Washtenawisms

Croqnet is the favorite game in Willis this season. Dexter bicyclists are endeavoring to form a bioyole club. A large nnmber of honses are in oonrse of ereotion in Ypsilanti. The projeotors of a otaeese factory in Unadilla have now abandoned the idea. Decoration Day was appropriately observed at the Thayer cemetery in Salem, Monday. Frost. in the vicinity of Dundee did considerable daraage to strawberries and gardens Sunday.night. Ypsilanti Lodge, No. 128, F. & A. M., will soou ruake a pilgriruage to Plyroouth to confer the Master Alason's degree. The Dundee Agricultnral Association has decided to hold a fair this year, and has set the seoond week in September as the time. George Stantz, a farmer living in Manchester township, committed snicirie SuDday by shooting himself. He is eupposed to have been insane. The Ypsilanti high sohool will gradúate between 30 and 25 pnpils this year - the largest class that has ever been graduated form that institntion. Harry Smith, of Ypsilanti, met with a bioyole acoident Satorday, by whioh his face was badly cut and he was rendered unconsoions for some time. Pinckney will sail through 1897 with only one saloon. This does not say but what tüere will be jnst as much liquor drank however. - Pinckney Dispatch. The Ann Arbor Railroad depot at Hamburg was broken into Monday nigbt of laBt week for the seoond time within four days and the agent's raaokintosh and bat weie stolen. Emerson Blood, a oarpenter living in Ypsilanti, died Friday of oíd age. The deoeased left no family, bis most immediate relative being a niece who has been keeping house for him. Patrick Fleming, an old and esteemed pioneer resident of Dexter township, died at nis home Friday morning, May 21, after a lingering illness. The funeral services were held in St. Joseph's chnrch, Dexter, Mrs. Lida McCredy, of Tuttle Hill, was taken to the asylum at Pontiac WednesJay of last week, by Depnty P. W. Ross. Mrs. McCredy's mind has been badly affected for the past fonr or five years. Grass Lake's creamery ïaust be one of the biggest in the state, over 19,000 pounds of milk being reoeived daily. The other day a single shipment was made of 3,300 pounds of butter, tbe product üf fuur days' work. Cherries, strawberries and peavs in the vioinity of Unadilla promise to be an excellent erop; apples are likely to be at least half a corp, while oats, wheat and clover are in excellent condition. The Alanohester "kid' baseball team has lately succeeded in beating the Clinton team three straight games. 'The last game was won by a score of 13 to 5. There's no flies on the Manchester juveniles. The editor of the Manchester Enterprise says that in riding through the country he sees a large amouut of rye in the wheat fields, and advises farmers to remove it at once or they will be obliged to take a lower price for their wheat when brought to market. Phoenix Lodge. No. 13, F. & A. M., accompanied by several members of Ypsilanti Lodge, No. 128, numbering 50 Masons in all, visited Myrtle Lodge, No. 89, at Belleville Wednesday evening of last week and conferred the Master Mason's degree. In all there were 200 Masons present on the occasion. Israel Dungen a porter at the Hawkins house, Ypsilanti, celebrated Decoration Day by puiling a revolver on Ed. Doersam and Dr. Drury at Westfall's barn Monday and, it being loaded, it was discharged. Nobody was hnrt exoept Dnngen's feelings next morning when he was fined $9.15 or 00 days in jail by Justice Childs for his action. Mrs. Sarah A. Thompson died Saturday, May 29, at the home of her son-inlaw, C. L. Stevens, of Ypsilanti, where she has resided since the death of her husband eight years ago. She has been in delicate healtb during the last three years, but of late her decline has been rapid, and whiu at last the surumons oame she qnietly feil asleep. She was 75 years of aga and came to Ypsilanti in 1836 wirh tier father Gen. John Van Possen and with the exception of the flrst few years of bei married life bas lived there since then. The two barber shops iu Saliue üave Consolidated. i Eigbteen passenger traics pass tlirough Milan daily. L L. Jamos, of Dexter, will bnild jhiinself a fine cattage at Base Lake. , The Sylvau Sunday scbool will observe Cbildren's day on Sunday, June 18. People who nse the Lima town hall hpieafter will have to pay $5 for the privilege Jacob Knapp, of Freedom, recently feil from a ladder and dislocated his shonlder. M. S. Cook, of Dester, lias strnok a fine flowing well on bis cottage lot at Base Lake. The Enterprise wonld Iike to see the mnd puddles on Exchaüge place, Manchester, filled np. Manchester bad a "grand $20,000 tented exhibition" of "Uucle Totn's Cabin" Wednesday. Tbe "Cook Twin Sisters Colossal Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." showed under canvas in Saline yesterday. It is said