Local

The street committee is doing good work in cleaning up the city. The G. A. K. post is making preliminary arrangement for Deuoratioa Dny services. The sidewalk committee ought to do lots of work this year - it is sadly and badly needed. The Washtenaw Mutual loses about l,200 by the burning of Sylvester Sober's house in Salem, recently. The annual report of Moses Taggart, Attorney General, is upon our table, and leing reviewed by our statistical editor. All billa to be allowed by the council must be handed in before Friday ereninjr, itt which time the filnance committee ineots. 11. Cornwell, II. W. Hayes, Hrs. Nichls, Wm. C. Stevens and Mrs. Bower, on the east side of N. Ingalls street, will put down new stone .i'!cwalks soon. A war suggefts tb at the popular superatition niiinsi l'rii];iy comes from the fact that there is only one Good Friday during the yi'Hi ; iinil as a conteqiieDce all the others must be bad Fridays. It has been fully deciiled that Ann Arbor is not to Iiave i street railway. Thia is to be regretted, for a street raihvay oughr to pay heru if t does in Lansing, and sundry other cities of the state. John Lindcnechmidt, whose pleasant face always greets you at A. L. Noble's store, lm bought a couple of lots on W. Liberty street, and proposes to build a house thereon for himgelf. Services next Sunday in St. Andrew's church as follows: Moninjf service at 10:30. Litany service and Sunday School at 3 p. m. Evening service at 7:30. The music for Easter Sunday will be repeated. Some of our citizens are advocating the running of walks through ttie court house lawn, and the prwiding of rustió seats for those who may be weary. Also the erection of a fountain or two for the thirsty. Not a bad idea, eitlier. It is proposed to change the name of W. Catharine street, frota N. Main street, to Miller avenue. Such a change will be beneñcial to residente, and it was the original intention to have Miller avenue commence at N. Main street. A barn belonging to A. J. Mummery, on N. Thayor street was burned at about 2 o'clock last Thursday morning. The building was isolated so that nothing else was injured. Loss slight with no insuruiice. It was set on fire 'by sorae one. 8. W. Beakes has sold the Daily Record of Adrián, to a couple of practical men who propose to boom it. Mr. B. has made &n excellent paper out of it. Mr. Beakes has accepted a position as tnanaging editor of the Jackson Morning Telejtram. A dozen members of the bicycle club took a run Friday afternoon to Ypsiluntl aml had supper at the Follett house. They did not get back before dark and on the road when they would strike a rut they celebrated it by standing on their heads, but tlipy had a lieap o' fun. County Clerk- no, no, Mayor - Robison is making a handsome looking residence out of the old jail, and will recelve ënougfi out of the old iron to pay for all the changes and improvements. Iïe expects sooii to put a couple of tenemeat house on the south end of the lot. Last Thursday Louis Fritz, who had lived in Ann Arbor since it was a small town, died at bis home in the 2d ward, of inil imm ïtion of tho linies, at the advanced age of 73 years. Mr. Fritz wat a quiet, unassuiuing Germán cltizen, and commanded the respect of the community. lli' was the t'ather of Mtcbael Fritz, of the Ann Arbor Savings Bank. The l'.illadiiiin will be out Wednesdiiy of next week. It will contain a great amount of matter that will be of interest to the citizeus of Ana Arbor, as well as the stilden ts. It will be on snle at the Post-oftice Xcws depot. The frontispiece Is a fine portrait of Kandolpli Hogers, which is accompanied by an excellent artiole from the pen of Dr. Frieze. The friends of Michael Condón- who has tltepensed chemicals for so many yeara In the laboratory - will be pleased to see an excellent portrait of himself therein. The publicado n is eertainly an excellent one, the hits all good-natured and sbarp, the llhigtratlppa fine, and everythiug about it A No. 1. On Satuiday night lat Justice Frueauff was called upon to perform the solemn cereniony thnt binds two soula together with a band of steel. At about 11 o'clock p. m. two of our young meriliiinls uere requested to come to his oflice iind witness a document, and upon complying the document was fonnd to be the marfiae of a couple who sou;ht thus late to be made one. The young man gave hls name as George McArthur, of South l.yon, and claimcd to be a student in the pharmaoy department; the young ady In the case, "Miss Mary Bennett, of Detroit." Tliey paid 2 for two marriajre ctTtiflcates and passed out Into the dark night "two gouls but a single tüought, two hearti that beat as one." ' Burning brush heaps east of the city cnlled out the fire department last Fridny night. Last Friday Winans & Stafford commcnced putting ia 13 acres of onions, on their swamp fiirm. The next address before the Cocker League will be by Bishop Ninde, on the evening of May 23d. Mrs. Wells is putting a fine new ron fence around lier premlses, corner of N. División and E. Ann streets. Mr. Coddington has not moved into the house with E. B. Hall, but his family are iuests there for a short time. Artliur Hoag has taken a position in Goodyear's drug store, where he would 3e pleased to meet his friends. A "hoss law suit" before Judge Fruemir l.ist week between an Ypsi. party and i Superior party, excited considerable :omment. The question is very appropriately aised, where does the authority couie rom to tack bill boards to the trees in he public square? Tïlö QtlKiúft rf Tw TXT 1XT T _ I he subject of Dr. W. W. Ramsay's discourse next Sunday evening at the M. E. Church will be: "Recent