Press enter after choosing selection

Local Brevities

Local Brevities image
Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
October
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

mJTJuxriiruxruTjTjTjTjT_rLruT_nj tjtjtjtj trun J. T. Jacobs & Son will keep their store open tmtil 9 p. m. On Saturdays nntil 9 :45 p. m. A doublé header freight train of over 70 cars went north on the Aun Arbor railroad Monday. John Tice has resigned bis clerksbip with J. J. Goodyear, and entered the drng store of H. J. Brown. The Choral Union bad its first meeting Tnesday evening. The first facnlty concert took place'last night. Lewis Lalonge, of Duiidee, who shot off one of bis fingers while ont bunting, has beeu in the city having it treated. m Thomas Barhyat nJlowed bis horses to pasture on tbe roadside and paid a fine of $1 and oosts in Justioe Dnffy's conrt Monday for so doing. William Campion and Andrew Schiappacasse will staad trial Oot. 18 on the obarge of jumping over the fence at tbe fair gronnds dnring the fair. Col. H. S. DeaD has been appointed an aid8 oc the staff of the marshal of the parade on tbe occasion of the onveiling of the Blair statoe in Lansing on Oct. 12. A very pleasant dancing party ohaperoned by Mis. Cnshman and Mrs. Modaal took place at Urangei's aoademy Priday evening. Mrs. Tyler fnrnished ;he mnsic. Dr. Thomas Burr, assistant to Dr. O. 3. Darling, and Dr. Carrie S. Coleman, botb '98 medios, were married Satnrday afternoon at tbe M. E. parsonage, by Rev. B. L. McElroy. Sept. t there was f19,539.35 in the city ueasury, Oct. 1 there was au overdraftof $168.81. The city had paid oat over $20,000 during the iDonth, about 15,000 of which was on account of paviug. Bev. C. A. Young, formerly pastor of the Church of Christ, and who preoeded Rev. G. P. Coler as head of the bihle ohairs in connection with the university, has been eleoted president of Betbany nniversity, at Morgan town, W. Va. Fred Esslinger will have charge of the men's meeting; at the Y. M. O. A. nest Snnday at 2 :40 p. ra. The subject to be discussed will be, "The philosopby . of eternal life." Speoial music will be provided for thia meeting, and all men are weloome. Times : Lee Haell, a Chicago Chinese, feil fcom a Main st. car JVJonday, iuj uring hiiuself quite severely. A Harón st. Celestial, with whom the injured brother ia staying, was asked ibis in om ing how bis couutryman was getting along, and replied, "Lee Haell sick, Lee yell like 'Haell'." There seems to be some trouble as to how Contractor Clancy is to get the mouey due bim on his paving contraot. The city's funds are as far Oferdrawn as the charter will allow, and it is Btated that in order to get his money this year Mr. Claney will be obliged to sne the city, take the case to the supreme coart and secnre a mandamos compelling the city to spread tbe amount on its tas roíls. The soldier boys of Co. A, 31st Regiment, who have got their discharge or are at home on siok fnrlough are improving. iJean Seabclt is able to walk up town and visit his many friends. He will go baok to business in a week or two. Charlie Kyer is improving in health and gradually gaining strength, as also are Bd. McMahon and Wm. Walz. Osoar Bnrkhardt is uot gaining as fast as could be wished for, bot is, however, somewhat better but very weak. A man, name uüknowo, was on an eaat bonnd Michigan Central freight train Saturday night with a large qnantity of ohickens. When near Ann Arbor he got off the train to see that his feathered charges were all right and was knocked down and robbed of all his money. He got on the train again and at St. Thomas, Ont, telegraphed the facts to the Miohigan Central antboirties. Detective Koser was out here Monday bnt it has not been learued that he got any cine to who the robbers wete. On Monday Mrs. Francés E. Allen sold the 300 acre farm on tbeWhitmore Lake road, belonging to the J. C. Allen estáte to the Towar's Wayne County Creamery Co. for 118,000. The company has already inade great improvements to the property and will make more. Among those already made are the erection of some new tenant hooses, two new eilos, new oow barn, eto. Their herd of cows is very carefnlly gelected with regard to freedom from disease. All of their milk is sent to Detroit where it is sold at extra high prices. It is put np in bottles and is labeled and gnaranteed to be pare and free from tuberculosis. Wbo shall say this is not an age of progress, and woman coming to the front. One lady at least has demonstrated this faot and puts to blusb many a man who would not have exeroised half the resolntion which she has. We refer to Mrs. L. Franoes Ellis, of Salem. In the spring she boaght a forty acre farm on contraot and has worked on it herself, letting out on shares what she oonld Dot take care of, has improved it in many ways with ber own hands and has now with one horse pnt iu four acres of wheat, all alone, exaept that a man sowed the wheat for her. Sbe wanld have preferred to have dono that also if he would only have instructed her how. She meets her payments promptly, lives entirely aloue, and one wonld never snppose wheu she drives into the city, well dressed, and with decidedly a ladylike appearanoe that she is a farm toiler. 11 honor to her. A car ou tho Ann Arbor railroad was brokeu iuto Saturday nigbt aud a quantity of underwear and boots and shoes were takea. Some of the goods were found near the Northern brewery. The followiug lecturers have been eugaged for tho Henry Martin Loud Wesleyan Gnild cnnrse: Dr. Jesse B. Young of tbe St. Louis Christian Advocate, Oot. 30; Dr. James R. Day, obancellor of Sytacnse caiversity, Nov. 20; Dr. J. H. Colemau, of Albany, N. Y., Dec. 18.

Article

Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News