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Ailditional local on second page. The lunch fiend is around. The schools opeu next Monday. The city band have their new uniforme. Prof. Simonds was in the city yesterdiiy. Dr. Loren Hall has returned to the city. Jno. Maloy, of Kulamazoo, is in the city. Gillie Howe is camping out at Base lake. Col. Crawford bas returned from Europe. Evart H. Scott attended the Marshall races. Alonzo A. Gregory Jr., i on deck again. J. A. Biown has opened up on State street. W. R. Bliss is remodeling his billiard tables. The South Lyon Excelsior is to be enlarged. The opera house will be flnished about Sept. 25. Abner Hoore ia taking in Grand Rapidg this week. Next week will be i lively one for the booksellers. Turnkey Wallace is recovering froin his sickness. Business is pieking up around the court house. Jno. Moore is back from a four weeks' visit abroad. Jno. Bour, of Detroit, wís in the city over Sunday. Miss Mary O'Keif, of this city, is soon to be marned. Whitmore Lake 9 a great place of resort on 3undny. All the dead trees have been cut down in the court yard. Miss Ella Cumings has returned from Pt. Byron, N. Y. Prof. Pease of Ypsilanli, sailed for Europe on 8aturda}r. Col. I. R. Qrosvenor, has moved his faraily to the city. The churches will resume evening services next Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Frauk is visitingher Durents, at Fisher's Station. Dr. A. B. Palmer omciated at the Episcopal church Sunday. Jno. Heinzman and Jno. Muehlig have gone to Grand Rapids. August Spring, is visiting his gracdfather, August Hutzel. A depot is being put up at Worden, a station on the new road. Swathel, Kyer & Petersou paid $125 for old wheat last week. The plans for the new library building were received yesterday. J. F. Schuh is putting a galvanized cornie on the opera house. Jno. Sweet has made 21 entries of chickens to the state fair. Vanderbilt was offered a few weeks MK $100,000 forMaud S. There was a large crowd at tbe minst rel show Tuesday night. Jno. B. Dow will commcnce piastering the opera house next week. Capt. Chaflee, who formerly resided here, is in an insane asyium. N. R. Waterman is engaged in getting up a history of Cass countv. Mrs. Elizabeth Dean died yesterday of consumption, aged 23 years. Mrs. Robert Frazer and family returned from Cheboygan on Tuesday. There was a song service in the reform club tent last Suuday evening. Bishop Gillespie was in the city Tuesday smiling on his old friends. Anton Sediua was hit in the face with a stone Sunday and badly cut. Mrs. Chas. Fuller has returned home after an absence of two months. Uenry W. Rouscup dropped in on his many old friends last Thursday. Cramer says "He proposes to have his suit tried." Granger says so too. Albrecht Gwinner and wife are in Grand Rapids atlending the scengerfest. Miss Pease is visiting her sister, Mrs. Prof. Weed on university avenue. St. Andrew's Sunday school indulged in a picnic Tuesday at relief park. Chas. E. Green says the froDt of C. H . Richmond's store is not dangerous. September 7 auDual meeting of the pioneer society at the court house. ■ Jno. Beahan will open the old Kitson place aboul the first of September. Rev. Mr. Whetmore and family havo taken up their residence in this city. A week f rom Monday the annual election of school trustees will take place. A. A. Wood, of Lodi, has purchased amther car load of sheep in Vermont. Vet Armstrong and a Detroit frescoer are frescoing the Episcopal parsonage. Therewillbe no temper anee meeting next Sunday as the tent is in Jackson. W. E. Haynes bas commenced proceedings for a divorce against bis wife. Protection hose company will realize about $50 f rom the tent entertainment. A temporary lamp is wanted at the foot bridge crossing the river at Swift's mili. Thirty-threerattlesnakes were killed by Dell Case near Napoleon some days ago. C. Carey has opened a grocery store on Dettoit street near the M. C. R. R. track. Mra. Rev. Spence and Miss Nettie Ames have returned from the White mountaina. Chas. E. Hiscosk is taking his annual vacatiou. He is now on a trip to Duluth. Mrs. Bird Smith and her two daughters have gone on a two years' trip to Europe. The county examiuers of schools met Tuesday, and elected Z. Truesdell secretary. Tbecommencementaddress