Chelsea

Chris McGuire is building a large basement barn on his farm. Strawberries are beginning to ripen here now and the erop is a large one. The erop of grass will be large and if the weather continúes good will be of good quality. The High School Debating Club has a banquet at their hall on Friday night of this week. Children's day exercises were fine and very interesting at all the cherches last Sunday. Fruit is coming on well, except that the blight is reported on some of the apple and peach trees. The new time card that went into effect last Sunday on the railroad is an improvement on the old one for us. The glorious Forth will be celebrated here about as usual with picnic's at the lake and family gatherings. Corn seems backward now, but by the fourth of July it will be as far advanced as it usually is at that date. Rev. F. W. Ware spoke at the Baptist church last Monday evening to a small audience on Sabbath Observance. Wheat has headed out and looks well, there is every indication of a large yield in the territory tributary to this market. The village marshal is improving the streets in various parts of town" by cleaning out the gutters and using gravel where needed. School will close next week with the usual graduating exercises, Friday night, at the town hall. The class consists of two boys and two eirls. Mrs. D. W, Maroney and her sister, Mrs. Lewick, left here last Sunday morning to visit friends in York state and take in Niágara Falls and other points of interest. Mrs. EInathan Skidmore died at the family residence in this village last Saturday of paralysis. She was an estimable lady and leaves Mr. Skidmore in a very lonely condition. The market has taken anotherbig drop and arrivals have almost stopped. Wheat now stands at 80 ets. for red or white, rye 72 ets., oats 35 ets., beans $1.20, eggs 14, butjter 13 ets. Wool has hardly begun to move yet, but will go from 20 to 22 ets. Shearing is going on slowly and shearers scarce. Wool will be in fair condition. One small lot of washed fleeces appeared on our streets last Monday and sold at 203 ets. per pound. This is low, but it is all the market would seem to bear with Michigan xx wool quoted in Boston at 24 to 26 ets. Protection doesn't seem to protect on wool or wheat. Wool will come in slowly and some will be carried over unless the market improves.