Local

A iiew taunery s ibout startin.c u ture The bazar of Co. A. is progressing finelv. (o and see t. The contingent fund of the city's ti nances reporta $2,672.00 on han 1. I'oliceiuan Portar licing ibsent, K'i Manly is doing dnty in his stead. Tiiu sunj of' $171 was taken in last Sunday at the two temperance meetings, Araong the new postal routes proponed is one in thiscounty, from Faint Creek to Nora. Ald. Hutzel has had the town j)uuip fixed up, and it is ouce more in workiiig order. The Ann Arbor Coirier íh une cif' the very liet papen iti the tate.- St. JomA llepublican. Tilo iniriiKil school at Ypsilanti asks tor Hl apprupriatioii of $39,800 tor llie yoars 1881, and I lt. K. Aili'-i liis let ÜM ciintratit to A. K. liammond f'or the erection of a rosidence to oost M.000. Don't forget the uiasiiueradt: which the Vigilant fire couipany is togive at annory hall on the 22d of Feb. Louis Gerstner, Jr., died lat Wednesday, at his home on Fountain street, of consumption, aged 27 years. The thaw has pre'ty thoroughly scared the bridges- or tin; people about the bridgen, rathcr - on the Huron. Coiupany A's bazar is to hold through until next Tuesday evening. The boys seem to be meeting with good suco The teuiperance meeting at the opera house next Sunday af'ternoon will be addressed by various studonts of the univernity. The dog tax law is to be tested, City Attorney Kncuflton havini; been instrueted by the cominon eountul to malte a test case. The time lor paying taxes has been agaio extended, to March lst. This ü the last cali. Once, twice and thrk-e. Do ye hear? The juvenile temperance union are announced for the operetta "The Land of Nod," sometime in Mareh, at the opera house. The old paint shop of Wni. Herz in the rear of Baeh & Atn I's store, on Washington stroft, hi? been bought by Geo. Clarken. llev. J. Alabaster will discourse on the proposed prohibitory cOBStitutional amendrnent, at the Methodist ohurch neit Sunday evening. Judge Morris very kindly held court in the council elianiber last Tuesday afterTioon to aceommodate the republican county convention. The old Muriin Clark place, corner of División and Washington streets, is to be r.-aired and fixed up this spring by Aretus Duin. llev. J)r. Stcele, of the Presbytcrian church, and Rev. J. Alabaster, of the Methodist church, exebanged pulpits last Nabbath morninf!. The bond of Nicholas Uird, who is fo enibark in the liquor business, bas the names of Christian Martin and Matthias Fuetof upon it as surety. The horse of Dr.' T. P. Wilson ran uwuy on Wirtiaiu stroet lay-berore-yesterday, smashing the catter somewhat and injtiring the horse slightly. To sy that the walking of tho past week has been villainous, is drawing it mild. It has been oontemptible, slippery, slushy, and everything else bad. It is now a time of profound peace, except the occasional suicides which are reported, yet the Eveniog News last week liad an average daily circulatioo of 26,854! I'rof. E. C. Franklin is' to deliver the next lecture in the red ribbon oourse, on Tuesday evoning of next week. Subject : "The l'ross, its l'ower and Ilcsponsibilities." The Toledo papers state that the flour receipts at that place this winter have been mainly over the Toledo and Aon Arbor R. K, and f'roni thencc shipped directly to Eügland. We are informed that the gritty (.'reenbackers, who still a&ng to that orgauization, are to kol] a convention at the court houst to-morrow. and appoiut dolegates to their state convention. Tlie Roya! Templará are to hold their meetings hereafter in Odd Fellow's hall, over Bach & Abel's store, on the 2d and 4th Mondays of each „.onth. The charter ""'l M olowd next Monday night. eeomio Valentines Htare you in the cctui th picture and book store.. "W! Jloi"lay tli.y wül Ro on theirerrands ' "'th, or envy, ()r iovei just a8 the IUllortheender happens to be. At the last couneil inectiDg, W, Bao ' J WM hirt'l a engineer of the steamer, nntil April lst ; to receivo a salary at the !f ÍHOper year. Jas. Hichardson wdothefiriae al nU of $C0 per Wm. E. Dpew, of Chelsea, proved his abiiity te. preside over a county convention with grac-e nd promptncss last Tuesday. The air in the cnurt room was tcrribly muggy, however, and it made him prespire sonie. The town pump has been fiied, and a decent liglit placed bcliind tho court house dial, but the lamp posts on the northwest corner ol the court house squaie, and at the corner of Ann and División Btreets still remain oorded up. Look out for bogus $5 gold pieees. A ui"M exc llent counterteit is being "shoved" in thia county. The pieoes are full weigbt, a perfect die, and thé only possiblo way to detect them is by the ring of the coin. They are wliat is teruied "filled " coin. Last Monday chief-of-police Johnson received a dispatch statin? that his wife's mother was dangerously ill, and he left for New York where she lives, on the evening train, accompanied by his wife. Chris. Millman acts in capacity of chief during his absence. The pulpit of the Presbyterian church of ibis city will be occiipied next Sabbath, at both services, by Rev. Dr. Mason, pastor of the Jefferson avenue Presbyterian church, Detroit. Dr. Steele spends the Sabbath in Detroit, ar.d will occupy Dr. Mason's pulpit. St. Patiick's temperanca society, of Northfiuld, will have a prand cxhibition at the oM Catholic church, on Friday evening, February 18th, under the management of l'iitiick S Partell. Tfaa entertainment ill oomoaenoe ai sevon o'clock, sharp; Doors open at six. Tin' man who "looks down his nose" strikes luck some times. Por in.