Washtenawisms

The Chelsea Lady Maccabees in-; stall officers tonight. Albert D. English has bought a farm in Bridgewater. The Manchester firemen have been testing their machine. Adam Eppler, the Chelsea butcher, has built a new ice house. Rev. G. Eisen, of Andrews, Ind., preached in Chelsea last Sunday. The closing of the Chelsea stores at eight 'clock is being discussed. About fifty Chelsea citizens began the new year with a dancing party. There were seventeen interments in the Saline cemetery during 1894. The Saline Farmers' club meets at the home of L. Josenhans, next Friday. It costs S 1 77.37 a year to carry the mail between Waterloo and Francisco. There has been some cleaning up along the roadsides in the township of Sylvan. The Southern Washtenaw Farmers' club met at John G. English's home, Friday. Thieves stole twenty pocket knives from the store of F. S. Whitford in Vpsilanti last week. L. M. Baldwin, of South Manchester, raised thirty bushels of clover seed to the acre. The Manchester upper pond is illuminated with electricity for the benefit of the skaters. The Clinton Plow Co. has increased its capital stock to $15,000, and will push business. Miss Maria Barlow, daughter of John P. Barlow, of Ypsilanti town, (lied Thursday afternoon, January 3. Samuel H. Holmes, of Southern .Manchester, has bought a feed mili and grinds for his neighbors every Tuesday. Fred M. Freeman has gone into partnership with his father, A. F. Freeman, Esq., and the law firm is now Freeman & Freeman. An impersonator appears in Chelsea tonight, A. Lincoln Kirk by name. His name proves that he is a young man, born in war times. Mrs. Norman Conklin, of Bridgewater, met with a serious accident while taking up ashes, last week. She fell, severely injuring her hip. The store of T. P. Wood, in Chelsea, came near burning up last week, irom a fire built in a stove in the cellar to keep the onions stored there, warm. A horning party in Waterloo made night hideous, and afterwards discovered that there had been no wedding. They were only a few weeks too previous. The annual family reunion of the Taylor brothers was held at Mrs. Hahnah Taylor's, near Chelsea, on New Year's. They are a bright, able and intelligent family. Miss Tressa Staffan, daughter of Jacob Staffan, of Chelsea, was married on New Year's, by Rev. Dr. Holmes, to Dr. Fred N. Freer, of Beaverton, Gladwin county. The Baptist Sunday school of Chelsea is officered as follows: Supt., Fred Wedemeyer; sec, Fannie Hoover; treas., William Laird; organist, Thirza Wallace; chorister, Mrs. Myrta Blaich. The Chelsea Standard says that the Argus has reached its sixty-first birthday without a gray hair in its head. And the Argus hopes that it may continue to appear youthful and retain its vigor for another sixty years. Rev. Mr. North, of Unadilla, has a donation on Wednesday evening. When all are gone and he looks at the remains, it will take all the nioney his parishioners have left to keep the cold chills fresh from the North from running down his spine. The following Manchester high school pupils are teaching in Manchester township: Charles Leeson, in the Dorr district; Bert Witherill, Nichols district; Elmer Silkworth, Zimmerman district; Mae Aylesworth, McMahon district; Rose Scully, Iron Creek district. The following are the officers of the Saline M. E. Sunday school: Supt., G. C. Townsend; Asst. Supt., M. Leonard, Lady Asst., Mrs. D. Briggs; Sec, Florence Briggs; Treas., Luella Clark; Lib., Lissa Huil; chorister, Mrs. Yager; organist, Mrs. Allen. Although the following item is taken from the Chelsea Herald, we will wager that there has never been a party of the kind referred to in Chelsea: A new and delightful game is all the rage in different parts of the state. It is called "onion social." Six young ladies stand in a row. One of them bites a piece out of an onion, and the fellow pays ten cents to see which of the fair ones bit it. The correct guesser kisses the other five girls, while the chumps kiss the right one. The onion eater averages more kisses than the retnainder of the girls, and there is said to be great rivalry among them as to who shall bite the onion. It looks as if Willis was to have a crearaery. The Dexter Savings bank Kas declared a six per cent. dividend. The eight months old child of M. Robbins, of Hudson, died December 31. A Maccabee lodge has been organized at Willis with seventeen charter members. Mrs. Willis Potter died in Augusta, Friday, of old age. Willis was named after her husband. The Dexter schools have an enrollment of 207, of which number 23 are non resident pupils. The ladies of the Saline Baptist church have a "good times" social at Mrs. R. Glazier's tomorrow, Wednesday, evening. George C. Vinkle and Miss josephine Hyitt were married at the Baptist parsonage in Dexter with the going out of the old year. The ladies' society of Emanuel church, Manchester, have elected the following officers: President, Mrs. Jacob Walter; secretary, Mrs. John Wuerthner; treasurer, Mrs. John Schlict. The Ann Arbor Argus is getting gray headed - it seldom gets red headed - at least it is 61 years of age and holds its own with the best of them. Here's wishing it many years of prosperity. - Manchester Enterprise. The Saline Presbyterian Sunday school have elected the following officers: Supt., S. T. .Fairbank; Ass't Supt., Mrs. Henne; Sec'y, Herbert Walker; Treas., Earnest Rhodes; Lib., Otto Schairer; chorister, Mrs. Chandler; organist, Minnie Ruckman. The Christian Endeavor society of Emanuel church, Manchester, will be officered as follows this year: President, John Grossman; vice president, Minnie Stendie; recording secretary, Louis Kuebler; corresponding secretary, Amanda Schoettle; treasurer, Cari Wuerthner. Alton Hinkley met with quite an experience a few nights since. He had been to Ypsilanti and as he was driving home in the evening, which was very dark, drove off the end of a good sized bridge, horses, buggy and man all landed in a stream of cold water little injured but considerably bruised. - Saline Observer. Carpenter Post, G. A. R., of Ypsilanti, installed the following officers Friday evening: Commander, A. D. L. Kniseley; senior vice commqnder, Anthony Kenny; junior vice commander, C. C. Carr; chaplain, Alonzo Ford; quartermaster, J. T. Wise; adjutant, not installed; officer of the day, David L. Carpenter; ofïïcer of the guard, John J. Norton. Fraternity grange. of Augusta, has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Master, F. J. Fletcher; overseer, S. P. Ballard; secretary, Mrs. B. Kelly; lecturer, J. K. Campbell; treasurer, Elijah Darling; gate keeper, M. Garrad; Ceres, Mrs. F. J. Fletcher; Pomona, Mrs. Elijah Darling; Flora, Mrs. Mary Breining; assistant steward, Richard King; lady assistant steward, Mrs. R. King. The Knights of Maccabees of Manchester have elected the following officers: Commander, D. O. Stringham; lieutenant-commander, Wilbur Short; record keeper, C. J. Robison; finance keeper, C. E. Lewis; chaplain, Rev. Joel E. Platt; physician, J. F. Ohlinger; sergeant, D. C. Walworth; master at arms, J. W. Payne; ist master of the guard, Thos. Clark; 2nd master of the guard, Geo. Deatle; sentinel, M. Hendershott; picket, Jacob Bauer; janitor, Tacob Bauer.