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Day
18
Month
January
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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_TIie Teachers' Institute at Manchester on Saturday last wos a success. E. M. Henriques and daughter have one to Washington to remain for fomo time. -On Tuesday evening Theodore Tilton told large audienoe what he knows or suspeets nbout "The Human Mind." - Attention is invited to the new advertiseuent of Joe T. Jacobs. Joe means business. _-I. L. Grinell has removed his sewing machín6 depot and salesroom to No. 17 South jlai Street, opposite National Bank. _- 1,600 loads : that was the number Sweet bd dumped in the Court House square on Vednesday afternoon. And still there is room lor juore. _ The engineers are running a line to determínate where the Toledo and Aun Arbor Bailroad can best cross the M. C. R. and fiud ts war northward. _Ou Monday evening, January 28, John A. Stevens will play " Unkuown " at the Opera Houae in tliis city, for the benefit of C. A. fos'er of the Alm Arbor Daily Times. - Uompany A completed its election on jlouday evening last, with the follovring reiult: Captain, Sam. B. Revenaugh ; Ut Lieuteimnt, William Kay ; 2J Lieutenant, William i, Hatch, Jr.; Board of Direotion, Arthur j, Worden, G-ilbert Bliss, Herman PistoriusMorgan O'Brien, Henry A. Hatch. _A meeting of the ' Michigan State Sportsmau's Association for tho protection of Game and Fish" is to be held at Battle Creek Jebraary, ö, et 10 o'clock a. m. Senator gnrleigh, of this city, is down tor a paper " On tl,e necessity for game protection and how to protect it." -On Wednesday aiternoon that pony of jlr. A. McReynolds started suddenly, while standing in front of Wiuslow's picture store, tipped over the carriage and threw out the young daughter of Mr. McR. and dashed down Huron street, drawing the carriage on the side. It brought up agaiust the lamp post at the southeast corner of the square, leaving the beautiful new carriage considerably dilapidated - aimost as much of a "wreek as the famous i'one horse shay," and went on with a singlethill, takiug to the sidewalk at the Aeous office corner, goiug south, erossing over at Washington street and taking the othor sideIk. It was stopped about the middle of the block. Fortunately no one was injured. -Several times the Aegus has said something like this : " The work of laying iron on the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad will be commenced at Dundee this week," and each time the Akous amiouncement has proved premature. We are now able to say that the flrst bar was laid on Saturday last. Ilev L. P. Tompkins made a speech to about 200 people gathered to celébrate the event, and the ñrst spike was driven by Gapt. David Van Pelt, a Tetaran of the war ot 1812, and 98 years oíd. Capt Van Pelt is au enthusijist on the subject ot this raihoad, and has been tenaciously holding on to life to drive that spike and to t:ij ly a promised free ride by rail from Toledo tu Aun Albor - the only condition -'made by him for a liberal subscriptiou.

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Michigan Argus