Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County
Dexter thinks it ought to have a sugar beet factory.
York has six taxpayers who pay over $100 taxes each.
Scarlet rash prevails among the school children of Freedom.
The sale of stamps at the Eckert post office last year was S201.49.
Theodore Ulrich will build a new house in Freedom next spring.
There is at this writing 150,000 pounds of wool stored in Manchester.
Mrs. John Benzler died in Bridgewater, Jan. 12, of the grip, aged 71 years.
Emanuel church in Freedom took up a $60 collection for missions Sunday, Jan. 15.
The two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Gates, of Chelsea, died last Thursday.
Mrs. L. A. Katner, of Bridgewater, 4 years of age, broke her arm the other day.
Merrick Burch will build a new blacksmith shop in Sharon Hollow next spring.
Christopher C. Schultz died in Dexter, Jan. 14, of typhoid pneumonia aged 23 years.
John S. Pacey, Wm. G. Schmidt and Jacob Richardson, of near Dexter, will build barns this spring.
John Fletcher, of Salem, was kicked in the face by a horse the other day and had a tooth knocked out.
It is said at Whitmore Lake that Mrs. Wiedemann will put no more cottages in her grove next spring.
Sherman Cook marketed 40 roosters in Saline last week which averaged seven and a half pounds in weight.
Emma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Weber, of Freedom, died Jan. 14, of inflammatory rheumatism aged 11 years.
James Cavanaugh, sr. , of Sharon, was thrown out of his buggy the other day and his collar bone and two ribs broken.
Mrs. George Holzapfel, of Sylvan, died on Saturday, aged about 35 years. She was the daughter of Fred Eisenman, of Freedom.
C. K. Cobb recently caught a 12 pound pickerel in Portage Lake and followed this lucky catch up with pulling out a 123 pound pickerel.
Mrs. John Joss, of Lima, is very seriously ill. She is the grandmother of the Moegle girl who was murdered in Waterloo township a year or so ago.
Chris Stoll, of Dexter township, cut his left leg badly while chopping wood recently. He nearly bled to death before medical assistance could be secured.
Philip Seitz, who lives within two miles of Chelsea, had a big lumber hauling bee Jan. 17. He is building a new barn out of three carloads of lumber.
James Eagen, of southern Manchester, arrived home the other night just in time to drive some grain thieves out of his granary. They had already filled two bags.
Mrs. Rachel E. Coe, wife of John H. Coe, died in Milan last week aged 85 years. She was one of the oldest citizens of York, having located in Milan before it was named.
Mr. Gebhardt, the Saline baker, is remodeling the Frank building in that village and will open up a hotel about March 1. He is building a brick addition for a kitchen.
John T. Wanzer, a pioneer of the county, died at the home of his son William H. Wanzer, in Ypsilanti, Saturday, aged 83 years. He was a member of the Society of Friends
Mrs. Squire Covert, of Lima, died last Thursday. The funeral services were held Sunday at the Lima Center church, Rev. Dr. Holmes, of Chelsea, preaching the funeral sermon.
Geo Ely bought of Clara Kingsley granddaughter of David Kingsley, of Salem, an 18 months' lamb that dressed 118 pounds. How is that for David Kingsley's stock? Who can beat it.?
Plans have been prepared by Malcolmson & Higginbotham, of Detroit, for a three story brick rectory for St. Luke's church in Ypsilanti, 28 by 50 feet in size, with all the modern conveniences to cost 3,500.
The German Workingmen's Society of Chelsea, has elected the following officers: President, Chas. Kaercher; vice president, Chas. Neuberger; record keeper, Martin Bauer ; corresponding secretary, Israel Vogel ; treasurer, Jacob Hepfer; trustees, Jacob Schumacher, Henry Frey, Mat Schwekerath ; physician, G. V. Palmer; banner bearer, Chris Oesterle.
Last Friday evening was the scene of a very pleasant party at the home of William and Alice Donegan in Northfield. Several persons from the surrounding cities were present., among them were : Misses Louise Walsh and Jeanie Hardy, of Detroit; Miss Anna Conlin, of Ypsilanti; Misses Emma and Kate Taylor, Bessie and Cassie Donegan, Nora Fohey and Messrs. Thomas And Edward O'Brien, of Ann Arbor. The principal feature of the evening was dancing.- Smock's orchestra, of Ann Arbor, furnished the music. A short program was rendered in which Miss Louise Walsh sang overall selections accompanied by Miss Mae Carroll. The jolly crowd of about 75 tripped the light fantastic till nearly 8 a. m. when all went home feeling happy.
The Ypsilanti Normals defeated Albion in debate Friday evening wining two of the three contests. The judges were Hon. Levi Barbour, of Detroit ; Judge V, H. Lane and Prof. A. C. McLaughlin, of Ann Arbor.
George Hodson last Saturday purchased the 78 acre farm of Benj. Culy, in Scio, on the Dexter road for $3,600 from R. C. Reeves, executor. The bidding was quite lively as the farm is a desirable one and it went at $1,300 more than the appraisal.
The Southern Washtenaw Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. has 808 members and risks amounting to $767, 780, a gain of 28 members and $87,635 risks during the past year. The losses paid during the year amounted to $609,34 and the assessment was 90 cents on a $l,000.
Roswell Pettibone died in Detroit at the residence of his son C. A. Pettibone yesterday of old age, aged 86 years. He was born in Vermont and settled in Ypsilanti, which promised well for the pioneer. Years later he removed to Howell and from thence to Detroit. He left four living generations to mourn his loss.
Stephen G. Johnson died at the home of his daughter in Cleveland Ohio, last Sunday. He was a pioneer of Washtenaw county having come here from Canada in 1837. He had learned the carpenter's trade which he followed for 18 years. In 1844 he moved to Scio township. He was married in 1843 to Miss Ellen Jane Seymour and they had five children. He was four times supervisor of Scio township, in 1860, 1862, 1875 and 1876. The funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 o'clock at the home of his son Chester S. Johnson, in Scio.
CORAL CHURCHES
Are Built in Some Parts of Philippines
Prof. J. B. Steere, formerly connected with the university, and who visited the Philippine Islands twice, has many interesting things to relate. Once in his travels in the jungle his party camped after shooting a deer. A native and wife came to their camp and were given a quarter of the deer. They had 110 cooking utensils of any kind with them. The native man carried the customary machete. He stepped to a large bamboo tree and cut it down. He then cut off a section, with a point at each end, cut a slit in it so that a lid could be raised, filled the aperture with water, placed the venison within, closed the lid, and stood the bamboo joint, which was perhaps four feet long, against the fire in a slanting direction, and in the course of time the meat was finely cooked. Prof. Steere has a barn loft filled with highly interesting specimens or coral from the islands. The natives build churches from coral. It is cut out in blocks at low tide and tied to bamboos so that when high tide comes, it can be towed ashore. This coral never loses its fishy smell and on a damp day the odors in a coral church -Grand Rapids Herald.
CASTORIA.
Bears the Signature of Chath Hlitchers
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Rentschler's photos please because he knows how to do it.