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From the Herald. Tax Receiver Guthard of Detroit has giyen bends to the extent of $50,000. He is a son of Mr. H. Guthard, of Bridgewater. Last Saturday was a big day for wool buyers, about 70,000 pounds being delivered. Of this Kempf Bros. bought about ÜO.OOO, and Babcock & Gilbert 28,000 pounds. The largest clip of wool marketed at this place this se.ison was brought in last Saturday by Backus Bros., and sold to Babcock & Gilbert. It weighed 3,488 pounds ! As the Congregational church has been undergoing repairs, no services have been held the past two Sabbaths, but Rev. Mr. Holmes informs us that services will take place next Sabbath. DEXTER. From the Leader. Nelson Marsh, of Scio, a 14-year-old boy, recently sheared twenty-three sheep in one day. The following Is the corps of teachers for the Dexter schools for the coming year: John A. Bobb, Three Rivera, Principal. Nellie Copeland, Dexter, Preceptress. Emily Palmer, Dexter, üd Urammar departraent. Mamie Murdock, Dexter, lst Urammar department. Anna Williams, Texter, 2d prirrary. Josephine M. Costello. Dexter, lst primary. Dora Alley, Dexter, ward school. All the lady teachers are graduates of the Dexter High school. MANCHESTER. From the Enterprise. The prospects are good for the speedy erection of a telephone line from Manchester to Clinton, thus forming a continuous line from Ann Arbor to Toledo. The telephone operators at different towns couldn't go to the show at Ann Arbor Saturday very conveniently, but they heard the bands play during the street parade just the sanie. The telephone is a wonderful instrument. SALINE. From the Observer. Messrs. Manly Spring, Earnie Jenter, John Raushenberger, and the Misses Mary Burkhart, Lena Haupt and Emma Henry, of Ann Arbor, were the guests of Miss Anna Hauser yesterday. The non-resident teachers have all returned to their respective homes. Prof. Colé has gone to Ann Arbor; Miss Mary Webb to Manchester ; Miss Ida Spore to Ypsilanti, and Miss Tillie Calhoun to her home near Nora. In addressing the graduates the Rev. R. 1?. Pope, representing the school board, made some timely and practical remarks, and we only wish we were able to give the masterly address entire. Mi" Pope is a very pleasant speaker and wius the sympathy and respect of his hearers at once. YPSILANTI. It seems our neighboring city is not a healthy one for newspapers. Of late the Sentinel has been such a weakly that it has only been a semi-monthly, and now an injunction threatens to choke off the Ypallantian. We should be sorry to miss this bright newsy paper from our list as it was the best f the Ypsilanti papers both in tone and enterprise. So the Commercial at present holds the field. From the Commercial. The insurance flrra of Jenness & Spencer has dissílvcd. Capt. Spencer will uarry on the business at the office west of the Commercial office. A woman named Daisey Brittan took poison Saturday. The alleged ratson, her husband took, or was supposed to take another woman to the circus at Ann Arbor. She is the mother of two children. A physician was called and her life saved. Capt. Spencer's case has been nolleprossed, discontinued in the United States Court, in other words, thrown out. But accompanying the dispatch was the unwelcome intelligence that reinstatement would be linpoSBiblCi at least for the present.