Local Affairs

Subscribe poe the Arous. -Copies of the Aeous for sale each week at thi ofh".'.e and newsdepot. - Tle liackineu are reaping the usual fall barrast in transportan student and their lmggasje tïÜB week. - A hundred barrels of flour per day is the amcunt which Swathel, Ailea & L'o. are turniuji out at present. - Ephraim Marble, formerly County Superintendent of Calhoun oouuty, is about to reniuve to Ann Arbor. - The auuual tair of tlie Farmer's Olub will lic held at Chülsea on Wednesday, Thursday nd Priday of next week. - The public schools of thia city contaiu lt159 pupils, foor moro than at the aamtj date last year. 170 of these are non-residents. -The suits aïaiiist the stockholders of the Aun Arbor Trading Associatiou were again ttdjourned on Saturday for to weeks. - Company B will have a uniform ilrill and inspection on Mumluy evening next. Atter the drill there will be a business meeting. - A mammoth pumpkin, weighinf; 7(i lbs., ornamenta the store of McOmber & Levan. lt was raised by .Tohn Thompson, of Pittsfleld. - The eclipse of the sim didn't come to Aun Arbor on Wednesday morning, at least uobody saw it. Perliapa the heavy fog and clouds had Botuothing to do with it. The Baptist ohurch at Ypsilanti understand how to devote inoney for good causes at, home. lts niemhers have nteod forty dollars tü aid a young man in his course ot Btudy at Kalamazoo. -The Aun Arbor Shootiug Club at a meeting on Saturday uight maile arrangement to use the Oerman park lor practica. They will oeoapy it on the first and Uut Thursdays m each month. - At a meeting ot Company B., on Monday f veiimg, Wilbur F. Reed was elected Orderly Sergeant in place of Cías. Fall, wiio has remuved to Detroit. Herman Hufzell was alao elected tifth sergeant. - Edward J. Kenuard, oí the law class of 76, spent Sunday in this city. He was on his way froni "Willnnngton, Delaware, his former home, to St. Paul, Mimi., where he will hang out a shingle and hereafter live. - For the next two Sundays the services of the Congregational Church will he held at the usual hour m the forenoon, at the o!d church. Tiie Sabbath School will meet immediately aftel1 the close of the church services. - Two line portraita, euhirged irom photographs, are on exhibition in the show window of VVinslow Bros.' store, of Mr. and Mrs. Boyden, formerly of Webster, uow deceased. They were painted by Miss Katie Rogers of this city. - Jethro Maybee was convicted in the Circuit Court, on Friday, ot mauslaughter. Our readers will remeiuber that he struck Richard Flanuery in a saloon on the 3Oth of October, 1874, and that froui tlie effects of this blow Flunuery died. - Bishop Oillespie, in his late visitations, has conhrmed tour persons at Mount Pieasant, flve at Coldwater, six at Sturgis, and four at Paw Paw. He does not forget the county poor in his new work. On Sunday he visited them in Kalamazoo county. - Rev. C. H. Brigham will begin n course of lecmres on the " Ancient Religious," on Sunday evening next at the Unitarian ehurch. The ttrst meeting of the studeuts' bible class will be held at 3 P. M. in tlie lower room ot the ehurch. All are invited. - George Chlbert returned to this city for a few hours on Saturday. He reporta that he has plenty of woik to do, uot Ketting a week to lay over yet. He has entire charge of oue car, distributiug both letters and papers lor the stations between Toledo and Chicago. - Morris Daiiey was acquitted of the charge ot maliciously killing animáis, on Tuesday in the circuit court. He was accused by Ludwig Walker of killing his, Walker's, cow to giatiiy sonie personal spite. At a previous trial Dailej wasconvicted. Both parties Uve in Sharou. - Miss Spafford will next week remove her school for little girls and boys trom the basement of the Unitarian churoh to the Misses Clark school building, corner of División and North streets, where she will have more commedious and pleasanter quarters for the coming winter. - Two engravinga in the window of Joe T. Jacobs' store have been attracting considerable attentiou lately. They represent the positions assumed by the ritlemen at the great International match last July. Une is that of au ingemous son of Erin, and the other of a hrewd Yankee. - The Michigan Central Railroad Company have issued a tariff of rates to Chicago on green apples in barrels, which went mto eftect ou Wednesday. The rates from the several stations in this county are : For less than 20 barrels, 60 cents per barrel ; over '0 barrels, 50 cents ; by the car load 45 cents. -A marnmoth fliut arrow head of Indian íuake ie on exhibición at Justice Clark's oftice, which is to be presented to the Wanhtenaw County Pioneer Society. It was found ou etion 15, Ypsilanti in 1857, and will be preaented to the society by James M. Forsyth. Its 8ize íb ó 1-8 inches long by 3 inches in width. - August Herz, of lower town, is beginning operations preparatory to the erectiou of a new brick