The Kalamazoo Gazette, June 10, has the ...

The Kalamazoo Gazette, June 10, has the following item in reference to the wife of J. C. Hoffstetter, of tliis city, well known to m;my of our young people: We have the authority of an old ratlroad man for the statement that tliere are very few ldles employed, even In the capaclty of telegraphers. In train dispat-her's offices in thls country. Mrs. J. C. Hotstetter, telegrapher In the trln dispatcher's office at the Lake Suore. is perhaps the oniy lady occupylng a posltlon of this sort In the Stat. During the absence of M r. Hatch, who went down to the Ploneer's meeting at Centrevllle yestpnlny. Mrs . Hoffiaetteriuwumf.d the responslbility of directing the movements of all the tralns on thls división. The sanie paper of a recent date also gives an article showing that the L. S. & M. S. R, R. ticket office, under the supervisión of Mr. Hoffatetter, had ncreased its business for the fiscal year from f 6,000 to $10,490, per annum, or $4,300 more tban ever before in any one vear in the history of the road. A record that he may not only be proud of, bilt that his eniployers doubtless fully appreciate. The contract to furnish meals for the tlelegate8 to the coming meeting of the American Associatlon for the Advanc- ment of Science has been let to Jas. L. Stone & Co., of the Franklin house. The meals wil] be served in the homeopathie hospital building, wbieh will then be empty. The ranges and cooking apparatus will be placed in the general office, opening off of which will be two rooms, 100x27 fret each, which will accommodate 300 persons each. Stone & Co. are to recelve $1.50 a da y for each delegafe,and are guaran teed anattendance of 200. About 15 years ago Andrew De Forest put down two cross-walks for the city- one leading across Iluron st. from the Savings Bank corner to Brown's diug store, the other across Main st. from the Mechanica Bank to the same place. They are of stone, with fnig foot-paths, and they havenever been touched or repalied since laying. Their cost is no more than the tar cross-walks which are being put down now, and which require more or leas repairing every year. Why not have inore llke them, and save the city's inonty? Something ought to be done to clear the walk of loat'ers that congrégate on Sundays in front of the huckster's stand, located on the walk leading to the 5th ward, just across the M. C. R. R. track. The walk is only five fect wide, and the loafers there have got to be an intolerable nuisancp. Many ladies take to the Street for a long distance rather than pass through the crowd of loafers that make this a Sunday resort. What riglit has a man got to do business on aunday, against the law, any way ? One of the most remarkable cases of the utter want of maternal affection In the lower animáis is now on eïhlbition on 8. 5th st., ihis city. Last Frlday a fine, well developed colt was foaled, which has been entirely disowned from its birth, so much so that the united strength of four men were of no avail in holding the mother io a nursing could be eflected by its off9pring. Only 80 amates at the county house now. John Schntider bas put down a new walk In front of his Main st. market Aretus Dunn is ruaking improvomeuts upon liis resldence, on Washington st., E. The Alinnls orchestra furnUh innsic for a dance at Milán on the evening of July 3d. The missing link 'twixt the postofflce stone walk and the oue to the north has been supplied. Mrs. Mary E. Foster has commenced suit against the Detroit Post for allged stander - or libel. The graduating class of the High School went to Whitmore Lake to-day to hold their regular class day exercises. The commencement exerciaes of t he liigh school occur in the Baptist church, Friday, couiinencing at 10J. o'clock, a. ui. The M. 8. & L. S. R. R. Co. has been rcfused a new trial in the case of Mrs. M. M. Tuttle, of thi8 city, by the circuit judge. Wili Iloilauds, of the Couhiek bindery can be found Saturduy evenings helping out A. L. Noble duriDg his rush of business. A telephone wire is being put up out on the soutli Ypsilantfcroad to the farms ofj. T. Jacobs, E. W. Coddiugton and Mr. Clark. Qovernor Felch has sold his beautiful residence lots on N . Ingalls st., to Station Afrent Ilayes, of the M. C, and Prof. B. E. Nichols. Ex-Oov. Alpheus Felch has consented to write a "History of the Bar of Wasliteuaw County,'' for the benefit of the bar and the county pioneer society, so we are Informed. The Beethoven Qesang yerein were out Thursday eveuing, serenadiug some of their friends, and the music they rendeied was pleasing to the ears of tbose who heurd it. An oigan ization of the Pension Kxamining Boanl lias beeneffrcted in this city, witli Dr. Bat wel I, of Ypsilanti, as presiiclent; Dr. Breakey, secretary; and Dr. Kapp, trea8urr. Yes, nuture has its compensations - always. The