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Washtenawisms

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
April
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Joseph Feathers has rented the G. M. Osborn farm in Saline. Thos. Young, sr., of Lyndon, died April 15, aged 84 years. Miss Gertrude Holcomb is teaching the spring term of school at Lake Ridge. VVm. Lay, of Ypsilanti toven, is remodeling his barns, and putting a stone foundation nndet them. Frank Sinkole fell from the Lowell mili Monday of last week and suffered a compound fracture of the leg. Messrs. Swift & Swift, of Pottersville have leased the Chelsea Boller Mills for a term of three years. Rev. Dr. Caster, of Milord, lectured on "Vesuvius and the Buried Cities, " at the Methodist church, Dexter, last evening. Mrs. Robert Northard, of Dexter, after suffering for several weeks from a needle wouad in her finger, has had to have the injured member amputated. Mr. Julias Rothfuss, of Bridgewater, and Miss Emily Waidelich, of Freedom, were married at Bethel parsonage by Rev. Panl Irioo on Thursday of last week. Airs. B. C. Minnett Friis died at her home in Saline April 15 aged 48 years, leaving her husband and four chilriie'j. She had not been in good health for six years. Mrs. Gos Warren, of Chelsea, has signed a contract with the Pawnee Bill ebow, and will soon leave for Maryland to join the oombination. From there they will leave for a trip through the western states. Mr. John E. Quirk, of Detroit, and Miss Barbara Doll, of Chelsea, were married Tuesday of last week at St. Mary's ohurch, Chelsea, by Rev. Wm. Considinü. The bride is a daughter of Airs. Henry Doll, of Dexter township. The Southwestern Farmers' Club will meet with Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. English, of Manchester, next Friday. The program will consist of a selection by Mrs. Tracy, press clippings by Miss Hitchcock, question box and election of officers. The following are tbe vilJage officers of .Manchester elected for this year by the common coancil : Marshal, Geo. Nisle; srreet commissioner, Ed. S. Blythe; ohief of fire department, Wm. Hanham ; nigbt watcbman, Robert Hildinger; health oftioer, Dr. C. F. Kapp; board of review, W. L'. Watkins and Herman Gieske; special assessors, , John Wuerthner, Frank Spafard, N. Schmid; fire Ed. Braun and John Ruller. The sapervisors are busy making their assessments. Distriot No. 1, of Sharon, bas a new bell on its soboolbouse. The Manohester oreainery ruay be 6tarted op again nest Monday. The ladies' society of Hethel obnroh, Freedom, bas a membership of 65. A new woudbonse has been bnilt at the Evaugelioal obnrob in Whittaker. Mrs. Bernhard Uphaus, of Sharon, is siok witb inflammation of tüe Inugs. James Bogan, of Bridgewater, lirought 1,300 sheep from Missonri last week. Mrs. George Dettling, of Bridgewater, died Sanday, April 1T, of oonsnmption, aged 45 years. Levi McCarty, of Whittaker, was reoently oalled to Northern .Michigan by the deatb of bis daughter. The Chelsea B. Y. P. O. celobrated its eigbtb anniveraary at the Baptist cliöroh, Chelsea, last Snnday evening. O. L. Torrey is ruaking needed improvements on the Henry Goodyear farm in Sharon which be reeontly purchased. Mr. Frederick C. Reeoe and Miss Emma S. Hanke were mar ried at th home of the bride in River Raisin yesterday. Recent investigation in Biidgewate shows that peach buds are uuinjorec and prospecta are good for a big cro of peaebee. Mrs. Thomas Walkington died Thursday evening of last week at her hom in Ypsilanti. She had been an invalic for a long time. Torn Lnston and Perry Tripp, tw Milan boys, started out the other day to rongh it. After being absent oa day they returned home. The Washtenaw Baptist association will meet with the cfanrch at Moore ville, Wednesday next May 4, cotn menoing in the afternoon. Manchester Chapter, O. E. S., bas extended an invitation to the Gras Lake Chapter to go there May 13 anc esemplify the work of the degrees. Manchester business men have petitioned the post office department to have mail delivered and received from the night train on the Jackson branch. Tbe Miases Barrington, of Town Line, have parobased a house of Amos Molntyre, moved it on their ten-aore iot, and will reside in it in tbe future. Monday of last week at a special Ber vioej Rev. Paul Irion, assisted by Rev J. B. Meister installed Rev. Q. Greuter as pastor of St. James' oburch, Sa line. Ypsilanti Sentinel : The Bird families, who lef t Augusta some time ago f or nartbern Michigan, mast have been traveling in a oirole, as they are now io London. 