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Day
25
Month
March
Year
1898
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Don't forget to register next Tueaday. The republican ward oaucuses will be held next Monday evening at 8 o'olook. The Lansing House of Bepresentatives was deoorated with theyellow and the blue at the opening of the special Bession Tuesday. George B. Mainwaring bas leased Mrs. Behr's store, 202 E. Washington Bt.t and about April 1 will opea a Racket store there. The ward contests, although late in getting started, will prove intmesting ones and yon sbould not forget to qnalify yonrself to vote. Mr. Bert F. Rogers, of Bridgewater, and Miss Laura B. McCoIlum. of Saliue, were married Wednesday, in tbis city, by Rev. W. E. Caldwell. Charles L. Corrao will move the Poitland Cafe from the Pratt block on S. Main st., to Win. H. Molntyre's store noxt to the Cook house. Walter C. Maok ieturned last Saturday from New York, where he spent considerable time in purobasing goods for the many departinents of The Store. Justioe Duffy sentenoed two tramps, giving the natnes of George Brown and William Sbield, toflve days in jail, last Thursday afternoon. The arrests were made by the oity pólice. A orowded edifice greeted Bishop Ninde at the First M. E. church Sunday eveniug to hear hisleotnre on "The Heart's Hunger and Satisfacción," in the Wesleyan Guild course. It was a echolarly address. Victor Kanffman, wbo was bookkeeper for Martin Haller for several yuars bas parohased an interest in Maok & Co. 's furniture business. Vic's many friends will wish him the best of suocess in his new field of labor. The Judson and the Moran faotion in the republican ranks of Washtenaw are throwing bricks at eaob otherso rapidly and wickedly tbat the streets of Ann Arbor are almost deserted, it being considered dangerous to be out in the opeo with tha miBsilesflying throngh the air. - Adrián Telegram. The Ypsilanti republioau city conventiou, held last night, uominated for mayor, Dr. Louis M. James; justioes of the peace, Herbert W. Childs, Wm. L. Beardsley; supervisors, Snmner Damon, Daniel Ostrander; oonstables, Exum Johnson, James Arms. The demooratio ward uauons nomiuated for aldermen : Martin Dawson, Claude Pearsall, John G. Lamb, Bernard Shaffer and Milo E. Gage. Register in Aun Arbor, next Tuesday. The pedestrians on Cedar Bend ave. during tbe day time last Sanday Dwmbered 792. Some ungodly person stole Charlea A. Saner's braDd new overooat from the vestibule in the basement of Zion Lutheran church last Sanday morning. The high pnlmol library is now open every day e -t Snnday and Weduesday from 2 :30 p. m. to 4 p. m. and on Wednebday froin 2 :30 p. m. to 4 p. m. Mr. John G. Sobmid, of Freedom, and Miss Sopbia Visel, of thiti city were married at Zion ohuroh parsonage last Tbursday evening by Rev. A. L. Kioklas. Tbe Htookbolders of the Sohool of Music Bnilding Assoeiation hold their annual meeting in Frieze Memorial hall, Mnnday evening April 4, at 7:30 o'clock. Next Snnday is Passion Sunday and in ttie evening at 7 :30 o'clook Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Davies will oonfirru a class of young men and women in St. Andrew's Episoopal ohuroh. Mrs. Ada Mallin-Burroughs, of Ypsilanti, bas commenced divorce proceedings against her hnsband, Morris Burronghs, on the grounds of non-suppoit, drunkenness and adultery. A 110,000 damage snit will be brought by M. .7. fjêhman for the family of Alfred Morey, who was killed in the ice house disaster at Whitmore Lake, against the ice coiapany. Trading stamps, coupons and other commercial devioes to gain patronage will not be nsed by Hudson merohants after April. One ruonth longer is given the people to redeem tbeit coupons. One by one these leaves du fall. Charles Wilson a tramp tried to do op W. E. Eldert Saturday night at tbe Ann Arbor depot, bnt instead of that Will did him up and landed hiia in jail. Monday morniug Justice Duffy did Wilson up again and sent him to the D. H. C. for 05 days. A number of the papers of Michigan are printing an item to the effect that the last legislatura changed the law regarding the catohing of tront so as to make the open season begin on April 15, instead of May 1. Tbis is wrong; the law remains as it has been for a long