Saline Secrets

Ed. Ilauser and Chas Burkhart were in Detroit last Thursday. W. II. Davenport and family were in Detroit Monday aud Tuesday. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Scciety of the M. E. church, met Wednesday with Mrs. Jacob Stevens. E. II. Cressy has been re-arranging his store since the fire, and has materially improved its appearance. Rev. M. L. Marvin of the Baptist j chnrch has closecl his pastorate here, and is about to accept a cali elsewhere. The Masonic lodge at their meeting Tuesday night made nominations of oflïcerSjfor the election which occurs in two weeks. Mrs. George Xissly and Mrs. G. A. Lindeuschmidt went to Detroit Monday, to attend the funeral of the fonner's inother. Xutnber one. of volume one, of the "Saline Methodist," was distributed to the audience at church last Sunday. 1 1 is a 10 by lö folio. A. G. Lawrence, M. L. Thorn and Chas. Carviti, are ver y inuch disaffected at the action of thö Ann Arbor common council in prohibiting outsiders from supplying families with 'outter and eggs at their doors. The regular quarterly meeting of the M. E. church occurred last Sunday evening. Tlie Presiding Eider, liev. L. P. Davis of Detroit, oceupied the pulpit and conducted the service, assisted by Kev. Gibson of Stony Creek. The Electric Belt company is still holding f orth in the opera house. At their entertainment last Saturday night prizes were given for tlie prettiest girl and homeliest man. Miss Agnes McKinnon was awarded the prize, an electric belt, for the lirst, and Adam Sauer, who works in Ann Arbor, the prize for the second, a bar of soap. George Burkhart seems to have hard luck while hunting this fall. The lirst time he was out he got into a creek that was deeper than he thought and suiïered severe consequences for two weeks; the second time he went out he broke his gun, and the last time he shot his dog, a hunting dog of value. The animal was not killed, however, and wil] recover. It is not that George cannot teil a dog from a rabbit, nor that he cannot draw a bead on one when it is running, but rather because the dog was going so f ast that he oveitook the charge. Saline seems to be doomed by fire, Sunday morning just after midnight the startling fire alarm was heard for the third time within two weeks. The Ure this time was in the wooden building owned by John McKinnon and o:cupied as a general store by L. T. Fairbanks. It was extinguished without difficulty but notuntil it had ruined a large portion of the stock, a damage of not less than .1?500, and with u'o suranee. The damage to the building was about $200 covered by insurance. The lire broke out in the back room where there was no stove and how it got started is a mystery. Mr. Fairbanks has moved his goods into the Dan Nissly store awaiting repairs of the building and readjustinent of stock. This fire like the flrst was in the midst of the business portion and it must be regarded a narrow escape for the other stores. It is said that Fairbanks was just on the point of insuring liis stock for $2,000. A fire sale is advertised. Fred C. Whitney of the "Rob Roy" fame controls a greater number of opera companies than any one other manager in America today. He is surrounded by prima donnas, sopranos and contraltos, bassos, baritones, tenors, cpmedians, baton-waving musical direetors, stage carpenters, property men, scenic artista and a host of chorus people of both sexes, out of the three hundred and flfty employed. The i strictest discipline prevails, great j discretion is used by Mr. "Whitney in organizing a company and kindness accomplishes the rest. At the Grand Opera House thisevening.