Chelsea

The mumps are quite prevalent in this village. Judge Babbitt, of Ypsilanti, was here Wednesday on official business. Frank McNamara has got his saloon in order and will open up the last of this week. Grasa is growing rapidly this cold, wet weatherand hay will be a large erop again. Mr. E. Finley Smiley is to speak at the town hall underthe auspices oí the K. O. T. M., June 7th. Miss Rosa D'Erina is booked for a vocal and instrumental concert at the town hall, June 4 and 5. Charles J. Downer who is travelling with the Whitney family made a ílying cali home on Wednesday. A largely attended dancing party was held at C. J. Chandler's new ware house on Wednesday night. Frank Shaver has rented the ]5abcock building on the east side of Main street for his barber shop and will move in soon. Cards are out for the marriage of J. A. Marouey to Miss Minnie Finkbinder, at the residence of the briile's parents, June 6. TheKev. W. W. Whitcomb delivered an excellent Memorial sermón to a good audience at the town hall last ' Sunday afternoon. The Eev. F. Olinger, a returned missionary from Corea, will ofliciate at the M. E. church next Sunday, which will be the third quarterly meeting of this year. A baseball game was played, Wednesday, at the fair ground," between Chelsea and Ann Arbor, which resulted in a score of 15 to 3 in favor of Chelsea. Wheat continúes to decline. White still brings 50 cents, biit red is down to 49 cents. Oats bring 3tf cents, rye 45 cents, beans $1.40, eggs 9 cents, butter 13 cents, wool S to 13 ets. Receipts have been light the past week. The postoffice ñ'ght waxes warmer and warmer. The past life of a candidate for a postoffice is more closely scrutinized than for any other office. Theie are very few characters that would passniuster. Dr. Thomas L. Duleeba, an Assyrian gave an account of the religión and customs of his people at the town hall, Sunday evening, with stereopticon views. He has been in this country several years getting a medical and theological education, and is now ready to return home and do missionary work. Deeoration day was cold and wet, and the exercises were mostly held at the town hal). They consisted of excellent music and a 'very appropriate and eloquent address by Gen. B. M. Cutcheon, of Manistee. After the admirable adriress the people repaired to the cemetery and decorated the graves and closed the exercises there.