Jottings

Additional local on second page. Dr. Terhuuc is in tbe city. Judge Avcry is ia Ibe city. Dr. Terry bas returncd to Warren. O. Dr. Smitb went young Bycraft's bail. Paupers are leaving the county house. J. F. Lawreuce is the next city attorney. E. Wbite bas gone to Plattsmouth, Neb. Tbe latest- Tbe postofflee still bangs fire. Bon Bliss of East Sagina w, is in tbe city. J. W. llamiHon will run tbe Daily News. Monday evening opened well for tbe bazar. W. W. Watts has rcturned from Saginaw. Judge II arriman is expeckd home tomorrovv. Byron W. Waüe is wailtog for the city attorneyship. The taffy factory will start up the tirst week in May. The band baz.ir at Hangsterfers hall is in fullblast. . E. B. Hall tfc Bro. are putting in a pair of hay scales. E. H. Hudson opened the C'ook house just one year ago. Geo. W. Cropsey is the f al her of a 1'2 pound pair of twins. After this week John S. Nowand will appear as policeman. Wm.Burch purchased yesterday a $808 liorse from E. B. Hall. Tuomey Brothers of Dexter, are now selliug goods in Albion. Judge C. B. Grant of Houghtonwas in the city over Sunday. A. J. Sawyer bid in the Buchoz property on Detroit slreet. Potatoe bugs are ealing up Ihe strawberry vines in Virginia. Charles II. Warren of oster's Station, has moved into the city. Lary O'TooIe says the sewingmachiue business was never better, The jubilee singers had another large audience Friday evening. Audrew Smith of Ann Arbor town has been called to New York. Michael Duffy went to Detroit Suturday on important business. The funeral of the late "Father" Pierc occurred Sunday in Marshall. The bridge on Feleh street near the Collins place, needs repairing. Kate Ciaxton is to play at the opera house next Wednesday evening. John Martin of the flfth ward lias been arrested for stealing a beer glass. If you want a fine job of painting, O. O. Sorg is the man to do the job. A special session of the board of supervisors may possibly be held soon. Jas. A. Coyle, scribe on the Marshall Statesman, was in toivn Saturday. The last of this month Jas. Ivitson will return to England for a short vbif It is generally understood that city treasurer Schuh will be re-elected. The freshmen were out Saturday in a body sporting their moi tar boards. Rev. Mr. Sunderland will speak uexl Sunday evening ou "Longfellow." An iofant child of Julia Ean Gilden died in. the county house last week. The election of John Nowland means that the gambling dcns shall remain. W. E. Depew bas been in Lansing arguing a case in the suprerne court. The payment of the Keek furniture compaDy last week amounted to $2,100. Peter Shulters, formerly of this city, is down with the small-pox in Milford. "We publish to day the committees as arranged by his honor, Mayor Kapp . M. Fleming has not sold his place, although hsving had a number of offers. Vett Armstrong of Detroit, was visiting his old home the last of the week. Margaret Simson of the sixth ward was taken to the Pontiac asylum Thursday. Attend the bazar and give the boys a benefit. A $100 picture to be raffled for. Jas. Kitson has purchased the old Hawkins place on Miller avenue for $3,250. It is geuerally understood that the temperance people will nomínate a ticket this fall. The M. C. R. was not to blame killing John Burke, was the verdict of the juryRev. Mr. Sunderland will attend the Unitarian conference in Kalainazoo April 18-20. There was no Sunday edition of the Daily News and probably will not be any more. Rev. Mr. Stringham will carry ou a farm in the northern part of the state this summer. Postmaster Clark is skylarking in the west. He is expected home the last of the week. "W. H. H. Boylau & Bro. have the con traci for paiuting the new postoffice building. Hard work saved Mrs. Oliver Bird's old house irom being destroyed by fiie Sun day morning. A supervisor elect was anxious to qualify Thursday. The votes hadn't even been canvassed. The Northüeld democratie committee for the coming year: Geo. Button, E. Clancy, T. Haran. President Angel! will ilcliver his lecItirc on China !n Ypsilanti tn morrow evening. Last mouth, the Ann Arbor agricultual company shipped $12,800 wortb of ini pleinen ts. John J. Walker, the (Kg fancicr, bus somo 2Ö different breeds which he prizes very highly. Jeff Davis says when he was janitor of the court house, barbed wire fencing was not necessary. That branch postofflee bas turned out as many persons expected. There p'röbably won't bc anj'. Arthur D., infant son of James and Mary Janerett, died Thursday of inilimmation of Ihe bowels. County treasurer Seyler paid Monda; $987-12 Pontiac insane bill fojr tbc quarlc endingMarchSl, 1883. Hon. Wm. A. Butler aud Ilon. Ge. B. Ilemick of Detroit, spent Saturday and Suuday in the city. Messrs. Stone of Jackson, and the well known Walker broibers of tuis city, will build tbe new postofflee. James A. Ryan and wife ef Howell, have been visiting friends in the city. Crappy was looking well. A Hule daughter of Tony tíchiappacase was burued Thursday by falling against a redhot stove. The prospectus of that staunch democratie paper, the New York World, will be found in another column. Roswell Goodale, on the Whitmore Lake road, cnugbt a person stealiDg bis potatoes one day last week. Mrs. II. Foster lec'.ured last eveuiug to an audience of several hundrcd. lier remarks were well received. A new towu liall is to be one of the improvements in Chelsea. The Herald says the building will cost $5,000. The cigar makers of Ypsilanti are to give a benefit ball to one of their njeuibers ou the evening of April 20. "W. K. Cbilds, aldcrman elect of the sixth ward, was oue of the speakers at the teuiperance meeting Sunday. O. O. Sorg has half u column advertisement in to-day's Demccrat. He believes in the liberal use of printers iuk. One of Roger's statueltes valuedat $2Ü, was stolen froin Miss Chittenden's scssion room during the school vacation. The Walker Bros. have taken the contract to build a $7,000 stoue and brick residence for Dr. V. C. Vaughan. Dr. O Toóle has sold his homo and is going to California to live. The doctor wants to get into a milder climate. A tramp answering to the name of Bailey was before one of the justiccs Monday on the charge of vagrancy. Henry Wilmot received a telegram from 4 Paw's great show yesterday, that the greal menagerie would be here in June. There is no truth in the report that n case D. J. Loomis is elecled marshal he will appoiut Ileery Wilmot deputy. An Evening News reporter was here from Detroit last Thursday, and interviewed Dr. Angelí on the China question.' Clara, 18 months of age, infant dauguter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Lyons of Scio, was drowned in a tub of water Saturday. It took the State stieet po&tmaster tour ïours to get his mail Monday moruing. Lt will take twice that (imc to get it in the evening. There has been a largo amount of figuring over the marshalship. On this officer there issaid to be considerable money at stake. Mr. Frederick Rettick, Jr., and Miss Sarah O. Stabler were married yesterday afternoon. The presents were many and aeautiful. Children who persist in jumping on and off of trains on the Toledo roai should be arrested. That would soon stop them. Henry Matthews is making arrangements to build i brick store two stories high and G0x22 feet, adjoining his Huron stieet market. A youDe; lady named Clark feil in the river below the dam Friday afternoon, and but for timely assistance would have been drowned. Candidates for marshal ; Geo. ClirkeD, Geo. W. Cook, J. G. Johnson, J. W. Johnson, Johrj Nowland, D. J. Loomi, Wm. Merrithew. As certain aldermen propose to have a new deal all arouud the bush, peahaps they will concludethat gambling dens are bad institutions. It has been suggested that perhaps it would be cheaper for this county to charter special trains in which to convey tramps to Ionia. An old man named June and a man named Chambers died at the couaty house last week. Their bodies went tor the benefil of scieuce. Fr. Daniel Coyle celebialed his flrst mass at St. Thomas Catholic church Sunday. Some years ago Father Coyle was a resident of this city. O. II. Twist's house in the township of Superior was destroyed by fire last week. Loss $2,560. There was an insurance of $1,000 in the