• Entering the house on the telephone wire, lightning played havoc at the home of D. E. Wright last night. The phone is in the bedroom occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wright and only a few feet from their bed but they did not even feel the shock. The instrument was torn to bits and hurled across the room through an open door and into the dining room, filling the room with brilliance and smoke along with a big ball of fire.
• The fire department also had its troubles resulting from the storm when lightning ran into the station blowing out three fuses in the storage battery, thus breaking the circuits and letting the horses out. Chief Murray replaced the fuses immediately while the battery was snapping like a bunch of fire crackers.
• The ordination of the Rev. C. P. Lockhart of the Baptist church was to have taken place Friday next but yesterday Mr. Lockhart received a long distance phone message stating that Dr. Stetson of Kalamazoo College was ill and could not attend. On this account, the ceremony will take place later this month.
• Little Zelma Chase can remain at Ann Arbor until her eyes are cured. This has been made possible by the friends of the child who have contributed to the fund to pay her expense while she is being treated. The trouble is hereditary and it will be necessary for the child to be treated at various times until she is 16 years old.
• The Misses Geraldine and Margaret Hogan were 7 years old today and in honor of the birthday anniversary of the twins, their mother gave them a party from 4 until 6 o'clock. There were twenty-four young ladies present and the afternoon was pleasantly spent in games after which light refreshments were served.
• Postmaster Carver for some time has been urging the department in Washington to authorize a substation on Union Street. Yesterday he received a notice to establish one in the drug store of Frank H. Meads on Union Street where money orders and stamps may be received and mail deposited. This make the third substation in the city, the others being on Elmwood Avenue and Washington Street.
• James M. Campbell, aged 60, was found hanging in his barn one and one half miles from the village of Lake Ann today, his son, Carl, making the discovery. Mr. Campbell has been in ill health for some time and suffered constantly. A wife and six children are left.
• At the recent Dairymen's Association meeting held in the city, the growing of alfalfa and clover for northern Michigan was handled by Prof. C. D. Smith of the Michigan Agricultural College. He said he would not say anything about sowing clover seed as it was not the same here as in southern Michigan. He does not recommend alfalfa as highly as clover for this part of the county.
• With the approach of the automobile season, drivers of nervous horses will have to keep a vigilant eye out for the buzz wagons. During the winter months people are not concerned about tying their horses but during the summer when the autos are everywhere this is oftentimes an expensive practice. Several runaways have been narrowly averted already with teams that have been left standing alone and untied.
• The contract of Supt. Gilbert having expired, the matter of employing him at an increased salary came up at the Board of Education meeting Monday night. The teachers' committee and the board have agreed that Mr. Gilbert be employed for the next two years, his salary for the present year to be $2,100 and for the following $2,200.
• Hannah camp will entertain the members of McPherson post in Grange hall Friday evening. A supper is being planned after which a very interesting program made up of speeches and musical numbers will be given. One feature of the evening will be that the youngest survivor of the Civil War, J. C. Cummings of Old Mission and the oldest, "Uncle” Dan Whipple, will be present.
• Advice on deportment. Calling cards should be engraved in the finest script and the lettering should be selected with utmost care. Should ladies consider handwriting their own cards, it is required that their penmanship be flawless.
• Medical advice of a century ago. Early incision is the only effective treatment for an abscess, followed by irrigation, antiseptic fomentations and splinting with elevation of the extremity.
• Best buy of the week. McDonald's Cherry and Honey Compound for Chapped or Rough Skin, 25 cents at American Drug Store.