Our Popular Resort

WHAT THEY DO AT WHITMORE DAY AND NIGHT.

Reunion of Co. D, 5th Michigan Cavalry will be Held There August 3. Other News.

Whitmore Lake, July 25.--(Special to Daily Argus).--Wm. B. Rane advises me that Co. D, 5th Michigan Cavalry, will hold a reunion at Whitmore Lake on Thursday, Aug. 3, and all old soldiers of any company are cordially invited. The ladies will see that the good things of this world are provided in abundance, and it is hoped that every old veteran will participate. Good speakers will talk to the old veterans and good music will be provided.

Lantz & Taylor report the best trade they have had since they started business and are happy accordingly.

Henry Stilson, the village carpenter, has built two very handsome clinker rowing boats and they are the finest on the lake and Henry is proud of them.

Mrs. Bubb, of Olivet, Mrs. VanKirk, of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. J. Skeels, of Cleveland, tourists at the Lake house, will take a short trip to Jackson on Wednesday.

Mrs. Goddard, who was a Lake house guest for the past month, has returned to her home at Lexington, Ky., and says she will certainly be here again next season if alive.

Harry Lumbard, one of the regular U.S. soldiers stationed in Georgia, and who served in Santiago, is home on a furlough to see his father, Prof. Lumbard, who is very sick.

Postmaster H.P. Dodge says the volume of mail matter sent and received at his office is growing to prodigious proportions and thinks he will have to get extra clerk help.

George Rauschenberger says the New State Telephone works fine and says a large flow of business has started at once. Tonight George is looking for a good bright messenger boy.

We observe a sign in Lantz & Taylor's window, "Ladies' hose two cents per pair and boys suspenders free with each sale." Your correspondent took one hose in order to get the suspenders.

This has been one of the hottest days of the season and the tourists languished in the shade until 7 p.m. and then they made Rome howl. Music started up in both hotels and dancing was in order.

Oluf Peterson has rebuilt the little steamer Petral and she will be launched next week. Oluf has had some experienced workmen at the boat for the past month and it is in fact rebuilt from stem to stern and will be appreciated by the guests in taking their bathing trips.

E.E. Leland, of Emery, has just put in an appearance at the Lake house, and reports harvesting nearly completed in his region. He has with him as guests H.J. Robinson and family, of Coldwater, and Mr. Leland says if there are any large pickerel in the lake they are his meat.