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County And Vicinity

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
May
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Dundee wil! soon light her belated citizeiis' home with eleetric lights. The village is to have 1( are lighta tor $900 per year. L. 11. Brown and fanaily, of Saline, are about to move to Belding, Mich., where Lewis will go into the confeetionery and restaurant business. Frank Day and Miss Catherine Hauck, both of M:lan, formed a copartnership last Sunday to last lor life. There will be no nightthere. It will be all Day with Miss Ilauck. B. M. Dainon and son George were among the invited guests who enjoyed a ride last Wednesday on the new passenger steamship Northwest, owned by the Northern Steamship Co. The sidewalks in the village of Milan are so yillaniously bad the council has by ordinance torbidden bicyclers to ride ou the saine after June 1-5. Who says thhe Milan village dads are not wise men? H. Porter Taylor, of Grass Lake, died at his mothers home one week ago Saturday after an illness of a year and a hall'. Ilis disease was pulmonary consuuüption. 11e was about '-J, veáis ot' age and leaves a wile and baby daughter. The Chelsea high school will this year gradúate the largest class in its history. lt is composed of the following members: Max L. Moon, C. LeRoy Hill, Henry I. Stimson, Reno Hoppe, Jas. Ilathway, Nellie A. Lowry, Alinuie Allyn and Cora I. Taylor. Fred McNair, of Tecumseh, has a position in lüs brother Bert's law office at Aspen, Coló. lie will act as stenographer aud typewriter. Fred is capable and all that but we doubt his ability to till in all ways the place of the pretty girl typewriter. Mrs. E. B. Uunham and daughter, Mrs. Yerkes, of Yüsilanti, are on a trip through the east. They will spend some oime at Philadelplua and on their return will visii ia Búllalo and Cass City, Mich. They will return to Ypsilanti abom the ktsl of Jul. The people who spend a por.tion of each suminer at Cavanaugh lake are now getting thinga in readiness for this season. tíeveral new cottages will be built. On account of the elevation of the lake and the line condition ot the grounds, ie is a very pleasant place to camp. The Tecumseh Ilerald was twentytwo years old on Friday last, and it enters upon iis twenty-third year with all the vigor to be expected of one o its age. The Argus, witü the snowsol sixty winters on its tiend, bespeaks for the youngster coutinued prosperity anc long lite. Kev. C. S. lhillock,of Saline, preached his farewell sermón to the lJresbyterian people last Sunday morning and in the evening he preached to the Grand Army boys. His subject in the morning was. '-The IrreDarable Past." He wil! remain in Saline for the present ;;.s he has iiot yet locaied. Mrs. Emni.t McPherson, wife of Alex. McPherson, of Ypsilanti, died at her home in that city Tuesday morning, May 22, aïcer a loiig illness. Sbe was -52 yeare old and had lived in Ypsilanti 18 years. She Jeaves a husband who is alLuost helpless ïrom paralysis and apoplexy, and four childreu. Clinton has two Maccabee lodges, a tent and a hive, which are in a flourishing condition. Their hall is lighted with eleetricity, is carpeted and well furnished, one of the articles being an organ. The tent will turn out on Decoration day, and they have ordered 40 caps and badges for the occasion, Postmaster J. F. Hammond, of Whittaker, has become so lop-shouldered and lus spine so like the track of au angleworm in the sand, since he commenced slinging üncle Sam's mail, that he has l'ound it necessary to ride the bicycle to get himself into shape again. He should see to it that he does no plowing of the earth with his nose. Miss Kate Ferrier and her sister Mrs. ürcutt, of Ypsilanti, were thrown froin a carriage while out driving last Friday and Mrs. Orcutt was badly hurt. Her shoulder was dislocated and fractured and she was bruised about the face as was also Miss Ferrier. Dr. Owen was called to attend them and he thinks that neither is dangerously hurt. All of the present corps of teachers in our school have been engaged to remain another year. We believe this a wiae move on the part of the board, as our school is certainly under good and competent instructors and the work and government as reported is the best. The enrollment is good and the school in a most prosperous condition.- .Saline Observer. On Wednesday, June 6th, beginning at 1 o'clock, there will be dedicatory services in the new annex to the Methodist church at Willis. Rev. E. W. Kyan, of Ypsilanti, and Rev. C. T. Allen, of Detroit, will speak. After the speaking, supper will be served; in the evening ice cream and cake will be sold. Consider us tkere to the evening part of the program, in spirit at least, Mr, Frank Rector, a wealthy farmer living near Tecumseh has been ill for a long time and near death's door, but he is novy reported as being much better, and it is expected that he will soon be able to attend to nis business again. We know the genial Frank well, and know liis worth as a citizen, and are pleased to hear that he is on the highway to recovery. Hope he may live a hundred years. The Manchester Enterprise says that some of the citizens after hearing about the female minstrels of Ypsilanti desire to have them come to Manchester for a one night performance. It is no use to wish it, however, for there are so many bald heads at Manchester, all of whorn would want the front seat and quarrel to get il that the show would break up in a row. 'T would never do. A. D. Hall showed us a specimen of scarlet clover the other day, of which he has three or four acres. This variety of clover is raised extensively in Delaware. The blossoms are fully two inches in length and from one-half to three-fourlhs of au inch in diameter. A field of it in blossom inakes a pretty sight. He claims that it will yield from ten to iifteen bushels of seed per acre. It is a valuabie erop to plow under for fertilizing the ground and also makes good hay.