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Day
12
Month
January
Year
1883
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Public Domain
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ADoui me most surpnsed rmn in Michigan, last Friday uight, was John Farrell of Chelsea, when he carne home, to flnd nis house in possession of a goodly nuinbei of ladies and gentlemen, of Chelsea. He had hardly recovered froni his surprise, when Mrs. Boardman, his partner, rose at him and crushed him with a handgome gold watch and chain, the gift of his friends, who chose the 37th anniyersary of his birth, as the occasion. DEXTER. Frora the Leader. The Ladics' Library numbers about three hiindred and sixty volume. J. H. Evarts. has bought twelve thousand bushels of w heat for the Dexter milli l his season. Thos. Birkett is reported to have purchnsed about thirty-five tliousund bushels of wheat this season. As a matter of local interest, we publish the natnes of the following who have been pastors of the Dexter Baptist church trom 1849 to the present time: Revs Mr Carpenter, Tenny, Jones, Fluke, Hiscock Smith, Eastwood, Brown, Wilson, Baker Bower, Armstroiig, Clark, Gage and Mosher. The average is a little over two years to each man. From the Sun. Mr. F red Murdock and wife areisiting his mother, Mrs. 8. W. Murdock They weie married in St. Louis, Mich., Charles Van Riper, of Webster, is finishinr an extensión to hls fine horse barn niiiking it the linest in the town. exeept that of W. E. Boyden, whlch is probably the best in the couuty, if not in the State. MANCHBSTKK. From lhi Enterpnu. We learn that the cornet band cleared $117 from the dance. This will be enough to pay the balance dueon the instrumenta and leave a snug sum in the treasury. The Manchester cornet band with the nddition of a few members of the old band, appeared on the streets on Kew Vear's day and tooted tlieir horns the best they kuew how. We learn that one of our town boys who dcu't just exactly like one of our lad v lachers, walks three miles, to the Ston'e chool house south of town every mornng to attend school, returning home at ïifTht. How's that, 30 miles a week to ittend school. SALINE. From the Otwerver. The entire family of Morris Bailry, ?ittsfield, are down with the typhoid lever' vith the exception of Mrs. Bailey. We' earn there are three of four childrun. Wliile out huntiug last Friday Wlll Barr ' ¦ame vcry near being fatal ly shot. I een by nnother party, and standing ! liiiCtly between tlieir aiin and the bird, tVill saw the gun just in time to dodgè lown, thus receiving but a shotor two in ! lis shoulder and one that glazed hia face. TP3ILA.HTI. From the Commercial. Germán Sberwood, of the town of Ypll.inti, (lied at his residence, whorc lic has lived for the last thirty-two years, on th 27lh ilny of December, 1883. He was born July 18, 1803, at Stanford, Dutcliess ("o., in the State of New Vork, bein# at the time of his death a few months over 80 years of age. Next weok we will give a full account of the new "Enterprise Manufacturing Company" started in this city withacapitiil stock of $12,000 with shares of $25 each. The manufacturin" is to be done In tlie building of Andrew Leetch east end of Congress streel bridge. Davis' Cob Fire Kindier and other articles will be manulactiired. From the Ypsilant'an. Beside being an efficiënt deputy in Kegister Gilbert's office, I'. W. Carpenter is a trusted- and trustinfr- messenger between our business men and the county offices. Scarcely 9 his trip made without the burden of an errand on his inind, and l'icquently a load for his inusules. Tuesday forenoon, while Arthur L. Ward, aged H, and Jo'in W. Comstock, aged 7, sons of Frank Ward and E. M. Comstock, were playing.it Mr.Comstock's house in the Third ward, they got hold of a key which unlocked Mr. Comstock's priTate bureau drawer, and, boy-like, made an investigation. Findin a revolver in the draw-r, an accident which cost the older boy his life resultud from their handling it. From the Senttnel. Mr. "Benj." Chanibeilain, an employee of the Ypsilantian office wliile hunting on the marshes Monday. shot awny the foreInrarof his left bami Dr. Batwell, trimmed up the hand and dresscd it to the best advantage possible, but llie flnger is tone.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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