Washtenawisms

The reoenfc farmers' picnic at Willis was a great snccess. Miss Edith Judson will teach the Dixboro schools this year. The onion erop in the vioinity of Chelsea is the best in years. Mooreville Maccabees will dediotate their hall some day next ruonth. The Saline Baptists held services at the river bank on Suuday rnorning last. The body of Caleb Kranse, who died in Manchester, will be buried in the Lodi cemetery. S. H. Maher, of Salins, is building himself a new honse on a l.ot pnrchased of D. A. Bennett. Mrs. Mark Curtís, a pioneer of Ypsilanti, and who had attained a great age died of erisypelas Wednesday of last week. At the Pinckuey races Sept. 4, the Chelsea ball team was defeated by a soore of 34 to 4. See here, boys, that won't do. The Salvation Army meetings which are being held in Saline are said to be of a very interesting and beneficia! eharacter. C. M. Fuller and Miss Anna Fellows are the teachers in the Mooreville school this year. It commenced operations Sept. 6. St. Luke'sSunday sohool and parish, of Ypsilanti, picniced at Mr. Cainpöell's grove on the motor line last Saturtiay and had a real aood time. Miss Purnell Depue, of Saline, is teaching in the graded school at Bvart. Sbe holds a life certifícate as the result öf;atorigtat list of examination standauge. The Saline K. O. T. JM. and L. O. T. M. gave an ediscope entertainment fc the opera honse Thursday night of Sast week.whioh was well attended and znnch enjoyed. Eev. Thrasher, of Salem, has been off enjoying a vaoation, bnt retnrned last week, and Snnday the threshing began again, Satan getting by far the worst of it. - Adrián Press. Lewis Gray, who soroe weeks ago opened a barber shop in Saline, Modday morning of last week departed with all his belongings for Ann Arbor. The aot was quite a surprise to the people of Saline on whorn he had rnade a good hupression. "Would yon not like to go to heaven when you die?" aske.d the Sunday school teachir of the daughter of one of Saline's traveling inen, not long ago. "No, I gness not, I think I'd ratber go where papa goes, " was the naive reply. - Obeerver. On Monday evening Rev. R. Reiman, of Lenox, Mich., for many ;years a missionary in India, delivered an addrees in St. Jaoob's Germán Evangelical chnrch in Saline townsihp. He described the travels of a missionary tfrom Enrope to India and the religions and costumes of India, and illnstrated the lectnre with stereoptioon views. At the school meeting in distriofc No. i, Lodi, Monday eveüing of last week the following ofBcers were elected : Director, Fred Bassett; treasnrer, Joe Jedele; moderator, W. Clements. It was voted to have a well,wbich will be a great improvement and fill a long feit "waat. Delos Townsend is tbe new teaoher and school will begin next JVIonday. Miss Lizzie Minard, of Ypsilanti town, met with a serióos accident the other day. She was standing by one of ■the windows ia the Willow Run school, talking to some one outside, and while in the act of waving her hand as a final farewell, the sash suddenly came 'down with a crash on both hands, the 'iingers of one hand suffering the most, the bones being splintered. At the Saline school distriot meeting Sept. 6, Jacob Struin and J. W. Huil were re-elected as trustees. Director Clarke's report showed reoeipts of $3,596.43; disbnrsements, $3,274.53 balance on hand, $321.90. It was resolved to put a new roof on tbe school building. The sohool census shows 239 pupils within the school age. There weie about 100 people in attendance. Fon C. Phillips, of Ypsilanti, is owner and captain of the schooner yacht'Myrtle Camp, wbich sailed from Frankfort, on Lake Michigan, for a trip to the lïawaiian Islauds. They expeot to make a 15,000 u)ile foyage. It took a mouth to go from Frankfort fco Montreal, Canada, r.s no traveliag "was done at night. Iu uompany with Mr. Phillips are two otherg, Messrs. Stevens and Cari Burnett. Miss Bertha Spencer will teacb th Lirua school this year. Chirstian F. Forner is the uewJ elected schoei director in Sylvau. L. H. Miller has sold his 10 acres o Sflctiou 10, Augusta, to Gordon Powell The collectious at the rnission fest: val of Bethel church, Freedoin atnounted to $214. Rev. Paul Irion, of Freedom, was i Bippus, Ind., Sunday, where he dedi oated a new church. John Grosaman, sr. , of Irou Creek had a rib fractured by a kick f rom uorse the other