and otherwise promote the suc­cess of the encampment.

At Bechtelsville, Pa. , in the works where Thomas A. Edisou's new invention, an iron ore separator, is being tested, Phillip Dougherty, the engineer, met a horrible death. His clothing caught in one of the big belts aud his body was drawn le tween two rollers through a space half an inch wide.

The necessary number of signatures for the opening of the Sioux reservation have been secured, and the government gets 11 -000,000 acres of land.

Pres ident Harrison has pardoned John B. Barkley and Dr. Staley, each of whom was oonuictcd of passing counterfeit coin, the former in Georgia and the lat ter in Indiana.

Spokane Falls, W. T., is once. La ter estimates $12,000,000.

Prof. W. T. Harr is of Concord, N. H., has been appointed national commissioner of education.

Tho election for state t reasurer hold in Kentucky on the 5th inst, resulted in a victory for tho democrats.

It Is said that flvo foreign professors will como to this country and assume their duties at the Catholic university in Wash­ington, notwithstanding that Solicitor Hepburn has rendered a decision that they cannot come.

A numberof prominent Japanese arrived in New York a few days ago. They come to study our system of government

It is learned that nine vessels of the Bri t ish Meet have been ordered to the Behring Sea to protect the seal fisheries.

Jake Kilraln, the pugilist, was arrested a t Norfolk, Va,, the other day, and will be t ak tn back to Mississippi.

to bo rebuilt at place the loss at

Twelve thousand men in ConnesrUlo coke region are idle. The s t r ikers are quiet and peaceable, bu t determined.

Prof. R. C. Stanley, for 2* years oon-nected with Bates college in Lewiston, Maine, died on the 5th inst.

The attorney general of Ohio has rendered an opinion to the effect tha t where two or more railroads uso the same railroad track, each railroad must pay one d ~~ per mile for tbe distance traveled.

M u r a t Halstead, editor of the Cincl Commercial Gazette, who recently re _ ^ ed from a protracted sojourn in Europe, was given an enthusiastic reception by the republican club of Hamilton oounty the other night.

Thus far the Chippewas in Minnesota have ceded between three and four million acres to the government.

The caso of E. L. Harper of the Fidelity bauk of Cincinnati will be considered by the President on his re turn from Bar Har­bor.

The Dow liquor tax reports for tho ftftl half of 188D, which have been rece iv«4" ' the auditor of Ohio, show y,803 loons in the state, an increaso of 115. receipts to tho revenue luud are $232, an increase of $ l 000.

Colonel A. E. Jonos of Cincinnati, who was murdered by his coachman, was an uuclo of Robert J. Burdette, the humorist. Ho was a brother of Mr. Burde t te ' s moth­er, and wheu the famous funny man was named, in the early days of long ago, it was Robert Jones—the middle name in honor of his uncle.

The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows meets in Columbus, O., iu September. The local committees aro hard at work making preparations for the grand event.

Judge Horton has decided to try the murderers of Dr Cronin together. Tho suspects wero anxious to secure separate trials.

Sunday, Aug- 4, was the quietest Sunday in Cincinnati sinco the first a t tempt at en­forcing the Owen law was made. A few saloons carried on a side door business, but there were guards stationed outside tha t admitted only known persons. There wero but six arrests , and no trouble of any kind has been reported. The city of Urbnna, O., hasleased 200 acres

of land near New Bremen at $1.50 per acre and will drill for gas to bo piped to that city. The land is iu the wild territory.

FOREIGN. Reports from Hayti show that combatants

are still fighting. Members of the house of commons have

taken up the cause of Mrs. May brick, the American woman under sentence of death in Liverpool, and will make u strong appeal for her reprieve. The woman's friends claim that the jurors were biased by the charge of the judge.

The Japan Gazette says that about 100 persons were drowned, 13,000 washed away and about 2,..01) acres of cultivated lands damaged in four of tbe seven cantons that suffered most from tho overflowing of the River Chikugo, in Fukuokaken by the recent heavy rains.

Mrs. Maybrick, the woman on trial in London for the murder of her husband has beeuconvicled. Mrs. Maybrick i sagrand-neice of Jefferson Davis.

