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Beautiful weather the past week. "Keen e had n full house last evening. Memorial day oue week from to-morrow. Frank Jones is to be postmaster at 8aline. 80 say the knowing ones. There are 12 saloon men in the county who have not p;id their liquor tax. E. B. Hall and E . W. Coddington put in last Saturday tishing in Silver lake. Capt. Allen of Ypsilanti, wil] deliver an oration at Adrián on decoration day. Mis. Martin Binder of the 2nd ward, feil and dislocated her elbow, one day last week. Hutzel & Co , have been awarded the contract for doing the tin work on the Stabler block. Dr. Lundy, a gradúate of the dental college, is about opening an office in South Lyon. The amount of prirnary school fund apportioned .this city is $3,180.80; Ypsilanti, $1,828.2(1. W. G. Doty and wife spent Saturday and Sunday in Manchester, visiting the foriner's paren ts. '1 he sidewalk on Miller-av.,, ncar the T., A. & N. M. railroad crossing, ie in a dangerons oondition There are 12,924 ohildren in Washtenaw couuty of school age, according to the last boIiooJ censas. The primary school f umi apportioned tothis count) Ls $16,025.76, or $154 fot each acholar in the district. Many of thé sidewalke iu tho 4th ward are Badly iu need of repairs. In mie cases they should be rebuilt. Alonzo Qretton of Goshen, Ind., formeriy oí Ann Arbor, wan in the city the first of the week, on a trip oombining business with pleasure. The picture of Presidet Ad geil, whioh adorned the show window of the 'l'wo Sams, last weck, was muob admired by the studente of the iiniversity. The old, tumble-down wood-shed that Btood for neaiiy half a ceutury in the rear of the old Hooper house, luis given way for a more substantial building. Mts. F. Stoillet, who is in feeblehealth returned to Detroit with her mother, Mrs. A. Bprogae, last week. Mrs. H. as soou as she is able, wil] take a trip to Europe. The next meeting of the pioneer society will be held iu Saline the second Wednesday in June. Anioug the papers to be read will be one by Judge Harriman, on the late Isaac Wynkup. The New York Evening Telegram says: " Mr. Williain J. Scanlan began an engagement at Windsor theatre last mght. He appeared as Oarroll Moore in ' Friend and Foe,' and made an immense hit. The piece is full of rausic and clever situations." Judge Harnman and Prosecuting Attorney Norris went to Dexter, Friday, and took testimony in the case of Wil))ur H. Newell, a resident of the above township. An order has been made committing Newell to the Pontiac in sane asylnm. His father, uncle and sister, were also insane lus fathei dying in an asylum. William J. Scanlan is an acquisition to the ranks of those comedians who, in addition to their dramatic abilities, flnd their way into the hearts of the public. He acts naturally, singa pleasantly and immediately becomes a favorite with an audience. All his songs are excelleutly received and Peek-a-Boo fairly takes the hunne by storm. It is worthy the popttlarity it has attained. Miss Fanny Brooks of Dotroit, spent Suuday iu tlxis city. C, S. Carter Las reeovered froin his recent severe illness. C. S. Avies has gone into the cattle business in Montaña. Sam Langsdorf expects soon to take n trip to Milwaukee, Wis. Monday a tenant house on Prof. Steer's farm was burned to the gronnd. Representativo Harper voted for the bill restoring capital punithment. Rev. D. li. Shier, the old temperance war horse, was in the city Monday. Miss Daisy Angelí entertnined Miss Jessie Walker of Detroit, this week. Mrs. J. J. Kead of Chicago, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Hiseock. Work on the catholic school will probably be resumed within the next two weeks. The turners are pnting up a $600 building at their park, to be used for a bowl ing alley. Main street has been graded and the walks iround the oonrt house are benig repaired. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Howard will spend the sumnier at Pevil's Lake, Dakota, Ter. From present appearanoe this school district will have $500 less school mouey from tuitions tliau last year. Miss Harris of Detroit, daughter of Bishop Harris, was the guest of Miss Angsll for a few days last week. Geo. B. Schwab has drafted plans for a $3,500 residence to be erected by Michael Stabler, on West Liliertyst. John Davis of York, died Saturday, of mllanimation of the lungs, aged 53 years. He was formerly a resident of Lodi. Mr. Jasper Imus, jr., and Mrs. M. Stem of this city, were niarried, Friday, by Rev. Mr. Neumann, at the parsonage. Win. Parker is making arraugements to build a $4,000 residence at Gettesburg. The Walker Bros. will do the stone work. A stone walk 15 feet wide is beiug put down in front of J. .T. Kocli and ('. Harmann's places, on Washington street, by A. Eiesle. The board of review, consisting of Fred. Schmid, D. Hiscock and E. P. Mason, were in session the first three da.YH of the week. The brick building now occupied by W. Frank has been purchashed by Jno. Heiuzmanu, who will occupy it as soon as vacated by the present lessee. F. Haugsterfer has changed his mind, and will run the addition iu the rear of his block a story higher, thus making the building of uniform height. Memorial services are to be held in university hall Sunday afternoon, in which the pastors of the" different churches are invited to take part. Frank Minnis and J. Imus went to Independence Lake fishing, Tuesday, and had excellent luck. They caught 150 pounds of bass, pickerel and pike. Kev. Mr. Erpp of Grand Rapids, who has quite recently received a cali f rom the parishoners of St. Andrews' parisb, will oocupy the pulpit of the Episcopal church, Sunday. One of the Ohapuchin Pathers of Detroit, will preach in St. Thomas' catholio church, next Sunday, in the absence of Rev. W. J. Fierle, who is on a visit to his parents in Pennsylvania. At St. Thomas' catholic church, Mon day, Mr. Jos. Dolan and Miss Mary Sciiaieble, both of this city, were united in marriage by the Rev. Fr. Fierle. The contracting parties are mutes. The council, Saturday evening, approved the liquor bond of Adolph Hoftstettei. A resolution was also passed inBtructing the proper authorities to enforce the collection of all liquor licenses . Deputy sheriff Gillen of Saline, was in the city on business, Tuesday. By the way, Mr. G. is a candidate for the Saline post-ofnce, which position his many friendo wonld like to see him secure The opening of Adolph Hoffstetter's saloon, Saturday ovenmg, was a big affjiir. A large orowd kept coming and going nntil the hour for closing. Fresh tap flowed freely. It is needless to say that everythmg pasaed off quietly. Whon in Detroit visit White's Grand theatre. This house is the most popular resort in the metropolis. Tony Denier's "Humpty Dumty" i's doing excellently there this week, while neit week J. H. Havcrly's " Strategists" will hold the boards. Another old landmark has disappeared. We refer to the wooden dwelling owned by Ottmar Eberbacb, which stood for 53 years on the corner of Fonrth and William streets. Dwing the past week the building has been leveled to the ground. All those who wista to furnish tlowers decoration day, are requested to bring them early in the morniiiK to the rooms of tlie agricultnral society, and the chairman of the committee on fiowers, Mr. Joe. T. Jacobs, will see to their distrilmtion. Willard Stearns of Adrián, and editor and proprietor of the Press, has received the appointrnent of postmaster. He is the flrsl man in tbis congressional district to be rewarded by the administration, and.it now remaias for Jno. N. Bai ley of the Ann Arbor Argus, to secure a position at the national capítol, to make the second lucky newspaper man in the district. The mystery connected with finding of the bloody adz on the river road, referred to last week, has been oleared up. It seems that two coopers, who were returning to their homes below Ypsilanti, under the inriuence of liquor, got into an altercation. They indulged in a fight and one of them got cut with the ndz, while the other was also bruised and beaten. Having settled the difüculty, they shook hands and proceeded on their way homeward. The new Stabler blook on the corner of Washington and Second streets, will oost $16,000, or tht reabouts. The building will be three-stories in height and topped by a mansard roof. It will have a frontage of 66 feet on Washington street and a depth of 80 feet on Second street. The corner store will be occupied by Mr. Frank as a saloon, restaurant and hotel. He will have 20 fine rooms on the secoud fioor, with ampie accommodations for guests. The third story will be 16 feet in the clear, and fitted up for a hall. John Wotzkc spent last Priday in Detroit . J. 8. Earl is to have a uew 'bus iu a few days. Murray S. White had 2,500 peach trees killed this last winter. Mrs. Wm. Black of New Mexico, is visiting her son, M. E. Swartout . Small boys with sling-shots are terrorizing the residents of the first ward. Mrs. Herbert