Chelsea

Nursery agents are here in forcé. The pay car went to Jackson last Saturday. V. D. Hindelang spent last Sunday with relatives here. F. W. Pike's show is billed for this place next Monday. The underpinning of the elevator bridge has been repaired this week. J. H. Osborne, of Ewen, Mich., left for home the first of this week. The churches are now preparing appropriate exercises for Children's day. There are four weeks morg of the school year for the children of this place. Fanning mili peddlers are thick about here, four faetones being represented. Miss Ida Hopkins, the high school preceptress, was off duty and on the sick list, Wednesday. Eight or ten from here attended district lodge at Dexter last Saturday, and report a good time. Miss Libbie Day, of Newaygo, is spending some time with her father, C. S. Laird, and other relatives here. The annual Memorial services will be held on May 29th, at 2 p. m. , at the town hall. Iev. D. H. Conrad will deliver the address. The sheep dog is abroad in this section. The town oughtto give about 50 ets. and a chromo for each scalp of these worthless curs. A new time card went into effect last Sunday and the new arrangement does not accommodate us as well as the old one did. Several trains have been taken. off. Quite a large number from here attended the Republican love-feast at Ann Arbor, last Tuesday. The price of wool is getting so low that it requires much and frequent encouragement to keep the faithful in line. The market has been very steady the past week. It stands at 85 ets. for red or white wheat, and 72 ets. for rye; $1 for barley; 30 ets. for oats; beans, $1.20; eggs, 13 ets.; butter, 18 ets.; arrivals light the first of the week. The continued wet weather has much delayed plowing and planting, and the farmers are getting very nervous over the prospect for oats and corn. Many pieces of oats that vvere put in are nearly ruined with the rain, and it is getting late to sow over again.