Local

A ikw iiw:ilk lms been o rile red lald In front of fireman's hall. Don't forget tlie floral sale at the Hatist church this evening. The new city treasurer has given the necessary bonds, in the the sum of $80,000. The circuit court ailjourned on Tliursilay of last week untü the 20th of June. Eugene P., son of C. L. and A. Rose, of the 6th ward, aged 12 jeara, died iuM Kri day. ___ Lorenzo Davis, superintendent of the Kor, has his office with Register of Deeds (iilbert. - Mrs. S. F. Dillou has purchased Arettis Donn'a piare on Washington street for $3,000. We Have spoken in another column ahout the protectlon tome of otir industries deserve. Just let up on that auction bell. It must jingle 00 out streets no more, says the new rity ordinance. .Mrs. Mary Latliroi of Jackson, will oc'". iti .--¦ -' "- leuMKiist chnrrli next Sundav mornlnfr. TIn1 sum of $85 was reallzed from tlie .lapancse sK:ial for the lailies' librarv MM i-iatioii, lust Kriilay evening. At tlie I'resbyterian church this eveninff, it will be remembered that l'rof. Thatcher is to givc an elocutionary reading. Those wantiug baggage checked at the M. C. depot must have it on hand flfteen minutes before train time, hereafter. Last Wednesday the seniors of the high school had a group picture taken from the Itapi of the unión school building. The Baptist church of this city has received the generous aid of $2,000 from f riends in Detroit, toward their new edifice. The city marshals, and all of the constables save one, have presented their bonds to the councïl, ml tlie same have been approyed. N. H. Drake's new house on Huron street to bc built on the west lot of the Thaye; property, will cost $2,000, and be an orna ment to the localitt. The Ovid Register endorses an artlch recently published in the Courier, auc calis it level headed, but fails to teil when the same carne f rom. The board of liealth very properly desirt the erection of a pest house where peoplt stricken with eontagious diseases may b taken and eared for. An incipient lire in the paint room of thf argricultural works in the 5th ward lasl Monday evening, was extinguished before much damage was done. In another column will be found three city ordinances of importance to our cifl zeng, the ptiblication of which was awarded the Courikr and Democrat. A now iron bridge is to be erected over the Huron on Pontiac street, at least the street eommittee has been empowered to contract for one, by the council. The sum asked fortheold Baptist church is 1, 500. Some of these wlndy fellows who have to " hire a hall " so often better hiiy it as a permanent investtnent. A. little nine-years-old girl named Carrie I'urter, brought to the county house some mouthi ago, from Superior, died last Monday. She was ill but a short time. Dnriag the month of April Deputy Marshals Millman and Porter made twentyone arreststen of whioh were for vagraney. The " vags " have thawed out for sure. The saloon bonds for this city have been fixed by the council at $2,000, the same as last yeur. We notice that Chelsca has de'¦led upon the same amount for her saloon The expenditures from the city poor fund for the month of April amounted to $1 10.29, w folloivs: Ist ward, $15.27; 2d ward,$7.01 ; W ward, $32.63; 4th ward, $24.18; h ward, $10.90; 6th ward, $18.32; city, $2. l'reatonTRoge'h'avingbeen request''' o a,lalyze t,,e H,ater Jn the courtoiise Wffl, has done so, and finds it all right. A 'ater analysis, after the frost is out of the round, may possibly produce a different ¦esuit. 'I't'e beekeepers' meeting, it will be re '"embered, is to 1 held at the court house, next week Thursday, the 12th inst., at 9 11 'ck a. m. n is expected thcre will be :l 'arge attendance and an Interesting "utting. 't Is stated thTt several of the old engieers and flremen upon the M. C. it K 'ave recently been discharged. We have "eard it nti.nat.d that they are the ones who took part in the labor dcmonstrations wme time ago. Supervisor Foster'Ann Arbor town, is lne tirst man to make return at the county erk's office of the marriages, deaths, and 'UhUry list t„r hls township for the year Tliese are taken at the time the '¦'¦( i nia.l.