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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
March
Year
1891
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Brighton is experiwicing :i revival. Dexter will orgnni a woman's relief corps. Chelsea received, 1 year, $990 in liqnor taxe. The enrollment ( the Manchesier schools is 328. The citiseni of 8onih Lyoo want ■ new charter. TheOaklaiid Excel i.r is umi vcars ol.l and a model cbild. The roller hkatinj; rraze bas been revived at Pinckney. 'rheChelst'ii House baa paeed iirto the hands of E, G. Hoag. The Good Ternila. of Manchesti i are eighty in niimbcr. The Quakers arn trying : establUh a branch cburch at Willic In Stockbridge tbey won'l 1 -r. you pluy card games of any kind. The Manchester rmsonic directory is now ready lor distrilmtion. AbeAlber.ofSaline, hassold hislivery business lo A. Miller & Sou. ÜTbe Congregational cbnrch at Chelea has thirteen new menoben. The Chelea fiie department expeets to give an entertainment boob, Thirty-four persons re eentlyjoinedtho S,outh Lyon Presbvterian church. The village of Grass Lake will erei't jix new street lamps in the spring. The ice-cutter at Whitmore Lake bave ïiel to Lake George, farther north. All the Chelsea churches have good cboira - at least, bo sai tl i the Standard. The Methodist Bunday school atSouth Lyon lias aii average attendar.ce oi John G. Hoover, of Chelsea, will erec: a fine house on Orchard-st, next spring. Mrs. A. M. Chamberlain, of Webster, Tvíll erect a $3,000 residente in the spring. !eo. Webster, a Chelsea tailor, has given up bis business, for the reaEonthat it didnt pay. A unión meeting of the Pairons of In dustry will be held at Sylvan Center tomorrow evening. Thomas Bahn, section foreman of the Michigan Central at Ypsilanti, has been made overseer at the Jackson prison. Fr. Considine, of Chelsea, will deliver alecture, next Smulay evening, on "Ireland's Faith- Herfaints and Héroes." Scholars of the Saline high school are practicing for "The Spirit of '90," a play which will be given in the near future. Heek Bros', llouring mili, in Tecumseh, burned to the ground last week. The loss was $40,000, and the insurance $20,000. A Demorebt medal contest will be held at the Chelsea town hall, Friday evening, March 1", under the auspices of LOG. T. Aglass filled to tbebrim at night will fill a hal to the brim in the morning. - Standard. Do yoa Ppeak from experience or bearsay '.' Frank Rane, of Whitmore Lake, attended the funeral . f General Sheruian. He wa-oneof the escorts fmia the Obio State University. Ho for temperance: Shad Suy landt recently kicked a four year-old s:eer to death, becauseit refused to drink a barrel of cold water.- Mnnith correspondence Stockbridge Sun. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Bissel, of Vermont, were guests at A. A. Wood's last week. They were on their way to Australia, by way of San Francisco. A long journey.- Saline Observer. The young man Gunn, who was arrested a short time ago for stealing an overcoat.iswanted in Illinois forstealing aquantity of shoes.- Chelsea Standard. Well, doesn't the world owe everybody a living? The Stockbridge Patrons of Industriare considering the advisability of erectingaeo-operative elevator. fhey propose to issue sharesof $25 each, no one person being allowed to take more than one share. Cantón people expect that the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti street railway will be extended to their village and are becoming very happy over the prospect. One farmer bas already given part of the right-of-way. The largest single clover seed ever delivered in Stockbridge wassold to Isbell &C'o.,recent!y,weighed fourteen pounds and cost ninety-eight cents. It was a stone. - Chelsea Standard. Fie m this world of shams. Chelsea evidently proposes to try anpther fair, the coming season. Better join hands with the old fai ra of the county and not only help make them better hut save some good money.- Saline Observer. Good advice. John Smitb, the shoemaker in the Burg building, was found sick and alone in his old shop, and Hiffering for care and proper noarishment. Medical aid was produced and charitable onee are aiding him, but he is in a critical condition. - Saline Observer. Many and various are the wavg of recordinga birth. Says the Oakland Excelsior: South Lyon has long wanted a miller located in our midst, we now hastento report our success. He arrived Monday evening, is now making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Art Miller." "Old Spot," of Superior, is no more. At the time of his death he was thirtynine years old. He was an old veteran, having been captured by Capt. Quackenbush, from a confedérate soldier. Although he was only a horse he was buried with military honors, and the stars and strpes now float over his grave. Last year at this time eggs were worth 12 cents, butter 14, potatoes 25, oats 22, corn 22, and wheat 71 cents. Compare' theee prices with quotations this week.- Chelsea Standard. The prices last week in Chelsea were as follows: Eggs, 15 cents; butter, 13( 22c; potatoeeJOc; oats 51c; corn, GOc; wheat, $1.00O$1.04. We notice by theCentralia (Washington) Daily News, that Bert Bliton, one of our fornaer Saline boys, who for several years has been giving Wheatland, Dakota, a local paper, much too good for the patronage itapparently received.has been sizing up Washington and will bid good bye to the land of blizzardsand hifi

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