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Easter. ?? Next Sunday we will have both. The new council will meet next Monday night, to orgaoize. The Ann Arbor Scnutzenbund are down for a shoot next Monday. The juveniles are to present the " Land of Nod," on the22d int. A little son of John Haines, one year old, died of inflammation of the kidneys, Monday. ___ The Detrcút Evening News now has a daily average circulation of 29,000 1 Just thinkofit! ______ Easter gifts are the latest freak in fii.-h[ouabti KA.-. Watt, uuytliing tliat's a gift teaches generosity. - ?¦? ¦ A uew shop is about to be erected by Wm. Herz, on the site of his old one, on Washington treet. The Detroit Presbytery have been holding a regular meeting in Saline this week, - muuiiiiiia 'i'-iay. There will be an Easter service at the Unitarian church next Sunday morning. No service in the evening. The heur on whicb church services are to eonimence Sunday evenings, has been ohangcd from 7 to 7:30 o'elock. The worst skepticism is that which believes that there is soiuething safer than truth and more desriable than goodness. A third interest in the Daily News has been purchased by E. O. Lease, and the tinu name is now Rouscup, Tanner & Lease. Mrs. Sarah Ellsworth, daughter of the late Geo. Grenville, of this city, died at her home, in Canada, on the 29th uit., aged 38 years. The property known as Deacon Pratt's - No. 48 William street - has changed hands, Airs. Ralph C. Whiting being the purchaser. ___ Earle Knight has leased the old Gilmore house, on Liberty street, of Miss Florence Huson, and will cccupy same about June lst. To-day is Good Friday. We were taught to believe, when yourg, that all Fridays were bad, but they are not. There is one üood Friday in every year. A Lumber of Ann Arbor people went to Dundee Wednesday afternoon to attend the entertainment given under the management of Frank Hangsterfer. Policemen Millman and Porter report 18 nd 17 arrests respectively for the month of March. Their fees were $38.47 in the former instance, and $33.55 in the latter. Give us a Gulf Stream around the lakes ; an isothermal line through the península ; a hot air blast all over ; something to melt tlie ice slivers in the air and the ice in the lakes. _ Sleigh bells again jingled in our ears last Tuesday. How is that for April 12th? 'Juess the destruction of the world by fire has been reversed. A reign of ice seems imminent. For the first time in twenty-four years the democrats have elected an officer in Ypsilanti township. The lucky individual is George W. Alban, who was chocen (owd clerk. Messrs. C. Martin and C. George ask permission of the council to run a small steam engine in their tooi and locksmith shop, at No. 27 Washington street, in the old church building. On Tuesday evening, April 26th, at university hall the Choral Union promises to Tender the most varied and interexting proiimh ui the course. A full house is de sired. Adoiiseion ten cents. C. Eberbach has donated sonie very nice Nhrubbery, to be placed in Hanover park, and the council accepted of the same, giving the committee on parks power to incur necessary expense in setting it out. Ad effort is being made by our city phyMiua to secure the next meeting of the tate board of health for this city, and a mi eting was held at the court house tat rriday evening looking to that end. The following little verse from the Manistee Times Standard has a heap of truth ¦io it : Wt do not what we ouglit what we ouitht not, we do. And lean upan the thotighl Tliat chance will brlug us through. The Cook house was opened to the public lul Monday, by the gentlemanly proprictor, Mr. H. Hudson. The house has been thoroughly repaired and renovated, entirely re furnished, and is now neat and nice from cellar to gariet. Compliments are crowding in upon us. Tlie Erening News of last Saturday, has this item : The milversity calendar tor 1880 and UU has deLSlï.Ti1 ttDd cfonu muoh e matter, the 1ÏÏ P 'i if lhe rauseum. lahoratory, etc 'Sfl'adTd ?tSawae'il. BO8S Bea' lU The demolition of the old red brick house t the southwest corner of Main and Liberty Groots is now nearly acoomplished, to mke room for John Keck's new store. This building i9 one of the old landmarks, having been erected when Ann Arbor was stripling, in the year 1829, by Uren wils, and t was the first brick building in the county. " An Arbor Day," that's what the goverDor proclaims, for April 28th. And the dea is a most excellent onc- that ia, if it thawa up enough to dig holes tbr the tree? And if yon own any land on which to plan them. If you have not already done so, look at once to your cellars, and remove all decayec or decaying apples, potatoes, or vegetables