Local

Council proceedings, etc., on tirst page. C.H Minuls luis moved backtoJack8Oi) trom Hilan. Goodyear bas tliat new soda fountain in working order now. The Dumber of private water takers dow uiimber abuut 400. A man wtio will hitch a horse to a sbade tree ought to be proseeuted. Tlie board of review report a few alterations t'nnii tbe assessinent rolls. The Cniguts oí Labor have rented the old Masonic hall for $150 per year. Únele John Geddes saya it ie popple, not poplar wood of whieh wood pulp is made. What makes the school boy's smile so broad? Why, thtre's on ly four weeks of -fhiMi) ifter tlii! The regular quarlerly conference of the tí. E. cbiirch oeeurs on Friday evening ntxt, at ?Í2 o'cloirk. Th lavlngt bank bas executed a bond, and will take the city timds for another year, paylng interest on all the deposita. West Baron rtreet is having a bij; boom. Fhe new residences are being built, and three more are in contemplation. 8omethlng ihould be done to prevent boys trom buthlng in the rivcr at Cascade (leu in the day time, eeeial]y Sundays. Berman Knapp j;ot niue months added to nis sentence of three months ut the houw of correction, by Jndga Joslyu last Wednesilay for beinf "sassy." The Suvings bank being the highest bidder, KCUred the depositing of the school fonda glving 4,' per cent. Interest, and ebarging the sanie rate for overdrafts. By the running aivay of a horse this p. m. Roben Ross of the 'M ward was badly injured, a buggy was smashed, and one of Frank IIau:sterfr's loo wagons banged up. The agricultural worka are forging ahead once more, and before long it is expected tliat there will be at least 100 men at woik. This industry is nota failure, by a long shot. Mack & Schmid have bought several clips of uuwashed wool for 15c. The termen are now engaged in waalring their sheep, and the market will open at last year's piiees, 20@22c. Lena Olderberg a ten year old girl wbose parents live on Miller avenue, had her toot crushed while playin{ on the tuiu-table of tlie Toledo 4 Ann Arbor railroad, last isunday, p. in. A half dozen members of the bicycle club went to Detroit Mondity, in company witb some ot their Toledo friends, and took an all day's tour througu Canada with the Detroit club, yesterday. ' Tke state troops and G. A. R. posts of Detroit and Jackson have been invited to particípate in Ann Arbor's Kourtli of July celebration, and so also has been all the G. A. K. posts of this county. It is ondentood tliat if Ann Arbor cares to pay 2."),000 she eau have the T., A. A. & S. M. i; H. shops. This seemg like a large sum, but the little city of Howell patd ilo.iKJO to get the road, and she Wasn't huig in rslsiag tliat amount either. Some of our ministers complain that the people come to church on Ktandard time. Could not the troulile be remedied by the changlng of all time pieces in the city to M:iiidard tune, as should be done!1 The idea of having two or three different times to go by is all nonsense. üld fogyish. The ministers bhould advocate Standard time. A movement Is being talked up bjr the clerks of the city, lookin;; toward an orüanizatioii, the object of which shall be the secui -ing ot an early closing hour for stores. It is tbought that by obtaining the written nledsres of their patrón to do their trading previous to 6 o'clock p. m., this thint,' may be accom.l Ulied. And in most llnet ot business it probably could be done. What the city authorities oiifrht to have donu, before taking any definite action in the depot project, was to have secured the triangular strip on the west aide of State treet south of Fuller street, so th it saiil State street could have been straightened nut. When the station is built the city will see how grand an improreinent tbi would have been. But it is too late now. A piece of property woi th $500 suddenly appreciates in value it the city wants it, and risos to $1,500 or 2,ü00 at once. No building located in a hollow, ever yet looked decent. In this respect it appeurs that the Michigan Centaal people are ïnaking a bad mistake with their new depot. Theyare dtgging a great hole in the groand to pat the buildini; in, so to hare t on a level with their tracks. Thcy should place tlie structure op as high as possible. This opinión was gi ven the reporter by a gentleman who bas had conideral)le exiierience In building. And by t He lookl of tlie exi'iivatious being inaili' it does neem as though a person siMiiilinir „n the Detroit street overhead bridge ini:lit look down on the roof of tliis new station house instead of looking "' to it. It niay look better than one antlclpate after it is linished, but a $20,000 station liousesiirroiinded by abrupt blulls doesu't kppèar well In imagluation. The prohibitionisU liold a county 0OD vention June 7th. John Keek wlll erect a new residence for himself on Fourth street. Ann Arbor town pays 15 instead of 2. cents per scalp for woodchucks. Mr. StofBet has returned from Ceda Rapids, lowa, and reaumcd liis buslnest Hgain. Will Isbell, of Saline, cousln of Geo IsbelL, of th Chequamegous, dted suddenly Saturday. David Depue has left sonie petrefaetlons for the pioneer society tliat are vuluable curiosities. Thirty-elght candidates wereconflnued by Bishop Harria at St. Andrew's church last Sunday evenlng. E. Duffy ha put down a new plank walk i u front of tiU store opposite the poatofflee on Main st. Matthew Stoll, was married at Grand Rápida last Thursday, and is visiting at his futber's witli his bride. Last yednesday J. C. Cornwell, of the Sth warJ, died at his home on Hill