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1
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December
Year
1893
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The Mills revival meetings commence December 6. William H. Fisher, of Ann Arbor, has been granted an increase of pension. The receipts of the Ann Arbor Light Infantry Bazaar were over $600. It is said that there were two hundred skaters on the Huron riverlast Sunday. William Golden has been elected secretary of the Ann Arbor Light Infantry. Arbor Hive, L. O. T. M., will hold a fair during the third week of December. Otseningo lodge increased its membership Monday evening by three initiations. The election of officers in the Masonic Chapter will take place on Monday evening. J. P. Eschelbach, of Fountain street, rejoices over the birth of a nine pound boy. Staebler & Schmid shipped five carloads of wool to. Boston last week and lost money on it. Jacob Laubengayer, of Heinzmann & Laubengayer, had a girl baby bom to him, Saturday. J. E. Peltier, of Detroit, has opened a barber shop in the basement of the Cook House. Fraternity lodge, F. and A. M., elects officers tonight. Every memjer is expected to be present. A reunión of the charter members of Ann Arbor lodge of Good Templars was held Tuesday evening. Golden Rule lodge, F. and A. M., will elect officers for the ensuing year, next Thursday evening. George Olp, a hack driver, paid $3 costs into Justice Pond's court, for soliciting passengers at the depot. The Harugari Maennerchor will join the Saengerbund and participate in the festival at Bay City next summer. The Knights of Pythias nominated officers Monday evening. The election will occur next Monday evening. Hon. Joseph T. Jacobs will attend the meeting of the Indian commissioners in Washington, D. C, December 14. The state census will be taken next spring. It ought to show a population of 12,000 at least for Ann Arbor. There are a very large number of cases of grip in the city. It behoves everyone to be careful about taking colds. Marcus D. Case takes possesion of the Manchester postoffice next Monday, and will then write P. M. after his name. Skaters find Allmendinger's carp pond and the lake in Hamilton Park perfectly safe, if rather confined limits for skating. The ice on the Argo dam was like an immense field of glass last Sunday, and skating was enjoyed by a large number of people. Tonight the first regular meeting of Arbor Tent Sick Benefit society will be held in the hall of Arbo Tent in the P. O. building. Storm doors have been put up a the west entrance to the court house and the county's lambs now have a cinch on the December zephyrs. The fire department was called out Sunday evening to put out a fire in the house of Mr. Kutsep on the corner of Summit and Main streets. Rev. Reed Stuart, of Detroit, will ieliver the lecture next Monday ;vening, December 4, in the Unity "lub course. Subject, "Mohammed." The young ladies society, of Zion :hurch, celébrate their anniversary next Sunday evening, when Rev. A. Feeger, of Detroit, will deliver the address. The Argus offer to send the Semiweekly Free Press free tb every one who pays for the Argus a year in advance will be held open for a very short time only. A lady student iñ the literary class of the high school was taken suddenly il 1 in class Tuesday morning, and had to be conveyed to her home in a hack. Miscreants hacked some shade rees on Fourth avenue last week. It robably was not boys playing ïeorge Washington as no one has owned up to it yet. The December tax rate in this city is $9.80 on $1,000 The tax rate last July was $7.05 on gi,ooo. [n other words the state, county and school tax this year amounts to $9.80 on #1,000 valuation. J. M. Calkins, of Dexter, died Wednesday morning. He had been a resident of Dexter for many years and was formerly engaged in the organ business. The funeral will be held today. The annual meeting of the Disciples church for the first district of Michigan will be held in this city at the Church of Christ, beginning today and closing Sunday. Fifty delegates are expected to be present. Prof. George Hempl has just had is&ued froro the Argus press rooms a treatise on Pronunciation of Chaucer, for use in class rooms and as an aid to lovers of Chaucer. The treatise is compact yet comprehensive. John Koch and Miss Salome Heusel were married Saturday evening at the residence of Mrs. Catharine Walker, on West Liberty st., Rev. John Neumann officiating. They will make their home in Southern California. The Detroit Tribune in giving a biographical sketch of the late Col. Eldridge says that he was defeated for a third time by Col. E. P. Allen, of Ypsilanti. The only time Col. Eldridge ran against Allen he was clearly not defeated. Samuel J. Durrant and Miss Frankie Roost were married, Wednesday, at the home of the bride's parents at Delhi. The groom formerly resided in this city, but is now of Toledo, where the happy couple will make their home. The stone school house, three miles south of Manchester was burned on Thursday night of last week including all the books in it. The school house had been built for over forty years and the fire is supposed to have been occasioned by a defective stove. Sidewalks have been put down on he north side of West Summit treet by Messrs. Hiscock, Fields, Staebler, Shannon, Ferguson, DeForest, Burns, and Mrs. Whitley. Those of Mr. Ferguson and Mrs. Whitley are plank walks, while the others are tar. William H. Mills, of Ann Arbor town, had the misfortune, Monday, to lose part of the forefinger of his right hand. He and the hired man were killing turkeys for Thanksgiving when the hand, which held a struggling turkey, carne in contact with the axe. The Washtenaw County Horticultural society will hold its annual meeting at the Court House 1 day, Dec. 2, at 2 p. m. