Washtenawisms

Stockbridge will have a day of sport tornorrow. ünadilla Oddfellows will organize a degree stafE. Pinckney bicycle riders talk of organizing a club. Some hay has been ent in the neighborhood of Saline village. E. Jedele, of Dexter, reeen tly sold 35,000 pounds of wool to Milwaukee parties. Fred Stram, of Saline, who has been teaching school in Iowa, has gone to Europe to speud a year. At the Plymonth 4th of July celebraiton $500 in cash prizes will be offered for bicycle and horse races. Several cellars in Saline have acenmulated a quantity of water in them by reason of the recent heavy rains. The graduating class of the Dexter high school will have a social at Mrs. Alley's store tomorrow evening. Miohael Looney, of Chelsea, orct a 4iuoh gash on the inside of his left knee while working with an adze receutly. The Misses Cassidy and Minnie Howe, of Chelsea, have gone ont onto their f arrn in Lyndon for the suinmer. The Dexter high school has been placed on the list of schools the gradu ates of which are adruitted to Albion College without examinaiton. Mrs. D. A. Townsend, of Ypsilanti, a for uier resident of Saline, has been engired for the roining year in her old position as second grammar teacher íd the Saline schools. P. W. Shute, of Ypsilanti, was in Saline, Wednesday of last week trying to interest the people uf that burg in acetylene gas as a means of illuminat ing the village at night. Wm. Eoe, who lives on the Clark farm in Saline, had a fine horse killed by lightning on Sunday week. The animal was standing alone in the sta ble with both doors open when a brigh flash came and struek the horse. Fred Jerry, of Saline, has some pltm trees in his yard that are asfull of frui as they can conveniently be. There are clusters containing as niany as 30 plums and other branches numbering from 15 to 20 plums on a 7-inch space. Lightning sfcruck Lonis Burg's honse in Chelsea, June 6 and tore olï soine of the shingles but did nofurther darnage. George Foster's house was struok by the electric fluid the next day and the roof and one corner was quite badly splintered. The Saline bicycle club has elected Miss Mattie Schaffer, vice president; Henry Lindenschmidt, lst lieuteuant; Fred Nissly, color bearer and Floyd Bennett, bugler. A constitution and by-laws has been adopted and regular meetings of the club are held. Of the graduating class of the Dexter high school, the Misses Cushman and AUey will attend Michigan University next year. The Misses Savery, Cushing and Doane will enter the State Normal, Mr. Page the Agricultnral College, and Mr. DeWitt Cleary's Business College. K. O. T. M. memorial day was celebrated by the Maccabees of Dexter and Chelsea, Sunday, June 7, in the town hall, Chelsea. H. Wirt Newkirk, of Dexter, delivered the address. After the exercises the knights decorated the graves of deceased members in Oak Grove cemetery. Miss Helen Duncan died of consumption at her home in Superior last Thursday night, aged 25 years. She was a teacher in the Geer and Quackenbush district of Superior, and was very highly esteemed by many friends. The funeral services were held at her late home on Sanday moining and the remains were interred in Leiand cemetery. Another pest nas made lts apparauce in this section, this time it is grasshoppers and they are doing a wholesale business. We have reports from Geo. Fliehman, G-eo. Johnson, Sela Fitzgerald, Fred Stierle and back of Ben Stnith's where they have cleaued fields and strips of oats, clover, corn and other soft articles. They go in swarms aud come down like a cyolone on the orops they seek. - Saline Observer. On Monday afternoon of last week, A. C. Coe aud Chas. Rogers, of Saline, started on their wheels for Ann Arbor. As they were passing Fred Bassett's, one of a team of horses standing in the road in front of the house, sent bis foot through Coö's cycle wheel, strikiug Coe at the same time and bruising his leer somewhat. The team then started and were not caught until they had gone several miles. I Mrs.jGeorge Bridges, of Whittaker, s in vry fteble health. Tbe crops ou several farms in Sbaron re being destroyed by grasshoppers. Promotion exercises were held in the Müan