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Atlditional local on second page. Baruutn the 12th of July. No flowers for senior Hts. Milán proposes to celébrate the 4th of July. Prof. DicUie, of Albion, was in town Monilay. Business is not very brisk in the jugtice courts. The Presbyterians gave a lawn social last eveniug. Washlenaw county contains 460,800 acres of land. The Baptist chureh in Sylvan was built in 1883. The two electric lis;ht companies are at loggerhcads. Mace Long is to speak to the Ypsilanti people Sunday. Chas. Lewis is to run the European hotel in Ypsilanti. That red ribbon picnic comes off Saturday in Webster. E.B. Hall has put in a pair of scale for weighiug coal. The Post and Tribune last Sunday was an immense paper. Mack & Sehinid have purchased only threu loads of wool. Jacob April Sen., of Scio, is dangerously ill of lungdisease. W. C. Ayers of Milan, took out a saloon lieense Tuesday. Sheriff Wallace has dispose'd of Wm. Ball's stock of goods. P. T. Barnum's niainmoth show ia to visit tliis city July 12. Henry Sampson had a span of horses stolen Saturday night. The late Edward Torrey built the first hotel in Dexter in is;ji. The C'ook liouse eontiniMs to do as large a business as ever. A balcony is to be built on the east Btde of the Gregory house. Home 360 persons came on the excursión fiom Toledo Tuesday. The Ypsilanti band captured a f 90 prb.e at the Lansing tournament. The furniture for the Gregory house Was purchased of Jno. Keek. John Hugh's crazy spells are said to be tne result of drinking budge. A number of red ribbon organizations are being revived in the state. A great destruction of life is reported in Kansas caused by a hurricane. The members of the Baptist church give an excursión next Saturday. The Ypsilanti base ball club is anxious to tackle other clubs in the state. The Mooreville cheese factory cousumes 40,000 pounds of niilk daily. Fred Dalling, a popular Germán of Lima township, was butied Monday. Lake water didn't seem to agree with some of the boys at Whitmore Sunda3r. Rev. W. H. Ryder, is to address the alumni of Oberlin college the 23th iust. The high school junior exhibition is to be held in the Methodist church, June 23. Salem grange has already shipped 20,000 pouuds of wool to the eastern inarket. In 1824 nine houses were suffleient to accommodate the inhabitants of Ann Arbor. Messrs. Loomis, Campion, and Imus brought back several hundred pouuds of flsh. Kearney continúes to do an immense business, particularly in the restaurant line. The Gregory house difficulty has been settled satisfactonly to all parties interested. The first clip of wool was purhased by Mack & Schinid. The pnce paid was 28 ets. Two Detroit builders, Messrs. Hall and Cades intend to make tbeir horae in Milau. The city band was at Wbitmore Lak e Tuesday, and played tor the temperance people. The pay roll of the Keek raanufacturing company last mouth auiounted to $1,990. Rev. R. C. Mosher, of Chicago, has become pastor of the Baptist ehurch in Dexter. Isaac Peters was the first white child who saw the light of day in the township of Salem. C. S. Skiuner, of Ypsilauti has been elected secretary of the band leaders association. "Gift enterprises" s the subject which just now interests the minds of pious Ypsilantians. The remains of Jane lleadley were taken to Grand Rapids last Saturday for iuterment. Barnuui's coming will be bailed with delight by the average small boy and the country lass. The 16lu Ohio regiuiental band was present with tlie excursionists frora Toledo Tuesday. The Vigilant tire compuny haa passed resolutions of respect on the death of J. August Graf. Track laying between tb is city and South Lyon is being pushed with all possible dispatch. The telegraph messenger boys are dressed ia nobby suits of blue cloth with brass buttons. The temperance Sunday school have a picnic next Saturday in Frazer's grove on Miller avenue. G. W. Cropsey, who keeps a restaurant on Washington street cast, makes excellent ice cream. The workmen on the Toledo road will be made happy to-day by receiviug a month's pay each. The gutter on the north side of Ann street opposite the court house, will be a great improvement. The total number of immigrants that have landed in America since the lst of January is 181,053. F.Pistorius received by express Fridajr a great variety of potted plauts from a friend in Cincinnati. An electric light machine was spirited away last Saturday. It was a soed "joak" on Ben Crane. A number from this city went to Whitroore Lake Tuesday to attend the temperance tent meeting. Lake Pleasant in the township of Freedoin has been lowered between two and three feet by draining. T. D. Lane, of Salem, national greenbacker, was elected chairman of the board of supervisors Monday. The Methodists of Augusta will picnic to-day in Geo. Moore's grove, and eat strawberries and cream . A lodge of the order of the Roy al Arcanum has been organized, and II. J. Brown is tke chief mogul. Frank X). Meail rlnsa nf '70 onrl ann nf J.C. Mead of Ann Arbor township, is practicing law at Negaunee. Allen Rhoades, who left Saline in the spring bound for Texas, is wauted by the offlcers for shooting a