Washtenawisms

Quoit pitching is a popular game in Hilan. Sorue fina trout have been caught recently in the creeks in Lodi. The Saline graduating class nuinbers nine of whorn sis are non-resident students. The Rev. O. M. Thrasher, of Salem, is receiving an extended visit from his aged mother. The graduating class of the Dundee school this year numbers 11. Tho school will close June 25. The Salem cheese factory under the management of, J. A. Robins is rnanufacturing 15 cheese per day. ,! Mrs. Goundry, of Ypsilanti, is 81 years old, but thinks nothing of taking a two. -mile walk on pleasant days. JVlr. Jackson, of Mooreville, who had a stroke of paralysis last Deoember is now able to walk without crutches. Mr, Emery R. Beal, druggist, of Ypsilanti, will be married in Portland next Wednesday to Miss Minnie Jenkins. The Saline school board bas re-enganged all the teachers of the schoo. Prof. Auatin gets a 50 increase to his salary. Brv. Markham, of Whittaker, is going into chicken raising on a more extensive scale aud has purchased a %-íó incubator and brooder. A Mooreville correspondent says: "Coru planting progresses very slowly on accunnt of so much wet weather. The wtiatber is not even good for fishing. ' Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Comstock, of Hillsdale, celebrated their golden wedding with their daughter Mrs. D. Q. Barry, of Saline, on Tnesday of last week. Timothy Preston, a farmer of Dundee, was thrown by a fractious hoise into a deep ditch Friday receiving infernal injuries that proved fatal. He died on Tuesday, Martin Irion, who formerly conducted a tannery in Ypsilanti, committed suicide by hanging himself, at Island City, Oregon, one day the early part of last week. Miss Kate Collins, died at her home in Ypsilanti, Friday, after an operation vpfeicb did not avail anything towards the recovery of her health. She was 29 years of age. The funeral services of Everett Carl Steidle, who died in Delray, May 15, were held at his parents' home in Milan, Monday, Rev. F. O. Jones ofSciating. The remains were interred iu Marble Park cemetery. Sunday v,'eek night, the barn on the Olcott place at Stony Creek, was burued with its contents, including 10 or 12 tons of hay and a quantity of oats, belonging to Harlow Olcott, and some farm tools owned by O. Gooding. The flre is believed to be of incendiary origin, as the house and barn on the place have been unoccupied for some time. Tbe Saline high school commencement exercises will be participated in as follows: Valedictory, Mabel Kyte; aalutatory, Linnie Rogers; history, Ralph Isbell ; essay, Rose Wood ; prophecy, Lena Friis; oration, Chas. Williams ; essay, Olive Cressy ; reoitations, Agnes McKinnon, Gertrude Miller. The Normal conservatory quartet will furnish the music. Five boys, from 12 to 14 years of age living on the east side of the river at Ypsilanti, ran away from home Monday of last week to make their fortunes in the world bnt the last of the gang retumed the following Wednesday night apparently little pleased with their experience with the hard, cold world, and doubtless well pleased to stay at home in the future. 'The Saline bicycle club has organized wïth 30 memebrs and the following officers : President, A. J. Warren ; vioe president, Mrs. Unterkircher; secretary., Miss Grace Davis; treasurer, John Mitchell ; oaptain, D. A. Bennett; lieuteaant, Henry liindenschmidt ; 2nd, liexstenant, Miss Mattie. Schaffer ; color bearer, Geo. Lutz; bngler, L. Crittenden. The club proposes to go into a regular course of drili. The Milau board of eduoation has njade the followiug selecfcion of teachers for the ensuing year at the salaries annexed : Principal, Prof. H.C.Carrick, salary $775; pre:eptresf, Miss Ayers, of Adrián, f:)lj; g;am;nir, Miss Mattie Carrick, of Petersburg, $270; intermedíate, Miss Ida L Burroughs, Milan, $270; first primary, Miss Kittie Sauer, of Saliue $270; chart room.. Miss Mary Lviise Pomemy, of Ypsilanti, $270. Some fiue tish are beiug caoght in Pleasaut lake. Freedom, these days. The taxable valuatiou of South Lyoa o $10,000 greater thau it was last year. The í?th anuual May festival of tbe M. E. obnrch, Ypsilauti, will be held thia oveuiuji. Thirty-six afrests have been made in Muuitiï lately for spearing fish. Let tho ganti work go on. Snpeivisor Wm. Burtless, of Manuhesfcer, is abont to baild himself a new residence in tb ut village. The owners of Fay's lake, near Manchester, have posted signs on its banks piohibiting people from fishing in it. The Willis creamery association is putting in a new aeparator, as one is not sufficient to do the work at present. Bridgewater celery growers are getting their ground ready for planting, and will increase the acreage planted this year. Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Kramer, of Manchester, entertained a party of friends Monday of last week, in honor of Mrs. Kramer's 50th birthday. The four years old daughter of James Cartreli, who lives near Pinckney, was so seriously bnrued while playing around a bonflre oue day recently that she died. Miss Lena Wacker. the 13 years old daughter of Mrs. Lewis Wacker, of i Sharon, died May 15, from an attack I of the measles after being siok for only a few days. Tomorrow will be MaCormick day in Chelsea, and all who bought machines of the oompauy at that place tbis season are invited to take dinner with the local agent, James Geddes, jr. , at the Boyd house. A yoang Jinitiate in one of the Ypsilanti high school secret societies was led blindfolded nine miles out into the country and amid terrible incantations tied to a tree. After several honrs he wriggled loose and walked home, at 3:30 a. m. All tbu teachers of the Ypsilanti high school have been re-engaged for next year with the exoeption of Miss Mclntyre, who will spend the year abroad. Her plane will be filled by Miss Kate O. Arnold, who holds a U. of M. degree of A. B. