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6
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August
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1880
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The lime kilus of J. Volland have buen siartcd up again. Flowers, the gardener, cavenger, oto., lost a borse last Friday. A new flag stafi has been erectcd on tho store of Maek ifc Solimid. -- The reform club eleared over $150 by their excursión last Friday. Compauy A. sold GS3 tioketsand eleared about $200 from their excursión. Fred Lutz, the oldest son of Greorgo F. Lutz, diod laat Tuesday inorning of dysentery. _________ A wtm mwiag on Liberty etreet, south of .Mack & Schmid's store, haabcen put down. Kdward Wel.sh, of Nortufield, died of cimsumption on the 31st uit., oged 26 years. The licuor tax paid to City Treasurer Wotwter for tuo uionth of June, ainounted to 4, 367. 95. Next Saturday, August 7th, tho pomolngical Miciety iü to meet at their rooms in tllc: e 'lirt llOUSO. Seu the cali for republican ward caücuscs in another coluuiu, Saturday, August 14th, at 7} s'otoek p. ni. The Sunday schools of Dextcr and VVcbptor onjoywl a grand picnic at Whituiore l,ake lat-t Wednesday. The (terinan Lutheran church of Scio is having a $1,200 organ manufacturod at the organ works in this city. Ut. Jos. Weiss, of Freedotn, who died from injuries received from an enraged bovine, was buried last Friday. ?- - , T. E. McDivit reporta 540 baskets of peachesofthe Beatrice varioty, f'roin G5 treüs. How is that for a yield ? A largo foroe of men and teams have boen put to work on the nortbern extensión of tlie Toledo & Ann Arbor railroad. Compaqy A has received orders to strike tenta nnd forward march to brigade encumpment, at Kalamazoo, Aug. 9th. Justieo Winegar has removed hie office into the room in the opera house block fomierly occupied by the late 11. Beahan. On Thursday, July 29th, Henry B. Hom died at tho age of 51 years. He luid been for ton years a resident of thia city. James Wall, of Northfield, had his carriage partially domolished Wednesday night by bcing run into near the Cook house. Lust week, Carril Coe, of this city, camo froiu the city hall in Dotroit to Ann Arbor in i hoort and 40 minutes. JIo did it with his Hule bicyole. Tlirec shawl and two or tliree lunch baski:t are at the store of C. Boylan awaiting claimants. They wero left in the cara by excursionista last Friday. 8ome oiiscreant shot a hole through one of the largo plate glass, near the base, in the front of Aaron Henion's store, on Huron streot, last Sunday night. A young son of Ilov. J. Alabastcr, while np the river fishing last Saturday, killed a rattlesnake huving scven rattles, which he lirought homo and pickled for museum purpose. The Ypsilanti Commercial has been doii'intod by the Auditor General as the paper in which the list of' delinquent tai lands will bo published for this oounty this year. Last Monday a very largo number of our colorcd citizens attended cmancipation ceremonies at Windsor, and all report an excellent time. Excursión rates wcro Kiven. The gold modal awarded cvery three iionths to the member of Company A, who !st executes the silent manual of arms, "as givcn to Corporal Dietz on Monday night. "Birda injurious to pomologists" is the 'luestion to be discussed Saturday, at the meeting of the poniological society. The ripenioK fruits of tho season will bê on exniliition. The republicans of Kent county have ¦wminated Fred. A. Maynard, a former Ain Arbor boy and son of J. W. Maynard, lf '''is city, for the offioo of proaecuting ttorncy. The committce having in charge the "K to ho presentcd to the largest delegal'on appearing in tho 4th of July oelebraI'od, has placed the samo in keeping of eompany A. It has been said that " fortune knocks at ¦W unce at every man'a door." A friend "' Wrt suggests tint ho goes to tho back "h'r "f (tome people, and dun't knock very '""'l, either. ri"'r'' is ti bo a harvest picnio at Dr '""es' grove, Chelsea, on the 14th of AuW An a.l.lress from Wm. E. Dcpuy 's M the programiue, um also musio, toastn, ¦HPOMM, etc. ' A doeree of divorce ii wanted by Sarah ney, of Uma, from her husl.and, Sam:St;noy, on the groumta of cruelty and Gu I? ru"kci"lc. "'"' '-11 hM been Ul"' for the name. On Friday last a tramp, named George Graves, attempted to tap Vanderford & Werner's till, but hiniself got tapped by an officer, and has been held for trial at the next session of the circuit court. Rev. Richard H. Steele, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, who preached herc a few weeks ago, has been teodercd tho Presbyterian pulpit of thia city, at a salary of $1,500. It is understood he will accept the cali. , The St. Thomas benevolent sooiety of this city i.s to give an excursión on or about tho ITth of August to Toledo and Put in-Bay, over the T., A. A. & N. R. R. and by ateauier. A grand time is antieipated. Rev. W. II. Ryder has gone on his suinmer vacation. It is understood his pulpit will be supplied next Sunday niorning, after which there