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Flour has gone up 75c. on a barrel . J. E. Beal of the Courier, is in Chicago. Frank Wood put in Wednesday at Ypsilanli. J. B. Thompson has returned from England. D. B . Green of Ypsilanti, was in the city yesterday. A. K. Ailes left Wednesday night for Montana territory. The M. E. church art loan at Chelsea opened Wednesday. Mrs. T. E. Tarsney of East Saginaw, B visiting Mrs. E. Hoban. Aid. Ware is building an addition to his house, in the fifth ward. David Van Oieson drew a new cutter at a raffle, Saturday night, valued at $60. Eider Davis talks temperance at the blue ribbon rooms Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Prof. Howe of Chicago, will talk at the Baptist church, Sunday evening, on foreign missions. On account of increasing business Jno. Loney will be obliged to purchase anotlrer hack bef ore long. A member of the Ashton-Barton theatre company left the city owing John Chinaman $1.50, due for washee. The Ann Arbor Agricultural Company shipped a car-load of machinery, which invoicéd $2,300, to parties it. Milwaukee, Monday . Sealed proposals for the construction of a jail and sheriff's residence must be handed in to the building committee not later than April 28, '85. The bank paying the highest rate of interest, and charging the lowest for overdrafts, will have the use of the school funds in this district. Rev. Wm. C. Gannett will occupy the Unitarian pulpit again next Sunday. Morning subject: "Friendship;'' evening, "Victories of Civilization." The trio who were so pronounced in their opposition to the water-works, are about the most impopular parties in the city to-day. Kerosine was not King. Hon. A. J. Sawyer, who has been ill for some days, seems to be on the gain, which will be cheering news to his numerous friends, not only in this city, but throughout the state. H. Burch of Manchester, is the happiest man in Michigan. He has been reelected supervisor for the fourteenth time without a skip, and by 98 majority, an increase over last year of seven votes. Officers of the blue ribbon club : President, E. B. Lewis ; presiden ts, B. J. Conrad, Mrs. E. McCollum ; secretary, E. Conrad ; treasurer, C. H. Worden ; chairman music committee, A. Wilsey. Larry O'Toole has rented a portion of Chas. King's gun shop, on Washington street, and will engage in the sewing machine business on his own account. He will pay particular attention to repairing. Hall & Kent of Brooklyn, N. Y., presented a long communication to the new, oouncil in regard to water-works. It carne too late for the committee had previously decided in favor of the proposi tion of Goodhue & Birnie. The Granger Bros , who have an advertisement of their business in another colum, have a doublé store on State street, well stocked with everything in the grocery line. They also carry a full assortment of confectionery and baked goods. The eitizens of the sixth ward are unable to nnderstand why aldermen Biggs and Martin voted against acccpting the contract of Goodhue & Birnie for constructing water-works, when the people almost unanimously voted for tha same on election day . Commodore Frank Hangsterfer will this year, have a flotilla of 16 boats ander command of Admiral Tony Saginaw, at his navy-yard near the railroad track. The boats will be nearly all ncw and comfortable, as well as safe. Navigation is open and the boats are ready to sail at any time. Goodhue & Birnie have agreed, in writing, to furnish water for the high school and all the ward buildings, on each floor for all purposes required in the buildings, for $25 per anumn ; for the city hall and engine house, $20 per year. Quite a contrast with the statement that it would cost $600. G. B. Alexander for a number of years with J. F. Schuh, and still later withthe Grinnell Bros., has recently been appointed their agent in this city and will hereafter have charge of the sewing machine rooms in the opera house block. Mr. A. is a pusher, and the Grinnells máde a good selection in appointing him manager of their large and growing business. Chief Fall will recommend a numbre of patrolmen at the next meeting of the council. It is safe to say that, ïf any deputies are appointed, the old patrolmen will be continued for another year, although Henry Wilmot, Orville Sage, Louis Abade, Theo. Sweet and Wm. Matthews, are looking for the appointment, which either would be willing to accept at $45 per annum. The following will be of interest to bioyclers of this city: Mr. Thos. Sterns, the famous bicyclist, who rode a Columbian bicycle from San Francisco to Boston, sailed from New York for Liverpool last week, and will start from the lastnamed city to travel on bis machine through Europe and Asia, literally covering the land portion of the globe" Ue goes under the auspices of the üuting magazine. The fiircuit court rill ci,uvene next Monday. Miss Carrie Winana spent last Frida) iu Ypsilanti. ÏLe recordei's office is now in the Courier building. Hon. J. F. Lmwreuce spent Saturday with friends in Detroit. T. Speechly has oponed a photograph gallery in Dundee. Miss Fianois Breakey .starts to-day for an extended visit in the east. The adverlisement of N. B. Covert will be found in auother column. Temperance meeting at the usual hour, 3 o'clock, next 8unday afternoon. The pay of the policemen has been reduced from $60 to $50 