'Rev. R. N. Bouok, pastor of the First Baptist ohnroh. Milan, who re signed a short time sinoe, preaobed bis farewell sermón Sunday. The cbnrob was filled. A warrant is out for the arrest o; Charles Colé for stealing a horse, barness and road oarfc from John Webber, of Chelsea, bnt the man bas not yet been arrested. The student of Milan high school are very enthusiastic, having decorated the walls witb pictures of the Maine. A Cuban flag flies from a staff ou the sobool bnilding. The old folks' dance at the Dexter opera house, for the benefit of the soldiers' monument fund, did not come off last Friday night aa announced. It will take place this evening. Two Saline boys, Will Cressy and Bert. Derendinger, who recently enlisted tbe former in the Naval Reserves and the latter in the statu troops, have joined their companies. Wm. Gray, of Sharon, who set fire to bis buildings and tried to take his life, is recovering from his self inflicted wounds. He will not allow bis family to work the farin or do anytbng ou the place. The followiDg are the offlaera of tbe Vpsilanti wbeelmen for tbe ootning year: PreBident, D. P. Sullivan; vice president, W. I. Feil ; secretary, Fred W. Green ; treasnrer, W. P. Bowen ; captain, Artbar Hallivau. Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, of Pincknuy, ooe of the early settlers of Livingston county, is dead, aged 96 years, She and her husband kept what was known throongboDt sontbern Michigan as the tavern at Cole's Corners in the fifties. Times: Mrs. Nancy TomlinsonWhite-Waite was in Ypsilanti Wednesday of last week, looking for Willie White. She was recently married to a man named Waite and sbe olaiins sbe wauts to prosecnte tbe erstwhile proprietor of tbfa Occidental Cafe for bitjaruy. Tbe MoCormick Harvester Co. through W. C. JReevea, its agent in Milan, will have a "McCormick day" iu that village May 7. Tbere will be a stieet parade of machinery headed by the Milan band and a free diuner to all patchasers of the ruaohinery at Oddfellowa' hall. Lswis A. Merker was arreated in' Cbelsea Taesday of last week on oomplaint of David Partlow of Manchester, wbo charges him witb bigamy iu having married Partlow's daughter without being divorced frota hia first wife, who was a daughter of Shove Alvord, of Maoohester. Merker claims hia first wife told him sbe had a divorce.and he bad lived with tbe Partlow woman for over a yeai anti! they had trouble and be went op north after Partlow drove bitn away from his house. Justioe Kelly tefosed to issue the watrant aaked for by Partlow nntil after Proaeouting Attorney Kirk had given him tbe ordet. Merker was in cuatody of tbe offioera at tbe Freeman house, Mancheator, (be next day, waiting to bu taken to Clinton to see his first wife and also get bail, when he okipped out md bas oot been seen since. Michael Hetisey, of Iron Creek. was ssriously kicked by a horse which he was taking care of Tuesday of last week. Milan Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, gave a patriotic concert iu the Masonic hail, Milan, Wednesday eveninii. The program ooneisting of patriotic songs, reoitations, charades, tableanx, etc, was well carried oat and muoh enjoyed by the good sizerl audience present. The new officers of the Iron Creek Union Mission Sunday sohool are as followa: Superintendent, Crowell Eddy; assistant, Charles Eddy; secretary and treasurer, Florence Keilam; assistant, Mrs. Frank Stautz; organist, Archie Hall; assistant, Mrs. Fred Weaver; librarían, Mattie Clark. Dexter Leader: C. L. Bowman haa parchased the warehouse once used by the firm of Warner & Whittaker at the depot. Another floor has been added to the building and it will be moved to to the railroad traoks and used for a bean and wbsat elevator. Cars will be loaded direct frota the bin tbrough sponta.