circuses are not coming to A un A i luir iliis season, but we shall lmv the Uegislei's liglituing calculator wltli us ill suiunier. A fquad of 14 Italian laborera arrived in the city last week to construct the reservoir for the water works. What's the reason Anu Arbor laboring men couldn't Ho the work? Kev. Den tas Dawe has taken oftense at the m.'tnner in which the rrsult of blt trial was reported from this city, and has sued James E. Scripps and the Detroit Evening News Go., placing his damages et $20,000. It WÍU taku about L00 yards of Biusgels carpetiug to cover the varlous rooms in the Masonic temple, the lodge room pmper eating up some 400 yards, which Wines & Worden have the contract for furuisliing. Chiistian F. Eberbach, of tbis city, has been appntnted by Gov. Alger ag a memberof the Micliigan Board of Pharmacy. The only state appointraent Ann Arbor lias received, and he decliues to accept, we are told. The grad uates of the II gli School should ¦ vincmuri u ntutmil lllirri,iriL Uil r rillílV next. Tlie excercises this year will be more than usually Interesting, and tlie ladies of the Baptist rhurch will furnish euticing refreshments. The editor of the Coürikr acknowledges nu invitation to attend the exercises of Commencement week at the State Normal School, June 19 to 24, inclusive; also to the commencement dinner Wednesday afternoon, June 24. John C. Winans, onc of the oldest pioneers of Washtenaw county, and for many yean a prominent merchant at Chelsea, died in that village Sunday last, from a paral ytic stroke. He had been in poor heallh for some time. Our s. h. c. is getting in deeper and deeper. It accuses the Courier of copying from the Detroit papers- and then It takes the same items from the Coürieb, mistakes and all, for its own columns, l'retty tough admission, that. L. L. Lamborn, of Lodi, found a turtle on his farm last Saturday that bad "1851" cut on his side, and age hadn't Improved hls temper any, for he seemed as ugly as he was aged. But he will be fatted m a swill barrel now, and served up lngenuine soup. Jas. Imus, J. L. Stone, Fred Beslmer, DudleyJ. Loomls and Chas. Wood ward went out to Sirawberry Lake last Saturday, takino; with them enough lumber out of which to construct a building to be used usa "club house'1 for camping out purposes. Someting new in the line of drxfts was shown us yesterday by E. 8. Crawford, it being a dmft issued by the Treasurer of the United States on the Assistant Treasurer at Chicago, 111. These drafts are now used by the Interior Department n P!ytír pension, etc. Through the efforts of Thoma F. Leonard, of this city, Dr. R E. Doucla, of Stony Cn-ek, who was ent to the Detroit house of correction for a period of four years, some 18 months ago, for alleged penion frindi, has been purdnned by President Ov.-land, and arriyed at hi home last Prlday. The following figures show the number of deaths and births in thls countv for 1884, by months as reported to County Clerk Roblson : D'ths. B'hs D'ths. B'bs J"U"-y 24 32 Jnly lo 50 February 28 48 Analist 55 4t Marrh 28 SI Heptember 28 60 Aprll 85 41 October SS 63 May 81 45 November.... 60 41 June 21 38 December ... 31 64 i otal Deaths for the year, 37 ; births, 679. Prof. M. E. Cooley, Dr. W. B. Smith, J. T. Jacobs, Philip Bach and Rev. Dr Haskell, will risit Toledo to-day to inppect the heating and ventilatlng system of the school buildings of that city, which is said to be excellent. The lst ward school building will be taken In hand this yeiir, by the board, ind another ward building nextyear and so on until all are completed, thus it behoores the board to secure the best systera possible on the start. The Democratie Lodger, of Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter., of a recent date, has the followlng in reference to Adrián J. Parshall, an oíd Ann Arbor boy, and son of A. J. Parshall, of this city: Mr. A. J. Parshall, lor ome time the trusted booklceeper in the banking houne of Morton E. Post A Co., has been promoted to be caatiler. and took charge of the office yesterday Mr. Parshall Is a young man of flne business capaclty and experience; ne baa been con - nected wlth the banking business In Deadwood and thls city for a nuraber ofyeors He has been favorably known In thl city &.r a.nïï,ïiïeILof years' M before going to the Black Hllls heoccupleda responalble posltion in the office of the urveyor ircnerai hi-re. The many frlends of Mr. Parahall wlll rejolce at hls diserved promotion to buco a poBlllon of trust and honor aa the one he nowoccuples In Mr. Pott'i bank. The youne men of Cheyenue will tecognlze in tlilHadvuncement of one of thelr number the fact that fatthfulnesK, sobrlnty and slrlct attentlon to buulneM alwayi lnsure the proper acknowledïemeut of thelr emf loyer wlien the opprtunlty offers, as well as the confldence and esteem of thelr fellow men