Local Affairs

piBSCBIEE FOE THE ABGU8- $1.50 per year _ The University base ball club were photo.rj.ilieil in uniform on Wednesday. : .- Seven Seniora were couditioned in -ology and three in Rankine's civil eugineer,Fred. A. Maynard was admitted to the by examination in the Wayne Circuit ■tl on Saturday last. _Rev. Charles Cravens, of Toledo, will iu the Unitarian church on Sunday mornlng oud evening. _ Dr. Oakley, of Detroit, who died last week, was father of D. J. and E. C. Oakley, of I Seuior class in the University. - .Prof. C. K. Adams has accepted an inviution to deliver the University address at t'ornell, on the evening of June 15th. __ The pest house in this city is again free tgjta small-pox patiënte - the boy Cole was .Jischarged therefrom a few days since. - The Annual meeting of stockholders of e Ann Arbor Savings Bank will be held at he office of the bank on Monday, June 7. _-The contract f or furnishiug the seats for ffhitney's new Opera House, Detroit, has leen swarded to A. M. Bodwell, of this city. _ The irrepressible " tater" bugs have again nade their appearance, and may be fouud on jearly every potatoe hill watching for the vine. _ A heavy ruin and hall storm occurred in las section Weduesday evening, during itg progresa many shade trees about the city were broken down. - fasper Imus and Frank Lewitt trapped over 200 wild pigeous Wednesday, near PinckneVi and returned to this city in the evening „ith 180 live birds. -Vincent Colé has opened the paper and jjg business in the store next to Ed. Duffy. He inteuds to keep paper of all kinds and buy Bg aud paper stock. - Company B has a public inspectionTand reception at their Armory next Monday eveuncr. A general invitation is extended to our citizens to be present. k - E. B. Slawson, formerly of this place and now oí Bay City, will be here at the June Commeucement of the University to take the degree of Master ot Arts. - Eev. Jas. Hubbell, of New Haven, Conn., bas been visiting his brother, Rev. H. L. Hubbeli, and preached at the Congregational church last Sunday aftèrnoon. - It is reported that Prof. Olney, of the Michigan University, has given $1,000 towards the endowment of two professorships at the Kalamazoo Baptist Theological Seminary. - Xo new cases of small-pox havo occurred it the Couuty House tor several days, and it is thought that the disease has been checked. íhere has been sixteen caaes and three deaths. - Bishop (xillespie has been presented with $3,000 building lot on Fountain street, Grand Eapids, aud he will shortly build a home upon it. Geo. F. Kendall is the genereus donor - The appeal case of Mrs. Mary E. Foster he trial of ' which was commenced in the circuit court Thursday of last week, and continued for three days, has been settled aud disiud. -Alderman R. P. Bishop, of the Fifth ward, resigned his otrbe at the meeting of the 1 Monday eveuing, and will remove to Lutliugton, having looated a homestead in that section. - The high wind duriug the storm of Wedesday, blew the roof off Flonal Hall in the couüty fair rrounds. A nuniber of line shade trees in different parta ot the city were also broken down. - The city oinoers haviug accepted the challenge oí thu county omeers for a game of base bil!, one of the city Aldermen prays for a hot day,. claimiug that in such a case, the " couuty fellows" would get wilted. - The examinations of the Seuiors were fmished Tuesday atternoon, and in the evening the class supper was held at Hangsterfer's. Uu Weduesday evening President Angelí gave the class a receptioii at his residence. - The regular meeting of the Ann Arbor Scieutitic Association will be held on Saturday evtmiug at the Uuiversity. Dr. W. H. Jackson will read a paper on " Hypertrophied Cement," with microscopio denioustrations. - Hale Bliss, sou of C. Bliss of this city, followed the advice of Horace üreeley, and went west ; located at May wooi, 111., uear Chicago, eugagiug iu the drug business. Last week he received commission as postmaster ot that thiivmg village. -Rev. Dr. Sproul, of Newburg, N, Y., iathtr of Mrs. Dunster, has been speuding a iew days in this city during the past week, aud preached at the Congregational church last Sabbath mornmg, aud ut the Presbyterian church in the eveuiug. - Ouce iu a while we find a man who prefers a Detroit, New York or Chicago paper to a home paper, because " it's got more readin in it." These men would probably buy the largest pair of boots in the box because they cost no more than a smaller pair which fit them ■ - Deuiiis Shields, of Howell, a member of tte Livingston County Dar, was in the city Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Shield ha L been engaged in the practioe of law in Howell J for soveral years, and through business ' tious has made man y warm friends in this city J aud county. ' - Mr. Ledyard, assistant superintendent of the Michigan Central, has taken measure to prevent confidence men front working that , toad. The mstructions to couductors make it their üuty to stop the train and eject such cliaracters whenever they begin to ply their urfarious business. - Joe T. Jacobs & Co. are doing their " level best" to keep people ccol and comfortaWe, by supplying them with Linen Suits, Alpaca Coats, White Vests, &c. They have au immense stock, and eau meet all demands. Extva sizes for f uil grown men. Hoom next tu Fust National Bank. - Une of our physicians reporte going into the country, one day this week, to attend a patiënt, aud on his return met an undertaker, who was probably on the lookout for a job. A little ïuither along on the road, the physician was somewhat surprised to meet a gravetone manuiacturer closely following the undertuker. The patiënt is gettiug well. - On Friday uight, the 28th inst, the resi(lence oí Evan Begole and its coutent6, about miles south oí Ypsilauti, were burned. The "re is thought to have originated from a mudge kiudled outside early in the evening loi the pu rpose of smoking away the mosquiles. Loss from $7,000 to 8,000. Iusured in the Washteuaw Mutual for 6,000. - Friday evemng last the following officers of the Alpha Nu hterary society oi the