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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
July
Year
1890
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Public Domain
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Dexter nnmbers 937 soula. Chelsea will have free text-books. The Manchester Enterprise is to be enlaretd. Green Johnson, of Saline, recently lcst 43 fiieep by doga. Oear Harlow, of Sharon, died recently of pneumonía. James Taylorand son, of Chelsea, left for Europe, this week. J. 'i. Hawks, one of the Dexter pioneer?, is hopelt-üfily SU. A $20,000 sohool-house will probably be built in Chelsea soon. Birkett & Jedele, oí Dexter, bought 20.0UU pounds of wool last week. The. Dexter milis will be placed in charle of Lyman & Rogers, on Aug. 1. Nearly 12,500 pounds of binding twine have been sold at Dexter this Masón. Cook & Kirchboter, of Bridgewater, have bought over 26,000 pounds of wool this year. H. J. Zimmerman, of Milán, has aold his stock of furniture to Derby Bros , of Richmond. Over .?ö0 was realized at the recent social given by the adíes of St. Mary's church in Saline. Alíred Smith, of Whittaker, has rented h:3 farm forfive years to hm son, and will reraain in Ontario. A county convention of the Patrons of Industry of Washtenaw county, will be held at Dexter, Saturday, July 26. Frank Crittenden, of Pittsfleld, took a wool clip to towu, recently, which weighed 2,447 pounds and brought $600. E. W. Crafts, of Sharon, reporta 55 loada of olover and timothy hay off an 18-acre field, without a drop of rain on it. E. B. May, of West Lyndon, has been fined $21.00 for stealing a clock. Better purchase one next time, Mr. May ; it's cheaper. At a recent school meeting in Cherry Hill, Alton E. Lewis was elected assessor, in place of H.F. Hoiner. Aten months' school was decided upon. The little nine-year old aon of Will K. Craft, near Grasa Lake, feil (rom a windmill derrick, 32 feet high, recently, and was severely injured. Manchester is religious. Saya the Enterprise: "There was preachine in six churches in town, last Sunday, and a good attendance at each." Rev. Mr. Woodworth, who has occupied the Congregational pulpit at Salem Station for the past two years, died recently. He was 64 years of age. John Comstock.of Ypsilanti, recently wheeled himaelf into Detroit in 4} hours and came back the same way in 3 hours. Ann Arbor cyclers, take notice. August Meyer, of Lodi, met with a severe accident recently. His hand was caught in a binder, and it has been found necessary to ampútate one of liiö fingers. Laat Friday, Frank Drury cut on the Wade Richardson farm eight acres of grass, bet ween 2 o'clock p. m. and sundown. He wants to know if any one can beat it. - Milan Leader. The United States district court, at Detroit, hasrendered a decisión, which restores unclouded the title to the Worden block, the Worden Bros.' shop, and the houses of Alva and Jchn S. Worden. A full-equipped cowboy rode through the streets this morning and attracted considerable attention. He has a herd of Texas horses at High Mills' farm in Bridgewater.- Manchester Enterprise. Look here, Chelsea Standard, an editor's gallantry can't stand this: "The resorterR at Wolf Lake were greatly surprised to see the water rise two feet at one jump, recently. Upon investigation it was found that a Grass Lake lady had stepped into the lake." George H. Hammond has shipped 303 Shropshire sneep from England, which are expected at the farm here, July 19. Among them are the first prize ram and ewes from the Royal Exposition. This will give the Hammond farm the largest imported flock in the country.- Ypsilanti Sentinel. Ypsilanti takes second place. Birminehatn goes up ahead now, with a well throwmg 2,000 barrels in thirty minutes of the wery best water in the state, according to the same chemist. In fact Prof. Keilzie pronounced it the best water he had ever analyzed, for domestic and drinking purposes. But pshaw! Birniingham's worksonly cost$15,000.- Ypsilanti Sentinel. The Chelsea Herald vouches for the following facts: (1) "Mr. D. Roberts, of Iosco, has a curiosity in a duck which has four well formed feet." (2) "Will Secor, of Korth Lake, recently plowed an acre of sod ground in two and onehalf hours." (3) Aaron Burkhart has corn which stands eight and one-half feet high." (4) "H. J. Drake.of Lyndon, has 29 eheep from which he sheared 324 pounds of wool, and received $77.20 for the same." We believe you, Mr. Herald; but don't try our credulity too much. The recent Milan races were very interesting. The matched race between Fanny K., owned by Aaron Kelsey, and Nellie D., owned by Volney Davenport, was won by theformerin t'hree straight heats. The three-minute race was won by Fannie H., owned by H. C. Kuney, of Deerfield. In the free-for-all race, Tesas Jim, owned by Henry Harmon, took the honors. Standard, owned by C. Gauntlett, won the two-year-old race, and the running race was won by Maud T., owned by William Timmins, of Deerüeld. The Manchester Enterprise oracularly says : ''People say that Manchester is a hard town, but when we read in our exCÜanges o the devilish work done by voung and old rowdies of neighboring towns, we feel like hurling back the stigma. There is but little drunkenness here ; we don't say there is not considerable beer drunk here, but the Germán people were brought up to drink beer and they do not, as a rule, get so drunk that they want to fight or make a dieturbance. There is an abundant chance for refonnation in all places, but it is well to refrain from throwing stones while you live in a glass hoaee.

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