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C. 15. Hobbs visited Ann Arbor Mon day. School entertainment in the near future. DeWïtt Hathaway and Torn Mead were Ypsilanti visitjrs Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Gr. Mitchell of Ann Arbor visited Moorville friends over Sunday. Kev. Charles Case of Clayton is home once more on account of the severe illness ofhis father, Albert Case. The Ladiï'.s' Aid Soc ety of the Moorville Baptist churoh wi'll serve their next dhmer at the home of Mr.j. tí. Halo. Tliursday noon, March 18th. The Kev. Fred Berry has been holding a three weeks' revival meeting in Moorville and as a result 2(5 persons have been baptised and received iuto the Baptist church. The Milan and Moorville Baptist churches have united in their work witb Kev. Mr. Bouek, as pastor, preach ing at Moorville church at 12:30 every Sunday. Sunday school at 11. A. Lewls is slowly recovering from the effects of a faU from a load of hay onto the barn floor. He struck on hís head and shoulders, receiving such a shock as to render him unconscious for some hours. Unity Tent, No. 82, K. O. T. M.. will give their second annual reneption and ball, in honor of their 14th anniversary. at the new Maceabee hall Friday evening March 12. Music by Haight's Quintet Orche:tra. "The Lincoln l'age ' uf Facts & Fiction. has touched a popular chord. and this department wil) be continued. In addition to much other matter, a series of articles on the conspiracy to Hssassinate Mr. Lincoln, with special reference tb the trial and execution of I Mrs. surratt will be contributed by Judge J. VV. Clampitt whowas counsel for Mrs. Surratt in the famous trial. These articles will makesome startling and unexpected disclosures of perfidy on the part of federal officials of that day and will give some information about tiiis national tragedv with which the general public is unfamiliar. Judge Clampitt knows more about tbis event in our history than any other living man and is as oapab'.e of presenting the information in attractive . form as anyone now occupying a position in the literary field. He is a cl ever and versatile wri,ter. He is the author of the popular bonk. "Echoes from ihe liocky Mountain. 'of the novel "Cloud'8 Mills." i editor of "Lalors's PoliticalCyclopedia" and a frequent contributor to the. l ing magazines. When the var of the I Rebellion broke out he was in college, where he was a classmate and intímate friend of Postmaster-General Wilson. On the evening that the press announced that during the day Lincoln had called for 75,000 volunteêrs, Judge Clampitt began forming a company and before noon the next day he and bis company were sworn into theserI vice of the Union, this being the first company and Judge Clampitt the first ! oflicer to be sworn into the volunteer Bervice of the Union to aid in putting down the Kebellion. TIe served to the close of the. war. and for brave and gallant sen ees was promoted to the rank of eolonel. After the close of the war he served his country for many years in the far west in huñting down and prosecutins; mail robbers. Since then lie has held many important and responsible federal pnsitions. [lis connection with the trial of the conspirators, his intímate knowledge of federal matters and federal officials, his culture and experience and his erudition and general ability eminently fit him for writing these articles.