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16
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February
Year
1883
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Tliere are 8( telephones in the city. Tlie court adjourned Satarday to meet aga'ui Ib March. The ice in the riyer was nearly three í'et-t in tliickuess. The books ia the High School library liave been catalogued. Joe T. Jacobs no w UelloestohlB friciuls through a teleplione. Some thieves recently )i;ive been detected in the High School. The Minnis orcliestra has e3tablished n dancing school at Milan. Last night's heavy thunder storm told heavily on the sleightng. The Tourneis are v have a mssquerade Wednesday evening of next. week. Rev. R. B. Pope lectures at Wnyne this evening on " Vacation Views of Forelgn Fields." ______ Dr. Stocking of Grace churcli, Detroit, will officiate at St. Andrews church next Sundav morning and evening. Stories of big skating feats on the icecrust of last week are now being related by our local Munchausens. Considerable wheat is being brought in. The good sleighing and an advance in price is what causes activity. The 8tockholders of the Hungsterfer Confectionery Company met Wednesday evening and sold out to Wllllam Haugsterfer. The mayor has onlered property holdei-a to clean out the snow from the glitters so a to allow the water to run off, in case of a suddeu thaw. - i'hose who have coupon tickets lor the Star Lecture course can bare them redeemed by presenting thein to L. D. Taylor at the National Bank. The flag over the Arniory was at half mast Tuesday because of the death of Col. Grifflthof the First Regiment State troops. which occurred in Jackson on Monday night. The brand of the City Mills is becomlng known on the other side of the water. Their flour which is made out of the damaged wheat, is being shipped in quantitie.8 to Great Britain. Owing to the unusual phenomena of thunder and lightning, duiing Wediifsday's rain, telephonic oommunlcntioni had to be cut off tor about half an hour in the afternoon. Offlcer John Loveland oí the pólice forcé in Detroit suddenly dropped dead in that city, Saturday. He was formerly marshal here in Ann Arbor, but went into Detroit seven years ago where he has been a patrolman. . In the Register of Deeds' office are forty copies of "Michigan in the War" which are toj distributed to the soldiers who have applied for them. About a hiindred copies have already been given out by Mr. Gllbert. The mails have beengroaning this week with Valentines. Everything from the penny satire to the f-ur dollar sentimental has been in demand, and the observance of this old time custom evn seems to be on the increase. By a runaway on Liberty street Wednesday night the highly delectable and sweetly smelling wares of a swill-raan were scattered up and down the road, much to the delight of the neighbors blessed with sensitlve smellers. At tlte Jlarch term of court Georeo Buil will be tried for the recent attempt to kill hia wife. He pleads guilty to assault and battery, but discreetly refrains from adding " with intent to kill." He is now in the " boarding house." Probabiy this is the last item the famous Sophie Lyons will give us for some time. H is to the effect that she went over the road to Ionia lastFrklay in company with Sheriff Wallace. Her board bilis will now le pa.d for the next three years f she 11 ves and does not escape. A resulTeafe, John 8. Henderson, of Grosse Isle feil Wednesday and truck the back part of his head vioentlyagainattheground- He was taken up insensible and remained so for a long fme, but it is now hoped that he will Oompany A wlü go to Jackion to-tnorow morniiig on the day expresa to attend he funeral of the Colonel of the regiment, l'hey will leava the Arntory at eleven The rates are half-fare, and all hecompaniesof the regiment will be presnt. The compauy has Bfdered soine íostly flowers from Detroit. '200 loads of wheat were brought into L'helsea, Tuegday. Of this nuiuber Mr. R. Ivempf bought one hundred loads. It is a :ertinent question with us wliy there U lot enough enterprise in Aun Arbortoseniresomeof the farmers' trade hereabouts. With the advantages of two railroads givng us markets both in Detroit and Toledo ve ought to be able to compete with other nland towns for the wheat business. Compared with the average for the nouth of January, Iu the preceding six u'iirs, neuralgia, tonsilitis and measles tvere more prevalent, and remittent fever, ivhooping-cough, and diphtheria, less preraleat during the month of January, 1888. For the montü of January, 1883, compared ivith the average of correspondingmonths in the flve years, 1879-1883, the temperature was lower, the absolute humldity and the day ozone less, and the relative huinidIty and uight ozone more. In the year 1881 Alfred Birmingham, au uld rison-bird, escaped froni the Washteimw County jail while here awaiting trial for horre stealing. Not long since Fred V allace was at Ionia, and in looking over the inmates for oíd oftenders, he recognized Birmingliam and was not long in ascertaimng that he had been sent there forunother crime. He took note of his term of service, and when it was out the sherifl was on hand to recapture hiin on the 3d nst. So he was brought back here, and Saturday niorning the old case of '81 was lenewed and he was sent up for two years The case of Slayton vs. Tke Washtenaw Mutual Insurance company was argued before the court last week. Messrs. Whitman and Babbitt were for the plaintitf and Messrs. Kinne and Allen for the company. Au important principie was involved in the snit, so it bas attructed some attention among the farmers of the county. The case is this : Slayton was insured with this coinpany and without informing it of his intention he had another policy secured from another insurance company. His house burn ing, the Washtenaw Mutual refused to pay Slayton inasmuch as he had violated the articles of agreement. Thereupon he sued it, and the case coming up last week it was decideed againsthim and resulted in a victory for the company. At a regular meeting of Ann Arbor Lodge, No. 320, 1. O. G. T., on Tuesday, Feb. I3th, the following offlcers-elect were duly installed by Jos. G. Price, Lodge Deputy : George Scott, W. C. T. ; Jessie Woodruff, W. V. T. ; H. C. Fancher, W. S.; P. D. Woodruff, W. T. ; B. D. Payne, W. M.; Miss P. Moore, W. T. G.; Esther Johnson, It. H. S.; Jennie Traver, L. H. S.; Mr. W. Reynolds, W. C; Miss A. Payne, W. F. S. ; Grace Minnis, W. D. ML; H. C. Wilniot, W. O. G. This lódjje ineets every Tuesday evening at 7::(U o'clock at their rooms over G. Cropsey's grooery store. All friends and wolkers in the cause of temperance are respectfully iuvited to join the order and help us in our work. Peaches. Inquiry among the peach-jrrowers of the country has coaviuced us that the recent icy foruiation on the trees has destroyed some of the buds of the later varieties and also a few of the earliest kinds. The loss however will not be to a greater extent than onequarter of the buds, if it should be as mucii as that. The trees themselves are in prime condition. Withiu tne past two years this district has become al most as famous for its peaches as for its educational advantages, and it is justly so when we cousider that in the immediate vicinlty over six hundred acres are in peach orchards and that within a radius of ten miles we have over a hundred thousand peach trees. This spring will see several new orchards planted: one by Dr. Nicholsof tour thousand trees one by Mr. Clark, east of the Observatory of two thousand; another by Mr. McCreery of fifteen hundred besides several smaller lots in various places.

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