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20
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July
Year
1887
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Dr. A. C Nichols bas a telephone at lus residemt'. Kil. P 's lyinj; very ill with crecping paralysis. It took 15,000 feet of lumber to builil tlie scalïolding in tlie M. E. church. Every piece of ïnail that goes tlirousrh Uie pottoffica dow has to be counted. The raspberry season is about played out. The dry, hot weatlier hastening the eml. Francia H. Slattery who used to run nn abstract office liere is DOW in California. 8. D. Allen bas solil bis house and lot on IStfa treet, to a lady f rom Ypsilanti tor $1.500 cash. BUckberries have made their appearanee in market witli seeds as large and plentiful as ever. Prof. Langley l'a8 cotnmenced the erection of a large adilition to hia residence on Washtenaw avenue. J. J. Robinson : "The general use of the BimliT in harvestlng wheat has increased the corn erop at least ten per cent." Noah G. Butts has rented room No. 2 In St. James block, and wilt open up a real estáte and Ufe and lire insurance office therein next week. Sheriff Walsh hns gone to Chicago with a requisition for the confidetice men who swiudled Daniel B. Browit out of $2,700 reeently in thiscity. I. K. & A. B. Pond, of Chicago, have beeii selected as architects for the new laboratory building. ThU is quite a nice send oft' for the nev lirin. Oiflcer Gidley, of the Board of Health, bas orde red the cutting down of all noxious weeds, such as burdoolu, ycluw docks, etc. Good tor Gidley. Now that mad-dog scares are so plentiful, people are beginning to look up the assessuieut rolls to find out how maiiy of tbc canine ownera pay the lax. John Dieterle, graduate of tlie theological seminary of the Evangelical Luthwan synod, of St. Louis, Mo., is to be ordained Sunday evening next, at Bethlehi-in church. W. G. Doty received from a friend in l.oiiilon, Eng., a copy of the London Grapbic, containing 64 pages of illustratioiis of the Queen's Jubilee, and several other mementos of that grand occasion. More and better work bas been done by City Marshal Sipley on the sidewalks of the'city tban bas ever been done in tbe city before in any OM year. He is deerrlng of ¦ gretl deal of praise therefor. Ouly a eoiple of weeks more and pcicli'-s - regul ir honie-inaile, all-wi"l.ind-yaril-wule peaclie will le ia market. Bnt nnixl you f the deceptive blush on their temting cheeks doesn't cover a pliiiír-stone. Mrs. Charlotte Kapp, of tlie 5th ward, died July 17, aged H years, 8 months, of owwr of the Mowwh. Funeral services were held Toeaday p. m. from the house. A family of three boys and tive girls are left, only two, however, are small cliildren. Company A's 12th annual excursión to Detroit, Belle Ile aml Lnke Erie i down for Jnly 27th, nexl Wednesday. Among the attractions promised il a postponed game at Dutmit bctween that club and tiie Chicago'. Tickets $1 25 for the i on ml trip, Tlie fact tliat none of the ehangi a in the charter were mide at the last session of the legislalure, and therefore that no city officer will reeeive any difi'eient coinpengation from what is already given. doesn't WMB to be generally known, but such is the fact. Tlie Chequamegon Orehestn h:is reorganized tnt business and will begin another yearwHh bul few efaawi among the men. B. B. Perry is business nmnager of the orchcstru In place of K. LDrake, Deot, '7 wbo bas located at Marquelte. Paybon M. Doty, forinerly of this citj, and a brother pf A. M. Doty, was married last Tuesday, at tbe rei-ldeiiV of the bride's paients In Oraiil Hapids, to Ms Fannie E. PkTMll. After an eastern bridal Irip thcy will return to Grand ltapids for tuture resideuce. Our Friday contemporaries can reserve a space in their columns this week for the bi-rry statistici gathend by l$ro. Bryan. Coming out, as we do one day ahead, an aniniunceiUQeiit now would be ratber premature. Oh ! berrv us not in tlie great, great stoop ! ( berry scoop). Thomas aiid John Rotb for assault and battery on Jacob Koth, had tlieir tinal liearing before Justice Pond yesterday. A verdict of guiliy was rendered and a sentenceof $1 each tiue.and costs amoiintitijr to $11.82 een Is was imposed and paid. The pai ties all hailed from Freedom. The tbrong of people, of all ages, sizes, kinds and color, wbo visited the fountain nt the corner of North 8tate and Fuller streets last Sunday, proves what a Messing a cool sprinj: of water is. The water was cool and refreshini!, and hundreéa of people quenched their thirst there that terrible day. There are severalelectric liffbts tbrougbout the city that need raislng. In the places where the lijshls have been raised to fifty orsixty feet, the fact luis been demonstrated tbat one-quarter or one-third more lljrht is piivluoed. It is for the inu-rci-t of tuu Thomson-IIoUftou Electric Ijijilil Company to produce the