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Regenta' meeting next Tuesday. Ed Worden has gone to California. The students are beginning to return. Jeff Davis was serenaded last Friday night. There are 2,676 children in this school district. "Pat" Einley has been in the city several days. Frank Hangsterfer's social to morrow evening. The state fair opens in Detroit next Tuesday. County fair September 28, 29, 30 and October 1. The city treasurer has invested in a $15 set of books. They are having the scarlet fever in the third ward. The bridge over the Huron river is progressing slowly. J. Webster Childs has gone to Mackinac to recupérate. Services in the Unitanan church will be resumed Sunday. Services will be ïesumed at tne Unit&rian church next Sunday. Dr. Conklin of Manchester.contemplates building a brick block this f all. Ernest, infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht Gwinner, died Sunday. Some 60 men are at work on the new railroad bridge across the dam. During the state fair the M. C. R. R. wi'.l carry passengers at half rates. Ex-Alderman Alfred Vandercook of Jackson, was in the city yestenlay. Mrs. C. Harding, ofSault Ste. Marie, is visiting her father, Collins B. Cook. Hejsighed for the office of school trustee, and got left by a large majority. The gasometer at the gas works is to be enclosed. C. J. Gardner has the job. The grape erop is simply immense this year. The price is 4 cents per pound. Bills to the amount of $614.61 on the general fund were allowed Monday eveaing. The sum $33.87 was receivcd by the recorder for licenses for the month of August. J. Q. A. Sessions, and C. H. Worden raised republicans polls last Saturday night. jcarmers compiain at tue ïow pnce of wheat, vchich only brings 86 cents per bushei . R. A. Beal attended the funeral of his uacle, Clark Rice, at Madiua, Ohio, last Friday. Frank M. Harlow of Dexter.hasgone to Lincoln, Neb., where he expects to engage in business. Fisher & Hammond, poultry broeders of this city, will exhibit various fowls at the state fair. An infant son of Jas. and Elizabeth Cain of Northfleld, died last Monday of cholera infantum. The juvenile temperance union will meet next Saturday afternooa in the new redding room. A. J. Sawyer addressed a republican meeting at.the town hall in Superior last Saturday night. Mrs. P. Winegar has 85 varieties of dahlias, which she will exhibit at the Toledo tri-state fair. The Luick brothers are building a $4,000 residence for Alex W. Hamilton, on Madison street. The next meeting of the pioneer society is to be held at Ypsilanti, the flrst Wednesday in December. Dexter has an apple drying establishment which giye8 eniploy inent to a number of men and boys. The Minnis band will attfcnd the reunión of the 20th Michigan regiment at Jackson on the 30th instant. Aid. Thompson has been appointed chairman of the sidewalk committee, vice Aid. Kitredge, resigned. The electric light was exhibited at the foundry on Huron street Monday evening to a party of Toledoites. Jacob April, of Scio, and one of the wealthest Germans in this county, died of heart disease last Tkursday. C. L. French, of Dundee takes H. E. Pileher's place as station agent of the T. & A. A. R. R. in this city. The protection engine company are making arrangements for a grand ball some evening of fair week. Bernard Norton and a number of other tax-payers would like a street lamp at the north corner of Twelf th street. Pedestrians who travel Spring street, want the sidewalk nearly opposite B. Morrison's residence put in shape. Christian Kohn and Miss Mary Predrick, both of the second ward, were married last Thursday by Rev. H. Belser. The monthly meeting of the ladies' homoeopathic hospital aid association will be held this afternoon at three o'clock. Theadore Pack, a member of the Chicago fire department, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Pack. The chairman of the democratie county committee, has arranged for a number of meetings in the different partsof the coun n. 11. Maitmdale, of Chicago, and brother of Mrs. E. J. Johnson, with his wife has been visitmg at E. J. Johnson's. Frederick T. Chester of Hilladale, has