-- Eighteen of the lady friends of Miss Inez Rex were present last Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. R. D. White in Williamsburg to participate in a shower for the lady whose wedding occurs tomorrow. A pile of suitable cloth was in waiting and each lady was asked to make a potholder for use of the bride. After that was done, there was a mock wedding, a sort of rehearsal for the bride's benefit. A dainty lunch was then served after which the guests departed, leaving a nice lot of granite ware as mementos of the affair.
-- The G. R. & I. summer schedule will go into effect June 25, about a week later than last year and the Pere Marquette schedule will take effect June 28. To accommodate resorters who want to come up before the season opens, the latter will run special trains from St. Louis, Chicago, Toledo and Detroit through to Bay View.
-- Judging by the appearance of the trees, there will be a heavy cherry crop on the peninsula this year. The trees have all blossomed well and if there is no rain or frost, the crop will be an excellent one. A number of growers have already contracted their fruit.
-- Grand Traverse Grange held a very interesting meeting Saturday afternoon, the members responding to the roll call with war stories. any of them were of a reminiscent nature recalling the hardships and heart breaking experiences. One of the members, born south of the Mason and Dixon line, paid tribute to Lincoln.
-- Buried under the earth probably for a century and maybe more, a deer horn was unearthed by laborers on the new First National bank building. The horn, blackened and discolored by time, may have been broken from the head of a buck in a battle with another buck. Dell Squires has the relic and has put it in his collection with other curiosities.
-- J. C. Johnson and his son-in-law, Will Miles, both of Lynn, Indiana, are in this city looking up farm land with a view of locating here permanently. Yesterday, Mr. Johnson closed a deal with Frank Ruthardt, of Solon, securing 80 acres of land. The gentlemen wish to purchase between 300 and 800 acres of land.
-- Thirty-six miles in 10 hours is an excellent record for non-professional pedestrians but that was what was accomplished by Miss Helen Stout and Robert Edwards Saturday, their tramp extending to Old Mission and return. After a rest, dinner was eaten at the Porter House and at 3:00 o'clock the return was started.
-- Ivan Koch was arrested upon complaint of Chief of Police C. W. Ashton charged with forging a check upon the First National Bank for $14.50. Koch was brought before Judge Nerlinger and his examination set for next Wednesday. Bail was set for $500 and not being able to secure the amount, was taken to the county jail.
-- Mrs. E. L. Hughes has a beautiful cactus plant with blooms the most exquisite ever seen in this city. There are fully 100 blossoms on the plant with numerous buds yet to bloom. It stands in the window of the Hughes Undertaking parlors and has attracted much attention.
-- Jesse Tallerday left Cassopolis Sunday evening for this city where he will be come general factotum of the Marion Island resort. He has a fine new line of jelly and has had his pleasant automatic smile repaired and made good for another season.
-- Mrs. Elsie Hannah, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beers, Mr. and Mrs. George Raff and Miss Florence Crotser left yesterday morning in Mrs. Hannah's seven-passenger Franklin for Lima, Indiana. They will attend graduating exercises of the Howe Military Academy where Julius Beers graduates this year. He will accompany them on their return to the city.
-- Advice on deportment. On traveling by train, ladies will not permit their escorts to enter any compartment reserved for ladies only.
-- Medical advice of a century ago. Iron and cod liver oil are most often the appropriate remedies for treating hysteria.
-- Best buy of the week. Saturday Special - 1 bar pure Castile Soap, 1 box bath powder, 1 bath brush, 70 cents at Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.
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