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Monüay. Lot iis have waterworks. Thr hhjli school opens August 2Otb. Mr. C. A. I.ewis is resting in New EngIuiprovcmciits are beingmade in all paris df the city, ________ 'J'here are mow thirty-eight wlio uso the Icilc-jiliime in tlie city. The Washtenaw Post suys Üè Qhlneei last week cat a "stink-katze,11 The lower bridge across the river has liad -dtiie work clono upon it this week. The cliilclren have the exact number of coiinted uji before school begins. 'i'lic town is bQled with large posters f i-om r college of music of Cindnnati. Mr. FreU Sorg lias secured the contract fut the univorsity jaintiur aiul frescoing. Stewarff" Iíeniiett saya helio throujrli a iicwtclephone running up to the university. " The new doublé curve of the Chicago pitchers 'U provine too much for the üeThe onuera of the iurniture usetl by .Ii'well in the Cook house, are anxious to sell it. The open air concert of the city banu was jrreatly enjoyeil by maiiy last Kiitlay evenlng. A bout :i00 seekers after pleasure and tooi air went to I'ut-in-B.iy, last Friday, with Comparjy A. There wasalass ball shootin-r at Howell this week. We are not yet able to teil wlio the winner was. Kev. E. A. Spence, Mrs. Wood nnd Mr. iioylan apoke on temperance before the -1m)i m tt,c tent on Sutlday. The Buroii is very low at present and the weeds are so 1iííIi that Hangsterfef's steam lioat would soon fet wound up in theui. A reward is offered for the body of a live man, wlio has ears to hear, and was not told that it was a hot day last Friday. CoL L. E. Crandall, of Dundee, speaks at Salem station Sunday afternoon aud in the big tent, in this city, Sunday evening. The telephone exchange is way behind the time on calling. Thcy still say Hell-oh ! when it now is Gehenn-oli. See new revisión. There is :i hugc quantity of wild rice in the river above the dam. This attracts the wild ducks which are somswhat plenty Jicre. The merchants along Main street want lis to "punch itp" the man with the sprinkler for letting the rain do most of the sprinkling. The in the school of tin Zion l.mlicran tliurch headed by the jiivcnile band started for a picnic last week 'i'hiirsday afternoon. The Michigan Central road iserecting an i ion bridge .it tlie first crossing over the Hnron above the city. It will be broad rnoiigh for a doublé track. Dr. Morgan, of Augusta, will speak on the subject of temperance at the M. E. churVh, In MOOTcville, next Sunday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock. The place in the first ward school left vanuit by Miss Torter will be filled by Miss Ncltiti Ames, and lier position in the tlurd wan] school will be taken by Miss Lovei"y- ._ Co. A strongly desired to go into Detroit l" Biiiíley'a funeral Siinday but could not í-'ft a train either on the Central or Toledo roads. Above forty members would have gone. - The stonc work of the basement of Manly & llauiilton'g oflice building is aboiit completed, and arrangements are being made to let the contracts for brick and carpenter work. ?- . A party of twelveyoung men intend to take some Saturday evening and walk to Detroit, coming back on the train Monday morning. It will be healthy exercise for tbem. -Mr. Charles Hicks, night operator at the M cliigan Central depot has been transferred and will DOW act as assistant to Mr. Pulciphw at the up-town office of the Western Untan. Tlierc are many Michigan people spendIng their vacation at Chantauqua, N. Y. ¦Ntarly all the cities of our state liave reprttoMaMyes there who are attending tlie camp meétiflgg, Mr .1 .). (ioodyear lately from New Vork state will open a new drug store next N i dnesday. He lias a good stock and will occujpy the store formerly used by George Orenvftle for the same purpose. An editor in tlie state has mado an un c ¦iiticniniily nnd unfair reference to an ariH(-intho CouniRR. We shall make no answer to t, as wc know hlm to have been l'ulffuli ofbad whisky for some time. The officers of the Ann Arbor reform 'bib (lsirc a larcre attendance of the memI the harinea meeting, in their readIng room, on Wednesday evening next. Important badnea will be transnetcd. The followlng s the program for the ¦' ¦"" I's open air concert tobegivcn to-night: V üa,nco5,k Kngllgh Murch „ The Post and Tribune was in error as to Co. A being down to the train cariying cGov. Bagley's reuiains, to do honor to the dead. It was their moruing