of Rev. Dr Newman is being printed at the Register office. Capt. A'len will speak in Lodi Sunday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Gilbert Allen. Dr. Henry A. Reynolds, of red ribbon fame and faniily, have gone to Dakota to lócate. Wm. Campion aad Chas. Hatch will have charge of the reform club tem in Jackson. The Ypsilanti grange indulged in a bas ket picnic Tuesday in the grove of F. Watling. M.C. Sheehan will re open his state street dancing academy about the lOth of October. The announcement of the Ann Arbor school of music was printed at the Courier office. Eberbach & Son are building a boiler house in the rear of their Main street drug store. Luick Bros, are to build a f500 house for A. W. Hamilton on Traver street, fifth ward. In order to keep pace with the times Wm. Herz has come out with a handsome new wagon. Since Aid. Hill's day, J. E. Sumner of the sixth ward carries the belt as the handsomest man. Fred Schmid, of Mack & Schmid, bas gone to New York to purchase a fall stock of dry goods. Juo. Mulliuml, of the flrst national back Bay City, is visitiog his relativos in the second ward. Tho Langley electrie light company are manufacturing four machines to be used in Muskegon. Dr. G. D. Perry of Tecumseh , was the first physician to iutroduce homeopathy into the state. Geo. Poud, ye local of the Courier, returned from a two weeks' vacation in Flint, Monday. Joe T. Jacobs who bas returned from New York, says a large stock of clothing will soon follow. Sheehan & Co., the Main street hatters will open up in a few days with a full stock of clotliing. Prof. Wilson has built an addition to his residence on División street in the shape of an office . The funeral of the late Floren Muehlig will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Zion church. Airs. Roseburgh and Mis. H. A. Hurd, of Hillsdale, are to be the matrona of the uuiversíty hospital. D. Cramer has sold his house on the corner of Pontiac and Fourth streets to A. Hanlon for $900. Geo. W. Cropsey kindly remembered The Dbmocrat last week with an immense watermelon. Howard E. Gidley has purchased the millinery goods of Gidley & Wueeler, and opened up Monday. Miss Mary Swartz. of Indianapolis, will make her futureuome with Uev. M. Zimmerman and wife. Chas. V. Hicks, of Oscoda, Iosco county, is visiting his parents. Mr. and Mis. J. H. Hicks, Lodi Plains. The Jjuvenile temperance union will open Tuesday Aug. 30, at 4 o'clock, in the K. R. readiDg rooms. A game of base-ball between the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti clubs, will be played next Monday in Ypsilanti. Oscar O. Sorg is the happy father of a bouncing baby boy. The litlle fellow put in an appearance Sunday. There are in this county about 375 members who pay tribute to the Detroit mutual benefit association. The case of the mayor, recorder and aldermen against August Dapslof was conlinued until to morrow. Leonard B. Vaughn of Petrolea, Ont., was in the city Monday on business pertainin to his father's estáte. The team which the late Leonard Wakefleld drove for a year or more, also drew his remains to the cemetery. The members of the electric light company of Ft. Wayne, Ind., are iu the city loüking over Crane's works. Mrs. Mary E. Johnston of Reading, Michigan, is spending the summer with her daughter, Mrs. D. C. Fall. The examination of Eider BrooKS, who is charged with assaulting Fannie Johnson, will come off tomorrow. Mrs. Will Adams of Minn.,isin the city, she carne to attend the funeral of her brother, Floren Muehlig. C. H. Horton, assistant ia the homeopathie hospital last year was drowned August 15, in Chautauqua Lake. "Chips from a Geologist's Hammer" is the title of a new book which Prof. Wïnchel will soon give to the public. Company A gave an exhibition drill on the university campus Saturday. The boys would like to go to Yorktown. Thos. H. Sedina, who has been visiting in the city for several weeks will leave for Mt. Ayer, Iowa, next Saturday. Washtenaw county has been equalized at $30,000,000. The number of acres assesaed the present year is 43,493,319. The Clusford combination in the plays of "Camille" and "Led Astray" open the Ypsilanti opera house Sept. 7 and 8. Gates & Gates have taken the contract to do tte carpenter work for Manly & Hamilton's uew block