Former Pastor Dies In Detroit

FORMER PASTOR DIES IN DETROIT

REV. JOSEPH SWINDT PASSES AWAY AGED 70 YEARS

Milan Boy Invents Gravity Oiler--Other Notes of Interest About Home People

Milan, Mich., Oct. 17.--Lee Salsbury who has been very seriously ill at the University hospital in Ann Arbor, is at his home here and is getting better.

Mrs. Lawrence Baldwin and niece, Edna, went to Toledo today.

George Knaggs came up from Toledo yesterday afternoon and is the guest of Mrs. Fed H. Knaggs.

Dr. LeRoy Lewis of Ann Arbor, is in town today on business.

Miss Grannis went over to Ann Arbor last evening.

Rev. T. D. Denman returned from Detroit this morning, where he was present with his sister during an operation.

James Collins is planning to go to Detroit next Monday to take the examination for position of brakeman on the Wabash railroad.

Morris TenEyck and family have returned to Detroit after a short visit with O. H. Halstead and wife and E. P. TenEyck's family.

The Ladies Aid society of the methodist church will hold their regular monthly tea social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Door Barnes on east main street next Wednesday afternoon.

Miss Agnes Roach of Dundee is visiting Mrs. Fred H. Knaggs.

Supervisor Edward Warner is home from Ann Arbor over Sunday from Ann Arbor over Sunday from the meeting of the board of supervisors.

Mrs. Albert Lane has returned from her extended trip through the east including Philadelphia and Atlantic City. She was absent six weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Bueland of Ypsi are spending the day visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Blackmer.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Alchin have removed from York to this place.

Louie Walker and wife have returned to Detroit after a short visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Schmitt and family.

Attorney W. C. Kellogg is entertaining two lady friends today.

Miss Edna Baldwin will spend Sunday in Monroe the guest of relatives and friends.

Olen Pepper is home from his visit in Detroit with his son.

Horace Cone has been painting his residence on First street.

Next Wednesday the Woman's Home Mission society of the Baptist church will meet with Mrs. J. C. Rouse on County street.

Mr. Rouse, who has been night operator at the Wabash and Ann Arbor station here, has gone to Willis as night operator, where his family resides.

Mrs. George Quick has been in Jackson visiting this week.

Miss Effie Pullen is home for over Sunday from her school.

O. H. Fisher, who instituted the Knights of the Maccabbees of the World here, is in town today from Ypsilanti.

Mrs. Nora Guy went to Ann Arbor last evening.

Harriet Carter received a large number of premiums on her oil paintings at the Hillsdale, Pontiac and Adrian fairs.

Mrs. Susie Hitchcock and son, Arlie, came up from Azalia last evening to visit her sister, Mrs. William O. Reeves and family.

William, Charles and Fred Lamkin have returned to Traverse City, where they are in the contracting and building business.

Samuel Murray, who is working in a barber shop in Flint, is visiting his parents here.

Fred Halley has returned from a business trip to Detroit.

Fred Palmer and wife of Los Angeles, Cal., are visiting relatives and friends in this locality for a few weeks.

Miss Grace Luxton is home over Sunday from Whittaker.

Mrs. Kingsley-Case has returned from her visit with her son at Sheboygan, Wis., and will reside in Ypsilanti this winter.

F. M. Miller, one of our druggists, will get out his own almanac this winter.

The expressmen of the Pacific Express company are on a strike and they will accept no valuables for transportation.

William Bell is working in Frank Sayles meat market.

Next Friday evening the Epworth League society of the M. E. church will tender a reception to all the teachers of the school also pupils belonging to the night school.

Frank Davis, who taught the grammar department of the Milan schools last year and who has charge of the eighth grade at the Wyandotte school this year, is visiting friends here today.

Charles Colf of Carleton is visiting James Colf and other relatives in this locality.

Supervisor Warner of York is on the equalization committee.

Richard Millage and wife have returned from a month's visit with friends and relatives in Oakland county.

The students of the high school are looking into the matter of having a lecture course this winter.

A. E. Putnam is quite recovered from his siege of la grippe.

Frank Hitchcock is working in the Stimpson scale factory.

John Dibble has sold to Casper Homann 20 acres of land.

Arlie Hitchcock went over to Ann Arbor this morning.

Mrs. Nettie Knaggs will go over to Ann Arbor to spend Sunday with her husband, who is in the hospital recovering from an operation.

A. A. Aiston has sold to Silas W. Leet land in Milan township valued at $400.

Rev. Joseph Swindt, who was pastor of the Presbyterian church here for four years, and who belonged to the Lansing Presbytery, died at Harper Hospital, Detroit, aged 70 years. He was born on the ocean, while his parents were emigrating to this country.