-. PraiKis Murphy, of Plttsburg, Pa., the Kfet temperance orator, spoke in the Pa house bist Saturday cvening, also on "MJ atternoon and Monday evening. " Snnday evening 1„; addressed a larire il'Uience at Ypsilanti. Joticing tht the 3Óth day of May was a 1 letter day o„ OUr calendar, reminded s of the fect that it was decoration day nd a legal holiday. Th8 year it falls on oilay, and it is presumed proper arngements will be made for its obaerration ' The linancc oommtttefl of tho couiicil, through its chairman, Aid. Keech, reports the following expenditures for the month of April: 3d ward fund, $1.25; 4th ward fund, $2,50; 5th ward fund, $C.'2.r; general street fund, $48.68; contingent fund, $285.81. That famous game of base ball between the east and west sides of Main street, carne off last Priday, and resulted in a sad discomfiture to the west siders, who got scooped by a score 18 to 24. The boys had their supper at Hangsterfer's last Weduesilay night. The mombers of the council have pledged theniselves individually to lend all possible aid tothe sldewalk committee In theenforc ing of the provisión relativo to repairing or rebuilding of old sidewalk. That's riRht. It ia sadly needed- the work on wnlks we mean. Miss Mary Ann Fisher- a sister of Wm. Fisher who has beon in the employ of Wines & Worden for many years - died at her home on North University avenue, at 9 o'clock yesterday mom ing. She has been ¦ suflerer forsome time. Funeral services f rom the house to-morrow at 10:30 o'clock. The National Kepublican, of Washington, perpetrates the following rhyme : " Slng a song of Senators, Ntomuclis full of rye, Seven and tliirty demócrata Feellng pretty dry. When thélr mouths were opened Kuch itt'iíHn to groan ; ' Wouldn't we be happy here If we could squelcb Mahoae.'" Mrs. P. McNally, of this city went to Burï-ilo, N. Y., some two week since to see her mother who was at that time quite sick, and as she is 105 years old, it wat quite reasonable to suppose it might be her last sickness, as it was her lirst. But the old lady has recovered and bids fair to ee the dawn of l'.KK). The troupe wliich renderad tlie Legión ¦ of Honor it the opera house last week was i.-.-.ii.v ,ui matlMM ii,., .,nd (hiM-v.-d u better reception than was accorded it. The people will probably show thcir appreciKtion of true merit, bv a big house for the biirnt cork jig dancers aml minstrel troupe next Tuesday evening. Nellie Bliss, wife of Munson W. Bliss, died at her home in Toledo, last Sunday night, May lat, aged about 34 years. The remains were taken to Pontiac for interment. The husband of the deceased is a son of C. Bliss, was for miiny years a resident of our city, and in this deep attliction lias the synipathyof numerous friends here. ti.,. ir nas úeen quite ciniiy ror me pata week. Sunday night t tried to rain but didn't succeed very well. Those weather prophets of evil, who said we should have a cold, dry spring, have hit it so f ar. Th is was written Wednesday. Thursday it drizzled a little, but not enough to make a liood or take off the old bridge, over the Hnron mmmmÊm North Main and Kast Hurón streets are hdth being lilled la and rounded up with earth from the excavation made by John Keek for his new building at the corner of 8. Main and Liberty streets. The city pays 15 cents per load, delivered, for the earth- which is mostly gravel- a much 8inalleraniount than it eould be obtained for in any other way. The last financial report of the recorder showed an overdraft on the general fuud of $197.89, also an overdraft on the 3d ward fund oí $17.54, and balances in all of the other funda, as follows : General street, $413.81; lst ward, $294.24 ; 2d ward,' $768.92; 4th ward, $259.51; 5th ward, $284.02; 6th ward, $179.61; contingent, $1,616.42; city cemetery, $49.