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Mooreville is cêlebrating the glorious. Fourth today. . . Carp are becoming humerous in the river at Dexter. The wool market varies from 22 to 30 cents per pound. . Races are being held at the Milan driying park today. The wooden cross-walks at South Lyon are being replaced with stone. Miss Jennie Franklin has been appointed postmistress at Sylvan. "Manchester sportsmen are talking of holding a glass ball tournament. A brother of Congressman Allen has been elected one of the aldermen of Adrián. A dancing pavilion has been erected in Wiedenman's grove at Whitmore Lake. Geo. P. Jennings has Lold his livery business at South Lyon to O. J. Goodspeed. St Mary's rectory at Chelsea contains a fine full-length portrait of Rt. Rev. Bishop Foley. The body of W. H. Lyman, who was recently murdered at Windsor, was buried at Stockbridge. George Stewart wants tobe poatmaster atBrighton and his chances of getting the office look favorable. Thenew stores which are" being built on the east side of Máin-st, Chelsea, will be completed about Aug. 1. The liquor bonds of Chas. Schmitt, the Whittaker saloon keeper, have finally been accepted by the village board. M. W. David, of Muivan, Kan., has purchased the noted stock ram " Ajax" from A. A. Wood, of Lodi, the price paid being $200. George Tremain, of Pinckney, drew $50 in a lottery. He will probably lose doublé .that amount trying ta win anothef prize. ""The contract for building the new livingston county court house has been. Iet to Waterbury & Wright, of Ionia, the cost to be 27,466. . The ladies of St. Mary's parish, Chel sea, have laid a new Brussels carpet in, ' the pastoral residence and added many other improvements. The boat race between Dexter parties, which has excited that section of the fcounty, was rowed on Base Lake, June 25, the boat owned by Bross winning. i The Stockbridge city fathers have concluded that the village should own a suitable place to bury the dead and have purchased ten acres of land for cemetery purposes. Rows are becoming frequent at Manchester. Wm. Bueierle, of Freedom, and Ludwig Walker, of Sharon, met there recently and before they parted Yalker had received a thrashing. Rev. Mudge, of South Lyon, has for his gues't Miss Edith Mudge, of London, Eng. This interesting young lady is but five years of age and made the trip from ■ the old country unattended. Miss Mary A. Boyden, daughter of Kev. J. S. Boyden, was married at Novi, June 26. The young couple leave for Japan in the fall, expecting to make thèir home there during the next ten years. Thp. editor of the Pinckney Dispatch glories over a 6V inch strawberry which was preseuted to him by a subscriber. That's nothing. Our subsftribers grow them so Jarge that.they can't carry thern to our office. Manchester is one of the townsin this county that are celebrating today. The address is to be delivered by Prof. T. F. Moran, of Elk River, Mñin.f a gradúate of the literary department of the University last year. The following offlcers have been elected by the Dundee I. O. O. F. lodge: C P , John Gorril ; S. W. B. J. Corbin ; H. P., J. E. Carr ; Scribe, H. C. Bigelow ; Treas. H. A. Wilkerson; J. W., Wm. Clute"; Trustee, B. J. Corbin ; Rep. to Grand Encampment, A. H. Curtís. The green midge is putting in his work in the wheat fields of Michigan ánd Indiana ; just how much damage the new pest will do is quite uncertain. He works in the head and will probably cause the berry to shrink. The outlook for farmers at present is not very favorable. Eugene Franklin Slayton mourns the loss of his " toy " mule recently purchased for him by his father, J. F. Slayton. Wednesday morning the little animal was found dead in his stable, having suicided during the night by hanging - probably disgusted with his failurelo kick the boy's head off. -Dundee Reporter. Mr. Deubel, the Ypsilanti railler, speaking of the wheat louse which is repörted as having damaged the grain, says: "The'wh'eat louse that there is eo much talk afeout, has been almost if not quite as thick on the wheat the past five yeareas it is this'vear, and 'there is ■ no reason to fear that they will do the erop serious injury. They are also to be found on the oats and rye, but seem to be almost harmless." J. H-. Carter, of Tecudiseh township, has a cow which, on April 14, gave birth . to two lambs and a calf. The lambs are to all appearance perfect, but larger than ordinary. The calf, a male, is alsö perfect. The expression of the face of the lambs hae a peculiarity, while considerable hair is mixed among the wool, both in the fleece and on the legs. Mr. Car■ ter has alreády refused an ofler of $600 for the dám ánd family. So far as known there is no parallel case on record.