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Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Clark, Saline, ' May i8th, a girl, eight pounds. Mrs. George Paul, aged 27 years, died at her home in Bridgewater, May i7thScio is threatened with a dancing school, while it is a brass band that is to be the affliction in Lima. Jacob J. Bollinger, of Franciscoville, and Mary A. Kappler, of Sharon, were married May i2th. Mrs. Edward Kellogg, a resident of Michigan for 38 years, died at her home in Dexter, May i3th, aged 79 years. A meeting of the Union Agricultural Society is to be held at Chelsea, tomorrow, for the election of officers. Justice C. B. Graut, not Congressman O'Donnell as has been reportT ed, is to deliver the Decoration Day address at Chelsea. Miss Emma Brown, of North Lake, and Luther L. Haight, of Howell, were married at the residence of the bride's parents, May iSth. The authorities at Milan have notified the saloonkeepers that they must quit selling liquor to minors and confine their operations to men of years. Rev. James E. Butler, of Kalkaska, and Miss Virginia Williams were married at the residence of the bride's parents in Manchester, on May i7th. The "jag" institute which has been running at Northville is to be moved to Ypsilanti. The citizens of that place have taken $50,000 worth of stock in the new enterprise. On Thursday evening of last week George Burkhart and Miss Margaret Harmon were married at Saline. The ceremony took place in the new home which the grooni had just had put in shape for his bride. Dennis Warner passed his 8oth birth day last Tuesday. Though he has passed four score years, he continúes strong and hearty and it is the wish of his many friends that he may enjoy many more years. - Dexter News. The next meeting of' the Saline Farmers' Club will be held June ioth at the residence of Theo. Josenhans, when Norman Wood will furnish a paper upon the subject, "Bird Life upon the Farm, Considered from an Economie Standpoint." The first wool marketed at this place this season was brought in Monday by Osear Pease, of Grass Lake. Loren Babcock purchased the load at 14 cents per pound. - Chelsea Standard. The high? price received by Mr. Pcase hasn't been any great inducement for farmers to rush in with their wool. Wednesday afternoon while driving into town Mrs. Henry Doll and daughter Mary met with a very bad accident. It had commenced to rain and Mrs. Doll raised an umbrella when the horse started to aun. Mrs. Doll grasped at the reins and succeeded in getting only one which turned the horse to one side and the carriage was overtufned and the occupants were thrown upon the pavement. Both were quite severely injured, but no bones were broken. - Chelsea Standard. The May meeting of the Webster Farmers' club was held at the home of Mrs. A. M. Chamberlain, May i4th, a large and enthusiastic number of members being present. Mrs. E. N. Ball readapaperon"Taxes," a subject that every farmer is conversant with. The club was unanirnous in the opinión that the government should give the World's Fair $10,000,000, and were opposed to having the fair open on Sundays. The question "Are there people who get no benefit from the payment of taxes and are the benefits4n proportion to the amount paid?" was discussed. Last Monday forenoon Mrs. James McMullen, of Mooreville, who is insane, escaped from the house and went across the fields and woods. bare footed, to Aaron Sanford's new , barn, which she set on fire. The barn and a quantity of hay was burned, a binder and some other tools having been safely removed. It was the largest barn in York township, and was built less than a year ago, costing $1,200. The old barn, which stood near, was damaged about $100, making his total loss about $1,600, with only $800 insurance. His net loss, therefore, is about $800, to say nothing of the inconvenience he will be put to. - Milan Leader. The Saline Observer report of the recent meeting of the Farmers' Club, says: "The discussion of the main question of the day, 'Time and Method of Marketing Farm Products,' was opened with a very instructive paper, upon the subject, by H. W. Bassett, who gave the farmers some excellent advice, and offered many good suggestions, which they will do well to act upon. In the discussion which followed the reading of the paper, some strange opinions were advanced, some of the members still clinging to the ancient idea that all the honesty in ( mankind is centered in the farmers; some of the debaters, however, did not seem to coincide with this opinión, and one member even ' dared to assert that in his dealings with the business world he had ' found honest men engaged in all kinds of business, and dishonest men even among farmers. The - discussion was interesting and f amusing." Monday noon while H. T. Hollist ter was lying upon a lounge in the sitting room at his residence waiting I the preparation of his dinner, he was suddenly startled by seeing a strange . man enter the room from an adjoining bedroom. Hollister sprang to : his feet and inquired of the stranger why he carne into the house that way and received as a reply that it was . the easiest way in. The stranger was asked if he had come for money or other valuables, to which he replied that that was what he intended to have. Hollister secured an empty revolver, the sight of which caused the stranger to make a break from the house and flee toward the woods north. He was pursued and overtaken by R. B. Dunmore on the farm of Tom Hecock, brought back, taken to Justice Covell's office where a warrant was issued charging him with housebreaking with intention of committing robbery. Hewaived examination and was sent to jail to await his fate in the circuit court. From a book and papéis found upon his person his name was ascertained to be Geo. Weldon, of South Bend, Ind., a cigar maker, a member of the Union at Fort Wayne. Is aged about 35, and claims tohave a family at South Bend. He admits his intentions to have been robbery; he entered the house by forcing up a bedroom window. AVas taken to Monroe by Deputy Sheriff N. D. Curtiss. - Dundee Reporter.