for nu excursión and tliey were about to tnke the train. Keep your lead pencila out of your mouth. In the new autonmtie eopying pencils the purple lead is said to be a deadly poison, and a piece half the size of a pea will cause the death of a robust man. The change of Dr. Alex. O'Neill from the head of the university liospital to be assistant of Dr. Maclean, at Leadville, Col , will be quite a surprise to liis friends. He will receive f 1,500 for lus lervioei each year. The Grand Rapids and Indiana rood is selling farmlng l&nda la nortltara Michigm. For uny thinking of buying good (arma it would be far botter for tlum to read the advertisement in another column than to look elsewhere. Down nnder the willows near Allen'.-; rreek, In the third ward sceins to be the elysiura of buuimers who feel sleepy. If one goes down thcre at anytime lic will lïnd one or two. It is a good place to study drunken human nature. Owing to the heat last week very few teams and people were seen in the street and many ceased their labor and retired to shady places. However, therc being a change In the atmosphere, business in town has lately been mucti better. This week lias been quite a contrast tú last week as regañís the weather. .Last Satuiday a cool wave rolled over the country and with occasion al showers the coolness bas continued, adding much to our comfort and pleasure in living. Rev. 11. Day ünislied shippuig liis raspbeiries lost wct-fc. For four years lie has sent to the same partios who can sell hii berries at an advanceof a dollar over other varieties. Mr. Day received as high as eight dollars per bushei lor some lots. The store Mr. Theodw Taylor so long occupied as a grocery store isbting rclitted and will have a new front put in. It will also be raised and have new floors latd. The building is very olil and it wasexceedingly nccessary that something should be done. Last Sonday Mr. W. K. Childs spokc upon tcmperance at the church in Dixboro. Tlic elubiis an active one and is well enfcouraged 'by tlie people who atttend in large numbers. Mr. Hanby, formerly oL Au.. Ai-BrA-, ; ti,., ,,r,.i,l,,,lt, of ti. nreanizatiíin. The B. M. & F. society No. 18 have elected these oflicers : President, Frank Hangsterfer; lst V. P., Albrrt VPheelerj 2d V. P., Sid. V. Millard; :3rd V. P., Andrew .T. Sweet; Ree. sec, E. P. Le Van; Cor. sec., Geo. Apfel; Treasurer, J.Reule; Steward, C. Haubich. ïhe other day a heavy timber feil from the scaftblding in university hall, penetrated the floor and soon found itself oneeremoniously boimcing into the President's room. It became confused and took one of ti regenta Mate K suddenly as to demolish the chair. j. y ij. , , As there was no service In the Presbyterian and Congregational churches last Sunday, their congregations joiued with the Methodists. Dr. Steele preached tlie scriiiiin and the choir was assisted by the young ladies who are herc studying music with Prof. Goodrich. The ininstrel company gave a secbnd performance in the big tent on Wednosday evening. They were greeted with a fair sized audience, yet not so large a one as the evening previous. The entertainment was quite humorous and a large number of the jokes were not old. Yesterday the Western Union tekgraph company increased its office hours so that one can now send a message at any time between 7 a. m. and 10 p. m. This is the result of the petition gotten up a few weeks ago by our merchants to that effect. It wlll be a great conven ience to all. There has just been issued from the Coumer press a neat pampblet announcement of sixteen pages for the Aun Arbor school of music, which is nnder the directoisliip of Mr. Calvin B. Cady. Some important changes have been made so that two diplomas are granted, one for associate, the other for licentiate. Co. A is drilling three times a week and next week will perhaps exercise every night. Tlie competitive regimcntul dril! will probably take place before many weeks and the company are bound to go to Yorktown. They have about $600 in the treasury aud think that will help pay exj with what they receive from the state. It was a singular thing in the lirst place that it should have been two days after the death of Bishop Haven before any news of it reached the papers, and it is still more singular now, after more than a week has passed, that no particulars or notice of funeral have been given. It does not speak wèll of the news-gatherers on the