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There is talk of organizing a choir of fifty voices among the pupils of the Ypsilanti high school. W. S. Carpentcr, of Ypsilanti, has been elected engrossing and enrolling clerk of the State senate. The Commercial says there are now eighty pupils in the Ypsilanti high school, the largest number the school ever had at any one time. The Presbyterians of Ypsilanti have in contemplation the erection of a new church, such as woúld be an additional adornment to the city. The Postal Telegraph Company has reduced its reduced its rates on messages to several eastern States, from 60 to 50 cents on day messages, and from 40 to 30 cents on night messages. A man who wanted his advertisementinsertedina"suspiciousplace" in the Commercial, called last Friday, and then he dropped in the next forenoon to see a copy of the morning's " addition." - Ypsilanti Commercial. There are 250,000 words in the Knglish language, and most of thern were used on Sunday by a woman who discovered after coming out of church that her brand new cloak was adorned with a tag on which tfas written, "Price reduced one-half." - Ypsilanti Commercial. Twelve members of the Ypsilanti Light Guard were discharged last ( week. because of their persistent ■ fusal' to attend drill. The Light ; Guard is Hable to have a great boom this winter. The fact that they will camp at the World's Fair next year will prove a strong card for attracting new members. - Commercial. The county fair managers of Washtenaw county met yesterday to decide whether old Washtenaw had better enter into competition with the World's Fair this year. There is no question about its ability to hold its own against the world, but our northern neighbors are nothing if not generous, and may give up their institution this year in order to help out the Chicago show. - Adrián Press. E. J. Smith, thearchitect of those racy paragraphs in the Adrián Press, has gone for a stay at Howard, Miss. - gone for health, we suppose. We presume he'll find it, for the climate there has usually been very salubrious for those of his political faith, though decidedly deleterious for others. We don't expect to escape his keen-sighted shots by reason of his greater distance, for his gun is long-range and center fire. - Ypsilantian. The habit of "lifting" poultry is not a new one in [ Reading, but things have gone so far there that skunks are included in the prey of the midnight visitor. Someone stole the choicest of Fon Sanders drove - herd - flock- or whatever the j lectiye name of the skunk farnily is. ! And Fon had taken considerable j trouble to raise those aniraals to the highest degree of skunkhood j perfection. The offense was rank. It smells to heaven. - Adrián Press. David Benjamin lost a valuable farm horse on Friday after a short iilness, and Dr. C. S. Bowman being called, pronounced it a case of glaso-anthrax, a contagious disease that is caused by a parasite in the blood. Mr. Benjaman has several young horses that have been exposed to the disease, and they have been placed in quarantine, and are being treated with preventive remedies. It seems to attack the throat and tongue, causing them to swell, and choke the animal to death in a short time. - Fowleryille Review. Kalamazoo, Jackson, Ypsilanti, with Alpena in close pursuit, grow thousands of bunches of now educated and eentle lovaiie. Today in our land, in the back yard of every well regulated family are heaps of green tops - monuments to the visión of William Brown, the brave lad that single handed and alone tamed and subdued the fierce strong pig weed to that gentle and refined vegetable that graces the tables of rich and popr, and tickles the plate of those who browse on the esculent sterns of white stalked celery. - Alpena nal. A verdant pack of rustic barnQi-nrmers rave what they called a minstrel entertainment at the town hall, Thursday night. Ancient chestnuts and slurs on citizens constituted the stock in trade of the shabby chumps. Their singing was a combination of a mulo's we-haw and a horse liddle, and their antics on the stage were such as one might expect of a gorilla with his stomach full of live coals. These fellows should have their ears croppcd and be sent to ditch-digging. - Grass Lake News. The woolen mili company, of Clinton, gave a complimentary oyster supper to all their employés last Saturday night. This was the third annual supper of the kind. It shows a commendable spirit on the part of the company, and one which might well be imitated by other concerns throughout the country. We believe if manufacturers throughout the country were liberal and generous to their employés there would exist a better feeling between capital and labor, and strikes and disagreements would not be so prevalent. - Tecumseh News. The sixth annual meeting of the Michigan Manufacturers of Fruit Goods will be held atLansing.Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 17 and 18. The program of exercises proposes a most entertaining and instructive meeting, with papers and discussions by the leading manufacturers and nthers of the state. The session for Tuesday evening contemplates a joint meeting with the members of legislature relative to the creating of the office of State Food Commissioner. Every manufacturer of eider, jelly, apple butter and vinegar in the state is earnestly requested to be present, and all are requested to brjng samples of their manufactures. Chelsea isn't always the luckiest place in the world to strike. X tourist who was travcling for his health, struck the town just in time to get busted then he struck a freight for a free bumper pass. Shortly after he was jolted off, and struck the earth with a sickening thud. Being picked up and nursed back to like he was struck by the sheriff and carried off as an escapéd prisoner. Verily, the way of the transgressor is hard, and this world is a big, wide, cold, desert waste, at this time of the year for the bumperrider. We believe the fellow was some Republican postal clerk,trying to get Mr. Gorman to keep him "in it." - Adnan Press. Mrs. Mary Watkins, well known in this village where she resided for years, died in the Presbyterian hospital at Chicago on Friday, Dec. 30, after a short illness. Her remains were brought to this village and on Monday her funeral occurred at the home of her father, James Watson, after which the interment took place in the west cemetery. The deceased leaves five children, one of whom, her daughter Minnie, was with her during her sickness and when she passed away. Mrs. Watkins was following the vocation of professional nurse at Chicago, and was a lady of unusual intelligence and many excellent qualities of head and heart. She was about 45 years of age. - Grass Lake News. The little hamlet of Novi, in Oakland county, was thrown into the wildest excitement on the 29th by the rnurder of Sumner Bathrick, a :armer living half a raile from the ' rillage, by his son Gay, a boy of 20. ; Mrs. Eathrick was away from home, the father had prepared supper and was eating when the boy returned from hunting. The two quarreled, about what has not as yettranspired, Gay threatened his father with a knife, dropped it, seized his rifle, and fired three shots in rapid succession, all of which took effect. The unfortunate man is mortally wounded, all three shots having passed through his body. The boy called in the neighbors, summoned three doctors, then went to the village marshal and gave himself up. - Farmer. One and a half miles south of the city of Ypsilanti, Mich., is the seat of Simmocolon Stock Farm, owned by George H. Hammond. The place consists of 250 rolling acres through which courses a stream of fresh spring water, so that every field in the low lands has water in it for the grazing stock and the great steam pump furnishes the high lands and the stables vvith the best quality j of water. There are three stables ( which contain 65 box stalls 10x14 ' feet in dimensión. The first barn is 45 x 240 feet and contains 40 stalls; j the second is 24 x 200 feet and j ' tains 16 stalls; and the tliird is 40 x , 45 feet and contains tune stalls. Besides the above there are other , barns for farm horses, implements, ' grain and hay. All the barns are 'heated by steam, and there is an electric light plant on the place which furnishes the modern incandescence to every nook and corner of the Simmocolon farm. - Commercial. Death bas taken another of Dundee's active and prominent young business citizens, Henry T. Hollister. For the past several raonths he had been in failing health from consumption, and his death has been expected by himself and friends for several weeks past. He was aged about 35 years, established himself in the jewelry business here about a dozen years ago, and about five years ago discontinued it and removed to Brighton, the home of his parents. He returned to Dundee nearly two years ago and again established hiinself in business. Was a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, and was its first comniander, in which )ie bad an insurance policy for 2,000. Leaves a wife and two children, also parents and other relatives. His death is regretted by a large circle of friends hereabouts. Remains will leave here Saturday morning for Brighton, where the funeral and burial will take place in the afternoon, and will be accompanied thereto by a delegation of Maccabees.