Washtenawisms

Mrs. Cornish, of Saline, has a fourlegged turkey. Dr. Pyle, of Milan, bas a strawbsrry crqp of 800 bushels. The alumni of the Saline high sohool Will have a banqnet June 24. Oscar Stimpson and family have moved from Saline to Milan. Work on remodeling the Presbyterian church, Ypsilanti, will begin July 1. The severe rainstorm of last Friday flattened considerable wheat around Milan. J. H. Barr, of Saline, oelebrated his 60th birthday June 8 with a family gathering. Payson Crafts hes ordered a bandsome monument for bis cemetery lot in Manchester. The Saline Pretbyterian ladies have a social tbis afternooü at the home of Mrs. Chandler. The Saline Farmers' Clnb has adjourned its meetings until the last Friday in Aagust. Mrs. Meyers, an aged woman living near Pittsfield Jnnotion, died Jane 4 and was bnried Jnne 6. The Michigan Bell Telephone line between Milan and Saline in nnder prooess of constrnction. G Hoert Birdsall, of Texas, an old time resident of Superior, is visiting fais old friends in tbat township aud vioinity. G. W. Millen, of Saline, hasj new potaiües as large as walnnts. The late rains and warm weather will soon mature thern for the inarfeet. The foüowing pupils' in school district M o. 7, Nortböeld, bave not been tardy doring the spring term : Ida Boos, Clara Boos, Florence Laraway and Hazzel Laraway. Milan will oelebrate the Ponrtb of Jaiy and bas elected the following offltyets'. President of the day, Charles G-aantlett; marsbal of the day, Herbert A. Taylor; treasnrer, Geo. F. Minto. The following Milan men have enlisfced in the Dnndee company for tbe Thirty-fifth .Regiment: L. Mellinger, E. K. Pnllen, E. D. Grannis, John A. Warner, Leo E. Andrus, Myron Hall, E. C. Briggs, George Slayton, Chas. Cook and Arthur Doty. A. E. Putnam, of Milan, is the owuer of a parented cloth chart. Last week he received a letter from J. C. Keast ák Co. , Smitbfield, Orange Free State, Sonth África, enolosing an English sovereign to pay for a sample chait and asking him for the sole agenoy of the hart for Sooth África. Q. Euglisb, of Manchester, lias built a uew horse barü. The ceinetery fenee at Sylvan Center has besa lepaiuted. Mrs. Johu Grimes, of önperior, died Jone 4, of paralysis. Cbristian F. Forner, of Sylvan Center, is buildiug a new barn. Arnold Knhl, of Sharou, bas built a good sized addition tn bis house. Dan E. Hoey is now owner of the S. Taylor farm in Dexter townsbip. Children's day was observed last Sunday in the Sbaron Center obnroh. Ninety-two took diuuer at the last meeting of the Galein Farmers' olob. Children's day will be observed in the Webster Congregational oburob nexS Suuday. James Hogan, of Bridgewater, expeots to leave this week on a visit to California. The Maccabee insurauce beid by the late Theodore Haab, of Dexter, was paid two weeks after bis deatb. James Cavanaugh bas cloeed bis Bohool in Distriot No. 30, öharon. The enrollment ior the term was 18. The Worden school closed with a pionio and a presentation of a photograph album to the teacher, Miss Brissey. JRev. Paul Irion, of Freedom, acted as moderator of the annual conference of his ohurch at Lafayette, Ind., last week. Ed. Scbaffer, of Sharon, oaught his thnmb between the chain and tbe aprocket of bis bioyole and tore off the end of it. The Wabash railroad will build a stock yard and ohute for loading stook on their land east of the coal kilna at Whittaker. MissLeah P. Surbrook, of Ypsilanti, died Jnne 4, of oanoer. Sbe had nndergone two operations bnt they failed to heok the disease. Peter S. Knight has jast flnished a ina barn on nis farm in Bridgewater. ?be new baru is 36x70 feet in size with 8 foot posts and gambrel roof. Rev. D. MoPhall, formerly pastor of he Manchester Baptist ohnroh, has just radnated froia Taylor nniversity, Iniana, with the degree of M. L. Capt. Charles V.Gridley.the deoeased ommander of Admiral Dewey's flaghip Olynipia, was a oonsin of Miss Hattie Bonsteel, of Ypsilanti. Burglars broke a rear window in the tore of the H. S. Holmes' Meroantile Co. at Chelsea Monday night and made ff with oonsiderable olothing, eto. Miss Editb Case has retnrned to Manchester from her sohool ia Elgia, II). She has been retained in her position for auother year at an inoreased salary. Mrs. Matilda Milier died in Rice Greek, Oalbonn ooanty, Jnne 5, aged 86 years. She resided in Sharon for 27 years and was the motber of John A. Miller, of Manohester. There were 405 pnpils enrolled in the pnblic schools of Chelsea the past year, of which 59 were non-resident papils. Of these 177 were neither absent nor tardy dnring the year. The Chelsaa boys defeated the Ann Arbor high school team in a well played game of baseball at Chelsea by a score of 21 to 8, the first defeat the Ann Arbor boys had snstained this year. Chelsea evidently can play ball. Forty people from Bellevill went np to Ypsilanti the other evening to help institote a lodge of the order of tbe Golden Cross. When they got there and had walked half over the town they fonnd ont that there was no lodge being started and someone bad been fooling tbem. Dogs with a taste for mntton made aad havoc witb a flock of sheep belonRing to Frank and Charles Phelps, of Dexter, Tuesday nigbt. Five fine lanabs were killed. Seven ewes were injured so that they will die and 14 other lambs and ewpg were badly bitten. - Dexter LeaCer. Elrner Silkworft, forinerly of Manchester, was terribly bnrned by a gasolioe explosión in