The high court of the Order of Fores ters of England, has granted the demands of the local courts of America to establish a subsidiary high court in this country.

Dr. Lagorio, a student of Pasteur, has located in Cnicairo for the t rea tment of hy­drophobia according to Pas teu r ' s metuod.

THE MARKETS.

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New York <iralu Market*. Wheat *S'4(a> So1^ Corn 4;< (d) 441¾ Oats 2(5 (.(¾ 27i i '

Chicago Gram Market. Wheat 7i>.7.;f<c 77 C o r n 3:> ' \<t. 'M',£ Oats 23 (n) 23,^'

Toledo Grain Market. Wheat 7S (u) 78¾ Corn :>o (/<: :i;s/ Oats 2-i (<f; 20'^

Detroit Market*. Wheat, No. 2 Red 7S* ,(<$ 78¾

" " -l "• ~i '('>• 74*1 " 1 White ,vi (,t sa i j

Oats 27 ut) 27^' Corn :\7 (»/: as ' Apples, per bbl 2.00 (/0 2,50 But te r 1:5 i,i 14 Gooseberries, per stand 2,'^ (a :).00 Raspberries, black, per bu 2.00 (a 2.50

" red " 2.75 (ic :5.00 Blackberries, per bu ;),(X) Whortleberries, per bu . . . :UX) (it) 3.50 Cherries, per bu 1.,-.0 ((¢1,75 Currants , per bu i.5u {<t 1.75 Beans, hand picked, per bu 3.00 («12.10 Cheese 7 (u\ s Beef, dressed 4 (<i 01^ Veal " tiV^tf 9 Mutton '* if (a) 9 Lamb " 12 (,i 12'^ J'-Kffs 11 (V 12' Timothy, per ton 11.00 '//12.00 Clover " 7.00 («' 8.00 Timothy straw, per ton . . . 4.50 {U 5.00 Clover straw, " . . . 7.00 <«: 8.00 Hides, No. 1 Green 4 («) 4W

Cured 4V;^ 5 " " Calfskin 4 " iaj 4^4

Veal k i p . . . . ' 4 Sheep pelts* 75 (d 2.00 Onions, $1 bu 2.00 (ft 2.50 Potatoes, y bbl l.io (a' 1.25 Fowls 5 @ i) Ducks 7 {,o i) Turkeys 10 ($ 11 Pea r s , # bu 3.00 (d> 4.00 * Peaches, "̂ crate 3.00 (a) 3.50 Tallow, V ft 3U@ m* Wool, ^ lb 3 . / ^ » V . V < V

LIVE STOCK. '* ^*^>'r.' H o g s - L i g h t grades, *4 25@l 60; KMj|fc '•"#

packing, *4 10@4 15; mixed lots, $4 8 3 1 - ' 4 50; heavy packing and shipping lota, | 1 20($4 35. Cattle — Market generally lower; beeves, | 3 50(a)4 50; cows, $1 t0@3; stockcrs aRd feeders, $2 30(rf3 25; Texans, J2(tf2 90. Sheep — Natives, & 50(94 85; westerns, $3 »10@4 15; Texans, $3 75^4 20; lambs, $4 75(o)ti.

BURLINGTON ROUTE.

Through Sleeper Dally to Texas Points.

On and after August 11, 1889, tho C , B. « Q. It. R. will run iu connection wilfcjfct 4; Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. from HaMW nibal, a sleeping car from Chiotgo Ut r? Galveston, Texas, without okMflk'-i thus making a new short S t y line between Chicago and Sedslla, F t . b-:cott, Parsons, Denison, Ft . Worth, Waco, Austin, Houston, Galveston, and other points In Missouri, Kansas, Indian Terri­tory and Tex-;s. The sleeper will leave Chicago on the Burl ington's fast train " E l l " at ft :45 p.m. daily, connect with C. B. & Q. t rninleaving Peorlu at 8:20 p.m daily except Sunday, and reach Texas point! many hours quicker than any other route. Through tickets can be obtalnod of ticket agents of the Burlington Route and con­necting lines. P . S. Enst ls , Gen' l Pass . & T k f AgU, C , B. & y . R, K., Chicago.

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THE WIND ACROSS THE WHEAT.

BY MAHGABET E. SANGSTEK.