man. B. J. Sutton, for several years leader of llie Dexter band, died at Naples, N. Y. Sunday last of consumption. There are very few Conkling foiluwers in this city. The repubhcans generally are disgusted with the man. South Lyon Excelsior: Thirteen car loads of iron for the T. & A. A. R. R. have arrivud for the new road. Rev. Fr. Fierle has been presented with an alter cap, robe, and beads by the scbolars of the Catholic school. The mania for closely chopped craniums is here raging. The festive fly is happy thinking of the f un it has in store. Mrs. Wm. Ball bid in the stock of picture frames and crockery on which she held a chattel inortgage, for $500. Easlerly & Whitemarsh, Callis Bros. and A. E. Gardnerare making arrangements lo build brick buildings in Milan. A large orcbard of Iliram Mills', whose farm is in Bridgewater township, has been destroyed by the canker worm. The flrst dance in relief park this sea. son, wasgiven Tuesday eveniug. Prof. Otto's orchestra f urnished the music. A number of farmers in the township of Sylvan clubbedtogether and purchased several car loads of wire for fencing. The Excelsior would like to see a red hot celebration in South Lyon on the 4th of July, and is stirring the villagers up. A new tile drain bas been laid from the Courier office to Allen's creek, necessitating anoutlay of several hundred dollars. The Langley electric light company have purchased au engine which will be set up at their shops on Catherine street. The colored people of this city are making preparations to celébrate ernancipation day, August 1, in a becoming manner. The Ohio republican state tisket headed by Calicó Fo&terfor governor, is in the field. The mvenlion was held Saturday. The reform club tent is to be taken to Ypsilauti July 4th. It is proposed to giye a minstrel performance there en that day. We wonder if the revised New Testament will be discarded because Pattison, of the Commerciel looks upon it as a sell. The case against the rnush advertised Caroline Schanz was aJiourned for the second or thiul time Tuesday for aaother week. There is euougU matter in the hands of the pioneer society to rnake a second volume as large as the one now being delivered. The two brick stores that Hinkley of Pittslield has been talking of building in Saline, are believed to be only 'castles in the air." Patrick Donovan.for 20 years a member of the school board, has hauded in nis resignation, which was received but not accepted. The questLon of buildings f ence around the high school grounds has been laid over until the next regular meeting of the school board. The Fifth ward Methodist Sunday school was giveu a benefit Tuesday even iüg. There were strawburries and cream ia abundance. There was such a juin at the Cook house Tuesday thot a number of cots were put up to acconiínodate those who wished to remain over night. A letler directed to Sypilant was mailed at the postoffice Uere last week. This is the very latest way sonio person has of speüiug Ypsilauti. There was an immense ciowd at Whitmore Lake Suuday. The boys spent their time ui attending religious exercises and fishing in the lake. Jno. Feldkamp Jr., of Freedom, was injured Monday at a barn raising on the farm of Jacob Johns, by two scantlings falling on his head. If you contémplate a visil to Whitmore Lake, rememberyou will be wèll entertained at the Lake house by Wm. Q raham, the proprietor. The Milan literary society is to be addressett by G. üudcrkirk to-morrow eveuiug. "Speech of Pcople" is the subject he will wreslle with. David I leuning, who purchased of the Messrs. Jewell their portion of the furnilure in the Uregory house, lias stored it in the Duffy block. A frieudly game of base ball was played S&turday betweeu the nines from Ypsilanü and Ana Arbor. The Ann Arbor boys were defeated. Mary E. Lotz aged 23 years and 11 mouths, died in tuis city Sunday. The remaius were taken to Wodswoith, Medina county, Ohio, for burial. The Nichols Bros. of Saline, are happy. They have received $2,000 iusurance. The bnck building which they inteuü to put up will only De one story high. Six bids for painting the school "buildings are in the hands of treasurer Gruner. The contract will be let at a special meeting, to be held for that purpose. John Hughs, who was locked up in jail by deputy sheriff Brown some days ago for bcing crazy and afterwards let go, was arrested again last Saturdiy. Joseph Audetle recently burned a kilu of brick coutaining 200,000, in 74 hours, with Ü8 corda of soft wood, and did a good job. He thinks it can't be beaten. An exchange says people too often judge of a circus or other coinpany by the garments of the members, and the color of their noses as seen on the street. R. Kempf of this city, bas been elected a delégate from the Beettoven Gesangverein to the Peninsular Sangerfest to be held in Grand Rápida August next. Iron ou the T. A. A. & G. T. R. R. has been laid a mile and a half this side of Peebles' Corners, and enough iron is non at South Lyon to finish the road to this place. The secoud and third stories of the opera house building have been materially improved in looka by the liberal use of paint, also the fronts on Main nnd Ann streets. '81 lit, bas