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Day
26
Month
May
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Michigan Central is building a depot at Fosters. A cement walk will be luid in frcmt ( of Firemen's hall. j The hardware stores will close at ] eight o'clock hereafter. John Wade's barn, in Lima, was blown down by the wind, Tuesday. Miss Sager will build another brick bloek on State street tliis summer. The eighth grade pupils give an entertainment at the high school chapel this evening. The city has appealed the ordinance case against Marión Goodale to the circuit court. The Presbyterian church will have a chorus choir, under the leadership of Alvin "Wilsey. Nelson Ockrow died in Manchester Wedriesday, of consumption, aged seventy-seven years. John Cowan was given five days in jail, Monday, by Justice Butts for imbibing too freely. The banana business oí the city is just now immense, üne dealer sold 75 bunches last week. Dr. George E. Frothingnam bas broken ground for a new house on Washington street. A buruing chimney ou Washington street brought out the ure departnient last Friday evening. The annual Boyden sale of shorthorns by W. E. Boyden, of Webster, takes place next Thursday. Prof. and Mrs. E. H. Kempf c'elebrated their tin wedding at their residence on División street, Monday evening. Degrees were conferred on thirteen candidates by üermania lodge, No. 47ü, D. O. II., last Wednesday evening. Lecture topic next Sunday evening in the M. E. church will be "The Apple and the Serpent, or the Fall of Man." Fred C. Smith has been arraigned before Justice Fond for spearing flsh in Whitmoie lake. Ilis trial is set for June 6. The residence of Dr. D. A MacLacbian, on División street, bas been sold to the Presbyterian church for a parsonage. __ The meatmarket of J. F. Iloelzle on the corner of Fourth avenue and Washington street is enclosed. It is a large building. Due to much work, inauy concerts, etc, the faculty concert to have been given May 25, at Newberry Hall, is postponed until June 8. Whittaker is to be congratulated on the appomttnent of Frank J. Hammond as postuiaster. The appointment was made yesterday. The Ladies' Aid Society of Trinity Lutheran church will give a social on Saturday evening at the home of Dr. F. H. Brown, 83 East Hurou street. All are cordially invited. Mayor Thompson, Prof. O. E. Greene and J . F. Lawrence have been appointed a comniittee to see the Michigan Central about the right of way across their track tor the sewer. John Gillen has been appointed postmaster at Saline. Mr. Gillen has been a hard party worker and made an excellent postmaster under the tonner Cleveland administratiou. It turns out that the report tliat Edward Powell, of Bridgewater, who comniitted suicide last week, had had any jtroubie witfi bis son-in-law was incorrect. Thére liad been no trouble betvveen them. Mis. Saiah Ami Owen ilied at her esitlence on Plum street, ou Sunday ivening, agecl 78 years. She was born n New York, carne to Michigan in L843, and had resided in this city over ;wenty-five years. Superintendent II. W. Douglass, ol the Aun Arbor Gas Co., and his sisters, were throwu out of a surrey in front of Holmes livery Sunday, the horses taking fright at a street car. They escaped without dangerous injuries, thougli Miss Aliee Douglass was unconscious for some time. Artieles of incorporation of the Doctor Rose Hoptoiiic Compaüy were liled iu the Coaiity Clerk's oiïice, yesterday. The company is organized for the manufacture and sale of the medicinal preparation to be kuown as Doctor Rose Iloptonic. ïlie capital stock is placed ai $100,000. The incorporators are Herman Ilutzel, Joseph L. Kose. John Kapp, Herman Hardinghaus, Ottmar Eberbach, A. C. Schumacher, Walter S. Hicks and Josepb L. ltose and Herman Ilutzel as I trustees. Goethe May Day was celebrated j May 20 at the home of Prof. E. Baur, : by the Germán Club founded by Mrs. j Dr. Palmer and Miss Constance von j Ilaiften twenty-three years agc. Goethe weather, Goethe smiles and reminiscences were in vogue. Dr. and Airs. Angelí honored the poet by their presence. Mrs. Mary Ilutchinson has begun suit for Sö.OOO damages against the city of Ypsilanti, in the circuit court. She alleges that she was thrown f rom her cutter and her shoulder dislocated at the corner of Cross and Washington streets, last January, owing to the heaping up of the snow f rom the crossings and street railway track. The following unfeeling remarks we eopy f rom the Ann Arbor Argus: "Grass Lake has organized a fire company. The items in the News are so lurid that it was deemed prudent to be prepared for emergencies." This dig is undeserved. We have always treated the Argus wel!. No longer ago than last week its editor wrote us inqiiring if we could send him a couple of pretty white kittens for his office. Overílowing with generosity ve spent half the fovenoon gettiug together 17 as niee young mewers as ever purred, of all colois, too, and forwarded them to him by express. And now he rewards as by thus thrusting the ron into our soal. Is tliere anything on this round earth so base as tude

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Ann Arbor Argus
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