Pacific slope. ' At Hillsdale on the 24th and 25th inst. there will be a regatta in which the Jlillsdales will row agaiñst some of the best clubs in the northwest. Half fare rates and f ree transportation for boats and crews will be given by these railroad : L. 8., & M. H. ; Ft W. & J.; D. H., t SV. It will be a good opportunity to witness some excellent rowing. Special trainsran into Detroit on Sunday tothe funeral of the late ex-Gov. Bagley on all the roads except tbe Central which has completely stopped running any Sunday passenger trains. Many of the university senate intended to attend the funeral exercises but supposing there was to be an extra train they were compelled to be absent.. An immense number of emigrante are daily going through on the Michigan Central. They are generally ticketed through to Dakota and northern Minnesota. The great majority are Germans and Dutch and will be worth a great deal to the country, as they are young and strong, coming with good habita and an earnest desire to bui ld their homes. The people of Ann Arbor too seldom think of liow much they owe to the men who gave the land where the campus is to the miiversity. Their names are William R. Thompson, William 8. Maynard, Cha 'l'haycr, E. W. Morgan, Augustus Garrett i and Daniel IJ. Brown. But for that i tion of forty acres, the pride of Ann : tior and the state might have been located 1 clsewhere. I Teams Uiat cross the bridge goiri to lower town just fuil fnlling through. Foot passengere have to cross the dusty road twioo to get on the side least worn and conseiiuently the least dangerous. For the past four or five winters when the ice has gone out every body expectcd to see the crazy old shell go wlth t, but it stlll .t.inds and totters. Condcinned long since by private and official parties !t is there yet to üe an eyesore to every one. It is like the old Uorse, turned out to die in the cold " uncared for and alone." Sonic one ooght to be censured. Geo. H. Jolinson, now with the Jaekson Patriot, but formerly in the amploy of the 'ii 1111:11 ollicc, s iu towii visitinj; fiiends lM relaÜOn. He has just ïuiulc the trip around the great lakes, and reporta a llvely time, especially after leaving Milwaukee. It being so rough thatonly the captain and two of the crew escaped being seasick. When iisked if he was sick, he answered: " Oh, 110; fjucss not 11!" The hot weuther last Friday is partly accounted for. In the forenoon a west boond freiglit engiue became stal led eastof the depot. It was some tliree hours before he could pet away :uul In that time he made tl lie:ivy draw on tho English language, but it did not start the eagina Wlicii another train would pass he would always put down lus head so the boys could 110 l scu him and laugh at liim. TIn re caine near being a tragedy at Ypsilantl TuesUuy evening. George Otto and liis son liad been drinking and being quarrelsome not inucli difflculty was found in getting up a fight. The old man was severely pounded and the young man twice dangerously stabbed. The first time in the groin but not deep onough, the second time in the breast but a ïib dcüected the knife. üoth will probably recover enongh to try it again. It' the residents along Detroit street would plant trees in front of their houses it would add exceedingly, not only to their comfort, but also to that of every one who is compelleil to pass along it. As it is now it is the hottest, dryest, dustiest street in the city, and strangers naturallj get the idi'ii that tlie city is uiiui.au aúa oonj one, because the first street they see upon arriving, and the last upon departing, is hot, dry and dusty. Now when a little thing makes a great excitement, considerable curiosity wüs .man fesled at the Mirht of a little bird hanging suspended by a string from the roof of one of the stores. As human nature is, -ome pitied it and others laughed and thought that perhaps it had gotten wet and liung itself up to dry, others greedy for sensatiort, spread tho report of a terrible suicide of a poor young thing. At any rate it attracted rnuch attention. The Washtenaw county pomological society met at the court house last Saturday and from the reports given we sliould judge that the erop of peaches will be very poor this season. It is thought that more hardy varietif.H should be cultiveted. As to graps the probabilities are tbatthey will yield well, but the fruit growers wbh for better prices as Prof. Hauer said that last year he sold a ton of Concorda for $50 and was not remunerated lor the expac of time and trouble. 