Washtenaw Fair Society

A well attended meeting of the board oí managers of the Washteoaw Fair society was held in the court house Thursday. The .oinmittoe appointed at a previous nieötlng to settle wirii the tivasnrer, F. Iï. Bèlset, submitted a very fiattering report of ■the treasurec's aeconnts, whirh report sbowed tlint after paylDg au olü 'indebtedueas amoimting to over tliree hundred dollars, there was still iii tlie treasurer's band three hundred and t jiii-i -four and oue-fourtli dollars. The board extended a vote of tlianks ti) rhp treasurer and general superlntendent and then eleeted the following su]Kiintendents: GeneraJ superiuteaijent, F. E. Mills. S-uperintendeiits - Department B, Horses, John Kemiler anti F. C. Chapin. Department G, sneep, N. C. Carpen? tea-. Department b, swine, ü. C. Burkhart. Department E. poultry, W. S. Garpenter. ■Department F, dairy producís, Mrs. B D. Kelly. Department G, flowers, Mrs. J. M. Braun. Department H, fruit, Mrs. M. G. Moore. Department I, mechamieal works; Win. Aprill. Department K, miscellaneous, J. H. Andrews. Depai-tment L, schools, W. N. Laster. Merchants display, S. W. Miliard. Standing coniiuittees were appointed by the president. Plans for a pioneer hall were discoased. A eommlttee consisting of Mrs. .T. W. Bahbitt, Mrs. H. D. Platt and President Avery were appointed with fiül power to appoint sub-eommittees and arrange for tüO building of a large hall to be made of logs, this to be eiwted on the fair grouu.ls early in the spring, to be in readiness for the great semi-eentiiunial fair of 1898. The following committees will meet Thursday, January 20, at 10 a. m., in the supervisors' room in the court house: Premium list, rules and bylaws, aud the building committees. Board will meet at adjourned meeting on the same day at 1 p. n.