-tance we saw one Wednesday morning piek up two picces of silver near the Oregory house corner, which several pedestrians just uhead of huu failed to notioe beoanM they held their lieads too high. Tliere is to be a concert at the opera house, on Wednesday evening, February 16tb, under ihe aupices of the reform club. It H to be given by Mrs. Eniilie Allen, assisted by the Franz Abt Quartette, and Miss Jessie Taylor, piunist. 'Hh'. programme is one of rare excellence. Our item last week stating tl. at the oyiter Hipper at the residenoe of Wiu. Boyden, in Webster, was ibr the benefit ofÜM l'resbyterian minister was an error. It should have read for tho benefit of the laCes' aid soeioty of the CoDgregttional ofaaroh. Thera do Preabyterian mioii ter in Webster, we understand. The Anti Arbor jubilee singers whieh have been organized here, consisting of fbui boys and twj girls, all colored, give fair promise of' rivaling the celebratod southern trjupes. With little or M practice they gave songs last Sabbath evening which brought them an encoré. The bas is eapecially good, although a little timid yet. We notice lythe Washington dispatches that Rev. J. M. Gregory, formerly one of Ann Arbor's li nored citiïens, aod Miperinteudent of public instruction of thh state, is highly reeommended lir the poMtion of genera! agent of the Peabody funJ. The gentleman oecupying the position died rccently. The salary amounts to 15,000 per year. The young ladies of the Congregational church will give a social at the resideoce of N. W. Cheever, on Madison street, on Tuesday evcning, Feb. 15th. Dr. Stowell bas consented to give an exhibition with the gas-microscope, throwinjj views of various specimens upon a screen, - beginning at 8 o'clock. A general invitation ia given. A Coldwater paper has this item. The tonsorial artist referred to is well known among the colored people here: "Harvey Freeman, who has been for a long time in the employ of F. li. Jeakins, received a few days ago his back pension amounting to about $1,00(1. Harve will likely now purchase a suit of clothes and viit Ann Arbor." We would return our thanks to Messrs. J. G. Davis, Isaac Wynkup, and Elliott Freeman, of thia city, and to Mrs. E. Patterson, of Chicago, III., for copies of the Courier of March 19th, 1880, which enabled us to completo our files. No one but a publisber who has been placed in a similar position, can fully appreciate the favor. Last ïuunth's finances of the city were : Expenditures by the finauce committee, reported by Aid. Keech, $340.79, of which 11 was from the soeond ward fund, 78 cents from the general street fund, and $330.01 from the contingent fund. There was paid out for wood for the poor 186.12, and $14.50 for wood for the engine house?, la-t monlh. The Vpsilantian think.s that we claim a üttle too much in our utertioa that Ann Arbor furnishes more freightand passenger traffic for the M. C. railroad than any other station between Detroit and Jackson. It ahnits the passengers but claims to "scoop ui" on l'iüinlit. Well, wc are not inolincd to be greedy on that point, but taking both our roads we won't yield the palm. The Ypsilanti Commercial thlnks Capt. Bontecou l.i running the temperanee campaign In tne Interest of tlie llcjuor men, nnil that DOVel nwtiiiK niwle Mrs. Harnard klll Mr. Curtían, iind heaveuouly know what tlse lt thlnk.- Evenlng News. Now don't accuse heaven of being familiar with the various and varied pliae.-. of thoüghts expressed in the Commercial. It would puzzle the old frllow whoni the Oreeks called Pluto to keep any sort o' track I' the in. Preparations are being made by th reform club for their anniversary, which occurs next month, commencing Sunday, March 27th, and to continue during the weck. Some of the best temperanoe speakers and workers in the lanj will be present; Gens. Carey, Bain, Gibson, Bayard, and others have already been secured. Why can't Francis Murphy be induced to speak bere? The energetic business man shouldered his spade and shovel and went áifigeotly at work to olear the accumulation of snow and ice from his sidewalk last Monday aml Tuesday, the other sort of a business man set still and let the weather clerk do the job. The latter fellow seldorn does a good job uoaided, and pede.striaus sometimes think hard words of the man who hasn't energy enough to assist. During the drizziing storm of Wednesday, Mr. Jewell transfbrred his oods from the Cook to the Gregory house, and he iw uow in possessiou of the same. When the new improvements are completed, and the office upon the ground fl )or finished, we Bhall have one of the linest hotels iu the state. There seems to be sonie harp liguring respecting this movement, and the transfer was made very suddenly. It 11 st.ited that the Cook house will remain A lunatic captured