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Eggs-tortionate 1 30 cents a dozen ! A $3,000 resideace ia to be erected in the sj)rii.i? by K. Latok. Next Monday eveninis Co. A will complete their bazar arraogements. "A winter's fog will freeze a dog." We' ve had the fog, now blanketyour dogs. Several people bave gouo blind recently, from gazing at the bnlliant light in the court house tower. Sixteeo new eigners to the pledge were obtaioed at the opera house last Sunday afternoon and evening. Rev. Mr. Sunderland will speak nexl Sunday morning on " George Eliot." Kvening subject, " Charities. " The North Branch Gazette, speaking to the Coitrier says : '' Your bright face is always welcotne at our tabla." The Beethoven Ge?angverieo are to dedícate their ncw hall, on Huron street, over Besimer's, by a ball on the 24th inst. ' The will of the late Joseph Rawson, of Bridgewater, is being contested in the probate court, by his daughter, Mrs. Saley. Vliat'n going to becotne of the rear end of Dr. Parson's office when the frost goes out of the ground nczt spring, and that wood pile The remains of Mrs. Klizabeth Cullinane, who died rccentlyat Cbelsea, werebrought to this city la-t Friday and placed in the Catholic cemetery. iúea of prayer meotings have been in progress the present week at the 5th vtard M. E. Chureh under the supervisión of Rev. J. Alabaster. Mrs. Kuiily Towiisend, a colored wonian, aged 70, and who has lived in this city 22 years, died at the residence of her daughter, in the Gth ward, last Saturday. On the lOth inst., in the city of Marshall, Judgc Charles M. Whiting, a biother of Hilpli 0. Wh'Uing, of this city, feil dead walking upon the sidewalk, from paralylls of the heart. The Lansing Republican says the stone chureh in the prucess of erection hete has cost $1,601) up to date. Change youx commaone niche to the right, add another cypher and then you'll have it. Two yoars old Frankie, was taken by his mamma to see a baby. "Kisj tho baby?" lio said. Frankie looked at the infaat, saw it was drooliog and drew back with the protest : " Baby leak.s !" Lut Saturday Mrs. Sally A. Steffen, who has resided for a great many years in Ann Arbor town, died of old age, having attaioed her 'Jlst year. Slie left a large number of children and grand children. Ulysses T. Foster, ono of the injured in the unión milis, explosión at Detroit, recently, is an old Ann Arbor boys, a son of Isaac N. S. Foster of Ann Arbor town, and son ia law of Mrs. D. S. Wood of this city. The second lecture in the popular course under the auspices of the reform club, is to te delivered by Dr. A. Winchell, at the opera house, next Tuesday evening, Jan. 25th. Subject: " How the world was finished." In making up our files for 1880, we find the issue of March 19th missing, and though disliking to ask our subsoribere, yet we need just one copy to complete our files, and would esteem it favor if any one could furnish us with it. A lot 44 feet front by 100 feet deep, bas been purchased by Messrs. Chas. H. Manly and J. W. Hamilton, on which the urection of a üre proof building for an abstract office is oontemplated. The price given was $4,000. m The Royal Templars of Temperance, a total abstinence and mutual benefit order, has made a canvas of the city, and sufficient names have been secured to organizo a lodge in this city, which will be instituted today or to-morrow. ? All our readers who read the sketch of Archibald Forbes, the great English war correspondent, will want to attend the leoture this evening at university hall, and hear what he says upon ' ' The Inner Life of a War Corresponden t." ? Tho teuipcrancc meeting at the opera house next Sunday evening, is again advertised to be addressed by students of the university. Three speakers, both for afternoon anJ evening meetings, have volunteered for the occasions. For the amount of snow upon the ground there never was better sleighiog. It is a grand time for the inerry belles and tinkJing bolls. Coasting, especially on the Nurth State street hill, is being hugely enjoyed by the boys and girls. Wei havo jmt aexiouotad for th) terrible cold wcather this winter. It will be remembered how freezing and chilly several of the deiooeratic meetings were last sumtner? Well, this weather is merely a relpse, the after-clap, as it were. At a meeting of the superioteudents of the poor last Monday, the present incum bent of the poor house, John S. McDowell, was re-elected overseerof the county house. His salary was fixed at $500. Dr. P. W. O'Toole was also re-elected physician for coming year. The Keek furniture compaDy at ita recent election of officers choae the followinir : President- Wm. D. Harrlman. Vlce president- L. Qruner. Sec'y and Trea. -Chas. É, Uiscock. Superintendent- 