Washtenawisms

Maaobester Masons are to have a social bef ore long. Mrs. Charles Kellogg, of Sylvan, feil and broke her arm the other day. The average receipts of milk at the Saline creamery is 6,000 ponnds a day. The Washtenaw connty farmers' institute is to be held in Manchester some time in Febrnary. A large nnmber of candidates were initiated in Court Milán, No. 1745, I. O. F., on Monday evening. Mrs. C. M. Fellows, of Saline, has been hobbling aronnd on crotones the past week or two as the result of a sprained ankle. Milan Presbyterian Sunday schoo will have an old fasbioned Chrisimas tree and mnsical and literary program on Christmas eve. The Manchester Enterprise wants the common connoil to enforoe the ordinance regardirig boys playing on the streets at nigbt. The Clinton Celery Co. is selling its bnildiDgsand lnmber located in Bridgewater and will not continue the busi ness of raising celery any longer The Lima chnrch whioh has been nndergoing extensive recairs was reoDened Sunday afteinoou. Rev. J. I. Niokeison, of Cbelsea, ocoupied the pulpit. The oíd Manchester flre conapany disbauded rhe ottaer evening. The treasurer, Juba Moran, had $7.76 in his possession and this was divided eqnally among the eight ruembers present. Charles R. Cobb, of Saline, and H. D. Plan, of Pittsfield, attended the annnal rueetiDg of the Michigan Farmers' Club, held at Lansing, Tnesday, Wednesday and Thnrsday of this week, as delegates from this connty. The Saline school board has made an appropiration of $50 witb wbioh to purchase books for the sunool library. This amount, with that which is already in hand will enable the teachers to purebase 3 50 volumes. The snit of Cari Wnerthner vs. the Manchester Arbeiter Verein for $78 for sick benefits, which wastried before Jnstice J. H. Kingsley and a jury last week, and a verdict in favor of the complainant rendered, bas been appealed to the cirenit uourt by the society. D. B. Greene, of Ypsilanti, was taken ill very suddenly Toesday nighfc of last week and flrst reports were to the effect that be had been stricken with paralysig bnt this was an error. He is very feeblo, bowever, and though he rallied somewhat, yet ha is very weak and gives little promise of recovery. He has the sympathy of his many friends. - Ypsilantian. A farmers' institute is to be held in .Salem some time iu January. Roland Finoh, of Saliue, has been snfferiug froru blood poisoniug caased by a rat bife. 'Boru to Supervisor aud Mrs. Frank Dett]iu.', of Freedom, Dec. 7, a son. Congratulations, Mr. Supervisor. Wm. Walker, who livas o the Rehfoss faim iu Mauchester, had a horse badly injured the other day in a ruuaway. Dexter people are talkiug up the feasibility of holding a street fair in the village nest year. Better have one. We'll oome over. A oobweb box social is to be held, at the home of Peter Snanble, iu Saline, tuis eveniug, for the benefit of school district No. 10. S. R. Crittendau, W. N. Lister and John Gillen have been noininated for tbe offioe of ootumander of Aome Tent, K. O. T, M.. Saline. Geo. Westfall, of Stockbridge, recently snot a gray eagle tbat xneasured 7J- feet froin tip to tip of its wings and weighed ÏO,1 pounds. James Harria, an old and respeoted resident of Dexter for 40 years, died iVednesday morning of last week. His fnneial was beid Saturday afternoon. The Webster Y. P. S. C. E. will give an entertainment in the Webster Con;regational cbuorh tomorrow evening, which all can atteod by paying 10 cents eaoh, The yonng ladies of North Sharon have organized a olnb. called the "Satarday Nights Ccltore Club," which meets every altérnate Satnrday evening. A letter was dropped into the Dexter post office one day recently addressed to Santa Clans. Postmaster Stannard will do his beet to have that letter reach the right persou. Blacksmith Pred Vetter, of ■ Bridgewater, had his foot badly burt the other day by a horse slipping and stepping on it while ho was engaged in shoeing the animal. Mrs. Jerome Miles, formerly of Dexter, died at the home of her son John B. Miles, in Omaha, Neb., Dec. 6. Her remains were interred in Morenoi, Mioh., her old home, Deo. 8. Special meetings have been the order of things at the Salem Baptist church of late. They were oonducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Thasher, assisted by Rev. Mr. Hatoh, an evangelist. George Harria, of Fessenden, N. D., and Minnie Nelson, of Sykeston, were recently rnarried in the Congregational chnrch at Sykeston, by Rev. H. E. Comton. Mr, Hariis is aa old Dexter boy. Don't forget to "pay the printer." Ha needs money at this time of year more tban at auy other. Don't stay away becanse the bill is srnall. Every dollar helps to settle np the bilis at the end of the ysar. The musical sooiety recently organized in Saline does not seem to be a very great snccess. At the last meeting of the society go few of those interested were present that the adjonrnment was for an indefiuite period. The Sylvan Christian Union will hold its Christmas entertainment riext Friday eveuing, Dec. 24. It will also tave a stereoptioon entertainment on the Life of Christ and noted places of interest Tuesday evening, Dec. 28. Charles Burtless, of Manohester, was splitting wood near a clothes line the other day witb the usnal resalt. The axe hit the line, rebonnded, and ent Charles about the eye, luckily, not in a serieus manner. The Dexter townsbip Sunday school ooovention in the Germán ohureh at