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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
November
Year
1894
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Public Domain
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Prof. Carhart's new text book on Physics will shortly be launched. The Lyra singing society will give a concert at some date yet to be fixed in December. Mrs. Melville Hoff Thursday evening entertained 25 members of the Women's League of the University. Turn-stiles are being put in between the baggage rooms and passenger house of the Michigan Central depot. Sheriff Brenner, Wednesday appointed his brother, Chris. Brenner, under-sheriff, to succeed the late Nelson Sutherland. Lost - On Nov. 24th, between Ann Arbor and W. E. Boyden's, a brown overcoat. Leave with cashier at Dean & Co.'s and get reward. 3t Among the gentlemen registered at Detroit hotels during the week were: Wayne, James Clements; Russell, W. D. Bunce; Normandie, C. W. Wagner. The turkey and the plum pudding having accomplished their perfect work the doctors will now begin theirs. Their Thanksgiving begins where that of other people ends. A bazaar is in progress at the A. M. E. church and will close this evening. A concert was given Wednesday evening, under the leadership of A. Johnson. An amusing program is dated for this evening. Prof. Steere, ín his lecture on Evolution, before the üniversity Bible class, last Sunday, maintained that the difierences we see in animáis is due to the varying conditions under which organic life has been developed. This would seem to lead to the conclusión, reasoning backward, that originally in the history of animal life, there was but a single species from which have evoluted the forms of life which we behold, incluáirtg man himself. It may be so. The famous Canadian Jubilee Singers and Imperial orchestra will give one of their original concerts in the Methodist church next Monday evening, Dec. 3, at eight o'dock. This is their tifteenth season on the road, during which time they spent five years in Great Britain. The company is composed of ten rnembers and renders a combined vocal and instrumental program interspersed with selections by Mrs. Waker Cary, the greatest colored elocutionist. Everywhere they are greeted with crowded houses. DeWolf, the student arrested charged with having pretty nearly moved Prof. M. E. Cooley out o the Mechanical laboratory, has been expelled from the University. Prof Cooley had for some months been missing instruments, and made free publication of the fact. Strangel) enough, DeWolf had also missed in struments that belonged to him Whether he has found them yet i not known, but those of Prof Cooley were discovered in Mr. De Wolf's rooms. He, however, ac counts for that by stating that h merely took them with the design of returning them. Keinhardt's Slioes Save $ $ Surviving tnrkeys can now come I out from under the barn. The gymnasium and the fire i partment are both pretty "shy" of j bath tubs. Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, of No. 15 State street, died, Sunday, of cancer of the stomach. The annual meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and election of ofïlcers, will take place this evening. The County Horticultural society will hold its annual meeting at the court house at 2 p. m., tomorrow. The criminal calendar for the December term contains thirty criminal cases, 22 of which are for violations of the liquor law. The ink being dry on the surnmer tax receipts, the winter tax roll is now ready to weed out the wallets of the tax-payers. The Women's Auxillary gave a Thanksgiving supper to the members of the Y. M. C. A., and invited guests, Tuesday evening. The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, of State street was held it the residence, Tuesday afternoon it 5:30, Rev. T. W. Young conducting the services. Louise Schmidt, Monday complained against Louis Steek for assault and battery, but after Steck's arrest a diplomatic settlement satisfactory to all parties except the lawyers was effected. VV. F, Lodholz, the Nimrod of the north side, has sent home four deer, "shot by his own hand," the silent but powerful witnesses of his prewess. On Wednesday the deer adorned the front of his stor.;. W. W. Mills, prohibition candidate for the legislature, swears that he did not spend a cent for campaign expenses. He was perfectly sober, too, at the time of making the affidavit. After several days spent in retirement and reflection, with his eyes bandaged, Chas. W. Mellor comes forth and states that the next time he fools around a gasoline stove with a lighted match he will proceed with much care. Some malicious evil-doer, Friday night, put a bullet through the plate glass window of Pardon's meat market. There will be no pardon for this malefactor, if caught. He will be hung on the hooks of the law, as Pardon's dressed beef. Monday evening Ike Greenman took a header from his cart in the course of a runaway of his horse, and lay unconscious in the road till his horse made a circuit and bore down upon him as though determined to furnish his fatnily with a leading man at a funeral. He was yanked out of the road in time to start life over again, as soon as he re vi ved. Several of the county nominees have filed sworn statements of their campaign expenses, as required by law. Of the number of affidavits on file that of Mr. Judson for sheriff discloses the greatest distribution of currency, the sum being $144.50. 