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Additional local on second page. Wool 35 cents. Thirty eighlh comruenceraent to duy. Wm. Kennedy was sun struck Friday. Pomological society meeting Saturday. C. 51. Jones was in the city again Friday. Corrected time table for the Toledo raad. J. F. Hoffstetter has an ad in to days paper. The microscope in the universily cost 514. Chas. Towne lit '81 of Lansiug is liere to-day. W. E. Depew haslocated in Harrisville, this state. Geo. Sanford of tut Lan&ing Jourual is in the city. Frank Davenport lit '82 spent last week in Detroit. Aid Dow is doing a good job on Noith Main street. Wm. A. Hatcü has put up this summer 20 awnings. B. F. Bower is taking in oommencement exercises. Dr. Will Terry is visiting his pareuts on ilain street. Have you read Mack & Schmid's new idvertisemenl ? The pomologists will rneet at the court house Saturday. Ex-Regent Baxter of Jonesville, is at tlie Cook house. G. Monroe hus taken up his residence on Spring street. Frank Ortmann has engaged in business in Defiauce, ühio. Wetmore Hunt, lit '81, speat a day in the city this week. The Minnis orchestra will play at Fowlerville July 4. Saline, Dexter and Boyden's are connected by telephone. The carpenters have cotnmenoed work on the new post office. Colonel Sylvester Lamed of Detroit, &pent Suuday in the city. Mr. Edward Qott of Detroit, spent Sonday here with his frieuds. Mrs. McMannus is building a $3,500 residence on In?alls street. H. V. Ashley of Toledo, has beea in the city for the past week. Benj. Knowlton and Artliur C. Kellogg are iocated in Denver, Col. D. Cramer will orate at Springport, Jackson county, uu the Uli. W. Leigh Liggett of Detroit, is in town to spend coinmencement day. The last of the week Henry Ortmann will leave for Pitkin, Colorado. C. Ruel and wife of Indianapolis, are the guests of Matthew Howard. Six members of the department of medicine and surgery were plucked . John J. Bagley of Detroit, is spendiug a few days here with his friends. The Observatory fence on the south is some 15 feet on Dr. Smith's land. Prof. Cheever is building an addïlion to his residence on Packard street. Just think of it, Thk Democrat until the first of January only 50 cents. Charles Campbell of Detroit, lit. '00 is here to spend commencement week. We are under obligations to H. Ii. Hill for copies of the Fargo Daily Argus. Messrs. Lewis &Gibson have reuted the old post office for a dagusian geile ry. Mrs. J. J. Reed of Chicago, is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. Hiscock. Ou July 5th the suramer term of the Ann Arbor school of music will begin. Jno. Rusk of East Saginaw, was the guest of J. C. Watts the first of the week. Geo. Moss has gone west. He expects to lócate permanently in Dukota territory. The degree of L. L. D., has been conferred on Prof. Fricze by Brown university. Dr. Cocker and his family intend tiking a trip to Duluth. Tüey start in a few days. Joe T. Jacobs the well kuown clothier ha a cliange of advertisement in to day's paper. The graduates of the high school were entertained by Prof. Perry Thursday evening. A Sager, Win. Cole and Edward IleDriquis, old Ann Arbor boys are in Las Vegas, N. M. Miss Jesse Walker of Detruit, is tbe guest of Miss Aijgell duiing commeucement week. J. A. Goetz is building a two story brick kitchen in the rear of nis Main street store. The temperance meeting on Lodi Plai&s Sunday afternoon will be addressed by J. C. Bontecou. The pond on the east side of Win. Herz's new briek block was covered with ducks Monday. Mrs. Fred A. Maynard and Jas. M. Nelson of grand Rapids are the guests of J. W. Maynard. Mr. Benson of Detroit, forrnerly with the class of '82, spent commencement week in this city, The Luick Bros. are putting up a fine farm residence for Fred Hutzel in the town of PittsSeld. Those that pretend to know, think the wheat erop in this county will average 25 bushels to the acre. The pomological meeting will meet Saturday. Prof. Baur will deliveradisertatiun on snakes. Five excursions to-day, fom Detroit, Toledo, Lausing, Jackson, and Grand Kapids. A large audience was present in university hall yesterday afternoon to hear Dr. Friezes address. Chief Nowlaucl Monday went for one Ed. Kent for pasturing iris horses on the Street. Kent was about the worst scared man in 17 counties. A. B. Cole is building a. house, barns