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You ask me for the sweetest sound mine ears have ever heard jf

A sweeter than the ripples' splash, or trilling of a bird,

Than tapping of .the rain drops upon the roof tit night,

Than the Bigfaing of the pine trues on yon­der mountain night;

And I tett Jou, these uro tender, yet never quite so sweot.

As the murmur and the cadence of the wind across the wheat

Have you watched the golden billows in a sunlit sea of grain.

Ere yet the reaper bound the Bheaves, to till the creaking wain?

Have you thought how snow and tempest, and the bitter wintry cold,

Were but the guardian angels, the next year's bread to hold,

precious thing, unharmed by the tur­moil of the sky,

Jus t waiting, growing silently, until the storms went by!

Oh! have you lifted up your heart, to him who loves us all,

And listens through the angel songs, if but u spurrow fall,

And then, thus thinking of His band, what symphony so sweet

As the music in the long refrain, the wind across the wheat?

It bath its dulcet echoes, from many a lul­laby,

Where the cradled babe is hushed beneath the mother's loving eye.

It hath its heaven's promise, as sure ',ca heaven's throne.

That He who sent the manna will ever feed His own;

And, though an atom only, 'mid the count­less hosts who share

The Maker's never ceasing watch, the Father's deathless care.

That atom is as dear to Him as my dear child to me;

He cannot lose me from my place through all eternity;

You wonder, wheu it sings me this, there's nothing half so sweet,

Beneath the circling planets as the wind across the wheatf

A BRIEF SORROW, CHAPTER V.

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., HREE weeks later came Sir Nestor IS Goldeney's Christmas ball—on

which occasion Captain Treg-elles, with his left arm in a sling, was the hero of the eve­ning. The Captain was tall, with a lithe active figure like Tom's, but a decided Berkely face, fair, with g ray eyes and ra ther large features and a yellow moustache—a grea t deal more like his uncle Berkeley than e i ther of tha t uncle's two sons—a gay. good looking soldierly fellow, wi th none of his sister 's gentle rosorve about him, but a certain hardihodd almost amounting J to recklessness, which would be sure to commend it­self to romantic girls and hot-hoadod ardent boys like Tom. Ho was Tom's hero; and no devotee ever worshipped more devoutly than did Tom at tho shr ine of hi9 cousin Waring.

Captain Tregelles did not dance—he was not fit for t ha t yet; but tho prot-tiest and the best-dressed girls seemed quite willing to sit out a dance with him in a quiet corner instead of show­ing otl their new toilettes amid tho whirl of the dancers.

Miss Derwent sat out a dance with tho wounded soldier, Tom having in­troduced his cousin to her; and after tha t it was Tom's turn to claim her. I t was get t ing towards supper-t ime, and Sir Nestor Goldenoy ha'd not yet come to inscribe his name on her card, She could not consider it a slight, inasmuch as ho had everyono to ask and ho could not danco with more than one at a time; but still, he might have come to her before now if he had chosen. Ho had opened the ball with Mary Tregelles, and Tom had told Nina tha t , "if the parson had been there, he'd have wanted to punch his head.1 '

In spite of the artistic effect of her most careful toilol, her smiling lips, and the wickod look in her b r igh t eyes, which had proved so a l lur ing in some cases—in spite of these and the lovely silken dress that eclipsed all the others in the room—Miss Derwent was not proving a great a t t ract ion at tho chief event of the 9eason. Tom was devoted, of course, and his cousin, the captain, was very gal lant , and tho boys and young men stared at he r and her beautiful s t range dress; but they seemed to hang back, and )tpd not Tom introduced Captain Tre-

lles at a most opportune moment, p h e would havo had to play "wal l -l ower ' ' th rough a long and dreamy valse, even Tom being engaged for it, as she had told him at the commence­ment of tho evening that she did not suppose she would bo able to dance with him more than twice, if as d>ften as that . Sho had been spared the agony of si t t ing out the valso alono, and sho was very gracious to Tom as 9he stood up with him for a polka-mazurka,

Agnes was not at tho ball. She had n included in tho invitation, and .captain had pleaded hard for his

wptetty cousin; but in vain—her step­mother , who set high valno on her good looks and had ambitious plans for her future—though sho did not allow hor to guess at any of this—did no!, consider tMat her time was come yet, and hinted tha t if small ga ther ­ings and little dances such as sho had allowed hor to appoar at rendered hor discontented, sho must stay in the school-room al together , which had a marvel lously quieting effect upon tho stroam of Agnos's eloquence.