Louis B. Wonn, who formerly resided here, and who is the chief engineer at the power house of the Toledo & Monroe Electric Railway, has invented a gravity system of oil feed for the oil cups of the engines, which is a good thing for engines.

Harry Moore has returned from Battle Creek to visit his brother, who is ill.

W. B. REDMAN.

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Milan, Mich., Oct. 16--The passenger station of the Wabash and Ann Arbor railroads here is an imposition on the travelling public.

It is an old ramshakly wooden building, which was put up in 1881, the first station built here by the Wabash railroad when the road was first put through. After the Ann Arbor railroad station at North Milan burned down a few years ago, they came down and went in with the Wabash to use this station. There is but one waiting room, which serves as ladies waiting room, gentlemen's room, smoking room, the rest of the building is used for agent's office, also as telegraph office, train register room, baggage room, cashier's office, Pacific Express office, and bill clerk's room, accommodating about half a dozen freight clerks. It used also to be used as a freight house, but three years ago they built a freight depot, and remodeled one end of this station for freight offices.

there are probably on an average one hundred passengers daily that use the station here. Since the Gould interests secured control of the Ann Arbor railroad, they make closer connections with their trains, and sometimes one road will hold a train for passengers on the other road. The Pacific Express Company also transfers large amounts of express here from every train, and one train allows five minutes on its time card for the purpose of loading express which comes from Chicago and Detroit for points in northern Michigan.

C. M. Debenham has been agent here for twenty years.

The Wabash people have purchased or secured an option on the Timothy lane property directly diagonally across Wabash avenue from the present station, and have been surveying the property at different times lately, which some people construe to mean that they are planning on building a new union station.

The grade crossings are also very dangerous, as there are no gates and some of the trains pass over them at the rate of 50 miles per hour.

Miss Agnes Roach has returned to Dundee after a few days visit with Mrs. Fred H. Knaggs and family.

Mrs. Maurice day and daughter Imo have returned from Detroit.

Miss Agnes Schmitt is clerking in A. e. Putnam's department store.

Mrs. vail, mother of Rev. Edward H. Vail, pastor of the Presbyterian church, went to Belding last evening for a visit.

Grant Rockwell has a position with Hunter and Hunter in Detroit.

Mrs. Dan Thropp is entertaining her sister, Mrs. George P. Rose of Fenton, for a few days.

George Dodge who has been away several months is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Delos Dodge and family on Hurd street.

Mrs. W. P. Gregory is in West Alexandria, O., visiting friends and relatives a few days.

Mark Winters of Detroit is visiting Frank Sayles and family.

Surveyor Jerome Allen of Ypsilanti, is spending a few days at his farm south of town.

Merritt Howe is suffering from the effects of a stroke of paralysis which he suffered last week.

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Chapin have been entertaining Mrs. C. F. Hankey of Petoskey.

George Gilbert has moved his tailoring outfit to Howell, where he expects to locate in the near future.

Mrs. W. H. Bowman, who has been seriously ill, is better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Redner went to Detroit this morning.

K. P. Alderman has returned to Willis where he is in the produce business, buying oats, apples, and potatoes for shipment.

Miss Cecil Lockwood is having a siege of la grippe at the Stimpson house.

Clare Andrus has returned to Detroit after a visit here.

Byron Forbes and wife have just celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary.

On account of the dismal weather, the local sportsmen have not as yet been able to get many squirrels.

Mrs. Chipman has returned from her Detroit visit.

Mrs. William Lee is in Detroit, where she underwent an operation a few days ago.

The Detroit Register Co. are making arrangements to start operations actively in all departments next Monday morning. They are working as fast as they can to get the factory moved here from Detroit, and will be a great help to Milan commercially.

Milton Clarke, village treasurer, is a busy man these days, working hard to collect the poll tax and summer taxes.

Robert McLachlan returned from his mail route this morning.

William H. Whitmarsh, president of the Farmers and Merchants bank, and also of the grocery firm, Whitmarsh & Co., is out from Detroit today on business.

Mrs. Hoyt has returned from her visit in Ypsilanti, with her son, Pro. Hoyt and family.

The Ohio & Michigan Traction Co. have several miles of grading completed between Petersburg and Toledo, and they will push the work to completion as fast as possible during the winter.

Fred Suddaby is learning the work at the Wabash and Ann Arbor signal tower.

The school in the Wright district has been closed on account of several cases of diphtheria.

Will Kline has returned from Samaria where he attended the 83rd birthday celebration of Louis Kline. A large number were there.

Mrs. Lucretia Goodrich is visiting her son in Jackson.

W. B. REDMAN.