been nominated for congvess by tbegreenbackers of the second congressional district. Juüus V. SeylerreturnedlastSaturday, to Wanen, Ohio, to resume his musical studies at Dana's instituto, located at that place . The Toledo and Aun Arbor and the Ann Arbor and Northeastern railroads, tire to be Consolidated underone management. Jacob Schneider, of NbrtUfield, was up Monday on the charge of being drunk and iisorderly. He paid the costs and skipped. Aid. Keech, McOmber and Besimcr will report at the next meeting of the conncil on opening a street through the old cemeteiy. By direction of Aid. Besimer, the marshal has been instructed to have the shade trees tritnmcd whcre they interfere with thestroet lamps. Michael H. Brennan left for Kansas Tuesday night, to look up a place, where he will hang out a shingle and engage in the practice of law. Geo. Levan, who was severely injured by falling from a ladder in Ypsilanti, is now at his brother's, James LeVan. 11e is recovenntc slowly. Aid. Fleming, Besimer, and the recorder, have been appointed a committee to re-lease the grounds in the rear of the Chandler house for a market. Williain Wheeler lost another valuable horse last week. He is evidently in hard luck, for since he lef t his farm he is out about $500 in horses alone. Wm. Caspary has a neighber who drove his cow tothe pound some days ago. The man is a republican and Caspjjy, who is a democrat, says it was done out of spite. Chas. H. Davis has had Chris. Loffler arrested on the charge of assault and battery and the case has been adjourned until next Tuesday before Justice Wiucgar. Basil Harding, a colored man about 55 years of age who recently went from here to Detroit, was fouad dead in his bed last Sunday night. He died of heart disease. It cost $59.01 to care for the ïndigent poor during the month of August as folLows: First ward, $8.63; second, $13.19; third, $1.63; fourth, $13.44; flfth, $17.13; 3ixth, $5. The following are tbe oflicers of the organization known as the "independent voters:" President, John O'Mara; vice-president, Eugene Comings ; secretary, Daniel F. Flynn. The Detroit Post and Tribune stated last Sunday that the Toleto and Aun Arbor railroad had been puichased by the grand tronk. Such is notthe case, nor is the road for sale. John Flynn inot with asevere accident some days ago. He was liandling a large stone, which slipped aud feil on one of his feet. Inflamnialion sit iu and he carne very near losing it. The democrats of Noithfleld have organized a Hancock and Snglish club, and a meeting is to be lieldnxtMoudayevening at Walch's Corners, for the purpose of electing officers. Densmore Cramer í to address the democracy of Howell nt Tuesday evening. As Bob Frazer hs recently been there, Mr. Cramer will iave a fine opportunity to go for liobert A petition from th residents of the fourtb. ward asking tb city fatliers to placo a pump in the well near Luick brothers planing mili, i tho hands of the jeneral fund committe. Hairiott A., wife of ïethcott M. 5Iowry, diedTuesday.of geieral debilily, aged 58 years. Slie was bou in Newton, Massachusetts and for 47 yars rcsided in the township of Ann Arbr. Hon. J. N. Wescct, of Homer, Calhoun county has beenvisiting his daughter, Mrs. W. G. Dot;, for the past few days. Mr. W. is on iis way to Leadville, Col., to visit his chillen there. A large number angoing froiu here to see John McColloujii, in the play of "Virginius, the Rotan Father," at the Ypsilanti opera hoise, September 20. Seats on sale at H. J.Brown & Co's. Alex. Morrison, for assaulting August Rahar, paid the costs of the suit before Justice Freuauff lat Monday and was discharged. Morrión claimed it was cheap enough as he ad $5 worth of f un with Rahar. The owners of tb Chandler house are willing to furuish toe stone to wideu the sidewalk to the poitofBce, providing the city will lay them, md the city attorney has been enipowerd to draw up an agreement to that effect One hundred aud seventy-four citizens of Ann Arbor, have petitioned the conimon council to tate the necessary steps to purchase the olil jail square for a public park, and thematter has been referred to the general fiind committee. Ia the case of Christina Eckard against the Michigan Central railroad company, the bill of exceplions will be settled before Judge Monis at Monroe, next Saturday. The casewill be argued before the supreme court at its next session. As the bridge over the Huron river is considered dangerous, a special committee consisting of ild. Kellogg, Martin, and Fleming, are lo examine it at once and report to the mayor, when a special meeting of the couacil will be called to take further action. The counci; allowed billa Monday eveninfor the followingamounts: First ward, $208. 