• Prof. M. B. Merrick and wife of Ann Arbor passed through the city this morning enroute for Glen Lake where they will make ready for the class of over fifty engineers who will come north for their summer work from the university next week. Frank Walton accompanied them and will assist in the preparations.
• Mr. G. Coleman, of this city, is laying the cement wall for Mr. Alexander's cottage at Duck Lake. Cyrus Harper, a resident of South Grant, has a cottage built there and they will spend some time at that place this summer.
• Those who were fortunate enough to attend church Sunday evening at Mayfield enjoyed a treat in hearing a sermon by the Rev. A. L. Thurston of Kingsley. Rev. Thurston spoke in an earnest and convincing manner quoting many verses from Bible scriptures.
• Things are extremely dead on the local market at present and there is nothing at all doing for the majority of the buyers although one or two are holding out after a few hundred bushels of spuds. It will probably be about three weeks before the new crop begins to come in.
• Capt. H. C. Plum has bought the steamer Crescent of the Webb estate and will run her between Charlevoix and Northport and the bay resorts. It is a good boat and the captain is well known on the route.
• Children's Day will be observed at the Grange Hall July 7th. All Grangers and their families are expected to come and bring lunch baskets. Those who can do so are asked to furnish ice cream.
• The township of Paradise will soon have a new one story town hall. It will be a brick structure and will be located in Kingsley. The township officers advertised for bids today and are to be in and opened on June 25.
• The tug, J. H. Martin, awoke the echoes of the bay again on Saturday with its siren whistle. The Martin had 100,000 feet of timber in tow for the Ott Company. A trip will be made into East Bay this afternoon and a raft picked up from Yuba will come into the city to make the delivery.
• A party given Friday evening at Kingsley in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Monroe and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Swift who are about to leave for new fields of labor. The evening was spent in music and recitations, the band playing a number of selections. After the program, a bountiful supper was served.
• Mrs. S. A. Whitfield and daughters accompanied by Albert Meafoy, have arrived at Fountain Point for the season where the hotel is now ready for the summer guests. Mrs. Whitfield will entertain many old friends and other patrons during her stay.
• Twenty-five pounds of dynamite were exploded in the bay on Tuesday at the point where Robert Chase's body sank. The dynamite was in five-pound cans and five separate charges were exploded but nothing was raised except a few small herring.
• A china shower was given in honor of Miss Edna Bramen at the home of Miss Libbie Gustaff on Friday evening. Fourteen guests were present and a mock wedding was an interesting feature of the gathering. The bridal party entered the parlor to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, led by flower girls, ribbon bearers and ringer bearer.
• Advice on deportment. When supper is announced at a ball, the gentleman invites the ladies with whom he happens to be in conversation, or the lady with whom he has danced last.
• Medical advice of a century ago. A bed should not be too soft, and the bedclothes should be as light as may be consistent with necessary warmth.
• Best buy of the week. Handkerchiefs, 6 cents to 9 cents at E. Wilhelm.