(X. Loren Moore, father of Geo. W. Moore, died at his home on Pifth street, yestcrday morning, at about 2 o'clock a. in. The ileceaseU was 79 years of age, and lias been confined to hig house for over one ycar. Funeral service at the house at 9:30 a. tn., to-day. The remains will be taken to Mooreville for burial, where services will be held at the church at 1 o'clock p. m. A Wisconsin farmer says he has found a sure remedy for the Colorado potatoe beetle. He claims that by planting two or three flax seeds in a hill of potatoes the bugs will keep away entirely, not bothering the vines at all. This alleged reraedy is so simple it can be easily tried and can certainly be of no injury. When you plant your potatoes just bear it in mind. The Monroe democrats in some way inserted an " N." in Chauncey Joslin's name, and now the state board of canvassers are inquiring f Chauncey N. Joslin and plain Chauncey are one and the same person. If they are, then there is no question as to who the next judge of this circuit is. This error adds one more to the many to be ereilited op t the carelessness of eloctlon boards. B. Townsend, of Superior, had two of his "crack" sheep in the city last Tuesday, for the purpose of having their photograpns taken. One was the four-years-old buck which sheared 34 pounds last year, the other a yearling buck. Both were fine looking fellows, and had excellent fleeces. Mr. Townsend expects to have a 36 Ib fleece this year from the oldest buck. These sheep are of the American merino breed. A correspondent writes us from Traverse City, that on Friday, the 23d of April, the snow was two feet deep there. On the Tuesday next, which was the 26th, the snow had all gone, and daffodills, crocuges and snow drops were in bloom, while the grass had sprung up and cattle had been turned out to pasture. The thermometer stood 80 in the shade. The most sudden transition from winter to summer ever known Wm. McCreery, Esq., of this city, eame from Ireland to this country in 1831. He first settled in Vermont, where he worked three years, at 7 per mo'nth, one-third of the pay being cash, one-third store pay, and one third stock. One fall he took a cow for the stock payment, and it took his cash and store pay to keep the cow until spring. Concluding riches could not be coaxed in that way he carne west to Ann Arbor in 1834, where he has ever since remained. Rcv. W. Hall, rector of the Episcopal church of this city, left last Wedncsday, in company with liis sister, for a European tour of six months duration. His congregatioii very generously not only granted liim a leave of absence for that length of time, but also gave him $1,000 toward Jefraying his expenses, and allow his saliry to run on just the same as if he were present. Profs. Tyler and Morris will supply the pulpit during hU absence, it u stated. Among the petitions presented to the oundl at the last meeting was onerequest' ng the widening of the sldewalk upon the ' lorth side of Huron St., between 4th and ' itli streets, from ten to fourteen feet. Also ' ne from Harvey Cornwell and tea others, ' isking that the council vacate all of 12th ' itreeet, north of its intersection with Oak ' treet. A new side walk on the east sido ' f Maynard between Jefterson and Wllliam treet was also asked for. All were re' èrred to committees. A The Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern a aJlroad magnates say that providing those s vho gave their notes for the northern exJ ension will renew the same, arrangement I ve been perfected by which the work t nll be pushed forward immcdiately to e ompletlon This, the note holders are a , now being asked to do, and it seemg that ! but few object. The road can only be i completed in this way and as lt is useleas I in its present conditton, there is little I doubt but tliis last effort will be successful. The Siour City Daily Journal of the 19th uit., copies an editorial from the i Coübier respecting the introduction oí current literature in the school room in place of the readers now used, and in doing so, adds : ' ' What the editor of the Courier says upon the subject he says understantl iugly. There is certainly much force in hls suggestions, and those aniong our western educators who have been thinking of the use of current literature in the schools will be glad to see what is saitl about the matter." The Baptist church society adopted the plan of paying for everything as it went along in erecting the new church ediftcein this city, and it has proven a wise plan. Two of the Detroit Baptist eluirches have just forwarded a littleover $2,000 to help the the society