81 ; second ward, $247. G2 ; third ward, $59.14; fourtk ward, $1GO,98; flfth ward, $29,40; sixtliward $159,06; general street f und, $458,73; contingent fund, $234,90; finance fund, $142,50. The fire insurance association, lias passed a series of resolutioñs, requesting' the counciljin the future to prohibit the erection of wooden buildings in the fire limits. Itis because therc are so mauy wooden buildings in close proximity to the business blocks that insurance rates have been raised. Miss Laura Woodruff, daughter of Dr. Woodruff of Detroit, formerly of this city, wasmarried Monday evening in the Presbyterian, church, to Mr. Edward W. Williams of Winona, Minn. After the ceremoney a reception was held at the residenoe of the bnde's parents. The presenta were many and beautiful. Dr. Horton was oallod last Saturday to attend a tcn-years-old boy named Edward East, who was bitten in the ankle by a rattle snake. The boy was sawing wood near a rnarsh on the White farm south-east of the city. This is the third person who has been bitten by ratite snakes on this farm in the past two years. At a, regular meeting held last Sunday, the St. Lawrence Benovelent society, electcd the following oflicers for the ensumg ycar: President, Itcv. Fr. Fierle; vicc president, Thos. IClarken; recording secrotary, C. P. Carey; corresponding secretary, M. J. O'Brian; treasurcr, Anton Eisele; marshal, John O'Brian; trustees, John Finegan, Edward Duffy, Patrick O'Brian. MicUael Walch is a man of family, and whenever he gets too much tangle-leg aboard hc thrashes his wife and children. He lately ser ved a jail sentence for this offense, and when he got out ke promised to behave himself. But he was falae to his promiscs and last Salurday night the pólice were sent for and Walch was lodged in his oíd familiar quarters. Tuesday he was sent up again for 10 days. For the past year or . more parties arrested by the pólice have been turned over to constables and deputy sheriffs who have made what they could out of these cases. The matter is now in the hands of the pólice committee, and as Policeman Millman and Porter are, and have always been ready to turn into the city treasury all monies received, it is prob. able there will be a new deal, and hercafter the pólice when making arrests will "see" the cases disposed of. Ypsilantian: McCuIlough, a name suflcient in itself to cause the early disposal of all the seats of a theatre in which he is to appear- will play at Ypsilanti, in the opera house, Monday cvening, September 20, appearing in one of his greatest creations, "Virginius, the Roman Falher.' 'It would be useless to do more than cal] attion to the renowned tragedian's coming, as to those who have never heard of him, appreciatioQ of his merit would be impossible. The opera house management should be encouraged in producing so high an order of entertainment for us. Go and hear Mc Cullough. Post and Tribune: Offlcers of the Grand Trunk deny the report that the company has obtained control over the Toledo & Ann Arbor or has anything to do with its extensión to Pontiac. It 13 undoub tedly true tüat Jonn B. Alley has sold out his interest in it and that Gov. Ashley has found somebody to put up the money to build the extensión to Pontiac. But what advantage the road is going to flnd in a terminus in Pontiac the Grand Trunk people cannot see. They profess to think perhaps the Great Western may have 8omething to do with it. Certain parties seem to be very much worried over the T. & A. A. R. R. and the extensión to Pontiac. When the roal is completed gentlemen you will see more.