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""güfTdozeu ladies in the telegraph school. _ Keck's furniiure factory is about ready to start agai"_ M H. French, a former townsmen, ,,, i thf city last week. Rather cold Wednesday night and yesterdny mnrning. - Eli ? Softcoal bas been substiiuttd for hard coal under the court house boiler. A runaway past the post-offlce on Ann streel cast the fore part of the week. Wonder nliere the club " lodge room " is „ow.sinceCharlie Durheim's marriage? The Knights of Pytbias of tliiB city have been invited to visit tbe lodge at Wauseon, Ohio. Onesection of tbe Oriole club gave a hop last nlglit, and tlie otber trips tbe llght faiitastic to-night. About two bundred guesses on the jar ofbeans at the "two Sams" up to date rongingfrom 1,300 to 50,000. Tbe Keek Furniture Uompany deciared a dividend of 7 per cent., payable Feb. ], at the öavings Bank in this city. Profs. Olney and öieero, ml Mli Bournes weroappointed by tlie teuiperance club a couimittee on speakers for the cora{hm t I t'llll tHMllï llw A sleighiug party of yomig folks paid Augustus Peter's and family of Scio, a jolly viait Tuesday night last week. A splendid time s reported. Oscar Briggs' appeal from the decisión of the commissioners in the estáte of Russell Briggs, deceased, was entered at the clerk's office this week. The new road scraper used on our streets last summer was utilized one day last week in clearing away the snow on ;.'ie n-alka feoet tlie oom t liouse. The burniug of a chimney at the corner of Williams and División Monday night created a Hule excitement tor a short time in that part of the city. Snow began falling Wednesday forenoon and continued throughout the day. The continual blowing during the afternoon made it very unpleasant to be out. A leap-year party of eight eouples went to Saline last night. They were the guests of John Schiet). Xine couples of a similar party are bouked for Ypsilanti to-night. At the last pomological meeting it waa decided to invite the State Society to hold itsannual meeting for 1885 in this city. The current year's meeting will he held atLapeer, in February. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. .1. T. Sunderland, who remains another week in Boston, Miss Ida C. Hultin, of Sherwood, Hlcb., will supply the Unitarian pulpit next Sunday, inorning and evening. Judge Joslyn last Saturday gave a hearing to the Dexter ditch case in which the township board have formerly refused to defend suit. E. A. Nordman wished to be considerad as defendant. Court adjourned to the 31st inst. At the Sunday afterneon meeting of the temperance people in Noble's hall Dr. I B. Steere made a detailed statement of (loings of the Jackson convention. Purther considcration was given the subáis the evening also. Mrs. Selina Lemon, wife of Dr. J. P. Lemon, of Htiinburgh, died Saturday night of bram disease. Services were held at the Baptist church Tuesday after"oon. Deceased was ,i ciaugliter of the late Matthew Howard of this city. In securing reserved seats for Uhea Wednesday night last an opportunity as given to vote on the choice of play for the engagement, and the "School for Scandal" was favored with far the largtstvote. A large audience was in attendanee. On dit that the president of our gas compauy, ex-Prof. S. H. Douglas, havFng tad his union with the University rudely cvered, is getting amorous and isseeking "fter another union. If it does come off 'umor sayg there will be fun abead for the ol(] gei)t. At a meeting of Company A, Monday "'glit, J. Burns was elected eighth corNnl, to supply the vaoancy made by the Oeparture of Fred Hoelzle for Omaha, H8b., last wetk. Mr. Hoelzle was tliird s?eant, and tilling this vacancy made a "umber of other ehanges in positions. A printed cali is tliw week issucd for a ■Míeounty convention to be held in this a'y March 5, '84, at 2 r. m., for the purPe of discussing the action of the JackW" convention, and to consider the adisability of appointing connty and town'Poommltteeg to further the interests 1 tlle Ull'on party of the State. At the next monthly meeting of the .y Poraologlcal Society, Peb. 2, in baiement of the court house, the P'w of discussion will be led by Mr. Whitehall, on berries; by Wm. ".on grapes; 8nd by J. Whitlark, on ÏSïrt Steere, the ornlthololst of the society, will be present. The Irlsli National League of this city give a banquet at the St. James on St. PatrièlCa D;y. The League coutemplatea several socials before Leut eomes. In the case of the people against A. K. Bodwell, before Justice Brennan, the defendant was dischargeil yesterday inorning on belief that the evidence was not sufllcient to sustain convietion in the circuit court. Philip Bach receivet] a telegram Wednfsd;iy night announclng the suelden i'eitth of bis brother, Christian Bach, one of the pioneera of Hurou ooanty, this State. The cause of bis demise is supposed to have been heart disease. He was about sixty years of age. Mr. Bach left yesterday to attend the funeral. Our attentiou bas been ealled to a very compliinentary notice of the recent concert at LaPorte, Iml, of the Cliequaraegon orchestrn, of this city. Mr. Weir, as leader, D. E. Osborne and others assisting the orchestra, are eBpecItlly r?ftrred to, and the entertainment as x whole is hlghly spoken of. m By