Breezy Topics At Whitmore Lake

Whitmore Lake, April 26.- Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Pray, on April 25, an 8-pound girl, and everybody is smoking at Charley's expense. Dr. Swartz was called and all are doing nicely.

Miss Bessie Lennon is at the home of her uncle, Ed. Glavin, suffering with typhoid fever. Dr. Lane is in attendance.

Mrs. Henry Jung has been confined to her bed for the past three years and is very low with dropsy.

Ed. Fox and family, of Webster, and his brother and family, from Canada, have taken up their residence here. Messrs. Fox are in the employ of Contractor J. G. Pray.

Mrs. Betsy Shafer, of Detroit, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Roper.

Thus far this spring there have been three fine residences completed and three more are under construction on Elizabeth street, on the Pray addition.

There is always a calm before a storm and while the electric road project seems to be asleep, the projectors are quietly securing right of way, and those who profess to be on the inside claim the road is an assured fact.

Supervisor T. Frank Taylor is busy taking the census and he says it is astonishing how many little strangers he finds in Northfield.

Pray & McCormack have started a grocery wagon on the road with Wm. Roper as salesman and they report good business.

Jay Winans and wife visited his brother's family today.

Jas. Helber, of Ann Arbor, drove here today, put his horse in the Clifton house barn, when the horse was taken violently sick with colic and is in bad condition at this writing.

John Conner has built a dwelling house on the farm of his father, P. J. Conner, and by the time the plastering is dry the bride will be there.

Joseph McCormick, of Toledo, is visiting his parents, G. W. McCormick, today.

Mrs. Nathan R. Lowe has been very sick, but is slowly recovering.

Dr. Harry Nichols, after spending the winter at Plymouth, has returned. The Doctor says he will build a fine residence In Plymouth this summer, where he will remove.