best light possible for the city. The bettcr the Itght the less opposition there will be to a renewal of the contract when the time expires. Tree trioimlng should be Indulged in in many pluces tbrouhout the city. Mrs. Einma P. Andrews, wife of Samuel C. Andrews, died on Thursday p. m. Mrs. Andrews was a graduate of t lic University of Michigan, lit, '77. Her remains were taken to Paw Paw, Friday. Funeral services were held at her futhei'a home at 1U:3O Sunday mornlng. She leaves three children. The cause of death was consuDiption, she having heen in declining health a long time. We uuilerstand tliat the three young children left motherless by this muther's death will he taken care uf by their raiidparent at Paw Paw. One of the hotest days ever known in this Miiioii of the world visited us last Bunday, closing au entire week of iniprecedented hot wenther. Thermometers in ditfeieut parts of the city were unanlinous in nrtrkin 101 in the ahade, and the breeze that was quite brisk was like the hot blastsofTa heated furnace, containing not a partiële of comfort for the poor mortals who were seeking eveiy availahle place possihle "for a breath of air.'" The h n in :i ii being doeiin't live in these parts who dare say tliat we ever had any lay wbra the heat was as great. Bilt the heavy rains to the west broujiht a ehangf ot atiniH)liere Monday, and a greeted a llmnkfiil lot of people. The general opinión Is tliat the watering fot i ii t :t i ii for liorsrH, although a gucc-fcs In au iirtist'c sense, tl located In Mie ivnmi! place. The almost tinanimous opinión Umi it ibOuM he placed on the corner of Huron and Sfcond stncls, iiciir the rink, or in the center of the triiiiijrlc ut the InterWCtlOD of Detroit, Foiirth and Catharine Btrcrt-, hihI run tlie opposite way trom whal t ilucs now, to that a doublé irun tnay drive up to it without belng oblljnd tu Imvc the wagon stand across th street whlle tlm honw are drinkin. It is thmigiit tliat it will beooma soinethiug of a iiuisanoe in ils present loc ition, and hu eyc-sore in front of the flneat buildiog lu the city. I,?onard Gruner luis bmiüht the Condón place cor. Thayer and Aun sU. "S. B. Thompson. lw office" now graees the door of a N. Main si. building. The blrdmtn was in town ngain yesterday, and Aid. Kearns bought a jackdaw. Wc rapproM Bn ftwn of news thla week by rocimst, but t is rathet up-IIill work tu do ít. The infttiit son of Win. and DotCM Donegan oi' the :! 1 ward, died July 13th, oi' cholera ntautnm. The Washtenaw Mutual [tuimooc Co. has lost $850 worth of horses so far this Miuon from liglituitiií. The Sunday School ot Uetldeliem cliurch will have thelr animal picnic ut Relief Park on the 27th of this ïiioulli. Oreen corn rushed in on the greedy public the last week, and consuméis ouly have to pay 15 cents per dozen ears now. The coal sheds ou Miller avenu? have been removed tbroagh the eflorls of Ollicer E. U. Gidley, of the Board of Health. All oi the liquor sellers have paid their tax in this couuty with the exception of three or tour in Ypsilauti The $500 rate comes into foiee ou the 23J of September. Two 8ilver cups are dUplayed In the wlndows of Blitz & Ltngadorf to be glven to the best lady and beat gentleman dancer at the Iti öix hop Friüay evening. A new sidewalk on Detroit street, froni Fuller street down past the old Uielil hotel lo the new street leading to the Michigan Central station, is au enjoyablu rcality for pedestrians In that section. Fred Schooles, of Saline, while in bathiug last Munday eveulng dove in shallow water and sliikinj; his litad in the saud broke his neck, ik-atli resultlng In about a half liour. He was about IC years of age. The fate of the young man who died such a terrible death at Detroit from hydrophobia, afler having been bitten by a pet dog, is a warning to evervbody. Tlieottice of dog killer of anmuzzled dogs should at once be establihed. The Suuday School excursión, in which theCongreffHtioual, Methodiet,Epi;eoial, Baptist anil Presbytertan Suiiday KhooU will participute, will take place in about three weeks. They will go to Detroit with a ride ou the river after reaching theie. There is sald to be a noticeable impmveiiient In the conditionof the slaughter hciuses in the 5h ward. lint theii close [iroximlty to tiic hcart of the city and the ."lh ward school hous;, demanda their rcmoval. Tliis must be done somier or later as a sanitary mcasure. A letter from John K. lloblson, the grandson of ex-Mayor Hobison, on board the United States warship "Constellation," brings the intelligence that he likes his duties at the acaiiemy so far very inuch, and thinks lie get& as much fun out ot [lic hazing as do the hazers themselves. Arthur Hanlon, of Xorth Fourth street, died yesterday forenoou, ut the ric old age of 80 years. His reoaaina were taken to the home of his. son, Frank Hanlon, at Cornwells, from whence they will be taken to tlie NortlitU-ld church