Washtenawisms

The Salem Farmers' Club meets next Wednesday, Augnst 3. The mother of John D. Cook. of Ypsilanti, died in Toledo last Friday. Miss Maria Ferguson died in Ypsilanti last Friday evening of oíd age. Martin Creiner, of Ypsilanti, has pnrchased the Jewett farm near Belleville. The six days oíd infant son of Luke Guiñan, of Sylvan, died of pneumonía, July 20. Charles Pray will again beoome a resident of Whitmore Lake having sold his farm in Gregory. St. Mary's library in Chelsea uow nnmbers 800 v.olurues and the association bas 145 members. Mrs. Ellen Carrol!, of Ypsilanti, died last Friday, of oanoer, aged ö9 years, She leaves five children. Alfred Benz, of Webster, was strnck ■by a buil last week and had one of his legs broken above the knee. The meny-go-ronnd, af ter doing Dexter, went to Chelsea, ruuch to the deligbt of the Chelsea children. Jaoob Stieiie, of Lima, threshed 800 bnshels of wheat from 22 aeres. This is a yield of over 36 bnshels to the acre. The King's Dangbters give an ioe oream social at the residence of Mrs. Harrison Rathraff, of Ypsilanti town, this evening. At the clay pigeon shoot toarnament at Lake Eidge Friday, David Anderson, of Milan, proved the best marksman. Tbe Lake Ridge baseball team defeated the Milan team at the same time. Daring a heavy electrical storm Monday morning lightniug strnok the barn ■of Nelson Rice's farm near JMUan. The building was destroyed by fire together with its contenta. The loss is .heavy. The grassboppers were beooming so nmnerous that Fred Neihaus, of Lima, nt his oats for fodder, rather than to "wait for them to ripen with the chances of tbe grasshoppers destroying the sntire erop. Lightning strnck the house of the Misses Stonex in Dexter last week Tnesday, shattering one end of it and damaging the furniture. Lightning struck in the same yard onoe before this summer. D. B. Taylor bas pnrchased tbe property of Mrs. P. Westfall on N. M'ain st., Chelsea, and will open a street througb to Polk st., inoreasing the number of building lots in Cheisea bo as to give Chelsea a chanoe tq grow. All the cottages at Portage anc Bass Lakes are full. L. E. Gninan, of Chelsea, is tht proud fattier of a teu ponud boy, The Saline Methodists are seriouslj talkiug of building a uew oburch. Wheat in Ypsilanti townehip tbreshes froru la to 40 boshels to the acre. George Heimerdinger has purohased the Freeman farm west of Manchester. Freedoin threshers report the yield of wheat as a little lighter than last year. The work of rebuilding the Presbyterian ohuroh in Ypsilauti begau last Monday. Fred Breitenwischer, jr., has the foundation laid for bis new residouce iu Freedom. The Bridgewater farmers' social olub held a picnic at Wampler's Lake last week Thnrsday. ■ Miss Christiae Obersmith, who has been teaching at Manistique bas returned to Sharou. Miss Bessie M. Colby, of Edwardsburg, bas been engaged as preceptress of the Saline sohooJs. N. Scbmid, of Manchester, was called to Colunibns, Ohio, last weekThursday by the death of a niece. The butter factory in Ypsilanti township pnrchased 932,513 pounds of niilk in Jnne. The factory had 302 patrons. A uumbei1 of Sanday sohools of Western Wasbtenaw and Eastetn Jaokson held a pionio at Wampler's Lake on Wednesday of this week. Th homing pigeons of Will Carpenter, of Ypsilanti, flew from Adrián to Ypsilanti in an honr and 24 minutes last Sunday. Charles Burtless, of Manchester, oanght five black bass in Iron Creek last week which weighed 15 pounds, a good haul for one uight's fishing with frogs. Eugene E. JBowe, sou of Edward T. Howe, of Milan, died July 12, aged 28 years. He was married six years ago and leaves a wife. He formerly worked in O. A. Kelley's hardware store. Henry Kempf, of Detroit, a 68 year old man, started to walk from Detroit to Chicago. He passed through Ypsilauti Friday and was bound for Manohester. Steps are beiog taken to head him off. State Superintendent of Pnblio Instruction Hammond warna tbe school trustees of the country distriuts to beware of agents selling reading charts and using a bogus recommendation purporting to come frorn him. Private Albert D. Grimes, of Co. F, 31st Michigan Vol., died of malarial fever, at Chickamauga, July 16, aged 2? years. The funeral was held in Stockbridge on Thursday of last week. He leaves a wife and a four year old son. Dextor Leader: Fred A. Peters and wife arrived at the home of George A. Peters, Soio, on Monday morning, having left Sidney, N. S. W., May la. Ou their journey home they tournd throngh Italy, Switzerland, France and Eugland. Tbey expeot to return to Australia in November. William H. Gotts died at his home