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. A full attendance is desirable. Mr. A. A. Crozier will review recent papers on horticultural subjects. The University football teams won notable victories yesterday. The regular University eleven defeated the University of Chicago eleven at Chicago, in the presence of 5,000 people, by a score of 28 to 10. The second University of Michigan eleven defeated the D. A. C.'s at Detroit by a score of 12 to 2. Rev. J. T. Sunderland will speak next Sunday morning at the UniUrian church on "Rev. B. Fay Mills and the State University; or Ought Revivals and Meetings for Sectarian Propagandism to be held in a State Institution of Learning?" Evening subject, "The Resurrection of Jesus." There will bE an auction sale of farm stock, produce, iniplements and household goods on what is known as the Sullivan farm, owned by Andrew Bender, on the i2th of this month. The farm is located six miles wegt of this city, on the territorial road. The sale is to begin at 9 a. m., and lunch will be served at noon. The fourth annual Thanksgiving banquet of the Keystone club was given by Pres. W. W. Watts at the club house, at Zukey Lake.Wednesday evening, and included a 'fine thirty pound roast pig besides the turkeys and other delicacies. A royal time was had at the banquet. John Wesley RobinsoV, the colored man who forgot his christian names and did battle with his uncle, David Taylor, two years ago, and who was arrested on a charge of attempted murder last week, had his examination before Justice Pond Friday and was bound over to the circuit court. In default of $2,000 bail he is in ja.il. He is defended by lawyers Riggs and Gibson. The Mills edition of Gospel Hymns, Nos. 5-6, may now be obtained at Wilsey's music store on State street. Price 65 cents. Also at the Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist and Methodist churches after the morning service, Dec. 3. Let all who will attend the coming revival meetings provide themselves with copies. Although they really didn't want to, a great many persons sat down or sprawled around on the sidewalks this week, on account of the lare ice. Some of them sat down mighty hard, too. Remarks were of course in order, and were made with much more force than elegance. People prone to profanity should wear "creepers" during sleet storms. "Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber," is the lullaby that Mrs. Michael Smith, of 24 West Williams street, now sings, while her noble ord looks on with a very expanded smile. A girl baby arrived Monday, and a little boy who preceded her fourteen months ago doesn't quite know what to make of the matter. The babe's weight is S}4 pounds by Dr. Morton's hay scales. The Odd Fellows of Otseningo lodge expect to move into their new hall over Caspar Rinsey's store on the I5th of the present month. The hall will be splendidly fitted up, and besides the necessary ante-rooms will contain a banquet room and a drill room. The hall will be opened with appropriate ceremonies, and the public will probably be admitted to witness them. Large quantities of oak timberare being shipped to Montreal, Canada, by way of Toledo, from the southern part of this county, to be sent abroad for use in the construction of ocean vessels. The purchasers pay the farmers from ten to twelve cents a cubic foot for the timber as it stands in the woods. One who knows all about the matter says this price is far too low, that kind of timber being nearly exhausted. The Courier office was broken into through a window Sunday anc some tools and a dollar or more of pennies taken. The penhies were the collection of the Sunday school which meet in the building. Fred Whitmore, a tramp printer, who had been doing some work in the building last week, was the guilty man and Sheriff Brenner discovered him by the lavish way in which he was spending pennies for drink in Ypsilanti. He is in jail. Miss S. Storms and Mr. E. C. Sullivan, teachers in the third ward Sunday school, gladdened the hearts of their pupils by a delightful entertainment at No. 10 Lawrence street, on Tuesday evening. Neat invitations were mailed to every scholar by Mr. Sullivan. There never was a happier evening spent by children in this city. Refreshments, music and every accessory to a good time were provided, and the teachers took especial pains to see that every child reached home in safety after the entertainment. The residence of James Yerdon, in Manchester, was burned last Monday at about one o'clock in the morning. But little of the contents were saved. The insurance was $900 but the loss is much larger. The fire was caused by a defective chimney. Mr. and Mrs. Yerdon have both been too ill since the fire tö be out of bed. The Ann Arbor Organ cempany received ordersWednesday for three organs for Sidney, Australia, and three organs for Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, South África. These orders are for different style of orHus and the South África organs will take about six months to reach their destination. The fame of the Ann Arbor organs is extending to foreign lands and the export trade is rapidly growing. These orders will undoubtedly be forerunners oi large future orders.