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Happenings In Chelsea

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
May
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
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Chelsea, Mich., May 23—Last year the M. C. R. R. put in a number of new sidetracks at this place and in so doing they stopped up several drains thereby causing the water to stand several feet deep on some of the lots on Middle street west, and the hot weather of the past few days has caused the same to smell rather "loud." Some of the citizens are wondering if the railway company will ever open up the drains again.

The stores of the H. S. Holmes Mercantile Co. and L. T. Freeman are having cement sidewalks placed in front of them.

Those of the Washtenaw Pioneer Society who attend the annual meeting at this place the second week in June will be pleased to learn that the committee have made arrangements for refreshments to be served in the basement of the M. E. church, at which place they will also hold the meeting. The best of music will help to pass away the time between the different addresses.

There are several places about the village that the health officer ought to have cleaned up before the hot weather sets in.

It is reported that the stork is to visit a number of the homes of this thriving village ere long.

The management of the D.Y. A. A. & J electric line would confer a benefit on the public and themselves if they would cause a shed of some kind to be erected at what is known as the Sylvan crossing. This is the place where those who go to or from Cavanaugh Lake take the electric cars. When it happens to be a rainy day, it is rather unpleasant for those who hive to wait for the arrival of a car to stand out in the storm.

L. Tichenor, the boat builder, will ship several of his boats to Michigan Center where he will run a boat house this summer.

The Ladies Aid Society have their annual flower festival in full blast at the S. A. Mapes & Co. building and will run it until Saturday evening.

The Rev. J. Ryerson will give his illustrated lecture on Ben Hur at the M. E. church Friday evening of this week for the benefit of the Epworth League.

Chelsea, May 23—The next meeting of the Western Washtenaw Farmers Chub will be on June 19, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Chase in Sylvan.

The L. O. T.  M. serve a supper at their new hall Saturday evening of this week.

Next Wednesday evening the C. E. society will serve a supper at the parlors of the Congregational church.

Next Sunday at 3 o'clock the animal memorial sermon to the G. A. R. and W. R. C. will be delivered at the Congregational church by Rev. C. S. Jones.

Geo. Merkel, of Sylvan, was taken to the hospital at Ann Arbor, a few days ago. Several weeks ago he had one of his hips broken in a runaway and it has never properly healed and now he will have some of the U. of M. doctors see what they can do for him.

The board of review for Sylvan will meet in session at the town hall on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

Next Monday at the house of Supervisor Geo. A. Runcinan, of Lyndon, the taxpayers of that town will have an opportunity to review his work.

Chas. Merker, who drives one of the dray teams of Ed Chandler was engaged in delivering some carboys of acid to the plant of the Glazier Stove Co., from the M. C. freight house, yesterday afternoon, when in some way two of them were overturned and the contents ran on one of the horses burning it so badly that it is thought the horse is absolutely used up.

During the past week there has been planted at Cavanaugh lake 25,000 pike, perch and a like number of bass.