'hose candidates who have not yet led their statements, especially emocrats are engaged in filing them with a rat-tail file. Rush Clark, of Green Oak, has urnished the Univesity, on contract, with 300 bullfrogs, and more are wanted. As rabbits are in constant equest at the University Clark is sked to start a rabbit park. This might i,ot prove successful, but Vashtenaw county has at least one kunk farm and it is likely that the )rofessors who are trying tricks on animáis with disease germs might obtain a supply at reasonable rates. On Tuesday evening, in spite of he disagreeable weather, the subcommittee on the Columbian organ subscription fund was represented y a good attendance in the council chamber. The matter was discussed and three gentlemen appointed for each ward, to canvass for subscribers. The time is short, and quick, active work must be done, and every citizen should try to lighten the labors of the gentlemen by quickly divir.g into their weasel skins and producing the cash. Among those who congratulated the students at their Monday night jollification, on the success of the ü. of M. football team, in snatching not only the feathers but the scalp lock of Cornell, were Dr. Nancrede who presided, President Angell, Coach W. L. McCauley, K: C. Shields, Captain Baird and others It was announced that the Banjo and Glee clnbs would give a benen concert to the Athletic club, Jan uary 16. Out on the campus each member of the football team was seized and borne around the bonfire in great state on the shoulders o the enthusiastic students. There were over 3,000 people present. Bernard Keenan, of Ann Arbor and Mrs. Catherine Karreil, were married in Chelsea, the home of the bride, yesterday morning, Rev. Fr. Considine ofiüciating. Ann Arbor Cantón, No. 30, and Ann Arbor Encampment, No. 7, organized an encampment at Milan, Wednesday evening. They went in the private car of Greenwood & Gilbert. The wedding of Miss Mary E. Dowdigan and Oliver H. Carson, took place at the home of the bride's mother, 38 E. William street, Wednesday morning, Rev. T. W. Young performing the ceremony. The couple left by early train for their future home in Indianapolis, Ind. The Ann Arbor Organ Co., Tues day, shipped to England the largest and perhaps the most magnificicnt organ their extensive factory has ever turned out. It contains 18 stops and five full sets of reeds. It is moreover elaborately carved in rich design. It is shipped to the address of Chas. Curtís, London, who holds the distinguished coramission of furnishing pianos and organs to the order of Queen Victoria. Mr. and Mrs. Frink, son-in-law and daughter of E. J. Smith, of the Argus, passed Thanksgiving with Mr. Frink's mother, Mrs. J. C. Frink, of Marshall. James A. Way, an old gentleman, many years bookkeeper in the First National bank of Marshall, with his wife, ate Thanksgiving dinner with the Frink household, a custom maintained by the two families for 49 years. A few minutes after reaching home Mr. Way expired, probably of heart disease. The first annual meeting of the Needlework Guild will be held at the home of the president, Mrs. Perry, 61 Washingston street, on Tuesday, Dec. 4. A paper by Miss DePuy will be read upon the work of the guild in other places, with a sketch of our own work. It is desired that names of those in need of garments be presnted at this time, and it will be decided by vote what will be done with the garments collected. All interested in this work are invited to attend this meeting and see what has been accomplished in the short time that t ie guild has been organized. It was feared that some trouble might be experienced in finding a patriot who would consent to sacrifice himself for his county's good and accept the office of street commissioner to succeed the late Nelson Sutherland. Happily there will be no difficulty, as the following have already applied to the board of public works: Geo. W. Weeks, Herman Hutzel, Carlos HilV, A. M. Clark, Zenus A. Sweet, Henry Richards, John Pfisterer. It is understood that A. M. Clark will offer his resignation from the board of public works to become a candidate for street commissionerLee Kent and Frank Smith were before Justice Gibson, Tuesday, at the personal invitation of Deputy Peterson. The boys wanted to get acquainted with the new "squire" and to secure a formal introduction had raised a racket about the premises of James Ottley, breaking windows and tossing burning papers in the hen coop. The heart of justice was at first callous to mercy and he ordered a fine of $3 each and costs, or T5 days in jail, but finally on the request of correction and charity, Agent Green, they were let go with the sword of retribution hanging by a hair over their heads, ready to drop, should they try any of their old tricks over again. A Boston author has published a book and its dedication is as follows " I coramend this little book to the Devil and Dame Chance, the two most potent deities in literary fortunes, as in all other sublunary dispensations." Singular as it may seem, the only two copies thns far received in Michigan were by Smith of the Ann Arbor Argus, and Donovan of Bay. - Adrián Press. Ves, it does seem singular that the editor of the Press failed to receive a copy. In the case of the city of Ypsilanti vs. Wm. Campbell, charged with running an open saloon on election iay, the jury, after a terrible deadlock of five minutes, returned saying they could not agree. Justice Childs sent the panel back to their Andersonville, where, weak emanciated and thirsty they struggled with the queston of the prison er's guilt for another agonizing five minutes, when they again appeared, and said it was the same as before. Justice Childs could see by their wan, ashen faces, hollow, staring eyes, unsteady steps and weak, cracked voices that their long confinement and the appalling strain on their nerves had told direfully on the constitutions of the men and he at once discharged them and set the case for retrial Dec. n. It is understood that some of the jury are now down with inflammation of the thirst with chances unfavorable to long life.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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