per month. The passengere injured in the smashup on the Toledo road will all recoven Louis F. Stierly took two degrees, Monday evening, in the Diamond Durtina lodge. The Ashton-Barton theatre company is a fraud. The managers don't do as they agree. A new photograph exhibition case ornaments the exterior of Randall & Burnham's gallery. Adolph Hoffstetter will continue tlie saloon business in the place to be vacated by F. Rettich, Jr. Geo. R. Malone of Big Kapids, spoke a few minutes at temperance nmon hall, Sunday atternoon. The Northern brewery property has been sold to Herman Hardinghans of Ypsilanti, for 11,000. Frederick Kapp and Hascal Laraway are memtiers of the board of review for the township of Northfield. Z.P. King received one vote for city attorney against Hon. E. D. Kinne, who received 13- a bakcr's dozen. Thecouncil Mondayevening re-elected B. F. Watts treaaui er, O. S. Fall marshal, and E. D. Kmue city attorney. Constable Imus has given bonds for oithful performance of duties, with Fred Besimer and H. Matthews as sureties. Rev. Dr. Adams of Chicago, preached n Rev. R. B. Pope's place, last Sunday, ie ha ving gone to Ohio to visit friends Aocording to the report of the board of health there were 114 deaths in the city during the year ending March 31, 885. Mrs. Hangsterfer and family have given up their house on Washington treet and are again residing over their store. The average small boy will rejoiee to know that two, and perhaps three, ciruses will visit this place the present eason. John Beahan found a burglar's "jimy," Friday, in the underground drain back of Mrs. McCollum's house on Cathrine-st. A recent number of Descriptive imerica, which treats of Michigan espeïally, gives Ann Arbor creJit for being ;he center of seven railroads. The outrageotis practice that men and oys indulge in every Saturday night - ïowling and raising the old Nick geuerHy - jg one that the pólice should abate. F. Graf has purchaeed the Zeigler ïouse, corner of Washington and Second-sts., and has removed the building nto the western part of the second ward. The official canvass gives Allen B. áorse 1,318 majority in this couuty ; Chas R. Whitman 1,754, and Moses W. Field 1,559 majority.. For the jai I loan 2,201. Ann Arbor has become a moral town. íot a single number of either the Pólice Gazette or Pólice News is taken in this ily. Has the citizens' league been at work ? The Michigan Central railroad company contémplate building a new passenger depot between North State and Depot-sts. An improvement very mnch needed. A. H. Miller, formerly agent for the Singer sawing machine company in this city, is now in the employ of the Grinnell Bros. and has charge of the office in fpsilanti. Messrs. Fall & Hendrick, the famous one-pricie clothiers, are offeiing great bargaius at their establishment on South dain-st. Change of advertisement for hem this week. The smallest audience of the season greeted Frank Mayo last week. The lay was excellent in every respect, but he high prices of admission probably tept the crowd away. The board of healfi (in sase the city is supplied with water) recommend that diinking fountains be established in all public places of the different wards and at the school buildings. When in Detroit go to White's grand theatre, the most popular pleasure resort in the city. Brooks & Dickerson's "Romany Rye" is playiug there this week to crowded houses. Time for hearing claims in the following estates occurred on the datas mentioned : Estáte of Jas. M. Smith, April 16 ; estáte of Cornelius Lowry, April 13; estáte of John Brokaw, April 21, next. A meeting of citizens has been called at the court house for next Wednesday evening to make arrangements for the forthcoming conyention of the American asBociatiou for the advancement of science. The order of sons of St. George give a supper and entertainment next Thursday evening, in memory of St. George, at the blue ribbon rooms. Supper will be served at 7 o'clock ; tickets 25c. A cordial invitation is extended to all. The Huron cornet band serenaded Miss Chase of Kalamazoo, at the residence of E. W. Moore, last Friday evening. This band of eight members has been organized about six months, and is advancing rapidly under the leadership of E. L. Moore. It is well nigh certain that tho coming season will bring the Grand Trunk into even greater favor that ever before as a popular touri8t route. The tide of sum mer travel is setting more strongly every year toward the cool, delightful regions of the Lower St. Lawrence and the pio turesque coaste and tributaries of the gul f. Montreal in summer is one of the Iovlie8t of cities . It is a great highway for the western, middle and eastern states to the grandest of summer pleas ure grounds that the Grand Trunk is already famous ; and to Bee that fame grow with every season, seema to be the happy destiny of the Grand Trunk. Bicyoles are again seen on the streete. E.B. Abel returned f rom New York Tuesday. John Nowland reoeived five votes for city marshal. Hereafter the council will meet at 7% o'clook sharp. E. B. Pond has been in Lansing for several days. Wednesday, April 15, 1885, snow two luches il) depth. Uegistration and election expenses for the recent election, $187.50. Tuomy Bros. will open a dry-goods store to-morrow, in the Fantle block. Constable Sutherland's sureties are Charles Spoor and John