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Ailditional local on second page. Dr. Rose spenta few davs in the city. Emily Bour has goue to Pennsylvauia. Ed Hiscock left for Dakoto last week. The St. James hotel was opened Monday. Abner Gregory of Ciucinniili is in the city. ■ Brighton now has four local mails daily . Alvin Wilsey has enlarged his music rooms. Tramps are becoming numerous in Monroe. All the hotels seem lo be doing a good business. Snelbaker's company will stop at the St. James. A telephonc will be placed in the jail to-morrow. Prof. Wilson was in Columbus, O. over Sunday. Tecamseh is to have a lecture course this winter. In Ha8tings the best apples are selliug for $2 a barrel. Don M. Dickenson of Detroit, was in the city Monday. At last, at last, it 18 said,that stone walk is to be widened. The St. James will soon be rigged out with a new piano. Constable Orcutt went to lonia Tuesday with a prisoner . John McNalley, the Champion barrel stiaker, is in the city. Miss Sophia Schmid was visiting d Manchester last week. Policeman Porter made 8 arrests in October.and Millman 6. Dr. Will Jones, class of '81, was in the city the flrst of tne weck . H. II. Howe bas gone to Murphysboro, 111., to spend the winter. Mrs. Dr. Berry, of New York, ts the guest of Miss Anna Ladd. The county orders have been signed and are ready for delivery. Sheriff Wallace was iu Manchester last week on official business. Snelbaker's urand consolidatioa at the opera house to-morrow uight. Dr. A. W. Chase, of Toledo has gone to Eaton Rapids for his heallu. Mr. Jessup Wood of Lodi lost a cow by her eatiüg too much pumpkin. Prof. Morris and family left list Thuis, day morning for Baltiinore, Md. The Suelbaker consolidatioa will posïtively appear to-morrow eveniug. The Luick Bros. have a house yet to bniïd tkis fall for Chas. Tessiuier. Messrs. Hall & Moseley are doing a large business in their lunch room. The Walker Bros. have flnished the foundation of the Unit.arian church. Frank Rice, a hotel man of large exper; ience, is steward at the St. James. Wm. M. White of Canaseraga, N. Y., is spending several days in the city. Several carpenters are rushiDg the addiiion to constable Imus' residence. On Thanksgiving nitjht the Cotillion club will give their lOth annual ball. Jno. Bartlett is now clerk at the Toledo depot under station agent Frenen. Mr. Geo. W. Kenwick of tbis city is orgunizing a singing school in Chelsea. Judge Charles J. Folger of New York, bas been appointed secretary of the treasury. NextSunday a Sunday school institute will be held at the Baptist church in Saline. One week f rom to'morrow nigbt Iion. Geo. R. Wendüng will lecture on 'Voltaire." Wood & Son shipped a car load of lumUar to Leiand station Monday for the uew depoi. "ioe T. Jacobs" is the name of a new boat that has been put on the beautiful Huron. Last Saturday night thère was a Diekens entertainment at the Congregational church. An exchange says that school teachers are searce in the southern part of tuis county. Earl Knight was in Wisconsin last week on business for the agricultural company. Neal Dow is to lecture throughout Michigan thig winter ob the subject of temperance. Jas. Kitson will sell the real estáte of his brother, the late Chas. Kitson, on the 23dofDec.; Manly & Hauiüton expect to occupy their handsome new block about the first of January. The marriage of Mr. Frank Murriy and Miss Lydia Schrator, will take place this erening. Mrs. II. W. Cülkins, of South Lyon, has been speuding a few days in the city with relatives. The state pomological society will hold a three days' session at South Haven, Doe. 5, 6, and 7. Dr. McVicar, for the past year principa] of the state normal school, is uow located at Torouto, Ont. P. W. Carpenter, deputy register, has beeu sick aud unable to attend to business for nearly a week. The last Wednesday In December is the time for electing offleersof the Aun Arbor reform club. Jno. Courtney was sentenced to Ionia last Saturday by justiee Freuauft for 6 months for larceny. Owing to an increase of their business, Hall & Moseley have beea obliged to tmploy another baker. The former pupils of Prof. Shepard, Saline, presented him with a set of Chamber's Eucyclopsedia . Geo. A. Gilbei t has purchased a haudsume carriage horse, aud wasgiving the boys a ride Alonday. Douglas Beahau aud a youug fellow uuuied bmith weie arroited last week for stealiug a $100 watch. VV. E. Walker was in Detroit last week, taking care of his brother George, wlio luis Iüu typhoid lever. Prof. Wiucüell delivered a memorial aüdiess in uuiversily uaii