Ypsilanti Locals

Ypsilanti Locals

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From Friday's Daily Argus 

Complaints was made that the water supply of Ypsilanti was not pure and the board of health submitted a sample to the state laboratory at Ann Arbor, and the official decree is that the water is wholesome, and free from sewage contamination. The odor of the mineral springs, and the aroma that comes from some Ann Arbor people who wash their feet in the river during warm weather, rather got what few users of water there are in Ypsi. a bit worried. Now they know that no insect bigger than a bed bug can get into the water mains, and they feel better. - Adrian Press.

The Normal College Lecture course this year will be the best ever offered. Among its attractions will be Professor Peckham, of New York, who will give an illustrative lecture on liquid air. He will show its effects in cooling the air and freezing mercury. He will drive a nail with it and make it into a bar on which he will hang heavy weights. He will freeze an ice goblet, fill it with liquid air, then insert a carbon and this cause combustion. Many other strange and novel experiments will be shown. The lecture course this year will cost $400 more than last years course. Announcements of the completed course will be made later. From

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From Saturday's Daily Argus

Rev. T. W. McLean. of Trinity church Bay City, formerly of St. Luke's church, has accepted a call to St. Mark's parish in Minneapolis.

John M. Graves is the champion bicycle rider of Ypsilanti town, having ridden from Whitmore Lake to his home in an hour and a half. This was a quarter of an hour faster than he made the trip to the lake. Like a good horse he is at his best when headed for home.

Henry F. Homer who fell from a ladder a week ago, falling on his spine which was seriously injured is out again. He fell 12 feet and was fortunate that he was not more seriously hurt.

Wm. Wilson, of the Ypsilanti fire department, and wife, who have been visitingMr. Wilson's parents at Paris, Ontario, have returned home, arriving last night. They also visited at Brantford and other places. They were gone fifteen days.

Service in St. Luke's tomorrow, (Sunday.) Holy Communion, 8 a.m.; morning paper, sermon, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 12 m.; evening prayer, lecture, 7:30 p. m. The subject of the Rev. Wm. Gardam's sermon tomorrow morning will be "Contrasts."

Editor Munroe of the Commercial called on the Argus yesterday. and inquired if it was true that the Argus had purchased the Commercial. He was informed that it was not. Accordingly he announced the fact in his paper yesterday that the statement was not true. The West Congress-st. and Oakwood avenue Sewer on which Hading and Shafer were the contractors has been completed and it was accepted yesterday. The work appears to have been entirely satisfactory to the board of public works. This sewer begins on West Congress-st., about half way between Summit and Normal streets, extends down Congress to Oakwood and there turps north and runs four hundred feet on Oakwood avenue.

Early in the week Frank Brown of near Milan, was tried in Justice Childs' court for stealing a bicycle of Ed Dalson on July 4th. Lawrence Alexander was tried at the same time for receiving and disposing of the property, They came to Ypsilanti Thursday to settle their fines and costs, which in the case of the former amounted to $24, and the latter $8.75. The same day Dalson rented a wheel to a man who gave the name of H. Morgan, who claimed to hail from Ann Arbor. The wheel was a gentleman's Referee wheel, No. 9529. It also had a private No. 10 on the side. Neither the wheel or Morgan has been seen here since. Dalson is beginning to think the bicycle livery business is mighty uncertain. It is but a few days since he recovered the lady's Waverly which he rented to Frank Brown on July 4th, and now another one has been taken. The stolen wheels must take off a good bit of the profits.