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13
Month
April
Year
1888
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Trade in Ypsilanti is reported good. Freedom locks its doors against tramps. The Dexter school has 221 scholars this term. Miss Dora Ambrose is teaching near Stony Creek. South Lyon held its corporation election last Monday. District No. 7 in Freedom is now taiight by F. Walker. Several Manchester young men are learning telegraphy. Adrián H. Vanriper, of Ypsilanti, has been granted a pension. F. D. Corley, of South Manchester, has moved to California. William Wacker, of Freedom, moves to Oregon this spring. Harry Howling is building a house on his farm in Ypsilanti town. The Manchester public schools have a fine chemical laboratory. There promises to be considerable building in the city this spring. Ypsilanti republicans organized a political club, Monday evening. Northfield voted last week against expending $700 for a town house. W. S. Pottle and family, of Manchester, have gone to Arkansas City, Kansas. A Germán night school has been ' opened in Ypsilanti by Rev. M. Kionka. F. J. Swaine is chairman of th democratie city committee o; Ypsilanti. Three horses belonging to Aaron Conine, of Nora, have been having the distemper. Mrs. William Freeman, of Man chester tovvnship is building an ad dition to her residence. The ten month old child of Mr and Mrs. W. Abbott, of Augusta died recently of measles. William Rheinfranck, of Bridge water station, died of apoplexy Apri 2nd, ged sixty-six years. Lima has a republican club, with George H. Mitchcll president anc Henry Wilson, secretary. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Crippen leave ehortly for Ithaca, where Mr. Crippen has purchased a fine farm. John Stabler and Miss Christinc Schoen both of Freedom were married April 3 by Rev. Paul Inon Mr. Nellie M. Smith, of Pittsfield, was married to C. F. Ballard, of Charlotte, last Friday by Rev. Wm. A. McCorkle. George W. Barr, of Saline, was married on Thuisday of last week to Miss Agnes A. Clark, of Pittsfield, by Rev. H. M. Gallup. Mike O'Neil, of Ypsilanti, wears a bullet hole in his leg since election night when he wisheil to dance with the same girl Max Robbins did. Grass Lake has a man named John Scheffel who claims to have set a hen on twenty-five eggs, twenty-four of which were hatched. The new Ypsilanti aldermen are Frank Rathfon, Austin George, C. D. Wilcoxson,Jas. W. Case and John Terns. The first two are republicans. Mrs. Edward McÑamora, formerly of Chelsea, and at one time, when iYIíhs Jennie Crowell, a teacher in the Ypsilanti schools, dieil ;it Traverse City. A Superior correspondent reports Supervisor Crippen as receiving a number ol proposals of marriage siiice his election. The girls of Superior might go farther and fare vvorse. James Douglas, a colored man was elected constable on the democratie ticket in Sharon last week. When the democrats nomínate a colored man for office, they put him up to elect him. B. F. Matteson has been elect superintendent of the Iron Creek Sunday school, R. H. Green, assistant superintendent; Miss Lucy English, secretary and George Pavne, treasurer. Manchester citizens have too much common sense to allow a street íakir to make himself rich at their expense, and one who tried it recently had to pawn his watch to get out of town. A social fot the Dexter M. E. church will be given this evening s and those who are expecting to attend, anticípate an enjoyable Comeditta, entitled, "Aestheticism versus Common Sense." Lehman & Cavanaugh, of Chelsea, nave opened a law office in this city. They will continue their office in Chelsea. This firm was well represented on the last court calendar and ís doing a growing business, which is certainly a strong recommendátion The democratie county convention to send delégales to the state convention at Grand Rapids will be held in this city l#ay 2. The new apportionment makes the convention consist of 120 delegates. The Grand Rapids convention will select the delegates to the national convention in St. Louis. George A. Peters, of Scio, sent an advertisement to this paper last week, of a horse for sale. Even fore the advertisement was in print, the horse was sold. Such are the benefits to be derived from advertising in "Our Want, for Sale" column at twentyfive cents for three weeks advertising. In Clinton at the town election last week Francis D. Rector was the defeated republican candidate tbr supervisor. His wire Mrs. Francés C. Rector was on the democratie ticket tor school inspector. She ran way ahead of her ticket and was elected by a large majority. She proved a better candidate than her husband. The Ypsilanti ladies library association has 3203 volumns in the libraiy and 176 members. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Daniel Putnam; vice pres., Mrs. J. M.B. Sfll; ree. sec, Mrs. C. E. Samson; cor. se, Miss Helen Post; treasurer, Mrs. E. Hewitt; librarían, Mrs. E. Loomis. The voie at the Augusta town meeting was as follows: For Supervisor, Dansingburg, R., 192, O'Brien, D., 168; Clerk, Vedder, R. 139, Hammond, D., 233; Treasurer, Bibbins, R., 217, Minzey, D., 136; Highway Commissioner, Redner, R., 223, Buck, D., 109; Drain Corin., Childs, R. P., 141, Doss, D., 137; Justice, Barr, R., 173, Gable, IX, 169; School Inspector, Lowden, D., 1S6, Stone, R., 149.

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