st., aged 36 years, of consumption. The spring f aahion for dweiling house is to have a striking contrast between the body colora and the tritnuiings. The young folks are again utilizing the drive between this city and Ypsi. It, ig a very popular drive for evening rides. Jas. B. Saunders says his premium blooded cow averages over 60 lbs. of niilk mr day, and ske Is only four years old. At the Unitarian church next Sunday evening Rev. James Bixby's subject will je : "Samson's riddle and its meaning." "Oh, flut! " was the expression of one of our citizens upon reading the item in the ast Register carping about the Coükiku. riuit expresse it perfectly. The gradlng of the new depot grounds s well under way, Messrs. Swett & Bycrafl huving the contract at 25c. per yard. 1'hese boys are rushers, and they are makng the dirt fly lively. On the 19th inst., Miss Hattie A. Hurd, of Waukesha, Wis., formerly of Chelsea, klic-h., and Stanley A. Burt, of St. Ignace, kuch., were married at the residence of Mr. James Du vis, an unele of the bride. The old Wcil property on West Uuron treet, trom Gretton's west, including the naráli, lias been bottght by Geo. Clarken, wbo, we understand, proposes to fix it up and builil some good tenement house hereon. Anyone studying bug-ology can find pecimens to his heart's content under he electric light lamps evenings. Sume monsters come forth to view the light, bunip their heads, tumble to the ground nd ifive it up. The plans for the new Hoburt Guild mil ling have bron on rxhibjtion at Brown's drug store this week, and bundrs are busy making figures on the saine, 'ontract will probably be let in a few laya. It will be a liaii-'?%niH structure. The Pioneer society wlll not have a meeting in June, but its next meeting will be the annual, on the tlist Wednesay in September, at Jumes W. Wiiitt's n Scio. It is hoped tliat Judge Felch, of Ann Arbor, Judge Oran, of Dexter, and udge Johnson, of .lackon, will all thrce n present and deliver addresse. Mrs. 9uah Slnttery of the 4tli ward, led at her home on E. Huron st., on the lat inst., of confumption, fter a lingerng illness. Funeral services were held rom St. Thomas' church Mnnday a. m., t 9 o'clock. Thedeceased had been u resli-nt of the city iiuuiv years, and was rreatly rtSected. She leaves three chilri'n, Teresa and John, and Mrs. M. C. iheehan. Dr. Breakey tbinks that the word ' boom " is not the proper one to use in mshing this city's in te reets. He says that hi-re's no need of stmining the ti ut h with espect to this city's ad va nt ages ; that all we need to do is to teil the truth. Very rue, but It ig difticult to find a word hat expresses the idea quite as well as he word " boom," and in the sense this word is received by the people now-aays, it means the pushing to proaperity of anything, not miarepresenting it to prouce prosperity, so why not ue it? J. Geering & Son, of Detroit, have takn the contract for erecting the entire depot building for the M. C. K. E. at this ilace. They will undoubteilly sub-let the he stone masonry and other pai ts of the work. It is to be liopcil that some one familiar with the peculiar btoue masonry hat has been developed here wil! have harge of that part of the construction. The Detroit Bridge and Iron works have he contract for constructing the bridge, t is estimated that the excavatlng, for which Messrs. Sweet & Bycraft have the ontract, will cost $4,000. The 20th national encampment of th G. A. R. is to convene in Sau Francisco, Cal , August 3d, 1886, and continue for several days. For this meeting the State of California has appropriated $25,000, he City of San Francisco $10,000, and he business men of the latter city have also contributed $15,000, so that there vill be no lack of tunda to make the event uccessl'ul. Several members of the Ann Arbor post wlll altend, and Col. Dean tells us that they get return tickets from Chicago to San Francisco, good for 80 days, for $02 50 with choice of routes for eturnlng. The company will leave Chicago Friday, July 23, and arrive at its lestinatlon July 3 lat. It will be a grand excursión. Hun day morning at about 2 o'clock J. ). Btunson was aroused from his slumber by the sinashing in of his bed room winlow, and imnirduirly thereafter a hand was thrust in and the pants and drawers of Mr. Stimson lyiug near were grabbed, and before an alarm could be given the hief made good his escape. He secured ibout $2 80 in cash, bsides the pants and lrawers which were carried oflf. The old fentlemau says he ia not usually a coward, but he was terribly senred that night, and it took him quite a few seconds to make out whetlier he was awake or Ireaming. The Ann Arbor Wuter Co. is ii8.essed n Ann Arbor town for $50,000. The supervisors assessed the company $100,000 n the city, a total of $150,000, or $40,000 ess th in the company claimed to the city council the works coat. Mr. Hamilton appeared before the board of review and claims that the company eau not bc assessed tor anything in the city, where its most valuable property lic. He then offers to iirnish water freeforsix public fountains n lleu of being taxed. The tax on an isMs.ment of $100,000 would be about fl,200; water torsix fountain at contract irice of $75 ech would be $450. Then ,he board of supervisors would probably sU-p in and raise the city just doublé the )riceofthe bargain. The period is for J0 years. The right to tax the Water Co. :or its valuable piopcrty in this city from which it derives au income to-lay of upwards of $10,000, will uudoubtcilly bc teated in tlie courU.