abolished flowers on commencement day. No bouquets. to be given to the members whcn they receive their diplomas. Friends of the class will bear this in mind. An exchange says a great many people will be badly disappointed at the discovery thai the revised edition of the New Testament does not advocate a reduction of railroad fares. Milan Sun: J. Q. A. Sessions of Aun Arbor, visite i this place last week to adiust the loss on Kellev & Zimerman's store, for the Phoenix Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. Geo. Ardner, who was on trial in the circuit court Monday, cbarged with keeping liis saloon open Christmas day, was acquitted. The case probably cost the county $200 or more. The editor of the Commercial says he ".spoke bis little piece in the old Baptist church cominencement day 31 years ago the 20th of this month." We wonder if his subject was "lotteries. " lt is said that no prisoner ever eacaped from the old jail, which in 1830 stood on the square uow used by C. Schmid for a lumber yard. It inay be there were no hard Cases at that early day. We hear considerable complaint about persons shooting birds inside the city limits. There is au ordinance against the use of fire urms, and complaints sheuld be made to the city attorney. What the masses of the people want is a paper that chronicles all local happeniugs, and if any one wants to know what is going on in this city and vicinity they will read The Democrat. A number from this city attended the temperance meeting at Whitmore Lake Tuesday. Several eloquent speeches were made, uud at the close of the exercises a number signed the pledge. The property owners in the vicinity of the old Baptist church don't propose to put up with the Langley electric light nuisance and will enjoin the compan3' as soon as they commence operations. A special meeting of th board of education will be held some evening ncxt week for the purpose of acting on the bid3 for painting and other business per taining to the closing of the schools. Peter Carpenter, after three months' hard work.has flnished copying the index of "grantors" in the register of deeds fice. The penmanship is finely executei and reflecta great credit on the writer. We occasionally hear complaints tba subscribers outjof the city don't receiv their paper regularly. We are unable to state wherein the fault lies, althougli wt have endeavored to ascertain the cause. C. Martin did not get a patent on tha book support. It was rejected by the commissioner of patents on account of other patents having been issued which covered the principie points claimed by Martin. The annual grange picnic is to be held at Whitinore Lake the last of August-the 27th, perhaps. Several speakers will be present, and the grangers propose to have agood time. A band of music will be present. The Saginawian: It is agood time uow for a democrat to be a democrat. With theright party discipline the democracy are sure to win in 1882, and that makes plain the path to victory in 1884. Fall in, men, and stay in. A Dr. Van Gieson, of Detroit, and a young man from this city, visited Jacob Scbanz in Freedom Sunday. There was plenty of eider to drink and by nightfall tbe parties gol iuto a fight. They were separated after one round bad been fought. Mrs. A. Kearney and Miss Nellie Morse were out riding ceir the river Saturday wben the horse became unmanageable and backed tbe carriage down au embankment. The ladies escaped without injury but tbe carriage was partially demolished. Jas. A. Jenny and bis son, who bave been engaged in superintending and raanufacturing electric light machines at Ailes & Qretton's foundry for several months for Prof. Langley, stopped work Saturday night and will probably go to work for the South Bend Co. The Scio mili property was purcha&ed Monday by Mis. Mary E. Costello, of this city for $6,100; she also bid in the Jno. Costello store in Dexter at $3,500; Mrs. Martha E. Evarts bought the flouring mili in Dexter for 7,200. This property originally cost $27,000. Parties writing to us about business that we are not interested in will picase inclose a stamp. Our postage bilis for gratuitous information is getting a little too big, and bereafter we propose to answer no letters of tbis class uuless'the writer has sense enougli 10 inclose a stamp. Another "süff" consigned lo the university (medical department) was received by express Saturday. There is now any amount of anatomical material on hand, and it issaid that if bodies continue to arrive as tUey have the past six weeks, another pickling vat will be required to hold them. Feter Sweeney is a blacksmith who claims to hail from Detroit. He carne to this city last week and went on a two days' spree and liked to died from the ef fects of it. He says he would advise any person who has a lizzard in his stomach to drink Ann Arbor whisky to excess for two days and it will kill the creature. Protection engine company No. 1 elect ed Ihe following officers Tuesday evening last: Foreman, C. H. Worden; assistaats, Geo. W. Efïner, S. A. H. Smith, Christopher Matthews; secretary, D. F. Flynn; treasurer, C. P. Carey; steward, Jas. Atkinson; flre wardens, Jno. O'Mara, Jno. Wagner, E. W. Snell, Jno. O'Brien. Kalamazoo