for $4,000. Among those who have built this 3-ear and occupy their new stores, is Wm Herz, the Washington street painter. The Anu Arbor base hall playera go to Ypsilanti, Monday, Jackson, Tuesday, and Monroe, Thursday, of next week. Mr. Adams, who conduuted the song service in the tent Sunday evening, will givea social in the course of two weeks. Thelicense committee haa been given power to act in the matter of ro-fundiag the saloon license of the late Chas. Kitson. The marshal has been instructed to keep persons irom walkiug or sitting on the grass in the court yard. So boyï look out. Prof. I. S. Haines, the writing teacher who had rooms in the opera house last winter, is to open a school here in October. W. 8. Ross who recently purchased a placo on the comer of Main and Summit streets, is tobuild a house to cost him $1,800. Koch & Halier invite the attention of the public to their furniture advertisement, and ask an inspection of their large stock. C. J. Reul and wife, of Indianapolis are visiting their old friends. For many yeais Chris was foreman of the Courier office. Prof. Miller of Detroit hai struck Ann Arbor. W. S. iiicks got him graphed at Lewis'. The negativo not for sale. A. V. RobUon has gone to Mt. Clemena to try the efflcacy of mineral water for the rheutnatism, frotn which he is agreat sufferer. A timely illu9trated paper teüing "How to raake Dolls of Corn-husks and Flowers," is to appear in the September St. Nicholas. Prof. Truesdell proposes to build this fall a $1,000 addition to his residence on South University avenue, corner of Ingalls street. Rev. Fr. Newman attended a mission festival in Manchester last Sunday. A large numberfroin this city witnessed the ceremonies. Rev. Jno. W. Brooks was arrested Friday for an assault and battery on Mrs. Fannie Johnson. Justice Freuauff issued the warrant. The personal property of the late Chas. Kitson will be sold at auction next Thursday, September;i, at No. 35 North Main street. L. P. Wade bired J. S. Earl's ten cent bus Saturday, and took some of hia friends to Whitmore Lake. That is the kind of a boy Lou is. Miss M. E. Drake, of South Lyon. bas moved to this place and will live in the Smith house, corner of CLurch and Orleans streets. Mrs. Fannie Palmer of New York and Mrs. Wm. Graham, of Cedar Springs, Iowa, are the guests of their sister Mrs. E. D. Kinne. Under the terms of the contract between the city and Boylan & Co., these parties will be obliged to furuish some 600 street signa. Vernor Miller, formerly with Douglas, Henderson & Co., left Monday, for Wellington, Kansas, to accept a po&ition in a real estáte office. Geo. F. E., son of James D. and Mattie S. E. Duncan, of the fifth ward, late of Vermont, died August 21 of cholera morbus, aged 5 years. Miss Alice Douglas, teacher in the flrst ward school, and Airs. Eliza Botsford for 30 yeare a teacher in the fourth ward school, have resigned. Protection hose company jave an entertainment Tuesday evening to raise the wherewithal to attend the tournament at Cold water Sept. 7 and 8. Geo. Danner of Northfleld, feil from a scaffold some days ago and fractured his spine. He is in a critical condition with but litlle bopes of recovery. Frank E. Raudal], of Detroit, son of F. A.Raüdallof tuis city, is president of the matrimonial insurance company recenlly organized in Detroit. At the pomological meeting a week from Saturday the following suDjects will be discussed: The best fences for orchards, and f all planting. Wm. Herz, the aitistic sign painter, painted the curtains which adorn the windows of Eberbach and Sou's drug store and Jno. Gates' grocery. Mis. McManus who has been matron of the uuivevsity hospital for several years, hai reuted the Howell house on North University avenue for a residence. J. J. Goodyear, who has recently opened a drug store at the oid Grenville stand, has an ad in to-day's paper. He invites the public to givehim a cali. Adrián Press: The Ann ArbokDemocrat contained 169 local jottings in its last issue, besides ita local matter with headings. It is an excellent local aper. The grange picnic at Whitmore Lake next Saturday will cali together a large crowd. There is to be speaking, music and singing, and a high oíd time general'.y. Mrs. Millard Fillmore leaves an estáte valued at $300,000. She gives to