1. . EÏÏla. Asst " - Panl Orauble. The t-nergetio, wide awako citizen and head of the family is up in the morning early, and cleans the snow off bis walk before it gets tramplcd and packed down by pedestrians. The lazy man Iets the peoplo not only trample it down, but waits for old Sol to clear it off. The running of trains on the Detroit, Butler k St. Louis It. R. from the forraer place to Toledo over the Toiedo & Ann Arbor road, which is on to-day's program, will remove it is said, all fears of a future coal famine at tuis place, by relieving the Canada Southern of its glut of freight. The Adrián Times propounds tlie following conundrum. We don't give it up, but will let our readers guess at it : " It Is contemplated to run regular trains on the Detroit & Butlpr road between the forraer place and Milan, where the Toledo and Ann Arbor road ts crossed. Tlils will glve Detroit another mentís of coramunlcatlon to Toledo and to Ann Arbor. Wlll there be any cutting of rato?" A certain young lady in tbis city received what she supposed was a letter from the postoffice la8tTuesday, but lol andbchold, he had forgotten to put the letter in when he sealed up the envelope, so she was disappointed. Won't he look surprised when he finds the missive in his pocket some day? _____ lliiny (ïrn-Muan, son of Mm. Chriátian QfWMMWi of this city, died Thursday of last week, of consumption. The deceased was nearly 22 years of age, and had always livod in this city. A few months since he went to New Mexico in search of health, but failed to be benefited and returncd home to die. There ought to be some law passed which would clear the court room of boys when such filthy cases are on trial as it is stated have been the present week in our circuit. After people have arrived at years of discretion, of course tueir owo self respect will teach them the right or wrong of swelling the audience by their presence. At a meeting of the trustees of the Baptist church on the llth, E. Olney, J. Nowland, and F. Braitted were appointed a committec to sell their old church property on Catharine street. Here's your chance to make money. The society are not quite rich enough to give the property away, but are willing to sell it cheap. If you have any doubts in the least, of the pain a horse experiences by having frosted iron bits forced intoits mouth these cold days, just even touch your tongue to one of said bits and see for yourself how nice it is. Remeruber, then, and have a Httle feeling for the poor equine, man's most valued servant among the dumb animáis. At the meeting of the county pomological society last Saturday, the decisión wa.s reached that the peach erop in this vicinity would be light, the buds being more generally killed than at first supposed. From Manchester the repons were not at all flattering. From South Haven and the lake shore región the prospecls were considered fair. One of our city milkmen commenting on the water famine with which our fair city is at present troubled, very insinuatingly remarked, that unless we had rain before long, he should have to raise on the price ofiuilk. "Yes,"said the lady to whom the conversation was addrcssed, " I suppose it is very expensive to buy ice, and theo, too, it has specks in it, somttimes" The Ann Arbor Courier has at last " struck it ricli." mul if It continúes in the same patu of pleasure and proflt lts fortune will soon be "carved" out. The editor slays spring poets, snow poets, and all other kinds, and disposes of tlieir bodles, to the medical college for the enorraous sum of f.25. Which Is $24.50 clear proflt. We trust the papers througti the state, wlll help the good work on.by sendlng their poets Immedlately to the Courier, for revenge Is sweet. - Ogeniaw Herald. Shades of the immmortal Great Scott in Israel ! hold ! We're not in the wholesale business. We are very glad to have the pleasure of announcing that a rich treat is in store for the people of our city, Rev. J. Alabaster baving consented, at the request of the ladies of the M. E. Church, to deliver hia lecture on " Michael Angelo," the sculptor, painter, architect and poet. In places where he has delivered this lecture, the papers speak in the highest ternas of praise of the efFort. The adjourned meeting of the Washtenaw County bee keepers assoeiat ion, will be held in the basement of the court house in this city, on the last Thursday of February, at 9 o'clock, a. m., for the transaction of important business. Interesting papers will bc read and discussed ; reports given and items of interest gleaned. A cordial invitation is extended to all persons interested in bee culture. The Ann Arbor Courier Is lust twenty-one years of ase and although not betng permltted to rote heretofore it has been a cliild of Intel