of any kind. By so doing you may save yourself and faaiily a l'tng siege of severe Uloe "The club" lias elected the followiog officers for tbe ensuiog year : President Charles S. Fall ; vice-president, John V. Sheehan ; secretary, E. D. Lewis ; treasurer, C. E. Hiscock ; steward, Morgan O'Brien. A bicyele school ia to be opened in our city again. The boys who have tamed the " animal," look very graceful perched on their lofty steeds, lt is our impression that the bicycle will cventually come into quite general use. llcv. Samuel Day, known to the people of this city by the title ef "Chaplain," died at the residence of bis son, A. A. Day, in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, April 3d. The funeral discourse was delivered by Henry Ward Beecher. Jos. Temple, alias "Shorty," broke jai Thuisday of last week, and has not been recaptured. The gambling heil on Main street, of which he was one of the main props, to the good of the city be it said, ha at last been rooted out. We have received a copy of the Minneapolis Tribune of the 9th inst., announciug the death in that city, on the Friday previous, April 8th, of Frederick A. Ilorn, after a lingering illncss. Mr. Ilorn was at one time a tobáceo merchant in this city. Hm Bay City Tribune and the COURIER don't always agree, but herc is one point on which they can juin hands and shake : Kon. Andrew D. White, of New York, who is Mie president of the Cornell unlverslty at Ithlca, has reslgned hls office of United States minisier at Berlín. And we thlnk president Angell of our universlty would be wise to follow hts example or reslgn hls presldency. The discourse of Rev. J. Alabaster, upon the ninth commandment- do you know what it is? - was a powerful effort. It seemed as though everybody in the audit rium was terribly hit - except ourself, ol course. Newspaper men never take such things. Tlie first annual meeting of (lie Michigan homeopathie hospital aid association, will be held in the parlors of the M. E. ohurch, Thursday, April 21st, '81, at three o'clock p. m. The election of offieers with other important business, requires a good attendance. _ The young men's musical society recently ciooieu me lonowing omers, tor the ensuing half-year: President, H. Allmendinger ; director, Prof. Henry Otto ; seoretary, A. SchmiJt ; treasurer, John Dieterle ; executive couiuiittee, E. E. Huss, Wm. Hein. According to the report of City Treasurer Web-ter, for the mouth ending April 1-t, he had received $4"), 489. 82; paid out $37,874.18; and had balance on hand of $7,619.78. Every fund had a balance on hand save the 3d ward fund, which was over drawn 14.14. A California exchange of a recent date has this item under a Deadwood, (D. T. ) date of Maroh 14th : " Samuel Lewis, the well known mine speculator, committed suicide by taking strychnine this afternoon. He formerly lived in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Mich. The infidelity of his wife was the cause. ' ' Mrs. A. C. Clarke, of Saline, writes the Coürier, asking the insertion of the following notice : liThe 5th annual meeting for the 2d congressional district will be held at Hilfsdale on the 21st and 22d of April. By our earnest work and faithfulness let us make it known that we expect the victory." Now that we begin to see such items as this from the Galesburg Express, we can come to the conclusión that the grave robber is like Othello, his occupation's gone : "A man who has been stopping at the county house forabout six monthspast, died on Monday, and his remains have been sent to the medical college at Ann Arbor. The jail which had been under quarentine since the tramp was taken down with the small pox there, had the same broken last Wednesday morning, and the prisoners whose terms had expired, were discharged, almost emptying the jail. Sheriff Wallace feit a great relief when the allotted time had expired and no new cases were reported. A keen student of human nature must have written the following: "When you see a young man sailing down street shortly after midnight with his collar mashed down bis neck, you can make up your miad that there's a young girl crawling up-stairs not far distant, whith her shoes under her arm and an extinguished lamp in her hands." _____ The Oxford Globe is exceedingly compliruentary. Here is what it had to say in a recent issue : Among the very best of our state exchanges stamls the Ann Arbor Colrikh. It Is fearless, out spoken and Independent, and strikes rlght out from the shoulders at whatever or whoever lt considere In the wrong. Keep rlght on brother Deal, your pi uck and energy Is worthy of lmltatlon. A llttle more of tt distrlbuted among the newstmper fraternlty, would make