suhools last Ftiday ïnorning. Louis Tranb, of South yalern, was seriousiy kicked in the face by one of lis horses, June 9. Children's day exeicises were Jield n the Presbyterian church at TJnadilla ast Sanday morniug. The Ypsilanti Congregational churcli excursión to Detroit, Jane 6, netted 5102.05 to the church. The A. M. E. cborch society of Whittaker, will hold a woods meeting and baptizing uext Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Dnfïield have returued to Whittaker after an absence of eight montbs spent in Manistee county. Jacob Baríes bas bonght the Faber house, corner of Boyne and Maconib sts. , Manchester, at auction sale for $500. A brass band has been organized at Bridgewater station and Alf. Jaynes, of Manchester, is teaching the boys how to toot. The Ypsilanti Orchestral Society furnished the music at the class day exercises of the Dundee high school last eveuing. Mrs. H. F. Shier and Mrs. A. P. Solcomb represented the Milan W. C. T. U. at the state conventon at Marquette last week. Mr. E. Roland Boyce, of Milan, and Miss Marión E. Reynolds were rnarried Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents in Detroit. The scholars of Miss Ella Murray, of Milan, presented her with a handsome silver bntter dish as a token of esteem at the close of school, Thursday, June 11. Rev. M. H. McMahon preached the bacoalaureate sermón to the graduating class of the Pinokney high school last Sunday evening at the M. E. church in that village. Miss Daisy Reason, of Pinckey, feil türough an open trap door June 7 and feil into a cistern. She was got out by the people who were attiacted to her by her cries for assistauce. An ordinance has been passed by the Milan council entitled "An ordinance relative to maiutaining quiet and good order." Did not knowthat theMilanese needed any such a thing down there. Milan sir knights and lady Macoabees had au old fashioned basket picnic in Hack's grove last Tuesday. They orated, sang and listened to speeches from out of town parties to theii hearts' oontent. Frank Leavey, of Dester, narrowly escaped dro.wning at the mili dain in Dexter recently. He ventured into too deep water and had it not been for a coinpanion would have drowned as he could not swim. The officers of the Brooklyn Ladies Aid society for tne ensuing year are President, Mrs. Earl Coulson ; vice president. Mrs. A. J. Williamson; sec retary, Mrs. John Cruse; tieasurer Mrs. John Carter. Tbose who were neither absent nor tardy at school in district No. 3, Shar on, during the term jnst closed were Lila, Ralph aud Clyde Kimball, FreJ and Wallace Jones, Clara Strahle, Jennie Raymond, Myra Smitb, Phoebe anc Arthur Burch, Effie Logan. The Manchester Enterpiise says "The heavy rains haveraised the water in the little brook that flows through the frog hatchery so that it is almost impossible to retain the spawn anc little pollywogs in the yards or the big frogs out of the yards assigned for them. " The school in district No. 2 Bridgewater, Merle Yokom teacher, has been closed and the scholars who were noither absent nor .tardy dnring the term were: Ethel Másales, Elbert Armbrnster, Lillie Urnnst, Julia Staib, Helen Staib. Elbert Armbruster had the same record for the year. Mrs. Thos. Battey was severely burned about the hands and face Mouday morning of last week while doing ier washing. She had the boiler on the stove filled with water, and to that added a small quantity of gasoline which at once ignited and caused the explosión which was very hot. Let this be auother warniing to all who use either gasoline or kerosine mixed with hot water. - Saline Obserrer. The annual prooession in honor of ;he Blessed Sacrament was held Suuday, June 7, in St. Mary's churuh, which was beautifully decorated. The irst communicante aud the members of the Sodality were in the procession. The singing by the entire congregation was grand, and the ceremony a most beautiful and impressive one. The Rev. Father Considine offlciated and preached a very instructivo sermón. - Chelsea Herald. Floyd Reason, of Pinckney, has been losing several sheep lately, but has kept very quiet about it. On Monday morning of last week he drove to bis pastare and found