- Ex. A good story but it should be taken with a grain of allowance. Wlilliimro Iiiiki'. Henry Spiegelberg has been quite ' sïck. Mrs. Ellen Eoe, of Plymouth, greets friends here. Henry Dodge bas been visiting at Laingsburg the past week. Mrs. Sarah Bentlëy, of Detroit, is vis-. . iting at Rev. R. D. Robinson's. The number of guests at the ho.tels is increasing as the mercury rises. Joseph Pray received some bad, but not serious, injuries by the falling of a scaflbld last week. The Catholics are making great preparations for their picnic, and everybody is looking for a great day the 4th. The " flying Dutchman " has been moved from Ann Arbor to the Lake. Lots of fun for the boys and girls now. ' D. Smith, of Salem, had quite an eventful visitto-the Lake, last Sunday. He drove into the lake on the south side, when one of his horse became hiiréd in a quickeand bed. The result yr&s a good deal of sprawling around and some wet people. Again as his team was standing in front of the Clifton house, they took fright and ran, only a short distance however and with slight damage, as they soon stopped at the barn1. .Another horse in the barn became frightened at the disturbance and ran, and little Henry Mangle, running after him. received a kick in the forehead which might easily have been very serious but which proved to be only slight. The Excelsior in its last edition gave a neat little write-up of Whitmore Lake, but several errors appear in the historical'part of the paper. It has the name of the surveyor from whom it was named as Whittemore, which is absurd. The item reading as follows is interesting but is not exactly correct: Thirtythree years ago next Thursday, July 4th, a celebration was held at that place and that day witnessed the flrst and only accident by drowning ever recorded on that water, where thousands had before and since enjoyed themselves. The drowned were Owen Trainor and a Mr. Fitzsimmons, brothers-in-law, who in a drunken equabble capsized their boat and went down together. The drowning occurred Ju!y 4, 1857, 32 years ago instead of 33, and Owen Trainor and William Somerville were the unlucky ones. Tpsllantl. Prof. D. Putnam and family, will summer at Petoskey. Byron Edwards, of Kansas City, Mo. is visiting home friends. Miss Fannie Bogardus is home from NeW York, for the summer. Mrs. W. B. Janson and child are home from Topeka, Ks., to spend a few monthe. Geo. (J. Amsden, thedecorator, is"dqing" the Toledo branch of Cleary's Business College. The Fourth is to be celebrated in grand style by the Sons of the Union assisted by the Light Guard. S. D. Brooks and F. J. Ingraham will act as editor-in-chief and business manager of the Normal News, the ensuing year. Rev. G. H. Wallace, of Plymouth, supplied the Presbyterian pulpit here last ■öunday. His wife joined him Monday, to visit friends in the city. Work on the water works is begun with a forcé of about 150 men. In spite of the intense heat, a great deal has been accomplished already. Prof. Geo. Hodge and wife are home from the west for the summer. He goes to the Grand Forks, Dakota, Univeriity next September, at $1800 per year. Hon. E. P. Allen was called to Washington on important business last week, and Prof. George, of the Normal, supplied his address before the high school graduates of Saline. Chelsea. Mrs. M. J. Lehman is visiting her parents at Waterloo. Miss Tillie Mutschel is visiting the family of her uncle, C. H. Kempf. Mrs. O. A. Ainsworth, of Ypsilanti, spent a couple of days last week, with the family of W. J. Knapp. Mrs. J. M. Letts, who was sent to the asylum at Pontiac two or three months ago, has returned to her home. Miss Mary F. Axtell is principal's assistant in our high school, and not Miss Lucy Lowe, as reported last week. Miss A. McLaren, of The Ann Aebor Register, spent last Sunday with the family of her uncle, James