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It tnkes nbout ")00 a day to run the legislatuiv. Deztei occupics her uew depot for tlie first time to day. A. L Noble has put in ft telephone at bis mUhNi Ho. 83. That January thaw difl not soften np things very much after all. The Klectric Liglit Works can be helloe.l at now thrnugh telephone No. 47. Cha?. T. Henion, of Charlotte, formerly of this city bas m ule an assignment. Treasurer Edmunds, of Ann Arbor town has collected all but about $150 of his roll. D. F. Allinendinger expects to have his organ factory in running order again next week. The Ann Arbor City band made $128 outof its grand masquerade ball last Friday evening. Rev. Hobart, of Toledo will oecupy the B iptist pulpit next Sunday, botli morning and eveninf. The winds of Sunday niglit drifted the snow on the railroads so badly that trains were all behind time Monday. The great accumulation of snow upon the roofs of dwellings and buildings bas made work for idle men in shoveling it off. Hutzel & Company have completed the plumbing and putting in of water at the court house. Tliey have done a good job, too. We learu that Frank Howard, of this city, has ex"hanged bis interest in the Anchor Manufacturing company, of Detroit, for Detroit real estáte. The war cloud in Europe frowns ominously, and is growing darker and darker. So our farmers are flrmer and tiriner in not selüng any more wheat just now. The association of funeral directors of this state cominence their annual session at the city hall to-day. It is expected that aboui 100 or more will be present. The inside of the new depot building will be corapleted except the office, next week, so Mr. Hayes tells us. He has already liad a tire in that grand fire place. Mrs. Margaret Cook, mother of Mrs. Henry S. Dean, died January 16th, aged 09 years, 3 months and lö days. Funeral services were held yesterday p. m., at 2VL o'clock. Klder D.ivis would like, for the pioneer room, an old flint ock shot gun, wlth powder hom and trappings of the earlv days. Wlio will give the society one ? Don't all speak at once. B. F. Watts came near furnUfclng a locd item for the boys Saturday, but the valuable ring whicii had disappeared, " came to life " in the tray before the offlcer got around, and so spoiled it all. The Ann Arbor City band held ita annual election of officers Monday nisrht. which resulted as follows: Président and limiet-, t..i.„ j..,,i. „-ctinndt; seoretary, Fred Graf; treasurer. Henry G. Hom. The beautiful caskets on exhihitiou at O. M. Martln'a undcrtakingroom, almost tempt one to BUh lie was d - no it don't either, come to think of it. Bat the caskets are none the less beautiful to look upon. There is to be a bazaar held at the Fireman's Hall, commencing abont February lst. for the benefit of St. Thomas' parochial school. Judging by the arrangenentethat are in progresa it will be a boomer. Katharine ,1. Dagraw, of Lake City, writes renewini? her subscription to the Courier and adds "lam now 85 years old, have been a reader of your paper 18 years. It is like the 'old oaken bucket,' no doing without t." The keeper and matron of the county house have received for the benefit of the inmates thereof, from Mrs. Judge Joslyn, 40 numbers of current magazines of the day, including Harper's and the Century. A gift that is appreciated. The T., A. A. and N. 3Í. K. R. keeps from tlve to eight engincs at this station now. Just teil os how much money over and above ten acres of land you want for those railroad shops, Governor, and see if Ann Arbor will not come to time. The Mt. Pleasant Enterprise isdecidedly complimentary : " With its next issue the Ann Arbor Courier enters upon the 2Gth year of its existence more sprightly than ever. It is one of the best weekly papers printed in Michigan, and one of our most valuable exchanges.1' Commencing with th'sweek thcrt-gular weekly prayer meeting of the M. E. church wiilbe heidon Wednesday instead of Thursday evenings. All of the other protestant churches of the city chánged last week. It is thought to accommodate more of the members by the change. It may not be generally known that type writers, which have becorue very common of lale.were first invented by a blind man, l'ierre Foucault, wlio obtained a patent in 1849, and first exhibited his machine in 1851, at the world's fair. Crude attempts have been made in England prevlous to this but nothing practical resulted. The Regisier kicks because the CouRiER "spelU" Prof. de Pont's name "De Pont." Well, now, if thatdoesn't spell the professor's name we should like to know how you would spell it? [f it is the capitalization yon refer to Urother, we considir the professor a capital fellow, and feel perfectly justified in commencing his name with a big D. Wednesday evening of last week- just after the Courier was issued, of course- au item occurred: Some thief or thieveS broke into John Ross' feed store and stole several sacks of tl.uir, and all the pennies -about i thetill. The samenight they'-vvetit through" Wm. CVpray'H " Wacht an, Rhlne on 4th st., and stole sevr.ii boxei o dcnn. A delegation of Knights Templar went to Jadwni Wd,H-s,hiy ereplng to witD the exempliflcatlon of work bv the Dur lt Commndery. A rich banquet with toasis foUoml, and th.T rctorned the next morninx baarty in praises oftlie liofpltality of tba Jackaon boys who,li, not allow thdr RUeêU Teil to Py tlieir own hotel bilis. Thoe who Uas. Mlllen, W. A. Tolchard, J. R Watts, J. I,. stone, D. C. Fall, J. K Ki'itrsl.