will be no services. Sunday school and prayer nieetings will bo held M usual. Mr. George Car man - whose peoplc hav residcd in this city for some time educating their children - bas been ongaged as principal of the Ypsilanti high school, in place of Hubert Brown. Mr. Carinan is highly spoken of. .T. M. Smith as superintendent, and W. F. Parker as general manager of the T., A. A. it N. railroad, have both rei-igned their positions, wo understand, and James RL Ashley, Jr., has been appointed to flll both vacancioH. The hill on William street, near the old Maynard property, uear Seoond streot, is being nioely graded down, and the bridge on the sanio strect, over Allen's creek, is corupleted, putting things in bettor shape in that locality. The house of Mr. Schneider, at Foster'n station, was entered by a sneak thief last Friday, duriuK the absenoe of the faiuily upon thu red ribbon excursión, and Ecveral zilver knives, forks and tipoons taken. No clue to the thief. -k At the business meeting of the reform club.Wedncsdayeveninglast, Henry lhiteh, John Moroney and Charles M. Jones were appointed floor managers, for tho harvest dance, to bo held in their paviliou this (Friday) evouing. Thd liquor dealers' convention, held at Lansing last week, was attended by a large nuuiber of the dealers of this county, and Aid. Besimer took quite a prominent part, both in speech making and the active work of the organization. The Ypsilanti Commercial stateson good authority that the M. C. railroad are oonteuiplating the purebase of the 1)., II. & Sw'n R. EL as a branch road, and to keop it from unitingits iutcrests with the Detroit branch of the Wabasb. " Farmer Garfield eutting a swath to the White House," and " Backed to win - Garüeld on the American eagle," are two new cainpaign pictures.nize 13ixl"j iiiehen, prico 20 cents each, issued by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau street, N. Y. The Ypsilanti carriage company has filed it anoual report with County Clerk Clark. It reports a capital of $18,000 ; amount invested in real estáte, $7,500 ; amount of personal estáte, $6,776.15; amount of debts, $912.66 ; amount of credits, 4,636.57. Wm. S. Saunders, who waa for many years a resident of this city and one of its prominent business men, died, after a long and painful illness, at Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he had ticen living for tho past two years, on Monday, July 26, 1880, aged 70 years. ____ The London Lancet says that " 38 strokes to the minute dangerously overtax an oarsman." Why we have known a frail looking woman with a slipper, mako no less than 1,500 strokes in the eame length of time without seriously taxing her strength. A Garfield and Arthur club has been organized at Manchester, and the republicana of that village and township propose to be hoard from, next November. 8. H. Perkins is the president, A. F. Freeeman secretary, and Wm. II. Pottle treasurer. _____ Prof. C. A. Cook has been engaged as prinoipal of the Dextcr schools for the coming year. Miss Julia Ward willbe the proceptress; Miss E. Palmer, grammar department ; Miss L. Gucrin, primary department, and Miss J. Coe as teacher in the ward school. Sneak thicves have been about the city for the past few days, several depredations being reported. AtJ. Hoffstotter's a gold chain and other valuables were taken, and in a room over Theodorc Taylor's store oo cupicd by two young men, a watch, ring, and other valuables wcre stolen last Tuesday. Ex-Gov. Ashley has been gueecssful on his eastern journey, and haa forwarded funds to pay up all debts and push forward tho work on the extensión of the Toledo & Ann Arbor railroad to eomplction. Wc understand that work has already commenccd again, and that thcre will be no let up until the road is complctcd. At the last meeting of the W. C. T. U. it was thought best to return to the former hour. Meetings will hcreaftcr be held in the new reading rooms of the reform club from three to four o'clock every Tuesday afternoon. A full attendanoe is required at the next meeting to arrange for future work. Mrs. R. E. Frazer, Sec The executive committee of the board of regents met Wednesday and appointed H. C. Allen, M. D., of thia oity, professor of materia Imedica, tice Dr. S. A. Jones, reaigned. After the meeting of the board of regents the homeopathio faculty held a session and elected II. R. Arndt, M. D., of Grand Rapids, lecturer of therapoutics of gynecology and obstétrica. On Thursday afternoon of last week the farm-house of John V. King, in Salem, near the Peebles school house, was burned to the ground, with ncarly its entire contents, three beds, an organ and a bureau being the only articles of furniture saved. Fire probably originated from a defeotive fluo. There was an insurance of $600 on the house and contenta in the Watertown. The president of the ladies' asaociation of the Congregational church of this city bas computed the work done during the ten years existence of the association, and finds that $7,000 have been raisod and paid over to