on Tüursd.iy, where the funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock a. in. lt is quite as lo Misil i n; now me ueinanu i eeps up for houses in Ann Arbor. The wo new houses Ihíiix put up by : haler 011 E. Liberty Street, b:ivc already jeen rented, tlirouiíh Mr. Whedon'i ige:cy, one to a farallS frofp Monroe, ;he otlier to a family from Si. Puul, , Miiin., botli new corners. Iu oueortwo Ínstanos where thosuperrisor had sullicient grtt to pM i i tbe usíessment on vacant lots uwned by peopie wlio would ueitlier hnprove their , property or sell it to others to luiprOTe, the tfteet has been sahitaiy. itUa wise ttiing to do. When it is knowu that Ule owuer ot a vacant lot ot grouitd has been offered a reasonable amount lor i property aud refused to takc it, the supervisor ié perteelly justified in usscsaiii; tbal vacant lot at its casb valué. Aun Arbor is to have a uew churcli of the sect known as tbe Disciples of Cln lat This denomiuHtioii is the one of whieli President Uartielii was a member.anii the project of tbe erection of a chuich here was referred to seine time sinee ín the Courier. The state board of mlMtoai recently held a meeting in Grand linpids and voted to build a f20,000 ehurch liere. We caunot liave too niany Christian eliurcbes, so this oue will be heartily weleouicd as all otheis have been. Tlie nuuiber of bosses it has taken to oversee the putting in of that new drinking fountaiu in front of the court boiue on Iluron ttreet, is aatonUhing, una some of tliein were pietty good boMetj loo, hile oüieis were very quiel leiluw.-. The ice houtie ticcoinpaininenl to this tountuin ill be a grand public convenience if the oontlugènl fund will only hold out long enouj;li to allow the city tathers to supply the ice. But cold weather will be Ú neaf ui hand by the the time the fountain is completed piobably, tliat it won't need nnicn ice. The reportorial pencil aud puatp bus been extreniely busy this week in au endeavor to Aud out, tor the benefit of our readers, wbcii', when, and how quiek tlie Wa8htenaw Ghs and Kuel Co. propo-e to cominenee boriiitj lor fja or toiuethin' all lo no puipose. Tlie nearet we Ca me to gettiiid a direct answer was from Justice Frueauff wbo said "pietty soon.'' In the mealitiuie you eau help the enterprise alouK and basten the time when boring will commence by taking :i few guares of stock. More inoney is needed to commence operations and the xpcii ment is well wortli tryiug. That tliere i{as under Ann Arbor tliere is not a piutiele of doubt, and it niuy exist in paying qu anti lies. The pushiiiK qualities of the management of the T., A. A. ft N. M. R. R. Is wonderful. TUI Corporation will s luve a net work of roadï leailing to eveiy desirable porlion of the lower peninsuln. Tlie lalcft enterprise is the new Sitsitiaw & Durand K. 1!. wiiich runs frooi Satriuavv to Durand via PlaahiDg, aiul opens up aud rnakes tributary soine r'nli country. Tlns new railroad compiiny I1Í8 begun operations by tbe pUrcbaSe ol 12 lots on Soutli Wasbington ttreet, Eat Saginaw, for depot purpöie. The b)ts are justoppoeke the Bristol street brWKe,makIU{ access to Safduaw City quit coiivniient, and are only h blork from the Hancroft house. It will not be very long before our people can jump on the cirs aud o to Saginaw and liay City diixct. The recitals of the School of Muslc are proving quite a popular feature of the work wiiich it is accomplishinfr duting thew usually dreary weeks of vncation. The list one, gfven by Mr. Lii'lerer, was Ii8tened lo by a thofongtaly dallghUd audienre. Tlie works of the old uutltert of tbe violin were plnyed u few conld have plnyed (Hem, aml profdd tUtl the present ({eneratlon of wrlterl ittfl performers cannot itford to fcel that Ihey have far oulstripped these pioneers of the art. This Thuisday and next Monday evenlnga only the winks of Beethortn will bc givcn. Miss WoOd nd Miss Caruther, wbóre playin bas been so favorably recelved will pivc peveral "t Becthoven's sonatas and concilios. .Miss Joslyn of New Yoik fuculsbing the vocal n amber? Fivc recítala and Iccturei for 1.SO. Single ailinission "() ets. Next Frlilay evening tbc animal meeting of the Business Men's Associatlon will be held at the OOtipotl room at 8 O'olOCk. Il is cpicti'il ihal tbe (¦iniinilte on capsule factory will IBaka a final report, Wiiich will probably show tliai tii is enterprise will bc ri'laincl in Ann Arbor. A proposition bas been umde to bring to this city inaiiuticiuiy li I'ennsylvania, whlcli will oommenoe by einployin}' 'L men. Anotlnr feature ol tbe meeting will be the ragular electloo ui ofiuert. The nuuciatlon bas been laboring under difflcultlei so far, hut the prospect is now tbaf tbe criili ba pnwed and that theic will be much imootbel Balling in the future. A lull attemlnnca of buslneu men is mach decired. Turn out and belp ttre city aloog. All hould pull tojietber. Let's have au entbUllaStK ' meeting.