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Village Doings

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
July
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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"Of raming I m weary, While birds ivarlile near me; Float. away, Hout away- And welcome bright day." Ralph Bethel has gone to Indiana to visit a sister. John Campbell has a very sick child. It is not expected to live. The Willis Sabbath school is to hold a picnic in the near future. Mrs. Addisoa Childs has been out f rom Lansing visiting lelatives and friends. The Friends held an ice cream social at Edmond Derbyshire's last Tuesday evening. J. B. Lord is quite poorly. For a few weeks back he has been under the doctor's care. There will be preaching afternoon and evening at the M. E. church on Sunday at Willis. Dr. Don A. Root has left Willis for the West. We hope the Post will not die ont if the Roots are gone. Mrs. Fannie Wines and daughter, frota Chelsea, are visiting at Mrs. J. M. Breining's, Mrs. Wines' sister. Over two inches of rainfall and as muoh more electricity and thundsr. Have heard of no damage by lightning. An over abuudance of apples in this part of the country. You can hardly give thern away. Hope winter apples will be bigher. Miss Stewart, a niece of Mrs. C. O'Brien, has returned to her home at Benton Harbor. She has syent several weeks with her aunt and cousins near Willis. Mr. Morton, our esteemed tindertaker, has gone to Wayne and expects to remain there for the present. It has been too healthy to make it pay to remain here. Harvey S. Day has secured $75 from the Wabasb R. R. for damage done by flre on his premises last summer. Capt. Allen knows what he is about. Mrs. Harvey 8. Day has had qnite a curiosity in the blossom of a calla lily. It was the spotted lily and had a doublé blossom. It was beautiful and quite lasting. Harvesting is nearly over in these parts, with the exception of oats. Oats that are heavy and on low ground are snffering teiribly, rotting and moulding. The army worms are in Thos. O'Brien's and H. S. Day's oats. Charles Thompson lost one of his horses.last week. On examination after the horse died be found the lungs were both consumed. Too bad, Charley, but "this is the lot of all." George Bennett, an old resident and pioneer of Augusta township, died July 18, at his home, where he has been cared for by his daughter and his brother Joseph Beunett, for the past few months. He was in his T5th year. Many have seen him in campaign times hoisting some pole to float the name of their chosen president and vioe president. Mrs. Beunett and six ohildren survive him. His son, Harry Beunett, of ïpsilanti ; Mrs. Johu Groves, of Ypsilanti township; Mrs. Eroma Moore, of Milan; Mrs. Frank Rust, of Eaton's Mills; Mrs. Will Crombie, of WhUtaker's Corners and Mrs. Arba Andrus, of Milan.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News