that tbe huckleberry erop in the vicinity ot Grass Lake will be au immeuse one this year. Mr. Cbapman, of Chelsea, and Miss May Niles, of Fishville, were ruarried at the latter place yesterday. Two dogs g:t in among Cornelius Carr's flock of sheep iu Manchester recently and killed two sbeep and wounded otbers. A man uatned üoat, of Salem, has invented a corn marker, which does excellent woik on uneven as well as on even ground. Au ice cream social for the benefit of the Sylvau Christian Union will be given at the home of Geo. Merker, next Tbursdav. June 10. '"Weary Willies" entered a car at the Manchester depot one night last week, broke open a bale of hay and made of it a snug bed. The Clinton Local says "carousing is the order nearly every Sunday at the River Raisin millpond in Bridgewater, and onght to be stopped." The pupila of the Manchester high sohool will picnic at Sand Lake, Saturday, Jnne 12, and have invited the gradnates of '95 and '96 to join them. A township Sunday school convention is being held in the M. E. church, Webster, this afteruoon and evening. It is desired to organiza the township for Sunday school work. Peter Baner died suddenly Wednesday of last week, in Bridgewater, aged 75 yeara 6 months and 23 days. He had been a resident of the township for over 30 years and leaves a large circle of fiiends. Bridgewater people are complaining abont the number of people who go spearing flsh in the River Raisin and want to see the young men who were arrested by Game Warden Rose, of Manchester, prosecnted. Michael Merkle, of Chelsea, bas been elected delégate from the Germán Workingmen's Society of that place, to attend the state conrention which will be held at Owosso, next Tnesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. Alice Adora, wife of Milo C. Updike, of Chelsea, died at the family borne May 22. She was born in Manchester, May 26, 1855, and thus lacked foor days of being 42 years old. Her reraains were interied in the Grass Lake cemetery Tuesday of last week. A traveling professional calling bimself "the seventh son of a seventh sonT' was driving through Sharon last week. People are indeed benigbted who will even countenance such strangers. living as we do under the shadow of our great medical institution at Ann Arbor. - I Manchester Enterprisfi. Here is the formula of making Bordeaux mixture, whioh should be used freely at this season of the year in the orchard and on small fruits: Lnrnp lime, 4 Ibs. , slacked into tbin whitewash and strained ; snlpbate of copper, 4 Ibs, broken fine, dissolved in water ; mix and add water to make 50 gallons of the whole. - Michigan Farmer. Herert Mead, a boy 16 years old, living three miles from Milan, was held up Sunday night while passing a piece of woods and at the point of a revolver he was searched. The robber did not get anything from him. The highwayman was captnred in Milan at 0 o'clock Sunday night and locker! up. He was identified by Mead as his assailant. Tbe townsbip board of Bridgewater met the other day to look up the matter of the setting over of about 350 acres in school district No. 3 into district No. 9 about seven weeks ago by School Inspectors Pranklin Johnson and Philip Blum. After a thorough investigation the inspectors were sustaineö. This gives all west of the river to distriot No. 9. James Hogan will also petition to be put in the Dillingharn district. Mrs. Conrad Heselsohwerdt and -a little child were.severely bruised by the overturning of a carriage in which they were riding Wednesday of last week. Going down the hill in front of St. Joseph's chnrob, Dexter, one of the thills of the buggy dropped down, oausing the horse to lun away and the buggy was turned bottom side up. L. Whitney Watkins returned home Saturday from a two weeks' skirmish among the Jackson and Livingston county lakes, where he snatobed a lot of men who had been spearing fish, which ia contrary to law. Being depnty state flsh warden he has power to arrest and try violators, and bas succeeded in landing every man he went for, and in colleoting at least $10 fine from him. - Manchester Enterprise. By recent settlemeut of tbe Allen will case in Manchester, the heirs will gst between $7,000 and $8,000 of the 125,000 estáte. Oliver Allen died near Clinton in November, 1896. He was a very peculiar man, a bachelor of 80, and for years bad not been iuside a church. S?ven ye rs ago be made h:s will, leaviög all bis property to the snperannuated ministers and education al board of tbe M. E. church and not a cent to bis napbews and nieces. The heirs could not undeistand why he , shonld out them off and will bis pro} - '. erty to tbe church, so they employed John E. Bird, of Adrián, and A. F. Freeman, of Manchester, to contest the will with the above result. Capt. E. P. Allen, of Ypsilanti, was attorney for the church.