Washtenawisms

A Snnday shool oonvention ie to be heldjat the H. E. chnrcb, Hamburg, on SuBday evening. The Dexter Electric Lighting Power Co. has been granted a 10 years franchise by the common conncil of tbat village. Dexter oornmon connoil has voted to buy a fire engine for nse in the village. The maohine has been ordered subject to approval. Mr. and Mis. John Taylor, of Dexter, celebrated the 20th anniversary of their wedding Oct. 30, among a company of their relatives and fiiends. ■ Jasper Graham, of Cbelsea, had his thnmb taken off at the first joint the other day by getting it caught in the chain which raus the maehinery of his windmill. H. C. Waldron, of Northfleld, has put into his feed barns an 18 norse power gasoline engine to be used for grinding feed and cutting fodder for his large stock of horses. In district No. 3, Freedorn, ont of 32 scholars 16 were neither tardy nor absent during the term just closed and ■were awarded carda of honor by the teaober Miss Cora Reno. D. C.MccLaren, of Chelsea, bas purchased the building which was formerly oocnpied by Gilbett & Crowell as an evaporator, bas made some needed repairs tu it and will use it as a warehonse for his baled hay and straw business. A meeting is to be held at the tovrn hall, Chelsea, Saturday of next week, at lp. m., to make arrangements for holding a farmers' institnte in that village. If the people interested in suoh things want the institute, they must attend the meeting. C. li. Hall, of Ypsilanti, has been engaged the past week in endeavoring to interest the farmers of Dexter and vioinity in the project of establishing a ccreamery on the co-operative plan. The system he advocates is the centrij fngal separator, or Elgin system. Fred Steinkohl and family, of Manchester, drove to Ann Arbor Monday afternoon and on Tuesday Fred appeared in probate courfc and settled the Jacob Vogel estáte. Judge Newkirk complimented him on his promptness in settling the estáte and on the carefal nianner in whicb it was conducted. - Enterprise. Saginaw county farmers who have been experimenting with sugar beets are greatly pleased over the tesult. It ia estimated that an average erop will yield 15 toDS of beets to the acre. At f4 per ton tbis would give $60 per aore. and where the farmer raises only five acres of bfiels he and his familv could easily do all the work and take care of the erop, and it would pay him better than any erop he could raise. Forthermore tha sugar beet is less affected by weather conditions than any other erop as found by actual experiment. Mrs. Margaiet E. Gil), of Saline, has been granted a widow's p9nsion. Clinton I. Barrett, of Ypsilanti, has been granted an original pension. A fagot social is to be held at the huuie of Norman Redner at Stony Creek this evening. Mrs. Gildsmith, of Mooreville, ha? been ill for a long time, and is no bttter at this writing. The Suuday schools of Augusta held a rally in the Evangelical cburob, Wbittaker. Wednesday afternoou and evening. Mrs. Lewis Dresselhouse, of Sharon, is sick with malarial fever at the home of her uiother Mrs. H. Esch, of Preedom. The Ypsilanti Ligbt Guard Baud vvill give a masquerade ball sbortly. Proceeds to be used in buying new uniforms. Sheldon Stebbics, a young farmer living three miles nortn of Dundee, had his left aim out off in a corn husker Friday. S. H. Maher, of Saline, is building himstílf a new house and barn and hopes to have both buildings entirely closed this fall. Mr. John G. Engilsh and Mrs. Maggie Ziedler were recently married at the home of the bride in Iron Creek, by Rev. I. B. Buffum. Supevisor Wm, Burtless' new honse on Exchange Place, Manchester, bas been finished and is one of the finest residences in the village. The World's Fair produot car of the Northern Paciflo Railway was at the Manchester depot yesterday and was visited by a large number of people. Dester citizens are now ambitinas to have a soldiers' monument to put np in the park alongside their cannon and shells. It is a very worthy ambition. Mr. William Bell, of Chicago, and Miss Katherine Robbe, of Belleville, were married Wednesday in the presenoe of a party of their immediate relatives. Mrs. Martha Eveiett, of Kawsonyille, died Sunday, aged 88 years. She had been a resident of Michigan for half a century and of Rawsonville for 30 years. Fred Forbes, of Ypsilanti, let a knife that be was