llgenee from the day of lts blrth and lts mtliience has been for temperanc. Justice and humanlty. We wish the Coarler nuuiy years of prosperity. As stated last week, we shall hereafter be more particular about lctting our readers know the good things said of us by the press of the state. The above from the Ogemaw Herald is the kind of a straw an editor likes to be tickled with. The Misses Harrison, who reside a few miles north of tuis city, gave an entertainment last week which for downright fun is rarely excelled. Music was discoursed by McNally brothers, proficieots in the art. Dancing was kept up till the wee hours of the morning, when the goodly company dispersed. Good sleighing, and the merry jingle of bella were only lacking to raake their cup of joy complete. The Arbeiter Verein, a Germán mutual life in9urance company, recently held an election of officers for the ensuing year, with the following result : President- Frederlck Schrald. lst Vice- E. K Frueauff. 2d Vice- John Wal.. Recording Sec'y- August DeFries. Corres. Sec'y- Oeo. Grossman. Cashler- J. Geo. Koch. Trustees- A nton Eisele.Theo. B. Oalke, John Geo. Mlller, Ed. Graf, Frod. Krause, John G. Gall. Chrlstlan Hoffstetter. l'olor bearer- August Henz. Hteward- J. üeo. Koch. The following are the names of the students who have received appointraents for the high school junior exhibition? Mary Alabaster, May Whedon, Carrie W. Frazer, Charlotte Brown, Satia Hyde, Lucy R. Cole, Fannie Dowoer, Alice A. Cochrane, Albert E. Jenkins, of Ann Arbor City ; Mark W. Williams and Lillie Baessler of Ann Arbor Town ; D II. Ramsdell, of Belleville; S. G. Andrews, of Highland ; Orpha A. Calkins, of Imlay City; and Nettie Daniels, oflJnadilla. Last Tuesday sonie sixteen colored men from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Saline, lef't this city for Lexington, Mo., via the Toledo & Ann Arbor R. R., to work in the coal mines at that place. An agent of the mines was here recruiting men, and he offered $40 a month or five cents per bushei for mining. It seems juet a little strange that they have to come this distanee for laborera. Especially when people are soliciting aid for the thousands of colored refuges in Kansas who are without work, food, or clothing. Some poetic chap up at Kalamazoo has written a poem " To an unexpected New Year's Guest," eotmnencing as fbllows : " Why, Yon lltt If nummer fly : r.u..iiiK on my wincfow pane." Now we have a fly buzzing around our sanctuoi. He wasn't unexpected f'or lie's been here all winter. He isn't a summer fly, either, he's a winter fly. And he doesn't buzz around the window pane, not much ; he perfers the paste. Consequently our coincidences don't coincide, or rather our flies are not of the same fatnily, and we won' t quote the poetry. Rev. J. T, Sunderland, at the I nitarian Church, is to comuience a series of' Sunduy evoning discourses on Jan. 23d, upon "Practical Christianity." The first discour.e will bc upon '' Charities ;" the 2d, on Jan. 30th, "Our Defective Classes;" the 3d, Feb. 6th, "Crimínala ;" the 4th, Fob. 13th, "Child Saving Work." Mr. Sunderland lins made these a special study, and has visited all of the penal, reformatory and chantadle institutioosof our state, and as these subjects are of vast importance to the commonwealth, many of our people will be glad to learn his views and suggestione. The boys were having lots of fun at the corner of 5th and Ann streets, the other day, with a bonfire which they had made by lighting the escaping gas froui the lamppost which was destroyed on that corner on the 17th of last tnonth, by a runaway team. The citizens of tire city will have Iota of fun, probably, in footing the bilis for this waslage. The owner of the team which ran away was promptly chased intothe country, brought up before a justiee and fined $18, we believe, for the damage. But the post iï-n't repaired yet. Who ia to blame for this delay? Who has the money ? The over-sanctimonious people, who put on long faces for Sunday wear, and who chide cbildren for Iaughing at church sociables ; and whose religión over-awes the young folks, and frightens timed people by its awful solemnity, received a well merited rebuke last Sabbath by Rev. J. Alabaster in his morning sermón. We don't suppose, that there was such a person in the room as he described. They are not scarce, however. It is gradually bcing admitted, even by the old Puritanical descendant, that the teachings of our Saviour were thofee of love only, and that religión is love and joy. . ?