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The excursión left tliis niorntng tbr Detroit. . , The coloi-ed people are organizing a second Baptist churcli. On August 88th, the V. C. T. ü. wil] resume tlieir meeting at Cropsey's hall. The Leonard House, recently purchased hy L. D. James, is to be closed at once. Yacation is almost over and the teachers and scholars resume tlieir duties Monday moriiing. John Muore has bought out the drug stock of C. E. Holmes and will continue that business. Serenader8 were out Tuesday evening and did not forget ye editor's people in their wanderings. The Methodists had their annual picnic at Whitmore Lake Tuesday. Quite a coinpany, a few fish and lots of fun. The tuition of the scholars in the city schools last year amounted to $3,685.90 - twelve dollars less than the year before. In the case of the Condón heirs against Hayes and Webber they get judgment against the former while the bill against Webber is dismiesed. E. B. Hall and brother have filled in dirt along the Toledo road track for a considerable distance in the tliird ward, and have put up exteusive coal sheds. The invoice has been received for over 300 rare volumes from London as an addition to the McMillan Shakespeare collection tn the University library. The bicyclers went around the " Triangle" to Saline, Ypsilanti and back home Friday evening in three hours running time. The distance was 28 miles. Mrs Brown and family wish to exprets their gratitude to the fire department for their efficiënt services at the fire Saturday morning whereby their house was saved. The men, Tom Condón and Dave Norton, last week accused to knocking down John Burke, were tried Tuesday and as identitication was not satisfactory they were acquitted. Itev. O. E. L. Crozier will address the Temperance meeting, Sunday 3 p. m., at the usual place. He will report the proceedings of the Prohibition convention and progresa of temperance. Welch Post, G. A. R., of thls city, have niadearrangementsfor the first excursión over the T., A. A. & G. T. railroad to Orchard Lake, which wül probably take place on or about September lOth. F!re bugs are bestirring themselves in town of late and ilonday night the barn of Mr. Fitzgerald in the Fourtli ward was fired, but tlie flames were discovered in time to be extinguished without much loss. The Bower property in the third ward has passed into the hands of the mortgiigee, an Eastern party. Mr. Seyier is the agent, and a new sidawalk s about to be put around it, both on Spring street and Willer avenue. The lady friends of the Beethoven society gave a pleasant entertainment in the society's rooms on Thursday night of last week. A handsome " crazy " quilt which was raffled tor, went to Mrs. Ebcrbach. A neat sum of money was nettëd. Steam threshers have almost driven out the o!d horse power ones, and nearly every day they are seen upon the streets steaming along, greatly to the terror of horses. Occasionally they are run carelessly in the flelds too near the road. The bids for putting the hcating and ventilating apparatus into the Tappan school were opened last night, and the job was awarded to Hutzel & Co. for $1,345. The other bids were, Shaw, Kendall & Co., $1,485, and Monat & Sheley $1,970. Snit has been commenced against A.M. Bodwell by Hiram Willis, who wants f10,000 to pay liim for the alienation of hm wife'8 aft'ections. By the way t may incidentally be mentioned that Hiram and his wife are not so badly alienated but that they were around together getting out the papers. A club of colored ball-players from Jackson made a raid on a town club at the Fair grounds Monday afternoon and beat them by a score of 26 to 14. The home club had two white players to help them out and even that did not save them against the lightning pitcher from the wieked town they cali Ja'xon. Night clerks are not always safe creatU1'e8 to have around a hotel. For instance, the one of the St. James broke into the safeearly Monday moniing and cleaned t out, getting some $55.00. His name, wliile he was here, was Hampton, but he lias sought anotherclimc and probably anotlier name ere this, and his tracks were few and far between. It is a good time of the year for fish sto1Ies' ard vve have one concerning a former Ann Arbor boy from the Grand Rap'ls Democrat : ,, ."On Wedncsday, Judge Montgomery jvitli Mr. Geo. P. Wanty of the flrm of 'etcher& Wanty, who claims to know now to fish, visited Mucatiiwa