Local

Diphtheria is prevailing at Chelsea. The sweet buy and buy : Christnias time. __ Pork isselling at $5.15 to $5. 25 on the treets. _______ The Jewells still hold the fort at the Oook house. There will be a regent's meeting next Wednesday. The oold snap last week was a plunip take for the plumbers. - ?? During the month of December 18 arrests were made by the pólice. It cost the city the sum of $149.33 for the city poor last month. "Jan. lst, 1880," was theway we saw a noties dated last Saturday. Jas. McMahon has moved his office over Browo & Co. 's drug store. Athens lodge, A. O. U. W., instalU its newly elected officers to uight. The Scio band was in the city yesterday, and discoursed some good tuasic. Iist Saturday forenoon a burning chimni'.v called out the tire departmeot. Is it the senatorial contest ut Lansing that has w;iruul up this weatber so? Prof. A. Winehell, of the university, is to deliver a lecturc at Briehton, Jan. 7. The bonds of Ooroners Martin Clark and Dr. C. (eorg, have been fixed st $2,000 each. Don't forget [Ielon Potter's Pleiades next Friday evcning, Jan. 14th, at university hall. The treiarer of the reform club reportn the expenditure of nearly $2,000 the past 8Íx month.s. Last Saturday Mr. Eliza Bird, a resident of Ann Arbor Town, died of lnng fever, aged 40 years. This 9 the first of fifty two coming numbersof The CoüBIïE, which will bcar the date of 1881. The pipes in the I'tvsbyterian church frozo up last week wetting down the church some. Sheriff Wallaee found ton boarders ready for provisions whcn he took possession of the jail. Oliver Martin was adiuitted into partnership with his father in the undertaking business Jan. lst. Treasurer Fairchild had received $32,464.85 from various city and township treasurers up to Jan. lst. Tho oases aga'lnst puVurcuieu Potter and constables Itnus and Loomis have been contiuued to the next term of court. St. Thomas tetnperance society expocts to receive a lectura from Rev. Fr. Dougherty, of Brighton, in a few weeks. Fulir Dunlavy, who is a large, heavy man, was thrown from liis wagon last Tuesday, and had several ribs broken'. The playing of Prof. Ganung at the M. E. church last Sabbath, was highly appreciated by all lovers of good music. Next Moüday evening, January lOth, the Congregational society will hold its anoual meeting and elect two trustees. A man who loves bis family will always Uke a newspaper, and the man who respecta his family will always pay for it. The workmon who were putting up the telephone exchange here have gone to Flint to pot up another one in that city. The Co. A. boys will " r&lao tho spondooliostodoitwith," Mr. Evening News man. You just watch and see how easily. Tl. _1 _i i ¦ ¦ . The hook and ladder boys made a success out' of their ball New Year's Eve, having about eighty couples in attendance.' n" Arbor is soon to have a frnlt-drylnit riewi sl"uent '" opprallon.-Uetrolt Evenln VVill the News teil u8 when, where, and by wliotu ? The new county officials are gradually learüing " the ropes." Id a few days we shall ex peet lo sco thera playing a lone hand. Norman Gates having declined re-eiection as cnmmissioner of the 5th ward ceui tery, Eli Manly has been chosen in his ]lace. Mayor Kapp received a serenade last Tuesday evening froni the Beethoven Qesangverfiin, to whom he served refreshments. 3m. V. Bulbert, sentenced from this ¦rcuit in June last, to the state prison for two years, has been pardoned by Gov ¦ ??? MissAilic M. Snyder, of Hamburg, and loseph Martin, of Detroit, were married 'Mt Frl(]ay ;lt WhitmoreLake, by Rev A Hoyt. Charles A. ('hapin, of this city, received enrJr 'C8 fr the ffice of enossing and :"w clerk of the house, in the repubcan caUcus K Szmmy Man, age'd 7 years At 12th of September, son of David Marx.who diÜ r"OOr north of tho Courier office, l'edlastThursday.ofdiphtheria Tke liquor bond of Anton Brahoi was filed Monday evening at the council meeting, with Herman Krapf and Xazier Zachmao as surety. A correspondent writes : " Coal oil rubbed on the neet and head will cure hog cholera ; we have tried it." Who can dispute tostimony like that? The bridge over the Huron on Pontiac street bas been oondemned, but it is in use all the same. A new bridge will eertiinly be neecssarj, immediately. A package contuining tweuty pound.s of butter was stolen froni a farmer' s wagon on Main street last Friday, with which the (hief Ruccessfully "slid out." Patriek McKernan enterod upon the duties of circuit