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- - Not raueh wool brought la this week. The walls of the Tappan school are up and the roof is being put on. The boys of Company A are drilling in preparation for catnp. A new tea stoi-e will open soou in the place vacated by Goqdspeed's shoe store. The cold nights of the past week have not been comlucive of fast growth in corn. Rev. Dr. Haskell speaks to the teinperance pcople Sunday afternoon at the usual place. The lawns about town are unusually bright and green for this time of the year, thaoks to the late rains. The Ann Arbor ball nine went over to Tecumseh last week and beat the home nine two out of three games. By the completion of the four tal walks on the postoffice corner, that is made the smoothest and cleanest crossing in the city. During the past winter the Workingmen's Aid Society has paid out over $ 700 in relief of their nieuibers and families. That is good work. The price of Ohio wool in the Boston market is 38 cents - 3 cents lower than last year at this time, and Michigan wool is 34 - 5 cents lower than last year. A contract for painting the Methodist cliurch has been let to II. G. Emery, who did the frescoing on the Unitarian church. Ilis was the lowest of several bids. A laboier named Michael Felska was hurt on the gravel train of the T., A. A. & G. T. road Tuesday afternoon, about two miles nortli of town, He had a couple of ribs broken. The new book firm of Gcorge Osiua & Co., are fitting up the cellar of their store preparatory to opening a wholesale carpet department in connection witli their other business. Emancipation day was duly celebrated by some 250 colored folks f rom town joining the two excursions to Lansing. They returned at six o'clock the next morning and report a grand time. For his professional services during her illness last year, Mrs. Dr. Worden, before returning home to Des Moines, presented Dr. Breakey with a handsome lap robe knit and embroidered by herself. The Directors of tlie National Bank engaged the services, as Cashier, of Mr. S. W. Clarkson of Manchester, where for some lime he has been the Cashier of the People's Bank. He will assume the duties of the position in a couple of weeks. Town peoplehave had but little excuse forgoingtosununer resorts this past week, as with the delightfully cool weather we have had, they undoubtedly have been more comfortable at tbelrowo homes than iftheyweie in a crowdèd hotel at some resort. TheCounty House takes about 80 tons of coal each year. This has just been purchased at $6.0G on the track. A little more than that is required for the Court House and the egg coal for that place and thejaü is being delivered for $G.25 and $6.45. News reached here the other day that E. B. Prindle, a former resident and merchant in Ann Arbor, had been struck by lightning at his home in Dakota and killed, together with his step-son. He was formerly a Methodist preacher and afterwards lor a time was iu the grocery business on Huron street. The opera house for next scason is again to be under the efficiënt management of Mr. A. J. Sawyer, who has already made arrar.gements for some of the best dramatic compan es. The season will open September 7th with the celebrated player John T. Raymond. Rhea, Maggie Mitchell, and othei-s will follow. The Detroit firm of newspaper advertisers, Savage & Farnum, has moved and is iiow in commodious quarters, in the new Campan building. In the reading room over 11,000 different papers and periodicals are on file. Visitors are always well received and welcomed to nicely fitted waiting, reading and toilet rooms. Considerable sympathy has been feit tor Charles Schulz, who was burned out Thursday night of last week. He is an industrious carpenter and had just been adding to his house, making it a very comfortable one. When the fire carne but little was saved and the neighbors have been helping with a subscription. He will rebuild again nearhis former site. The Ypsilanti Sentinel hftl this joke at the expense of its ovvn town. It is good tot its evident truth : When Toni Thumb first exliibited in Michigan, the village council of Ypsilanti, demanded a license, whlch the agent relused to pay, and went on to Ann Arbor, wliere free tickets to trustees were a sufncient legal tender tor any kind of show. i 'iis gave occasion to the following " gag," wnich the manager taught little Torn to squeak out : Visitor- " Qen. did you stop at Ypsilanïom- " No, sir, I did not." Visitor- " Why not, General ? " lom- "Because, sir, there are smaller ml !n YPs"anti than I am." 1 lus brought down an Ann Arbor house or course. Torn is dead, but the othcr race 0 small men niay be found yet, in both Places. The public debt was reduced $18,000, 000 in June, and $138,000,000 during Ui fiscal year ending June 30, 1883.- Wash ington Dispatch. Turn the rascáis out.