"Well , what do you think of War­ing?" said Tom to Nina.

. " O h , I * l ike him very much," she returned. " H e is so—so unlike t h e s e countrymen"—point ing and looking about her disdainful ly—"more like the men I have alwayB been used to meeting, in foot."

"Do you include mo under the head of ' these countrymen?1 '' inquired the boy, half reproachfully.

'•You? Of course not. You stand alone—you are unique!"—laughingly. "Havn ' t I told you more than once, Tom, that you aro not like anybody else that 1 ever saw?"

But he looked grave in spite of her gay assurances, until they h a d taken a few turns together, when she Baid—

"Oh, Tom dear, how nicely you dance! I t is a t reat , after some of them!"

" I t was you who taught me , " he answered, flushing to the temples with pleasure.

" I didn't teach you this I am sure . " "Pe rhaps not; but you t augh t mo a

great deal about dancing and other things too; you gave me many new ideas; and, if I am at all different from 'these countrymen, ' as you call them, it is all owing to you, remem­b e r . "

"You silly boy!" she said, shak ing her head at him in arch re­proach. "How you do remember th ings!"

" I cannot forget anything t ha t you say," he returned.

"Well , you must forget tha t unfor­tunate r emark of mine, sinco it con­tained nothing intended for you and yours. Why, you are all out of the common—any one can see that—and tha t lovely sister of yours will make a professional beauty some day."

" I hope not ," declared Tom. "Ah, you don' t understand!"—

wisely. "You are always telling me tha t ;

but ,"—with a fond glance at the little head that scarcely reached his shoul­d e r — " I understand all I want—at present ."

"At any time— You aro best as you are—I wouldn't have you al­tered ."

"You'll make mo vain,1/ he returned in very good spirits again.

"No fear of tha t , " smiling up into his delicate yet strongly marked face.

There was something in Tom's face that seemed to appeal to every one;

, the harsh words that his conduct had merited died on tho lips at a glance from his eyes; it was only in his ab-senco that most people could find it in their hear ts to express their real opinion of him.

"Dance tho next with me , " ho urged, when tho polka-mazurka was over, "if you are not engaged for i t ."

" I am not engaged to dance ," sho replied ra the r hesi tat ingly; "bu t Cap­tain Tregelles "

"Why, it 's a valse!" lie broke in. " I t would be a shame to sit out an­other valse! Tell him you'll sit out

" I thought you expected h e r , " he exclaimed "She said "

"No, no, Tom," interposed Miss Derwent, with smiling impatience and a Blightly clouded b row—"you are making a mistake! I said tha t

the next with him instead. ' "But I—I didn' t quite promise

"Oh, well, then, ho won't oxpect it when he finds it 's a valse! He has got mother with him st i l l ," looking round. "Oh, of course, I don't mean tha t that ' s the same thing at all,'1 respond­ing in a moment to tho smile that parted hor lips; "bu t he won't be lonely, at all events. Come.'1

But still she hesitated. " I was going to ask you to dance it

with Phyll is or Bet ty," sho said. ••You have been thero so much lately "

"Since you have been there ." "And it would look well for you to

pay them a little attention. They don' t get many par tners , poor things!"

" ^ t h o u g h t of tha t before, and I havo danced with Betty and been re­fused by Louisa. If you valso with mo now, I will go to Phyllis next, and ask the other two over again as well."

"Why, Tom, how thoughtful growing! —in smiling sur-you are

prise. " I 've such a good teacher! Well,

shall I go and toll War ing tha t you are going to dance this with me, and will sit out the quadrillo with him afterwards ins tead?"

"Oh, no—thoro's no occasion for t ha t , " put t ing a detaining hand upon his sleeve. " H o will understand when he sees us; besides, 1 told you I didn' t promise; and, since you so much wish it "

She waited a moment; but Tom did not yield on th i s occasion, thinking it probably the last danco he should have with his beloved that night; and so they waltzed to tho strains of tho "Manolo" for the following ten min­utes, stopping at last just op­posite Captain Trogelles and Mrs , Berkeley.

