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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
November
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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- A. L. Noble has a chango oL his ad. iu this ABGUá : an add aml a stock suited to the weather. - The matrimonial bonds of James and Eliza Spawn were dissolved on Wednesday, by Judge Huntington. - Emanuel Josenhans, of Stuttgart, Grermaiiy, has been sptuding some days in our city, - tho guest of August Hutzel. - The weather : 10 degraes above zero Tuesd:iy morning, an autumn rain yesterday, and all soits between. Uhoose your clioice. - Frank Ruck, of the Western Brewery, has put iu an irou baer cooler, at a cost of SGOO,- the only iron coolar in the county. - Sjiencer Sweet lias taken the contract to lili up and grade the Court House square for $340. Don't bclieve he was a good student in D.iboll. - Tlie wolk on book-keeping and correspoHding blanks, by l'rof. 1. E. Nichols, of our High School, liave boen introduce into tho Flint High School. - The fii'st snow storm ot tliü season put 111 an appearance on Saturday last, and it was n't "beautiful saow" either- dry and fleecy - but wet and slnshy. - The hearing on the niotion for a rehearing in the Laboratory caso is set down for 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow, Nov. 10, under a further stay of proceedings. - A Musical Society has been organizad in this city witli Christian Schaeberle President and Director, Simón Sinko Secretary, and - O Friday evening last tlie Working men's Aiil Society (Germán) celebrated tlu :Oth anniveisary of lts organizition, witli r supper, speeches and music. -- Karl S. lviulil, of Cassopolis, a graduatí of our High School, class of 1S7G, has patentec two fann gates, one of which took the firsl premium at tho recent State Fair. - Mary Hanglin, of Detroit, reikt of John Hanglin, formerly of this city, died on Sunday afternoon last, of heart disease, aged 79 years. lier remains were brou'Ut here and btnied on Tuesday. - Sol. E. Strickler, died in this city on Sunday last, aged '20 years. Ho has spent nmst of liis time here duiïng the past two or three years being treated tor hip disease, coming trom Eaton llapids. - The final cxliibilion ot the Buuyan Tab. leaux is to take place to-morrow ovening. Thoe wlio have seen these tableaux have beeu unreserved m the expression of their delight. Admission reduceJ to 2') cents ; school children, 10 cents. - The tritfi proverb " Tliere is no accounting fot tasta " is fuliy illustrated by this Manchester Knie) prise item ; " ïhere are a few good apples In this vicinity, but the majority ai the apples are ouly Et for eider. The more woims the better the eider.'1 - The report of the Building Committee (seo supplement) will give the Aegus roaásn t'ull and otUcial information oncsmiug the progress uï the work on the uew Court ilouse up to the llitli oï Oktober, the date the second estímate was paid tu con tractors. - In his p.irlor lecture befare the Ladies' Library Associatio on Tuesday evemri, at the ïesidtMicu of Mrs. E. M. Hennques, I'rof. Adams treated of the three forms of colonia governinent. provincial, propiietary, and char ter. Xext leciuru at l'iof. Tylei's, ïuesJay evening, Xov. 30. ._- The " b'armors' S.ile Association of Ypsilanti" ia the name o: ,1 iienr Corporation, tlie ileclared object of which is the " disposin of our surplus live stock at joint sales at public auction." V. B. H. Sobers is President, J. Kvarts Smith Secretary, and William U. Lay Treasurer. The ñrst sale is to be held on the fair grounds at Ypsilanti, Xov. Ij. - We hardly think tlie determiiiation of the city authoritie? not to give temporary lief to any persen owiiing any real estáte is wise or even just. A símil house that will hardly afford shelter but can produce no income ought not to block the dooi to relief. Such a rule rigidly adhered to may opérate both against true charity and tlie public interest. - Company A, ever on the lojkotit to mrvke an honest penny and at the saine time give the public the worth of their money, have made arrangements with Mr. C. J. Wliitney, of Detroit, for a series of entertainments the comiug winter, the first of which will be giveu at the Opera House on Monday