Chelsea Firemen Are All Right

Chelsea firemen are all right. With difficulty, they saved a house. The 20th Mich. Infantry will hold a reunion on October 18.

Chelsea, Mich., Sept. 29 - (Special to Daily Argus) - the house of Robert Schwiekraths, on the outskirts of the village, was discovered on fire yesterday morning, and notwithstanding the fact that the fire department had to place its hose beneath the railroad track they succeeded in saving all the house but the roof. Damage to the house and furniture, $400, fully insured.

Last evening at 7:30 o'clock a class of 78 was confirmed at St. Mary's church. solemn vespers and sermon by Bishop Foley was given after the sacrament of confirmation was made. The music was under the direction of Louis Burg. 

Dr. G. W. Palmer is erecting a warehouse west of R. A. Snyder's warehouse, 50x83 feet in size on the Michigan Central property.

The 20th Michigan Infantry will hold its 34th annual reunion here on Oct. 18, they haaving held a meeting of this kind every year since they were mustered out of the service. Nearly two-thirds of the regiment have died either in battle or since the war.

There will be six ten-minute talks by the following members: Gen. B. M. Butcheon, subject, "The Crater;" Judge C. B. Grant, subject, "Horseshoe Bend;" Rev. C. T. Allen, subject, "Spottsylvania;" Rev. R. E. Manning, subject, "Captor and Captured;" Dan Sheehan, subject "Escape from Prison;" Judge G. M. Buck, subject "Mississippi Campaign."