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How do you feel after Thanksgiving, anyway, like a Turk ? Just a trifle more snow would wake 8plendid sleighing. Do oot forgot tbc Tennesseeans at th opera house to-morrow nigbt. Jjast Monday morbing the thernioniete went clear down 10 below nothing. The New Kngland supper is to take place at the armory hall, December 22d. The boya anJ girls have enjoyed the ex eellent skating on the dam this week. Don't forget the meeting of the count; pioüeer society at Ypsilanti next Wednes day. At Keck's f'actory last Friday Henry Winter had a Enger whittled off by the whittler. The coid weather eauícd a prctty genera ktooeH of' train on all the railroads leading into the city. Rev. T. B. Forbush, of' Detroit ia to ex change pulpits with Rev. Mr, Sunderlam next Sabbath. Jasper luim, witli two couipauions, went rabbit huuting last week Tbursday, anc killed 46 of those little animáis. A very fine monument has been erectec ia forest liill cemetery by D. Hi nning, at an expense of He vera I thousand dollars. The uierry tinklc, and the joyous jingle of the sleighbellá were heard - very gently, however - on our streets last Monday anc Tuesday. _____ Daniel McEvoy will pass the winter iu the houe of correction, having been sentencedby Justice Winegar, six uionths, for vagra ncy. Bishop Erastas O. Haven, formerly president of' Michigan University, isto take up hij residence in San Francisco, California soon. Richard Barn, of Northfield, was buried last Friday. Hu had been a resident of this county about forty yearc, and was 70 years Of age. m The old Gwinner property, on Washington street, east, has been purchased by Chas. Haeusser, who at present occupies the premisos. It may not b generally known that the proceeds of the Tennesfeeans' concert are to be devoted to the M. K. Sunday school. Give tbem a full house. A subscriber asks us to say something eharp about the weather of the fore part of the week, but we rather conclude the weather got the start of us. Harrison Hamar, of Dexter, aged 18 years, while out hunting last Satarday, accidently shot himself in the left arm and shoulder with a charge of shot. The extremely cold weather has delayed the laying of the track on the line of the railroad north. The laborers can not hand!e the iron rails.such cold weather. The oration at the opening of the new court house at Monroe last Wednesday was delivercd by ex Governor Alpbeus Felch, of this city, who was one of the first members of the bar of that county. Rev. Wyllys Hall, rector of the Episcopal church of tbis city, has resigned the chaplaincy of the first regiment, M. S. T., and Rev. T. B. Hutchins, of Monroe, bas beeo appointed to fill the vacancy. C. Bliss cuiuplainn that people looking in bis show windows quite frequently fail to notice where the air leaves off and the glass wmmences,and so buiup their noses against the latter, to tho detriment of the noses. Last Friday night a brakeman on the M. C. railroad named E. D. Cothran, had an nkle and foot badly cru.shed by catching his foot in the track and being unable to trícate it before a car passed partially over it. We heard a prediction by a prominent railroad man the other night, that tickets from Ann Arbor to Detroit would bo sold for 25 oenU in lesa than three months. By the Toledo, Ann Arbor & G. T., and the Detroit & Butler R. R's. Ifmerchant bas anything to sell, the Proper way for him to do is to keep it hid ay on his shelves, and never teil the "eople waat he has, or how cbeap it can m bought. Thafs the true'way to make les- assignee'a sales. The Rev. Thomas Holmes, D. D., of helsea was agreeably .surprised on last Wednesday by his Congregational friends 'that place presenting him with a gold ch, valued at $100. It wf)s purchased ofC Blisg&Son, ofthiscity! The ladies society of the Baptist church Wl" oon have ready a fine assortment of eful and ornamental anieles adapted for hrutma, Kifts. Hea8e wait for their azar" ,)r aend in your orders to Mrg. ' ¦ Clia,in, No. 54 VVashington street. any of our merchaots desire to Hsue a Wdsome circular fbr the holidays, or get Psomeespecially attractivecardi, or other "'ertising medium, they will do well to " at the Ooukier office, examine our and beucihl styles of type, and see pme of tbe elegant holiday specimen cuts. Or neat and tasty work this office will yield 09 Palm to none othor. Some of the colleges where a ohair of political economy has been established, are considering the proposition of graoting a new degrce to be known as M. B.