block, adjoining the one he now oceupies. It will be two stories high and the first floor will be devoted, among óther things, to a restaurant and eating room. Mr. Herz deserves credit for these improvemeuts in that portion of the city. - Rev.. Fayette Hurd, a gradúate from the University with the class of '59, was in this city on Tuesday. He waa on hís way to some point east of here, from which he will return itt a few days, and on his way home which is at Moutour, Iowa, will st"p at Chicago. He was a classinate jof Col. C. B. üraut and Prof. Elisha Jones of the University. - While Edward Worden was ndiug upou the race course of the fair ground, on Friday, he had a collision with a careless daver of a one-horse hght wagon or buggy. The thill of the buggy struck the horse in the face, and with such force 8 to leave a good sized wound aud to throw his rider who received a few bruisen. The horse will recover trom his injuries. - The Detroit Leader thus alludes to the Vourier'a recent ouibreak against the action oi the Detroit conference . " Aun Arbor hadan idea ol gettiug mad at the. M. E. conference Iwcause it didu't send them a high-toned preacher, but since the people theie have seen him they have altered their foelings, and are iiow satistied that he starches his shirt far öuough down.to anitthem." - Chas. Holliday was convicted in the circuit court, on Tuesday, of assault on Jeff Da'is, thejauitor of the Court House. HolliiKy was convicted at a previous trial in the justice's court, but he thouaht he had better carry it up and see if justice wouldn't be a httle more leoient m the higher walks. He was üned ï30 on Wudnesday, with an alternative of 05 days iu the county jail, but he paid the fine. -We ask the atteutiou of our lady readera to Mrs. Craiue's imllinery oy;ning on Weduesday and Thursday next. She has an extensive assortment of new and fashionable lall and winter inilliuery and fancy goods, which will be opened for the inspection of the public on those days. Mi's. Craine's taste in the selection of milliuery is proverbially fine, but her stock of the present seaon is uuusually bautit'ul. - Peter Shulters having eoncluded to turn hia attention to agriculture, hos purchaserl during the past week the E. P. Mason farm, near the village oí Scio, oontaining 80 acres, aud will soon remove thereto. His reinoval froin the city will créate a varancy in Mie "Board oí Trade," for which we understand several applicants are in waiting. Mr. Mason will remove to this c-ity, to recule in the tifOi ward. - A distresïiug accident occurred at Ypsilanti last week. A little boy nine years old uamed John Broch, jumped hito a bin of oats while he was playing at the Miohigan Central elevator, was drawu iuto the grain and auiothered, The oats were running out at the time into a car. His little sister made an attempt to aave him, and carne near losing hor own life. His body was not recovered till halt mi hour aiterward. - Tile adjourned bankrupt salo of the Toledo, Aun Albor & Northern Railroad carne off on Tuesday, and resulted in the transfer of the property to the hands of Benjamin P. Crane, of this city. Mr. Crane paid the enorinous sum of one thousand dollars for the road add all that belongs to it. We hope that this gentleman will see to it that this road is put into operation forthwith. He can certainly afford to, ii the cost of the road has auything to do with it. - The president of the County Agncultural Society thinks gas heavy as well as high. Wheu Pedanto was attempting to make his bal loon ascensión on Thursday afternoon, but was mterrupted by the falliug shades of night when he lacked a few hundred feet of gas to raise him, the president took opportunity to appease the Vaiting and expectant crowd by shouting: "Ladies and gentlemen, Pedro will not make his ascensión to-night for the want of a thousand pouuds of gas." - The compiler of the roligious intelligence in the Detroit Tribune of Saturduv is ble for the following: "The threateued cycloue in the M. E. Church at Aun Arbor proved to be a very small affair, raging principally in the columns of the Courier, and spendiiig lts torce there. The horn-tooter of that paper isn't such a dreadful fellow alter all. He swells up to trightt'ully portentous dimensions, but it takes but little to produce a ludicrous collapse." - The fair of the Eastern Miihigan Agricultural Society opened at Ypsilanti on Tuesday. The entiies in the sereral depirtments are reported large, beiug up to Wednesday above 1,600, iucluding: cattle, 67; horses, exclusive of those for speed, 325; sneep, 110 (naad); swme, 50; poultry, 82 ; fruit, 119; agncultural implements, 37 ; grain and seed, 4(i ; vegetables, 127 ; butter and cheese, 33 ; douiestic articles, 117 ; with a good hst in other departments. The attendauce averaged good. The fair cloaes to-day. -Aun Arbor will be unusually privileged on Friday evening of next week, by a concert at Univeraity