'ín Tuesday evcning there was a good sized crowd present at the minstrel show lield in the big tent. ïlie nctors were from ¦even] troups and had been stopping tbrongb the tammer vacation at different placea in the state. The city band kindly turnod out and played in the strects, ontride and inside the tent for the dub. The program was a good ofte and one of the ptecea recetvqd live encores. Mr. Julius Seyler icmlcri'd several pieces upon the ' piano and rfolin, which were very good indeed. We have received the tenth annunl report of the 8ecretary of the state horticultural society of Michigan from Mr. Jacob Qanzhoni tb secretary of the county society. It ia a very complete report of over 000 pagesof tlie proceedings of the different organizations in the state and their observaüons upou fruit. This society wonld be doin coiulderable good by spreading tha best of IrnnnrlnHp fnncerninir the gowlng of fruit and trees. Mr. Ganzhorn has onr thanks for tliis very ntereeting aqd nsefiil volume. The cxpcrienccs of the boys who take bicycle tours through the rural distriets are oft Unies very amusing. Mr. William Word, class of '84, who rematas here this nimmer, has retomed from a trip into the Doniinion.and report! numerous interesting aneodotea tlmt oecurred In places where the people had never seen such a "creetur" before. Seeing hi-s riding suit they would ask what ball club he belonged to, and wherc he was going to play. Some, on asking what it was and being told that it was au electric machine, declined the polite invitation to take a shock. In the midst of this weather, so favorable to the growth of tropical fruits, it is pleasant to think of being up in Iceland, among the frisky Esquimaux, where, the year round, there is more (langer of being struck with a snow hall than with the san. W. 8. lloward, son of Mark Iloward, president of the National Fire Insurance Company, and neptiew of Matthew and Robert Iloward, of this city, made a trip to Jccland with an explorlng party from Denmark last year. He is still there, and we are sure our readers will be amused and instructed by reading bis letter on their customs. It is on the outside of the paper. The excursión of last Wednesday, given by the Ann Arbor juvenile band and the Ypsilanti city band, was poorly attended both from Ann Arbor and from Ypsilanti. The excursionista were well entertained in Detroit and had a pleasant ride on the river, nwiny Detroitersavailing themselves of excursión rates to visit St. Clair. Tliose who spent the day in Detroit report that the city was croyvded with strangers as four other long excursión trains, loaded with passengers, arrived on the siime day. Financially the excursión was a failure. The juvenile band, however, was guaranteed $20 for the use of its name so they are not losers for the enterprise. One of ourenterprisingyoung merchants has just been addingto the firni. Mi. I). F. Schairer went to Illinois last week and when he relurned he was a different man, In fact he had become a Benedick, While there he was inarrled to Miss Mattie H. üood of Naperville, Illinois, by Prof. II, II. Hassweiler. Friday lie returned and, to the surprise of bis wife, he took her to their home completely fitted out and f urnishcd. Öhehad not known of this and had planned out how thev would liave matters arranged, bntshe had been anticipated. In the evening they gave an informal reception to their friends, which was well attended and proved very pleasant. They went to keeping house at once. An ignc rant writer in the London Times who certainly is f ar enough distant to hare the excuse of not knowing what he is writing about has been charging that Prof. Payne of the university, in one of the books intended as a textbook for college srtidents unjustly used an articie from the Encyclopedia Brittaniea, written by Oscar Browning without giving credit. This charge is dircctly met by Prof. Payno in a conjmunication to the Adrián Times in which he shows that he had feit at liberty only to glve the same credit to the articie that Mr. Browning wishcd in the Cyclopcdia, i.c. the initials O. 13. werc appended; and he furtbermore has recent letters from tlie gentleman, who should feel aggrieved, if any one has a rlght to be, expressing ¦ fitction with the book. This straighttorward reply c(Tectua)ly settlcs the foolish ' charge. ?