- New York Sun Last week's storm did great daniage a Grand Rapids, especially in the directioi of the carrying away of bridges, som townships even being without bridges and almost inundated. The description of the disaster in the Grand Bapids Eagle is a fine piece of reporting. The Michigan Military Academy is doing such a kind of work as to make it pop ular and prosperous, because to a prepar atiou for college it adds a discipline of arms and a care for health. It takes goó( men, for it wants it distinctly understooc that it does not " undertake to reform wayward and vieious boys." Being well located and in a condition to surround'its students with good influences it must meet with success. There is a Germán temperance paper called the "Bahnbrecher," of Chicago, which has exercised its opponents not a little by lts articles. It is edited by J. Adolph Schmit, and a novel way to work has been adopted in town, that is to get soine of the people interested in the cause to subscribe for it, to have it sent to some Germán family where its teachings may do good. A number are thus sent. Company A will have 65 men go into camp at Island Lake thia year- an unusually large number. They received their knapsacks Tuesday and these they have to make answer for sachéis. The cooks of the companies go out next Tuesday to have everything in readlness for the arriYal of the troops on "Wednesday, The Ann Arbor boys have neglected to practice rifle shooting to any appreciable extent and their team is not yet selected. Last week from one of the officers of the K. of P. we obtaiued a list of the offlcers but it was found to be incorrect. AU the other city and Detroit papers published them wrongly, as well. For a change we glve it as it should be: C. CL, Dr. V. C. Vaughan;P. C, J. W. Hangsterfer; V. C, Dr. G. A. Hendricks; P., Wm. Merithew ; M. A., J. Kelly, Jr.; M. F., Cari Ilendrickson ; M. E., Dr. J. L. Rose ; K of R. & S., Oscar O. Sorg; I. G., John Lindenschmidt ; O. G., C. Sanford. When Mr. Schumacher was in Fremont Ohio, Tuesday he called on ex-President Ilayes and found him with coat off and sleeves rolled up hard at work wecding out a little grove of walnut trees he had planted. IJe has a beautiful home there and promised if he was home on the 16th ie would talk with the excursionists from Ann Arbor. When asked about the olitical situation in Ohio he expressed himself enthusiastically for the Republican State organization and was very contident they would carry the state by a good safe majority. Judge Joslyn flxed the dates for holding the terms of court in the twenty-second circuit, for the years 1884 and 1885, as follows: In Monroe county, on the second Monday of September, the flrst Monday of November, the flrst Monday of February, and the first Monday of April ; in Washtenaw county, on the first Tuesday of October, the first Tuesday of December, the first Tuesday of March, and the first Tuesday of May. At present the regular terms are held in Monroe in February, April, June and November, aud in Washtenaw In January, March, May and September. For several years past the nuisance of the " Cat-hole " in the sixth ward has been a source of embarrassment to the Common Council and the Board of Health as well as to the residents in its neighborhood. It is a natural reservoir difficult of drainage, and as several of the adjacent street glitters have been turned into it, the city ought certalnly to see to it that It be not dangerous to the health of the people. The Board of Health have advised with the Common Council as to whether they had the power alone to abate the nuisance, and it seems their advlce was not satisfactory. However 4 or 5 years ago f50 wa appropriated by the city fathers to be expended in improving the place. The nioney appropriated was from a fund only available that year. For some reason it was not then expended, and consequently it was lost. Last year Drs. Breakey and George went before the council asking that something might be done. ALain $50 was appropriated with the understanding that there was a joint responsibiljty between the city and the residents thereabouts for the unwholesome hole. So it was expected that they would render assistance. Matters were delaycd until just before the freeze-up in the fall when it was too late to do much. It seems to be an unfortunate state of affairs that there is no city law properly covering such a case, and that a needed improvement should go a begging for so long a time. The ixtli annual excursión of the Ann Arbor Reform Club promises this year, to be of more tlian ordinary interest, notwithstanding the fact that their previous attempts in this line have proved both enjoyable and prolitable. For this trip the conimitteehavechosea Fremont, O., with i}8 many attractions, as the place of destination; the T., A. A. &G. T., and Wheeling and Lake Erie railroads as the conveyances, and the 16 Ui day of August as the date on which the excursión will take place. Among the attractions oftered, without speaking of the beautiful farms and scenery along the route, are Mace LoDg, together with his large temperance tent and jubilee singers. The Ohio Campaigu Glee Club, of Clyde, Ohio, which will be on hand to welcome the excursionista, the palatial residence and grounds of ex-President Hayes, and the City Hall, Court House, and Public Park which have been kindly tendered by the authorities to the visitors from this city and vicinity on the above-mentioned day. The trip covers a dista"nce of ICO miles overanew country to most of our citiaeüs, and will be made in seasonable hours, leaving here at 7:55 a. m., arriving at Fremont at 12 in., and returning, leaves Fremont at 6:30 p. m., and arriving home at 10 o'clock. The fare for the round trip being placed at the very low priceof $1.50, or 75 c. for children under 12 years of age, we see no reason why this is not agreat inducement for our pleasure-loving and over-worked citizens to spend a day in enjoyment, recreation and As Frank Hangsterfer will cater to the wants of the inner man, both on the cars and at Fremont, no one need borrow trouble as to how refrcshments can be secured. The committee who visited Fremont to make arrangements, feel under obligations to the offlcers of the T., A. A. & G. T., and the W. & L. E. railroads, and the citizens generally who treated them so courteously while attending to their duties there.