the church for different purposes, $500 of which was fur the building fund, and tho remainder for carpets, furniture, organ, etc. A pretty good record, and shows what the women's work is. The following itom from the Berrien County Record, published at Kuchanan, would indícate that there are some carelcsa people in Ann Arbor aswell as elsewhoro : " We have rocoived from Aun Arbor a letter oontaining $1.50, and asking that the Nubscription for tho Rooord be continucd one year, but as no ñamo is signed, and w, have a nuuiber of subscribe in Ann Arbor, we are at a loas to know to which of thom the crodit should bo givep. All such business looks best over a signaturo. If tho ono who sent the money will uiake himself known to us he shall have bis case attendüd to in proper shape." Henry Severance, of Dunkirk, N. Y., ealled at the Coubier office last Saturday. Ho was on a visit to this city for the first time sinoo 1829, and reporta a slight chango in tho appoarance of things since that date, He said whon he was hero before therc was a log tavoru standing nuar the present court house square in which thero were reported to bc eis. bushels of bed bugs. Tho roport must have been exaggerated a little, however. The trustees of St. Andrews' Episcopal ühurch have concluded to erect a chape! and roctory the present season. The ohapel will cost about $5,000, and will be built in the rear of the new church. The old church which has boen used for a ohapel for several years will be taken down, to make way for a parsonage, to cost $3,200. The old briek in tho Mundy house, on State stroet, will be uaed in the parsouage. On Thursday night of last week the young lads in the vicinity of Hanover square, ia the first ward, raised a Garfield and Arthur pole upon that piece of ground, and had a grand time. There was a large gatheriog present and speeches were made to them by Hon. A. J. Sawyer and Chas. M. Jones. At the conclusión, three oheers were given for Garfield and Arthur, three for tho speakers, and three for the polo. The occasion was a pleasant one. Last Saturday night the deuiocrats held their ward caucuses and elected the followiug delégales to thuir oounty coavention, to be held at the court house next Tuesday : lHt ward- C. H. Rlchmond, S. H. Douglas, E. B. Pond. ¦M ward- A. U. Besluier, Jacob Iloöstottcr, Geortjo Schwah Dd ward- R. Thomas Edwards, Thomas Clark - enH. Georee Elm-r Uh wuru- A. Kcraper, W, Tremaine, Juin. K E. Carr. MM ward - Krank Ortman. lith ward- W. H. Butts. Wm. Merrlthow. We notiee in one of our exehanges that tho council of a village in the western part of the state bas passetl an ordinance forbidding youlhs under 17 years of age upon thu street after uine o'elock in the evening, without proper escort or upon urgent busines-i. The theory of the thing is all right, and if' followed out would piobably save inuny of our boys and girls froin ruin, but in practice the law will be found not only tyrannical but visionary. In other words, " it can't be did." At the c!o-e of the council meeting last Mouday night, Aid. Besiiner presented the request of Eider Brooks, the colored drayman, who desired, becausc of sickness at home and close timos for money, to have his licenso of $3 remitted. The alderman suggested that it would be a bad precedent to aet ; but with charaoteri.stie generOsity put his hand in his owo pocket and gave 50 cents of the aniount ; others followed, and the old gentleman found liiniself in possession of enough to pay his licensc and $2.06 over, which made him very happy. -- Orsoa S. Giles, of the 4th ward, diod on Monday, the 2d day of August, of typhoid fever, aged 77 years, 10 months and 12 days. He leaves a wife and three children. Funeral services were held last Tuesday, at 3 o'clock, at the residence. Mr. Giles had been a resident of this city 42 years, and being a retiring, modest man, was not so generally knowti as many of our older citizens, but was well liked by his neighbors and associatoa. Two of his daughters, Louisa and Sarah, have been in the employ of this establishment fura number of years, and ia tbeir sorrow and affliction they have the sympathy of a large circle of fiiends. One of the prisoners at the county jail escaped last Wednesday morning, and has not since been heard f'rom. It seoms that the turnkey wan in the habit ui' allowing him the privilege of taking care of the horses, and he improved this opportunity of over coDÜdenoc by " skipping out." He was in jail on a chargo of slealirg a horse and buggy and a fuantity of wool from Mr. VanValkenburg, of York, and would have been tried, probably, at the coming term of the circuit court. We don't kaow to what extent prisoners are employed in menial service at the jail, and had supposed that assistants were there for that especial purpose. Ferhaps, though, the eau vaas for the sheriff s place is so absorbing just at this time that tho work has to be dulcgated to prisoners. It might be woll for the county to hire u man to do the work around the jail while the officiuls are busy pulling wires.