McLaren. Od Thursdav, June 27, Mr. Ernest Nordman, of Jackson, and Miss Lydia Lehman, of Chelsea, were married by Rev. C. Haag. The " glorious Fourth " will be celebrated this year at Cavanaugh Lake by boat races, foot races, norse races, dancing and ftre-works. T. J. Stimson, a worthy, exemplary and highly esteemed citizen, who came to this place from Parma about fourteen months ago, died last Friday, June 28, aged 50 years. The funeral services were held on Sunday at the M. E. church, of which he was an active and efficiënt member, a very large concourse of sympathizingcitizens being in attendance. Lodl. Miss Saté Fay is having a four weeks' vacation. Miss Ruth Eaten is spending the sunimer with Mrs. Sam. Fay. Charley Klager is in Reading, Hillsdale Co., for the summer. A sister and neice of Mrs. Chas. A11mendinger are visiting her from Iowa. The barn raising and dance at Mrs. Bonness' last Saturday was enjoyed all around. A little maiden has recently become a permanent guest in the home of Gord Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Vreeland are spending a few days with their daughter, Mrs. Samuel Fay. Miss Carrie Klager, who is teaching in the Richards school house, district No. 2, Scio, is having a two weeks' vacation. John Schneider has started a grocery store neaT the Scio church and hopes soon to secure the location of a new post-oflïce there. Emery. H. W. Robinson was at Toledo, Monday. The Ladies' Aid Society hold their next meeting at Mrs. Newell Mitchell's. AH are invited. Miss Gertrude Leiand, who bas been quite sick for the past week, is recovering under the treatment of Dr, G. L. Laraway. Mrs. A. Smith, who for the past three or four weeks has been at Ann Arbor attending Barnest Cook, who hes been sick with the scarlet fever, has returned home. Last Monday morning Mr. and Mrs. Comstock, of Salem, drove a colt up to our station to bring a friend to the 7:54 train. The colt did not seem to mind the train until it started up, when it jumped and broke some of the harness letting the thills up on its back This scared the horse and it commenceë kicking and backing. Mrs. C. thought she had better jump out, and in so doing the horse kicked her on the leg just below the knee hurting it badly. Mr C. escaped unhurt, but the buggy was badly demolished. Webster. Mrs. Martin is the guest of Mrs. Sears Mrs. John Spoor, of Ypsilanti, is with Mrs. Wm. Scadin this week. The roada leading into the Whitmore Lake road have recently been put into good order, superinduced by the Catholic picnic the 4th. f The ladies of the Home Missionary Society gave a social tea party Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Wm. Latson. Tea was served from six to eight o'clock. Last week the Webster folks listened to a lecture on Gettysburg and Johnstown by Rev. W. T. Beale, of Ypsilanti. By use of charts, a good geographical description was given. The movements of the armies preceding the battle of Gettysburg were well illustrated, as also was the course of water preceding the destruction at Johnstown. Mr. Beale recently visited the places which formed the subject of his discourse, and brought with him a few relies for mementos, which were exhibited. Dexter. Wool is being purchased in quitelarge quantities by Birkett & Jedele. The superintendent of the Marshal schools, with his family, is visiting his father, Eev. Thos. Seelye. "We regret that there is but little hopa of the recovery of Mrs. Geo. C. Page, although there is probably no ïmmediate danger. Rev. S. H. Adams is not improving at the sanitarium as rapidly as his many friends had hoped he would. Still he is able to be around and take his usual exercise. Social for the benefit of the Ladies' Library at Mrs. L. L. James', Tuesday evening, July 2. No lack of refreshments, conversation lively and very pleasant, and a good time every way. Slony Creek. E. B. Stone is on the sick list. Mrs. Alice Fuller is on the sick list. F. B. Gillett is entertainimg a friend, Mr. Carpenter. Mrs. Rev. John Hartley is visiting her mother, Mrs. Hammon. Bom to Mrs. Carrie Merritt on July 20, a 15 Ib. boy. Congratulations, etc. Mrs. E. B. Stone gave a party last Friday in honor of her sister, Mrs. Hartley. Horse distemper is prevalent at present, followed in some cases with ïnflamation of the lungs.