along, and another onewill add at least one-fourth of that to the amount if not more. One of the members told us a day or so ago that they expected to have suffleient funds in a few days to complete and furnish this beautiful edifice, and there will be no debt staring them in the face when it is finished. A good record. One of our good friends happening to have a hand in the getting up of a church social where they serve a supper, he allowed us to cast our eye over the list of eatables which his better half said was necessury for an ordiiiary evening. An extra occasion, woulil of course cali for enlarged figure?. It shows how much it takes to put people in a social mood. Here is the provender: Biscuits, 300; loaves of cake, 13 ; cold meats, 18 pounds ; quarts of milk, 10 ; sugar, 8 pounds : coffee, 4 pounds ; tea. % pound; chcese, 4 pounds ; butter, 6 pounds; and pickleslOO! Whew! it almost takes our breath away - to the social - to think of it. The Fairfield Ledger, published at Fairfleld, Jcflerson Co., Mo., lias the following notice of a former Washtenaw BUUS, who has introduced some blooded stock into that country: Mr. N. T. White, late of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who recently purehased the Bartholomew farm and otucr lauda near thU city of S. O. Mtller, brings wlth liim lome of thennest bred horsen Iowa has ever seeu. At tho head stands hlH trottlng stallion "Htony Furd," a son of liysdyk's " llatiibletonlaii," who, almost without training, has a record of '2:40, and of the progeny of bis slre thlrty have records of S:8U orbetter - aniongthem "Dexter," " Jay Gould" and "Qeorgu Wllkes." He also has " Hurón Chlef," airea by ' Btony Ford," ayouiig home of promlse, a Qne Hambletonlan pacer, and several blooded mares and colU In hls stud we uciiov-. ,re are few better pedlgreed horses In the state thnn iiic. ..t,i,.i, ro owned by Mr. Whil and hls two sous, who came liere wlth hlm. If the members of the legislature could fully realize the good eft'ects of the law passed by them this winter in transferring the bodies of paupers to the medical collj.jri... tïiny wnillil fol ïtoppy t'.-i uilCi; iu their lives, tliafs sure. The number oí (nluvers being shipped to Prof. Herdman, the (Icimiiist mior oí anatoiny, will be quite sufflcient for the purposes needed, and the occupation of ghouls, as far is this college is concerned, is gone forever. The new law Is good in more ways than one. It assist8 the counties, which get pay for the bodies, and also gi ves the people a feeling of security for the remains of their dead friends and relatives. A ride of about flfty miles on May 4th, through the townsof Ann Arbor, Webster, Putnam, Dexter and Scio, gave the proprietor of the Couriek a good chance to pass judginent upon the wheat erop as it now looks. We saw only three pieces of good wheat. One was owned by T. Birkitt, one on the Drusa farm, and thp atkaa on the Dexter road, about two miles from Ann Arbor. These three pieces were sheltered by woods, and probably will yield about thirty bushels to the acre. The average yield of all the llelds we saw, will not be over ten bushels to the acre, and if we do not have rain within a week the yield will be less thau that. The bad boy who runs away f rom school and raiscs the " old scratch " generalij would do well to remember that the 9tatc has placed a fine of live dollars among hei statutes, as ¦ penalty for robbing the nest or killing at any time, any robín, nighthawk, whlppoorwill, finch, thrnsh, lark, sparrow, cherry bird, swallow, yellow bird, blue bird, brown thrasher, wren, martin, oriole, woodpecker, boboliuk, or any other such songster. The state probably knows its business, and it is all right and a generons and square tliing by the birds to protect their nests and their lires, hut the legislator who classed a woodpecker among our song birds, had as much ear for music as a muilLast Monday at about 11:30 o'clock, Michael Grossnian feil upon the sldewulk just alter leavlng Schneider's meat marke on the block south of this office, and diei wlthin .1 very few minutes thcreafter. Th cause of his deuth was heart disease, wit which he had been troubled siace he was young