Washtenawisms

Jeff Lemin, of Sharoa, is fatteúing 98 coarse wool lambs and several head of cattle. The North Lake Sunday school will have a Christmas tree and an appropri ate program Christmas eve. Mrs. Sally Ponoher, of Brideewater, who was badly injnred by a fall reoently, is still confinad to her bed. The Whitmore Lake ice houses are being reroofed and renovated preparatory to the winter harvest. A wood drawiug bee to furnisb wood for tbe M. E. parsouage at Wbitinore Lake, was prodactive of 17 cords of 4-foot wood. The Chelsea Herald says: "We have it, froua good authority that one or two North Lake farmers just finished hay ing last week." The annual meeting of the Southern Washtenaw Farmers' Mutual Fire Insuranoe Co. will be held at the People's Bank in Manohester on Satnrday, Deo. 26. It iooks lonely abont Hamburg since the Ann Arbor Railroad ohanged its freight transfer from that place to Durand and took away some of the employees. The Pinokney Dispafcch claims for that village the distinction of being the only place of its size that has been able to maiutain a lectnre conree successfnlly. At the annual inpeting of the Union Savings Bank, Manchester, the old board of directors aud staff of offbers were re-elected and a dividend of five per cent was declared. Henry Pullen stepped intb an open cellar way in rear of George Minto's clothing store in Milan, one nigbt last week, and struck on bis ribs which were badly bruised in oonsequence. The Piuckney Dispatch is autbority for a rumor that the Ann Arbor tailroad depot at Whitmore Lake is to be rebuilt for residence for the seotion boss aud tbat place made a flag station. Aaron G. Culver and Mrs. .lane Holmes were married Sunday week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rice, of Milan, by Rev. J P. Hutohinson, pastor of the Presbyteriau church. Farmers are talking quite strongly in favor of a law that will oollect the road work in cash and the road work done by contract instead of its being done in the present way under the pathmaster system. - Chelsea Herald. Mrs. Robert Reuton, besides looking after a family of five childreD, has hnsked 1,465 bushels of oorn tbia fall and tied the stalks into bundies and set them np. It is doubtful if there is another woman in the United States wbo has done as well. - Ypsilantian. A tramp sat upon the engine house steps, at Manchester, a few evenings ago waiting for the nightwatch. Of some boys he enquired when the landlord of that hotel wonld be around to assign him a room. - Manohester Enterprise. Mrs. Ijyruau Rich, formerly of Milan, died at her home in Grand Ledge on VVednesday of last week, aged 5G years. Her remains were brought to Milan Friday, and buried in the London cemetery. She leaves a husband and five children besides six brothers and sisters. Mrs. Gill's house in Saline was badly soorched by fire one night reoently, bufe her housebold goods were saved without being much damaged by water. "The blood cnrdling sonnd of the old fire bell pealing forth its tones" calling out a crowd of people in time to do tbis, the Saline übserver saya. Milan streets were lighted at night by eleotricity, but the people kicked ou the expense and the old order of lighting with kerosene lamps was returned to. After a ten days' trial the eleotrio lights were again set going and the Milan Leader says: "Yon don't hear of any one 'kicking' about the expense of eleotric ligbts now; ten days' return to the old kerosene oil system has cured thera of tha,t disease. " Oat at Clinton a patent medicine show company was at the opera house ior some time aud as an attraotion a week ago Satnrday night offered prizes to the best locking lady aud tbe homeliest man. Tbe Clinton Local says: "The prizes ware awarded at the show at tbe town Imll Satntd'ay uight by a vote cf thtisa present. Tho prize for the best lookicg lariy prpsont, an leptrio belt, was se nted by Mrs. Alioe Winger. The homelippt man proved to be Ralph Carr, aud bo vas rowarded with a box of worm pills. "' Some Manchester farmers are selling coru at 10 cents a bushel. Eruanuel cbnroh Sonday school, at Manchester, has nearly 200 scholars. The total uumber of pupila enrollen" in tbe Chelsea schools Nov. 27 was 861. 7ay Pray is giving good satisfaction as teacher oí tbe Wbitinore Lake school. Chicken thieves are doiug a thriving business in the viciDity of Ypsilanti Plains. There is talk of two or three bandsome residences being erected in Dexter next spring. Walter Isbell, of Lodi, has seoured a position as school teaoher at Gaines, G-enesee county The Baptist and Congregational churcbes uf Salem vvill have Christmas exercises for their Sonday schools. The Milan M. E. Sunday school will have a,Cbristinas tree on the night before Christmas, with appropriate exeroises. Milán Masonio temple is to be hereafter ligbted by eleotricity. Lamps of 16, 32 and 50 candle power will be used. A donation fur the benefit of Rev. Mr. Hicks, of Whitmore Lake, was held at the parsonage Wednesday evening. Rëv. F. L. Baker, of Milan, is conducting revival meetings at what is known as the "East Ghurcb," eight miles soutbeast