Washtenawisms

Tbe Normal buildings areinsnred for f125,000. George Eowe, of Lyndon, broke hia arm abont ten days ago. A nnmber of new oement walks have been built in Mancb-ester. Tbe infant son of E. D. Minzie, of Wbittaker, died Jnne 27. Hunting and fishiug in the Dester oemetery will no longer be allowed. Soott MoBain, of Ypsilanti, has been given a pension of 6 a rnonth. David ■ Hasohley, of Manchester, is one of the jrivate soldiers at Santiago. Four of the graduates of the Dexter schools this year will enter the nniversity next fall. Manchester is orsanizing a military company whioh is being instrncted by Whitney Watkins. The seven year old cbild of Adoph Havin, of Ypsilanti, died of phnenmonia last Friday. Hon. James McNamara, forraerly of Dester, has removed bis law office froin Alpena to Bay City. The Dexter high school commencement exercises netted $35, whioh will go to pnrchase new booksfor the sohool library. The Dexter high school is novf upon the nniversity list, so that its gradnates can enter the uuiversity without f aither examinatioa. Don't be alarmad if you notioe the funeral air that the editor of the Dexter Leader wears. He is only the secretary of a cemetery. Rev. Joseph Connors was ordained by Bishop Folsy last Sunday and oelebrated his firsr mass in St. Joseph chnrch, Dexter, Tnesday. Misses Editn Case, Edith Kapp, Marie Kirchhofer and Lncy Poooher are attending the meeting of the national ednoational association in Washington, D. C. The Globe Mfg. Co., of Norhvillle will fornish the seating for the new Presbyterian chnrch in Saline and the Monroe Fornaoe Co. will furnisb the heating plant. Myron Hall, Irving Jacobs, George Slayton, Arthnr Doty, Charles Cook and Artbur Gonld, all of Milan, have joined the new Dandee company in the Thirty-Fifth Miohigan and are at Island Lake. The Dexter Village Cemetery Corporation bas elected the following officers: President, R. P. Copeland; secretary, John O. Thompson ; treasorer, Mrs. H. C. Gregory ; collector, Jas. L. Smitb; sexton, Tüomas French. Sharoa bas not esaaped the rnumps. A. Steger is baildiug a new hoase in Chelsea. David Lnick, of Lima, has repainted bis liücse. James Heidier, of Chelsea, died July 1, aged (55 years. Manchester last week sent for f 3, 400 wortb of war bonda. The Enterprise now advocates waterworks for Manchester. Wordenites celebrated the Fonrth at Everett Larued's home. Ypsilanti took about $50,000 of the goveruinent war bonds. The Hay & Todd Co., of Ypsilanti, will have a base ball team. Florence Heselschwerdt, of Chelsea, bioke bis right arm last week. The Salem Farmers' olnb met Jnly 6 at the residence of Tim Donovan. Bridgewater farmers are finding it hard to get suffioient harvest handa. O. L. Torrey bas greatly improved the Henry Goodyear farm in Sharon. William F. Rieinenschneider took possession of the Cbelsea postoffice last Friday. Emory Grant feil from the Staffan blook in Chelsea last week breaking his left arm. Miss Leora Ladd, of Chelsea, will be tbe preoeptress of the Bad Axe schools next year. F. H. Barnnm, the Ypsilanti jeweler, moves to Traverse City, the last of the month. Ray ftowley, manager of the Ypsilauti Central drng store, died Jnne 29, of diabetes. D. Peebles, of Worden, has gone to Iowa, to travel for an agrioultural implemeot firm. The carpenters are now at work on the new honse of Fred Breitenwischer, jr., oï Freedom. A class of 16 took their first oomïuaüiou in St. Mary's charch, Manohester, laat Öanday. The Starkweather farm nearYpsilanti of 127 acres has been sold to Chas. H. LeBar for $7,500. Miss Ida Montonye, of York, has secared a position in the Decatnr schools nest year at $32 a ruonth. The Manohester Arbeiter Verein has voted to observe German-Amerioan day there Thuisday, August 18. Mts. Wm. Schrader, of near Dnndee, was on a load of hay whioh tipped over thfl first of the week, break ing her right leg. Part of the barn of Edmnnd Rowe, of Sharon, gave way reoently letting hay and machinery down into the basement. Fred Ellis, of Ypsilanti, oelebrated the Fonrth by getting bis face filled with powder. Luckily his eyes were not injared. Mrs. Saville Hendershot, of Clinton, was severely injared Jnne 30, by the horse, with whioh she was raking hay, running away. There are three high sohools in tbe oonnty whose diplomas admit to tbe university, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Dexter. The Presbyteriau sooiety of Saline, had a big lawn fete at tbe residence of Qeorge J. Nissley, to celébrate tbe Fonrth. Wolverine Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Milan, has f.lected tbe following officers: N. G., Willis Sanford; V. G., B. R. Ford; seoretary, George P. Whaley, treasnrer, O. A. Kelley; representativo to grand lodge, George P. Whaley. Dave Kern, Chas. Ryan, Will Marx, John Seger, Wiiliam Nauman, Earl Kelly and Cyrus Stevens of Manohester, have enlisted in Co. C, of the 31st Regiment Miohigan Volnnteers, the Teoumseh oompany, to flll out the quota of that oompany and were sent to Chickamauga last week. Adrián Press: The government pays 80 