court commissioner last Tuesday, taking the office vaoated by Jas. McMahon in the court house. The pastor of Zion's Lutheran church Itev. Mr. Belser, reporta 33 confirmations last year, 59 baptisms, 22 funerals, and eight marriages, in bis church. By a false alarm last Monday, the fire department was called out and got the machines up Huron street a block or two, but couldn't find the conflagration. At the annual election of offoers at the M. E. church last Monday evening Prof. P. B. Rose, E. J. Knowlton and Wm. Noble wcre re clected trustees. The homeopathie hospita] aid association will meet at the residence of Miss Kate Hale, on Liberty street, Thursday, January 13th, at three o'clock, p. m. The 5th ward cemetery fund lias been augmented $25 by the sale of Iots the past year, and depleted to the extent of #25. s5 by erecting and repairing fences. The state teacher's association at Lansing, was attended by Profs. Payne, Demmon and Waltera, of the university, and Prof. Perry of our public schools. ¦ II. W. A9hley succeeds J. M. Ashley, Jr., as general superintendent of the T., A. A. & G. T. R. R., and the latter has been appointed attorney for the road. Lorenzo Davis entered upon his duties as superintendent of the poor on the first instant. For the present, at least, his office wil! bo ut his residenee, on Cemetery street. On Sunday last, at Ypsilanti, John Earl, aged 80 years, dropped dead at the residenoe of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Curtís. lie had been a resident of the place over 40 years. Messrs: Hughes and Ward have closed up their labors here for the present n the temperance cause, we understand, and gono to Jackson, wbere a similar revival is in progn To show how bashful (he girls are wc have only to state that there were 60 less marriages in Washtenaw County in 1880 than in the preceding year, and leap year at that I ______ An error in one of our local tenis last woek inserted the name of Boyden where Aroold should have been. There has been no contest of the Boyden will that we are aware of. Before marnage, Wlth wondrous care, She seeks the mlrror. And bangg her halr. After marriage, Wlth angry glare. Sbe gralw her slipper Ainl Iiuiiks her heir. Lew F. Wade, who has performod the duties of deputy county clerk for the past two years has been reappointed. Being courteous and polite h3 has made many friends in his positioo. A light fall of snow carne down last Wednesday night, and Thursday the cutters cut around in a li vely manner. Inless additionsaresoon made, however, the present fall will soon wear out. The various schools of the city resumed work again last Monday. Many of the pupils were absent, however, from various caue. The high school, we understand did not re open until Tuesday. It is truly Burprising the nuniber of Conger meo one wil] find upon the street now. " He was my man origioally," is quite a common answer to the question : " How do you likc the new Senator?" Tbc oupurv isui'o uoiuuilUee octtlcj wilh county treasurer Fairohildlast Wednesday, the settltment having been postponed because of the non-appearance of a portion of the committee on the first inst. ? With thecommencement of the new jear the Courier commences a new volume. It will be oíd enough to vote on its next birthday - twenty-onc years of age, and was never more prosperous than to-.day. It seenis that our former fcllow-townsman Senator John L. Burleigh, has been caned in Chicago, the employés of the Chicago tools works having presented him with an elegant cane last Christmas. Prof. Harrington evidently thinks that the cornet reported to have been discovered by Prof. Cooper in England, recently, must have been "in 'is hye. you know," for he is unable to discover a trace of it. Eggs ! The mere mention of them throws the pocket-book into convulsiona. They went up to 28 cents above zero as the thermometer went dowri beiow that point. The hen which lays any eggs now a-day.=, lays golden ones. Two large sun dog were visible yesterday i ?f fje aC(iual"te'l with the habita of themi i-elenllal brutea gay they are capable of inilueno ing the weather in a favorable manner If they appear n the raornlng. If at nlght look out for howling, bitliiR poin weather. Ixk out for ltanyway .