and making other improvemenl9 on bis farra south of the city. Morris Lucas who formerly run the tonsorial parlors on Hurón street, is in business in Denver, Col. Geo. Warren of Fosters is liberal enough to give bis field for the Aun Albor boys to play ball on Sundays. Hon. Geo. O. Robiusou of Detroit, father of Fred Robinson of the graduating class, is in town to-day. Rev. J. M. Gregor3r of 111. , will deliver the commencement address in university hall this morning at 10 a. m. Prof. Rood of the Saline schools will spend this week in the citv. He enters the law department next fall. Edward Baaiman who has been in the Harvard law school duriog the past year, is here visiting university frieuds. The walk being laid iu front of the rcsidence of Mrs. Rogers on División and Huron streets, will cost f8 per rod. Thos. Walker who has boen visitiu his old friends in Englaud, rcturncd home Thursday after an absence of seven tnouths. M. W. Bliss of Mie Atchinson, Topeka, and Santé Fee railroad, who has 'oeon visitiug his friends, left for New . Mexico Tuesday. A party of 25 froui Foster's btation paid Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cornwell a visit Friday night. The occasion was au enjoyable one. Tim Uollins of Tecumsch, who lcft college last February, is here to get his diploma. He has been in Washington siuce he left heru. Mr. Barmore, formerly with '82, but laterly engas;ed in ship building at Jeffersonville, Ind., is in towu to see his class gradúate. Woi. Fenwick lit '81 who for the last year has bad charge of the Marine City schools, will study law in Detroit durina the coming year. During the year 1881 there were (W8 births and 403 deaths in this county. The decrease in births 50, and the iucrease in ceatbs the same. All the olí alumni retorung here, universally, remark about tbe great improve ments that have taken place, especially, duriug the last year. Jno. Field a well knowu citizeu of this county, died at his residence Thursday. He had been asiociated in business for several years with J. W. Hunt. John Huddy's new variety of strawberries, the Mouitor.he calis them, are simply immense for size. Nothing like them bas been marketed here this season. The regents met Tuesday af teraoon and couferred degrees in accordance with the recommendations of the deans of the different departments of the university. The following persons are buying wooi in Chelsea : Babcock & 3ilbert, Taylor Bros., Durand & Hatch, Kemp Bros,, Wrn. Judson, las. Taylor, Wood Bros. The reform club tent was utihzed by the graduating class of the literary department Tuesday eveniug, The dance was interviewed by a large number of sight seers. Levi Wines of this place and Miss Susie King, of Detroit, were married Sunday evening in the M. E. church by the Rev. Jno. Alabaster. There was a large congregation present. Prof. Whitney of the school of music in Missouri, formeily a tutor hete, but now a fuü professor of matbematics in the above institute, is here to spend commencement week. The building committee appointed by the council met Thursday eveniug and elected Dr. Kapp chairman and Joe T. Jacobs secretary. The committee will meet again to-nigbt. Yesterday when the regents met the case of Dr. D. A. Joy was taken up. The doctor read a long statement of his connection with Wanner & Co., who „adverUsed his electric belt. Judgc Joslin came up from Ypsilanti Monday and listened to an argument to dissolve the injunction in the case of Stringham vs Gale. He reserved his deci sion until a later date. Jacob Hoffstetter has a cub bear which was sent to him by a friend in the northern-part of the state. Jake takeï great delight in showing thelittle fellow, which by the way is a beauty. Milford N. Wells, well known in this city, is at present engaged in surveying a railroad from Evgel, N. M. to the Black Range. It will be a branch of the Atcliinson and Topeka road. Dr. W. J. Mayuard, lit '63 and a prominent pbysician of Chicago, 111., and Fred A. Mayuard, proseouting attorney of Kent county, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mis. J. W. Maynard. Mayor Kapp is chairman and Joe T. Jacobs is secretary of the new committee of the common council appointed to take sharge of the new Fireman's hall which U to be built during the summer. W. II. Adaras and wife of Hastings, Minn., are spending a few weeks in the the city. Mr. A. is