Personals

K!rk H. J. Clark Is confined to his room by slckness. Kdgnr F. Loud, of Oscoda, vlsited hls sister, Mrs. Gay, last Sunday. Mrg. Mnrtha Beal and daujfhler, of Northvllle, have been In town tliis week. P. A. Daniels and wife, of Gregory, have been .-pending a few days here witli re la tl vea. Surprise party at Ed. Eberbaeh's Monday evening. One of the surprise parties that was a genuiite surprise. Wlll C. Carinan, of East Sagiuaw, is visiling hls young nephewg and niecs, the childrcn of Geo. H. Pond, for a few days. John Flinn, who was so near doath's (loor a couple of week's since that his death was currently reported, was out on the street for the first time to-day. Mrs. I. M. Turner, of Grand Raplds, formerly Miss Bailey of the lit. class of '80, is spending a few weeks in the city. re-visiting old scènes and meeting old friends. IVist Fridiiy Mrs. Judge Cooley weut to Washington on a telegram announcing the serious illness of her husband, from pneumonía. Word coiues that he is tnuch betterand entlrely out of clanger. J. Austln Scott, of this city, returned Monday from a visit with relatives and friends in New Jersey. Yesterday he called at the Couuier offlce and paid his 2l8t animal cubscription to the paper. A proud record. The past few days liave brought out the buil. The wurm days brought out the soda fountain?. Mondy'a rain was a floriona thing what there was of it. May carne sailing down on to us with a snow storm and a north wind. Regular inonthly meeting of Hobart Gulld Thursday eveniug at 7:30 o'clock. The city streets are belng scrnped, cleaned, and put in good condition for suinmer. Tamarind gyrup will be the tony soda fountaiii drink this year. There ia a pleasant tart about it. lti'v. A. S. Carnian, of Cinciiinati, will preach In the First Biptist churcb. next Sinidjy moruing and eTeniug. The ladie? of the Irish Luid Leigue gave a leap year ball at Sheehan's State st. hall last Thursday evening. Evart H. Scott is now busy as a bee excavating for his new house at Elm Fruit Farm on Washtenaw ave. Court convened yesterday and the jury is on hand to-day. The usual number of continuations have befii made, and nolices giveu. Bak] a prominent stock dealer to ye scrihe the other day : " We are t o much of a buil to bear this weather." Cuu't blame liim for his opinión. There will be a special musieal service on Ascensión Day evenlng of next week, at St. Andiew'g chiirch, for wlilcfa considerable preparation is being made. The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal rhurch is holding its session in the city of New Vork. It nieets every fourth year on the lpt düv of May. Improvements are being made everywliere about the city. New paint, uew oatbuildlngll, new fences and no fences, making tlie city have a thritty appearance. Tlic hoys are very justly kicking against the fisli law which prohibits the spearing of suckers this time of year. What possible harm comes from spear¦ 1 1 ( r eiifiL tra 's Dfed at the residcncp of her son, J. D. Boylin. BOM nafa Iiovlan, aed HO ycars and ten !ays. Mrs. Boylan MH9 to Anti Arbor in the year of 1SÜÜ, wlire slie lias si tice resided. Jas. M. Stafford Iia9 puiohased the residence corner of Nnrth State atxl Kast Catliarine ft., of Mrs. A. Kearney tor $3,500. Glad to welcome Mr. Stafford üp to the part of town. Deputy County Clerk Braun, of Aan Arbor, wa In town oa Krldiiy last. He vlslted the new councll building and prouounced the councll chttrober the fl nest iu the county. MancheHter KnterprUf. He is just glving yon tafl'y, tliat's all. He'a great on taffy. The following, from the Manchester Enterprise, contains a heap of truth: " Public thoroughfares are Mie people's highways. One nlan bas the same right to use them for vvheels propelled by hitnself as another lias to ase them for wheels spun by horse power; one has the same right to ride a bicycle aa another has to ride a horse on them." Kugene B. Hall has platted 300 feet on Hiil-st., west of the Israel Hall residence, into 60 foot lot?, and han broken ground for a new residence on the same, havln his plans all perfected. Should the fair grounds be sold off and platted, as now bids fair to be done, thls will become a handsome part of the city. In f act it is handsome now, but the removal of these grounds will make it handsomer. The evening services at the Unitarian church whlch have been very successfnl durinp the past winter closed for the summer last Sunday eveDinjr. From this time on there will be morning services only. During the winter Mr. Snnderland has given two courses of Sunday evenlng lectures, one on "Practical Themes for Students," ana one on "Religious Problema," and Mre. Snnderland has given an extended course of ffurteen lectures on "The Books of the Bible." Titus Hutzel, of the flrm of Hutzel & Co., has Invented a new "water back" or " water front," as you choose, for use in ranges where water ig heateü. Formerly the " wster backs " were cast tn one piece of ron containinz two chambers separated by a partition. In Mr. HutzePs invention the upper chamber is left out entirely In the casting, ar.d ita place supplied by a stiitable pipe which cutí be removed at pleasure. In heating hard water the lime soon forms a ciiiiiiiiíí in the upper chamber and it does not take long to clng it up so that im water will pass through. Of course tliis sediment does not form in the chamber int" which the water enters cold, but in the one in which tt (roes out heated The old back is worthless when clojrjred. up tor there is no way of cleaning it out. With thls the pipe can be removed and cleaned out, or ifnecessary replaced wlth a new pipe at a cost of r0 cents, whereas a new back costs $7 or $8. The naw article can be manufactured al lepa expense than the old, also, which is an important item. Ooe manufactory lias already adopted tlie new invention for lts ranges. The firm will make a success of this invention without doubt, for it is prxctical and simple. On Monday a Congregationiil councll, consistlng of the pastor and and a delégate from the churches of the Jackson district, met at the Congreirational church in this city in the afternoou, at 2 o'clock, to oflicially dismiss the pastor, Rev. Dr. Ryder, who is soon to leave Ann Arbor to accept a professoranip in the Andover (Mass.) Theologlcal Semlnary. The churches represented were those of Jackson, Grass Lake, Chelsea, Dexter, Ypsilanti, Salem and the Trumbull avenue churc-h of Detroit. Rev. Dr. Holmes representiiiK the Chelsea church, was chosen moderator, and Rev. Mr. Fisk, of Jackson, scribe. De;icou Rufus Waples read the oiinutes containing Rev. Dr. l'yder's resignation, and the action of the church and society in reference thereto. Various people then spoke, many of them in a feeling marmer, of the loss which the Congregational church of Ann Arbor was about to sustain and the loss to ConirrejrulionaMsni generiilly in the state. Rev. Dr. Eddy, of the Preebyterian church, also xdded a few words of eulojfy upon the wide intluence for good exerted by Dr. Ryder. The proceedlngs cloped by the reailinjf of the minutes of tln meeting by the scribe, Rev. Mr. Fisk, which proved him remarkably adept as a scribe. Persons desiring to attend the several couventlousat Grand Rapids should take the T., A. A. & N. M. Ry., the best route. One fare for round trip.