Washtenáw mutual J. A. Polhemus' bus ran into Rhoade's coal wagon Monday forenoon and was tipped over in front of A. D. Seyler's store. It will take $25 to repair the damage. E. B. Millen of Faiwell, after a year's absence has returned on a two weeks' visit to his old home and friends. Edward was an honored member of the Grub club. The citizens of the third ward demaud of the Toledo, AnnArDor& Grand Trunk road, tbat the coal sheds on Miller avenue be removed at once, and it has got to be done. It is to be hoped that the officers elect will make it interesting for the gamblers who have been plyiug their vocation for the past few days on certain students and citizens. C. A. Spence is enti-led to considerable praise for the way he worked the jubilee singers. It was on account of his presistent effort that they had full houses each evening. Everett G. Clark is not a candidato for re-election for county clerk. He does not believe in a third term. At the expiration of his term of office he will go to Dakota to live. The remains of the old gentleman run over by the cars Monday afternoon, have been taken to the university where they will be kept ten days before being thrown into the picküng vat. It s a uiystery to uiany oltl residents o the Sixth why a carpet Imgger should be electod over nn old timer like P. D WoodrufT. Bul t turned out to be no mère Child's pláy. Now if a persou doo't keep ülï of the ftrass in Ilic court yard, they are huble t( be In j umi by the barbed wire tbat has been Btretched on posts at the four corners of the court house. The improvcments beiug made at the Couricr office will consi&t of an addition to the engiue room, a ncw boiler to heat the po8tofflce building, aggregating au expenditure of over $5,400. Ai the cotinty bas goue to the expense of fenciug the court yard to keep persons off of the grass, hereafter all trespassera will be arrested and made to suffer. So iook out boye, and everybody. For the year onding Mondiiy when the Cook house was reopened, Mills brothers has furnished landlord Hu'lson at this house alone 14,809 quarta of milk, or an average of 30 quarts per d,iy. Bill Poster: John Grant, of Ann Arbor smüod on bis Pontiac friends last weck. He fiuisbes bis university course this ycar, and will be heard from at the top rouud of the ladder one of these duys. Byron Green had a big auction sale of horses , carriages and a lot of furniture and other odds and ends Saturday. A ciowd gathered in front of the Cook house to listen to Green's melodious voice. A year ago there was not what you could cali a first-class hotel in the city, but when manager Hudson appeared on the scène tliere was a change, and to-day go where you will in this state, no city eau boast better hotels. The railroad compauy attempted to flx Felch street, but the road ís still iinpassable whcn two teams meet. ,If the street eommittee are satisfied, the citizens of the ward are not, and ne;er will be until the road is made wider. Theatre to-night. The play is fine and Miss Davenport is grand. As manager Hill has gone to considerable expense in securing this celebrated actress, tbe thea tre going public should appruciatc bis ef'orts and fill the house. There protnises to be an interestiug legal íight over the Daily News priuting office. The party who kanobbled ít on a ohaltle morlgage has been sued for$3,)00 damages, by oue Herrick oí' Toledo, wUo held the bill of sale. The marshall should cause the urrest of everv insulting official, train hand or others in authoritj', who leave cars standng across the streets in this city. If the council has been bought ofï, the citizens hould take the matter in liand. Alderman Keech has endeavored to bring the Toledo, Anh Arboi & Grand Pruuk railway to time, but has been íanipered by other members of the committee. If every alderman felt as Keech does there would be no more trouble. Puople wonder what influence was brouglit to bear on the council to cause hem to "Jet up" on the Toledo, Ann Ar)or& Grand Trunk railroad, after making nch a fuss about the streets being left mpassabk1, as well as blockaded with rains. F. P. Bogardus of the Ypsilanli National bank, was the fiist person tofile a statement of the ñames of the stookholders, and the amount of stock held by each. The capital stock of the bank is $75,000. 