tíuudtiy uilur uooa tü i lair audieuce. Tue wile ui Ihe editor of llie Ohelsea Heraid galüered a bouqutt of liowcra out of lier saidcu last Moiiüay. Prof. IiiöU bas opened a dancing school iu Leslie aud ouc iu Adrián, iu Jacksoti üc üas a very large scliool. - Little All Ki#ln is wiili the Suclbaker cuusolKlation, uud vvill appear tu-morrow eveuiug ut Lüc opera üouse. Frcd Emerick of Ypsilanti, wlo has soiue tioable wilü oue of his liinbs, cailud to see Dr. Macleau Monday. Johu Keek and company have rented the old DeJforest property ou Detroit street tor a store house. Mrs. E. Ii. Sunderland lectured in Detroit Monday evening ou "The Life and Character of Lueretia Alott." Ollas. Füstelle, who ippeared as Mis. Paitiunton at tue opera liouse last MouUay night, is au Ypsilanti boy. The road frorA the Walker house to tiio track oí the Toledo road is a regular quoguiire, md aluiost impassable. Heligious services are held iu the homeopathie hospital every Suuday aíteruoou, couducled by Mis. Rulph Whiting. The reform ciulj at Lodi met last eveuiiif; and organi.ed a lemperauce lyceum. Tiie club has also a spleudid clioir. Mr. aud Mis. Jas. Maloy who wonl lo Kalaruazoo some weeks ago to reside, are weil baúsfled witti iheir actv home. The rtrst oí the week L. Holaud who Uves iu the sixth ward,,had a plum Uto iu blossom, the seeond lime this year. They have receiveü a number of uew freight cais íor Ihe Toledo road, aud uew coaches, il is ,said, have beeu purehaseU. Fhilo Farsous of Detroit has preseuled the uuiversity with a sel of Kuhu's Jourual of comparaüve philology ia 25 volumes. .Miss Lcliiiul, cluss of 'SI, aud Mrt. Yeomans, 'ti'ó are üeuionstrators in the adies' disseeting room at tue medical college. Airs. Dr. Fraukliu's dog "Zip" was lost ou Tüursday of fnir week, aud a reward of $10 bas beeu olïured for iiis re torn. Mrs. Louisa Rted Slowell is tüe recipiënt of a new style of microscope manufatuied m Louuo . Euglaud, by K. aud J. Beek. Capt. Eads, who ooustructed the JNlissrssippi jelties, sends $500 to llie lielii gau tire suli'erers througü cougrussman (Jonger. E Alexuudcr, wlio üas been Ihrough 'ieuuessee, was well pluased with lüe country, lle comumed business with pieasure. Tiie roof of the new museum building is to be repaired. Cau auy one teil liow mucli irou has already buen pul into the "abortionV" Airs. Norman Bailey of llaslings, weut as a delégate to the natioual W. O. F. U. assoeiatiou ïu anuual session iu Wasüiugtou last weck. Mouey oi'teu leads men astttty. tiome of tliem will run alter a dollar; but a hound dog is more avaricious. Llu will follow a scent. öunday Dr. E. Wells weut dowu cellar to put sume coal in the furnace, wüen üe blipped and feil againal it, aud fra;tured oue of bis ribs. The circuit court jurors were excused from Östurday untii yesterday wheu the attorneys iu the Bagley case commeueed their argumeuts. Miss Ellen lUehardson of the towu of Piltsfleld died Saturday of cousumptiou. Her remaius were taken to West Winsor, Eaton counly, for burial. Oii acoouiit of the large amount of baildiug going on iu the city snd vieiuity we are ïnforuied by Mr. Keech that desirable lumber is a scarce article. Mr. Eugeue Mutchell, wbo bas been in the employ of Wines & Wordeu for a long time, has been obliged to give up bis clerkship on account of ill beallh. W. S. Hicks expects to leavj for New York tbe last of the week. lila family which bas been visitiug in the east for some months will returu with bim. Douglas Beahan and Eugene Sniitt have been beid for trial to the circuit court in the sum of $500 bail each for tbe alleged theft of P. Martin's watch. Messrs. Murpby, Boylan, and other members of tbe reform club went to Lodi Sunday and heli a very interesling meeting al tbe residence of Mrs. Glover. Noah W. Cbeever lectured last Suuday in Ypsilanti on "Some lessons from the as&assination of Garfleld and tbe life of Quiteau with respect to temperance." Prof. Jas. A. Jenney who was in tbe city the last of tbe week, bas taken bis family with bim to Ft. Wayue, wbere be is in the employ of the electric light company. The interesting series of Europeau letters written by Mr. Soripps, which bave appeared tbe past summer in the Evemng News, are soon to be reprinted in book form. Tbe Rivvlet Galop, a new piece of rnu sic composed expressly for Prof. Irisb, by O. F. Berdan, of Detroit, twill be on sale at the music stores in about two weeks. Jliss Hattie Kerr of Saline, has gone to India o Uo missionary work. She will visit London, Paris, Home and other citïes arriving at Bombay sometime iu December. Joe T. Jacobs, who