engaged in the practice of law and also publisher of the Hastings Union, a live newspaper. The Kiasue taning company elected the following director. Henry Krause M. Seabolt, J. M. Wheeler, D. Hiscock, Wra. Merkle, E. Tredwell, and N. Saelion. The board next Monday will name the officers. Council meeticg Monday evening next. Manny Siegler, A. Hoffstetter, Aid Dow and ex-alderman Gardner went fishïng to Whitmore Lake the flrst of the week. The party made a big haul, sume 200 bass iu all. W. Howard Waite, a prominent New York lawyer, a gradúate of the literary department in 1848, and the founder of the Chi Psi chapter here, has been sick for sometime at the residence of Mrs. Ueakes but is now rapidly recovering. Aid. Childs' residence on Tbayer street was, found to be on fire last Saturday at noon time. The fire department was ou hand but not nntil the flamea liad destroyed about $1,500 worthof property. The furniture was nearly all saved. Insurance slight . Last Sunday evening at the M. E. churc Mr. Levi Wines was married ío Misa Su sieKiagof Detroit. On Monday evenin last an informal recption was heli at th residence of the groom's motker. Man; friends called and all united in wishin tlie greatest prospeiïty to bu the lot of th happy twain. Mrs. A. A. Urugory who has been sic for the past lö inonths, and the last six rnonths in a very cntical conditian with complication of diseases, is being treatec by Dr. Herdman he being the aeventl physiciiíi) that has had charge of her case She has been slowly improving for the last month and some hopea are entertained. Ypsilautian: Jas. II. Davisreceived by expíes, yesterda}', a pencil sketch of the house in which Jesse James was killed, the work of his son Ilobart, and "i flne large photo. of Heck's Band, in which Hope mauipulates the piccolo, taken while Sells Bros. were in Chicago. The drawitig was made on the ground early in May. Dexter Sun : Prof. H. Etnerson, 01 Nebraska university, and Mrs. D. C Brooks, are visiting the latter's sister, Mrs. G. ricranton, of this place. They ure on their way to Europe. Mrs. Brooks is the wife of I). C. Brooks, formerly professor in M'chigan university, Uut now residiug it Omaha, Neb. Mr. B. bas for some years been a succes6ful journalist and the able editor of the Omaha Republiean, oae of the leadinjj daihes in the west. J. H. Grant aud II. W. Ilawley are the publishers of the Commenoement Annual. The first number appeared on Tuesday. It conlaiued full reports of class day exercises, president Angell's baccal lureate address, and other news of interest. The second copy will follow this afteruoou or to-morrow morning and will contain Rev. J. M. Gregory's oration, Prof. Frieze's memorial aiiressou president Tappan, and other addresses, and the doings of class reunions. The Dexter publis schools held their commencement exercises last Friday evening. The village band lurnished the music, while the literarj portion of the programme was made up of two orationa and three essays. An address was made to the graduating class by Rev. W. George of Dexter. The orations by the gentlemen were excellent while the young ladies were especially fortúnate in giving essays of merit. The address of Rev. Mr. George was very fine. Prof. Cook again takes charge of the school. On Sunday a large audience assembled at University huil to listen to the baccalaureate addruss dolivered by president Angelí. The doctor spoke especial ly as to what the Christian religión had done for the nations of the world. His main points .were tuat wherever Christiauity had gone amoug pcoples, a higher regard for veracity was to be found tuan among those nations which had not been Cüristianized ; that woman's condition was better on account of the civilizing influence of Christiauity ; and that charity was greater ; and governtnerjts more liberal ; and international law more highly developed, where the precepts of Christ were instilled into the minds of thepeople, than any of the above could possibly be, if the doet rines of Christiauity were not known. After speaking for about one hour and a quarter, developing the points above mentioned,;the doctor was so effected by the intense heat of the hall tbat he, with difficuHy, finished his discourse. Up to the closing part of the sermón president Angelí spoke with his usual ease and fluency. A well-attended meeting of the democratie