3. L Quirk is onc of the heaviest stock ïolilers. To put a stop to the innumerable Jittle ) ranch postoflices started by private perons, the postmaster general has issued an dict that will end the whole matter. As o the branch concern on State Street, Mr. Clayton will be out several dollars ia boxes, etc. The anmial election of offlcers of St. Andrews' Episcopal church Monday reulted as follows: Wardens, C. H. Hilen, J. M. Wheeler; vestrymen, A. B. 'al mar O. II. Riehuiond, J. N. Gott, J. W. Johnson, E. Treadwell, Profs. Dennison and Morris. Firo Wardens: First ward, C. Krapf and F. Schmid ; second ward, Oeo. Werner, Geo. Lutz; third ward, O. Mslntyre, W. E. Walker; fourth ward, D. J. Loomis, Michael Clark; fifth ward, E. S. Manly, Thomas Speechley; sixth ward, A. F. Martin, Peter Diagones Woodruff. Ypsilantian: The issue decided in Monday's charter election is plain. The hour established by the statute for closing saloons must not be changed. The vote was clearly a case of 0.00 o'closk vs. 10, and the fermer won. Our ' 'city fathers" should take notice and govern tbemselves accordingly . Recorder Douglas retires from the office wbich he has so acceptably and ably filled for two terms, with a splendid record. No man who ever disebarged the duties of tbe office bas made for hiniself a better record, and tbe city loses an efllcient officcr. Perbaps Mr. French will do as wcll. Col. Dean seems to take a good deal of interest with otber people's affairs, and insulted every citizen liviugin thesecond, tbird and fiftb wards when be went before railroad commissioner Williams and stated tbal tbe Toledo road bad not been tresspassing upon tbe rigbts of anyone. He knew tbis to be false. Chas. G. Chapín, a Michigan Central employé, called at The Demockat office Tbursday, and paid for tbe paper for a year. He bad been a regular subscriber for another city paper, but considered Tiie Demochat the best, which is the general verdict of tbose who have read the other papers. Tally another. John Buik who had been staving at the county house for some weeks, started to walk to Detroit Monday afternoon. He took the railroad track, and when nearly two miles from bere was run over by the New York express. Ilis rumaius were brougbt to this city and in tbc evening coroner Clark held an inquest. No blámc attached to the M. C. Iï. R. Mayor Kapp has appointed the following commiltees ; Finance, Keech, Swift, Hiscock ; general fund, Hender&on, Wrigbt, Swift ; general street, Bebimer, Henderson, Dow, Swift, Wïight, Sumner; pólice, Heinzmann, Besimer, Hiscock ; sidewalk, Luick, Gates, Childs ; fire depaatment, Dow, Hienzinann, Sumner ; park, Besimer, Gates, Childs ; license, Kapp, French and lliscock. The fire department elected oftieers Fnday evening: Chief engineer, AI. Seabolt; assistauts, R. F. Sanford, Wrn. Carroll; secretary. Norman G. Gates; trea3urer, O. H. Worden; warden, Charles Atkinson. A committee consistir of Moses Beabolt, Charles II. Worden and Win. Wagner, was appoiuted to confe with the aldermcn, requo3ting thcm to takc iinniediate aetion to cause to b erectcd a $10,000 building for tbc use u the firc departineut. Saturday Byrou Green talked to a crowi of 500 persons on the subject of raorality Ho pitched into the comuion council for not closing the saloons on Sunday, and a 10 o'clock at night; gave two church inembers particular.fits for renting a room in the Haven block for a gambling den and raked an alderman over the coals for going security fot the carpets that covered the floor. John Hagen says the Toledo, Ana Ar bor & Grand Truuk railway company burned up for him several stacks of barley and ltiO rods of fence, worth between 300 and $t00, and that bis houae and barn were only saved ly the utmost exertion; that he wrote Mr. Ashley in regard to the matter and he has never even re plied to his letter. John has an idea if the company was not baBkrapt he woukl put thlngs ir. shape so they would pay souie attentiou to