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The Salem sawrnill is undergoing extensive repairs. The members of St. Joseph's Catholic ohurch, at Whittakei, are talking np their aunual picuio. Mooreville Daughters of Rebekah held an ice cream social at the home of Mrs. Frank Holcomb last evening. The Miohigan Central is bnilding a new fence opposite its depot at Cbelsea, and has reshingled its fieight house. Joe Craraer, of Manchester, had soine staiks of red clover in the lot in front of bis residence whioh wore h]z feet in length. Air. E. J. Hammond and Miss Rath West were married at Sylvan, Thursday evening, July 8, by Rev. Thomas Holmes. Tbe Chelsea Standard oomplains that the sidewalks in the village need repairing if the citizens are to remain sonnd of limb. Thieves broke'into Sfc. John's church, Freedom, recently and stole a small amount of money belonging to the Sunday school. Mss Edith Case, of Manchester, who has been a teacher in the Ypsilanti schools has acoepted a position in the chools at Elgin, 111. Fifteen cheese per day is the output of the Salem cheese factory. Fifteen ïhonsand pounds of ohaese have been shipped to Chicago this season. Frauk ü. McNamara, of Chelsea, ■who gradoated from the dental departjnent of the U. of M. with the class of '97. has opened an office at St. Panl, Mich. The Dexter milis are experiencing trouble from low water and in consequence have had to start tbe 40-horse power gasoline engine put in about a j-ear ago. Mrs. Post, who had been a resident of Norvell since 1863, died very suddenly as she was cooking dinner July 9. Hbe was found by her son lying on the ground where she had fallen. Charles Fish, of Sbaron, sold to Charlie Shafer, of Grass Lake, four youDg steeis, whioh weighed in the aggregate 4,630 ponnds. They were extra fine and brought 4 cents a pound. The terms of office of Judge Newkirk and R. C. Reeves as trustees of the Dexter schools expire this year and the electors of that village are casting about for their successors. It is expected that Mr. Reeves will be his own successor. The following corps of teachers has been engaged for the Pinckney schools the coming year: Prinoipal, Stephen Durfee; grammar department, (J. L. Grimes; intermedíate department, Miss Nina Jones; primary department, Miss Jessie Green. Philip Ulricb, sr. , of Chelsea, was neercomo hy the heat July 9 while working in the field, and was uuconscioas for three honrs. Hard work on the part of the physioians brought him through and it was thought he would get alons all right, but he died Wed.nesday of last week. A depufcy sheriff in Augusta township vas trying his new revolver the other day and pnt up a mark on a shed to see how uear hu could shoot. He hit the mark all right and the ball crashed through the side of the shed and striking au unlucky duck that was standing tuere took off its bead. Miss Nellie Graut and Mr. Conrad 'öohanz were married at St. Mary's church, Chelsea, Thursday morning of last week. The ceremony was followed by a reoeption at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sohanz, in Lima. The young conple have cormnenced housekeeping on the Bowen farm in Lima. At the annnal school meeting of fractional district No. 3 Sylvan and Lima held in the town hall, Chelsea, July 12, George BeGole aud D. B. Taylor were elected trustees. The ditector's report showed the receipts to have been '.$6,182 65, expenditures $5,825.42, bal■aaoe on hand $357.23. The estimated expenditures for the ensuing year are -$6,075. The newly elected offioers of Union 2io. 366, C. M. I. b'. of A., Chelsea, for the next üix months are: President, Louis Burg; vice president, J. S. Hoeffler; financial and crorresponding secretary, C. L. StaLfnn ; treasurer, F. B. Schusslei ; rouordiug srcretary, J. A. ïüsenman ; trustees, G. Weick, J. S. Hoeffler and L. Burg; finince Cümmittee, J. A. Eisouinan, L. Eisunman aud íi. Burg; sergeant-at-arms, L. Eiseu uan. I The New State Telephone Co. has 125 subscribeis iu Ypsilauti. The raspberry erop aroand Wampler's Lake will be short this year ou account of the recent extreme heat. Ypsilanti Presbyterians are goiug to remodel and recoustract the front of their oborch and also build a chapel on the property. Miss Oriska Worden, of Ypsianlti, is otie of a trio of sopranos who have been engaged to sing with the Bostoniaus tbe coming seasou. Mr. Edward Hinokley and Miss Lizzie Gordon, both of them former residents of Ypsilanti weie recentiy raarried in Detroit. George H. Hammond, of Ypsilanti, was offered $5,000 for Dan Q. the other night, by N. W. Harbinger, of Hartford, Coun., and promptly refused the offer. Nearly 500 people witnessed the blooming of a cactos grandiflora, or nigbt blooming cereus, at the home of Mrs. Win. fiobinsou in Ypsilanti, Suuday evening. Thfl valnation of the real and personal property of the village of Chelsea as approved by the board of review is : Real, $175,175; personal, f423,925; total, $599,100. St. Joseph's cburch cougregation, of Dexter, will celébrate the 25th anniversary of tbe laying of the corner stone of the cburch by a picnic in Stannard's grove, Wednesday, Aug. 4. Chas. Fleur, a blacksmith of Dundee, while working a horse ont on the race track at that place Tuesday, was sunstruck and is in a very critical condition. E. R. Doane, of Dexter, has an orauge tree in his yard which he brought from Florida and froni which he has been