Gazette: Mra. E3ther Folz has gone to Ann Arbor in company with her son, Sig Folz, to have an operation performed f ar an internal malignant tumor. The operation will be a very difflcult one and will be performed by Dr. Maclean. Great anxiety is expresaed by the friends of Mrs. Folz as to the final result. Lansing Republican: J. C. Bontecou has been slapped by the W. C. T. U., and it is not probable that ood christian die3 will plead for his promotion in future. The East Saginaw cenvention passed a rcsolution against the use of tobacco in all forms, which is a rebuke to the smoking room run by Bontecou with Lansing help. Toledo Journal: It might be well to advisc Mr, R. B. Ilayes that the time lias not yet come to "bob up sèrenely." He must first explain why he ref used to prosecute the Star Route swindle, also why he failed to puncture that mysterious web reaching from the treasury to the post ef ■ fice, whereby the great big ring spider drew in the shining substanoe of the pretty little government fly. Post and Tribune : Gov. Ashley was in the city yesterday. He says the laying of the iron on the north end of the Toledo and Ann Arbor will be completed by June 22. Just now the chief perplexity iu the conslruction of the extensión is n "sink hole" about eight miles north of Ann Arbor. Here almost an indefinite amount of earth and tree trunks have been thrown in, yet the line of gradina keeps sinking. The hole is abou.300 f eet across. An unusually interesting group of pictures will appear in the July Scribner in va article by Mr. W. C. Brownell, of "The Nation," on "TheYounger Painteis of America." The flrst picture is by SargeDt, a pupil of Carolus Duran, who has just taken a prize in the French Sa Ion. Then follow Maynard's portrait of Frank D. Millet and pictures by Tiffauy, Douglas Volk, Maria R. Oakey, Mrs. Whitman, Miss Bartol, Miss Knowlton, and Miss Cassatt. Among the notable pictures in this number is a portrait of Dr. Dollinger, by the famous Lenbach, of Munich. Observer: The graduating class of Sa line high school have organized with the following officers: President, Frank H. Bassett; secretary, Florence Ruckman; treasurer, Flifford E. Bassett. The class day exercises will be held at the union school hall on the evenine of the 17th of June, commencing at eight o'clock. The following members of the class have been cUosen to take part in the exercises: Prophet, Miss Mary Davenport; poet, Florence Ruckman; historian, Kd. Young; orator, Hugh 8. Townsend; valedictorian, Charles O. Townseud. C. E. Bassett is to deliver the dedicatory address. Mining Journal : Linker not extensively over the fortyrod whisky decanter, nor rnonkey long with the concealed alligators that lie coiled up like a Babcock fire extinguisher in the bottommost recesses of the schuper of Milwaukee sewer water and rosin; for at no distant day, if you are an old man, you will dream dreatns of horror, and if a young man, you will see visions of vermin creeping, silently creeping through the air and up the post threatening destruction to }rour liver pad. Pinally, bretlircn, go slow ; for if you do not, the terror of the orthodox Hades will visit you several furlongs be fore the appointed time. Doane E. Fox and W. W. Baker, of the Michigan university bicycle club were íd Detroit Sundaj-. The Post and Tribune adds: The bicycle club of the university is likely, within a year, to become the largest club in the country. lts membership is rapidly growing, and it already numbers several fine riders Next year, probably, after the club becomes well organized, and contains many experienced wheelmen, it will pay special attention to club drill, and will be able to turn out a body of fine young fellows, vrhose neat appearance and admirable perfection ofmovement, will give them high rank among the clubs of the country. Wm. II. Pease went into the country Tuesday to buy a load of chickens. Unfortunately his horse was blind, and Pease feil asleep. It happened at the top of a hill, at the foot of which was a bridge. The first Pease knew of anything wiong was when the horse jumped some seven feet to one side of the road, and the horse, Pease, wagon and 3hickens landed in a ditch. The coop containing the feathery tribe was smashed to pieces, when the chickens flew in all directions. The day was warm and to run them down was a difflcult undertaking for one man, but Pease was equal to the emergeney, and in the course of a few hours he sneceeded in bagging the 32 chickens. Win. H. Lewis, forruerly proprietor of the Leonard house, and for the past few years the popular landlord of the European hotel in Ypsilanti, has rented the Gregory house and will throw it open to the public a week from next Saturday. [n addition to the many improvements that have already been made, the hotel is to be refurnished. Probably no man in the state is better acquainted with the ravelling public, and he will undoubtedy receive bis share of patronage. There s plenty of business for two first-class hotels in this place, and as the Greory will be conducted by one of the most )opular hotel men in the state, there is no rcason why he should not receive his orlion of the trade.