-- Two couples were slowly wending their way on Washington street last Sunday night. The head couple engaged in glib conversation, and the other very quiet, but very loving. Finally the last mentioned stopped, and whüe he passed his manly arm around hor uuatomy, she coyly raised her eyes and lipso his, and tbey spent about three minutes in briskly exercising their sphincter muscles. The " smacks" being ueard by our reporter who was gazing enraptured at the scène. Moral : Wait till you get home, girls, before indulging in this pleasure. It don't look well on the streets, and our reporter has "an 'hye like a 'heagle." The following named persons have been appointed to the office of notary public by the governor, and confirmed by the legislature: H. -Stephenson, B. W. Cheever, Mary K. Foster, C. M. King, II. C. Waldron, M. H. Brennan, J. T. Honey, J. Clark, F. M. Palmer, F. E. Jones, A. D. Crane, D. J. Oakley, P. D. Woodruff, L. C. Risdon, H. M. Woods, M. Seery, A. D. Seyler, W. B. Osborne, E. M. Tracey, A E. Hewitt, M. D. Case, J. B. Gott, W. W. Whedon, J. McMahon, E. 1'. Allen, C. H. Mauly, E. Clark, J. A. Palmer, T. E. Wood, E. Gorman, E. Jones, L D. Il ale, M. II. French, J. II. Vanee, E. J. Johnson, N. Schmid, M. J. Flynn, S. V. Clarkson, W. Haukey, J. D. Vanduyn, A. F. Freeman, J. Goetz. CommUMOU for the above notaries have been received at the county clerk's office, and are ready for distribution. We are informed by County Clerk Clark that there are several ministers in this county who do not pretend to report the marriages at which they officiate. As the law is very explicit respeating the duty of ministers and justices of the peace, and a refusal to comply with its provisionsis punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars for each offense, perhaps it will be well for theni to attend to the business. None can claim iguorance of the law, as each and every one have been furnished with a copy of the law and requested to comply with its provisions. If there io any authority, ecclesiastical or otherwise, greater tban the law making power of the state, the sooner the thing is brought out and contested the better. The law which protects any religious denomiuation in its rights demands some things in return. This thing isn't all on one side. The third monthly musical of the Ann Arbor school of music, was given at univeisity hall last Monday evening, under the direction of Prof. C. B. Cady. The hall was quite well filled with people, coraplimentary tickets being issued for admission. The program cotwisted of: lst. Trio for piano, viulin and 'cello, by Haydn, performed by Messrs. Luderer, Luf kin and and Miss Alice Wood. 2d. First concertino for violin, by David, performed by Master Philip Epetein, accompanied on the piano by Miss Huggins. 3d. Sonata, op. :il , No. 3, by Beethoven, executed without notes by Miss Anna Nichols. 4th. "Lucia" Fantasia for violin by Singl'ee, rendered by Master Epstein and Mis Huggin. 5th. Concerto for piano in G Minor, by Mendelssohn, very gracefully and artistieally executed by Miss C. L. H. Huggins, accompanied by Miss Jeanie May. Those taking part displayed rare skill in handling their instrumente, and Master Epstein was espocially applaudeJ, while ÜÜijCmmi of Miss Nichols' execution, and the oase and grace of Miss Huggins were note worthy, as was also Miss Wood's complete control of the keys. The entertainment, though entirely instrumental was remarkably good, the audience feeÜDg well sati.-fied with thenifelves for attending, which may be taken as highly complimen tary by the performers. One of the very best entertainments with which an Ann Arbor audience has been greeted for a long time, was that of Helen Potter's Pleiade?, last Friday evening, and university hall was nearly filled upon the occasion, so it will be seen the people mistrusted what was in store for them. The Pleiades proper consisted of four quite pretty ladies who handled their bows- now boys don't think anything about a pun- with artistic grace and elegance, and brought out of their four fiddles- excuse um, viulins- some very rich music. Mis Potter was tho star of the consellation, and her rcadingsand iinpersonations were most excellent. It would be difficult to equal them. Mi.ss Harriet Earnest had a very sweet voice and rendered her pieces with plcasing efftct. As for J. William x we don't exactly know what to say. We liked him and still we didn't likc him. He had a fair voice and some of his pieces were well rendered, yet therc was something about him we didn t rcally hkc. II is habit ot crooking his thumb back over his right shoulder was moDotonous, to say the least, but his expressions of countenance were inimitable. If hu would keep his hand still and let his face do all the work, it would be anMtnprovenient. Everybody, howevcr, the young men especially, were capitivated with the entertainment. Of course the fair faoes of the performers were not alone the cause, but they probably added considerably to true merit.