day. Henry Seckinger, of Mancheter, i now a salesruan for the H. S. Holrae Meroantile Co., of Cbelsea. J. M. Lehman, of Sharon, has pur chaeed four lots on st. , Chelsea aud will erect a resideuce on them a once. Frank Brooks, of Chelsea, caught six and a half pounds black bass in on of the lakes near that village one day last week. A man eniployed by Lewis Geyer, o Freedom, got his finger hurt so badly between two stones that it had to be amputated. Daniel B. Newton, one of the pion eers of Superior, and for the past year a resident of Ypsilanti died Sept. 5 aged 8 years. The inission feast of the Germán cougregations of Chelsea aud Dexter was held at St. Paul's church, Chel sea, last Sunday. The next meeting of the Southern Washtenaw Farmers' Club will be held at the home of J. P. Tracy, in Manobester, Friday, Oet. 1. At the school election in Manchester E. M. Conklin was chosen to sncceed himself aud James Kelly takes the place of A. F. Freeman. There are 74 pnpils in the Manchesser high school, of which number 25 are non-residents. There are 27 nonresidents on the school roll. The Rev. Thomas Needharu says 'there are no feinale angels." Evi dently the Rev. Thotnas never saw a Dexter girl. - Dexter Leader. The Dexter school board has recently jurchased a "oabinet of nature" which t is expected will be a great help to be teachers and pnpils in natnre's tudy. There are evidences of crime in Jerusaleru. Chris Heinrich, of that place, was arrested Sept. 5, by Depnty Sheriff Staffan, of Chelsea, on a charge of assault with iiitent to oommit rape. Nicholas Sandt had a lively runaway rejently when his buggy was overtnrned and the occnpants thrown ont, fortnnately without serious injury, tbongh one of the children had several severe scalp woands. Chelsea will have a day of sports at that place Saturday, Sept. 25. There wi'1 be horse races, bioyole races, foot races, ball games and various other methods of entertaining the people who will be in attendance. Next Snnday Bev. L. Koelbing, of Dexter, will do quite a little traveling and preaohing. In the morniDg be will preaoh in Chelsea, in the afternoon in Dexter, and in Bethlehems church of Ann Arbor in the evening. Subsoription lists have been opened at Dexter to arise the money necessary to put in the foundation on wbich the cannon and shells presented by the U. S. government to Jefford's Post, G. A. R., for a soldiers' monument can be erected. H. H. Fenn's house in Cbelsea was bcrglarized recently while the family was absent and a number of valuable articles were carried away. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Tuttle's house was also entered during their absence and a quantity of wearing apparel and other goods was carried off. George tícott, or Joe Masón, as he was sometimes called, the only coloied man in Dundee, where he was a general favorite, died Friday, aged 97 years. Bef ore the war he was a si ave, but the late Dr. Mason, an army surgeon, picked him up and brought him nurth as a servant. Isaao C. Cooper, formerly of this oonnty, died at Port Huron Sept 1. Mr. Cooper was" the third son of the late William Cooper, a pioneer of Lima township, and was born in Sboreham, Vt., Sept 6, 1825. For the last 22 years he has resided at Port Huron. A widow, two danghters and a son survive him. Mrs. Charlea Adrion and Jacob Hauser got up a suiprise party on Mr. Adrioo at Manchester, Wednesday evening of last week, it being the occasion of hi6 4Oth birthday. A bountiful supper, speeches, singing and dancing helped pass the evening very pleasnantly. Handsome gifts of a silver water set, a rocking chair, etc, were given to Mr. Adriou as mementoes of the occasion. At the annnal meeting of the Dexter Congregational church and society held Tnesday evening of last week, D. E. Waite and W. E. Clarke were re-elected deacons, Daniel Lyon and J. S. Pacey trustees, and Clarence Alley churcb treasurer. The other officers elected were: Superintendent of Snnday school, A. Olsaver; assistant superintendent, W. C. Clark; secretary Miss Marian Phelps; librarían, Miss Elsie Francisco; organist, Miss Alma Chase. Ballard, the Willis correspondent of the Ypsilantian, describing a runaway accident which happend to Miss Butts half a mile north of tbat place on Sept. 1 says "Miss Butts was thrown out striking on her bead. The top was torn from her head whioh left her in a dazed