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Day
31
Month
December
Year
1875
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- The bar give Judge Crane a supper tomght. So our reporter has it. - Dr. McFarlaud is putting in gold filliugs for vvhat you used to pay ior commou Amalgam rilling. - President Bascomb, of the University of Wisconsln, visited the University on Vviday last and was the guest of Dr. Angelí. - Amos Winílow's left hand carne in contact with a buzz-saw on Wednesday, Result : lie now has no littlfc finger on the hand. - It is a boy, - the tirst boy, - is nearly two days oíd, has good luugs, and like its proud paternal will bear the name of Harriman. - Dr. Angelí, Prof. D'Ooge, and Supt. I'erry have been attending a meeting of the State Teachers' Assoeiation at Grand E;ipids dunng the week. - The directors of the First National Bank of this city, at a meeting held on Wednesday evening, doclared a semi-annual dividend of i per cent. - Watch-meetiug at the M. E Church this uvemng. Services commence at 8 o'c'ock ; serinon at 9 o'clock, by the Eev. S. Keed, presuling eider. - The loss of J. M. Congdon, of Chelsea, by the burning ot his barn has beeu adj usted at $1,368 ; that of Edward Byan, ot Northfield at ïl.016.64. - The Post Office will be open on New Years Day, for th accommodation of the public, from 10:15 to 11 o'clock A. M. and from 6:30 to 7.-30 p. M. - The little pupils of " Grandma Brown " made her a Christmas visif, and left their good wishes and $10 : each one a 50 cent ■' greenback." - The mild weather of the last week has worked a great saving in t'uel and fodder, and will greatly dimiuish the draiu on the temporary relief fuud. - Prof. Tyier is iinproving his vacation in -visiting and lectiiring At Baltiraore, Md., he was to give his "Early Colleges and College Builders in America." - Dr. MuFarland íb doing all kinds of dental work at remarkably low prices. Now is the time to get those teeth attended to. He ■warrants all his work, - Dr. McFarland is putting in sets of gum teeth, latest patterns, for what you used to pay for a temporary set. Culi and get pnces, and see his stock of teeth. - Rev. George Duffield, of this city, has just published (in the Detroit Tribune) a two-and-a-balf column poem, " Angelique, a Story oí Lake Superior," whlch cntics pronounce line. - Some of the Ypsilanti negroes were riotous on Christmas eve and evening, and on Monday one of them, John Cunningham, at the polite request of Justice Babbitt, contribnted $10 to the city funrls. - Arrangements are being made for the establishment of a lodge of Odd Fellows at Saline, to be instituted some time during the coming month. Burkhart &Aldrich's huil has been secured for the lodge room. - Subjects of discourse of Rev. C. H. Brigham, at Umtarian Church, on Sunday next : Morning, " How to Make the New Year Happy " ; evening, " Characteristics of the Jewish ltace." Students' class at 9:30 A. M. - The Abcjus blundered last week in setting down the St. Andrew's Sabbath School doings for Christmas eve. They carne off Tuesday evening of this week, and the usual visit to the poor-house was made on Wednesday. - A " stiïng " of gloves and mitten?, wortli from $35 to Í40, was stolen from the front of the store of Jacobs & Co., just at night on Snturday last. Some member of a wicked and perverse generatiou " caine soeking a sign." - Two parties sold : Joe Jacobs and the local editor of the Register. Those gloves and mittens were " gathered in" by several of Joe's special friends, and the $5 he paid for their return were invested in an oyster topper, which lie, unsuspectingly, helped eat. - Rot. G. P. Tindall, for twelve years pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ypsilanti, preached his farewell seemon on Sunday last. He goes te Flint. The Ypsilanti church will be temporarily supplied for the present. Next Sunday Rev. Geo. Duftiold, of this sity, will fill the pulpit. -The directora of tTe Washtenaw Mutual Fire Insurance Compauy have ordered an assessment of il. 77 on each 1,000 insured, to pay loases since last assessment, including 23 cents on each $1,000 for expenses. The loases to be paid, foot f6,989.54. The capital ■of this company at the date of Jast loss was H445,906. - Emerson Annabil and Geo. R. Spaulding ■of Sharon, made assignments on Monday to Hou. John J. Robison. Their joint and several hahilities will aggregate in the ueighborhood of Ï2O,OOO, with assets below that figure. Buying lauds when prices were hihest, and accommodatingly indorsing paper for others, without exacting security, are assigned as the causes. - " Woodman spare that treo." One of the largest if ïiot the most valuablo black walnut trees in this section of the State was felled on the farm of John Renwick, iu Salem, one day last week, having beeu purchased by John Muehlig, of this city. The stump measured 4 ft 10 inches m diameter, and the logs will scale 4,100 teet. The price paiil for the tree standing was $100. ' " -The Methodist Sabbath School had Christinas doings and a good time on Thursday evening of last week ; the Baptist and Zion's Lutheran schools were made glad on Friday everimg; while Santa Claus appeared in persou, in his suowy castle, at St. Andrew's Church on Tuesday evening of this week. The Presbyterian Sunday School had a pleasant entertainment the same evening. Prof, Barrington gave the Young People's Society of the M. E. Church a capital talk ou Wednesday evening, on the "Big Trees of California and tho Yosemite." The conversational style of hi9 remarks made bis facts, figures, and descripttons of these wonders of tne world,- beautiful, magnificent, grand, in many respecta unequaled,- exceedingly interesting. A vote of thanks was unanimously extended. -A Detroit Tribune, Dexter correspondent gives this itom : " On tho attcrnoon of tlie ïth, Richard Toban, a dissolute yonng man whose parents live in the suburbs of tliis villago, but who is seldom at home himself, made a most brutal attack on his father, cutting and bruisiog him about the head, face and bodv. and ahnest kilhng him. Hia father was feble ou Saturday evening to enter a oomplaint against the wretch, wheu he was arrusted on a warrant by Justice Copelaud and taken to jail at Ann Arbor." -Charles Bradlaugh will not appear before the Students' Leoture Associatiou this season, as has been advertised in the circular. He had been very sick in New York City for a month past, and a few days since was ca) led to Europe, which thus caneéis all his eugagemnts in this country. It is very doubtíul vrhether or no Cari Schurz will be able to leeture betore the Association. He, too, has been obliged to cancel engagements on account oí' the sickness oí his wiie. Negotiations are now going au to secure other Iecturers and concerts, which will be announced when completed. - We are told of a"tomporary relief" order for $3, drawu by a supervisor to us unnumed, and on a grocer also unnamed, which was paid in 10 lbs. of best white Bugar, 4 Ibs. of coffee, and 3 lbs. of essence of coffee. In that faraily, dependent upon public charity for support, bread, meat, and potatoes are evidently the luxuries, and coffee and sugar the main prnp. It reminds us of the supercargo who laid in his stores with a dozen loaves of bread to each barrel of whisky, and was politely d - d for foohng away so much money for bread. Wouldu't it be well, in the absence of a city depository to draw on, for supervisors to specify iu their orders the names and quautities of the aiticles they wish furnished thereon 'i

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