Milan

The Milán school will open the lTLh of September, instead of the lOth. Mr. Frank Gary visited Detroit, Monday. Mrs. Coe is visiting friends in Detroit. Rev. Yager left for the "Soo," Monday. Mrs. Chapín will visit a sister at Weston this week. Dr. Calhoun entertained Dr. Mayer, of Dundee, the last of the week. Miss M.A. Palmer and Mrs. Clark visited Detroit last week. Charles Woolcott and family returned to their home íh Ann Arbor, Monday, a, ni. William Easterly and wife are entertaimng guests from Macon. Will Carter and wife, from Willis, spent Sunday in Milan. Mr. C. M. Fulier and wife. are enentertaining guests from out of town. Mrs Keynolds and daughter, Maud, of Detroit, are visiting Milan friends. Mrs. Blinn and daughter. Lena, were the guests of Att'y G. R. Williams and wite, Monday and Tuesday. Miss Grace Luxton returned from her Adrián visit, Tuesday. B. Lewis, of Detroit, visited Milan friends, Monday. Fred Robinson, of Detroit, is visiting Milan friends. The lecture and cbalktalk Monday evening was quite interesting. The Free Methodist campfire closed Sunday evening. Rev. Mr. Jones preached to an audience of 800 at the tent Sunday evening. Milan was full of strangers Saturday and Sunday that came to attend the campüre. Mis. J. C. Rouse returned St. Clair, Thursday. R. Appleton is theguestof hisuncle, Ehas. Bill. Mr. and Mrs. J. Sprague, of Ann Arbor, are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. G. R. Williams. A few drops of rain were dropped by a few passing clouds, on Tuesday morning. A general cry for more rain and more passing clouds. Wednesday evening a cry of fire startled the Milanites. The school house was discovered to be in llames, but the flre department with its accustomed promptness were on the grounds and did effective work in extinguishing the fire which was confined to the lower hall. Smoke and heat injured all the rooms so as to necessitate their being painted and papered over again.