two dogs which had just caught a larnb. He returned to ;he village, secured a gun and when he got back to the pasture the dogs had a sheep down aud were eating. The gun spoke quick and now two dogs go Urne. Floyd does not brag any of bis markmanship but says "the gun was a good oue." - Pinckney Dispatch. C. S. Young, of Ypsilanti, brought snit against Mrs. Cassandra Bunting, of the same place, for 93 days' work at 2.50 per day for building her house. The defeudant put in a recoupment or offset for datnages, claiming that sbe served notice on the plaintiff to quit aud remove bis tools, he haviDg in the meantime left the job in such shape that the weather worked an injury to the building. Instead of the plaintiff receiviug a judgment for $232.50 the defendant was awarded a jjadgment for $225 for the damages which resulted. There aie 11 less saloons in Washteaaw county this year than last. Edward Rowe, of Sbaron, reoently lost a horse tbrough its getting its hroat ent on a barbed wire fence. The Ypsilanti high school olass day xeroises veere held last evening. The oramentiement exercises will be held his evening. A camp meeting of the colored people of Ypsilanti aud vicinity is in progress at Milau. It coramenoed yesterday and will last nntil Mouday. D. L. Quirk, sr., of Ypsilanti, celebrated tbe78th anniversary of bis birth Mouday evening i the midst of a suiall oompany of friends. The Universalist social held at Wrn. 3nrtless', of Manchester, Wedoesday ifternoon of last week, was largely attended aud a great success. Corn and beanswill have tobe planted over in many portions of Sharou. The fields are terribly washed and gullied out, as a result of the heavy rainfall. Tbe Saline High School ball team added another victory to its list Saturday by defeating a team from Clinton, nirporting to be the high school nine. Score 13 to 5. The Ypsilanti G.A. R. post returned $32.08 to the city council Monday night, that being the amount left unexpended from the Memorial Day exercises of the post. It will cost $28,700 to meet the expense account of the city of Ypsilanti ;he coming year and the supervisors of the several distriots have been ordered to levy the sarne by tax on the property. The Manchester tent of K. O. T. M. decorated the graves of deceased ruemberfi in Oak Grove cemetery ou Sunday afternoon and afterward listened to a musical and literary program rendered in the hall. Wm. Schwab, of Freedom, lost his barn and a quantity of farm tooi a stored in it by lightning on Sunday week. The loss was about 8600. It was insured in the Washtenaw Gerniuu Mutual Co. A small blaze among the paper used to wrap up stovepipe elbows in the second story of Harding & Shafer's store at Ypsilanti, Monday, was luckily discovered and extiuguished bef ore any great d image was done. The Manchester high school held its annual picnic at Wampler's lake on Saturday last. Among those invitec to attend were the graduating classes of the last tbree years. The invitations were very generally accepted and it is needless to say that a splendid time was the result. Many farmers around Ypsilaoti are complainiug of the destractiou of their crops by grasshoppers. On the farm o: Wm. LL Lay, Ypsilanti town, they have largely destroyed the rye erop and on Wm. Miller's farm in Pittsfield they have nearly eaten up his entire beau erop. A very pleasant school picnic vra held ia Seyler's grove in Lodi on Tharsday afternoon of last week. The scholars of the Knight school carried out an excellent program, in whioh they were assisted by pupils fro ru the Hammel school, Lodi, and the Mills distriot, Píttsfield. A number of Ann Arbor folks were present, including Commissioner Wedemeyer, who made a few remarks. Recently at the farm of Mr. Pfeifle wbo lives three miles north of Ypsi lanti, a cow died uader snch myster ious circumtances that it was decidec to hold a sort of post mortem examination. The stomach was opened up anó it was found that the cow had succeeded in colleoting a specimen of nearly everything on the farm. A stoue as large as Corbett's flst, a tin can. and pieces of clothing seemed to be what the animal was striving to thrive on. The cow was certainly far from being an