of that village. Glande Raymond, of Sharon, who receutly underwent a surgical operation at Ann Arbor for a disease of the peiitonenm, is slowly reoovering. Dr. Batwell, of Ypsilanti, had $65 taken from his pants' pocket one night last week by a robber who opened the door of the house with a skeleton key G. C. Lawrence and A. Anstin had a rig hjtched in front of the Baptist church, Ypsilauti, Monday night, when some tbief carne along and stole a robe from the oarriage. The pupils of the Manchester bigh school give an entertainment at Arueiter hall in that village, tbis evening, consistiug of vocal and instrumental music, recitations, essays and a play, "The Danger Signal." A. S. Malory, formerly Michigan Central station agent at Ypsilanti, died in Wayne, Tuesday, aged 62 years. His remains were taken to Ypsilanti this morning and at'ter short funeral services were placed in the vanlt at Highland oemetery. ♦ Invitations have been issued for the seoond lean year danoiug party to be given by the T. M. I. Club, in the Dexter opera house, Thursday evening, Deo. 31, 1896. Tbe club will endeavor to make this party surpass the sucoessful one of last spring. R. C. Hayton, an Ypsilanti gunsuiith, was sandbagged Tuesday evening about 8 o'olock wbile on his way home. FortunateJy it was not a knockout blow and tbe men, feariug to make fnrther effort took flight. Mr. Hayton says be conld identify the assaulters. G. H. Morse, the poultry buyer, of Ypsilanti, up to date has sbipped east 82,000 puunds of dressed poultry. This niakes the total shipped from that point by the two purchasing firms of the city over 130,000 pounds with a oonple of weeks of the season yet remaining. - Times. One steer in a carload of cattle shipped froru Manchester last week, on the Lake Shore railroad, was a curiosity that may yet find its way into a museum. Tbe animal had five Iegs, the saperfluous member being attached to the neok, half way from tbe bead to tbe shoulder. It was about as long as a man's arm, and bad a knee joint and a hoof. At the annaal meeting of the Dexter Savings Bank, Thos. Birkett, E. F. Chase, D. L. Jenney, George Beuton, Charles Van Riper, H. W. Newkirk and William D. Smith were re-elected direotors Cashier Newkirk's resignation was accepted and Assistant Cashier E. H. Carpenter was promoted to the position of cashier. There was a lively hnstling in a certain upstairs "club room" in the villaje one evening last week. The room was heated by an oil heater which got heyoud control and a catastrophe was averted ouly by heaving the "pesky thing" out of the window. It made a meteoric decent and for a time created considerable consternaron. - Dexter Leader. Peter Stack, of Ypsilanti, was sentenced to the house of correction at lonia for one year by Justice Beach, of Ypsilant, Wednesday of last week, for being drunk. When Officer Arms got to lonia with his prisoner he found that the prison autborities would uot receive him under the sentence as the justice bad exceeded his jurisdiotion, he aocordingly had to bring iátack back to Ypsilanti and libérate him. Walter Robinson, of Ypsilanti, who has given his father a good deal of trouble, skipped out with a horse and buggy belonging to the latter on Thanksgiving Day last, and nothing has been siuce heard of him exoept that at Monroe the boy wanted to sell the outfit to a physician. The dootor was suspioious and did not purchase and young Robinson got scared and left the rig at Monroe and went on. Mr. Robinson went to Mouroe Tuesday to claim the horse. - Times. The man who classes Saline as a deadtown is out of his head. There is more freight loaded and unloaded at our station than any other point on this brauoh of the Lake Shore. Within the past week, B. and F. E. Jones have received two carloads of coal, Ford and Son a oarload of lumber, and M. O'Hara and Bordine each a car of stook today, John Stnith shipped two cars of baled hay, Mr. Brigis one car and Friss & Minnett a car of flour, nine full carloads in one week aside from a large ciuautity of local freight. - Saline Ob-server- Sevpral of the Dexter ohnrcbes will hold Christmas entertaiurnents. Unadilla youug people have organized a lyceum. The first program was given Satuiday evening Roy, the little flve yeats oíd son of Th os. Bell, of Dexter, feil f rom a ooutih a oonple of weeks ago and broke ODe of his arms jast above the elbow. Owuers of fast nags in the neighborbood of Dexter are making arrangementa for some intereeting mid-winter racing events as soon as the weather is favorable. Mrs. Schweikerath, of Chelsea, was found dead in her bed on Monday of last week. Sbe was buried Thurpday, the funeral services being held in St. Mary's ohnrcb, Chelsea. The Cbristian Endeavor Sooiety of Webster will give a concert in the Webster Congregational chnroh, tomorrow evening. The program will consist of vocal and instrumental rausic and reoThe officers of the Chelsea Christian Endeavor Society for the ensuing year are: President, F. C. Mapes; vice president, Miss Miunie Davis; secretary, Miss Mamie Drislane; assistant secretary, Miss Mary Wunder; treasurer ; öeo. Webster.