Saline Secrets

And now the postoflice candidate. Edward Hauser shipped 1,000 sheep to Ohio Monday. Miss Jennie Brown of Grand Rapids, formerly of Saline, is visiting relatives here. Miss Idnlene Webb and Miss Mattie McKinnou visited in ïecumseh last Saturday. The high school will give a public program in school hall on the afternoon preceding Thanksgiving day. Miss Yesta Mills of Arm Arbor, is again giving music lessons to a class here after a yacation of several weeks Tne Presbyterians expect to begin a series of revival meetings next week. Rev. Leith will be assisted by an evangelist. Rev. G. T. Curtis of Mt. Clemens, occupied the Baptist pulpit last Sunday, Rev. A. L. Marvin going to Mt. Clemens. The high school seniors will hold a " rainbow social " tonight [Friday] at the home of the class president, Miss Linnie Rogers. The Christian Endeavor held an art social Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. S. T. Fairbanks. Supper, as usual, was served. W. N. Lister has been in Ypsilanti most of the week settling the estáte of his uncle, the late Mr. J. Cleveland of that city. Mr. Lister is administrator. Daniel Reeves and family have moved from town to a lumber camp near Whitmore Lake, and Hebion Rogers has moved into the house thus vacated. The Bixby flovvering milis that for some wesks past have been shut down, partly for repairs and partly to await the outcome of electioii, have again resumed work. Mart Reynolds, of Wadbams, Ryan A Reule"s clothing store, Ann Arbor, formerly of Saline, spent Suaday and Monday visiting Mrs. Howard Nichols of this place. Dr. Xichols, for many years joint proprietor of ihe corner drug store, but now a bauker of Unionville, Mich.,was in town most of the week and returned home Thursday. Miss Pauline Lutzer, who has for several years been working for Mrs. G. C. Townsend, has gone to Detroit to live with Mrs. H. H. Humphery, a sister of Mrs. Townsend. Mr. Vick Sturm left Tuesday for Missaukee county to sell a quantity of lumber from the product of the milis that he and his father have been operating there for several years past. Kinmet Schaifer returned Friday night from New York City whence he had gone with a car load of poultry shipped by George J. Nissly. The fowls brought 10 and 11 cents a pound. The Saline hive of L. O. T. M. will hold their animal Thanksgiving social at the opera house the evening of November 215. A literary program will be given and a general good time is guarauteed. Miss Melissa Huil, who waa to have begun teaching in a school near Manchester last Monday, was prevented from doing so on account of sickness which has kept her within doors for thr, e weeks. The Wilde family gave a musical entertainment before a good audience at the Presbyterian church last Friday evening. After they got their instruments tuned they gave a program which was a veritable treat. (eorge Burkhart, Ed Hauser and Frank Jones were in Detroit the la-st of last week in the interest of the first named party, who is one that would be willing to accept the postoffice in case no one else could be induced to take it, Miss Myra Forbes experienced a distressing bit of sickness and a considerable degree of friht as a consequente of gas escaping f rom a coa] stove. lt was with considerable diffioulty thatshe could be awakened and it is thought that she had a narrow escape. A lfredllum phrey bought 6,000 pounds of live turkeys Toesday afternoon. G. .1. Nissley is buying in large quantities in various parts of the state including 16,000 pounds at Keading, 12 000 pounds at Hillsdale, and 7,000 pounds here in one day. Last week he purchased in all 58,000 pounds. A new paper " The Saline Methodist " is soon to appear. It is published at the instance of ]?ev. Wallace, but he will be assissed materially by the Epworth Leagvie, who have chosen from their members a corps of editors. It will appear monthly and will be devoted exclusively to matters of church interest. Such a church paper is a common thing in the cities. On Thursday evening of last week occurred the marriage of Mr. A. M. Humphrey. general merchant, to Miss Luella Clark, daughter of Mr. A. C. Clark, furniture dealer. Rev. W. T. Wallace perf ormed the ceremony. Only a very few guests were present. 7 hey immediately began house keeping in his home near the depot which he has recently been repairing ])reparatory to this event. The Epworth League at their semiannual business meeting Tuesdaynight elected the following offleers: President, Alfred Humphrey; rir.-t vice president, Miss Lottie Wallace; second. vice-president, Miss Mattie Schaffen third vice-president, Prof. E. Austin; fourth vice-president, Mrs. E. Ilill; secretarv, Miss Alice Sturm; treasurer, Miss Agnes McKinnon; chorister, Miss Mabel McKinnon. John W. Huil has stopped buyingapples owing to the slowness of the market, and the small price they bring in the central markets. There is no money in it at the low price shipments bring. ïiotwithstanding the fact that the market price here would scareely enable the farmer to realize enough from a wagon load of apples to buy him a pair of feit boots, a buyer from Cleveland is here now trying hifi luefc and is shipping to Louisville. Ky.