- mule buyur. ____ We received the proclaniation of Gov. Croswell, bat too late for publication, aud as Thanksgiving for 1880 is now nuuibered amoDg the things of the past, we have concluded to postpone the publication until next year. In the account of the life of E. L. Drake, to be lound upon the firat page of this paper, it will be seen that he once resided with an uncle near this city. Perhaps sorae of our readers tnay know hini personlly, and be able to relate incidents in hig life. _______ A musical entertaioiucnt for the benefit of the Congrcgational society in Webster, will be given at the churoh on Friday evening, December lOth. The musical people of the society will be assisted by a nuuiber of singers from this city, under the lead of Mr. Wilsey. _______ It is announced that Adam D. Seyler will transact the duttesof the county treasurer for the coming two years, giving the same bonds to Mr. Knapp that he has to give the county, viz: $150,000. Mr. Knapp gives $80,000 bond to the state additional, howevcr. We give our readers this week, in suppleuientary form, the proceedings of the board üf supervisors. This saves lumberng up our paper with uninteresting matter, and at the sawL time gives the proceedings n a handy and condensed form for any who may choose to keep them. The members of the reform club have decided not to hold any more public meetings in their reading rooms, as the front art of the building is deemed to be unsafe, if packed by such large audiences as are generally called out when Messrs. Frazer and Wilson, are annoueced for addresses. Tbe 8team pipes in tbe high school building were all frozen up last Monday moruing, and some of the school roo me flooded with water, preventing school exercises in the forenoon. Wouldn't it be good economy to turn on the .team for a time Sunday and keep the building warm ? The pólice raided a place of questionab'e repute in the fiflh ward last Monday night and run in two males und two femates. The fortner were sentenced 10 days each, and one of the later had sentence suspended, providing she wuuld leave town, whicb was promiscd. The trial of the other has been adjourned. The follow who knows everything about farming, says that if the farmers desire to save their iuiplemunts and uiachinery,they should rub the w.oii work with petroleum and store them away in dry places. By so doing many dollars may be eavod, and a penny saved, you know, is as good as two earned, say tbe truthful old adage. The band concert was ïiot very well attendcd last Wednesday eveninjt, and the boys will not add much o their uniform fund frotu the receipts. This is to be regretted, as the entertainment was well worth the price of admission, and the boys ought to be encouraged in their endeavors to e.stablish a band in this city. The Beethoven Gesangverien society gave an entertainment at their hall on Main street, last Wednesday evening. It con sisted of cboruses, duets and solos, both vocal and instrumental, under the directioo of Prof. Kempf. As usual upon such occasions the attendance was excellent and feit well pleased with the performance. Nelson Booth toolc possession of the Chandler house as landlord last Sunday with the eoinuienceiuent of the day- midnight. Mr. Booth has anextensive acquaintance, is a genial gentleman, and will make a success of the house if any one can. We understand that Andrew DeForest will act as clerk. A better selection could not possibly have been made. Go and hear the original Tenneseean, the troupe which was organized to build the Tennessee college, at Nashville, for the Freedman's aid society, who are to sing at the opera house tomorrow night. They are just what they pretend to be, the original and only Tenneseeans, and are everywhere acknowlcdged to be the finest singers traveling. ___ Mr-. O. B. Schuyler is to addrees the reform club next Sunday afternoon in the Unitarian church. On December 15th, Mesare. Ilugbes and Ward, the great Kansas temperance agitators are to visit this city, remaining until Jan. lst. It is expected they will "wake up" the dormant temperance sentiment here and set it foamng and seething. A Hule touching up is needed. The St. Joseph Traveler-iïerald of a recent date has an obituary notice of Wendeion Pfaff, who died of consumption, recently, aged 62 years. He came from 3aden, Germany, to Ann Arbor in 1852, residing here until 1857, when he removed .o St Joseph, and from there to Benton ilarbor where he died. He is highly spoken of asbeing an honest man and good citizen. Many of the state papers are asking that mblic reading rooms be established in their different localities, so tbat young men may ïave a place to spend their eveniogs, and no evil temptations be placed before them. Which is all very good. Indeed it is ex cellent. At the same time parents would lo well to make home so pleasant that roung men and young ladies, both, would ïave no desire to go abroad. Thankagiving was quite generally observd by our people yesterday. The banks, he stores, and all other places of business were closed a greater portion of the day. 