-Adrián Presa. We did, and didn't have to look very far out, either. Young men as you are about to enter a New Year, take our advice. Earn money and save it. If you do not, you will prepare for yoursclf a dishonored old age, and when too late, lie down and die a Denniless sinner i " mu - ,-- oiuucr. The supervisors have votcd to allow Chas. II. Whitman, prosecuting attorney, $100 for incidental expenses the coming year, and he is to report to the board the numberof comniitinentsissued and amount of' fine money collected. At their reuent meeting Forest Ilill cemetery company elected the f'ollowing officers: President, J. Austin Scott ; secretary, E. B. Pond ; treasurer, E. Mann ; trustees, V. V. Winen and Wm. Wagner; sexton, Wm. McCreery. At the meeting of the county superintendents of tlie poor on Tuesday last, Supt. Green was appointed delégate to the meeting of the county superintendents of the poor, to bc held at LansÏDg, on the lSth, 19th and 20lh of this month. -?- A span of horses rccently purchased by Dr. Palmer, while being driven by a young man named Cole ran away Monday afternoon on State street. The carriage was badly broken up, the young man slightly injure 1, and the horses somewhat bruiaed. The rcíorw club of this city have in prospect a series of lectures upon scientiöc subjects. Sevcral of the professors have voluntecred to deliver the same. Krastus N. Gilbert our new register of deeds, lias decided to retaio the services of Michael J. Seery, the present deputy register - and his opponent at the late elcction - until he becomea familiar with the duiies of the office, at least. Down at the Michigan Central depot recently our eyes feil upon a noticc reading : , " Engineers and train men take notice that there is no water to be had at Wayne," to wliich sonie wag who evidently knew whercof he epoke, added: " Nevcr mind, whi.-ky is plenty." The next meeting of the Ann Arbor scientifio association, will be held in the rooms of the association Saturday evening, January 8, 1881. Reports will be presented by Profs. Winchell, Harrington and Pettee. Subjects, geology, paleontology, mineralo?y and meteorology. The Brighton Citizen states on the authority of an employé of the T., A. A. & G. T. R. R., " that although work is now at a standstill, t will begin again right after New Years, and the iron will be Iaid. The grading is now all done between Ann Arbor and South Lyon. A lawyer representing Edward Watson, brother of the late Prof. Watson, gave notice at the time set for the hearing of the probate of' the will of the latter in this city, last Monday, that he should contest the same, and the hearing was consequeotly postponed for two weeks. This has been the week of prayer, the program for which was publiahed in a recent issue of the Cofrier. It has been observed by the various churches of the city holding union services in their several houses of worship, and also by appropriate services, each denomination by itself. They watched the old year out and the new year in at the Unitarian church last Friday evening, afterthetemperance meeting. We learn that the new child was cordially weloomed. Considering the state of the weather, a warm reception ws probably acceptable to the little fellow. , A branch of tho Irish land league was organized according to annouocement, last Monday evenios, and the Mlowing officers chosen: President - Owen Donnelly ; vicepresideDt- A. Norton; secretary- J. F. Murphy; treasurer- P. Brennan. Mc Mahon hall was secured for the regular meetings. 9 m mm The followingsunas were reported bythe financo comniittoe as expended, at the council meeting Monday evening : lst ward fund, I9.M 2U wara, 20 ; Ub ward, $10 ; 5th ward, $1.25: 6th ward, $15.18 ; general street fund, $215; contingent fund, $311.18. Warrants were ordered drawn for the same. The board of supervisors have elected by a vote of 10 to 12, Geo. H.Winslow, asjanitor of the court house, in place of " Jeff " Da vis who has held the place ao many years- too many years, probably. The change is to bo made February lst. Winslow givea bonds in the sum of $2,000 for the faithful performance of duty. Win. W, Hannan, who was elected enrolling and engrossing clerk of the house at Lansing, is credited to Dowagiac, but he is almost considered an Ann Arbor boy, as he has been in attendanje upon the university eome time, and is wcll known and well liked here. His nomination was ratified without a dissenting vote. The total amount of taxes levied in tho township of York, for the year 1880, s $8,47X3), divided as follows : State and county tax, $3,947.03 ; school, mili and contingent, $2.804 35 ; poorfund, $145.60; highway tax, $400 ; township bond, $162 ; delinquent taxes, $67. 