The Dexter Masonic Ball

The Masonic fraternity of Dextér gave a large reception at the opera house, in that villBge, on Friday evening whicn was one of the best parties given in that vicinity. About five hundred invitations were issued and guests were present in considerable numbers from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, as well as from Dexter and vicinity. In all about 150 couples were present when the Minnis orchestra started the strains of the grand march at 9:30 o'clock, and from that time until nearly five o'olock, Saturday morning, the guests of the Dexter Masons enjoyed themselves without intermission. At midnight a splendid supper was served in Masonic hall which was in charge of H. Wirt Newkirk, the wives and daughters of the memuers of the lodge looking after the wants of the guests.