'he services at the Presbyterian church were well attended in the forenoon, and an xcellent sermón preached by Rev. J. Alabaster, of -the M. E. church. The weather was upon its good behavior, and verything combined to make it pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Haley celebrated lie 25tb anniversary of their marriage on Yiday evening, Nov. 19th. A few of the imily's friends carne n in the evening and endered their congratulations to the couple who have glided through a quarter of a century ia unalloyed happiness. No presents were received upon the occasion, but the hearty good wishes of friends spoke in quite as eloquent tcrins as the most oostly gifts could have done. Therc came into exibtence in thiscity last Tuesday evening, The Daily News, a neat, newsy, little five column daily, published by Roscup & Tanncr, and sold for two cents per copy or ten cents per week. Were it not for the close prozimity to Detroit, and the receipt of the Evening News at quite as early an hour as this daily can be issued, there would be au excellent chance for prosperity in un enterprise of that sort, and as it is, we with the journal suecoss. Perhaps local pride aod home patronage will come to the rescue and do for a daily what it never has exerted itself to do for a weekly. Our student of doraestic economy, who oceasionally gives us hints respecting good things for housewives, says the foilowiog iteui is worth preserving : The wings of turkeys, geese and chickens should nevcr be throwu away. Many people, especially in the country, keep them simply to brush off the stove or range, but there is nothing better to wash and clean windows. Chain ois or buckskin are good, but wings are better, and do not cost anything. " He who giveth to the poor londeth to the Lord," and many a poor family, on these culd, stinging mornings, would be grateful for even the most simple of the necessities of life. A jag of wood, or col, a basket of potatoes or sack of flour, leut to the L rd by being givcn to some poor family, will be a surer source of happineas than a prayer for their welfare, of any length or earnestness. Good intentions are good, but good deeds are better. The annual meeting of ihe Washtenaw pomológica! society will be held on Saturday, the 4th of December, 1880, at 2 o'clock p. m., at the room of the society in the court house. A full attendance of the member.s, and those who wish to join, is solicited. The annual fee of niembership is 50 cents. Remember that this is an important meeting, bcing preparatory to the state meeting, the success of which i-hould be the pride of every denizen ofold Washtenaw. Munter Dwigbt Cheever on Washington st., is the boss dog trainer of the city. I Ie has a nice shepherd dog not much over six months old, which will already perform raany wonderful feats, one of which is to go up a ladder as lively as anybody. Dwight wishing to have some rare sport, while the snow lasts, has made a horse of his dog, got up a complete luirness, and a little string of bells. Everybody stops to see the qaeer novelty. Bicycles are no where. That dog will pay his dog tax this winter in uu for his master, sure. The Saline Observer is the name of a new paper started at our neighboring village. It is a neat, seven column folio, and betokens good taite in arrangement and make up. The publishers are LeBaron & Nissly, with Geo. J. Nissly, as editor, and G. H. Miles, assistent editor. The assurance is given that "the Observer will be a local newspaper in every sense of the word," and if the following issues may be judged by the initiatory one, the prouiise will be faithfully kept. Wc hope the venturo aiay prove a profitable one. i. no letroit rjvenmg iNews wants to know, you know, why, if it ia unlawful for meo to steal a corpse, the professors who reecive thera are not arrestcd? It niightbe on the samo principie that a free trade newspaper turns in and helps elect a high protective tariff congre$sman, but then, it isn't. It ia au absolute necessity that ca daver should be used in the college, and though it is well known that the legitímate channels can not f'urnish a sufficient quantity, it isn't supposed that a professor wil! go to any very great expense to find out the full and complete paiticulars reBpecting the history of the corpse offered for use at the ooilege. ___ Mrs. Dr. Elizabeth Pope, who has recently moved to this city for the purpose of educaling her to daughterc, comes among us hiwlily recommended by friends in her old home. So valuafble do they consider her services, that several of her patients have come to Ano Arbor to be treated by her rather than trust their cases in other hands. The doctor is a gradúate of the Boston medical school ; was one year assistant phy.sioian iu Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell's college and hospital in New York city; and has been asuccessful practitioner for fifteen years. But few will question the asseríion that one o f the great wants of this age is thoroughly educated and intelligent women physicians, and this is just what Mrs. Dr. Popecertainly seem9 to be. _ Major Peter Ztnn, of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the most prominent members of the bar of that city, died on