charitable institutions $50,000. Many years ago the late president Fillmore resided in this county Sheriff Wallace has let the contract for his block of buildings in Saline to Eddy & Parsons, and work will commence at once. The buildings will be flnished in 60 days. Prof. Kempf, Henry Binder, and Albert Mann, are attending the Ssengerfest at Grand Rapids this week, the former as a delégate from the Beethoven Gesangverein society. Geo. Daaner of Northfield, who feil from a scaffold a week ago 1 uesday, died Saturday of a fractured spine. He wai 44 yearsold, and had lived in Northfield for40 years. Everything is progressing finely on the nniver9ity campus. The eye and ear ward is nearly completed, and connection was made with the main building and sewer Tuesday. Geo. Wanty, assistant prosecuting attorney of Kent county, stopped over in the city Sunday on nis way east. Some yeara ago George resided in ttiis city and he has a host of friends. Floren Muehlig, a young Germán who has heen a resident of this city for 28, years died Monday. He was a brother of Jno. and Andrew Muehli g, aud Mrs. Will Adams. The state temperance camp meeting couveues at Jack son Saturday. The speaking will take place in the reform club tent. A number of red ribbon men from this city will attend. Bill Poster: Gov. Ashley who was in town last week, still insists that the Ann Arbor road shall be completed to Pontiac this year. If we ever get the road we can thank Ashley for it. O. L. Warner returned from Dakota Friday. He is well pleased with the country and has no liesitancy in saying that if he were 20 yoars younger he would take up his residence there. Rev. D. R. Shier, of Saline, pastor of the M. E. church for the past three years, delivered a farewell address before the refoim club last Sunday. Mr. Shier expects to be assigned some other pastorate. H. W. Ashley, Supt. of the T. A. A. & G. T. R. R., has been in the city for several days on railroad busiuesg. He has offered f6,000 for the Weil property, but as yet the owners feel disposed to hold on to it. The editor of the Montgomery Democrat, published at Litchfield 111., offers his paper for sale on account of failing health. Here is a fine opportunity for a live man to engage in the newspaper business. "A cheerful piece of reading for housekeepers" is promised in Mrs. Fannie Roper Feudge's "How I Kept House by Proxy,"- a sketch of a wonderful eso cook, - to be priDted iu Scribner for September. It is only a few days ago that a young man named Qooding thought to interest a number of people in bis bebalf. He carne here a stranger and went away witb $10 borrowed money. Verily tbe fools are not all dead . Those who attended the hearing Thurs day in the case brought by Miss Carrie Noyes against Mrs. Mary E. Foster to recover $100 loaned Foster, were astonished that Hon. A. J. Sawyer appear for the defendant. The Mining Journal says prohibition is a failure in Kansas - ditto the crops. Pretty much everythiüg is more or less a failure in that bloody state except the republicau party. That is always and overwhelmingly a success. A man in the emplov of Daniel Brownell, Pittsfield, was injured Friday last by falling into an excavation in the woods adjoining. He was brought here and placed under a doctor' care, and at last accounts was doing flnely. Geo. Osius, with L. Gruner, who is engaged largely in the importation of photograph albums and chromos, has gone on a business trip tbrough Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania. He expects to be absent several weeks. The annual election of offlcers of Zion Lutheran church was held Monday evening with the following result: Deacon, Wm. Merkle; trustees, Christopher Hoffstetter, A. D. Seyler; secretary, Gottlob Kurtz; treasurer, A. D. Seyler. The corner stone of the old brick building occupied by the Toledo, Aun Arbor & Grand Trunk road as a passenger hoi'be and office, at the foot of Washington street, feil out Friday, scaring the ticket agent half out of hls boots. One day last week a seedy individual from the west put up at the Cook house, and as he tosseá his carpet sack to Jno. Looney he advised him to handle it carefully. Jno. nearly bent into when he was informed that it contained $11,000. Several large watermelons have already been left at The Democrat