bas the finest salesroom in the city, will soon heat it with steam. The radiators carne Tuesday and the connections will probably be mude this week. On account of Ibe mcetiug in university hall Sunday, the temperance meeting v;i.s not held in the opera house, but next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock Rev. Mr. George will speak. Rev. ,1. H. Richmond, who bas been pastor of the First Presbyterian church Ypsilanti for the past five years, preached his farewell sermón Sunday morning to a large cougregation. An exaraple should be made of the boys who congrégate at the foot of the opera house stairs every night there is an entertain mffnt, itisulting, pusuiug and crowding people about. Last niouth chief Clarken distributed $70.50 of the poor fund as follows: First tvard, $10.24; seond, $15.09; third, $3.38; fourth, $28.15; fifth, $13.70. In the six;h no relief was asked for. Ilev. Mr. Sunderland's subjects next Suuday will be - morniug, "Cbauuing as a Roligiüus Teacher," - eveuing, "The Genesis Legend of the Creation," - at Bible class, "Can we know God." Quite a tilt look place in the council Monciay eveaing between two aldermen, one expressing the opinión that the pólice liad no business to take prisoners to Ionia, the otber claimed they had. John R. Clark, the temperance lecturer is sick and in very destitute circumstances at his home in Tecumseh. Mr. Clark has a inortgage on his home and five children dependent upon himfor support. Ahornet's nest is said to be the best polisher in the world for glass lenses. But you want to do your polishing wheu the hornet is uot around to help you. For what shall it protit a man if he polish a thousand glass lenses in one day and a hornet catch him at it? At a meeting of the Washteuaw county pomological society Saturday afternoon the follovving delegales were elected to the state convention to be held in South Haven: J. D. Baldwin, E. H. Scott, J. J, Parsliall, Anti Arbor town; S. W. Dorr, Manchester; Jas. W. Wing, Scio. Perhaps the most widely advertised members of Col. Önelbaker's majestic cousolidation are the tour Nautch girls aunoiniced as new arrivals in America, and whose dancing, incidental to the burlesque extruvaganza "Prince Pretty Pott" is said to be a curious aod graceful pkce of work. The iinproTemeuU in the opera house, with the exceptiou of f rescoing the prosuniuiu, are finished, auii go where you will a handsomei Iheatre cannot be found. Mr. llill deaerves the liberal support of the theatre-going public for what lie has dozie to give them u first-class place for euturtaiuments. About the 12lh of last July, a span of mules jelonging to T. F. Leonard suddenly caine up missing. Last Friday he gotan iukling that the longeared animáis were in Freedom, and went over aud discovered them in the possession of a Germán who took them somewhere aboul the 16th of Jüly. Only fora llmited period will the tencent rate for three months trial subscribers for The Echo remain open. After thatsuch an offer will probably never occur again. Democrats and rcpublicaus can alike read The Echo with satisfactlon, for it is strictly aud honestly independent in politics. By a recent order from ueadquarters a silver coin which has holes ia it or is otherwise mutilated has been given the following values at the postoffices throughout the country: One dollar is worth 75 ets. ; 50 cent pieces, 35 ets. ; 25 cent pieces, 15 ets. ; 10 cent pieces, 5 ets. ; and 3 cent pieces not accepted at all. Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine, T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D.( editor. Tho leading articie of the December number is entitled "The Christian Statesraan, Jas. A. Garfield.'' Ainong the other particularly noteworthy illustrated articles are "Malta," "Religious Disseut in Russia," "The Prince Imperial Memorial," etc. The principal reason for the success of The Detro t Evening News is that people can put confldence in what it says. It bas never lent ilself to any party, clique or faction, but lionestly tells the truth, hit where it may. It is also edited with the greatest care to make just such a paper as the people want. Henee its 34,000 circulation. A subscripción luis been starled for the widow and family of Ira Humphrey, a letter carrier who was burned to death in the Michigan flre in an effort to deliver the U. S. mail to a village in the burned disirict. For nearly 11 years Humphrey carried the mail and never missed a trip. The lock, clasps, rivets etc, of the mail pouch were found in the road near the irons of.the burned wagon. The last act of kis