one mile east of Whittaker Jnly 14, of consumption, aged 36 years. He bad been ill for two and a half years. He was born in Augusta township, where he always lived. The Whittaker and Willis Maccabees attended the funeral in a body. He left a wiEe and a daoghter. Times: An Ypsilanti lady of great weight and magnitude was on the electrio oar a few days ago and the oar was derailed, jarring her oonsiderably. She was sitting in the front part and on tbe return from Detroit she took the rear Heat. "The rear seats are for smokers. " said the conductor. "Well. if I'vegot to smoke to sit here, give me a oigar, " was tbe retort, and the conductor sbouted "f are, f are. " Times: Dexter is undergoing quite an exoitement because of the presence of a faith cure doctor in its ruidst. He is a tall yonng man abont 30 years of age and comes from Detroit. It is said that his flist case, Mrs. Wm. Weston, was very sucoessful. She was apparently dying from heart trouble, and the story rnns that he carne into the room unknown to her and in flve minutes she comtnenced to feel better and breatbed regularly. She is now rapidly improving in health. This case gave him considerable prestige and it is said he has peveral Dpxterites treating with him. Manohester Enterprise: James Hogan, of Bridgewater, who went to the Paoifio coast, intending to be gone several weeks visiting Oregon, California and Nevada, where he once resided, returued home in time to take a hand in harvesting a large orop of wheat. To his Manchester friends he stated tbat crops are poor in the west, that the oountry is suffering from druught. He tried to buy some lambs while there, but would not pay the price the owner asked ; the lambs were shipped to Chioago where he bought a part of them for less tban the price asked in California. He says that Michigan is good enongh for him. Manohester Enterprise : Preparations for Germán Day are going on at a rapid rate, and if everything works well, Manchester will see a big crowd of people on Thursday, Ang. 18. Twenty-one Germán sooieties have been invited and a large nnmber will come. Jackson and Ann Arbor societies are sellicg tioketa for special trains. Theytwill eaoh bring bands and Ypsilanti wiH also biing one. Onr society bas eugaged the Chelsea Band and Chelssa rifles. Among the speakers already seonred is Judge Newkirk, of Ann Arbor, who has gained quite a reputation as a Germán speaker, also Theo. Stanger, oL the same place, and Fred M. Freeman of tbis village, who wil! speak in English. I Aid. William A. Mooreof Ypsilanti, ia a Piugree candidato for the legisi lative noraination iu the second district oí this oonuty. Mrs. Heury died at the residenoe of her danghter, Aira. John Todd, of Whitruore Lake, July 14, of heart disI ease. The burial was at Howell. While Toni Norris, the oolored oook at the Lawis house, Ypsilanti, was ohopping up a tortle for soap last Friday, he choppad off one of his flngers. ffm. Gadd, of Bridgewater, threshed 260 busbels of wheat from 10 acres of laad that have been in cora for the past six years, and has foor large loada of rakings yet to thresh from the saine field. Extensive preparations are being made for tho layirig of the corner stone of the uew Presbyteriau church at Saline uext iáunday afternoou at 3 :30 o:clook, nnder the auspioes of the Masodío fratarnity. Rev. D. R. Shier and A. F, Fieeruan, of Mauohester, have purchased a briuk house on the St. Cl air ïiver and will have an elegant resorteasily raached, as an electric line to Detroit is being built past tbe house. Editor Blosser, of Mancheiter, oomes to the aid oí Editor Woodruíf, of Ypsilanti, in getting op that diamond oelebration of Independence Day at Ypsilanti and generously offers to send his diamond by freight at 2 o'olook next week. C. L. Pieroe, of Dexter, met with a painfnl aooident on Tnesday of last week, wben a nail which he was trying to drive into an eavetrough flsw froru the hammer aud entered his right eye, causing soine of the fluid of the eye to run out. Grass Lake News: J. W. Hopper, southeast of tfais village, sfaeared from 19 ewes 136V2' Jbs. of wool, an averag per head of '2% lbs. Oue ewe yieldsc 19 ]bs. 6 oz. and auother 19 lbs. 2 oz. an aggregate of 38 lbs. These fleuc es were of oue year's growth anc sheared in May. Charles Henry, a farmer living on mile sonthwest of Belleville, wa killed at Fell's crossing by the Wabas pay oar last Satnrday noou while driv ing home. He was partially deaf, an it is supposed that he did not hear tb train. Whsn on tha orossing the hors beoame so frightened that it remainec stock still. Henry was 60 years old His widow is destitute.