office. We again renew our offer, which is, that the person leaving the largest nielon of their own growth at this office will receive a notice aud the paper for oue year. Clinton News: In the death of Alliert Pulcipher we have lost one of our most worthy young men. A gloom was cast over the entire commuui.y by liis sudden demise. Mr. Clark eau not readily supply nis place with a man iu all pirticulars his peer. According to the editor of the Sun, Milan is a thuuderiug place andif itkeepg on growing at such an awful pace tu village will not be lare;e euougU to hold the people. There is already talk that the boundaries should be enlarged lo take in Ypsilanti. Notwithstanding other new spapers deuy the statement, according to the Ypsilanti Commercial the Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern railroad has been sold to the Lake Shore road. The Dkmocrat was tho first to make the announcement, Bro. Patterson. Ernest Ingersoll will contribute to the September Scribner a natural-history sketch of the star-flsh, - the arch enemy of the oyster, - a subject on which the writer has been making researches f or the government. It will be strikingly illustrated by James C. Beard. Robert Browning's stirring naval bailad "Herve Riel," and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's deeply touching verses, "The Cry of the Children," are the selections annoucned for the Treasure box of English literature in the forthcoming September number of St. N cholas. Norville Record : Prof. S. A. Jones, exdean of the homeopathie college of the Michigan university at Ann Arbor, and wife, carne here on a visit on Saturday last, and were the guests of Dr. Moffatt and Wilder Bancroft till Tuesday, when they returned to their home in Ann Ar-, bor. W. B. Hayes, the individual who is having a newspaper dispute with Dr. Donald Maclean, graduated with tho law classof'80. Those who know this man can reat assured that whatever he may say will not in the least detract from the reputationjof Dr. Maclean as a skillful sur geon. Mining The temporary furore over the bible revisión has subsided, and the popular intellect once again resumes the study of fashion plates for the women and party platforms for the sterner sex. When the elimination of heil has failed to popularize it nothing more can be doüe. Mr. E. Scott, discovering some one was heipiug himself to his pears, concluded to waylay the Dtruder. He removed lis coat and culis, placing them upon a wood pile near the house. He was too ate to save his pears, and when he went íor his coat and cuffs he found they had jone with the fruit. We are advised by telephone yesterday jy Mr. F. P. Bogardus, thai Col. J. L. Burleigh will appear in the Ypsilanti opera house Sept. 28, in Shakespeare' celebrated chaiacterof "Othello", supported by a stront company under the management of B. Frank Bower, of the Detroit Eveuing News. Enterprise: T he annual picnic of the Germán workingmen's society, of this village, was held at Pleasant lake.in Free dom, on Tuesday. The attendance was large there being representatives from all neighboring towns. Everythiug passed off pleasantly as the society guaranteed it should, to the enjoyment of all. The Washtenaw branch of the Detroit mutual benefit association, perfected an organization Thursday evening and elected the following offlcers: President, Edward Graf; vice-president, TollE. McDevit; secretary and treasurer, F. Pistorus. A bosrd of control was also elected : T. E. McDevit, M. Steeb, F. Pistonous, Ed Graf, Jno. Meyer. We have been presented with a piece of music eutitled "Commencement Waltz," coroposed by Julius V. Seyler. Mr. Seyer is attending Dana's musical conserva tory located at Warren, Ohio, and is one of its most promising pupils. This youne jentleman is a son of our esleemed citizen, A. D. Seyler, who intends sending the young man abroa.d af ter another year's study at Warren. The new cornet, dlscovered by Prof. Schaeberleof Ann Arborand named after its discoverer, may now be seen at any time during a clear eve&ing. In a private etter the discoverer says: "Early in the erening it cali be seen with the naked eye n the northwest, at 11 o'clock directly north, and but a few descrees from the horizon, and after midnight it will beseen to the best advantage for a few days