using slip one day last week and it "slipped" into the musole of one of his legs critting it quite severely. Abner N. Riggs, of Ypsilanti, died Wednesday of last week, of hemorrhage of the lungs, aged 76 years. His remains were taken to Williamston, Friday, for burial. A recent social held at the residence of J. B. Lindsley, in Saline township, netted $16.55 for the benefit of the distriot school of which Miss Cora L. Young is teaober. Bev. O. F. Jones, of Milán, preacbes in the Mooreville M. E. ehurcb. He was away the other Sunday but tbe services were held jast the same, his wife oeoopying the pulpit. Tbe Drummer Boy of the Rapahannock will give an entertainment at Saline opera house tonight and Capt. E. P. Allen, of Ypsilanti, will assist him by making a speeoh on incidents conneted with the war of the rebellion. The Bay View Reading Circle, of Saline, has organized with the followDg officers: President, Miss Luoy Cobt ; vice president, Tïev. F. E. Dodds ; seoretary, Miss Agnes Sears; treasnrer, Miss Edna Sruith; leader, R. O. Ausin. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Ross, of Ypailanti, celebrated the 25th anniversary of tbeir wedded life Saturday evening. They were tbe recipients of many laudsome silver presents from the 60 jeople who had gatbered to do theru louor. The other day on tbe farm of Oscar Stimpson, of Saline, Ernest Egets 3usked 123 busbels of corn, not binding or setting up tbe stalks. Herbert Cornish husked 105 busbels in the same time and bound and set up his stalks. The fnnrteenth aunual commencement of tbe Cleary Business College was held Wednesday. The address was delivered by Dr. C. H. Thurber, of Chicago University, and a public recep;io was held in tbe eolleèe parlors in tbe evening. Daniel Shipmao, of London townsbip, Monroe county, died at the home of C. E. Willett, 508 N. Huron sfc.J Ypsilanti, Tuesday morning. He came to Ypsilanti to work for a former neighbor. He was a carpenter by trade and was 6G years old. Fire destroyed the home of George Jackson, near tbe Superior paper mili, Monday evening. The fire originated from a defective chimney. Mr. Jackson was in Ypsilanti at the time of the ïre. All the furniture was saved. Tbe building was insured, which will cover part of the loss. Jos. H. Woodman was arrested in Ypsilanti for riding his bicycle ou the sidewalk. Before Justie Childs he claimed that hia bicycle ran away with him and got on tbe sidewalk. As a reason for tbis bad conduct on the part of the bike he said he was riding on a muddy road, pedaling hard, and when ne struok a smooth piece of road his wheel shot anead and ran on tba sidewalk. Unless uur citizens turn out aud patrouize good entertainmenta better, we sball have no more of thenj. The Epworth League brought tbe Wagner Male quartet here. ün Sunday evenng tbey gave a free sacred concert which drew a full house, but Monday eveniug, wben tbe admission was 25 cents the attendanoe was small aud the league must aave lost money. Good entertainments cost money and the public ought to patronize them. - Manchester Enterprise. Moral: Don't give free concerts Sunday nigbt and then you may bave a full house at 25 cents Monday night. The following annonnement appeared in last week's Chelsea Standard : "Tbe yonug man who tost bis watch on Satnrday evening, while he and otbers were eugaged iu teariug np the steps of the Baptist church, oan net it by calliug upon tbe janitor, R A. Alexander." Do you suppose that young fellow called for the watch? We guess, nit. Mrs. Silas Young died at her home near Lyndon Center, Oct. 30, after a long ilIuHss, aged 43 years aud 9 months. She was a kind and loving inother and a patiënt, and loving wife. The funeral took place at the house Monday, Nov. 1, Rev. J. S. Edmunds conducting the service, after wbich the remains were laid to rest in Oak Grove cemetery, Chelsea. Satnrday Contractor John Weston, who is uailiüg together the Washtenaw Times biycle path iuvited a uumber of friends out to a beefsteak and spring chickfiu banquet at Hewitt's corners - the bilí of fare to be cooked a la Klondike. A dry goods box was to be used as a warm storage house for the provender and cold shins of the b iuqneters. Huwever, during a moment when nobody was on guard, the box caught fire and the dinner went up in smoke like a nickel-in-a-slot machine. The mob then dispeised to Ypsilanti for dinner.