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■ i ii ■ bd b b bd bd ta ■ ■ ■ ■ b bri B 1W H BM 4 htf Ypsilanti will celébrate the fourth this year. Dexter still hankers after a street fair this fall. Whooping cough has made its appearance in Freedoru. Many of the district schools have closed for the snmiuer. Bortless & Aruspoker, of Manchester, have dissolved their stook buying partnership. Rev. E. A. Coffin, of Salem, delivered the Memorial day address in Northville. Nathan Schmid, of Manchester, has been rejoicing since June 1, over the birth of a son. The Manchester high school pupils held a picnic at Sand Lake last Saturday and an enjoyable time they made of it. James H. Smalley, a well known drayman, of Ypsilanti, died in that city May 29, and was buried in Lodi May 31. Horace Laflin, for assault and battery on his motber was fined $50 and $21 costs in Justice Joslyn's court at Ypsilanti, Tuesday. Ypsilanti high school commencement exercises take place Thursday and Friday, June 16 and 17. The graduating class uDinbers 21. Juanita, the little daughter of James Hogao, of Bridgewater, fell from her horse a week ago Saturday and dislocated her shoulder. Mrs. Crolias, of Milan, gave a dinner to a party of six old ladies the other day whose united ages amounted to 462 years. The age of the hostess was 28. There is a possibility that the mili at Belleville will be pnt in operation again. Ypsilanti parties have been looking over the site with a vi3w to its purobase. The oom in Augusta township is all in, wheat is headed out, a large acreage of beans has been planted, and the hay crop promises to be a large one this year. William J. Stitt died in Manchester May 30, of cancer, aged 79 years. He cleared the farm on which he had lived for 55 years. He had been twice married and was snivived by four sons and one daughter. Rev. B. F. Aldrich, of Ypsilanti, was making a pastoral cali Tnesday of last week, when he was set upon by a vicious dog which seized his right hand and serionsly laoerated it, and also bit bitn in the left thumb. The Hazleton mili at Willis will soon be statted up. Harry Ingersoll, of Milan, killed 81 eparrows iu oue day receutly. Sotneoue bas evidently beeu fishing with dyuamite iu Lowe's lake. The water in the Sylvan millpond is very low for this time of the year. The rnliug price for wool in Manchester bas been 15 cents this year. Manchester Eastern Stars entertained the Grass Lake chapter last Friday. E. G. Kimball, of Ann Arbor, has started a barber shop in Manchester. The receipts of the last entertainment of the Manchester schools were 156.40. John Rentscbler died in Freedom, May 28, of pneumonía, aged (59 years aod 8 rnouths. The idea nf building a telephone line between Manchester and Chelsea has been abandoned. Children's day will be observed at the M. E. church, V) bitmore Lake, next Suüday evening. Wheat is said to be looking even better tban last year. The bay erop is considerable less. Morey Pierce, of Sharon, died May 29, aged 80 year6. His wife and five children survive him. There are seven Maiiohe6ter boys in the 31st Michigan and they average 6 feet ] inoh in beigbt. It is said that a Dexter rnan ia jnst like a Cbelsea man. He yells when he has a tootb extracted. I A traveling inillinety store is the lat. 68t thing íd this connty. It calis at Willis every Thursday. The Women's Relief Corps at Manchester has been forwarding useful articles to the boys in bine. Airs. G. Jedele, of Freedom, fel tbrongh a trap door while visiting a neighbor and broke her arm. A. M. Rogers, of Allegan, is trying to induoe the farmers of Dexter anc vioinity to establish a creamery. The pnpils in district] No. 12, Lyn don, are rehearsing for an enteratainment to be given Fridav night, June 24. A flagpole lias been raised on the school house in district No. 12, Lyndon, and "Old Glory" now floats proadly froru it Miss Lean Surbrook died at her home ia Ypsilanti Monday afternoon after many inonths of suffering, from cancer, aged 35 years. The corth mili of the Peninsular Paper Co., at Ypsilanti, has been put in order and is again running after being idle many months. Chelsea bas a daaghter of a revolutionary soldier in the person of Mrs. O. Thatcher, whose father enlisted when but 16 years old. The buildings on the old Sherman property at Saline are being overhauled. One wil! be oocupied by Fred Condón for a paint shop, the other as a residence by C. H. Conklin. Th old Presbyterian church building in Saline has been moved on the lot next east of Mrs. Drake's and active preparations are being made for the erection oE the new ohurch building. Cyril Potter,of Ypsilanti, was thrown from his buggy Wednesday evening of last week through his horse beooming frigbtened at the oars and unmanageable, aad received internal injuires nf a serióos nature. The idea of constructing an electric line between Ypsilanti and Saline is not dead or even sleeping when snob men as H. P. Glover, R. W. Hemphill