Hall, by the celebrated Theo. Thomas and his troupe. He will be aeconipanied by sixty distiuguished artists, and amoug the number will be the celebrated pianiste Mme. Madeline Schiller, who makes her lirat appearance in this country this fall. This is the ouly organization, which, when travelling, gives their coucerts with the same number of artista and in the same perfection as in new York, Boston, Phiiadelphia and the other of the Easteru cities. This grand oppoitunity to hear the best music the country atfords should uot be neglected by our citizens. Tha concert will be given under the auspices of the Student's Lecture Association. -Mr. A. ML Bodwell, of this city, who furnished the litei ary department of the Uuiversity with seats, and is also furnishing in the same way the new homeopathie building, had the contract for equipping the new Opera House at Detroit, which has lecently been completed. He provided for this, irou-frame, tolding opera chaire, which are upholstered with the rinest of velvet plush, making it as omfortable to sit in oue of them as it would e in an easy chair in one's own parlor. In hia respect the seating is said to be the best in merica. Mr. Bodwell gets 111,000 for the ob. The Detroit papers, in their deacription f the Opera House, omitted to give Mr. ell credit lor that portiou ol the work peronned by hiiu. A8 the various coutractors oí iat city received due credit for their respecve work, it looks as if the omission was in;encled. - In umking seiectiona of clothing for the all and wmter trade, Wagner has taken exa pains to clioose such goods as will best suit ie wants of this conimunity. Hia store is leavily stocked with the neweat and most ashionable atyles of ready-made clothing, and ie stock 8O extensive and varied in quality nd prices that all tastes and purses can bu uited. Tiuies are hard and money scarce, but leople must have clothes to wear. The catchenn; and sharp practiee arts, so generally asociated in the public mind with the sale of eady-made clothing, tind no place here, but he price niarked upon each article being so ow that they are sure to sell the goods. ïhose who desire a suit made to order from his fine tock of clothes and cassimeres, and at the ame time secure a good fit, will do well to cali nd see how nicely they can be fixed up at Wagiier's. His stock of gents' furnishing oods is up to the highest standard. Any ling you want iu the way of ties, bows, craats, acarfs, collars, handkerchiefa, suspeuders, loveB, in fact everything to complete a genleman's wardrobe can always ba found at No. 1 South Main street. Death of Olney Hawkiks. - Oluey Hawkins, of this city, died very suddenly at Ottawa, 111., on Monday, at about one o'clock. He ad gone to that city on business, haviug lett ïere on Friday and expectiug to return on buuday. He had j ust reached his hotel and while sitting upon sofa beaide a friend, he was taken with a fit of coughiug, which coninued for some time with violence. Shortly after this he leaned rather heavily agaiust his friend's shoulder, who asked if there waa anything the matter. " Nothing," Mr. Hawkiua replied, but drawing three or tour breaths heavily he immediately expired. His remains reached this city on Tuesday, at four o'clock. The funeral was held yesterday at 2 P. M., and was iargely attended by his numerous friends and acquamtances. Mr. Hawkius was uearly sixty-sevtn ,years of age, and his life has been markod by that activity whicli íuie success. His reuown as a lawyer was quite extended , and to get him on a suit in íu days gone by meant defeat for the opposing party. He has aver been identified with the mterests oí the city and of the county, and his name has gone to the borders of the State in this capücity. Mr. Hawkins was bom in Vermont and was brought up there tiH about twenty-two years of age. He then came wes; and studied law under Judge Wiinerell, of Detroit. In 1830 he was admitted to the bar, and in 1832 came to Ann Arbor which was then ïu lts infancy. He married Miss Mary E. Welch, of Stauton, Virginia, three years aittirwards, aud his fame iucreasiug quite rapidly he was sent to the State Senate in 18;J8-'9 His health has uot been good for a number of weeks, and yet his death on Monday was eu tirely unexpectud. He leaves three raarried dauhters and one unmarried. These are Mrs Graham, of Chicago, Mrs. E. D. Kinne, wit ot the mayor of this city, Mrs. Palmer, o Xew York City, and Miss Jenuie Hawkins He never had any sons. His rebidence was o Miliei avenue. State Taxes.- County Clerk Tuite lias been uotified of the amount of State taxes apportioued to this county lor the yeur 1875, whioh is as follows : New Stilte Capital, 15,000 00 Umversity aid, 1,676 00 School oí Mines, ■i- 00 Asylum for lusaue, at Poiitinc, 5,000 00 Institution for deuf, duinb and blind, 2,712 50 State Public School, ',49! 13 State House of Correction, 3,750 00 County iudebtedness, 811 70 Total, $26,873 33