Local Affairs

- Old papers for sale at the Abous office Cheap. - The Uuiversity freshmen had a class píoture takea on Saturday moruing last. - The High School seniora were grouped ,nd photographed on Friday morning last. - Therains of Monday and Tuesday were good tor wheat, grass, and all spring crops. - Beef has "riz," but the ABaus ís still furnished at f 1.50 a year. Now is the time to jubscribe. -- Ein8ey & Seabolt fitteii out the civil and mining engineers for their expedition to ths uorthwoods. - There was a white írost on Wednesday morning and another yesterday, but not severo enough to do any damage. t - Supervisor States informs us that during the year 1876, 426 hogs died of cholera in Sharoo, and that the disoaso still prevails there. - Eugene Oesterlein and Antón Schaeberle will present the Arbeiter Turnverein of this city at the State Conveution to be held at gjginaw, June 12. - And now the seniors are happy: having (en admitted to the observatory on Tuesday ífeniug, and given a view of Satura and the moon through the telescope. - On Saturday last A. V. Robison fc Son received a beautiful now hack, purchased of the firm of James Cunningham & Son, of jtochester, N. Y. Cost, $1,050.00. - "Huating under Difficulties," or "Burleigh'a Purguit of Quail Obstructed by Waterbury," is the subject of a spirited picture in the Lansing Eepublican of May 18. - Mrs. Haunah Murray. wife of Fhilemon C. Murray, one of the oldest, beat known, and raost respected citizens of Salem, died on the 16th inst., almost instantly, of heart diaease. -The seniora have cooled off a little, and as j consequeuce have voted to iurnish music for commencement üay as uaual, aud to make the eïercises of the week as pleasant as posaible. -The Rev. W. H. Ryder, the new pastor of the Congregational Church, will bring hiB family here during the coming week, and will occupy the resideuce of hia predecesaor on State street. - The festive potato bug is prospecting for his sumiller forage grounds, and don't hesitate to make free with tomato planta and other garden greena while he waits the coming up oí his favorito potato. - An abundanca of choice reading matter on our first and f ourth pages, with the capital news summary on fourth page, will componiste ior the over-space given to our advertisers on the inside pages. - Mrs. Hubbell, wife of the late pastor of the Congregational Church, of thie city, leaves foi Kanaas on Monday next, to join her husbaud at Leavenworth. The best wishes of a large circle of warm frienda will follow lier. - A public entertainment will be given at Good Templara' Hall Friday evening, June 1. The exerciaes will be select readings, essays, nuaic, and addresses by Rev. Mr. Pope and Prof; Olney. A general invitation ia extended. -Mrs. Permelia Grinnell, aunt of Mrs. Jaycoi, of this city, and widow of the late George F. Grinnell, of Cicero, Onondaga County, N. Y., died at the reaidence of her niece, on Huron itreet, in this city, on the 17th inst., aged 72 years. -Daniel Pratt, G. A. T., started on hia travels on Tuesday, carpet-bag in hand. He diued with Van Riper at the county poor house, and dispatched a verbal message to the Abous reporting progreas. Van saya he lectured in the hospital. - The Seniors have their class supper this eTening, will give their usual concert on Tuesday evening before Commencemeut, aud 'don't know yet whether they will hold their classday exercises the day before or the day after Coniniencemerit. - At an early hour on the morning of the 15th inst., James A. Jaycox, of tuis city, feil down the 8tairs at his residence aud iractured hisskull just above the ear. For several days he was unconscious, but ia now convalescent and out of danger. - A match game of base ball is to be played at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon on the fair grounda, between the Mutuals of Jackson and the University boya. The grounda have been well fitted up and seats provided for spectators. Admission 25 conts, ladiea free. - The Senate passed the University appropriation bill juat as it went to that body from the House, and failed to pasa and send to the House a separate btll makmg an appropriation for the School of Mines. So we have a School of Mines without any subtemineo. -On Saturday last the Chronicle Association elected the following new editor8 from the juoiois: W. W. Augur, of New Orleana, La. ; J, H. Raymond, of Austin, Texas; J. H. Edwards, of Dixon, 111. ; and W. L. Jenka, of St. Clair. The first two r6preaeut the Becret aocieties and the second two the independente. - On Thursday of last week some one at Ypsilanti killed Gen. George D. Hill, by telegram to the Evening News, and the Commercial of Saturday dropped a tear over the General'8sad career, after the News had announced that it was another Hill. The General still livea. - The Lanaing Republican says that Hon. Wm. L. Webber, of Eaat Saginaw, has been aslociated with Judge Chriitiancy, as University counsel in the chancery suit against Drs. Douglas and Roae. It is expected that the case will be brought on for hearing at the next term of court, to commence June 19. - The " boys " muat have behaved very badly in chapel last week to draw even a mild reluke from the Chronicle. A single remark : The University authorities should either aboliih chapel exercises altogether or require those itudent who attend to conduct themselves apptopriately to the place. There should be no half way work in this direction. - If this sentence from the Courier is a true report, " As a fitting closing experiment he lighted the gas near the ceiling of the room, lull thirty feet away, by throwing the eleetricity on the same by means of a reflector," weiailed to do half justice to Prof. Langley's oew electrical machine in our brief notice of hú recent lecture. We owe the professor an pology. - Mark W. Harrington, assistant professor in charge of Zoology and Botany, and one of the best nd most popular instructora in the University, has reaigued, and accepts a place in the Imperial University of China at a salaij more than doublé that he received here. 'Thii is the first response to the legislatilve raid oii salaries. -The receipts of the Students' Lecture Association during the last year for lectures, readings, and concerts, were f 1,984 54, and ex Penses of entertainments, $1,804 75 The aasotiation contributed to the reading room, ■177 10, and has a balance over of $44 69. The small receipta of the courae are attributed o the failure of severa! lecturers to meet their ogagemeuts. - We are sorry to say that the apple erop lor the present season does not promise to be 'ery abundant,- at least in this vicinity. A 'rge proportion of the trees show no blossoms, and none blossom very profusely. Two years of overbearing is assigned as the reason. Cherfy. peach, pear, and plum trees promise finely : 'hat is if late frosts and destructivo inseets do ot iuterfere. -The races of the Washtonaw Association opened Wednesday with a small attendance. Yesterday was a better day, about 1,500 benig reported on the grouud. To-day a large Ofowd is expeeted. Good speed is reported. List of premiums next week. Some good sneep were on the grounds Wednesday, but It wa too cold for shearing and none was done. - The junior cítíI and mining engineers start this morning for four weeks of field work at Portage Lake, Crawford County, near the Maokinaw división of the Michigan Ceutral Railroad, about 90 miles northeaat of Saginaw. They take tents, camp equipage, instrumenta, etc., and Prof. Davis goes in charge of the party. To-day,they will stop in Detroit and examine the water-works. - If the Abghjs has a singlo reader among its long list of farmer subscribo who wish to invest in hoga we take pleasure in advising them that the Hall Brothers, of this city, have a fine stock of the best breeds, Berkshire, Essei, Poland China, Suffolk, etc., inoluding the animáis whicli took the first prizea at the Centennial and at St. Louis. It will pay any hog-grower to look through their yards. - The first accident on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Uailroad occurred on Friday evening last. The carriage was drawn by a horso instead of a locomotive, and the passengors were Wm. Yost and Misses Lizzie and Dora McCreery, of this city. The conductor mistook ths road-bed for a street, drove a few rods upon it, and then ran off the track and upset the carriage iuto the race which feeds the City Mills. The passengers were well soaked and mudded, but only slightly injured. The carriage was wrecked.