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The juniors had a reception at Normal Hall, last Saturday evening. Ahout 600 persons are einployed in the different factories of this city. Geo. Smith, of Manitoba, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Garry Densmore. Mrs. Mary Mott and young son are ont from Detroit, the guests of Mrs. Dr. Watling. Miss Flora Hicks, onr popular telephone operator, spent Snnday at her home in Corunna. Mrs. Prof. Weeks and daughter Pearl, of St. Louis, Mich., are visiting home friends in thin city. Mrs. Geo. Walterhou.-e is confined to her rooms at tlie Occidental by a severe attack of rheuuiatism. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mansfield and daughter, of Grand Rapids, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Barnes on Sunday. Of the Normal faculty 22 are (jraduates of the Normal, while nine have to claim some other institution as their alma mater. Mrs. H. M. Cheever, of Detroit, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. E. C. Jansen for some weeks, lies in a critical state at present, from heart troublee. Congratulations are in order, and will be duly delivered from the Ypsilantian office lo the senior editor, Geo. Smithe, and to Stella Wyatt Smithe, his wife. The marriage was a quiet affair and the happy pair are now enjoying a quiet eastern trip. H. P. Glover and C. L. Yost háve made an exchange of their Hardy propertv on Washington-sí, on which are two desi rabie residences, for the property belonging to Ashley Minor on Pearl-st. This "Minor corner" is rather dilapidated, but is considered valuable property. H. P. Glover will build a box iactory on one corner, next to the postoffice building, and probably the rest will be boomed for our future postoffice building. Dlxboro. ■■■ Philo Galpin sheared 80 sheep last week. Frank Murray lost a valuable horse recently. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Rice was buried here Monday. Mrs. Del Campbell was callea to Jackson, last week, on account of the illness of her mother.