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah L. Strong, of Superior towuship, have made application and will adopt a girl from tbe State Public School at Coldwater. Mr. and Mrs. Strong have already takeu and reared two girls from the State Reform School at Adrián. The Iron Creek church is to undergo repairs this snmmer and will be repapered. The matter is in the bands of a committee cousisting of Rev. I. B. Bnffum, Mrs. G. R. Sutton, Mrs. Byron Hunt, Mr. aud Mrs. C. D. McMahon, G. M. Sutton and A. D. English. The following seniors have literary parts on the Ypsilanti high school commeneement program : Ladies - Franoes Brown, Ida Mitchell, Mollie Rappleye, Bertha Sinith, Grace Strang, Maude Vroman. Gentlemen - Frank H. Clark, Earnest Reed, Roy E. Spencer, Cari Young. A Manchester Jcifcizen advocates the pnrohase by tbs village board of a piece of land large enough for ball grounds, show gronnds and a ponnd. He thinks if centrally located and properly arranged the village conld receive a fair income frora it and it would be a permanent convenience to the village. The residence of Dr. E. E. Richardson, of Dundee, burned to the ground at 3 :30 Snnday ruorning, not a thing beicg saved. The doctor and wife were out uf town over night, but two boys were sleeping in tbe house who barely escaped with their lives. Cause of fire nnknown. Loss f 1,500. Dan Murray, of Salem, came near meeting with a serious accident the other day. While working at the oheose factory bis shitt sleeve became oaught in the shafting, tearing it from bis body. He freed himself from the shaft by exerting himself to the utmost. If the material in his shirt had been strouger he would uudoubtedly have lost an arm. N. P. Stanton will lecture to the oitizens of Saline at the opera house tbis evening. He will talk of Wall st. and its power, its bulls and its bears, of Greater New York, ite size, population, wealth and business; then switching off be will teil of the Egyptian obelisk, Bartholdi's statue of Liberty, etc., etc., and all this for 10 oents for adults and 5 cents for children. Mnltum in parvo. A small blaze occurred in the parlor of G. A. Lindenschmidt's home in Saline, a few nights ago. Mrs. Lindenschmidt struck a parlor match to light the lamp and a spark from it fiew into the lace curtains at the window. She saw the spark, but could not find it. A few minutes later she was startled at seeing the curtain in a blaze. Prompt measures on tbe part of the boys confiaed the damage to the curtains and pole, They are telling a good one on a well known local flshermsn who lives not a great way from the depot. He went spearing on the river for mullet the other uight and brought home a daudy weighing 11 ponnds flat. Anticipating a big feast the next day, he had tbe good wife stuff and bake it, only to find out jást before the meal that his mullet was a oarp. The chickens had baked fish on their bill of fare that day. - Dexter Leader. Sana Gibson, Dave Boyd, Séneca Litchard and Mike Mohart got drunk in Fritz's saloon, Saline, Saturday week, and a bloody fight took place betweeu tbein, the two foriner being pitted against the two last named and who got deoidedly tbe worst of the encounter. The following Monday they preseuted themselves to Justice Webb who fined Gibson and Boyd each $5 and costs which in all arnounted to f 17, the other two being let off with 1 eacb and oosts. ■ Rev. B, F. Aldrioh will be installed as pastor of the Congregatiounal church in Ypsilanti, June 11. Wrs. Pacrck Rigney died at her home in Ypsilanti, Monday, aged 68 yeare, of asthma of the heart. She had been a resident of the city for 42 years. The fnoeral services were held at St. John's church, Wednesday. Mrs. W, Gardani, of Ypsilanti, rnet with a bicycle accident Saturday which was Inckily of only a slight nature. She lost control of her wheel and fell headlong into a ditch beside the road, injuring one hand and arm severely. Mrs. George Hartman, of Saline, died Alonday of last week, aged 24 years. Her remains were interred in the Judd cemetery the following Wednesday. She leaves a little son besides her husband, parents and other relativas to mourn her early demise. A new swindle on the farmers is being worked around the state.. A man drives np to a fartner's home ia a carriage, and say& he has a telegram announcing the death of a friend, collect í from two t ) three dollars for expense of delivery, and leales before tne farmer has time to realize that the "friend'! whose death is announced was uo relative of nis, and that ir was only a sóbeme to fleece him out of his money. William Carl Klein died at the home of his parents in Saline Monday of last week aged 32 years and G months. He had been in ill health for some time, his case being a peculiar one which greatly puzzled the doctors. Some months since he was taken to Ann Arbor and operated upon for appendicitis. This only relieved him for a time, and soon after his return home he began to grow worse again. After his death a close examination showed a cherry pit lodged in one of the smallest intestines which had produced inflammation. The funeral, held at the church the following Wednesday afternoon, was largely attended.