condition." Purther along in the itera he says "Estimated uost for repairs, $25. Miss Butts carne out all right. " Now, how in the name of commoD sense did the lady coiae out "all right," with "the top torn froui her head. " Heath Bros , of Milau, have sold out their drug business to O. A. Kelley anc W. Young. The hop erop ia the western part o: the connty is not as heavy as it isin sorae years. Ed. Stackable, a former Pinckney boy, is now auditor-geueral of the Ha waiian Islands. Mr. James Hastings and Miss Myrta Stoup were ruarried in Ypsilanti Satnrday evening, by Rsv. Wm. Gar dam. Palmer's hotel at Milan is enjoying sucb an era of piosperity that the pro prietor, Er Palmer, is adding anotber story to it besides extending it severa feet. The addition will doublé the ca paoity of the house. Rev. E. jy. Ryan preached bis final sermón as pastor of the M. E. ohurch, Ypsilanti, on Sunday evening, auc took occasion to have a partiug .shot ai several of the city officials. The Francisco store was burglarizec Wednesday uight of last week of a qnantity of goods, the safe, however, proved too hard for them to opeu, although they made the attempt and consequently they got no cash. Joseph Gates died at the residence of bis Airs. F. H. Barnum, in Ypsilanti, Monday uight, aged 71 years. He had only been a resident of Ypsilanti for a couple of months. There is a report that some boy was accidentally shot in Superior by some careless gunner on Sunday last, The bnllet was frorn a small Flobert rifle and did not produce any great injury. - Times, A ineteor recently struok an oak tree near the house of William Geddes, a farmer in Pittsfield towuship, splintering it. He fouud the stone still hot, :ut broken into three pisces. He :hought at first that it was going to strike hiru. The Milan board of education has organized as follows: Moderator, Dr. 3bapin ; director, R. C. Allen; assessor, W. H. Hack. Byron W. Forbes ïas been chosen as janitoi. The reguar meetings of the board will be the flrst Monday evening of each month. Ex-Marshal Mereness, of Ypsilanti, was tried in Jnstice Child's court Friday afternoon on the charge of ridiug a bicycle on the sidewalk contrary to the ordinance. The complaint was made by Marshall Westfall. The justice fined he es-ofScer of the law $1 and 3.47 osts. A man giving his name as Sharp vas arrested sonth of Whittaker Thuisay of last week by Offlcer Morgan, of Brighton, charged with stealing a horse 'rom W. O. Lee, of Livingston connty. When cangbt he had the horse in his jossession, and is said to be a member f a gaug of horse tbieves who have )en operatinjr in Livingston connty. harp had driven 40 miles in jamping round to avoid capture. A traotion enigne belonging to Will and Dave Curtís broke throngbja bridge iü the highway half a miJe sonth oL Sylvan Center, on Friday night laat about 9 o'clock. The drop was about five feet. Geo. Klnmpf who waa firing was thrown forward on the dome and somewhat bntnot seriously bnrned. The engine was lifted ont by the aid of sturop pnllers. The expense to the owners ■will probably have to be paid by the tawnship.- -Grass Lake News. George Bnllis, of Superior, bougbt a span of horses about two weeks ago one of which was not broken. While Mr. Bullis was breaking this one, it got strangled in some way. Mr. Bullis was a poor man and his neighbors felt for hitn to such a degree that Eobert Martín with kindly generosity beaded a subscription paper with f 3 as his snbscriptiou and started to see how deep the people's sympathy really was. In two days he had seen 103 peopie whose subscriptions amonnted in all to 161.10. Ont of the number seen only three refused a donation. The subscrip tion -ranged f rom $3 to 10 cents in amount. The Dexter school meeting Sept. 6 was a warm one in more ways than one. In the first plaoe the political pot sizzled quite merrily and in the second place the number of men, women and children who were paoked into tbe school house rooms made the atmosphere a good deal like a Turkiah bath. It was decided to raise $4,000 by tax on the property iu the district. The text book question was next considered and it was the unanimous voice of the meeting that tbe present system of supplying school books be continued. The election of two trustees to succeed H. Wirt Newkirk and R. C. Reeves, resulted in the choice of James B. Page and R. P. Copeland.