life was a vain effort to save two children. Detroit Evening News: Wm. J. Bibbler, living two miles east of Coral, died suddenly on the 2d inst. He had been sick with agüe and took a dose of medicine prepared by a doctor. Soon after he went into convulsions and died. The sudden termination of his life aroused suspicions, which have gone so far as to cause portions of his remains to be sent to Ann Arbor for analysis. He was 30 years old and leavesa wife and five young children. HemaD Drury, of Yp3ilanti, who died Monday, carne to Ypsilanti in 1824. He was a sou of Elihu and Lavina Drury, early pioneers of the county, the former of whom died at Adrián in 1876, having three children living. Heman, the eider, grew tornauhooi in Washtenaw county, and engaged in the mercantile business at Jackïon in 1869. In 1875 he bought the "Parson's mili" at Saline, and two years later purchased a drug store in Ypsilanti. He engaged in the latter business only a short time when he retired from active life. Some weeks ago we anaounced the arrest of II. W. Petitt, the artist, on the charge of obtaimng goods under false prelenses. He was brougkt here from Detroit andlodgedin jsH. His examination was continued several limes, and flnally Monday he was let off on his own recognizance. Petltt.lt seems, was a married man with four small children, and the complaining witness learning of this, went to eee them. The wife told a piti [ ful tale of how slie and her little ones had been neglected by the husband and father. The complainant in the case against Petitt, who is a kind-hearted gentleman, thought perhaps he could be induced to go home tü bis family, and as he promised to do so, was let off on his own recogniz anee. Petitt was taken for a single man when he carne to the city, and was quite popular with a nuniber of yuung ladies. Commercial: Visiting Ann Arbor Tuesday, we noticed that mprovements are beingmade. But the same hour in the afternoon, we believe that tuere could be couuted more teams hitched in front ol business places in Ypsilanli Iban in Ann Arbor. At the same time propei ty is having a boom. We found our old friend, Eli Mooie, still superintendent of the Aun Arbor agricultural works, Lower Town. One hundred men are employed, and the nuniber of chilled plows sent to Texas alone is gieat. We found the county offices in flrst-class trim, and the servants of the good people hard at work, and all pleasaut and good natured. The Aan Arbor piess publishers and edito re appear to be at peaoe wilh, well satisfied with thumselves and the rest of mankind - all overjoyful and hopeful - good, John üeorge Cropsey died at the residunce of his sou, Georgc W., on Founh slreet, Tuesday eveniiig. JMr. Cropsey was boru iu Slepkeutowu, Herkirner county, New York, oq the 17tli of January, 1791. Forover 50 years he was a prominent farmer in Madisou county, N. Y. Some 20 years ago he retired with a competeiicy, and lived most uf this time witu his children. Five years ago he came to this place and made his home with his son. lie leaves seven children: Mrs. Martin Clark and Geo. W. Cropsey, of Ann Arbor, Mrs. Harvey Williams, and John II Cropsey, of Dixou, 111. ; Smith D. Cropsey, who resides in Kiikville, N. Y., Chas. E. Cropsey, now a resident of Bismark, Dakota, and Mis. H. M. Barrett, of Chitlcnango, N. Y., where his remains were taken for iuterment. Mr. Cropsey lias 23 grand children, and 10 great grand childreu living. In politics lie was a democrat and filled several miuor offices. His great graurt father, John Jacob Cropsey, was a soldier in Ihe revolulionary war. The St. James hotel, formerly Gregory Iröuse, was opeued to the public Monday under the management of Wm. H. Lewis who is known to the travelling public as a whole-souled, genial-hearted gentleman, aud a hotel man of long expei ience. Mr. Lewis comes among us for the purpose of couducting a first-class house, and there is no doubt the St. James will have its proportionate share of Irada. During the past few mouths it has uudergone many improveuieuts. The house has been repainted and papered throughout; new furniture puichased, and everything ibout the place is in keeping with thg other improvements. The silvorware, whieh sets off the tables, was purchased of the Watts brothers. The furniture came frora J. Keek & Co's. and Koch & Haller's eslablishments. The hotel has one of the flnest offices in tlie state on tho grouud floor fronting Maia Street, whilo the bar is said to be a little ahead of anything ever seen in this city. The new proprietor starts off under the most Üatteriug circomstauces.