Local Brevities

LOCAL BREVITIES

The Dexter creamery takes in 12,000 pounds of milk a day.

The Saline telephones have been combined in one exchange.

J. S. Hoeffler and family, of Chelsea, have moved to Arizona.

A contract for a new iron bridge has been let at River Raisin.

Manfred Hoppe has nearly completed his new house in Sylvan.

The D. A. R. will meet on May 21 at the home of Mrs. Woodbridge.

Ed. Weiss, of Lima, is building a good sized addition to his house.

James Killam, of Chelsea, has sold a span of colts in Jackson for $425.

J. D. Fletcher has purchased a grocery store in Flushing and will remove there soon.

A grange with 50 members has been organized in Webster with F. H Wheeler as master.

The D., Y., A. A. & J. are building a four-mile extension from Jackson to Vandercook lake.

J. Manly Young, of Saline, grew an apple sprout 889 inches long on his farm last season.

A nine pound black eyed daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klager of 408 Hill St.

E. Curtis is building a very pretty residence on Packard Street at the point where E. University intersects it.

The Dexter council has purchased lot in the rear of the Dexter house as the site for the municipal lighting plant.

According to the last census there are 923 students enrolled in American colleges. This is one student to every 780 inhabitants.

The three rural mail carriers of Manchester handled 24,726 pieces of mail in April, canceled $55.39 stamps and sold $90.91 stamps.

W. Manwaring, of Superior, Wis., has purchased the Manly property on Broadway, and will move his family there in the near future.

The Ladies' Aid society of Trinity Lutheran church will have a sale of home baked goods at Staebler's grocery store on Saturday, May 16.

The Court of Honor will give a dancing party in Odd Fellows hall on Wednesday evening, May 20th. Light refreshments will be served.

Elisha Culver, who formerly resided on Catherine street and who now lives in Minneapolis, is dying with consumption at his home in Minneapolis.

Dr. A. McColgan, recently of Brooklyn, Mich., has purchased the practice of Dr. J. W. Robinson, in Chelsea, and has moved to Chelsea with his family.

Murray & Storm, as attorneys, have commenced suit against Fred Haezley, of Milan, in favor of the McCormick Harvesting Co., who claim $100 on contract.

On Saturday Dr. Dean W. Myers was called to Centreville, Mich., to perform an operation for cataract. He returned Tuesday. Mrs. Myers accompanied him.

The Southwestern Washtenaw Farmers' Insurance company has paid Mrs. Mary Dillingham $1,300 for her house in Bridgewater, recently destroyed by fire.

The City Ice company will put their seventh wagon on the road next week. The six wagons already in use are unable to attend to the enormous business of the company.

Elisha Colver, a former high school student and member of the Delta Sigma Nu fraternity, died at the West hotel last Friday, after a very short illess of tuberculosis.

Terrence Burns, aged 84 years, died Sunday at his home, 301 W. Summit street, of jaundice. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Sara Reilly, with whom he has made his home.

The City Ice Co. will open a large gravel pit on the Andres property next week. They have several large contracts for gravel which they will fill the near future from this pit.

Mrs. S. Spence, who formerly resided on Jefferson street and who has been away for the past two years, is expected to return June first, and will again take up her residence here.

Mrs. C. A. Sesslons, wife of a prominent merchant of Northville, died in this city Saturday of anaemia. She had been ill for a year and a half and had recently been brought to this city for treatment.

A great entertainment will be given at the Athens Theatre by the Elks on May 20. Marks Bros. have donated their services and Manager Seabolt has donated the theatre. The proceeds go into the Elks' building fund.

W. W. Watts, whose probable location in the east was mentioned in the Argus recently, writes his friends that he has been appointed agency director for the New York Life Insurance Co. with headquarters at Utica, N. Y.

The following officers were elected by the Epworth League of the First M. E. church, Monday: President, Chas. Keeler; vice presidents, Miss Ora Harmon, Mr. Balcom, Miss Lewis, Mr. Haliday; treasurer, D. W. Springer.