"Here , W a r i n g , " said Tom abrupt ­ly, " I hope you did not mind; it was I who kept Miss Derwent away from you to dance with me, because it seemed such a pity to miss another valso; but she's going to sit out the next with you now."

"Oh, t hank you!" replied Captain Trogelles seoming ra ther surprised. " I t is really very kind of you,,-Miss Derwent, but I must not trospais thus upon your good na ture . " / '

Tom stared in amazomjeht.

" I t 1B very good of you not to have forgotten," in terrupted Captain Tregelles quietly after a quick glance at her.

Nina sat down, Mrs. Berkely main­taining he r position on her nephew's other hand, whence she had been a Bilent observer of tho little scene. When the dance was over. Sir Nestor Goldeney at last made his appearance before Mi:-8 Derwent, and asked the favor of her hand for the next dance. Mrs. Berkeley waited until Nina had gone away with the Baronet, and then turned to her step-nephew and said solemnly—

"War ing , t ha t girl—no, t h a t wom­an—is ruining Tom! I da ren ' t think of what is to become of him after this. Now I warn you against her—as I would have warned him, if it would have been of the slightest use ."

"My dear aun t , " protested the Cap­tain laughingly, " I assure you the re is no occasion to look so grave. I am not in danger ."

"Very well, I hope you a re not—at any rate, I have warned you. Tom is a different c rea ture since he met her . "

"And a very much pleasanter and more companionable crea ture!" de­clared Waring, "H e is so altered tha t I should not have known him. If it is she who has worked the change in him there ought not to be any harm in her." Why shouldn't he mar ry her in two or th ree years? and then she could continue the taming process under happier auspices."

"Marry her! Don't you ever sug­gest such a th ing to him, War ing— though I dare say he has thought of it himself before now. If she were a dove instead of a serpent, look at their ages—he eighteen, she, I have always declared and firmly believe, thir ty , if she*s a day. ' ,

"Oh, not so much as that !"—depre­ciatingly, with all a young and natur­ally gallant man's tenderness in deal­ing with the delicate subject of a woman,s age—he had only seen Miss Derwent by gasl ight as yet.

"Th i r ty , if she's a day!" declared Mrs. Berkeley, bearing down opposi­tion imperatively. "And, if Tom were ten years younger, it would not be any better for Tom. War ing she's been after every marr iageable man in the place, and falls back upon Tom because he's the only one who will have anything to do with her—she has frightened away all the rest with her boldness. Poor Mrs. Stephenson is at h e r wit's-end to get rid of her ; and I am sure I pity hor, poor th ing! Not that I havo been very intimate with her, or have allowed Agnes to go there often—her girls aro not the companions I should choose for mine; but when one sees a neighbor in such a lix, and her visitor doing her best to get Mr. Rowland away from Louisa and making herself the talk of tho placo, one cannot but pity her. She foared being left out of this"—glanc­ing about he r—"on her account, and then she would have been simply no­where!"

"Why, what has our li t t le host of tho guinea-colored face to do with the behavior of Mrs. Stephenson's gues t?" inquired Captain Tregelles, in a tone of incredulous amusement.

"Nothing—except that sho has run after him so tha t he has not known where to put himself to got out of her reach. And the Vicar—even he has not been spared ."

"Why, ho spoke to me about Mary last n ight , " opposed the Captain, laughing comfortably.

"Oh, ho did, did he?"—and Mrs. Berkeley looked very pleased and im­portant .

"Said he had only been waiting until my return. Surely ho has not been led astray by this l i t t le witch whose power you seem to fear so much?"

"Of course not! But sho endeavor­ed to a t t rac t him, though in vain. Mr. Freke never had eyes for any woman until Mary came, and it was not at all likely that ho would be at t racted by that forward creature!"

"Why, aunt, you a re very ha rd upon her!" remonstrated Captain Tregelles, still laughingly, bu t seeking with no unkind glance the fairy-liko form now whirl ing round on the little Baronet 's clasp.

