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Schoo's close lor one week'n vncation. Mattie McColl is home for a vacation from Oregon high school, 111. The Thursday evening prayer meetine is omitted on account of Christmas. The hired man of Johnson Backus had two runaways last Monday. He was engaged in drawing corn from Delhi. The scales in the wagon were tmashed. Nloiiy Crcek. Frank Andersonhasagain commenced operating his saw mili. Thfi Methodists held a social at the parsonage last Friday night. Horse distemper has madeits appearance in thia vicinity anc) ia proving very dangeroiiB. The Presbyterians and Methodists vyill as usual observe Christmas with a unión tree. This ye:ir t will be at the Methodist church. The past few days have boen a regular harvest for the blacksiniths in this vicinity, Mr. Robb being kept busy from early rnorn until late at night. ( Hilan. Dr. Harper visited Toledo, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. D. Hitchcoek are visiting friemls in Detroit. The carnival was a grand snccess, the net proceeils being $80. Rev. J. Iluiitiugton and datighter will spend Chri.-timis in Detroit. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thompson, Monday. an eleven-pound son. Miss Minnie Davis, of Ann Arbor, furnished ihe piar.o music for the carnival Friday evening. The mission services at the Baptist church were a success in e very way. The colleetions were a little over $16.00. G. R. Williams and wife and C. H. Fuller and wife will spend Christinasin Ann Arbor with J. Sprague and family. The Free Methodists are süllconducting their meetings and with good success, as a large number of converts are reportrd. Limn. Mr. and Mrs. L. Freer went to Flint Wednesday to spend the holidays. Frank McMillan left for Wilmington, Del., last Monday, to spend the holidays with his sister?. He wül also spend few days in Washington, D. C. Telephone Association P. of I. on Thursday evening last elected for the next quarter, J. N. Merchant, president, John fay lor, secretary . They will have an open meeting at the town hall Jan. :5, in the evening. Lafayette granpe elecled the fo!lowing ofBcers Thursday, Dec. 18, for the en8uing year: Horace Baldwin, M. W. E. Stocking, O ; Chas. Bowen, L.; J. J. Wood, S ; Jay E.tston, A. S.; Irving Storms, C; E. B. Freer, T.; O. C. Burkhart, Sec"; W. H. Dancer, G. K.; Mrs. S. Winslow, P., Mrs. Abner Beach, C; Mr. Chas. Bowen. F.; Mrs. F. Ward, L. A. S. In the debate following all but two weie in favor of the alliance and national ;range two per cent. governmenl. loan scheme.