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Salem boasts of a new barber hop. Chicleen cholera rages in the vitiaity of Grass Lake. Thirty dollars were realized by a oBTH social at Whitmore Lake. The repairs to the church at Lapham corners in Salem cost $400. Mrs. E. A. otrong, of Ypsilanti, díed December 19 after a long i 1 1- ness. Mrs. Charles King died in Ypsilanti December 15, aged sixty three jear. The Manchester merchants would ■ot all agree to close their stores on jChristmas. T. Tallady and family, of Stony Creek spend the winter in New York state. D. A. Townsend is teaching in Ifee Shaw district school in Saline this winter. Barr & Son of near Saline have Manufacturad 2,000 gallons of sorghum this fall. "Bmokers" took a scoring from Rev. W. T. Beale in Ypsilanti last Sunday evening. Mrs. S. ti. Dimick died in Ypsi]anti, December i8th, 1888, aged iixty three years. There are twenty-nine farmers who with their families are membfrs of the Saline Farmer's Club. The Manchester M .- E. church is irarmed by new stoves. The worahipers will be kept warm this winter. The Germán Workingmen's Soiety of Manchester give their seventeenth annual ball next NJonday evening. The GrassLakeNews shows commendable enterprise in printing a twelve page Christmas number on kook paper. Harvey S. Day, of Augusta, owns a Holstein cow with a record of 64 pounds of milk a day and 11 pounds 0i butíer a week. Miss Sarah Standish has peelec iliced and cured, 2,392 . bushels o apples this season. Miss Standis. w a Stockbridge girl. The Saline Observer blossomec mtt last week with an eight pag edition of a thousand copies. Nissl; a booming the Observer. The Christmas services at Bethe efaurch in Freedom, (Jhrismas eve were greatly enjoyed by the Sundav chool children who participated. The first accident from an ie; tidewalk in Saline thisyeat occurrec iast week, when Miss Mary Thomp ion feil, sustaining seven injuries. The new cells for the Saline lock up are five by nine feet in size. The nfortunate who finds quarters in ifaem cannot stretch himself ver extensively. John Schaffer, while hunting nea W.llis recently, was knocked down by his gun bursting. He was unonscious for a time but was notseriously injured. The residence of M. A. Cooley of Manchester township, burned to tfae ground last Saturday during the bsence of the family. Nearly all the furniture was saved by the bors. The Saline Farmer's Club meets Jan. nth at H. N. Isbeü's, when the .use of Dairy Creamenes anc Woman's Work, its Trials anc Perplexities, will be among the subjects discussed. Fred Fleming, of Dundee, went hunting last week with Web Frazer of Tecumseh and will never be able to use his fight arm again, owing to Frazer's gun being accidentally discharged. The Manchester Enterprise _ffered a prize ot Dickens Christmas Ctories in three volumes to the boy os girl who would write the best Christmas story. The prize has been awarded to Miss Flora Kimble, aged fifteen,of Manchester. The Ypsilanti Lodge F. and A. M. have elected the lollowing officers: George Alban, W. M.; F. J. Üamb, S. W.; W. A. Mooie, J. W.; E. B. Newhall, Treas.; C. D. Willcoxson, Sec; G. Follmor, S. D. ; Guy E. Davis, J. D.; F. Greene, Tyler. The following officeis of Saline lodge F. and A. M. were installc' lastnight: W. M., D. P. McLachlan; S. W., J. M. Young; J. W., A. J. Warren; Treas., J. McKinnon; Sec, C. N. Howe; S. D., Orin Parons; J. D., W. F. Larzelere; Stewards, E. W. Wallace and A. C. Clarke; Tyler, W.J. Jackson. The Manchester Knights of Maceabees have Ihe following excellent list of officers: Com., N. Schmid; Lieut. Com., W. L. Watkins; Past Com., Frank Maginn; Prelate, Fred Steinkohl; Physician, Dr. C. F. Kapp; Finance Keeper, L. B. BaiJey; Record Keeper, T. B. Bailey; Sergeant, A. G. Case; Master-atjirms, A. W. Spencer; ist master guards, S. F. Twist; 2nd master euards, H. K. Berger; Sentinel, L. Hoflman; Picket, Fred Spafard.