time, and tront can be legally caught only after May 1. Six months ugo Elijah Calkins was stepping from an Ann Arbor Railroad tiain at Owosso Junction when he slipped and rollad down an embaukruent breaking both Tvrists. He sued tbe company for $50,000 and on Saturday the jury, after being out five hoars, awarded him a judgment of $4,000. Tbe case will be appealed to the supreine court. The annual report of the Great Record Keeper, L. O. T. M., showed a total membersbip in Michigan, Jan. 1, 1898, of 26,380 endowment members and 9,356 sooial members, representing in outstanding oertiflcates $24,1:54,000. During tbe past year there were 128 deatbs in the order in Michigan aud an expeuditure of $131,450 iu death claims. Mayor Hiscock is in receipt of a letter from C. G. Schellenberger, of Bloomington, 111., who wishes a site for a big factory. He wants no bouuses but desires the citizens to take $50,000 of bonds of the pioposed factory to seoure which he proposes to deposit in trust a deed of f40,000 oi $50,000 worth of property in St. Paul aud Dnluth. Humane Day was observed last Friday in Tappan school with appropriate and interestiüg exercises. One little gril showed by practioal example how to play with a dolí in a kindly mauner. The readings, recitals and songs all bore on kindness and rneroy to all living things. Remarks were made by Mrs. Bacb, Miss Bower, J. J. Goodyear and Mrs. J. L. Skiuuer. The Lansing Journal says : A well kuown bank teller discovered tbe other day, says an exchange, that a losal bartender had a purpose iu daily obtainiag a dollar's worth of Canadian flveuent pieoes. "We seJl more beer by having thain," ba exolaimed. "Yon see, if a nn.n gives me a dime aud I throw him out one of those little silver pieoes in ohange, he looks at it a seoond, thinks if he puts it in his pooket he'll probably lose it, and so shoves it back and says 'Gimme another beer.' " Mrs. Lottie E. Tyler-Cook, sister of Dr. D. M. Tyler died at her home in Portland, Ore., Tuesday. Washtenaw Lodge, No. 9, I. O. O. F., has ohanged its meeting night from Friday night to Tbursday night. L. H. Rbodes, a brother of George H. Rhodes, of the Northside, died at the home of bis son in Detroit, Saturday. Dr. Carns lecfcored to an audience that ccmpletely filled Tappan hal), Tuesday night. His subject was "The Iudividuality of God." Wnj. Copeland bas the contract for ereoting Lawrenoe & Butterfleld's new office boilding on N. Fourtb ave. and bas already oommenoed operations. Snpt. Whitney, of Saginaw, and Principal J. E. Hanna, of Columbas, O., are promineutly mentioned in conneotion with tbeoffioeof superintendent of schools for tbis oity. The Miohigan Telephone Co. has leased the floor over Schaller's bookstore on S. Main st. and will fit it up for tbeir exchange. It will be fine, commodious quarters. Arthur Brown has hought the frame house and the lot on E. Ann st., east of Mrs. L. M. Paliaer's íesidence, from that lady, and will take the west wing off tbe house, move it several feet west and put it on a stone foundation. Ann Arbor Commandery, No. 13, K. T., will attend a special Easter service at St. Lnke's cbnrcb, Ypsilanti, Snnday evening, April 10, on the invitation of Rev. Wm, Gardam, who is an honored meruber of tbe oommanderv. A four weeks' Teaobers' Institute will be held in Aon Arbor, beginning July 18. Some of the best teachers in the Btate have been engaged. No tuition will be charged, tbus making the institute practically a free summer schoeil. The expense of the institute will be met from the fund. At a meeting of tbe executive committee of the Michigan Hive, Ladies of the Macoabees, held in Detroit Tuesday, the contraot for printing the official biennial report of the great hive was awarded to the Robert Srnith PubHshingCo., of Lausing. The comniittee also approved death claims to tbe amount of $12,000. In conversation witb a well known republican the other day he hit the nail pretty squarely on the head in these words: "If tbe republican party of Washtenaw connty bas to oboose between Judson and bis faction and Moran and his faotion this fall the larger part of the party will take to tbe woods. At any rate they are between the devil and the deep sea whiohever way they turn." Thos. D. JKearney and T. A. Bogle, attorneys