- Tecumseh Xews. Williatn Hayden, proprietor of the Globe milis, ïecumseh, i rilling au order for eight loads of flour to be shipped u Sligo, Ireland. Wonder how lic can '"compete with the pauper labor ot' Europe"? Mrs. Sarah Mansiield, of Ypsilanti, . died ut the resideuee of tier sou-in-law, , C. O. Barnes, at one o'clock last Thursj day tnorning. She was the widow of ■Joel Mansfield. wlio died four yeavs : ago. She was nearly S7 yeare of age. ïhe funeral occurred Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The approaching marriage of W. 8. Carpenter, son of postniaster P. W. Carpenter, and Helene C. Trim.daughter of E. E. Trim, is an interesting society event. The ceremonv occurg at the Congregational church on Tuesday e vening.- Ypsilanti Commercial. Christopher Goodwin, of Ypsilanti, died last Thursday inorning, in hia SOtli year. Mr. Goodwin moved from 8t. Albans, Yt., to Ypsilanti fiffcj six years ago. He leaves tvvo sous. Wil! D., of Ypsilanti, and Chauucey, of Merrill, Wis. The funeral was held on Saturday at 10 o'clock. E. M. Rooke, near the Free church, j lias a skuiik farai. consisting of a quarler of an acre of ground enclosed with a tight fence. He has about ninetyof the odorif eroua animáis, all in a flourishing condition. He proIioses to supply an eastern firm with fur and his owu neighborhood with perfume. Texas people have found jut a way to catch sparrows that beats the gun". They scatter wheat soaked in whisky, which makes the birds helplessly draak and they are then picked upand put in bags, and manufactured into potpies to pay for the crops they have put into their crops. - Ypsilanti Commercial. Wonder how the people of f ar a way Texas "got onto'" Ypsilanti whisky V Some time since the family of Calvin Greenfield, of Whittaker, went to prayer meeting - yes, to prayer ineeting. And while they were there iadustriously engaged in "the laudable work of prayiiig for the redemption of the sinners in that neck of woods, some of these self-same unregenerate sons of perdition, "dog on 'ecu.'" went to the hennery of said Calvin Greenfield and stole every hen but one. There ought to be a warm future for such unappreciative sinners. A slight act of burglary was enacted at the resideuce of W. II. Davenport Tuesday night. About one o'clock Mr. D. was avvakened by, as lie supposed, footsteps in the room. he asked what was wauted but received no answer and heard nothing more. After a few minutes consideration lie decided that he had possibly been dreaming and thought no more of it. On aiisíni in the morning he found his dream to have been a reality, and as lie went to dress found that his pantaloons were missing. An investigation revealed the fact that the house had been entered througha rear door and that the cellar and pantry had been the center of their attraction, as quite a quantity of eatables were missed. A littiè chauge that was n the pocket is all that has been missed of any importanee. - Saline Observer. For failure to reach Detroit on his unicycle by the lst of May, Fremout Pattison paid the agreed forfeit, a supper for the Commercial force, their wives and little ones, last Monday evening. The supper consisted of three strawberry shortcakes as big as trundlebeds, cut iuto octave sections, and a cute little cake for the kids. (We do not consider kids a nice word, ordinarily, but euphony seems to demand it in this case, aud we think euphony may be excused on au occasion like this.) Fremont did the honors in fine shape, and garnished the feast with icecream; bút he is not at present prepared to set another date for going to Detroit on his wheel. When he does Mrs. Coe will be prepared to take charge of the oven, and the thirteen others.wil) unite with her to take the cake. - Ypsilanti Commercial. Hope the Argus force will be let in next time. A week ago Saturday night some graceless aud unpardonable repróbate pried open a kitchen window in the resideuce of Editor S. C. Stacy, of Tecumseh, and elimiuated f rom the pocket of the waistcqat of the said editor a gold watch, which Scove had carried for more than thirty 3ears. Scove says they also took some money from his pautaloon's pocket, but there is ?rave doubt about the truth of the lateer assertion, however, for editors are not given to carrying any of that article about them, and besides Scove sertsthat the only thing of value taken was the watch. The villians also drank a pan of rnilk, ate a half dozen eggs and a f rosted cake that had been prejared for the editor' Sunday dinner. Well, we are sorry for you Scove. but it served you right. You should have md a wife who would scare burglars away with her screams. At the time of the death of Mrs. Eli.a Marsh, two or three years ago, tliere was considerable search for government bonds which her friends had reason to belive were secreted in her house. The aged wornan made manv efforts to communicate something that troubled her, and seemed to be trying to indícate where something should be found, but was unable to make herself uuderstood; and all search was unavailing. She deeded the property to her nephew, Mr. Houghton, of Cleveland, who was here at the time of her death, and whose mother had cared for her during her illness. Mr. Houghton lately sold the place, 204 Cross street, east, for $1,000, toO. E. Thompson, who is repairing the interior of the house. ín the process of the work, tearing the paper froru the north wall of the living room disclosed a secret compartment, formed by an old-fashioned clock case set in the wall and concealed by the paper. Within that were papers, said to be U. S. bonds, but Mr. Ben Thompson, who was present superintending the work. and Chas. Ilubbard who tore off the paper, decline now to state what was found. To the properly authorized parties they will oí cóurse disclose the contents of the secret cranny which they found, and until then the very natural public curiosity will have to wait.-