-- The house on the Riley Dargin farm, a mile and a half north of Bates, occupied by William Gibson and his son and their families, was burned to the ground last week, the origin not known. The house while built 28 years ago was still in good condition, the interior finish being hardwood. The loss is about $1,500 with no insurance.
-- It has been decided that a new addition will be built on the Ogdensburg schoolhouse for a primary department. Mr. Noteman has been hired for the coming year, also Miss Lulu Dana for the primary.
-- Several Birchwood families near East Bay have secured a good amount of shavings and excelsior lately and put it on the road making quite an improvement. Tuesday night someone dropped a match in front of W. W. Smith's cottage and about 20 feet of it burned. No damage was done further than killing the tops of some trees for the flames ascended to the height of about 25 feet.
-- Mr. and Mrs. Mattersen and children, Mr. and Mrs. Paul and family and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and family of South Williamsburg went out camping and fishing to one of the plains lakes Saturday. They returned home Sunday evening having enjoyed the outing and bringing back a good catch of fish.
-- The Biddies is a club consisting of 14 members. Nine of these are married and of the nine married ones, six know the meaning of the word mother, the music in the prattle of innocent lips and the thrill that goes with the trustful clasp of little fingers. Recently, the mothers went to Smith & Price's studio where the nine were induced to sit still long enough to have their pictures taken in a group.
-- The Rev. John C. Jorden and wife of San Francisco, California have been visiting friends in Old Mission after an absence of 40 years. Mr. Jorden's coming back, shaking hands with the few friends who are left to greet him was a mutual pleasure with reviving old memories of when this beautiful, fruitful peninsula was new, almost a wilderness. Mr. Jorden helped to clear some of the land and he and a cousin by the name of Cory cut wood for Mr. Golden 41 years ago.
-- Clifton Briggs and Miss Hazel Auyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Auyer were united in marriage this morning by the Rev. J. Allen Canby at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. L. L. Cornell on East Ninth Street. The bride was tastefully gowned in green silk and carried a bouquet of white carnations and asters. The ring ceremony was used, little Pauline Canby being the ring bearer and the flower bearer, Lucille Canby. Light refreshments were served after which the bridal couple left on the 11:30 Pere Marquette train for Grand Rapids and other points south.
-- The state district meeting of Dunkards or Brethren, as they are now called, was held at Brethren last week, there being a three-days session with an attendance of about 800. In addition to the elders and delegates present from Michigan, there were also visitors from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Nebraska. The Brethren met in the church and all the houses in the village were turned into bedrooms to accommodate the visitors. The meals were prepared in great kettles out in the open and a huge shed was erected for the dining room. It kept 23 waiters and 21 cooks busy preparing and serving the food.
-- The Northern Michigan Transportation Company will end its summer schedule on September 20 and the fall schedule will then go into effect. The end of the Chequamegon's summer season is also given as September 20 this year.
-- Mrs. Amanda McKaine, wife of James McKaine, died Saturday after a lingering illness of dropsy and complications. She was 56 years old and is survived by her husband and a son, Arthur. The family had resided in this city for the last eight years.
-- While felling a tree in the woods near Elmira today, John Fervalev was instantly killed. The tree was cut through and fell the way intended, but when it hit the ground, it rebounded and came down on the workman's head. Fervalev has been working but a few days and was unfamiliar with the art of felling trees.
-- Advice on deportment. A gentleman will assist a lady over from an omnibus or carriage without waiting for the formality of an introduction.
-- To treat colic, a tablespoonful of castor oil will work very well in most cases.
-- Best buy of the week. Misses' Peter Pan Waists, 25 cents at Steinberg Bros.
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