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un í riuay 01 last wet-K Ur. Utiaiii plin rece i ved frou bis sister in Alahania, a box ¦mitiiinnif; raw cottou uní cotlon sied. Fhe Ductor will plant tlie seeds ín a warm place iind expect to sce blossom añil perliapa biills. Jas. Maroney and Wni. YanRiper, ran foot-race to Dexter last friday mnrnin;;, n a bet of $5 against $15. Maroney t o the $5 and kept his $15 bv tnakiug tlic jistance in tvventy minutes liss time tlian VaiiRiper, makiug the wliole distance in Diie hour ind ten minutes. Madam Naomi is still cngaged at the musetim. Slie is a woniaii possessed of inore intelligence tnan hor predecessors in rhe flcshy line. nyc and botter feature. She has no difílculty in filling engageme t and is a gooil "attraction" any wheie - notonly on account ofweight liut because she njiureseverywbere as a lady. Madame Naomi does her own managing and is not depende' t on the men. She can manage herself. - Mil waukee Rail way Courier. We are inl'ormed tbnt Madame Naomi is the daughter of Mrs R. Ouwner of this place. MANCHESTER. From thc Enterprise. The Southern Washtenaw farmer's Club will meet at the residence of John F. Spaford, on Friday, April 4th, at 10 o'clock, a. m. A.n oak tree 17 feet in circumfeience and 70 fe-t to the luwest linib, is owned by T. J Hallock, of Milán, wno claim it to be the largesl in the country. We received iuforination by telephone from Jackson on Sutiduy forenoon that the mili dam at Norvell liad broken away vVe immedlately informed Air. Underhill, su that ttie flood gates conld be raied and ihey le pi'epared tor the flood, whlch eoulil be expected here in about 24 hours. News wat also sent to Sliaron and the water from that pond catne clown in the afternoon, and atan eai'ly hour on M"líday t'vening the water was at a high maik, but it did no damage at the upper dam The floating ice bi oke a section out of Dickerson's flume, and the water begall to wash at the west end of the dam on áunday night, but Albert Spencer and otliers went down there and pievented it trom breaking tliroug. In the morning Mr. Dickerson discoyered the water escaping over that end of the embankinent, uut by prompt efforts pievented a break, l'he tlunie at the paper mili dam at East Manchester sprmig a leak, and a considerable amoiintof earth was washedaway, luit no yreftt damaL'e was doue. SALINE. From theObserver. A few days since, James Clough broke liis collar bone by aveiuent wliile driving a load of wlieat iiuo the barn, by gettiitg caught in the door sonie way. Prof Vrooman, of Ypsilanti, who has been tilling the Presbyterian pulpit tor the past even or eiLht montlis, discoursed his last sermón on Sunday morninr. John Sherrnaw and wife, of Milan, have a tive-year old daughter that is a musical prodigy. Slie phiys any piece of mu.-ic on an óiga'n afttr hearing it once. The patrnns of husbandry of Salem have found a 9tock coinpany for the object of inaintaiiiing a general store. The capital is limited to $15,000, divided into 3,000 shares ot $5 each, and the number ot aliares one man inay otrn is restricted to 50. P. H. Murry is president. Tuesday of last week while Mr. and Mis. Thompson of Ursinia, were away fiom homt! a man glvfnjt lus name as Gei. Lester, whom they h-id hired to work by the uionth, took his depaiturn and appropriated to himself Mis. T's gold watch, the bar and pait of Mr. T's hain, a rubber coat and two or Hiree smaller article. YI'SILANTI. From the Y,)8ilantlan. At the rink Wednesday afternoon a number of the younir gentlemen of town wcre inkiated iuto the ways of the game of polo. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. VunTiiyl retnrned from Florida aud the south Tuesday night Among other souvenirs of tht-ir trip tliej have broujrht a pairof chameleons which are veritablé cnriosities, clianging coli when tiansferred froiu one substauce to ormtllpl. Louis Hardy, who has been living with hts parent on Washington streel, and who has been very desirous to go to Dakota for some time pat, üisappearud Saturdav nljrllt, and :it this wiïting haa not been'heiird trom. His intentions. ascontided to one or twu of liis associates, were to reacb Cliioago as best he rould, and then togetinwiiliapartyofscttle dbound ur the west and UwM t liis fortune Louis is in lioiiesl and iudiismons boy but like many other young )i ople his'allowed himself to Ie completely carried away by the bright prowpects and ,wm;ne gpeedy fortunes to bemade in the far we8t' Frora the Sentlnel. Eternal ftellsnce ia the price of e.'}i, W will be soon, if the cliicken thieves cnn t bcotwithin range of a shot gun. The pilferinjf trom oops goe3 on nihtly and with singular boldness. Mr Noah V. Mann, of Superior, died last week at the ajie 87. He WM OM ot the nioncersto this territory from beneca county N. Y. As our readers may 10niember he died some years aso, but carne to life :igain, while a nie-senger was engaging the undertaker in this city. From the Commercial. As we stated last week Ypsilanti was iianied after a Greek chifftain who was quite famous aboutthe time this city was amed, V. Demetrius Ypsilanti. He belonged to a tamily that liad made itself illustrious. Appleton's cyclnpedia a copy ot which should be in every school library cives quite an interesting account. Demetrios ïpsHanti was boni in 1.93. He was an actor in the resurrection in the Morea in 1881. He carried Tripolitza by storm. In 1822 he audaciously held he citadel of Argo?, rendering posaible the destruction of the cnemy between th.it ulace and Corinth. In January, 1833, he successfully opposed the Pasha at tne milis of Lerna. In 1826 made active opposition against the Biiglisn protectnraw. Commander of the army in 1834. A bont the time Ypsilanti was named. Henry SSj tohto c'elebrated speeeU on the Greek revolution had made the name of Tpt lanti ring through the land. Faith, hope and charity, tliesetliree.but the greatest of these puts ashes on the pavcment.- Merchant-Travek-r. The mimi prollts by the wreek of every passion, and we may measureourroad to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone.