Personal

Fred Barker and family are visiting in Clyde. J. Evart Scott left yesterday for an Eastern trip. Dr. M. C. Sheehan, of Detroit, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. Walter Taylor has returned f rom a visit in New York.' J. Austin Scott has gone to New Brunswick, N. J., to visit his daughter. Minnie Cowan has resigned her position in Bach, Abel & Co.'s store. C. B. Davison attended the dedication of the Masonic Home in Kalamazoo, Tuesday. J. S. Martin, J. T. Jacobs and B. M. Thompson registered at the Detroit hotels, Tuesday. Miss Mattie Chamberlain, of Flat Rock, who has been visiting Mrs. M. M. Green, has returned. Railroad Commissioner Charles R. Whitman is now dividing his time between this city and Lansing. Grand Commander W. G. Doty and Mrs. Doty left Wednesday to attend a Knights Templar reception in Kalamazoo. Miss May Dunlap, of Whitmore Lake, is visiting friends in Ann Arbor. She will visit her brother,who is attending school in Ypsilanti, and friends in Cherry Hill, before returning home. C. F. Bates, of Lima, has returned from the Yankton, Dakota, Indian agency. He was in the city Tuesday and reported that only half a dozen Indians left his agency to join the warriors during the recent troubles, and they were quickly brought back by the pólice. Miss Kate Jacobs is expected home from Dresden, Germany, in a few weeks. She has been suffering from throat trouble, engendered by the bad climate of that city, which has been more than usually severe this winter, which compels her to rest her voice for the present.