state ceutral committee and leading demócrata of the state was held in the parlors of the Lausing house on Tuesday evening. Besides mem'oers of the 2(mmittee. many d emocrats of ability, whose names are householJ words in Michigan, were present, among them Judge 8. C. Stacey, of Adriau ; Hon. H. H. Riley, of Constantine ; Judge Wm. Mitchcll, of Port Huron.; Col. Messinore and HonJames Blair, of Grand Rapids ; Judge A. G. Boynton of Detroit Free Press : Hon. Eugene Pringle and Major W. W. Van Antwerp, of Jackson ; Hon. Ira B. Card, of Ilillsdale ; Col. Dick Baylis of Clinton; and many others. Hou. O. M. Barnes was ill of a sharp and severe attack of pleurisy, and was uaable to be present. A ful), free, and friendly inte'change of views was had, aDd showed that democrats overy where are exceediugly hopeful of important results lor good goverument in this state this fali. A cali is issued for a state convention to be held on theSMof August, at Jaekaon. - Lausing Kepublican. ïhe school of Political Science in the university which was opeued in the au. tumn of 1881 will be enUrged in its scope the coming year, and in addition to the courses given last year in political and eocütitution history, political economy, sauitary scieuce, the scieuce of forestry, coustitutional and international law, courses of instruction will be offered in the priciples of finaace, the finaneial hislory of the United Suates, history of didiplomacy, history of political ideas, methods of local government, theoriös and methods of taxation, political ethics, social science, historical development of educatioual system, economie development of mineral resources and on public scientiflc surveys. The courses iu political and coustituiional history will be given bj Profs. C. K. Adams and Hudson and president Angelí; in the economie sciences, by Profs. H. C. Adama, Wincbell and Spalding; in social, sanitaryand educational scieuces, by Profs. Dunster Vaughan aud Payne; in constilutionaí administration aud iuteruational law, by Profs. üooley, Morris, Hudson and president Angoll. Tbc graduating exercises of the high school class of '82, occurred Friday. As was announced in The Democrat Speil's band of Detroit furuished the music. The following was, tlie order of exercises ; Husic, prayer, music. lleroism, Lillie Baessler, Aun Arbor town; Aedipus Baffled, Celia L, Burke, Ann Arbor; A tribute to Longfellow, Wm. P. Bullard, Edwardsvillc. Indiana; Michael Angelo, Orpha A. Calkins, ImlyCity; music, Oratory, Aliuc A. tiochran, Ann Arbor; the modern theatre, Nettie E. Daniels, Unadilla; Dreams, Carrie W. Frazer, Ann Arbor ; the value of Popularity, Wm. M. Giller, Whittíhall, Illinois; music; theacbieve. mentB of Macüinery, Leslie W. Goodard, Lena. Illinois; the Jews asa nation, Fannie G. Kaun, Constantine ; the value of scientiflc studies, Alexander F. McEwan, Bay City; " Turn the feathers to the congregation," Helen L. Osgood, Ann Arbor; music; Delusions, Sarah J. Osborne, Mj. lan; Conteniporary Judgment, Josephine A. Rathboue, Ann Arbor; Decline of the English Drama, Dwight H. Ramsdell Northfield; Jean Ingelow, May Whedon Ann Arbor; music; presentation of di plomas; music; benediction. Monday evening the senior medical class gave a reception at Hangsterfei's hall There was an oration on Enipiricism by E. A. (Jhristian, a class history by A. yf . CoDdict ; a prophecy by Miss F. I. Measenger. The toasts werc ai follows: "Nature hath frained strange fsllows in her time." The faculty, by O. g. Bailey ; our professioD, " Virtue itsself scapes aot calumnious strokes," by Eugene Baker ; Tlie gentlemen, H Thy prosperous labor filis tbe Ups of uieu with honest praise," Mrs.S. C. Buldwin ; Class of '82, "There is a tide in llie affairs of men, ivhich, takeu at the flood leads ou to fortune " by S. J. Power ; the ladies, "those thatpaint them truost praise them most," by L. It. Dawson ; our bauquet, "whoriseï from a feast with that keen appetilö ha sits down with," by G. L. Jordau. Th ínteresting exercises closcd with an address from tho president of the class. Air. Eugene Baker. Tliere was present nearly the whole class which nuinbered about 90. Last Sunday the Knight Templara celebrated 8t. John's day by attending the Episcopal eveniag. services in a body. About 50 Sir Koights werè in aüendance and pre&ented a fiue appearance. The sermón was preached by Dr. Hall.