"You see," continued Mrs'. Berke­ley, " I knov something of her—all that sho will allow to be known of herself, and possibly a little more. She was a governess at Louisa Steph­enson's school, and was sent away for trying to get up an affair first with one master and then with another—so Louisa now says; she never told any­one at the time, not even he r mother lest she should object to having her h e r e t o stay; for she thought a great deal of her then, not having a lover of her own to be enticed away. Miss Derwent went to her aunt 's on leaving —her only relative, it seems, marr ied recently to a very shady man on the Stock Exchange—and from her talk, and tho letters sho wrote to Lousia after leaving tho school, they seem to havo gono out a g rea t deal in such society as they could command; but, if the object was to find her a husband,

they did no t succeed, and i t is now supposed he re tha t the aunt found he r a burden, and tha t she came to t ry ner chance in the country ."

"So Louisa—is tha t Mrs. Stephen­son's engaged daughter?—has turned informer, has she? commented the young man, considerably amused.

"She has reason to do so," answer­ed Mrs. Berkely weightily. "And— yes there goes Mr. Rowland to ask Miss Derwent to dance!"

"H e of the da rk hair and whiskers? Why he has hardly left the side of that young lady with the gracefully-drooping head—who I presume is Miss Louisa—whose mamma keeps such a watchful eye upon them both, ever since he came. He deserves a holiday."

"Mrs . Stephenson has to be care­ful," replied Mrs. Berkeley, not no­ticing her nephew's flippancy. " I t required a good deal of management to get Louisa disposed of at a l l , " pla­cidly, " a n d now to have it all spoilt must be very vexing."

" I t mus t , " agreed tho Captain, re­garding the mother and daughter with interest. " I should imagine myself that the fair Louisa would prove heavy on hand ."

"Oh, nobody knew that bet ter than her mother. But she managed things cleverly, until this visitor of hers came and proved herself more than a match for her. Miss Turtel l told Mrs. Carle-ton that Mrs. Stephenson was in real trouble about i t ."

The next dance was the supper-dance, and, from the point of vantage which Mrs. Berkeley secured near the top of one of the long tables, she saw Captain Tregelles enter presently with Miss Derwent and sit down; and after them pressed Tom, happy and eager looking, with a faint Hush upon his face. Betty Stephenson was with h im; he sat between her and Nina, and all his devotion to the lat ter did not lead him to forget to pay kind and careful attention to the wants of his par t ­ner.

The Captain and Nina ta lked so much to one another during supper that Tom could hardly get a word in though, when he had taken pains to get a seat next to her, he thought it would be nearly as good as though he had taken her in to supper. Mrs. Berkeley left the table before they did, and the last glance she directed towards them as she went out at the curtained doorway revealed Captain Tregelles ' fair head and yellow mous-tache dangerously close to Miss Der-went, who was looking up into his face with a most bewitching smile, disclosing her pret ty teeth as she chatted to him, while Tom waited as patiently as he might for his turn for a word or glance from her.

Mrs. Berkeley gave up hope and went and sat down dejectedly in a corner.

TO BE CONTINUED.

Smoking by Proxy. I ra Tr ipp , a retired coal operator ol

Soranton, is one of the few men on record who enjoys the luxury of smok­ing by proxy. Twenty yea r sago his physician told him that smoking wa? prejudicial to his health, and t ha t he must stop the practice. Although he was a confirmed smoker, he obeyed tho doctor's injunction. Since then he has never smoked -a cigar. At the same timo he has not totally denied himself his chief luxury. To indulge it without disobeying the doctor 's in­junction he employes what might be called his "smoking valet ." It is the duty of this man to smoke a Havana cigar whenever Mr. Tripp feels like indulging in a little tobacco dissipa­tion ahd blow the smoke in his em­ployer's face. The latter eagerly in­hales tho fragrant cloud and then ex­hales it th rough his nostrils and blow& it down through the meshes of his long white beard. Mr. Tr ipp declares that he enjoys this second-handed smoke as keenly as when he did the puffing himself. He often comes to Philadelphia and never t ravels with­out his smoking companion.—Phila­delphia Press.