at Rochester, New York, the other day, said his name was Townley Brown ; that he had a wife and family at Eaton Springs, io thig state ; and that he was fornierly "coofined in an asylum at Ann Arbor, from which he effccted hiá escape." The fellow must indeed be a lunatic as there is no such place aa Eaton Springs in Michigan, and the only asylum in this city isthe pickling vat, and very few ever escape from that. Kx-sherifT J. 8. Case, together with Arrhur S. Folbemus. formtrly of this place, i.wn a faira of 300 acres in Washington County Mo, about 50 miles siuth from St. Louis. Of this 170 acres are imptored, and upon the balance is a 6ne lead mine the oré from which is a staplo prod uct there the same as wheat s herí'. Mr. Case ntends visiting lus farm ncxt week, and if everything is as favorable as hoped for, he will eventually take up his residence there. les, we had a turn at fixing the water spout. The ice in it was solid, from top to bottotn, and it seemed to be about 400 feet tali, it had broken the joints and bursted the lengths, and when the rain carne no dripping echo was hcard in the empty cistern. Did you ever put up a stovepipe? Well, if you did, you have just a f'aint idea of what glorious fun it is to fix up the water spout. Our skinned knuckles, cut fingers, frozen thwnbs, all attest to its glory. Try it sometime. Tlie regular monthly meeting of the county pomological society, held at the court house in this city last Saturday afternoon, was very interesting. The subject tor ilicussion, which was that of preserving fruit, by either canning, drying or making into jellies, was thoroughly dbcussed, and viewed from all points, both favorable and unfuvorablo. Messrs. ,T. D. Baldwin, J. A. Scott, Emil Baur, and N. B. Covert, all dUcussed the subject, and it was thought a canning and fruit preserving establishment would certainly pay well here. Miss Sarah Fletcher exhibited sonie fine specimens of' jelly from various varieties of appleí. She also made the statement that the ten bushels of apples which it takes to makeone barrel of eider worth $1.50, would niakc $31 worth of jelly. Which estímate did not include the sugar necessary to make the jelly. It would consume three day's time in making. After listening t the report of the treasurer, the society adjourned to meet on the first Saturday of March. The several speeches of Hon. Oeo. W. Bain, ofKentucky, which were delivered in this oity the past week were fár ahead of tlie ordinary temperance speeches. Mr. Bain hadoo harrowing tales of personal ex perience to rehearse, for his life had ever been a températe one, but he made touching appeals, and possessed a magnetic power and eloquence which carried his audi jnoe with him. He was especially succeasful in indueing tiie young men tojoin the temperance army, and last Sabbath evening, at the npera housp, eighty-three gentlemen and thirteen lidies siened the pledee. uuuug me auernoon lie spoue at umversity hall, under th auspices o f the students' reform club, aud fifteen geatlemens' ami six ladies' Mgnatures wero there obtaiti ed, makins a grand total ot' 117 sigoer for the da3'. A good Sabbath's work. " But few of thom will keep it," .says a chronie grumbler, at our elbow. Suppose they dou't, suppose half, or three fóurths of them backnlide, the other fourth are well worth the labor of that day. The editor of the YpMlaotian credits ye local of the Cocrier with having lost a hatchet. He is mistaken. Weneverhad one. There is no W. in our narae. As to the subject referred to, we don't suppose that the people connected with any of the medical colleges of the country look upoo a corpse with the same feelings that other people do. They look upon a subject for dissection as something to advanoe them in the science which they are studying ; a book to aid in unfolding the mysteries of the human machine. Thebodiesofthedead are dissected that those of the living may be benefit ted, and freed from disease, and life made more enjoyable. After the spirit has flod it matters little wh8t becomes of the mortal clay, is their way of looking at it, for todust it must return anyway, and if it can be made to serve a purpose benefieial to the human family, why make such a hue and cry over it? The feelings of kindred are certainly far different from thii". They are horrified at any desecration of the bodies of their dcardead, nor is itany wonder that they should be? But medical science is a necessity. The bodies of the dead must be had for the dissecting rooms. The legislatura can, if it will, supply the need in a legitímate way, thus doing away with the works of ghouls. But it will not do it, and the grave robbers' trade will probably always be a profitable one. Tliere is much superstition tliroughout the country in regard to medical colleges, however, and it is n.ot lessened by exaggerated reports in BMMtkmal papers of every grave robbÍDg case whicli can be trumped up. We don't ¦appoM there is much differencein medical colleges, in thu use of subjects. They are all about alike. But the Detroit papers liaw leen so bitter against our college that it seems good to be able to point them lo their own doors occasionally.