County News

m. B. Raile is building a store 20x40 feet. whlcu will be occupied June 20th by Olif Peterson as an ice-cream parlor, and Mr. Peterson advises me that it wiil be the model parlor of Washtenaw county. He will have a soda fountain and the building will be lighted with gas. Wm. Speigleburg is building an additlon to his residence. He also completed a new barn last week. ('. E. Wellman is buying grain at thia place for C. K. Burris, of Howell, and Frank Lemon is buying grain for Allmendinger, of Ann Arbor. Yesterday they paid the farmers $1.35 for wheat and $1.05 for beans . and the grain Is coming in rapidly, Philip and Michael Duffy delivering 800 bushels of wheat for Frank Lemon in one day. The entertainment given by Miss Nellie Stevens at the Lake House was vTv enjoyable and the party unaniraously agree that as an entertainer Nellie is a decided success. The Misae's Pauline and Julia Allmendinger, of Ann Arbor, were the guests of Misses Nellie Stevens and Maud Moss Saturday and Sunday. Notwithstanding the frequent showera Saturday the lake was dotted with fishing parties and their success was phenomenal, as the stringa of black bass, perch and roach testily. On Sunday uur streets were thronged with tourlsts and the hotel registers that they all ca me from Ohio, indiana, West Virginia and Michigan. 1 D. Stevens, who is attending '1 at Detroit, is malting a Saturand Sunday Visit with his parenis af the Lake Hnu.-c. Russell Heb'olethwaite it, ÍÜ visiting at the Lake House, the gueat ; Stevens. in' magnlfleent new row-boats are latest acquisition at the Clifton -■ doek for the accommodatlon of the guests. idren's day will be observed by exercises at the M. E. church under the nuspices of the Sunday school. Rev. Pierce's son Harrv left here urday for Springpiirt to visit hls brother for a week. The Good Templars will have a lawn social on the Lake House lawn on Saturday evening, June 4th. Ice-cream and cake will be served. The Ladles' Aid met at Mrs. Ida R. ijolmes1 ívsidence on Wednesday anfl I a good tfme. .. ight A. Pray, who has been visiting his mother for the past two we.eks. leaves today for Los Angeles, Cal., to accept a position on a newspaper; also to see if change of climate will improve his health. DBXTER. ■Toe Algor is suffering wiih two broken ribs as the result of his horse running away between here and Ann Arbor last Wednesday. There was a large crowd of people here to witness the dedication of the soldiers' monument last Monday. Ttiat old rusty caimon would add rtothing to the beautlful memorial that we have erected to the memory of our fallen héroes. Capt. C. E. Allen, of Ypsilanti M. E church, delivered a masterly a'ddress at the opera house last Monday af ternoon. Byron Ai Conley, e nighlj ld resident of o,ur town for the past 20 yeare, has moved to Hudson, Mich. Rev. Slonex preached to the R. Post last Sunday morning and Rev. Hicks did the same thing in the evening. Capt. Wortley and severa! other soldier friends vlsited our I iwn Las1 Monday to enjoy hc services of the day. T. S. James & Co.'s new ice wagon is a beauty. One would think to visit B street early in the evening that all Dexter is awheel. Mr. Rogers, of Allegan, s in towu trying to interest our farmers in building a creamery here. H? and several of iiir business men visited the Saline ereamery last Tuesday. We iiope he will suceeed. ■SP81LA3ÍT1 TOWN. A hor.se ran away last Friday, driven by Mrs. Henry Heath, on the Ypsilanti and Rawsonville road. Mrs. Heath's leg was broken just below the hip. The iiijured women was taken to Mrs. Emericks. The Spencer school taught by Mrs Cox closed last Priday with a, picnic and entertainment by the schooi of unusual merit. Rawsonville school oloses Friday, Xettie Orittenden as teach,-)-. Mott Rust, who has been dangerously sick, is improving. Mrs. Levi Freeman is reco vering from an attack of typhoid fever. Mrs. Joiüm is sick with fever at her slster's, Mrs. J. Waters. wims, Miss Cora Darling, of Willis, will spend the summer at Omaha, Neb. Willis Tent, No. 678, elected' Walter W. Kallard delégate and Jesse Hewens altérnate to the great camp corivention June 8 to 11 at Detroit. Willis Hive, No. 6S7, elected Miv. Jenme Greenman delégate to the bienmal session of the üreat Hive June 8 to 10 at Detroit. Mrs. Abbey is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Francelta V. Hammond. P. O'Brien was in town Sunday Mrs. Strong is staying wilh her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Kimbal