-y, r. Spafford anti J. E Bal The T., A. A. A N. M. H. H., is to build an etevator at Alm:i. Martin Kapp, of VVIiitmore Lakc, is among the new pensloners. The Knights Templar social oecurs next Friilay eveniug at Masonic Temple. Don Hatch has been tried by jury, condsoned tor íiiisdemeanor and is to be sent to Jacksou. Fací. Yon can "trip yourtoes" at Al. Steven's Whitmore Lake house on Feb. 23il, if you want want to. Barnet E. Bullock, of Cleveland, trustee, is in the city settling up the alïairs of the Ann Arbor Lumbcr Co. On the 21st the Ann Arbor Land League will hold its next meeting in the hall over Bach & Abel's store. The remains of Bcrlha Hampton were sent frorn Rochester, N. Y., last Monday to Undertaker Martin, to be interred in Forest Hlll cemetery. Last year there were 108 bodles buried In Forest Hill Cemetery ; 11 bodies were removed and 7 now remain in the vault, making a total of 126. Mre. Mary Ann Smitli, of S. Thayer street, died January 15th of ilropsy of the heart, aged 70 years. Deceased had been a resident of tlie city 20 years. The heavy snow covering the earth so completely, brings death to many oí the little English sparrows, who cannot liiul fooil sui&cieut to keep them alive. Last Wednestlay night there was au election of trustees at the Congregational churcii, Evart Scott, Prof. Elisha Jones and Jas. D. Duncan beins chosen. In giving the weight of Warren Wadhams' ht'ir last week, we gave hiui altogether too big a send off. He only tipped the beam at 12 instead of 22 pounds. F. A. Slattery has purchased the abstract books ot the late Tracy W. Root, and has opened up a law, loan and abstract oilice over the Farmere' & Mechanics' Bank. The Lansing Journal says that " Jeff Davis is a colored society leader in Ann Arbor now," eto. The Journal better look out, or it niay have a libel snit on hand, eh, Jeft" ? Every evening this week the churches hold a prayer meeting, except on Thursday - when all the churches will unite at the Unlversity Hall with tlie tftudents' Christian Assoclation. F rom 15 to 25 carloads of ice pass westward every day over the Michigan Central. It is cut in Ann Arbor, and is to be used in tlieir different houses along the line. - Marshall Statesman. Dozens of visltors visit the pioneer rooms every week, and are greatly interested in the relies of early days to be seen there. These roonn are running a small opposition to the museum. Some of our citizens are growling terribly over the poor llghting of the city by elftctricity, and have formed in their minds a terrible bugaboo about what the light will and will not do. The best way is never to cross a bridge uutil you get to it. There was a "shake-up" on the T., & A. A. R. R. last Frlday night on the evening train north. C. Balus, of E. Ann street, was considerably injured. Win. C. Jacobus says he hasn't got over being scared vet. nnrl u...v,,. uuiiuiv haven't reported. The annual meeting of the Michigan Furniture Company, held at the office of Judge Harriman last evening, resulted in the reelection of the former board of directory oonsisting of W. D. Harriman, L. Gruner, Moses Seabolt, C. E. Hiscock, E. E. Beal, A. W. Hamilton and Paul Snauble. Town Clerk Davis tells us that he has paid for 440 wood-chuck scalps durinir the past year for Ann Arbor town, at 15 cents a piece. This is a reduction from the record of the two previous years, which would indícate that the little pests are being thinned out. In three years a little over 3,000 scalps have been paid for. It is thought they will be practically exterminated in a few years. The largest audience probably ever called out by a theatrical entertainment was to be seen in the opera house last Thursday evening, W. J. Scanlan being the attraction. The line audience ought to have been an inspiration, but some way Mr. Scanlan did not touch the popular heart as has been wont to do In d.iys gone by, though the audience seemed well pleased. The new book written by Professor Stowell, entitled : "The Microscopical Structure of a Human Tooth," a folio edition, will be ready for delivery next week, it Is expected. The work is one that will reflect credit upon the al ready eminent author, and prove of much value to tliose engaged iu dentistry, and to teachers of natural science. Tlie work will be eold by subscription only at $5 per volume. The Workingmen's Aid Association, which has a membeiship of 132, is out of debt and has $:!, 054 on hand, elected the following offleers Monday night : PresIdentEunene Oesterlin. lst John Geo. Gronsman. ad vlee president- Chas. Binder. Kecordlngsecretary- Geo. Velsel. Correspondlng secretary- D. t'. Allmendlnger. Treasurer- Fred Schmld. Cashler- John Mayer. Color Bearer- H. Kempfert. Siyclety Physlclan- John Kap). Ktwart- Dan. Tnems. Trustee - John Walz John rjeo. Koch, Chris. I,utz, Oeo. Mlller. Win. Herz, Adam Wahl, Fred Gauss. It turns out that owing to a revisión of the law in 1885, that Joseph R ibbit, of Dexter, who was sent to the Pontiac asyluni last week by Circuit Court Conimissloner McIOrnan, under appliaUion of Prost'gAt'y Norris, cannot be retaincd in that institution, and Dr. Hurd of tlie asylum has so informed Judge Harriman. Commlssioner McKernan was not aware of the change iu the law when he made the order. It ippears now that the only thinif to be done is either for the relatives of Rabbit to support him at the asylum, as report s-iys they are abundantly able to do, or have hlm senteuced to prison under the criminal charge brought agaiust liiiu. The exercises of the ITnity Club, next Monday evening (postponed from December 13th, 1886), at the Unitari.tn ('lunch, will be of uniisual interest. The program will consist of the mot popular war songs and negro melodies, H "Battle Cry of Freedom," "Wlio Shall Kule the American Natlon," "Song of a Thousand Yuars," "Orafted Into the Army," "Klngdoin Coming," "Just Before the Battle, Mothcr," "Little Mijor," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," "Brave B;ittery Boys," "Babyion is Fallen," 'The Vactint Chair," "Marcliing Thro' Georgia," "When Johnle Comes Msrching Home Again," "Angel of Peace," etc., rendered in solos, cluets, quarlutts and chorusps. The concert will lic in charge of Mr. Alvin VVilsey, assisted by a chorus of twenty voices from the Amphlon and Glee clubs. A fine time is aoticipated.