picking for the past few weeks lnscious oranges of Michigan growtb. Elmer Lyon, of Dexter, who recently gradnated from the engineering depaitment of the Uuiversity of Michigan, has goue to Bellaire, Ohio, where he has accepted a position with the Boiler & Bridge Co. Mrs. Xavier Baur, of Bridgewater, was badly shaken np and braised iu a runaway accident the other day. Her horse became frightened when she raised ber nmbrella, ran away.and jamped over a gate. A representative of the new State Telephoue Cu. was in Saline for several days last week trying to induce people to take stock or coupons in the oompany. If enongh is subscribed the line will be extended to that village. Mrs. Hannah Moulton, living east of Dundee, died July 16, aged 88 years. She was one of the early pioneers of that section having spent nearly her entire life tbereabouts. Sbe had lived on the old homestead, where she died, for tbe past 60 years. Morris Robbins, of New Haven, Conn., bas been visiting nis brother, J. A. Robbins, of Salem, the past four weeks. They had not seen each other for 32 years. Mrs. Roberts, of Aylrner, Ont., a sister of the Robbins' was also visiting J. A. at the same time. James P. Dickinson, who owns a farm near the Peninsular papar milis at Ypsilanti, was bitten in the leg by a vicious dog one day last week. Mr. Diokinson says he does not fear any serious results but be does not think as much of dogs as he did. Tbe wonnd is a large one shaped like a horse shoe. The divorce case of Artbnr Scfloeld vs. Jennie Sofioeld, wherein the cornplainant asks for a bilí ou the ground of adultery, carne up for hearing in Jackson on Tuesday. The parties were former residents of Ypsilanti. The Greek city seems to be furnishing sensations for all this part of the state. Mrs. Chris Wiek, aged 35, wife of a farmer near Northville, feil from a chair Monday and injured her abdomen, blseding to death in a few minutes. Sha was soon to become a mother. She leaves a husband and fonr children, f the oldest only sis years of age. "Doe" Bill Bell, well' known in Ypsilanti, is lying at Mfc. Clemens in a very precarions oondition, the resnlt of a dog bite reoeived in Ypsilanti a oonple of months ago. He was passing along when a vicious brute lan out aud bit him in the leg. The wound did not trouble him for some time, but lately blood poisoning set in and there are now serions doubts that Mr. Bell vvill ever recover, although the doctors afc Mt. Clemens thiok they can save his life. A fl,500 damage snit bas been commeuced against Charles Reinhart, the owner of the dog. 4 lodge of Good Temp'.ars was instituted at Ypsilanti, Priday evening by I. O. Frank, special state deputy grand chief templar, aesisted by Miss Lordetta Powers, grand depnty marshal of tb a grand lodge. Officers elected w ere as follows: Joseph Falk, lodge dapnty; Mrs. Kate B. Joslyn, ohief templar; Mrs. Ada Falk, vice-ternplar; Mrs. Florence Babbitt, P. C. templar; Miss Edith Cbureh, record ing seoretary; Mrs. Chreste VVilber, marshal; Miss Edith Falk, treasurer ;Mrs. A. H. Powets, chaplain. The name of the lodge is "Ypsilanti.' The war is on in earnest in Ypsilanti between the Michigan Bell Telephone Co., and the new State Telephone Co. The former has something over 90 sobsoribers and the Jatter ovee 25. A bont 45 or 50 are usiug both systems, and the oontest is centered on each striving to retain this nnrober. The Bell Telepbone Co. has dropped its rates from $36 to 24 per year for business places, if paid quarterly in advanoe, and the new State Telephone Co. gives the rate of $24 for business places payable at the expiration of theqnarter. The line into Detroit will be completed by the new State Telephone Co. in a few days and then the work will be pushed to Ann Arbor. L. Watts residiug uorth of Brooklyu got 80 bushels of crimson clover seed f rom 12 acres tbe-otber day. The village of Dexter has six citizens vvhose cornbined ages are 504 years. They are Morrell Goodrich, George C. Page, Denuis Warner, Nelsou Phelps, Fred Warner and Harry J. Phelps. A bnrglar entered Lee N. Brown's house at Ypsilauti, Friday uight, while that gentleman and bis wife were sitting out on the lawu. Before he oould saoure anything Mis. Brown entered the room íl which be was to see if her baby was sleeping. Her aerearas frightened the man away, for when Mr. Brown appeared on the scène the t'ellow had gone Mrs. Brown fainted and did uot recover consciousnesa for an hour. John Osler, of Belleviile, a well knowu blacksmithtof that village, was fuund hunging in his woodshed, stone dead, Saturday evening. He had told bis wife tbat be was going to visit bis sister Saturday inoruing and left tbe house. She suppostd he had gone i there, but instead the old man, who j was 83 years of age, went to the ' shed and hauged himself with a rope. I No canse for the act of self-dostruction ia known. He leaves two sons, two daughters and a widow. Guy Tnttle, of Ypsilanti town, and Fred Kinue, of Ypsilanti, carne near being killed Sunday as tbey were driving across the Lake Shore track on Ann st , Ypsilanti. A gravel train backed down on theiu without any warning, and though not seen by the young men as their view was obstructed by a coal shed, was seen by the borse which turned suddenly around and duruped the young men into the ditch. The horse then ran away but was stopped at tbe Feorster brewery. It was a lucky spil] for the young men.