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Tliere will be meeting of the Washtenaw Ooiiiity Republican Club, at the Couribr Office in Ann Arbor, Saturday, Feb. 4., at 11 a. m., to select representatives to the Convention of Michigan nepublican Clubs to be licld in Detroit, Fob. 22, and to transact such other business as shsll propcrly come before the meeting. A laige delegation should go to Detroit from this county, and all republicans over 18 years of age are urged to atteiul the meeting on tlie 4th. GkO. C. SMiTnE, Sec'y Washtenaw Co. Rep. Club. The sleighing is weakcning. Lots of water pipes frozen np. Tomorrow Is Candlemass D.iy. Half the wheat and half the hay. The milis are coniplainlng because the farmers do uot market their whcat. Tbere are several new enterprises contemplated for Ann Arbor next season, conditionally. Barney Morrison paid $5.20 fjr being drunk last Sunday,- in Justice FrueaiifVs court ou Monday. Kev. Mr. Curtis, of Flint is to preach at the Presbyterian, church next Sunday morning and evening. The Unlversity Dramatic Club Is to make the best ertort of its lifo at the opera house Saturday night. Bills against the city must be in the liands of the tinanoe comniittee Friday evening to be allowed thls montb. A reception in the parlors of the M. K. church, on Monday evening Feb. 6th, is announced by the Cocker League. From to-day the Edison Electric Liglit dynamo will commence running until 12:30 o'clock lncluding Sunday nights. Regular monthly meeting of the council next Monday night. The yearly allowance of flreman's bilis occurs on that night. The eclipse of the nioou would have had a more appreciative audience last Saturday night had it set the hour for its show a little later. fS.iy between 12 and 1 o'clock. Dr. Hamilton E. Smith, of Detroit, and Miss Frances E. Jewett, of this city, are to be married this evening at 5 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's father, S. P. Jewett, Esq. Junius Nimrod lost a lioise last week by its falling down and breaking a leg while attempting to baúl a load of hay upon the scalea in front of Finnegan's agriculture store. The body of Wirt D. Williams, the son ol J. D. Williams, of Ann Arbor town, arrived in the city Monday, from California, and was placed in the vault at Forest Hill Cemetery. There are 3,000 cars awaiting shipment along the Hue of the extensión of the T, A. A. & Cadillac R B. The deep snow has interfered considerably with the freight trattic of the road. Kev. Dr. Ilamsay, at the M. E. church will have for bis suljjeet next Bunday evening: " The Nation's Pet Sin.'' He allowed hls congregation to guess what it ia. Our guess would reacl : " Intemperance." Prof. Curhart is to deliver the Bible class lectures in the M. E. church for the next two Sundays. The subject for next Sunday will be "God in Xatnre." It is needless to add that it will be of exceedlng great interest. The telegraph brings us the informatlon ihat Chipman Smith, who removed from this city to a farm a few miles north of Midland about six montlis siuce, dled on Thursday evening last of lieart disease, aged 72 years. Dr. Gibbes, of London, Kng., arrived thls noon with his fainily and is the guest of Dr. Herdman. He is a hale and liearty looking gentleman of some forty years. He has rented the house, owned by the Dr. Palmer estáte, on E. Ann st. The Cocker League of the M. E. church will give a reception to the young people of the church .and of the University, on Monday evening next. Refresbmeuts will be served. During the evening several choice selections of instrumental music will be rendered. Some boys lu the vlcinity of cup-andsaucer tiill in the 4th ward, have a rendezous they cali the "cave," and n thls "cave " a dandelion has come up and is blossoming. This is a hard story for thls sort of weiither, but it Is not a dandylyin' story, by a !o:ig shot. A sliaht lire in the building occupied by J. Volland as a harness Bhop, on Huron st., Sunday afternoon was cnused by the burning out of a very dirty chimney. The alarm was given at about two o'clock, but the flames were extinguished before any material damage was done. The Charlotte Republican publishes a rumor to the effect thar. Horton Bryan, formerly of the Register of thls city, and his brothcr Homer, are to purchase the Charlotte Leader. Should the sale be effected, Mr. Bryan will have the liearty good wishes of many old Ann Atbor frlends in hls venture. A party of young people left the city last Friday at 4.30 p. m. on a sleigh ride to visit Mr.George Hughes of S mth Lyon. They arrived there 6afely after one tipover. After partaking ot an oyster supper and enjoying themselves generally, they returned home In the sinall hours of the night(?) ( Would u't moruing be a more correct word.) The next meeting of the C. L. 8. C. will be held at the home of Miss Payne, No. 8 N. State st, Tuesday, Feb. 7th, for which the following te the program : Roll cll- (uot&tlons from Whlttler. Motie. Ppr- "Whlttier" and hl Poetlcal works, br Mlsi A. McUren. ,. Lcon- (iuestions on American Literatare, and mue on Aiuerlrau Li turar; ni on. Muiic. Readlnt;- The Prophey of Samuel Sewill, bj ¦ ra.slocum. John Wanamaker makes more money than any other man In Philadelphla. Hear hini teil