30 ; rejected taxes, 17.25. Taxes are a trifle higher than last year. The many friends in this county of NV. K. Childs will be glad to learn of his success in again obtaining the office of sergeant-at arms of the house, being nominated in the caucus on the sccond ballot by a vote of 51 to 9 for Eli Ridelman ; 7 for W. J. G. Dean ; 5 for Thos. H. Botham ; 4 for Andrew H. Slater ; 3 for T. G. Wells ; and 2 for Daniel T. Crothy. At tlm aunual meeting of the Presbyterian society last Monday night, Byron W. Cheever was elected trustee to fill vacancy, and C. G. Clark and Philip Bach were elected trustees for three years. The meeting was a very harmonious one, re suking in the liquidation of nearly the entire debt of the society, which was very gratifying to the pastor, Dr. Steele. The total amount of taxes levied in the township of Pittsfield, for the year 1880. is $9,559.40, divided afollows : State tax, $2,895.38; county tax, $3,180.67 ; school tax, 2,595.19; bighway fund,$350 special highway fund, $100 ; poor fund, $40 ; returned highway tax, $19.50; contingent fund, $330 ; ditch tax, $150 ; drain fund, $738.71 ; dog tax, $85. Surplus from roll, $4.95. The following are some of Sheriff YVallace's appointiucnts : Under .sheriff, E. P. Harper, of Lodi. Deputies: Josiah Case, Wm. II. Mclntyre, Thos. Clarken, Fred. I'. W'allace, Ed. Warren, Ann Arbor City; Chaunooy Orcutt, Ann Arbor Town ; Cbas. üuest and Volney II. Potter, Dexter; John Schimeld and Henry Martin, Ypsilanti ; Ilii-ani Lighthall and James Hudlcr, Chelsea; Joseph Gantlett, Milan ; John Gillen and David Seers, Saline. New Year's day resembled a Sunday upon our streets. The ttores were pretty generally closed, at least about the same as the clown goes to sleep in a circus when the clephaiit steps over him : with oue eye open, and there were but few teams in from the country. Some calis were made, but not nearly as many as there used to be. A quiet hoiue eujoyment of the day seems to be growing in favor with the people, tlie name as with Cbristmas. Let the winds and waves of advereity blow and dash around you, if they wil! ; but keep on the path of rectitude, and you will be as Erin as a rock. Pant yourself upon principie, and bid defiance to misfortune. If gossip, with her poisoaod tongue, meddie.i with your good name, heed lier not. Carry yourself ereet ; let your eran be straight-forward, and by the serenity of your countenance and the purity of your life, give the lie to all who wonld underrate and belittle you. Hm Emma A. Hall, the present matron of the state school for the deaf and dumb at Flint, Tías been appointed superintendent of the new reform school for girls at Adrián. In making this seleotion much wisdom bas been shown. Miss Hall is a quiet, but very earnest and iodustrious worker, possess-ing mature judgment and a kind heart, things very essential in the position. Miss II. is a resident of Ypsilanti, our neigbboring city, and a Bister of Dr. V II Hall, of that place. Last Monday evening tho Uoitarian church society held its animal meeting, electing Prof. B. E. Nichola al Joseph Whitlark as trustees. In view of the design of erectiog a new churcU next soason , a building committee was appointed, consisting of Profs. C. E. Greene, B. E. Nichols, Rev. J. T. Sunderland, Messrs. H. C. Allen, A. McReynolds, Mrs. J. W. Langley and Mrs. W. IL Pettee, of Ann Arbor, and ex Gov. John J. Bagley and Rev. T. B. Furbush, of Detroit. Messrs. Hall and Fleming our coal dealers, have probably been interviewed by more men and wonien in dead earoest respecting the coal prospects, for the past week or so, than they had any desire to meet. They would meet them on the street, in the office, and even at home, all with the same freezing question : " Why didn't you deliver my coal, eh?" " Well, it hasn't come yet," would invariably be the reply But it is our glad duty to reoord at last, that the coal has come. We are beginning tolearn that mere intellectual training is not a certain preventivo of immoral or vicious lives. Ignorance is undoubtedly, in a general eense, the mother of vice and degradation ; but the statistics of our prisons prove conclusively that something more is needed in the training of youth, if we would preserve them from crime, than reading, writing, geography, and arithmetic. There raust also be some means of earning an honest living ; habits of industry, and fixed principies of virtue. The following item from the Northwestern Christian Advocate