Nortb Lake, was a snocess. The weather was fine and the attendance vsas good. The next meeting will be ield in the North Lake M. E. chnroh, n June, 1898. Saline conncil proposes to have the snow and ice cleared from the sidewalks n thatvillage this winter by the owners of adjacent property. If it is not done he work will be done by men employsd for the purpose and the cost will be pread on the tax rolls. Arrangements have been completed for a publio supper to be given by the Maooabees of Daxter, Wednesday evenirjg, Dec. 29, for the benefit of the soldiers' monument fond. D. P. Maikey, one of the Great Camp ofïicers, and otbers will deliver addresses. A great deal of fault is being found with the connty drain in east Bridgewater. It is olaimed the wotk is not properly done and a great deal nnfinisbed. The amoant to be collected for the drain is $941 and propeity owners say they are willing to pay it, but wisn tbe work done, and that properly. - Maoohester Enterprise. The banking firm of B. Kempf and brother of Chelsea, will incorpórate onder the general banking laws of the state of Miohigan about Jan. 1, 1898. The Kempf Brothers have the longest bueiness record of any business house in Washtenaw county, having been in business for 46 years. Their desire to perpetúate tbe business in case either of tbem should die is the avowed reason for the proposed organization under the state law. Gabriel Freer, au esteerned and reupected citizen of Chelsea, died Deo. 4, aged nearly 74 years. He was bom iu Seneoa, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1824, and was married to Miss Mary A. Webb, Jan, 1, 1845. In 1851 they carne to Michigan and settled on a farm in Lima about one and a half miles southeast of Cheleea, were they resided until 1878, since wbich date, though still retaining the farm, they bad resided in tbe house wnere he died and where Mrs. Freer died five years ago. Their offspring were A. M. Freer, of Chelsea; Mrs. Delia E. Soott, who died in Iowa in 1882; Mrs. Mary F. Lowry and Miss EUa Freer, of Chelsea. B. Baner, of Einery, is iiaving a new barn bnilt on nis pJaoe. Johu Meyer, of Howell, is doiug the work. D. A. Beunett, who has beeu the L. S. & M. S. agent at Saline for 14 years, has been removed to Ypsilanti. Wil] Clark, a foiiaer resident of Salem, reoeutly died in Muutana, leaving a wife and two small childreu. George Snauble, of Bridgewater, bas purohased the Harriott place of 80 acres uear Alacon. Consideration $1,500. The Sunday school of the Chelsea M. E. church will present a Christmas oantata at the town hall Christmas night, at which Sauta Clans himself will be present. The coroner's jury in the iuquest on the baby's body found ín George W. Hayes' yard in Ypsilanti, Dec. I, returned a verdict that the child came to its death in an unknown manner. The Chelsea school board has adopted a new schednle of studies in the high school which will allow a gradúate to enter the University of Michigan, state Normal and Albion college, without exaruination. A clothes ]iue thief, believed to be a woman, stole a quantity of linen from the baok yard of the Waldorf in Ypsilanti, Thnrsday night of last week. Monday evening previous Mrs. John Kimball's olothes line was raided, and on Friday evening Mrs. Bert Reader's clothes line was stripped. A young lady in a neigbboring town sent a 50-cent rnoney order to a flim in Chicago reoently to flnd ont how she conld keep ber hands nice and white. The answer came in a few days tbus, "soak thera in dish water three times í day." The answer nearly killed her and the tired motber was tickled to death. The Foiesters of Chelsea opened their new hall in the MoKune block Wednesday evening of last week with appropriate exercises and an initiation. After wbioh a banqnet followed at the Chelsea house, at which Chief Ranger Quy Lighthall offlciated as toastmaster. It was a pleasant evening for all who were present. All the Dester churches are going in for improvements. The Cnngregational society is eularging its churoh ; the Episcopalians have put up a handsome new rectnry; the Baptists have made an addition to their chorcb, and the Methodists are going to veneer their uhuroh with brick and otherwise improve it internally. The Dexter Woman's Auxiliary, to aid in secnring fonds for the soldiers' monument, has been organized with the following officers: President, C. L. HarriDgton; vice prasident, C. C. James; secretary.EHa Blood; treasnrer, AnuaQaish; oomarittee on entertainment, M. E. Honey, J. Gregcry, Marie Thompou, Cora Daris, E. R. Keith soliciung oommittee, E. Jedele, C. Stebbiijo, C. Bostwiok. The Dexter H. E. Snoday school bas chosen the followiug officers for 1893 Superintendent, R. C. Reeves; assistants, Prof. A. D. DaWitt, Maude Buchanan ; secretary, LeRoyHioks; assistant seoretary, Mary E. Benton; treasarer, E. H. Carpenter; librarian, Mande Goodrich; chorister, Joseph D. Parsons; organist, Mande Goodrich ; assistant organist, Hattie Dixon. The oíd board of teaohars was re-elected. Daniel Davis, an old colored man of Ypsilanti, who is about 80years of age, was kicked in the thigh, just above the knee, by a horse on Thursday of Jast week, and had his leg broken. Mr. Davis lost the lower part of tbis same leg by anaputation some years ago, and had since got aronnd by the help of a wooden peg. On account of his great age it is not thought he will ever reoover the nse of the limb again, bnt will have to go on crutohes.