him. It is now more than two years since the farms from Ann Arbor to South Lyon were cu', and opened to the public by the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Grand Trunk road for the purposc of grading the road bed, and it is more iban eight months since they commenced to opérate the road, y et no portion is fenced, cattle guards are not built, and very few farm crossings are provided. The farmers having endured the treatment as long as they proposed to, appealed to the railroad commissioner, who bas instituted proceedings to compel the compauy to feuce the road. Fanny Daveuport will appear at the opera house this evening, in "The School for Scandal," and a tÏDe audience to hear her may be cousidered a foregone conclusión. The Louisville Courier Journal says that Lady Teazle is perhaps the artist's smoothest, most successful portrayal, and the Boston Herald says: "It is in such parts as Lady Teazle and Lady Gay Spanker in 'London Assurance,' we think, tbat Miss Davenport appears at lier liest; and when she is at her best it is aiways a pleasure to follow her fine, graceful, finished, and effecting acting, so illustrutive of har rare talents as a comedienne. " A corrospondeut of tbc Post aud Tribune in mentioning tlie death of Dr. A. S. Kapp, of South Lyon says the coinmunity loses one of its best and most influential business men, always straightforward, pleasant and gteeabie, ever ready and willing to aid in any and all improvements that would tend to place our village in the front rank. He was a prominent politician, beiug a llioroughgoing republican, occupying positions of trust and importance at different times in our str.te, county and congressional conventions. He wïs a member of the legis lature of 1872-73, and during his term the bill incorporating this place was introduced by him. He was president of the village for 'our terms and occupied ihat posHion at the time of his death. He also was justice of the peace of this township. He leaves a wife and two little boys and a large circle of friends. The Detroit Evening News says: There is no end of candidates for congress in this district. The name of senator Dick erman of Hillsdale, has been favorably mentioncd by slate makers of late, and it is usually understood that Capt. Ed. P. Allen of Ypsilahti, A. J. Sawyer of Ann Arbor, John K. Boies of Hudson, and Dr. Ryud of Adrián, are always open to ;onviction that their longing to see Washington at $5,000 per year should be appeased. Neitherof the f our last mentioned are burdened with a modesty that would prevent their accepting a nomination, and each keeps his weather eye upon the others. The names of state senator John Strong of Monroe, and John J. Robison and Charles II. Richmond of Washtenaw, are mentioned on the demo. cratic side. The following teachers wers given eer tifleates in Chelsea last week: Julie E. Car, Tillie Matsehei, Kate Cullinane, Daniel E. Hoy, H. A. Williams, H. P. Briggs, Mulissa Ilicks, Anna Barnes, Ahce S. Thorne, E. J. Isbell, Mana Ferris, Mattie E. Sellers, Hattie McCarter, Nellie E. Holmes, Delia Rook, Anna Carraher, Carrie L. Estey, Loretta II. Beal, Bertha C. Keys. Third grade eertificates were issued in Saline: Ella Day, Macon; Carrie Purchan, Chelsea; Hattie Moou, Saline; Al vin McClur, Macou; Genevie Lancaster, Clinton; Della Warner, York; Edward J. E. Blum, Bridge water; Annie L Iliggs, Saline; Chas. R. Parsous, Saline; Mary E, Spalding, Crac A. Spalding, Manchester; Ma-iy Maten, Oakville; Carrie A. Rennick, Anu Arbor; Mrs. Francés Thather, Chelsea; Tilla A. Monsiug, Chelsea. Specials, Carrie M. Comstock, Anu Arbor; Ada Tremper, Ann Arbor; Ester Sinkh, Ypsilanti. Diamonds. - On exhibition Monday aud Tuesday, April 17 aud 18, at J. C. Watts jewelry store, an immense stock of Dia monis, consistiag of rings from $50 to $500, lace pins from $100 to $2,5J0, ear rings from $100 to $050, all of which will be offered at a bargain for ten days. All are invited to cali and see them. Notice. All persons having accouuts will please cali and settle on or before May flrst, as I shall withdraw my interest then, and must close up my business.