man. He was nearly 58 years of age It will be remembered that his wife died last winter, and thero is something remark able in the taking away of these two people. Mrs. Grossman feil directly afte coming out of the same market, at abou the same time of day, and on the same day of the week, haring gone thereon the same errand, and death ensued shortly after Oeo. Grossman, who has been employed in the compoging room of this office for severa years, is a son of the deceased. lr. Grossman was born in Wurtemburg, Germany la 1823, and has lived in this country sinct August Oth, 1851, a period of 30 years. If there is any desir on the part of our readers to know who the sureties upon the buuUo vf lUc ifgial mIvvii kccpci me they can ascertain by perusing the follow ing list, presentad at the council meeting last Monday eyening. The flrst mentionec is the saloon keeper the two following are the sureties: A. Gwlnner- L. Gerstner.G. I.ulck; C. Loeffler- A. Elsele. Andrew K.s.lmiMt ; Geo. Ardner- J. Frey, John Laughlan ; John M. Qould -John Arnibrunter, John Lynch ; Anton Brahm- X. Zachman, A. R. Schmldt; Eugene Oesterlln- L. Qruner, M. Welnmaun ; Cha. Binder-C. Walk:r, W. Hchmld, Jr Frederlka Ham- L. üerstner, A. D. Seyler; w. H. Mclntyre- Edward Flemlng, Qeo. Clarken ; N. H. Drake-F. 8org, E. Lulok ; U. Schaible- A. Teafel, J. Heluzman; Heury C. Binder- E. Manu, J. Laabengayer; August Herz- F. Ortman, Thos. Walker: Chas. Kltson-John Frey, II! ra in KItredge; T. F. Ionard- T. H. Geer, Henry Mattuewa ; O. Mlller- Henry Waesch, U. Allmeadlnger; LoulaHchlelcher- X. Zachman, i 'aspar Klnsey; F. Rettlch - David Rlney, Monea Seabolt : Chas. C. Hauser- J. Haarer, A. D. Seyler; J. J. Koch- J. G. Koel], John Koch ; Nlcholas Bird- Ollver Bird, Chas. A. Murray ; Michael Steeb- B. Hender, Edward Graf; L. Walz- H. Krause, Frederlck Wftgner; John rialr- John N. Gott, Thos. Earl; George Clarkeu- J. C. öchmld, E. Luick. One of our exchanges speaking of the paents who allow their boys to idle away heir time very truly says : " It is both a sin ind disgusting to see the number of boys hat are allowed to loaf on the streeta and die away their time out of school. These xys are brought up in crime and ignortnce when it the same time the tax-payers ire paying thousauds of dollars annually o sustain our free schools. What can these leglient parents thiwk of or ever expect heir sons to amouut to in this world ? EUfcM put them to work on a farm or at a rade. No young man is fltted for this t'orld un til he has learned a trade, no mater whether he be rich or poor. These boys re being brought up loafera and thleres nd educated to become strikers and rioters. 'arents, one and all of you, both rich and oor, ignorant and wiue, who allow your oys to neglect their schooling, what do you xpect of thls young mob of boys running t large ? Shame on you." t The commou council at iU last meeting s praetically taxed out of eilstence Street i peddlere and foreign auctioneers, givlng to ! the local dealers and auctioneers, a com. plete monopoly. We believe in encouraging and protecting home industries and en1 terprises. That ts the only course to build ' up and enrich the business men of a town. Now the council ahould flx upon a Hcense for the foreign solicltor or canvasser who comes lnto our city and talca to other place printing, binding, etc. Thereshould be no unfair or partlol dlacrlmtnation. Our home printing establishment ned protection the same as does our merchante and auctioneers. The forelgn canvasser for printing and binding injures home establishments. Besldes that, he ofteu cheaU the men from whom he takes orders, and gives thein au inferior article of workmanship in the bargain. Thls may be the lookout of the man ordering the Jobs, but a he is frequently and repeatedly deceived by these oily and soft-soapy canrassers, he should hare the council step In between him and fraud, the same as itdoea between the people and cheap oranges, lemous, apples, etc, of one claaa and cheap mouth and wind of another class. Gentlemen of Uie council, surround us all with thy protecting arm. No favored classes, no partiality in this land of freedom. Tax the foreign solicitor and canvasser.