Uui versity were elected : President, J. A. Watter ion; Vice-President, W. J. Miller; Secretary, fc H. Guyer; Treasurer, V. J. Tofft ; Librar"', M.. S. Woolsey ; Senior critic, J. H. Mciuuaia Juuior oritic, Ueo. P. Brown. After Uie election tlie officers elect invitad the mem!rs to partake of ice-cream at Hangaterfer's. - A uumber of students ol the Junior and Senior class ot the Uuiversity, while on thei way home after a " ouse" down town Frida öveuiug eucountered some Freshmen and sul Freshnieu. A few uiifriendly words were ex changed when kiuves and revolverá wer preaeuted. This aome of the members of th otóer classes thought rather senous, and a iraicable settlemeut of the difliculty wa brought about at once. - It has been said that the fine Spring rains and warm weather have materially improved the appearance of wheat, which may be a i fact. A recent ride through the townships of ! Pittsfield and York, and the northern part of i Monroe county, revealed a hard-looking lot oi wheat fields, many of which will not produce as much seed as was sown on them last ' fall. But few good fields were seen on the entire trip. We do not think that there will be more than an average half erop in the above towns. - The "Author'8 Carnival " is the name of an entertainment to be held at Young Men's Hall, Detroit, during next week, commencing Monday, for the benefit of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Home of the Frieudless. Great expense has been incurred in getting it up, and is expected to surpass auything ot the kind ever before seen in the State. A similar affair recently held in Buffalo met with remarkable success We learn that the railroad will carry persons desiring to attend from this city at reduced rates. Decoration Day was observed in the Fifth ward Monday afternoon, under the auspices of the Ladies' Decoration Society. A procession was fonned at the Court House Square, composed of Company B, the Common Council, and citizens in carriages, headed by Gwinner's Band, and proceeded to the Fifth ward, where it was increased by the addition of a large number of ladies and children bearing baskets of flowers, and thence to the cemetery On arriving at the cemetery a hollow-square was formed by the military, and the monument and the mound upon which it stands were decked and strewn with wreaths and bouquets of flowers, by Misses Kittie Randall and Eva Saunders. Dr. Cocker and R. EFrazer delivered short addresses. After the addresses a picnic was held in the grove of N. H. Pierce, adjoiuing the cemetery grounds. The Catholic Cemetery, in the Third ward, whieh has been for years the most lonely and neglected spot within the limits of the city, has been very extensively improved within the last year. The board of trustees, conslsting of Messrs. Einsey, Eisele and Finnegan, have purchased an addition to the old grounds of about four acres, laid the same out in lots, aud erected a substantial fence around the whole. About $1,000 was expended in improvements last fall, which was realized chiefly frora the safe of lots at prices ranging from $10 to $25 each. A vault is to be built this year at an expense of about $600. - Bless the dear girls of the Blue Grass, or so much of that lovely región as is contained within the limits of Warsaw, Ky. ! They have unanimously resolved to purchase no dry-goods exceedmg in cost twenty-five cents per yard for the space of one year. It is bad for the dry goods merchants, who have just laid in a stock oí spring and summer magnificeuce worth the covering of its superficial área in one dollar bilis ; but it is consoling to the papas, who have just learned that the tobacco worm is in their midst. We trust the Warsaw girls will adhere to their frugal resolve, and, while they do so, they may consider us their special advocate and champion. - The Philomathian Society, of the High School, will hold their public exercises at Chapel Huil, Friday evening, June llth. The exercises promise to be unusually interesting, as the following programme will show : Oration, D. S. Perkins ; Poem, Libbie Elam ; Recitation, Nellie Truesdel ; Debate, E. Butz aud W. W. Remmington ; Declamation, R. T. Robinson ; Essay, May Bronson ; Paper, N McMillen. The exercises will be enlivened by first-class music. On account of the disorder at the last Public, it has been thought adv-isable to charge an admission fee of 15 cents, which it is hoped will secure an attentive audience and a well filled treasury. - We learn that a very pleasant time was enjoyed at the residence of John Allen, Esq., of Lima, the occasion beiug the marriage of his daughter, Miss Cathelia, and Henry C. Selleck, of Bay City. The marriage ceremony was performed by Dr. B. F. Cocker, of the Universicy. Among the guests present were a number from this city. Mr. Selleck graduated in the Law School of the UniverBity last year, and for several months has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Bay City. Miss Allen is a gradúate of the High School of this city, where she has many warm friends. The bride was made the recipiënt of a number of beautiful presents. The . happy pair left Wednesday for their new home. Long may they live and prosper. - One evening last week a gentleman of the Third ward, on retiring for the night, placed some $20 in a pillow for safe keeping, and neglected to take it therefrom the next morning, previous to going to the country. On his return in the afternoon search was made for the mouey, but it could not be f ound, and suspicion attached to a washwoman who had been at work at the house during the forenoon. The gentleman related his suspicions to an officer, when the t wo repaired to the resideuce of the woman. Their business being made known, she denied all knowledge of the affair, but consented to a search of the premisos. The officer while rumaging boxes, barrels, &c, kept an eye on the woman, and saw her place something under her dress. The officer making known his discovery demanded the money, which, after considerable hesitation, was produced with the remark " I did not intend to keep it, but was goiug to return it in the morning."