to come." - Lansing Republican. Citiea larger than Ann Arbor have con. cluded to use the electric light for illuminating purposes, and we have it from good authority that if the Langley electric light company is not willing to see tuis city lighted, the Brush electric light company of Cleveland is ready to undertake the task. Will not the citizens move in this matter? A majority of the members of the electric light company are residents of this city and should be interested in the matter. Commercial: Wm. M. Porter, of Detroit, was in town some days ago, looking the field over for the organization of an electric light company in this city, under the auspices of the Brush electric company, Cleveland, Ohio. The project was reoeived with favor by quite a nuniber. It will not be long before the paper milis and the business streets of the city will turn darkness into the glare of the noonday sun. Gas, naptha and gasoline have ouly a brief future. Ifthecolored base-ball club of Ypsilanti had any idea they were great players they had the conceit taken out of them last Thursday by the colored club of this city, who beat them nearly two to one, the score standing 26 to 14 in favor of Ann Arbor. The colored gentlemen who hung it on their Ypsilanti brethren were Woodman, Wm. Johnson, Edward Hinch, Ed Taylor, Geo. Golf, Chas. Fox, Henry Smith, Arthur Crawford and Wm. Allison. Wm. Thomas was scorer for the nine. Observen That important adjunct of the fire department, the bell, has been put in proper shape on the top of Daveaport & Sons store, and a very ingeniously constructed arraugeiuont it is, too. A 200 pound weight runs the clockwork, which, when wouud and "let loose," by pulling a wire which is ncar the biduwalk at the rear of D. &Son's store, wiü cause a coutinuous Hoging of the bell, for a periodof four or flve minutes, which surely should be long eaough to arouse our people from slumber, in case of a fire. The Cleveland Herald has a bit of iutwesting news. Itisthis: That Bookalter, of Ohio, afler his nomination visited Til. den and carne home witli his lul ter of acceplauce in his pocket. That Tilden is goiiig lohelp Bookwalter this yew and nexl yeai1 Tilden will run for govumor of New Vork; Uien if elected he will be the democratie nomiiiee for president in 1884. In the meantime Bonk. will be up for vice, provided he lays out C. Foster, of ühio. By the above, it will be seen (if true) that the barrel id last becoining the main issue in Aniei ican pol i tien. The circulation of Thk Demockat eontinues to grow as witness Uie fullowing new uames since the last issue of the paper: Joseph Jacobus, Peter Long, Mrs. D. 0. Wiuegar, Jno. Beahan, Christopher Carey, Win. Ludholz, J. Clair, J. J. Goodyear, Geo. VV'. Cook, Eii W. Mooie, Ann Arbor, T. C. Howard, Augusta, Samuel Handley, Scio, H. W. Rouscup, Ft. Wayue, Iud., Mrs. Neva Wheeler, Muskegon, F. ilangsterfer, Ann Arbor, Nathaniel Ryder, ialem, Wm. Buuting, Anu Arbor town, Daniel Brownell, Pittsfieid, Geo. H. Nayler, Northville, Theo. 3. Hicks, Deerfield. YpsilaDtian: Jamestown, Dakota, bids fair to become as noted a colony for Ypsilantiaus as was the Ro3ebud Ageucy under Major Newell, or as Tower City 1s for Salineites. Tuesday night John 8. Harris, Will McCormick and John Thompson of this city, left for that place with a view to locating. Messrs. Glover and Honey, who have but just returned, bought land while the re, and Messrs. J. II. and W. B. Martin are there now, the fornier breaking up land and the latter building a brick block. Besides these, I. B. Harris, who is the happy owner of a soldier's land warrant, expects to leave next week to take up a homestead. Last Friday Otto Mauer, aged Ö years, and Henry Hauser, aged 14, were missing. About two o'clock Saturday morning Hauser went home and lold his father that he and Maurer got on a freight train to ride to the first railroad bridge :o go in swimming. The train was moving so fast they were not able to jump off and go rode to Dexter. Hauser then started for home reaching here as above stated. Maurer was afraid of a whipping and would not return. Nothing has been heard from him and parties have begun a search for the boy. He was dressed in black clothes, is dark complexioned, and wore a black hat, and is about 4 feet and 3 iuches in uiejjht.