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YPSILANTI. Tlie examination of Edward Kumraan and others oii a charge of malicious mischief, before Justico Babbit, of Yiisilanti, last week, resulted ui a discharge of the defendants : they having proved an alibi to the satisfaction of the court by several competent wituesses. The entire family of Erastus Morton were prostrafed a sliort time since, as is supposed by eating a small quantity of poke root in some horse-radish wbicli had been dug in the garden. Last Mouday night the house of John Worden was eutered by burglars, and a wallet contaiuing between $40 and 4ó, together with a silver pitcher and card basket, carried off. The woolen factory has been purchased by Hay, Wiiig & Co , and will soon be iu operation under the superintendeucy of Mr. Van Biper. CHELSEA. Tlie examination of Sylvester Clark on a charge of obtaining money uuder false preteuses, will take place before Justice Coleman, Friday. Prosecuting Attorney Frazer will appeai tor tlie people and Geo. W. Turnbull for the defendant. It will be remembered that about the middle of February, last, Mr. Clark very unexpectedly made au assignmeut of all his property cousisting of a large tract of land and quite an amount of personal property for the benefit of his creditors. The assignees of Mr. Clark have disposed of the property and ascertained that the assets will not pay to exceed twenty cents on a dollar. Prior to makiug such assignment it was universally believed that Mr. Clark was perfectly solvent and great interest is theiefore feit in the matter. Sunday the funeral servic es of Mr. James Allyn, one of the early pioneersof thiscounty, were held in the Congregatioual church. Mr. Allen carne to Michigan iu 1839, and from that time had resided in tire towuship nf Dextlr. He was seventy-six years of age at the time of his death. His father lived to be one hundred years old. Below will be fouud a request, which was sigued by a large nuniber of the citizens of Toledo, askiiig the Trustees of the Toledo & Woodville Bailroad to take steps to compel the l'ennsylvania Central Company to comply with lts contract in the erection of depot buildings and other improvements in that city, and to build a first-class railroad to Ann Arbor, according to the terms of the contract : To the Hon. Trustees Woodville Hailroad : Your petitioners, resideut tax-payers of the City of Toledo, beg leave to represent to your honorable body, that in giving the Pennsylvauia Bailroad Company a permanent lea ie of the Woodville Railroad, there was paid the êum of 12ó,000 by the City of Toledo to said Punnsylvania Railroad Company, with certain conditions stipulated in said lease, and árnong them was au agreement on the part of said lessees thaï tbey would within 12 or IS mouths from the siguing of the contract, (May 4th, 1871,) construct all necessary Depot buildings and Machine Shops, fully adequate for the operating of a first-class Railroad, and all conuecting Roads. The Peunsylvauia Company having failed to comply with the terms of tlieir contract for the space of IH to 24 mouths, your petitioners feel fully justifted in appealing to your honorable Board to take Buch immediate steps as may by you be deemed necessary to compel said Company to fully comiity witli tne ternis oí saiu mira, wiu that said Pennsylvauia Compauy be required to buüd a lirst-clasa Railroad to Anu Arbor, Michigan, accordiug to the ternis oi their contract. Also, that said Company be required to convey the title to the Koad-bed to said Trustees.