evening next, Nov. 12, when will be producocl Fulton'i Romantic Drama in four acts, entitled " Nita, or Life Among the Gipsïes," with the Cuban Sylph M'llo Zoe as Nita. Let the Boys have a large audience. - "Father, is this a smoking car f" was the question a small boy asked in a Michigan Central flrst-class car a few days ago. Nevertheless ths father proceeded to light bis pipe, took an occasional whiff clandestinely for a few minutes, and then planted himsolf at the front door of tho car, pufFed avvay lustily, and gave the passengers a f uil benefit until Lew Risdon weut forward and advised him that an elderly lady was very mtich disturbed. AVhen the conductor passed through the car bis pipe was kept out of sight. - We received a cill on ïuesday from Xathau Sutton, a former resident of this couuty, now restding near Salina in Kansas. ilr. Suttou says tliat times are good in lus section, owing to the large crops of the year. A largo vvlieat erop was harvested, also a large corn erop. Michigan farinei'3 wouhl grumble tenïbly about the prices, - wheat 95 ceuts cora " one bit,"- but Mr. S. says the shortage is more than made up by the loss coat and Iabor of productioii. A large breadth of wheat has been put in the preseut fall, many farmers having sowed as high as 3,000 acres oach, ond a bouutiful harvest is looked for next year. Mr. Sutton is a uephew of Hon. George Sutton, of Northfield. - We have n't the least bit of sympathy with tho Bay City (Iroioler or any pager of the class, neverthe less it is our duty to question tho right of the Commou Couucil to declare it a uuisance and order the marshal to arrest ita cairiers or boys solling it on the gtreet. In ftüd through the courts is the place and way to both condeiun and suppress. If the press may be throttled by either legislativo or executive decree we have fallen upon dangerous tunes. Just think how far-reaching such a line of action is or may be '. thinlc of the Courier getting possession of tho Council and fulininating an order declaring the Register a nui sauce, and then of tho marshal chasing its carrier or salo-boy through meat shops and alleys and in the highways and byways ot the city, or vice rersu , of tho Ileyister playing the same little game upon the Courier, or the Aboüs upon both of thenv What a shock to tho country ' instead of Council resolution the better wuy is the old way and the only legitímate complaint, arrest, trial, conViction, sentenóe', punishmeut. - At au early hour ou Suuday last Aslilfy A. Lamphear, an old resident of the town ot Webster, committed suicida at the residence oí his son-in-law, Tobías Holmes, in Scio, where ho was on a visit. He passet! through tlie kitclion where lus daughter wasgetting brenkfast and seemed to bo lookiiig lor his pijie. His daughter tolct him 8he would iind it lor him soon, when he went into tho bedroom and ïmtnediately after a fistol shot was licard. Ha had seated himself on the bed, put tho pistol to his head and lired, the ball entering the ear and passing througli the head. Aid was immediately summonod but lio lived only till ( o'clock p. m. A bout two veats usro Mr. Lampliear liad a fall, breaking his ribs, and dislocating his shouklor, siuce wliich lio has boen iu dopressod spirits. He was buríe I at üexte r on Tuesday. - Iu the Circuit Court un Friday moniing last the trial of tho l'eoplc vs. Cook the murder of Batey) carne to a halt, because of the severe illness of a Jacob L. .Stranp, of Superior,- and the Court adjourned until luesaay monnng. AC the opening oï the Court on ïuosday it was showii that the jiiior was stiU unable to bo present, and aftor a consideratiou of the qucstious involved tho Gourt ordored the eleven jurors lUschaiged jro forma, or from furthor consideratio:i of the caso uiitil Uio panel was filled, and orderod a now juror drawn. Objeetions to the panel wero renewed and to the mode of cnmpleting tho jury mado and overruled, whereupon Benjamin 1'. Clone, of this city, was called by the Shenft', stood the test, was accepted, the jurysworn, and tho trial proceeded with anew. The taking of cvidence was concluded yesterday at about 10 1-2 o'clock a. m., and tho summing up commenced. Tlie defense appears to be threefold: insanity, prorocatiou araouuting to justiiication, and killed by the doctors.