Among Our Neighbors

Irwin Shepard, a student at the Normal when the civil war broke out, and who went to the front with the company composed of Normal studente, has just been awarded a medal of honor by the government for gallantry shown at Knoxville, Tenne3see, November il, 1883. CllELSEA ilERALD. St. Mary's Sunday school, of Chelsea, had its annual picnic at Kavanaugh Lake, last Thursday. A game of ball between the Lyndon Giants and the Cholsea Invincibles, was won by the lattor, the score being 16 to 9. The children left the grounds at 6 p. m., and returned home aftor a most enjoyable outing. ühelsea Standard. . Miss Maguyre, fornierly ,of Yp3ilanti but well known in Ghelsea, died at Port Collins, Colorado, where, in company with her mother, she went last March in search of healtli. Friends hoped she would regain her health, but on the morning of August 6 she was taken with a bemorrhage and lived but a short time. TlTE YPSILANTÏAN. Our gooJ triend Nelson Fowler, 70 yaars old, is stronger and more enterprising than many a younger man. Saturday Ia3t, in spite of the rain, he drove aïoad of wool to Milford nearly 30 miles, and drove back the same day. H and his son-in-law. Mr. Ableson, disposod of 3,200 pounda of wool and report prices considerably better ttian lastyear. Hillsdale Leader. The ocadets, of Jackson, who wero camping at Baw Beose park last week, can teil ju8t how deep the water is off the east side of the walk leading to the doek. It was the vow of the boys that cach of their number should have a reminder of their camp at old Baw Beese. Monday, tho day tho boys arrived, tho fun bcgan when four of their number were thrown into the water, and ended Sunday, when the two, who had e' caped several times wen; gent t.) !i d the bottom. The b ys jvturned to Jackson Monday. Manchester Enterprise. Someone made a raid on Jack Jibb's chicken house one night last week and took a large number of chickens. Jack says there are about 125 missing. The th'ief entered througb. a window that had been left .open on account of the heat. Horaco Wisner ia about the street on crutche3." Some time ago he was leading his cow when some way the rope caught around his leg and the anima] ran with him, straining or breaking ligaments at tbe knee. Saline Observer. Mr. Wacker, who works C. M. Pellows' Sharoti farm, threshed from 60 acres 1,500 bushels of wheat and last year harvested 4,500 bushels of corn irom the same farm. Who saya renting a farm does not pay? The creamery is a go. The site seleoted is just this side of the viver bevond J. W. Hull's. G round was en the first of the week lor tae foundation and the grading is now well on its way toward completion. As soou as the grading is eompleted the work of putting up the buüdiug will be rapidly taken up. Gkass Lake News. The official board of the M. E. church of this village at its last meeting voted unanimously in favor of Mr. Bradley'a return as pastor for the ensuing year. Asilver eel measuring 37 inches in length and veighing4L Ib-s., wascaught Frid.iy evening, August 13th, in Wolf Lake, by Miss Bruukman of New York city. Tho younjr lady is spending the summer at Hiü-ïop Cottage, the guest of Mrs. Theo. Arustein. It is not unreasonable to say that Miss Bruckmar is decidedly ahead as regarás piscator ial triumphs at the Big WolL this year Milán Leader. On the return train f rom Ann Arbor 'uesday night Samuel Campbell had lis wallet dexterously extracted from is pocket by a pick-pocket. Six or sevn dollars was the amount of the haul. Colonel R. Bentley, who died Wedesday. morning. August 11, a notice f whose death was in. last vveek's Leadr, was one of the oldest and most repectad citizons of ths township of dilan. He was bom in Van buren, N. Y., in 1823, and was married to L. Maria Flower in October, 1847, (who till survives him); they carne to Michgan in 1856 to Milan township and ave resided here ever since. Ho has leid positions of trust in the township, ïolding offices of treasurer, clerk, jus ,ice of the peace, which latter office he ïeld at the time of his death. He was member of the Baptist ehurch at East dilan until it disbanded, and was clerk for a number of years. Dexter Leader. An exciting ball game was played last Thursday afternoon on the old ball giounds, betweeu the Dexter club and the Ann Arbor Browns. A large number of spectators vvitnessed the game which was lively from start to finish. The score stood Dexter 16 ; Ann Arbor6. The farm house owned by Abram Voorhis, in Dexter township, and occupied by his son William and famüy with whotn he made his home, was burned to the ground with nearly all its contcnts last Friday morning. There was no iusurance on either the building or the coutents and the loss is a severe one lor ttie lamuy. A 9treet fakir struck town one evenng last week. Ho sold bottles of medcine íor a quarter and gave the money ack ; then he sold electric pads f or one dollar and- didn'tgive the money back. ■íotwithstaniding tüe oft repeited demonstration to the contrary, there are tul people who entertain the idea that ,he mis8ion of the street fakir is to give omething for nothing. YP8ILANTI SENTINEL. "Prof." Ilarry Miner, who was to lave jumpod from Congress street bridge Saturday, but did not, was seriously injured at Albion yesterday, and may dio. He waa penniless, dependiug upon collections to meet nis expenses. A resident of the fifth vvard, who lias ive ohildren by a deceased wife, and ives now with a second wife, is said to lave cruelly horse whipped a 15-yearoM daughter Sunday, and the girl e3caped Monday to an únele who U now tanding betvveen her and the irate ather. Monday nigbt the father took an oííicer and dernanded possession of ,he girl, but was refused. Agnes, wife of James W. Bowen, engineer at the Ypsilanti Electric Com)any's plant, died Monday, after an illíess of three months from a lingering eve-, aged 36 years. Mrs. Bowen, whose maiden name was Oakley, was a nativa of Superior township, and her ife, except for a few years spont by ;he family in the northern part of the state, has been passed in this vicinity. She became the wife of Mr. Boven September 11, 1893, and since which time she has been a resident of this city. William Mandt has three mountain wol ves wbich were sent him about two months ago by anadtniriug friend from Colorado, the express on them being something over $13, which Mr. Mandt was compeiled to pay. ISarly Monday morning they broke out of the cage they had been confined in and gave several men and boys a merry chase before they could be captured. During the interval while out they killed and devoured two chickens.