Park and n ino !lours and a ll!llf "'e twain pulled n jus hnesilver and black bass. Some of "'e beauties weighed 2% pounds and the ,'„ raSe of the catch was nearly if not quite m?i 'i'is is the best record ever maue at Hacatawa Park." During the heavy storm Wednesday anemoon Peter and John Connell had as narrow n escape as they cared for. They were in a wagon driving up frora Ypsllanti when the lightning struck a tree by the side of the road and threw it down so that it lodged between the wagon box and the axle. It was a large one and carne with such forcé as to wedge it in so tightly that they could scarcely remove it. Tlie annual school meeting for the election of members of the Board of Education will take place. Monday, September 3d. The terms of Israel Hall, C. Mack and W. W. VVhedon are up this year, and those interested in the schools will do well to give some thought upon the matter, eitherto re-electthe old members or select new ones. If there should be a general turn out to the meeting there would be no chance for the charge that it was a cut and dried affair. This charge is sometimes made b3r those who do not attend the elections. Julia Etta Savage, wife of " Uncle John Geddes,"of Geddes Station, died Saturday morning at 1 o'clock. She had been talking with her husband only a short time before her death, and it carne so easily and without premonition that he liad no knowledge of it until he awoke and found her ilead. She was bom in Orange county, New York, July 22, 1809, and married Mr. Geddes, June 1, 1856. She was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Geddes feels very grateful to his friends and neighbors for their sympathy and kindness in th!s affliction. The real estáte sales of the week have been as follows: Wra. H. Davenport to John H. Cortle Siiliiif 2 6oq Thomas Kelly to Mark Howard. Ann Arbor. 35u John T. Myers to Jacob Bauer.Manohester 500 Anna M. Haist to John Rafuss, Ann Arbor 650 John Haab to Jacob Hahn, Webster, 20, 800 John Delany to Peter Long, Ann Arbor 3,000 Louisa J. Murray to P. S. Rich, Salem, 30 1,000 Lancaster Gorton to P. 8. Rich, Salem 67 3,200 Fred E. Buss to Henry Kemmler, Lodl, 20 1,600 Peter Cook to Wm. Burke, Plttsfleld, 20, 2,900 Cotupany A, will find itself compelled to have another conimander, as Captain Mániy lias positively resigned. He wishes it understood that this action on his part was not brought about by the recent trouble at the camp hut had been previously resolved uppn by him, as he feit that his time should be devoted more to his own affairs. He has been at the head of the company since .'uly, 1879, and had proved liimself so efficiënt that the company had been enthused by his demanda f or strict drill and discipline and hadan excellent esprit. It will be difficnlt, if not impossible, to find anotlier so good a tactician. Plucky Mrs. Calvert, who, it will beremembered went out to Dakota a few weeks ago to see to the Doctor, is again triumphant. Upon her arrival there a motion was made to have the divorce set aside wluch had been obtained by him, May lst, and it was set aside by the court at Sioux Falls, August 14th, as it had been obtained through fraud. By the Sioux Falls Argus we learn that " the Doctor charged his wifewith extreme cruelty and desertion ; also that she had accused him of havingcoinrnitted 'gross misdemeaners and detestable crimes.' " The paper adds: " If tliis Michigan doctor is really guilty of one-half the actions that he says his wife accused him with, he is a very bad man." For several weeks past the Rev. Cari Schlenker, of St. Paul's Lutheran church of Toledo has been staving with his relatives rhilip Bach, Frederick and George Hutzol. He was in poor health and came for rest and recuperation. Last week Wednesday eleven car loads of his people carne up from Toledo to see him, and they were pleased to find him in what wasconsidered better health. He thought so himself, and Friday while at the house of Mr. Frederick Huizel of Pittsfield, he felicitated himself upon gaining in flesh. Bilt he and his f riends were sadly deceived, for without any warning he had a hemorrhage of the lungs Friday night and in ten minutes was lifeless. Mr. Bach accompanied the remains to Toledo, Monda}'. He was born in Germán y forty-three years ago, and had preached in Toledo twelve years. Previous to that time he served in Marshall, not in Freedom as reported. The funeral Monday afternoon was largely attended.