a good SSltiÍTBVWritóB18ía5 work and less brag and bluster. A petition has been presentad to the common council, and by them roferred to the licenso committee, asking for the removal of the peanut stands from the corners of the streets and sidewalks, and terming them a nuisance. It is signed by Messrs. Hangsterfer & Co., Rinsey & Seabolt, Geo. W. Cropsey, A. Kearney, A. Bell, aud several other firms. The Midland Republican pays us this very pleasant compliment : The Ann Arbor Courier Is Uve and wlde awake,- kind of stlrrlng 'round among raatters. We llke il and are "much obleeged" for 1U vlslts. And as a clincher adds this one : Somebody has pltched Into the Ann Arbor Coukibb with a charge of " bad grammar," bul lt seems to Bt-ai{l) serene notwlthstandIng. The editor evidently cares more for the graln than the straw, and like certalnly furnUhes very good allmen t. The Ann Arbor Commandery Knights Templar, No. 13, elected officers last weok, as follows : E. C.-Zina P. King. Gen.- John N. Gott. Capt. Oeu.- Mlchael Fleming. Prelate- Willlard B. Smtth. s. W.--R. 8. Armstrong. J. W.- Maren Cook. Treamirer- Kred. Horg. Recorder- John Kapp. MtHiHlard Bearer- Iludson T. Morton. Sword Bearer- Dwlght Pseblas. Warder- Wm. Doty. Sentlnel- E. J. Johnson. Last Monday morning Mrs. Barbara Heinzmann nee Weimer, wife of John Heinzmann, a south Main street merchant, died very suddenly, at her home in the second ward. The Friday previous she had three teeth pulled, taking chloroform for the operation. She did not complain much afterward, but did not feel well, and Monday morning was taken with a congestive chili in which she died. The early riser Tuead&y morning was a discouraged individual. The raio of the nigbt previous had turned into snow, and the entire earth- houses, tree, shrubbery - was clothed in robes of white, the snow clinging to everything it touched. The effect was grand to an artistic eye ; but to a practical one it was abominable. Suuh weather in the middle of April will not be very apt to bring May flowers. That the people of the oity tuay know the amounts on hand belongiog to the several funds of the treasury, we give the fullowing figures froin the recorder's report for the month ending April lst : Oeneral fuud _ $ 90.96 ¦ st. " 44H.77 lst warcl " 301.76 'M ¦ ' 772 42 3d " " _ i Uil " ' _ 167.40 5tll " " 2ÍMKÍ lilh " " „ _ „ 181.11 ( oni mgent fnnd a,lM7.4 City oematery iund .'. ' ív.oó The 16th aunual meeting of the ladies library association was held last Monday at the Presbyterian church, and all the old officers re-elected as usual. The report of the treasurer showed the society out of debt, and their building lot paid for. 80 new books had been added to the library during the year ; total number of books in the library, 3,457. Tbe society hope to have their new library building built and paid for in five years. A very pleasant event occurred at the residente of Mr. and Mrs. J. ft. Hicks, of Lodi, on the Cth inst., the occasion being the marriage of their daughter lihoda M. Hicks, with. Brayman II. Taylor, of the same town.-hip. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dan. 11. Shire, of Saline. There was a large number of invited guests present, and the gifts were both numerous and valuable. The couple took a short trip west, and intend soon to settle down on a farm. Some very pertinent remarks were dropped in tho council meeting last Monday night, by Aid. Besimer when he inquired who was responsible for the lighting of the court house tower. He said there had been several things which had not been attended to as they should have been, and that he propused the new council should take hold of this thing and straighten out all the loose kinks. He wanted to f-ee the city " slicked up" a little. So say we all of us. The last meeting uf the old common council was held Monday night, and the year'8 business closed up. Aid. Besimer made some very pleasant reinarks respecting the closing hours, and thougbt they had worked in a very hartnonious manner for the best interests of the city, oonsidertheir wide divergence of opioions upon many subjects. They had dropped personal feeling for public good. There was i iitthj iiami MiaKing, atiü a ft-w goud bjc said at the close, but the grand finale was very quiet, and unproductive of tears. The following paragraph is clipped from the Muakegon Sentinel. Mr. A. B.Wood, editor uf that paper, is a talented journalist, run a greeback paper for a long time, and knows whereof he speaks. It doesn't seem to be encouraging to the project ol the greenbackers in this county : We have reeelved an Invltatlon to takestock In a new greenback paper Boon to be started In Detroit which we most respectfully