how ba makes it : "I never In my life uned sutli a thing as a poster, adodger, or a handhlll. My plan for fifteen years has been to buy so much pice in a newspaper and fill it up with what I wanted. I would not give an adverüneroent in a newspaper of 400 circuUtion for 5,000 dodgers or posters. If I wanted to geil cheap jewelry or run a lottery scheme I rnlght use posters, but I wouldn't Insult a decent readlng public with haudbllls. Gottfried Schoettle has been admltted to tnll citizensliip. The decisión of Judge Kinne in the iiijunction suit is gcnerally conimended. Tlic Behr house on Fourlli st., is hayIng a new steam ketting Rpparatui put in by Hutzel & Co. The University Dramatic Club are putting their best endeavors into their coming entertainment. Anna Shaw has filed a bilí for divorce against Jacob Shaw, alleging extreme crueltj-, failure to support, etc. Prof. Skinner Of Boston, a uoted tenor, wil! finff an oll'ertory at the moniing service of the lst Baptist church, next Sunday morning. There is a scheme being worked in tbc G. A. B. posts of the Southeastern District of Michigan, to raise a regiment to attend the National Encampment at Columbus, Oliio, next summer. If tlii is successful, Gen. Alger will be asked to take commancl of the same. Union meetings of the Methodist, Congregatioual and Baptist churches have been held for the past four weeks iu Dexter, and are still being continued, with gratlfying results, many who have not heretofore identlfied tbemselves with any chureb coming out for the cause of Christianity. On Wednesday aftfrnoon last Mr. Elizabeth II. Hudson, the proprietor of the Cook House, was united in marriage with K. D. Fletcher, a commercial traveler, Rev. Dr. R. H. Steele officiating. After a somewhat extended eastern trip the couple will return to thU city, and resume the reins of the Cook House. Dr. W. J. Calvert sends the Courier a copy of the Denver E veiling News, containing au account of the dedication of a new hall by Union I,odge No. 1, I. O. O. F., of that city. Included in the program was the recitation by a couple of young ladies of a poem written for the occasion by the Doctor, who is P. G. of the lodge. Christ. Koch has rented the building on S. Main st., formerly occupied by Fred. Bro9s' carriage works, and will establish therein a machine shop for all kinds of work. He has oue job on hand now that will employ four or live men for a period of one year, gettinjj out the necessary machinery for Dr. Krehbiel's factory at Kalamazoo. The Detroit Evening ievs facetiou.-ly remarks: "A lot of Ann Arbor girto had a public debate the other niglit on, "Resolved, that radicalism bas done more for eivilization than conservatlsm." Tbc radies swept into the arena with a bundie of leap year argumenta and mopped the ground with their old-fashioned sisters In four minutes by the watch." The infoimation that Rev. T. W. MacLean rector of St. Luke"s church, Ypsilanti, has resisrned, and will remove to B:iy City, on or about the lst of Ma'ch next, will be received with regret by many residents of this county besides his iinmediate congregation. He is the chaplain of tlie Ann Arbor Commandery K. T., and is much lnloved by the members of tbat order. Attention is cilled to the incetinr of the Washtenaw County Club next Saturday to elect delegates to the Detroit Convention, February 22d. These clubs are organizing all over the stale and promise to make the gathering on Washington's Iíirthday a notable one for Michigan Republicans. It is only by such organizition that tiïective work can be done, and the mails every day brinu the news of a general awakening whkli will be feit all along the line. Dr. Krehbiel (tlie inventor of the capsule machinery) bas perfected what must prove to be an important machine. It Is a rotary steam engine, tlie cyünder of which is divided into four equal jarts, any one of the four parts can be cut ofl' at Will by simply moving a lever, leaving the engine to run with tlirce-fourths, onehalf, one-fourth, or full powi r, as may be desired. One of tlie engines is now being coiitructed at the Ann Arbor boiler and engine works. As soon as the first enjrine is completed and perfected, an order for an 80-horse power engine will be filled for an Ann Arbor lirni. Among the books recently brought to the Courier bindery to be re-bound, is an oíd Germán book dating b.ick to 1731, the property of Israel Kuehnle, of Ann Arbor town. The translation of the title pages reads: "Golden Treasure Box" of theChildren of Ood whose treasures are In heaven, cousistIng in selected verges of the Holy Ulble with annexed songs. Thlrteen times ru-published wltli a prefaue forthe riglit use of tlii golden treasure box. Publlshed at Halle, 1734, A. D. Only one side of the leaf is printed, the opposite side being lelt blank. Many of the blank pages were utilized by the owner in securing autographs of his friend, each quoting a text fiom the bible and m.my of the names are signed in English. Mrs. L. J. Liesemer has a bible printed in 1825, in Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany, which has been an heir loom iu the family. It is In in excellent state ol preservation, and a priza that ia valutd beyond price. H cont.iins Martin Luther's translation.