Judge Durand Will Be There

HE WILL GIVE AN ADDRESS AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH PICNIC

Junior Star Ball Team of Chelsea Has Made a Record--Other Chelsea News

Chelsea, Aug. 8.- Jacob Shaver, one of Chelsea's pioneer residents, was taken suddenly ill early yesterday morning. Today the teams that have been drawing poles, cross-arms, wire, etc., south of town for the new line that the American Telegraph and Telephone Co. are building from Detroit to Kalamazoo, will complete their work here and move on farther west. For a week past there has been some twenty teams engaged in this work here, and some five miles south of town, where the gang are at work erecting poles, stinging wire, etc., there have been same seventy men at work. The Unadilla Farmers' club are making arrangements to hold a basket picnic at North lake Wednesday, August 20.

Rev. J. Reichert, of Adrian, has accepted a call as pastor of St. John's church, Freedom, and will move his family there about the 1st of October.

Judge Geo. H. Durand, of Mint, the democratic nominee for governor, and Chas. Townsend, of Jackson, the republican nominee for congress, will be the principal speakers of the day at the picnic given on August 20 at Cavanaugh lake by the Sunday school and parish of St. Mary's church. This is one of the annual events that is looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure by the children who attend St. .Mary's Catholic church, and the attendance will in all probability be up to the usual standard.

Jacob Heselschwerdt, of Sharon, has just added a new separator to his threshing outfit.

J. H. Hollis has purchased the residence of Shas. Steinbach on Middle street west, occupied by M. Franklin.

The Junior Stars ball team of this place so far this season have made a record they may well feel proud of. The team is composed of boys aged about 15 years, and they have played some 15 games, losing but three of them. Their total number of scores amount to 188 and the opposing teams total scores have bee 99, and the "kids" have crossed bats with teams from Detroit, Ann Arbor, Jackson and some of the near by towns.