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31
Month
August
Year
1883
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UIn PadÜe to John T. Raymond new pluy. Who knowsTerry's richest joke of the season ?"_ . r . A French plate front will soon be addetl at Osius & John T. Raymond at the Opera House Frklay, September 7th. The foice of teachers in the High School has been increased this year. Services will be resumed at the Unitarian church Smiduy September 9th. Ajiumber of parties have passed the office this week on their way to the Lake. The nine-pound boy of Monday was niatched by a girl of similar weight on Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Gakle. Mrs. Kingsley, daughter of Thomas F. Ilill, was liere f rom Kansas to attend the funeral of her mother last Wednesday. lt bas been decided' in Jackson that the Englisli sparrow raust go, henee they are turaed over to the Wcy of the rising generation. The State Teachev's Institute for Waslitenaw county is in session at Saline this week. It began on Monday and closes this afternoon. M. C. Peterson broke ground yesterday for a $1,000 residence, to face west, on the old jail square, at the corner of Fourlh and Liberty streets. The Ypsilanti papers of last week spoke of considerable damage done in that vicinity by "Wednesday's storm, which earned the name of a cvclone. Tlie fall series of Teachers' Examinations will be held at Ypsilanti, September 7th, Manchester, September 21st, Dexter, October 5th, and Ann Arbor, October 26. On AVednesday, Sept. 5th, the Toledo railroad will run an excursión to Put-inBay from all stations on their road. Fare from Ann Arbor for the round trip $1.00. At the examination last Friday Held in Ann Arbor by the county School Examiners, seventeen third grade ccitiíicates were received, eight of them going to parties In this city. Win. Brown,night yard master for the Pennsylvania railroad, at Toledo, on the railroad grounds used by the T. & A. A. R. R., was run over and cut in two by a train on Monday night. The County Board of School Examiners organized on Tuesday by re-electing W. AV. Beman of Ann Arbor, secretary, while Edwin C. Warner of Ypsilanti, by law. becomes Chairman. Monday last Anu Arbor enjoyed an " old-fashioned rain," as expressed by one of our cHizens. The custom of late has been in the "sly coon" line, quotingfrom one of our Saline clippings. Ex-Gov. Felch will deliver his lccture on " Personal Itecollections of Webster, Clay and Calhoun" at the coming meeting of the Pioneer Society of this county, to be held next Wednesday in Anti Arbor. After the ceremony of initiation last Tuesday niglit, Ir. Hudson, of the Cook House, the new made meuiber, favored his brother Knights Templar with a banquet. .There were about forty-flve present. Tbere will be a floral exhibition in the rooms of the Pomological Society at the court house, on the occasion of their next monthly meeting to-morrow afternoon. A cordial invitation is extended to the ladies especially. In answer to circulars sent out by Prof. Cady,of the School of Music,many letters have been received from parties wishing to avail themselves of the course, which leads him to expect a large attendance at the fall opening. A game of Cricket at Ypsilanti last week Monday between the Toledo and home teams resulted in favor of the former. Why not organize a Cricket team in Ann Arbor? It is a sport that we should like to see playea here. . An old lady entered into conversation with a gentleman In one of our stores this morning, and remarked : "My! hut the way the clouds looked yesterday, thought we was going to have one of those slycoons."- Saline Observer. Repairs have been made at the Grand Opera House in preparation for the comin season, which will be opened on Friday, September 7th, by on e of the very best comedians in the country. John T. Rnymond, in his new play, "In Paradise," the funniest thing out. Compuny A lias been presentad with a Portrait of the late Uol. Grifflth of Jackson, througli the courtesy of Mrs. Griffith. The boys will frame and send the latter a large photograph of the company taken at Camp Grifflth this summer. A letter is at hand recently from Capt. Wm. V. Richards, Port Concho, Texas, in whlcli lic states that the heat bas been extreme with them. A brother offleer, Lieut. Shelby, dicd from gunst roke received while siuing In front of his quurters. Mj. W. C. Uansom, J. E. Beal and "¦ K. Coclirane are the repvesentatives of Umbda chapter of the Univerdity at the Forty-fourth Annual Convention of the KetaTheta Pi fraternity, held at Saralga Springs, N. Y. on Tuesday, Wednesuay and Thursday of this week. Mr. Yal reporta a fine attendance and snlenuld time.

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