Enwsy Notes From Saline

A detachment of Company L, 3rd battalion of engineers, stationed at Washington barracks, and consisting of two non-commissioned officers and eight men, rowed the distance between this city and Fort Washington in a pontoon boat in two and one-half hours. These boats weigh 1,600 pounds each and are used in the construction of military bridges. Taking that fact into account, also that wind and tide were contrary, the feat is regarded as a remarkable exhibition of strength and skill.

The Saline Eastern Star chapter accepted the invitation of the Ypsilanti Eastern Star to visit them and to see degree work done. About 35 of them went down last Monday night.

On Memorial Day the Ann Arbor baseball team will cross bats with the Saline Old Timers' baseball club.

John Roe of Lodi, while working on a fence, smashed his right thumb with an ax. It had to be amputated.

E. W. Ford & Son have fitted up a very fine, up-to-date office. Miss C. Weatherspoon is acting as bookkeeper.

Dr. Chandler and wife were agreeably surprised by a visit from son and daughter, Fred Chandler and family, from Princeton, Ind., who is working in the railroad shops there. Also Geo. Chandler from Owosso, who is motorman on the electric railroad, and Mr. and Mrs. Koerning and family from Clinton.

Misses Rose and Lillian Sandford were in Detroit Sunday visiting their brother.

Herman Josenhants began work for E. Wuerster, blacksmith, of Ann Arbor, yesterday.

Dan Reeves and wife recently went to Danville for a short visit.

E. Hill is putting in steam heating apparatus.

Mrs. J. B. Wallace is spending a few days in Detroit.

Otto Bliss' drug store is being papered and painted.

The former hardware firm of Judson & Jerry will now be Judson & Son.

Mrs. R. B. Simmon and Mrs. F. Buck were in Detroit last Saturday.

Miss Minnie Baty's school at Oak Grove, in York, will hold their closing exercises and have a picnic Thursday.

Memorial Day will be observed at Saline in truly patriotic manner. Exercises will be held in the opera house at 2 p.m. They will consist of an address by W. W. Wedemeyer, patriotic songs and recitations by the pupils of the Union school. After the exercises in the opera house, everybody is urged to march with the G. A. R. veterans to the cemetery, when the soldiers' graves will be decorated, a salute will be fired and other exercises will be held by Wiltsie Post, No. 314. The firing squad from Ann Arbor has been secured and the Saline band will furnish appropriate music.