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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
March
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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The M. C. R. E. bas been laying new steel rails on its main line through Dexter. Over $250 bas been raised for stock - ing Washtenaw county farms with quail. Thos. Bogg of Dexter oame within two of winning the recent Detroit News guessing conteet. A Dexter hen in a spasm of virtuous and timely activity recently laid an egg 6x8 inches. That is a tremendous waste of energy when eggs are sold by the dozen. Speaking of minstrel "gag?," here's one: In what does Ann Arbcr differ from a basted turkey? Ans.- The turkey isnotstuffed with chestnuts till after death.- Adrián Press. Fourteen divorces weregranted at the last term of the Monroe court. Cold feet in the small of the back, caused most of them it is said. Been a miglity tough winter and don't you forget it. A cold unromantic Britton school teacher objects to one of the big boys squeezing one of the big girls at intermissions. And thus is the course ortrne love made rougher than a corduroy road. The broken-armed beggar recently worked the city of Dundee. He need not be expected to quit the business till somebody breaks the other arm and breaks it sure enough.- Adriau Prets. The plaining mili and store room owned by Samuel Ellsworth at Stoi-kbridge, was entirely consumed by flre one dny last week. The loss is estimated at 4 000 with 8500 insurance. Cause of fire unknown. Deerfield is to have a new Catholic church, which will be built this summer. It will be 70x100 and is to oost $11,000. The pews will not be nphoUtered nor the floor carpeted but the church will be a model in its apnointments. It cost Oakland county 81,500, to try officer Eiton for ehooting GrifEn, he colored rapist. That eum would once have bought a brand new "nicger"- a much more loveable one than Griffin. The offlcer was acquitted, henee the money was pquandered - Adrián Press. It would be common senee for all the potato growers within reach of the saine shipping station to plant sotne one approved variety. A carload, or half a dozen carloads, all of one kind, canbesold a half a dozen times ovi r befor a 'mixed lot' wiü be even looked at. - Farm Journal. An exohange tells of an economical farmer who had lio money to waste on "them d agricultmal papers" and who "knew hnw to farm without retiding abont il," who had a load of pork to sell ilnrinu the recent boom. He brought it in and was offered $6 per hundred for it and promptly aecf pted. After lie had unloaded and g,H hi check he learned he mialit just as well liave had $8.25 as $6, if he had been posted. Tlie difference on the load amounted to exacilj S 12, lost because he couldu't affürd to take a paper. The wornen of Branch county are to exhibit a banner in the Michigan building during the exposition in Chicago. The material is satin.of a light color, 63x42 inrhis in s-ize, npon wbich is painted in oils a feinale figure thirty inches in height, .standing upon a pedestal of three steps. In the right hand she holds a ehield with the State coat of arms; from the left hand depends a bunch if streamers, upon each of which is written the name of a town in Branch conntv. The whole is the work of Mrs. Dr. Voorhees of this city, and is a benntiful work of art. - Coldwater Weekly Courier. Monday afternoon Charles Comstock, laborer, was arre-ted on a charge of as Bault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. The particnlara of the cae are as follows: Saturday evening, Hiram Cook, a well known character in this city, was invited to Com-tock'rt home over M. Brady'a !iarness shop. While there Comstock made an insulting remark to a young woman who boards with his father and mother, which Cook resented. Comstock in a fit of anger procured a shot-gun from an adjoining room and commenced firing at Cook, who stood only ten feet away. As Cook ran into the street, Comstock fired aain, but with no success, except to graze Conk's fingers. Comstock, in default of $500 bail, was taken to the county jai 1 to wait examination, which

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