Ypsilanti Locals

YPSILANTI LOCALS.

From Friday's Daily Argus.

A. A. Bedel, the son, has been appointed to take charge of his father's stock of boots and shoes until a general administrator of the estate can be appointed.

The Michigan Central has a large gang of men at work on the new track which is being laid to make a double track to Geddes. it is nearly completed now; the connections are being put in. The Central has a double track now from Detroit to Geddes and from Dexter west, the distance between Geddes and Dexter being the only single track in Michigan. There are 120 men working on this part of the work besides those engaged in putting in the interlocker. The interlocker will be ready for use in about a week. A fine new tower house has been built at the Forest Ave. crossing and all switches will be operated from it. New gates have also been placed at this crossing for purposes of safety. 

From Saturday's Daily Argus.

Deputy Sheriff McKinstry, of Wayne County, came here this morning and arrested an Ypsilanti young man charged with stealing water melons and for other mischief in the melon patch. He was one of a party who settled with the same man some time ago for cooning melons it is said. But the present arrest is said to be for an entirely different offense. 

The Allen family of which Mayor E. P. Allen and the Rev. C. T. Allen, DD, of this city are members, is a noted family in many respects and has many points of history which are very interesting. Five brothers were in the army during the Civil War, three returned as captains, one as assistant surgeon and one as a high private, and the last claims the honor of having done more than any other of his brothers in putting down the rebellion. All but one were born in Washtenaw County. The eldest was born in New York. Two of the brothers are preachers, one of the Methodist denomination and the other of the Congregational. The Rev. Dr. Allen, of this city, has two sons who are also Methodist preachers, Eugene C. and Clarence E., now stationed in Detroit. Rev. A. B. Allen is located at Oberlin, Ohio. Dr. Allen is at Adrian, and the other brother died not long ago at Kansas City. He was an attorney. Politically the brothers are divided, three being republicans, one a prohibitionist, and one a populist.

From Monday's Daily Argus.

There was a pleasant informal dance at the Golf club house last night. Twelve couples were present and kept up the pleasant pastime to a late hour. 

The golf club hung out an elegant new sign board today. The background is green and the letters are red. It bears the legend, "For members only."

Warren H. Lewis, assistant secretary of the Ypsilanti Trotting Horse Association has sent out 640 letters and circulars to horse breeders and exhibitors of horses relative to the races to be held here on Oct. 10, 11, 12 and 13. man answers have been received with the statement that the writers would attend the races. 

H. D. Platt, superintendent of the creamery, says the Ypsilanti institution paid the highest price for cream last year of all the institutions buying milk in Michigan. The cream and butter of his factory, the entire product for the year, sold for $56,000. The product was mostly sold outside but the money received was largely spent at Ypsilanti. Thus it will be seen that this is a pretty good institution for this community.