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Day
21
Month
April
Year
1886
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Public Domain
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The Dexter opera house has just put in .1 new drop curtuiii. Geo. Keebler has bouglit the farm of Jacob Sturm, In Lodi. The ipearing season is belng improved ly the ftehennen about the county. The Dexter Leader man copies Couuibu items and credits them to one of our neighbors. A district Sunday School convention was held at the Baptist church in Dexter lust Suiulay. Lucius K. Tubbs has been elected villuge marshal of Dexter, at i salary of $50 per alumni. Conductor Daningburg, of the T. A. A. A X. M., bas been promoted to yard inaster at HowelL- Milau Leader. R. H. Oatnnder and Miss May E.Wisdom, botb of Hilan, were marfiod April 13tli. It is a wise man that gaineth Wladom. The celebrated Carinan family willgivo i concert at Dexter, Tuesday even ing, May 4th, under the auspices of the Baptist church people. A. E. Densmore and family who recently removed f rom Milán to Maple City, were given a farewell party by the I. O. O. F.'i of that place. The last dance of the season at Dexter, will be the military ball, given by the O. A. R. post. on Friday evenlng, April 30th, is-ited by the young peoplo. Milan village council elected S. Shortridge, marshal ; D. V Hitchcock, chief engineer of the firedepartinent ; ür. Bessae, health oflïcer, at a recent meeting. A sea uil measuring five feet from tip :o tip of its wings, was killed by Hownrd Stannard, on MUI creek, last Friday. - Dexter Leader. Quite a "gull " thu.i'eh? Dr. E. F. Chase is Dexter'a health offlcer, J. T. Honey is its city attorney, at $50 per year, and the Leader will puhlish the council proceedings for $25 per year. Twelve car loads of horses passed 'hrough this .place over the Wibash last Friday on their way to New York, where they are to bo used on ,-treet cars. - Milan Leader. Landng, Alina Mt. Pleasant railroad iompsny, is running a line from its soutliern terminus to connect with the Toledo & Anu Arbor road at St. Louis and thus make a through line from Toledo to Mt. Pleasant. Dick Kearns was one of the Ann Arborites who was anxious to see those bones; In fact he was quite exercised about them. Dick will probably remember when the tirst of April comes each succeeding year. - Dexter Leader. If there is anythlng that will make the cold chills chase each other up and down a man's spinal column, it is to have a small boy drop a piece of April snow down inside his shirt collar, as we know by experience.- Dexter Leader. Ann Arbor's classic shades no longer has any attractions for Wm. Murray. lie will soon return to his native town (of Superior) to gpend his declining years on liis farm bordering the beautiful lake that bears the family name. - Ypsllanti Commercial. The financial statement of the recorder of Dexter shows receipts lor the year to have been $1,744.09, and the disbursements $1,718.06. There are orders outstanding payable May 1. 1886, $254.04; and an indabtedness on March lst, 18Ö0, of $228.61. Jas. F. Smith of Chelsea, prides himself on being a crack checker piayer, but whlle in Detroit recentlv some doctor warmed him out of $14.- Ex. The above item is not true, and was gotten up by some l'ullow who thinks himself smart In telling that whicli is not true.- Chelsea Echo. The Dexter Leader believes that the townshlp of Scio oughi to build a tnwn hall for election and other township purposes: Certainly it should. But Dexter village may have to dónate a large share of the cost if the gets the building, the sanie as Ann Arbor did for the court boute building. M r. and Mrs. J. II. Devine and family, accoinpanied by Mrs. John Gretzsinger. Itartied for Devil's Lake. Dakota, Monclay mornlng. Mr. D. goes there to lócate. Mrs. G. to join her husband, who went there about two uionths ago. May they all be prosperous and happy in their new home.- Dexter Leader. Mr. Wm. Dansingburg, the life-long Supervisor of Augusta, was defeated at the late election by Mr. J. D. O'Brien, democrat. That is right. Give the young men a chance. The prohibitionists showed up strong in that town.- Ypsilanti Sentinel. Yes, as usual, the prohibitionist vote did it. They are giving a new lease of' life to their natural euemies, the democrat. The Manchester base ball boys have organized a club, as follows : Pitcher and captain- F. O. Marty; catcher- A. V. Munsell; ghort stop and secretary - C. F Van Duyn; first base- Fred Spafard; second base- John Kremer; third baseBert Wade; left field- Dan Gage; right nglit field- Frank Van Duyn; center Beid- Bert Morey; treagurer- George J. llacussler. Love confines itself not to lordly mansi, ui-, as the followlng from the Dundee Reporter, proves: "A doublé elopement from the county took place Wednesday niirht. Two damsels each the mother of a young 'kid'paeked their duds and skipP 1 with two hair-lipped fellows, inmates f the sanie Institución. Keeper Vivian was Bkirmishlng hereaboutg yesterday in search of the runaway ' lovers.' '' A danger to public morality, rapidly becoming more widespread tïirou"-hout the country, is that arisinx from the use of unclean pictures forthe'purpose of advertising. The preservation of morality in society, and the duty of proteoting the people, especially the young, from the aeleteriou influem of guch representations, make it imperativo that some action be taken to suppress them.- Enterprise. John Okemos, a big Indian and about the last of his trlbe in this gection, sought ii ileeptag berth in the pólice station on Mon.hiy nijrlit. John was a resident of Jackson some thirty years ago, and he made eager inquines for severul old pioneers - but all had crossed the dark river. - Saturday Evening Star. This rcniimls us that Minor M. Hose of Stockbridge informed us some time ago, that in boyliood he was quite intímate with John Okemos, they bcing boys togetlnr. He also Informad us that when this old ludían family were onee traveling along the trail ruad, a sister of John and dauguter of the old chief, died on what is known as Jesse Hose's corner in Lyndon, and the family buried her at a spot between the hOUM and where the new bain now stands. In vears after it was their custom to camo

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