Dexter

H. W . Newkirk is home from Grand Rapids. Mr. Robbins was in Livingston Co., Monday. Mrs. John Tuffs entertained a sister , last week. Robert Appieton, of Detroit, is the guest of friends. Mrs. Story entertained some of her friends Tuesday. Mr. Schermerhorn is home after a few days outing. Dr. King, of Hamburg, was in this vicinity last week. Mrs. John Bell spent last week with Mrs. John Hughes. William Hooker, of Pettysville, was here on Wednesday. Mr. Warner, of Chelsea, was here the tirst of the week. Walter Rende and wife took a drive to Gregory, Tuesday. Maggie and Mary Armstrong spent the week in Jackson. Will Counter, of Jackson, spent Sunday with his cousins. Mabel Straith entertained her friend Saturday and Sunday. Kaiser Wheeler was in Pinckney on Wednesday last week. Mrs. C. Miller is entertaining a friend for a short time. Peter Seper and wife visited Ann Arbor people last week. Mrs. N. liiley, of Jackson, is here ou a visit for a few days. Clara Phelps is the guest of her brother at Grand Haven. Burt Taylor entertained his cousin from Pettysville, Sunday. Otis Cushing and M. Conley were in Stockbridge last Thursday. Mrs. Campbell entertained her brother and sister on Sunday last. J. S. Pacey is putting in a steam heating apparatus in his house. Gertie Carpenter was at Pettysville with her grand-parents, Thursday. Joe Alger has been entertaining his brother, John Alger, from Dakota. Mis. M. Fohey and Mrs. F. Moran, of Pinckney, called here ou Friday. H. S. Stoup and R. Erwin made a flying trip to Stockbridge on Friday. The Misses Mary, Clara and Dortha Lee are at the Portage for the week. L. C. Rodman and family with other friends spent the Sabbath at the lakes. Sill and Qiiih a e building a handsome two-storey cottage at Base Lake. Julia Tiplady and sister, of Silver Lake, spent Wednesday with friends. Frank Krause and family, of Port Huron, visited hi3 parents last week. Chas. Kitchen and friend, of Detroit, spent several days in this vicinity. Mrs. Bowler is very sick at this writing with but little hope of her recovery. Mis. Lew Boyden is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Minneban, of Ann Arbor. Chas. Stadnard, wife and daughter, spent one day of last week in Ann Arbor. Mrs. McCluskey and children, of .Tackson, have beeu visiting her parents. Miss Matnie Sloan, of Jackson, attended her sister's wedding last Wednesday. Miss E. J. Rockwell, of Foster's is the guest of her sister Mrs. James Rowe. Chas. Chamberlain and son, of Battle Creek, spent the Sabbath with his parents. Some f rom this vicinity took in Barmmi and Bailey's big show at Jackson, Tuesday. Mrs. R. Crossley and son. of Unadilla, has been visiting her aunt for a few days. H. Phelps and Mis. C. S. Gregory made a trip to the University City, Thursday. Mrs. W. Butler and child and Mrs. Parmer will spend the week with Dexter friends. Flora Bostwick is spending a few weeks with her many friends at Whitmore Lake. Miss Loretto Shehan, of Hamburg, was the guest of Miss Kate McCabe, Wednesday. The St. James' Sunday school hold their picnic at Portage Lake next Wednesday. The Aid Society of the Baptist church met with Mrs. Latnb, Thursday, August 9. George Coyle and brother, of Ypsilanti, are visiting there aunt during their vacation. Miss Ethel Carpenter is home, after a six weeks' stay with friends in Livingston county. J. A. Henry, of Toronto, Canada, has been the guest of A. Taylor for the past few days. Misses Annie and May Vincent, of Ann Arbor, are spending the week with their cousins. A good crowd attended Germán day froui here in Chelsea, Thursday, and report a good time. Frank Erwin has gone to Jackson to spend the remainder of the sumuier with his uncle. Mrs. Leonard and daughter, of St. Louis, are being entertained at the home of Mrs. Blood. Thomas Birkett and George Sales were among their friends in Ingham county the last of the week. The Good Templars gave an ice cream social at the residence of T. Snay, Wednesday evening. Wm. Hoff, of Pinckney, passed here Saturday on his way to visit friends in Aim Arbor and other places. Fred and Lew Straith, of Ann Arbor, are staying at the home ot their uncle, A. Straith, for a few weeks. Mr. Fleming and family had the pleasure of entertaining some of their relatives from abroad, Wednesday. Mis. T. C. Bristol has returned to her home in New Mexico, after a visit with her parents the past two months. The young people of Pinckney en-0 joyed a dance on the Portage Bluff last Monctay evening, Mead's band furnished the music. Among those who attended the Stockbridge races f rotn here were Chas. Warner and wife, Wm. Arnold and W. Taylor, and a nutnber of others. Mrfl. Albert Beason, of Pincknev, was frightf ully hurned about the arms and thigh Ih3 t Monday morning while startinii the fire with kerosene oil. bhe is improving rapidly. The Miases Lake and Teeple, of Pettysville, and Edith Carr, Lottie Barber and the Misses Teeple, of Pinckney, aud Messrs. Vansickle, C. Sykes and Chas. Moran, have been at the lakes camping the past week. Fred Litchfield died at the home of his father August 3, and the funeral was held trom the M. E. church on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He j leaves a wlfe and two small children I to mouru his sad departure. Patrick Rabbitt died at his home in Dexter township, Tuesday, July 31, after an illnesá of about six mönths aged 58 years. The funeral was held at Öt. Joseph's church, Friday morning ut 10 o'clock, and the remains placed in the vault. Miss Walsh, youagest daughter of Patrick Walsh, died last Thursday Luorniiig. of consumption, aged 2S year. The funeral services were held at St. Mary's church in Pinckney, Saturday morning and the remains were buried in the Catholic cemetery in Dexter Township.