bis laundry in Reading ou Tnesday of last week, from the effecfcs of whicb be died. The fnneral services were held at the home of his parents in Manohester Friday. He was 25 years of age and had an excellent character. Wm. Cox, Roy Lamkin and Wm. Ridington were tried before Justioe JoslyD, of Ypsilanti, Satuiday, on the cbarge of assaulfc and battery on Miss Wbitcomb, of Dixboro. The jury disagreed in tbe oase of the first two nained and the oase was then dismissed on the reqnest of the prosecntion. In Ridington's oase the jury retnrned a verdict of not guilty. Ypsilanti Sentinel : Mts. Caleb R. Barlow, of Rawsonville, bas tbe uuusual distinction of baving served meals to soldiers of flve wars. Her grandfather fonght in tbe Revolntion, a great-nnole in the war of 1812, an uaole in the Mexioan war, a fatber and tbree brothers in tbe Rebellion, and a son in tbe present war with Spain. Eacb of these has bad a home with Mis. Barlow, who is a spry wotnan and wears her 76 years of eventful life history as easily as most women of 50. A dispatch frozn the agricultural oollege toa Detroit paper says: "The editor of tbe Qrass Lake News bas been tendered an invitation to be tbe guest of honor at a gratis batbing entertainment at any time tbe said editor may arrive at tbe college. In a recent issne of bis paper he attaoked tbe ooilege, erming tbe studente a 'lot of rowdies. ' Tbe article bas been pos-tad and tbe tree bath invitation mailed. The attaok was prompted by tbe recent duckiiig episode here. " Poor Carlton, wbat vicissitndes a free expression of opinión does lead one into sometimes. Yod have our sympatby, Carlton, if yon go to Lanait g. Tbe Manobester boys are talking u a baseball olnb. Ypsilanti Giange will hold its nes meeting Satorday, Jnne 25. A uew barn has goue up on the Fran Spafaid farm in Manohester. J. W. Reeve has rétnnied to Dexte f rum Nantncket Island, Mass. Marshall Vinkle, of Dexter, is now clerk ia a large hotel at Oaks, Dakota Cbelaea does not approve of the rais in tbe box rents at the post office in tha place. Mrs. T. W. Baldwin, of Sylvan, die Jnne 4, from injurides leoeived las winter. Several of the roads in Manoheste towuship have been improved wit gravel. Children's day services were held last Snnday in the Lyndon Baptis chnroh. Henry Gates, died in Jacksou Jnn 6, aged 65 years and was buried a Chelsea. Thb five weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lewis Koebbe, of Freedom died Jane 6. Pinckney claims a popnlation of 600 A number of new honses are being built there this year. Miss Carrie Forner closed her sohool in Distriot No. 11, Sylvan, last Saturday with a school picnic. It is thought that Chelsea, Dexter, Scio and Delhi will sooa be oonnected with the New State telephone. Chelsea is np to date. She has jast been putting in new hitching posts, a good way to draw farmers' trade. Miss Alioe Gorman has returned to Chelsea from New York city where she had been pursuing her art studies. W. F. Reimensohneider has been confirmed as postruaster at Chelsea, and expeots to take possession Jnly 1. Charles Hildinger, of Manchester, was unfortunate euongh to lose a foui year old ooit from colic last Tnesday. A large nnmber of turtles from the Manobester ponds have been shipped to marlet bnt there are still tnrtles there. Mrs. Fred Altenberg, of Freedom, slipped and broke her leg whlie hanging ont her washiog, week before last. The foor year old son of Aid. Meanwell, of Ypsilanti, feil ont of the hammock the other day and broke his collar bone. A county grange is to ba held in connection with Lafayette Grange at the home of Frank MoMillan of Lima tomorrow. Snpervior Lighthall hsa pnrchased a new flag for the Cüelsea town hall. If the town does not see fit to pay for it, he will. The S. W. Farmers' Club have presented tbeir retiiing seoretary Mrs. Eva M. Spafard with a nnmber of pieces of silverware. A load of goats was landed in Cbelsea reoently, mnoh to the delight of the small boys who have beeü living ia dover, whetber the goats have or not. Prof. Wenley, of the university, delivered the bacoalanreate sermón before the gradnating class of the Manoheeter sohool last Snnday evening and it was ODe of the ablest sarmons ever heard in Manchester. The Ch8lsea Herald pats its looal man on the back by beading bis weekly effnsions: "Echoes of the Week - Pitby iokings Pointedly Pot for Qniok rteading- Throngh the Condenser this irist bas Gone and is Served up for the Herald Reader in Snooulent Style. " The Chelsea teachers engaged for nextyearare: Superintendent, W. W. Gifford; preceptress, Miss Carrie MoClasike; first assistant, Miss Florence Bauhman ; second assistant, Miss Ida Webb; eigbtb grade, Miss H. Dora Barrington ; seventh grade, Miss Mamie Fletcber; sixth grade, Miss Anna Beissel ; fifth grade, Miss Elizabeth Depew ; fonrth grade, Miss Mary VanTyne; tbird grade, Miss Heman; second grade, Miss Marie Bacon; first grade, Miss Lnella Townsend . The Manohester alumni association will hold its annnal reuuion this evening, June 17th. The literary exercises will be beid at Arbeiter hall and will be of nnusaal merit, oousisting of an address by the president, Dr. Thos. F. Aloran, essay by Miss Mattie Carpenter, poem by Miss Elizabeth Rawson and the history by Rev. Addis Leeson. Musio wili be furuished by the "conservatory quartette" of Ypsilanti. The literary prngrain will be followed by a banqnet, toasts and musio at the Freeman house.