Finnegan. A. Keurney and M. F. Howard are sureties for oonstable-elect Gidley. Recorder Pond's sureties are E. E. and J. E. Beal. The bond is for 8500.00. Chas, and Lorenzo Sawyer of Chelsea, have been in the city the past week . Arrangemenes are to be made at once ooking to the construction of a new jail. The estáte of Parley Ann Ladd, who ied some years ago, is just being probated. W. S . Hicks is a director in the Hop 'onic Bitters ( 'o . , organized in Grand iapids. J. Audette,who furnished 300,000 brick r the Catholic school, has 500,000 yet n hand. Rose Eytinge played to a small house, 'uesday night. The time for high prioes ïas gone by. Geo. W. Turnbull of Chelsea, was in lie city Wednesday on business in the robate court. H. A . Gage and Mr. Sevey, of Ypsianti, both members of the G. A. R., were in the city Tuesday. Those farmers who have not sold their wheat feel encouraged at the upward ;endency of the market. Aids. Hiscock, Lawrence and Heinzmann are members of the committee to ettle with treasuror Watts. Frank Hangsterfer is building an adition to his dining-room, to be used as private room for societies, clubs, etc-. It was a terrible set-back to the Deans when the council instructtd the recorder o sign the water-works contract in beïalf of the city. The jug-breaking entertainment by lie juvenil school will be repented tomorrow evening, in blue ribbon hall. Sverybody mvited. Marshal Fall has been instructed to e-open Gott-st., in the third ward, which vas recently fenced in by Ed. Gott, administrator of his fatlier's estáte. The residence of J. (J. Koen, on East jiberty street, was dama;ed by fire and vater Monday to the amount of $300. usured for $2,400 in the Etna of Hartord. Mayor Kapp hasppointed the followng standing committees : Finance, Aids. liscock, Ware, Martin ; general fund, leinzmann, Henderson, Ware ; general treets. Kerns, Hendeson, Lawrence, Poand, Biggs ; sidewalks, Martin, Henderon, WhIz, Kearns, Keating ; flre department, Henderson, Poland, Martin; poice, Heinzmann, Walz, Hudson ; license, Mayor, Recorder, Aid. Hiscock; parks, jawrence, Keating, Biggs. The water-works committee were unanmous in favor of accepting the proposiion of Goodhue & Birnie, and recommended that a contract be entered into t once for the construction of the same. 'he question carne up Monday evening or finnl disposition- every member of ■he council being present - and was caried by the following vote : Yeas - Aids. lenderson, Hudson, Heinzmann, Walz, ïiscock, Kearns, Lawrence, Keatiug, Ware, Puland, and the recorder. No - Aids. Biggs, Martin, and the mayor. At a meeting of the üre department last, Friday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Chief engineer, M. Seabolt ; first assistant, R. F. Sanford ; second assistant, Peter Dignen ; secretary, N. D . Gates ; reaurer, C. H. Worden ; steward, Jaok íclntyre ; flre wardens, flrst ward, C. linsey, Pred. Schmid ; second, William Herz, John Lucas ; third, J. B. Dow, W. E. Walker ; fourth, Michael Clark, John Fogerty ; titth, G. H. Rhodes, A. W. Porter ; sixth, E. B. Gidley and P. D. Woodruff. The following jurors have been drawn for the May term of the circuit court : Ann Arbor town, Henry B. Feldkamp; Ann Arbor city, James Sedgwick, Nelson P. Hill, Henry Sharley; Augusta, Hiram P. Thomson; Bndgwater, Jacob Relser, William Westphall; Dexter, C. Lyman, Charles Dwyer; Freedom, August Koebbe, Gottheb Mann; Lima, John H. Wade, James Dancer; Lodi, Edward 1 lammei, Orrin Parsons; Lyndon, Edward Gormin; Manchester, John Braun; Northfleld, Anson Wheeler; Pittsfield, Andrew Campbell ; Salem, George Van Sickle ; Saline, Samuel Van Duzer; Sharon, Jno. T. Feldkamp; Scio, James Osborne; Superior, W. W. Depue; Sylvan, Timothy McKune; Webster, Johnson Backus; York, Charles Rogers; Ypsilanti town, Jacob Wise ; Ypsilanti city, Clark S. Wortley, Thomas Neat . The Detroit and Cleveland steam navigatiou company, the popular line between Detroit, Cleveland and Mackinac, liave under procese of construction a rloating palace, which will run between Detroit and Cleveland next nummer. The following particulars were given to us by one of the oflïcers of the line : Length of keel 270 f eet, over all 283 feet; breadth of beam 40 feet, over all 77 feet; depth of hold 16 feet. The huil will be of steel, divided into water-tight compart mente by steel bulk-heads. Should one of these apartments flll with water, the vessel would still ñoat. A speed of 18 or 19 miles per hour will be attained, which will make the running time from Detroit to Cleveland 5% hours. jatean steering apparatus will place this im mense vessel easily uuder the control o one man. The cabins will be finished n mahogany, anil poss ss the novel feature on western waters, of an additiona tier of staterooms above the hur ricane deck, after the style of many of the finest steamers of the east. l separate cabin on the mam deck will be provided foi those without staterooms The dining-room, kitchen and pantry are located below the main deck. The capacitv will be, for passengere, 3,500, fo freight, 600 tons. Electric lighte will be adopted throughout. In f act it is in tendee that. this new steamer shall eclipse any thing ever afloat on these western wa ters. Romances for tlie marines - Sala's yarnB. Miss Teresa Car reu o, the great pianist, will appear at university hall, Satnrday evenin, April 25.