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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
July
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mii.ax. July Ui - llr. andilrs. Sly ;i !■:■ 7Ü1. - -Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andnis a s July 8. -Mr. and MrSi George Kiueie a son, on July lh -Miss Ilose Thomas is visitihg f rienda in Belleville. --Mv.s. Elizabeth Wïlsëy of Toledo i3 visiting friends in this vicinity. -Miss Mattie White bas gone home. Eer parents live iü Flushing, Genesee Countyi - George Clark of "VarsaVv, Ind., and formerly doing business hete, is visiting friendsi - Mrs. George ITahson and the wifö of Victor Uanson are visiting relatiVeü iiear Grass Lake. -Mrs. Alex. Smith and ohildren havo gone to Genesee eounty on a visit tö friendfl In tbat section. - A little sou of William Ilitehcock, aged six months, died July 8th from thö effect of whooping cough. - C. II. Wilson lias bought a laíge quantity of timber, to be rnanufactm-pd for the use of the Detroit and Bntlec railroad. - Rev. Mr. Blair, Presbyterian clergyman, will preach at 3 o'clock p. si. instead of half-past 7 in the evening as heretofore. -Miss Green will remove her milli-' nery goods to & plnce in the northern part of the state, where slie will continue her business; - VA. Leonard has jíist arnved from the east, and whether the rtport U true that he went after a wife we are not sure, but guess it ist - Baxter Van Wormerlost two horses the present week; öne by disfeasö, tlio other from -the effects of injuries by kicks from another liorse. -Frank Sinilh of 'psilanti was in Milan on the 7th for the first time, altliougli a prominent business man of that place for many years. -The irrepressible tramp after work Will find plenty of the same on the Detroit and Butler railroad at this poiut. WageB $1.50 per dajr; töarri and man $3.00 per day. - liev. Mr. Saxton, a Universalist clergyman, a11 preach at the church here on Sunday evening, 25. Mr. Saxton a few years ago was pastor of the Universalist society of Milan. - The recent heavy rains have raised the rivera Saline and Jiacon over their banks, and injured the hay erop so a8 to be entirely worthless. The overflow lias prevented the steam pile-driver from working for several days. - Whether the supervisor of York bas any duty to perform relatrng to liquor dealers giving bonds, we are not posted; but if he has, it bas hot beeii performed in regard to a certain dealer here, or had not been done a very short time ago. - A disgraceful drunken r'ow took place in front of Ayres's hotel on the 12th. These little affairs are becoming quite frequent of late, and, although good advertisements for the liquor trilde, does not add anything to the respectability of this place. - A. A. Tuttle, fruit tree agent, ektree on the ftam of Stephen Hitebcock on the above day. The tree was set tliree years ago. Mr. Ilitehcock liad peaches for siipper on the llth from the same tree. 'rom the depot, nnd aleo carries freigbt 'or tiiis place, haS refusöd to transport any more beer from the depot to Ayres' ïotel. By this course escaping all insiüuations of assisting in any mannef n fomenting the drunken roWs that tappen herei -At the sale of the Whiting estáte fin the 7tll, three lots betWeeii Sly's drug store and Biirt & Bessac's hard ware store vvere bought by Mr. Blackmer. One lot adjoining the postoffice was bought by Dr. Mesic for $185, and the store ithü kits opriosite Blacktner"3 store were purchased by Willlam V'hitj ïnarsh at S1368. - A little son of B. F: Thomas camö very near di-ovning ön the 13th insti Ie was bathing in the fiver-=which ii very high- when he got into deep Watef efore he was aware of the depth, and ïad sank twice Wheh Albert Smith of he lirm of Kelsey & Co.,wlio hapj)en.4 escued the hearly drowned boy. - Lightning struck the railtoad depot here on Sunday, July 11, or, which is more probable, struck the telegraph ti'ire neaf and rah iftto the buiidihg, setr ting the window cúrtala oil fire and irely consunllug it, also charring the casing very badly. The ground wire had been attached by the Operator ort eaving the office Saturday evening.Tliere was no one in the office at the time- it being Sunday- and the accident wás not distíovered tihtil Monday mormiig. The office being shut very closely, allowing no draft, probably stived the building fiora being buriied.

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