of Dec. 29th will be undoubtediy read with pleasure by many of our citizens: "Bishop E. O. Haven was iu Evanston last Sunday. He preached avery fine and impressive sermón on Sun day morning, which gratified, edified and even surprised his large audience. The bishop is on his way to San Francisco, where his home is to be. A reoeption was given to him on Tuesday at the woman's college. Bishop Haven is a marked favorte in Evanston, as he is also everywhere where the people know him personally. " e At the borticultural society meeting in s the court house on New Year's day, several members brought twigs of peaches of difs ferent varieties to be exatnincd by experts. t It was fouDd that the report which had g gained cossiderable credence that the" buds were all killed was erroneous, and that sev eral varieties were yet but little injured, '0 and that if nothing f urther happened to the r buds there would be a fair erop. The Crawfords had sustained an injury to about two-thirds of the buds, but several other e varieties were but little effected. Thismust - do away with the theory that peach buds 1 would perish at 10 below zero. _ Uity Treasurer Webster gives us the following statistios relativa to bis office. I Whole aniount of tax to be collected in the city, $58,650.43, divided as follows: lst and 2d wards, $30,994.98; 3d and 4th y wards, $17,148.65; 5th and 6th wards, . $10,507.90. Of this amount $46,000.00 1 had been paid up to last evening, leaving y $12,650.43 yet due. Of the dogs taxed we B find the number to be 272, 122 of which . are in the lst and 2d ward 97 in the 3d r and 4th wards ; 53 in the öffand 6th wards, which is quite generally being paid. Mr. Webster worked 22 days in December col¦ lecting a little over $44,000, and upon De! cember 3 lst collected $6,295.32, a good í day's work. ' At the meeting of the Baptist church society last Monday evening, Prof. E. Olney, i Messrs. H. Hurd, J. Ross and F. Braisted were chosen trustees. The treasurer's report showed all expenses met. The report of the church building committee showed i ¦ that the work under contract, which includes the finishing of the lower story, heating apparatus, gas fixtures, etc. , all complete, will be finished and paid for early in February, ata cost of about $16,000. It will tben remain to finish and furnish the audience room. It was proposed lo enter at onoe upon the work of raising funds for this, as the sooiety is determinad to inour no debts, but pay for everything as it goes along. An excellent resolve. Company A, at its regular meeting last Monday evening, resolved to attend the ' inaugural ceremonies at Washington, upon the invitation of the Asst. Adj. Gen. of the U. S. army, and appointed Lieut. Hiscock, Capt. Mauly, Lieut. Schub, and private J. W. Hamilton, as a committee to devise some method of raising sufEcient funds to defray expenses, after the boys have given all they can themselves. The company was never better drilled, and would be an honor to our city. So help them on their journey. At the same meeting tha following company officers were chosen; Quartermaster, J. W. Hamilton; lst sergeant, Morgan O'Brien. The civil officers chosen were : President- Frank Emerlck. Vlce-Presideut- Zach. Roath. Secrelary- Ham. K. KevenaUKli. Financial Secretary- W. H. Prendí. Treasnrer- Chas. K. Hlscock. In recording the 310 marriages which ocourred in this county last year- against 370 in 1879 - County Cleik Clark run across some statistici wnich may perhaps interest the readers of the Courier. Of the above number 296 were white and 14 colored. Of the brides 31 were older than the grooms, and 25 of equal age. The oldest bride was 66, and the youngest 15. The oldest groom was 81, whilethe youngest, just transposed the 8, was 18. The united ages of the oldest couple was 147 years, wbile the youngest could musterbut 35 years together. One man of 52 uaarried a darling of 24, while a youthful groom aged 28 took unto biinself an exierieneed damsel of 54. In regard to the nativity, 346 were born in Michigan, while New York came next with 69 ; then Oermany with 56 ; Canada, 31 ; Emzland, 27 ; Ohio, 23; Pennsylvania, 11, and so on down including nearly every state in the union. Respecting distant countries, we noticed Ru&ia credited with 4, Ireland 3, Scotland 3, Alsace 1, on the high seas 1, and numerous other nations the same. The reporter could have probably , ed other figures of interest, but thought the above sufficient for one installment.