Rev. T. W. Young will take a vacation from his duties as pastor of the First Baptist church during July and August. He will fill the pulpit of the church at Ashville, N. C, in July and will spend August in Knoxville, Tenn.

Mrs. Flora Sophia Wright, of this city, has been granted a divorce from Robert Bruce Wright, on the ground of non-support and cruelty. By stipulation of counsel she accepted $150 in lieu of all alimony and dower rights.

O. O. Towne, arrested here for steal a couple of bicycles in Detroit was tried in Detroit yesterday and sentenced to 90 days in the house of correction. Sheriff Gauntlett and Marshal Kelsey attended the trial as witnesses.

Rinadlo E., the little 16 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clark, of 820 Brook street, died Sunday, May 10, of pneumonia and brain fever. The remains were taken to Dundee Tuesday on the noon train, where the funeral and burial took place.

Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor are both represented on the new council of the Loyal Legion, appointed at the meeting of the Michigan commandery in Detroit last week. Clark S. Wortley, of Ypsilanti, and Harrison Soule, of Ann Arbor, are members of the council.

The commencement exercises of the Manchester high school will take place at Arbeiter hall, Thursday evening, June 18. There are ten graduates as follows Harry Atkinson, Cari Essery, Fred Lehman, Gottlieb Jacobs, Ed. Brighton, Lydia Grossman, Ada Palmer, Bertha Breitenwisher, Marjory Kingsley, Emmitt Lowery.

Mr. Ross Granger has returned from Buffalo, where he visited with his daughter, Luella. Miss Granger, while being urged to sign with the Sylvia Opera Co. for next season, has been offered a part in "Bob White" under the management of Nixon & Zimmerman and will very likely accept it.

Trinity lodge, No. 5485, of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, heard their first annual sermon in the Second Baptist church last Sunday, Rev. Mr. Wayles officiating. After the sermon they attended the christening of the child of Ferdinand Henderson at the A. M. E. church. The lodge was or organized last September and has twenty active members.

The new Baptist Guild house will be thrown open for the first time on Jun 5 and 6 at which time a sale will be conducted for the benefit of the Baptist Third ward chapel building funnd. Groceries and other useful articles of all kinds and descriptions will be sold. This occasion will also afford an opportunity to see the building, which will be opened for the Guild next fall.

Next Monday in the circuit court will come up the case of Hans Johnson vs. John Gillen, et al. This is the case of the student whose books, clothing, pictures, letters and everything else were attached and sold by the officers. The case will be hard fought. Murray & Storm and F. E. Jones will appear for the plaintiff and Cavanaugh & Wedemeyer and Arthur Brown for the defendants.

Ed. Waples is opening a new street which branches off from Packard street near Dr. J. Kapp's residence. The street will be properly graded, sidewalks built and shade trees planted. Contracts for four new houses to be built on this street, have been let to Kitson Bros. This portion of the city is growing rapidly and property in the vicinity is increasing steadily in value as desirable residence property.

A very pretty reception was given on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Andrew McLaughlin in honor of Mrs. D. McLaughlin, of Salt Lake City. The guests were received in the hall by Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin and Mrs. D. McLaughlin. The house was prettily decorated in tulips and great branches of peach blossoms. The dining table was prettily decorated in a big bouquet of white tulips tipped with pink.

The depository of the Washtenaw County Bible society has been removed to the Y. M. C. A. rooms on Main street, where will be found an assortment of Bibles and Testaments in English, German and French, for sale at the list prices, or in some cases for less than the regular price, or for distribution to the destitute and needy. All are invited to make such use of this depository as may be helpful to themselves or others.

M. Boyd will make some improvements and additions to the Boyd house, in Chelsea, this season. He will have the building run up another story and will thus obtain 12 well lighted and much needed chambers. The dining room is also to be enlarged and a sample room fitted up in the basement for the accommodation of traveling men. None of the work is to be started until all the material needed for its construction is on the ground. --Chelsea Herald.