Postal Reform. Of* this you see tho consequences the

country over. You shall go into a great western book store and you shall see piles of magazines. You shall turn and ask for books, and you may And not so many books in the shops as-they receive magazines from the "Cen tu ry" office or from " H a r p e r ' s " or from the "Cosmopoli tan," or from the " F o r u m , " in a month. This is very well for the "Fo rum" and the "Century , " but it is very bad for lit­erature; and the greatest gift which any courageous congressman can give to the au thors and publishers of this country, and still more to the people of the country, will be a short amend­ment to tho present statute which shall direct the carr iage of all books as "second-class m a t t e r . "

W H A T T O D O IN E M E R G E N C I E S .

I n f o r m a t i o n t h a t May P r o v a of V a l u e S o m e D a y o r O t h e r .

What to do in case of emergency ia an impor tan t subject and information on i t should be ei ther committed t o memory or else so placed as to be easily available in-time of need, says a letter in the New York News.

Burns of the eye by calcium or l ime are not very common, yet it is useful to know how to t rea t them. In the event of lime ge t t i ng into the eye or around the front of the eyelids it is well to remember, unt i l the arr ival of medical at tendance, tha t in no case must water be used. Washing with vinegar will neutra l ize the caustic propert ies of the Jime, and any frac­tional bits may afterward bo removed by the use of a feather or camel '* h a i r brush lightly applied, or if noither is a t hand, by linen folded to a point. Acute inflammation of tho eye must be looked for after such an Occident. Even with immediate medical aid the eye may be much damaged, but with­out it the organ may be sacrificed.

I would like to call a t tent ion to a remedy which possesses such wonder­ful therapeut ic powers in the cure of almost all known wounds tha t it de­serves a place in every household. I t is called iodoform and comes in the form of powder. I t has no equal in the cure of chronic sores or ulcers, as well as cuts and wounds of all kinds. I t s value as a remedy has been somewhat impeded by its odor, which is the only objectionable feature about it, but for the sake of a speedy cure this can be tolerated. I t is used in all hospitals throughout the world and recommend­ed by the medical profession in every land. I t is an ingredient of all ulcer ointments nowadays. It is best used in conjunction with some vehicle, such as vaseline in the proport ion of one drachm of iodoform to one and a half ounces of vaseline. It is well to have it carefuHy and prominently marked "Poison, for external use only. Use i t by spreading upon lint and bandage it to the wound twice a day. When re­moving, and before applying a fresh bannage, wash the wound "thoroughly with warm water and soap.

As we are often placed in positions-requir ing assistance and perhaps thrown upon bur own resources the following may be impressed upon tho memory to advantage:

If scalded plunge the par t in water . This relieves pain instantly and gives time for thought and composure.

Ah insect in the ear may be drowned out witb. tepid water o r killed by a few drops of sweet oil.

If anything hard gets into the e a r double a stout horse-hair, place the head on one side, and drop tho loup into the ear, move it about until it catches the object, and then draw it

out. In cases of poisonous bite suck the

wound instantly, unless the mouth is sore.

If the th roa t burns after swallowing/ a poison drink sweet oil. If you a r e falling asleep from a poison dr ink half a glass of water into which has .been st irred a teaspoonful each of salt and common table mustard, and after vomiting, drink the s trongest coffee and keep in motiqn until per­fectly awake. After any poison swal­low one or two raw eggs.

If smoke is suffocating you fall on the floor and crawl on your hands and knees.

In cases of insensibility in which there is loud snoring the person is seized with apoplexy. Raise the head, remove pressure from the neck. If the face is pale, and the-breathing very low, it is a case of fainting. Place the body perfectly level and lower the head. Tho pa­t ient will promptly revive. Nothing else is necessary.

Always remember that if you have heal th don't meddle with it. Avoid doctoring and drugs until a real ne­cessity for their use arises.

Prosperity Brings Its Woes. Tho Widow Starveley—I can' t see

Mr. Houlihan, why you can' t wait a couple of days for my rent. The pa­pers say you sympathize with tho poor in Ireland.

Houl ihan—Huh! Do yez suppose that the people of th is great , prosh-perous counthry are to be treated on the same basis as tho down-trodden Oirish?—Life.

