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From the Herald Sunday next will be observed as Benedlctlon l)y at the Methodist cliurch. I you wish to know wliat it i, attend the iiiorniiif? services. The Congregational congregation have decided to greatly improve the appearancc Of their clnircli, and tor the past week car penters have been buy taking down the spire aud replacing it with a new one. We understand that tlieinside will be iuinished with newcarpet, and the basement will receive a thorough overhauling. The corner stone of the new Lutheran cliurch at Bridgewater Station, was lak last Sunday afternoon. In it we re deposited a Bible, aCatechism, several Luther an papers, and a copy ot' the records ol the cliurch to that date, which show tliat 190 deaths, over 300 maniages, and between 400 and D00 births had oecurrei sinee the cliurch was established, some thirty years a{o. Rev. Mr. Seoaer was assisted by ministers from a distance, and and a large number of persons witnesseil the ceremony. DEXTKIt. Krom the Leflder. Rev. George orates at Stockbridge on the FoDrth. Hnwell subscribed over $40,000 of the $i;0,000 requlred, at the railroad meeting there last week. It is reported that the route decided upon is llirough Hamburg. MANCHESTER. From the Enterprise. All)ert Case claims that he found coal on lus farm in this villaje. There is a rumor that a telephone line will soon be completad from bere to Clinton. We should be pleused to sec it, bot fear it is only a rumor. SALINE. From the Observer. J. P. Hicks, the good natured and jolly station agent here, has succeeded in having Saline added as one of the coupon ticket offices or the Lttke Shore road. Soults, of the Fort Gratiot Sun, bas boen there and knows how it is. Ilesays; "It?s about time for 'nlcptce.' Now who wlll be the ürst to pic - the citttard pie from hit lavender panto?'' Yl'SILANTl. From the Commercial. First eanip-meeting of the A. M. E. E. Cliurch of Ypsilanti, to convene in the fair grounds on July J4, 188, and continue ten days. Miss Francés L. Stewart acting postmaster of this city, gradiiated from the State Normal School in the class of 1861. She has been connectcd with the post office is chief clerk eighteen years last Fooruary. She is thoronfrkly convenant with every depaitinent of the office WOrk, a clear thinker, of good business capacity ind fully competent to manage au office n a inuch larger city than Ypsilanli. The selection gave universal satisfaction. From the Vpsilantian. Prof. Bellows' new work on elementary algebra is out, and all those who wish one of the best works on this subject should procure it. A certain woman of this city has woven Ï37 yards of raif carpet since the ürst of Haren. Between March and November of last year she wove over 2,500 yards.