Cupid Busy In Chelsea

CUPID BUSY IN CHELSEA

One Marriage Occurred Last Week

TWO MORE COMING

The Burglar Proof Vault at the Savings Bank is a Wonder

Chelsea, Mich., Jan. 17.--The Chelsea market today is as follows: Wheat, 83 cents; rye, 62 cents; oats, 44 to 45 cents; corn in the ear, 32 cents; barley, $1.15 per cwt.; beans $1.25 to $1.40 for 60 pounds; clover seed $5; pop corn, 60 cents; potatoes, 55 cents; eggs, 20 cents; butter, 15 cents; beef, 2 to 4 1/2 cents; veal calves, 5 to 5 1/2 cents; hogs, 6 cents; sheep 2 to 3 cents; lambs, 3 to 4 cents; chickens, 7 cents; fowls, 6 cents; turkeys, 8 cents.

The lower bolts in one of the outside doors of a safe at the Chelsea Savings Bank got stuck a few days ago. The Detroit Safe Company sent an expert to open it, and it took him over six hours with the help of two good machinists to do the job. Lucky it was not one of the inside vault doors as they are about four times as heavy.

Last evening at the residence of Mrs. Thos. Wotley occurred a very pretty home wedding, when her only daughter, Miss Maude, was united in marriage to Mr. K. Otto Steinbach. The ceremony was witnessed by the near relatives of the bride and groom. Dr. Caster, pastor of the M. E. church, performed the ceremony. Both parties are popular young musicians of this place and start out on life's journey with the well wishes of a host of friends.

At the annual meeting of the Chelsea Savings bank Tuesday the following directors were elected: W. J. Knapp, T. S. Sears, G. W. Palmer, F. P. Glazier, Wm. P. Schenk, V. d. Hindelang, J. W. Schenk, Adam Eppley and Fred Wedemeyer. The following officers were elected by the directors: President, F. P. Glazier; vice president, W. J. Knapp; cashier, D. W. Greenleaf; auditor, A. K. Stimson.

At the annual meeting of the Kempf Commercial and Savings bank Tuesday the following board of directors was elected: Reuben Kempf, C. H. Kempf. H. S. Holmes, C. Klein, R. S. Armstrong, Ed. Vogel and Geo. A. BeGole. The board of directors expect to meet Saturday and elect the officers for the ensuing year.

The steel lined burglar proof vault which is now being built for the new banking office of the Chelsea Savings bank is said to be one of the strongest in the State of Michigan. the outside burglar proof door is a wonder in itself, weighing over six tons. It will be hung on crane hinges, swing on ball bearings in hardened steel raceways. It is built up of alternate layers of Chrome and Bessemer steel, and will be forced to place by the means of a double elevating screw pressure bar device, operated by a fourteen inch hand wheel, revolving the pressure bar by means of cam action in the jamb blocks. This door will be secured by a massive steel bolt system consisting of 22 steel bolts two inches in diameter, operating eight bolts right, eight left, three up and three down, in a continuous cold drawn steel bolt frame.

Cards are out announcing the marriage next Thursday evening, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beeman, of their daughter, Miss Minnie Belle, to Mr. Wm. Zick, both of this village.

The marriage of Miss Mary Prior, of Newark, Ohio, and Mr. Wm. Freer, of this place, will occur on Wednesday, January 22, at the home of the bride's parents in Newark. The couple will make their future home in Chelsea.

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Chelsea, Jan. 18.--Hon. Geo. H. Barbour, of Detroit, chairman for Michigan of the McKinley National Memorial Association, has appointed Archie Wilkinson, of this village, one of the committee and Archie has charge of contributions to the memorial funds in this vicinity

The Congregationalists will have a donation party for the benefit of their pastor, Rev. C. S. Jones and family, at the church on Friday evening, Jan. 24. Supper will be served from 5:30 until 8 o'clock and the committee in charge are arranging an excellent program which will be rendered after the supper is served.

Supt. Merrill and other officials of the D., Y., A. A. & J. line were here yesterday, with one of their cars, inspecting their property and left later on for Grass Lake and Jackson. The officers announced that beginning Sunday morning they expected to begin running cars from Ann Arbor to Jackson.

The new mileage rate that the D., Y., A. A. & J. line put in force a day or two ago will have a tendency to help the steam cars rather than their own line. From here to Jackson there is but 8 cents difference in the fares and so in proportion to other points. The Central charges two cents and the D., Y., A. A. & J. 1 1/2 cents per mile.

Next Wednesday evening will be the regular meeting of O. E. S.

The Merchant Milling Co. has men at work thoroughly overhauling the Chelsea roller mills. the company will put in a lot of new machinery and claim that when they get the work all completed they have laid out that they will have a mill second to none in the county.

The management of the People's popular lecture course have decided to give an extra number and the date is set tor February 19.

The Lima Epworth League will have a measuring social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewick, of Lima, on Friday evening, Jan. 24, and they expect to have one of their famous suppers.