#j A new industry is to be established. It , is notliing more nor less than a company ( l'oniH-d to make a patent plow, harness and wliillletrce. By a new invention where tlien; is a low di aft such as in plowing, har] rowing, etc., the whifilctree is placed bei neath the horses, and a ohain running between tliem connects it directly with the plow or drag, It certainly is a great improvement, as It will now save the whiffietrees from being in the way to lift over stumps, dragging against trees, or to be stepped upon when turning. A coinpuny has been formed liere in Ann Arbor componed of Dr. W. W. Nichols, J. J. Parshall, A. R. Schmidt and A. W. Britten. They have it patented, and have the entire country except Rhode Island and a part of this state already disposed of. They intend to commence operations soon aud to manufacture the harness and whiffletrees here in this city. 1 ¦By tlie Improvements going on now in the opera house the etudents will not be uble torecognize theirold stamping ground when they return. The stage is much deeper and will have a largc entrence in the rear so the players will not have to go through the audience to reach the stage. Upon the sido will be erected boxes. The foot lights will be smiken so as to be innocuous to eyes and dresses. In the place of the tonner woodcn chairs a parquet will be divided from the dress circle and Carniahed with light opera chairs. The dress circle will be in the form of an ampitheatrc umi will conform to the curve of the gallary at the sides. The unsightly octágona!, u ooden posts are to be replaced by light three inch iron ones. The ceiling will be iK'wly frescoed and protected from water by ;i tin roof. In the roof above and in the back part of the hall is a large cupola which with the large rear doors will furnlsh good ventilation. The place for the oichestra in front of the foot lights is about i'ourteen luches lower tiian inv yanjn+i level, thus preventing the beada of the musicians from obstructing the view of the stage. The old ticket office is removed and coirespondingspace is made upon the other side of the hallway. By this me'ans there may be two exits from the rear of the liall and also a larger free space at the head of the stuirs. The side entrance has been closed up by the rising bank of seats in the dress circle. Considerable new scenery will be add&l and a better class of entertainments can be nccommodated. Perhaps we can even have some of the better operas. It is understood that already about two companies are engaged for cach week during the season. In playing ball of late years some curious laws of nature concerniug projectiles have been discovered. We tefer to curve ballp. A pitcher's standing is graded uow by the coaimund of curves. A doublé curve lias been duoovëred, concerninü it the Chicago Times says: "The matter has been lept very quiet, in order that it núgbt not be ' given away ' to pitchers in oiher league clubs. It ia a new and, so far, very deoeplive delivery. It bas not been many years since scientists scouted the idea of a curved ball. The het that a curved delivery was possible was deinonstrated, and uow no man is considered a capable pitcher who can not curve a ball in various directions ; up, down and sideways, in eitber'direotioB. In the game on Tliuisday Oorcoran demonstrated, to the satisfaction of a nuniber of experienced patrons of the game, that be could not only put one curve, but two on the ball, giving it a kind of serpentine inotion. This was done not ouly once, but again and again. Thus, when the bats man diovered that it was an outcurver, and hit it accordingly, it suddenly changed to an incurve. In the seventh inning, for instanee, he struck out Brouthers and Kichardson in succession on this kind of delivery. . Goldsmith has also acquired it, and its cffectiveness is shown in the fact that on yesterday Buffalo got only four hits. lic struck U Hourke oa it in tiiu slxih inning. They have been practicing it for some time under instructions from a scieutiüe gentleman, an officer of the regular army station td here. Ile is a great admiror of the gamo, and, theoretically, demonstrated by the resolution of force upon the ball which shall assert itself after ( the ball has goue a certain distance and has lost some of its ?peed. It is a very ', cult ball tö piteh, aud it romaios to be seen whether the pitcher can stand it."