Ice Water Shortens Lifa. Water for dr inking purposes should

never be below fifty degrees. We can-almost always get it even in the hot­test weather as cool as this by letting it run a minute or two from any house­hold faucet, or drawing it from any country well. If not, there is -no ob­jection to cooling i t to the point men­tioned. The East India "monkey'* which can now be had almost anywhere in this country, and by means of which the contained water is cooled by i ts own evaporation, answers tho purpose admirably. I am quite sure that, if ico water should be generally discarded as a drink, the average duration of life would bo lengthened and existence rendered more tolerable.—Dr. Wm. A. Hammond.

The Secret of Culture.—Miss Travis— "Don*t you think that going to colloge broadens one, Mr. Do Smith! De Smith— "That depends altogether on how much you. aro sat on.'—Burlington Free Pres*.

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Additional Local. On Tuesday of this week, the elec­

tion of a board of county school ex­aminers was held at ML. Pleasant. The fight was, of course, over the sec­retaryship. There were four aspirants for the office: T. K. Jeffreys, the present; incumbent, P. G. Dodds and Prof. Skinner of Mt. Pleasant, and Hugh A. Graham, who taught the Shepherd schpoTs last year. Out of 15 votes cast by tho township school in­spectors, Mr. Jeffreys received 11, a good majority. The News is pleased to b.e able to note the re-election of "Jeff." as he has made a good Secre­tary and a faithful and hard-working officer.—Shepherd News.

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PATCH would peruse the following, which we glean from the South Lyon Picket, as we agree with the writer; Those of our readers who do not care­fully consult the advertising columns of the Picket and then patronize the firms that advertise, do themselves a great injustice. We take particular pains to represent only responsible firms in our columns and no snide or catch penny affair can creep in. Mer­chants that adyertise generally want to sell their goods and take legitimate means to let the public know it. It is also a fact beyond dispute that the merchant who advertises seldom has stale or shop-worn goods but is always offering something new to his custom-era and is the one who eventually suc­ceeds in business. Therefore patron­ize the men that advertise. You will find it to your advantage every time.

Neighborhood News.

PLA1NFIELD. From Oar Correspondent.

Will N. Lister started for Ypsilanti last Monday to visit friends and rela­tives.

Miss Cora Collard of East Saginaw, is spending a few weeks with relatives in this place.

The social given at E. T, Bushe's last Wednesday evening was well at­tended and a fine time reported.

A typographical error occurred in last weeks issue in regard to the re­ceipts of the ice cream social under the auspices of the W. F. M. society. The receipts reported were ¢4.00 and should have been $14.00.

UNADILLA. From out Correspondent,

A new bridge is being built, over the town ditch north of this place.

Oat harvest is about completed in this vicinity. A large crop is reported.

Mrs. A. G. Weston, accompanied by Mrs. Case, visited in Jackson last week.

Mrs. Sullivan and family of Colum­bus, Ohio, are visiting at Z. A. Hart-suff's.

A [Mr. Fuller of Lydon, bad several sheep billed by dogs last Satur­day night.

Mrs. Dr. R. W. Rainey was called to the bedside of her husband, who is sick at Franklin, Oakland county.

EAST PUTNAM. From our Correspondent.

Miss Allice Brown yisited in Stock-bridge last week.

Miss Nellie Fish celebrated her seventeenth birthday Monday,

Geo. Brown and family spent Thurs­day at a family reunion at North Lake.

Misses Myrtie and Elva Hail spent a few days last week with Hamburg friends.

Messrs. Hicks, Hall and Lake, were the guests of Saginaw friends Sunday and Monday. * Misses Etta and Lola Placeway re­turned 'this week from' an extended visit at St Louis.

S. L. Wood and wife of Chicago, and Wm. Wood aad wife of North Lake, visited at Geo Brown's last week.

GREGORY. From onr Correspondent.

Mr. Newton of Detroit, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Jay Backus,

Wm. Pyper entertained friends from Williamstonr Saturday And Sunday.

Warren \Vood is spending a short vacation from school with relatives in this place.

S. E.Matthews contemplates leaving this place soon, having rented his store to Leslie parties.

H. Gregory is attending the Gt. Camp meeting of the K. O. T. M. at Muskegon this week.

Miss Minnie Brodshaw returned from her vacation to resume her work as teacher in the Fulmer district.

Louis Howlett left this place Mon­day morning for Marshall where he will remain for a short time on busi­ness.

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