decline, and turn our lnvltation over to the vast army of men all over the country who are anxlous to advaoce large suma of money to support greenback papers. We wouldn't mlnd lnvestïng what Berkey and Fuller owe us, but their promlHes to pay don't seem to be the equivalent of gold always, and probably wonld uot be taken for stock. The various committees appointed by the pioneer society to revise and correct the different features of the History of Washtenaw county, have finished their labors. There were seventytwo committeemen composing one general, and twenty-two minor committeer. These gentlemen were among the oldest and best informed citizens of the county, and they did their work in a highly commendable manner. Messrs. Chapman & Co. placed before theni all of the manuscript, and after a careful and critical examination and making the needed correctiona pronounced it as full, complete and authentic as it was possible to make at this late day. The Michigan School Moderator, in its issue of April 7, pays our high school a fine compliment, stating that " it out ranks most of the high schools of the state in resultó accomplished," etc. Referring to an item in the Courier, the Moderator says : It seeras to us that the Ann Arbor Cocrikr has hit the nall squarely on the head when It says: " üur schools, rrom the prlmary to the professional, are bullded up on the principie of a machine, each part a wheel performíng a necessary functlon. By smashlng a portion you injure the whole." We are glad toTje able tosay that the Courikk's hope wlll be fully Wo love Ilm whole Birstera, from log school-house to univerglty, and wlll spare no power wltbln the npi-s of our abillty to cement the entire system. There Is great need for educators to see eye to eye, throwlng away petty jealousles and worklng for the greatest good to the inultltude, sweanng eternaraggresslon towards evll and lgnorance, and teaching the truism of the power of knowledge hased on lntelllgence. Soine very old papers are coming to light. Francis M. Holland, of this place, has brought in for our inspection two copies of the Republican Advocate, published at Batavia, New York. One is dated Dec. 22, 1826, the other May 4, 1827. Both are very tender and show their years. One can get a good idea of the advancement of the age by looking over the columns of these papers, only a little over a half century old. In it we find much about free masonry, the Morgan disappearance at that time exciting the people. We also see a notice of a runaway slave, runaway apprentices - for one of whom a reward of a six pence was offered - and various other qOMI Ihinga. Tho man who advertisod his wife as " leavin his bed and board without cause," etc., was living then, too. The papers are very valuable as relies of by-gone days. m The farmer's club is to hold a sheep shearing festival in Manchester, April 21st. (It will have to warm up some, we reckon.) The committee of arrangements is composed of Thos. Van Gieson, John Ktidi-h and John Horning ; on securing building, C. M. Fellows, Win. Bowers, Frank Spafard ; fleece-binder, Henry Calhoun ; weighruaster, Frank Spafard. Three prizes for the best sheep in each class; also three prizes for the best shearers : $3, $2, $1, those competing to pay 50 cents. Judges on shcaring are Frank Bradley and Geo. Rhcad ; on merino sheep and their grades, W. S. Crafts, J. Short, J. S. Wood ; on ong wools, John English, S. W. Don, D. W. Talmer; on downs, L. D. Watkins, Wm. B. Osborn, W. W. Hess. Competition open to the state, every exhibitor payng 50 cents. The festival, last year, it will be remembered, was a perfoct success. Everybody invited. The Ypsilanti Commercial coramences an article in this way : "Right ü right and ustice is justice the world over." In another article t says: " Unfortunately we ose the board of supervisors in this county through the defection of two district in Ann Arbor, due to the unlucky Beal fight." Phat is the Commercial's idea of jus ice, is it? That is it's idea of right ! If he Commercial knew anything at all about Ann Arbor politics, it must have known hat what it is pleased to term the " Beal ight" had no more to do with the defeat of supervisors Gregory and Krapf than I did " Pat" himself. The defeat of tlie republicana in this city at the last elcction was accomplbhed by republican temper anee men, who went off on a " tangent' ' beoause tbe legislatura failed to pass the proposition to aubmjt the probibition amendment to the people, and so defeatcd nearly every republican up for office. What's the U9e of continually misrepresenting? If it is done through ignorance, sayso; but if it is done purposely, don't talk to others about justicr.