Discoveries Confirmatory of Bible Truth." On Wednesdiiy nlglit of laat week the poüce made several arresta and broke up a place of doubtful resort, and tlmt, too, without tbc aid of any outsiders. Arthur M. Whitlark, whose appointment to a position at Washington we notlced a few weeks ago, has already been promoted to a $1,200 clerkship in the post-oflice department. The M. C. II. R. will issue round trip tickets to Detroit on the afternoon trains of Friday, for $1.20. Special train leaves Detroit at 11:30 p. m. The occasion beinj? Euiuia Abbott's engagement. The Saline Observer reinarks: " Geo. H. Pond, republlcan, city editor of the Ann Arbor Coüiiier, was re-elected city recorder by a mujoiity of 196. Pretty good evidence of his popularity la a democratie town." One of the best jokes of the season may be seen on a couple of boxea of "Joint Docurnents" just received by County Clerk Robison from Lnnsing, inarked "Qlass- liandle with care." Preciou8 freiífht, those things. A local contemporary wants to know what hinderg the city fathera from putting in those fountains spoken of iu the contract with the water works company? Nothing, probably, but the cost and yearly water rate of Í75 ach All members of the old Ist regiment, e'ither three years or tliree months men, desiring to atteud the reunión at Jaokson May oth, can procure reduced lates by applying to Capt. C. II. Mauly and securing certiticate. Cols. O. B. Wilcox, J. C. Robiuson and Abbott wlll be present. The annual election of wardens and vestrymen at St. Andrew's ehureh took place Monday uiorning witli the following result: Senior Warden- C. II. Richraond. Juulor Warden- John M. Wheeler. Vestrvmen-Ueo. S. Morrl, A. B. Palmer, S. II. ÜouglatiH, C. 8. Denlson, Wm. Cousins, E. Treadwell, H. J. Brown and C. H. Milieu. The Register man couldn't stand it. The Argus and Courier must not have a pie and he nothing to say about it, so like the famous Jack Horner, of Motlier Goose fame, he stuck in his thumb; but he's welcoine to all the plums he pulls out. The carriage horse belonglng to John F. Lawrence went oft" on a little strike of its own last 8uuday a. m. Being tired of tayinsr down on the farm it stnick out for home, and arriving In the city it struck one of Jay Gould's telegraph poles which brought it to a stop. He will boyeott such monopolies the next time he runs - probably. One of the brilliant events of the season was the Knight's Templar party at Masonic temple on last Monday night. During the evening there was a surprise given.Past Eminent Conimander W. G. Doty, in the shape of a silver tea-set and tilting water pitcher, eight pieces altogether. Thls was a slight testimonial for hls services as Eminent Commander. The presentatlon was made by Rev. Sir T. W. Maclean, of Ypsilanti, prelate of the Comraandery, whose words were appropriate aHd pleasing. Mr. Doty reHpomled rery neatly, accepting the gilt as an expression of tho good will of the fraternity. Thureday evening of last week the Kniglits of L:ibor order of this city had a jolly good lime. A few days before the members of the Ann Arbor lodge " got wind " of the fact that a number of their Dexter brothers proposed to vlsit them at tlieir next meeting, and not to be outdone tliey got together, appointed a committee, and liad a handsome supper gotten up. Wliile the boys were engaged In the secret mysteries of their session in the lodge room, in the banquet room adjoininga fine spread was being arranged, and when ai ter a recesa was announced the door connecting the rooms was thrown open, and the Dexter brothers were ushered into the banquet room, their surprise.can be better imagiued than described. During the evening Mr. Alexander of Webster, displayed a nuinber of sketches, Bhowing successlvely, Jack, the house lic built, the malt t h-it lay in the house, the rat tbat ate tlic malt, and so on to the end. He also recited a poem explaining in fiill the artistic productions. lioth pictures and poem were n{ real merit. After refreshmente Mr. HirkinH favored those present witli a few songs and then a discussiou of labor was brought up, lasting uut il midnight. No better feeling crowd of people ever asserabled in Ann Arborthau were the K. of L. boys that erening. The Easter service at St. Andrew's church was notable in more ways than one. The auditorium was fliled to overflowing, inany turniag away unable to gal n admission. In and about the chancel and pulpit were seen for the first time maoy new things, among them being a dosel, a beautiful drapery in rlch wine plush, directly in the rear of the altar. In front of this, resting upon a new re-table was a large polished brass cross, a memorial tablet for the late lamen ted Prof. Geo. P. Williams, and upon either side were handsonie memorials in brass, the one to the left being iu memory of Henry W. Hogers, and to the right of Helen Welles Douglas. Ia and about the chancel, altar and pulpit were arranged beautiful pieces of flowers, many of them being memorial pleces, toe traditional easter lilly occupying a prominent place. After the exercises a flve minutes' discourse was given by Kev. Mr. Earp, the rector, and when the easter offerings were callad for there ws found to be upon ttie plate upwards or $700 in cash. There were 40 offering of $10 each. This amount, ftdded to the cost of the expensive memorial tablets, given by the members, makes a sum total of over 1 1,000 iti ven that day. About $600 of this offering will be used to cancel a floating debt of the society, we are informed. The practical worth of Kev. Mr. Earp to thi society is beitiL rapidly Ueveloped. He Is one of the indefatigable workera.