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Day
23
Month
October
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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Sylvan farmers are bnsy getting their bean erop in shape for market Tbe orop in that vicinity is above the average. George Goodvvin, of Chelsea, exhib ited 34 pairs of fowls at the reeen fair in that village and oarried off 32 premiums. The Willing Wotkers' Society, of the Dexter Congregatioual church contem plates giving a publio dinner on election day, Nov. 3. The Germán Arbeiter-Verein, of Yp silanti, will open their new hall at the grove in that city oext Thursday evening, with a grand ball. An entertainment is soon to be given at the school house in Sylvan by the Ladies' Aid Society for the benefit of the ohurch repair fund. Twenty-five dollars has been pledged by the members of the Whitmore Lake M. E. church to put a new roof on the north side of the building. Miss llary Backus, of Webster, will again teaoh in District No. 17, Ann Arbor, this year. She commenced her duties Monday of last week. Mrs. Thomas Jeweil, one of the oldest residents of Chelsea, celebrated her 85th hirthday amidst a gathering of old pioneer frieuds last Monday. The Crescent Club, of Dexter, will open the third season of its existence by giviug a social dancing party at the Dexier opera house, tbis evening. A county grango meeting is in session at JFraternity Grange hall, near Willis today. The qnestion to be discussed is "How best to reduce taxation." Mr. and Mrs. Will McKindery, of Milan, had a surn of money stolen from their house the other day while they ■were out working in tbeir potato patch. The members of the senior class of the Ohelsea high school had a very enjoyable social at the home of Hiram Lighthall in that vilage, last Friday evening. -Toseph Myers' place of business in Ypsilanti, was broken into Wednssday night of last week, and about $15 in dimes, nickles and pennies were taken, besides a quantity of cigars and tobacco. Rev. Mr. Barbour, who has had charge of St. James' parish, Dexter, the past few months, will leave shortly for Portland, Oregon, to resume his work there. His many friends will regret his departure. The reception to Rev. J. H. Edmuuds, the new pastor of the Congregational churoh, Chelsea, in the parlors of the church Tnesday evening of last week, was largely attended and was a very pleasaut affair. J. G. O'Connor is now night operator and watohman at the Michigan Centra] depot in Chelsea, taking the places of Miss Lizzie Maroney, operator, and James Ogden, night watchroan, who bave been laid off. A collision between a wagon drawn by a team of horses, ovvned by Fred Hicks, uf Geddes, and a road cart owned by Mr. Youogs, of Augusta, which occurred in Ypsilanti Saturday, resulted in the road cart being smashed to pieoes. Mrs. Thos. Jewett, of Chelsea, was pleasantly surprised Monday of last week, by a number of her friends who xret at her home to help her celébrate her 85th birthday. There were fifteen present, wbose ages averaged 72 years, the oldest being 86 and the yonngest 67 years of age. - Herald. H. P. Glover, of Ypsilanti, is an ardeiit and consistent advocate of McKinley and Hobart and the repnblican doctrine called "Sound JMoney. " He talks early and often in support of his favorites aud to further show his belief in wbat he talks has large American flags floated in front of the Ypsilanti Dress Stay factory, the Michigan Manufaotaring Co. 's building, aud the Scharf Tag, Label aud Box factory, on which the motto "Sound Mouey" appears. James Hutcbinson, of Ypsilanti. was indiguant because a pole on which would be struug the vvire for tlie electrio street railway was placed in front of his driveway and sawed it in twó íd the ruiddle. Tbe caiijsteóctión uompany tbreatti id ;■■. al' proceeding, bnt the afïair wm üi.nliy sftled. It looks as ihuigh ir.u irhole trouble might havo boen :oí(k, if a iitrie forethoughf huri I een uk d a d the pole had not bejn put in snch ■ awkwavtï position as in frout t i ii.au's driveway. George W. Longbridge, of Ypsilanti ha-t beeu granted au original pension. Jübu Webher died at bis home in Sbarou, Wednesday of last week, agec 85 years. The Webster Areua literary society bad its firsfc meeting for tbis seasori a Mr. McGoll's last Friday. Willis Tent, K. O. T. M., has pur chased the bnüding at Wbittaker's Corners, fornierl y used as a hotel, and will use it for lodge purposes. Charles Kaeroher, of Chelsea, diec on Snuday and was bnried in that village Tuesday. He was one of the oldest resident of the county and had a host of fiiends. Read the liberal subscription offei for the Akgus, also for the Arous and Michigan Faioieu together, vvhich appears at the head of the loca! column, on flfth page. Charles Alban, a highly respectec citizon of Whittaker, died Suuday, of typhoid fever. He was 59 years of age and leaves a wife and three sons. The funeral was held Wednesday. A representativo of the Page Woveu Wire Fence Co., straightened up the fence around the Bridgewater Center ecmeteiy last week where it had sagged and it made a great irnprovernent. Mr. Fred G. Valentine and Miss Edna M. Brownell, both of Manchester, were rnarried at tbe M. E. parsonage in that village, Wednesday of last week, by Rev. D. H. Yokom. The Bridgewater reading club will hold its flrst meeting for this season at James Benham's, nexfc Mouday evening. The club has just applied for another of the traveling librarles, having already read through two others. The largest oak log ever ent and jauled in that seotion, was taken to Pinney's saw mili in Stockbridge recently. It nieasnred 4,100 feet. It acked but a few inches of beiug bíx across the bntt. It was drawn in four Dieces, making four good sized doublé team loads. Mrs. Joseph Haruinerschmidt, of ïpsilauti, while washing olothes on Monday, poured some gasoline into a wasbtub of water the better to remove the dirt from the olothes. When the clothes were removed froru the boiler to the tnb the heat was sufficient to ignite the gasoline,which blazed up.burnng her face. A little child which was riaying near by was also slightly jnrnöd. Mrs. Charlotte J. Kiug, of ïpsianti, had an uufortunate fall one day ast week, by whioh she sustained a broken hip. On accnnnt of her advanoed age, nearly 90 years, tbe accident can bnt be of a serious character. árs. King snffered a similar iujury rom a fall in the street tbree or fonr years ago; and that followed a most remarkable series of like mishaps, amoug wbich she had sutïered at different times fracture of both arms, both wriüt, both legs, one hip thiity 'ears ago, and a dislocated shoulder. - Commercial. It was the lucky break of a large gear wbeel that saved Will Minnett Torn being mangled or possibly killed Saturday week. He was in the upper mrt of the mili oiling some of the maohinery, and when reaching into a lifficnlt place was caught between the oogs of two large wheels and the hand and arm drawn in and cut aad bruised quite badly, besides a long cut in the arm and a large chunk of flesh that was torn froin the wrist. Dnring the 'racas the wbeel, whioh was three feet n diameter broke, wbioh allowed Will o free himself and no doubt saved him

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Ann Arbor Argus
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