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The Cong'l church of this place is without a pastor. Mrs. J. H. Osborne is among relatives here this week. Dr. A. E. Powell has been among friends here this week. Chas. W. Gregg, of Jackson, was here last Monday night. Washington Gardner will orate here on Decoration day. George McClain spent last Sunday at home with his family. Five members were taken into the M. E. church last Sunday by letters. Yery few apple blossoms appear and the erop will be a failure again here. The Fire Patrol is booked for the town hall on Friday night, this week. Prof. Hall has applied for the superintendency of the Benton Harbor schools. Wheat and grass are growing nicely but everything else is retarded by the cold weather. Rev. L. N. Moon will exchange pulpits with his brother of Stockbridge next Sunday. It has been decided to hold a fair here this fall as usual, butthe time has not yet been fixed. Another high school entertainment is expected at the town hall on Saturday night next. Miss Mabel Wallace and sister Violet, of Ann Arbor are expected here Saturday to visit friends. The Epworth League had an interesting anniversary service at the M. E. church last Sunday night. Rev. L. N. Moon will preach the annual sermón at the town hall to the veterans, Sunday afternoon, the 28th. Dr. J. H. Hoag and wife, of Kingman, Kansas, arrived here last Saturday and are visiting araong relatives and friends. The ladies of the M. E. church hold their annual Flower Festival in the McKune block the last three days of this week. Corn planting will be the order next week. A few are planting this week, but it is no use to plant till the weather is warmer. Dr. Chas. Reilly made an excellent dedicatory address at Mount Olivet cemetery last Sunday to seven or eight hundred people. Bishop John S. Foley, of Detroit, was here last week to administer the rite of confirmation to about fifty children of St. Mary's church, and to bless and consécrate Mount Olivet cemetery. Next Monday and Tuesday are review days for the assessments. Go to the supervisor's office and see that your assessment is correct and do not be grumbling about mistakes when it is too late to correct them. Business has been unusually dull this week in town, and arrivals of farm produce very hght. Wheat has declined and now stands at 68 cents for red or white. Rye has advanced and would warrani 56 cents. Oats 35 cents; beansSi.70; potatoes 50 cents; eggs 14 cents; butter 23 cents. A Waterloo correspondent says that the people of that burg have to sit for an hourand a half on warm Sundays and listen to political harangues from the pulpit when they want brief sermons on religión. It is quite evident that that correspondent is sadly in need of at least one sermón not less than one hour and a half long on the ninth commandment.