and their associates are lookng into the matter of its construction. Miss Idalene Webb, who has been preoeptress of tbe Saline scboo] for tbs past six years, besides baviiig taugbt in tbe lower grades for several years previoDS, bas been given an nuanimons oa!l to a ]ike position in the Chelsea scbool. Lafayette Grange, Ko. 92, met at Frank H. Sweetland's in Sylvan, yesterday. The program consisted of disonssions on the subjects "Whiob is best, bilí or drill planting of corn?" and "Other things being eqnal, wbich is preferable, a riding or walking cultivator?" Whittaker now has two aspirants for connty offices. J. A. Doty would like tbe nomiDation for sheriff on the republioan ticket and F. J. Hammond woold like to be tbe democratie candidate for connty olerk. Bofcb gentlemen will donbtless be in Ann Arbor next week attending their party county convuntions. Pinokney will celébrate the Fonrth of Jnly in an entbusiastic and patriotic manuer. In the morning there will be a parade, speaking and sports in the viJlage; in tbe afternoon ball games, raoes. etc, on the Driving Club grounds, winding np in the evening with the "Battle of Manilla" on the mili pond. The commencement exerciees of tbe Mi)an liigb school began on Sunday evening with the baccalaureate sermón bv Rev. F. O. Jones in tbe Methodist ohnrob. Class day exeroises were held in Gay's opera house last evening. The comruenceinent exercúes will be held tbis evening and the address will be delivered by Charles H. Fraser, the noted orator. Dexter Rebekah Lodge, No. 322, starts out nnder every promising conditions and with fiattering prospects of a long life of DHefnlness. Tbe offloers are: N. G., Mrs. J. J. Staley; V. G., Mrs. J. O. Thompson; R. 8., Mrs. Rose Gregory; F. S., Mrs. WiJl Parsons ; treasurer, Mrs. L. R. Lee; R. S N. G., J. O. Thompson; L. S. N. G., Mrs. C. A. VanRiper; R. S. V. G., Rev. J. J. Staley; L. 8. V. G., Mrs. W. C. Clark; conductor, Mrs. O. W. Cushing; warden, Mrs. WiliardHenry; chapl'ain, W. C. Clark; I. G., Chas. VanRiper; O. G., Will Parsons. Wm. Suadin, oí Webster, raised a largo new baru last week. Fred Lemiuou, of Dexter, is now clerk at the Chelsea house. Dexter hoard of review will be in sessiou noxt Monday and Tuesday. Children's day exeroises will be held at Rawsonville uext Sunday evening. g The late of taxation in Dexter tbia year will be one-qnarter of one percent. Mrs. Henry Heath snstained a fraoture of the leg juRt below the hip in a rnnaway aooideut iu Ypsilanti town recently. Stephen Laird, of Chelsea, is very sick fronj heart trooble with bnt slight hopea of reoovery. Grant Allen, of Milan, uarrowly esoaped drowniug throogh a íall into a cistern tbe other day. Nearly 175 bicycles have been sold by Müau dealers to people in that section so far this year. Miss Milla MoMillen, of Petersburg, will teach the grainruar department of the JVlilan school nest year. The Sylvan M. E. öunday school held a picnic with S. Foster's sohool at Cedar Lake one day last week. The wife of Edward Miller, formerly of Lyndon, died at tbe faiuily horue in Chicago, after a liugering illness, May 27. The telegraph and telephone poles have been removed from Exchange place, Manchester, and it is now much improved in appearance. W. C. Reevea, of Milan, ia raisiDg hia big warehouse six feet so as te make an additional story for the display of his stock of oarriages. Anotber boiler is to be added to the Chelsea electric lighting plant to obvíate the necessity of shutting down while repairs are being made. Elruer Bassett, English teacher at the Chelsea high school for the past year, bas resigned, having enlisted in the 34th regiment of volunteers. The school in district No. 5, Lyndon, tanght by Mrs. L. A. Stephens, bad its coinmencement exercises, consisting of recitatious, music, and address by County Commissioner Lister, on Priday, May 27. Three yonng ladies graduated, Alta Skidmore, Grace Collins aud JVladge Youug. Richard C. Dolson died in Ypsilanti Wednesday of last week, of heart trouble. The funeral was held Friday and the remains were taken to Waterford, Ont., for bnrial. His wife aud two cbildren snrvive bim. Mr. Dolson carne to Ypsilanti about 1860 and had resided there since that time. Timothy E. Sullivan, a former residant of Chelsea, feil into Bawbeese Lake dnring an attack of beart tronble on May 24 and was drowued. His remains were bnried in Chelsea May 27. He was 49 years of age and leaves a widnw and son who will retnrn tu Chelsea and make their future home. The commencement exercises of the Chelsea high school will take place June 19, 21 and 22. Ou Sunday evening, June 19, at the M. E. cbuich, Rev. J. I. Nickerson will preach the baccalaureate sermón. Tuesday evening, June 21, the class day exercises will be held at the opeia hoase, and on Wednesday evening June 22, the eommencement exeroises will be held at the saine place. Hon. Washington Gardner, secretary of state, will deliver tbe address.