Willis

Mrs. W. WiJliDgs is very sick with typhoid fever. Sbe is in care oí Dr. Bonsleel, of "ïpsilanti. Fre is raging terribly southwest from Islaud school house. It makes no hesitaucy of burning up line fences or tiruber. The men have been fighting flre, bnt it rages just the same. There is to be exercises at the Island school house this week on Friday afteruoon, the close of the fall term of school, and also the stars and stripes aro to float there for the firat time. "O, long may she wave." After the exeroiaee viands will be served for all. Wil Lord is now suffering from cold, very rnuch as his brother was a few ■weeks ago. But Dr. Root thiuks him out of danger. Mrs. H. M. Abbey and Mrs. H."S. Dny, mother and sister of Mrs. G. Hammond, were visiting the latter last Tlmrsday. There will bo an entertainment at the M. E. cbnrch afc Willis oq Wednesday pvening, Ootober ÍJ0. One half of the proceeds goes to the L. A. society. W. H. Ostrander has his grist rnill agaiu and oau grind feed once more. Frank Gotts has a lot and intends soon to grace Willis with a fine new house. The farmers many of thern are going to thresh their corn. The stalks are so dry it is a great waste to husk them, nrl when Imsked the winds blow the fodder all through the fields. Willis consists of two churches, a Methodist Episcopal and one Seven Day Advent, one blacksmith shop, three full store3, one store and meat market combined, and one hardware store, one barber shop, two hotels, one livery and feed barn, one creamery, post office, and two doctors, Dr. Root and Dr. Post. Mr. Kane is impruving the looks of his front very much by making a blind ditch by the road side.