for a good cavalry borse ont in Ypslanti, bnt Warren Lewis, tbe dog dealer, wbolesale and retail, sold to a obap in Ogdensburg, N. Y., a spaniel for 100 the otber day. The pap bad not been retailed however. Dogs, $100, hor8es$80! la this commeroial eqnality? Every horse in the country will say neigh. Tbe Dexter Bntter Mfg. Co. ís offlcered asfollows: General manager, Geo. W. Merrill ; seoretary and treasnrer, Alfred Davis; direotors, Ernest Elsasser, Charles Rogers, Arthnr Lyon, Geo. G. Hirth. The building will be 24x48 feet in size, with an ioe bonse 16x38 f eet and a covered driveway 12x32 feet Tbere are 40 stockboldera with one abare of $100 each. Milán Leader : All onr teachers and stadent girls and boys are now at home from their year's labor, as follows: Teaobets, Anna Delaforoe, Detroit; Nellio Delaforoe, Dexter; Florenoe Chapín, London; Eatella Ward, Stony Creek; Anna Brown, Raleighville; fiattie Jaooba, Cone; Ora Yonnga, Herkimer; James E. Clark, Shelby; Clarence O. Wiadom, Rushvillle. Stadenta, Floyd Robinson, Agrionltaral College, gradúate; Walter Aniba, Big Rápida; Leila Kelley, gradúate, Imoe Whitmarsh and Ceoile Gauntlett, Ann Arbor high aobool; Maude Aniba, U. of M. ; Snaie Knight, Olivet. Manobeater Enterprise : Wbile riding in tbe oountry a few days ago we aaw several patohea of priokly lettnoe growing at tbe roadaide and one large patoh waa direotly in front of and opposite a farm bonse. It doea not seem poaaible tbat a farmer would allow that weed to grow, and tbere where it raust be directly before bis eyes every day. Three swings of a soythe would out the lot now, bot if left to go to aeed next year in all probability an even hnndred will have to be taken to out it. Don't delay anotber day, barvest or no harveat, but out that and all other weeds. Better lose a few buahela of wheat than allow those noxious weeds to grow. W. H. Doubel, of Ypsilauti, spent last week in Boston. D. Hitohiagham, cf Augusta, has built a fine new baru. Mrs. Jobu Wallaoe haa completod her new house in Willis. The Ypsilanti Normal suinmer school has au enrollraent of 150. Representativo John K. Campbell aud daughter, of Augusta, sail for Sootlaud Jnly 10. William Fletcher, a highly reepectable citizen of Sharon, died Wednesday of last week aged 65 years. Deacoü Willard Mills, formerly of tbis county, died recently at his home in Galesburg, aged 90 years. W. H. Arbrough, a reoent university gradúate, has been appointed principal of the Ypsilanti high sohool. W. B. Rane and Will Spiegelberg, of Whitmore Lake have tiuished reruodeiing and repainting their houses. John Turner and Miss Ida Deyhle, of Whitmore Lake, werejmarried June 28 at the resideuoe of Willard Nelson. Miss Mary E. Young, of Danville, 111., a reoent gradúate of the U. of M., bas been appointed preceptress of the Ypsilanti high school. t The Cbelsea oounoil has decided to estend the water niains ou all the prinoipal streets of that village layiug 12,000 more feet of pipe. The six year oíd son of James Runoiruau, of Sylvan, last week jumped from a fenoe onto a scytbe striking it with both feet and cutting them badly. The house and barns of Qeorge Rapp at Cavanaugh Lake burned on Tuesday üf last week, nothing being saved. A defective obimney is supposed to have cansed the fire. Will Hopkins, who is working for Peter Cook, of York, was kicekd in tbe breast by a colt last week, knocking him senseless over a post and cutting an ugly gash in his head. While Joseph Tuttle, of Ypsilanti towuship, was milking last week, one of the bovines kioked him ruaking a bad wound on bis oheek. Another eow took a hand in the fracas and stepped on him. The 50th anniversary of the Congregational ohuroh of Pinokney was oelebrated June 26. Bod. C. M. Wood and wife, the only two survivors of the original 17 members gave some'interesting remiuiscenoes. "Billy, '' a horse belonging to William Lookwood, of Manchester, rolled or feil into the river the othsr day. He swam across tbe river bet conld not land and it was not until men oame to his resoue in boats that Billy was towed back to the other side of the river to a safe landing place. Mrs. Maria Hiokson oelebrated ber 98th birthday in Clinton Jnne 26. Sbe was seven yaars old when Falton's steaiuboat made its first trip, the flrst steamboat in Amerioa. Bhe was 13 years old when Commodore Perry won his great victory on Lake Erie. She was 31 years old whsn the flrst railroad was constructed. George Kuhl, son of Lambert Kuhl, of Manchester, who is working in tbe woods of British Columbia.wrote a letter to bis sister undei date of June 12 in which he saya that he is well, but he had a close cali witb a cinnamon bear. He and anotber man were up in tbe mountains ontting logs and tbe first tbey knew tbe bear was apon them. The other fellow was badly bitten and torn and ma.y die but George kept him away with his ax. He says: "I hit bim on the neok first and weakened him, tben finisbed bim. He weigbed 800 pounds. They are very thick bere dow as they can travel 6inoe the snow is off the ground, excepting on the mountain tups.