Washtenawisms

Mrs. Henry Wolf, of Sharon, diec at her home, Sunday, Ang. 13. Edward Lohr, of Ypsilanti, bas sok his farm to Amos Vauderpool, of De troit. The bridge over the river Raisin nea Heiert Dewey's, in SharoD, has been repaired. Cheese faotory patrons are rejoicing over the gradual iucrease in the price of cheese. Sorne of the Cavanaugb Lake camper will this year stay at their oottages nntil Ootober. Work bas been commenced on the new Saline creamery and js now well ander way. The Saline Arbeiter Verein had a harvest picnic at the grove in that village yesterday. Jack Jibb, of Manchester, had 125 chickens stolen from his chicken house one night recently. Fred Bockres, of Dexter, is about to remove to Chelsea, where be has bailt himself a new house. Ira Savery will teach the Salem Union School the coming year and Miss Alliü Anstin the lower grades. Adam Schroen, of Saline, thresbed ÏO acres of wbeat the other day from ■M-hieh he got 330 bnshels of grain. Martin & Hall, the Manchester hay boyera, have dissolved partnership. -Mi1. .Martin continúes the business. At Jie three inission festival meetings held in Emmuel churcb, Manchester Snnday, Aug. 15, 143 was raised. The ladies of the VVhitmore Lake M. E. cburch will furnish dioner for all who may waut it at the farmers' picnic tomorrow. Dexter village schools begin Mouday, Sept. 6, The course oí stndy in the high school will be slightly changed and estended. The Ypsilanti Plains Snnday school joined in with the Wayne connty Snnday school and had a picnio Thnrsday of last week. Bert Rogm-s, of Lodi, wbile splitting rails for Abe Wallace, in sorue way strnck his foot with an axe severing one of the cords. The farm hoose of John Fanlkner, in Sylvan, was burped with all its oontents Aug. 14. There was a small amonnt of insurance. John Conlau, of Lyndon, celebrated thö 65th anniversary of his birth amid a large oeinpany of relatives and friends on Scinday, Aug. 15. TheSontbwestern Farmers' Club will meet with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pease, of Manchester, nest Friday at 1 p. m. Ic will be a "wheat" meeting. The bean erop in Michigan will be the srnallest in years, the acreage planted last spring being estimated at abont one-eighth of that plauted a year ago. Samuel Campbell, of Milan, had his pocket picked of a vallet contaning $7 on an Ann Arbor train the night Baruuiu & Bailey's circus was at Ann Arbor. The M. E. Sunday schools of North tiake, Dexter, Four Mile Lake, Pinckoey, Unadilla and Lyndon picniced at Robert C. Glenu's grove, North Lake, yesterday. An nnusually large quantity of wheat is being marketed in Dexter and the capaoity of the big bina at the Michigan Central elevator is being taxed to the utmost. A. T. Kirkwood & Son, of Sharon, are about to put a full line of roller process machinery into their flouring ■mili. The Ypsilanti Machine Works Aas the contract. Mr. Elleworth Fletoher and Miss Hattie Spaulding, of Chelsea, were rnarried at the home of the bride's parents Wednesday of last week by Rev. J. S. Edniunds. ■Mr. C. M. Waite, of fc'cio, and Miss Myrtie M. Savery, of Lima, were married. at the home of the bride's parents Wednesday evening of last week. The ceremony wss performed by Rev. H. A. McConnell and was witnes&ed by the relatives of the eontracting parties. August Neuberger, who has been sick and partially paralyzed for some months, received ut-tice Monday of last week that he hal Leen granted an increase of peusiuu, ad could hereafter draw 72 per month, besides a little back pay. Those knowing of Mr. Neuberger's efficieat service iu the war and his present illness are esteudiog congratulations. - Chelsea Standard. Gottlob Hutzel, of Lima, will pat up a new farm dwelliug this fall. Good prioes for crops ruake the farmers feel likt) improviug tbeir property. Sc. Luke's Choir Cbapter, of YpsilaDti, will give á jubilee coucert Sept. 1, iu which the program of the original jubilr-e singers will be reproduced by loca) taleut "blaoked up." Fred Beeman, of Waterloo, had kept hia wool clip for five seasous beoause the price did not suit him, bnt a week ago Saturday he concluded the price had got to the right noten and he sold the whole of ir. The average yield of wheat this year in the town of Lima is reported to be 30 boshels to the acre. Only once before has the average been near tbis and that was in 1880 when the average yield was 27 bushels. Charles Bird, one of the proprietors oL the Palmer house, Maokinac Island, died Monday, aged 66 years. The deceased formerly kept a boarding house in Ypsilanti when the Keeley cure was in the height of its glory. M. S. Cook, of Dexter, plauted several hundred youüg black bass in Base Lake, Monday of last week. They were from tbe Northville fish hatohery, all bnt 150 of them, which were beauties from six to eight inohes loug, being minnows. Mrs. John Bnrnham, a former resident of York, was iujured in a railroad wreek at Lima, Ohio, and died frorn the efïects of her injuries Monday. Tbe deceased lady was forinerly Mrs. Jobn Coe and was a sister of Mrs. P. C. Sherwood, of Ypsilanti. The Ypsilanti Arbeiter Verein will dedícate its new hall at the grove Sept. 9. There will be a parade in the mom ing. The afternoon will be spent in listening to speeches, picnioing anc sports. In the evening a grand bal will be given. A prize waltz will be feature of the evening program. Hal Glover, of Detroit, sou of H. P Glover, of Ypsilani, had a narrow es cape Sunday evening wbile on a Micni gau Central train near Wayne. A larg stoue came smashing in throngh th window aud passing close to Mr. Glov er's head struck a man across the aisle on the shoulder with such force as to render him senseless. A street fakir who struck Dexter one night last week sold bottles of rnedioine for 25 cents each and gave the money back to the purchasers. Later he sok electrio pads for $1 each and it wa uotioed that he did uot ïetnrn the oash It was only another ipstance of the gullible people who think they can ge soruefching for nothing being bitten. The Manohester Enterprise says "Soinetimes a patrón of the cheese factory skinis the night's ruilk and pnts it in witb the luorning's milk, thinkiDg the people at the factory will uot fiuc it oüt, but they are mistaken as eaeh batch of milk is tested and the deception is disoovered. There is a .$50 fine fcr performing such tricks or for wateriug milk, and if persisted iu prosecutions may resnlt. " John Hoheustein was severely iujured Monday forenoon while handüng a belt at Kimble & Schmidt's stone boat facory in Manchester. He was putting a )elt on with a stick aud in soine way :he stick was caugbt and hnrled agaiust lis breast, penetrating the chest cavity ust above the heart. He wore an extra trong and heavy shirt, which undoubtdly saved his life. S. H. Perkins, town clerk of Manhester, is kept quite bnsy rnaking out vonchers for the bonnties paid on the arge number of hawks, sparrows, woodchock"i and crows that are killed. Snch a Wholesale destrnction of birds s is indulged in in this state and paid or is ridicnlously absurd and should be topped if on no other ground tban that f comraon humauity.