the 17th inst., from the effecta of a surgioal operation. The deceased was an uucle of Mrs. Joe T. Jacobs, of this city. At the time of his death he was 62 years of age. He was a printer in bis early days, then a publisber, and at the age of 25 was admitted to the bar, and had been in active practico up to bis death. He was a zealous Union man during the war and stood high in the esteem of his fellow citizens. He was connected with a case of the Covington & Lcxington II. R. Conipany, which occupied the attention of the court for a period of ten years, and which finally rcsulted in his favor, and is theauthor ufa legal work known as "Zinn's Leading Cases on Trusts." In his death Cincinnati loses one of its ablest men. Prof. David Swing had more than an average house at university hall last Friday evening. His lecture was dry ; his thoughts peculiarly expressed ; his manoer quaint. He assigned the novel a comparaiively alluring place in literature, and allied it so closely to the rise of wouian in the social scale, that separation of' the two was impossible. He shot his wit at the audience in smooth, sugarcoated phrases, and waited quietly for the effect, which never failed. Sometimes it took a few seconds to dissolve the outer coating, but when this was done, the inner ingredients were keenly appreciated. The effect would have been far greater had the professor' s voicebeen more distinot ', some of the audience, to the rear or to one side, being unable to catch all of his words, were not ready to join in the general sensation unlil more fortúnate neighbors had repeated ; and such thiogs generally lose brillianey when obtained through second-hand dealers. The Reverend gentleman Swuiik himself into the good will of his audience, but he should Swing the dumb bells, or engagc in some athletic cxercise wbich would expand the chest and increase the volume of his voice. The young people's literary and social club of the Unitarian church, of this city, have issued their programme for the season. Their plans inoludc : " Seven studies of Longfellow, which will consist of essays upon the poet and bis principal works, with illustrative readings, tableaux of scènes from the various poems, dramatical represintations, etc.; Seven studies of Tennyson. Condueled in the same way as Longfellow studies ; Eight papers upon ' English wits and humorists ;' Fourteen 'conversations,' one half hour in length, upon current literature and events ; One dramatic entertainment; One play to bc read in costume; Two ' miscelluoeous evenings,' to be devoted to readings, recitation, music, Ubleaux, etc; Four numbersof ' Our Paper.' Editora appointed by the club ; A ' club Btory,' each chapter to bo written by a different rueinber of the club; Seven nocíais, to be held at private houses ; Two suppers. On the opening and closing evenings of' the season." The last entertainment was held Thanksgiving evening, and consisted of a literary eveoing, third Longfellow atudy : " Evangeline." The next in tbe course will be a social at the residence of Prof. Greene, on Williams st , on the evoning of Dec. 2d. A paper will be read by F. B. Partridge, on Sidney Smitli. It has beon the fashion of the press of late to ask : " Where do the boys spend their evenings?" and now some one turns the tables and asltH : " Where do the fathors spend theirs?" adding : " We oertainly can find one family in four in which the father spends his ovenings away from home. And this is not confined to men who love club life or politics. A man owes duties to his wife and children which he sometíales forgets. While they lose much, he loses equally of the things that should malee life a blessing." Perhaps some of our university people espeoially, will be ioterested in the following account of the concert given at Eaton Rapids recently, by the Beta Theta Pi quartette : "Those who did not attend the en tertainment given by the Beta Theta Pi quartette last Haturday evening missed a very pleasant time. We think f our citizens had known that the concert was to be as meritorious as it was they would have patronized it more libenlly than they did, for the people of Eaton Itapids are surely capable of appreciating a good entertainment when one does come here, if we are favored with few of that kind. This quartette is a superior one, and especial mention should be made of their pianist, Mr. York, and their basso, Mr. Osborne, whose bass solo was alone worth the price of admission. Whedon has a fine tenor voice. Hunt has a good voice, and is a comical cus tomer, and Grant's baritone was fine. The closing quartettes, "Over the Fields of Thymy Blossoms" and "Sweet and Low" were beautifully rendered and alone would entitle them to high rank among conoerters. Their college songs were vigorously enoored. We learn that by request they will repeat their concert here soon, and as it is now known they give an entertainment worthy of patronage we bespoak for them a full house.