for Elmer Clongh, have secured a deoision in the snpreme oourt in favor of their cliënt. Tbe oase which involved the possession of 104 bushels of wheat raised on a farm in Lodi bas been twice tried in the cirouit court and a verdiot for thedefendaut rendered each time, and now the oase whicb hae been in tbe courts since July 10, 1894, is settled. The March term of the cirouit court came to an end Monday evening, when no more cases being ready for trial Jndge KinDe disoharged the jury. In the oase of Frederick Scbultz vs. George Voorheis. tbe plaintiff seonred a verdict for $14 60. The three Manchester appeal cases of Cari F. Wuerthner vs. the Germán Workingmen's Benevolent Sooiety were continned until nest term on the application of the defendant. The Neue Washtenaw Post this weeksays: "The ohairman of the republican city committee bas uo cauous notices for the Germán press, possibly tbe uative wing of the republioan party has some soheme on that they do not wish to let 'the dutoh' in on. Possibly it would be the wisest course if 'tbe dutoh' would all, for a ohange, vote the demooratio ticket. Oüly by such methods oau these fellows be brought to time." There has been very little talk about ward nominations. In the sixtb ward Dr. Salsbury and Supervisor Kitson are spokeu of for the republioan notnination for alderman. In the tbird ward Paris Banfield and Aid. Dell are both mentioned for the republican notnination. Aid. Rhodes wants to get back on the republioan ticket in the h'fth ward. Henry Richards and exAld. Maynard have been mentioned in the first and Aid. Grossman in the seoond. E. P. Conk is ereotiing a new building oa y. Ashley st. Prof. H. N. Choto bas purcbasëd himself s. bome. It is thu Pack prop erty on the sonthwest oorner of N. Inaglls and Catherine sts. Consideraton, $4,800. A book of poems entitled "Anoient Free and Aooepted Masonry and Otber Poms," by J. Z. Armstrong, Ph. D.. LL. D., bas just been issned from the Courier office. üardiner, tbs young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Lovett, died at tbeir home in Los Angeles, Cal., Maroh 18. Mrs. Lovett was fornierly Miss Louise C. Craig of this oity. St. James Hotel, No. 125; Hobaeberle & Son., No. 2.34; John Heinzmann, residence, No, 255; A. Lemble, No. 260, are new phones jast pnt in by the Michigan Telephone Co. Mrs. Fred Radke, of 537 Second et., died Friday afternoon leaving a husband and two children, one of them being bnt a few days old. Tbe foneral was held Sunday afternoon at Bethlebem chnrch. Robert W. HemphiJl, jr., bas been appointed superintendfint of the Detroit, Ypsilanti & Ann Aibor eleotrio railway system, witb beadqnarters at Ypsilanti, by J. D. Hawks, president of the road. Tbe old bill board rookery on the east side of N. Fourth ave., opposite the conrt honse, is being torn down to make room for the new buildings to be erected by Lawrence & Butterfield and Dr. B. B. Sudwortb. Any teacher in the nouuty wbo bas not received a copy of the list of special premiums offered for schools and school work by the Washtenaw Fair Society can obtain one by applying to Secretary F. E. Mills. Wbile Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Easton were away visiting friends in Dexter this week tbeir home at 419 S. Main et., was entered by a sneak tbief and $4 in money and a snit of elothes was taken. Postmaster Beakes during the past week bas kept the stamp window at the post office open from 6 to 7 in the evening. The change is only temporary and is at present merely an experiment. The Courier attributes the swiping of signs by students to deoorate their rooms with to the bad effecc prodnced on them by the publishing of Karl E. Harriman's aitiole on the decoration of studnnts' rooms. Hardly that, Bro. Pond, they used to do tbe same tbing years before Hairiman's article was written. Mack & Co. have secured a most competent New York trimmer for tbeir millinery department, who came to Ann Arbor highly reoommended by severa! of the best milliuery lionses of New York. Before leaving tbe east she pnrchased a magnificent stook of spring millinery and is now busily employed preparing for a grand opening, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 31, April 1 and 2.

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