the January (Michigan) erop report it is sliown that wbeat beingwell covered dld not suffer during December. For the condition of live stock January 1, in this county, as compared with stock in good, healtby and thrifty condition the per cent. for horses is 92, cattle 93, sheep 92, and swine 83. The average for the en tire State is about 5 per cent. better. The marriage of Miss Allie Goodrich of this city, and Mr. J. S. Morton, of Detroit, took place last evening at 8:30 at the residence. of M. H. Oootlrioh on Eaat Ann street. Ouly a few invited friends were in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Morton vvill take op their res-id nee in Detroit at once. The best wishes of their niany friends are usurad theni. A gleigli load of' teinperance peo pie went to Chelsea Fiiday night to attend a meeting. While there they paid tlie driver for Ihe riile, whereupnn he hitclied up and drove back home leaving them. They were pretty mad, but after a while they succeeded in hiring a farmer to ha] them home. There was talk of a snit, but it quieted down after seeing a lawyer. At the Opera House last Friday night, wliile the Leonard Grover company were playing "Lispet," a tire was discovered at about half-past nine near the ticket office. It eeems to havp eoiuftt f rom a lighted cgar stub thrown down on the cnrpct in front of the office, from which the fire caught and burncd a hole through the floor. It wás soon put out when discovered, and what might have been a disastrous flre was escaped. A leap year eleigh-rlde Monday evenIng was eojoyed by a jolly party, which was entertained at Rev. Mr, Benjamin Day'g, on Washtenaw avenue. A novel feature was introduced at the Bopper table, where, at eaoh one'a plate, was a beautlfol hand-painted card with the person's name on one sitie, wliile on the other wa5 a quotation from some well known author. As each In turn read the quotation, all had a chance to guess the author of it, and the one uessingthe most received a choice basket of flowers as a prize. The ladies carried out the full progi-am, and were very gallai.t. Following the usual Wednesday evei - lug prayer meeting of tlie Tomperar.ce Union a business meeting was held from 8 to 9. Among other business a committee was appointed to correspond with Messrs. Hughes and Ward, the temperance revivallêtë, for terms and earliest date for woik in this city. At a meeting of the Prohibition Club froin 9 to 10, the name of the same was clianged to the " Ann Arbor Union Party Club,'' and the declaratiou of principie adopted at Jaeksou was nnaniinously endorsed. City and county organizing committees were then appointed. Eleven aew voters joined the elul). The election of ofBcers takes place next Wednesday night, it the regular meeting. Another vt-iy severe accident f rom coasling, and on Sunday afternoon. Adolph Kcmper, in coasting with others on High Street bil], had liis right leg broken in two places. He lost control of the sled, which he was steering, and it ran into the porch of a house ai the toot of the hill. A student of the telegraph school who was on the sled at the time received some injuries, but not such as to prevent his attendance at the institute. Will Johnson, another of the party, had an ankle sprained. Too much caielecsness is shown by coasters, and the wonder is that tliere are not more accidents indeed than we hear of. Injuries are more frequent this winter than for some time, however. Ata meeting of the trustees of Forest Hill cemetery last week, J Austin Scott waselected president and Emanuel Manu secretary and treasurer. The financecomtnittee was authorized to act concerning placing a telephone at the cemetery residence. Treasurer Manu was allowed $200 for his serrices durttiji ttreTJasTryéar."" His report will be found elsewhere. Deeds for about forty lots were issued in 1883. The trustees desire to cali special attention to the establishment of a "Memorial and Improvement Futid,'1 $2,000 being now invested as such for nine years at roico. Any one douating $20 for the care of bis lot is entitled to a voucher showing tliat the Board will assume the perpetual care and charge of such lot. The principal of all donations is to be kept safely invested, and is under'no circumstunoos to be used or diminished. The treasurer of the Board will receive such donations, the proper voucher benig returned. The Installation of the Welch post 137 of G. A. It. took place not long since. The olflceig for the following year are : Coinmander, H. S. Dean ; senior vicecommander, Prof. Chas. E. Greene; junior viee-coinmander, Dr. W. H. Jackson; sergeant, Dr. W. li. Sinith ; clialain, Capt. Robt. Campbell; quartermaster, O. F. Webster ; adjutant, Oapt. Clü.s. H. Maiily ; oflicer of the day, S. B. Revenaugh; oflicer of the guard, Eli 8, Manly; sergeant ra sjor, Conrad Noble; quartermaster sergeant, A. F. Martin. Prof. C. E. Greene was appointed a delégate to the department encampment held in Detroit on the 23d and 24th inst. Colonel H. S. Dean and Captain Charles H. Manly are also in attendance. The membership of the post la about 40. Their meetings are held the second Friday in eaeh month. Incidentally, we may say an effort is beiug made at various posts throughout the country to secure for soldiers a grant of 160 acres without the residence requiremcuts.