Ho we has gone to join her husband in New Takonia, W. T. Dr. Martin delivered a temperance a( dress Sunday - to the blue ribbonites. Mrs. Anna Keyser died suddenly, Fri day, of lieart dwease, in her 59th year. G. A. Gwiiier left Monday to euter the soldier' hom.' at Jl ilwaukee, Wis . H. W. Halford of the Detroit Trade Journal, was in the city. Friday, on business. Zenas Sweet has fiuished the grading for a side track for Oornwell & Co., west of the city . A stone walk is being put down in front f the Polhemus block, next to the post-offloe. The ladies of Ht. Tliomas' society cleared $'200 from the eiitertatnment Friday evening. Sunday was a soit of a harvest for the livery men. The day was fine and their rigs were all out. Mra. Fred. Graf was called to Water!oo, Out, last week, on account of the sickuess of her mother. M. Eogers desires to exchange agricultural implemeuts for a good horse. See ad. iu another oolumn. At the opening of Adolpli Hoffstetter's saloon, Saturday night, the ruusic was furnished by the Germán band. The ntteution of the sidewalk commit tee is called to the dilapidated oondition of the walks all over the city. It will cost the masouic lodges $2,500 to furnish inasonic temple. Of those who have donated E. B. Abel gave $25. The Chequamegons have received their new uniforma . They are " Norfolk" style, commonly called tourists' coats. Mr. Jerry Collins and Miss Kittie Heney, were mamed Wednesday tnorning, at St. Thomas church, by the Kev. Fr. Fierle. H. Kittridge, who has the coutarct for building the dam for the new pulp mili of Oornwell & Co., will commeuce work next week. Chas. Rettich has bought out E. Fleuiing, and will continue the tin smithing business at the old stand on Liberty-st. Rev. Mr. Brooks of Kansas City, Mo., who offlciated at the Unitarian church last Sabbath, will preach at the same place for the next two Sundays. Next Monday evening Ann Arbor lodge No. 27, A. O. ü. W., will give a social at their hall, which has recently undergone considerable improvements. The office of the Ypsilanti Commercial was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. Loss on building and contenta, $5,500 on which there was an insurance of 5,000. As soon as the weather becomes a little warmer the Germán band wlll give a dance at relief park, the proceeds of which will go towards purf.hasing new instrumenta. The sidewalks on Jefferson street, between Thomson and State streets, especially on the south side. are in a wrethed condition and should be repaired without delay. The following young men have organized a drum and ttfe corps : H. Meuth, leader; Louis Noli, O. Noli, Emil Ryer, Geo. Vandewarker, Emil Kearns, and Chas. Campion. Saturday and Sunday nights especially are made hideous by men siugiug and hallowing on the streets ín the immediate vicinity of the court yard square. The officials seem powerles to abate the nuisance. Mr. Martin Halier, one of our prominent young business men, and Miss Paulina Binler, daughter of Henry Binder of this city, were married Tuesday evening, at the resiilence of the bride 's parents, by the Kev. Mr. Belser. The Beetliovian gesangverein, which is making anangemeuts for the lar Sangerfest, appoiuted the following cotnmittee last week: J. F. Schuh, Dr. Eapp, Geo. Halier, Herman Hutzel, Joe T. .Tacaba There is to be another meeting May 20. Ypsilanti Commercial: Prof. E. EL Strong of Grand Rápida, han been iuvited to take the place of Prof. McLouth, who, as has been announced, goes, at the end of thia term, to the agricultural college. Tliere is every probability that Prof. Strong will accept, fie is about 52 years oíd, a ripe scholar; superintendent of the city schools of Grand ltapids for 25 years. New York Tribune: U is refreshing in these days of dramatic failures, to be able to record at least an occasional success, and it is with infinite pleasure we pen the triumph of the popular yonng Irish comedian, William J. Scanlan, and Bartley Campbell's play of " Priend and Foe," now packing the spacious Windeor with delighted audiences. Mr. 8. appears at the Grand Saturday eveaing May 80. Milán Leader; Robert Swayze will begin the erection of nis new store on Main street next week The F. M. conference to be held here will begin Au. gust 26, continmng one week (J. Teall garnered 38 lbs of wopl frorn two Bheep of Jesse Redman, last Monday The next aiinual meeting of the Washtenaw county Baptist association will lie held in this village 'Tis said two gentlemen have leased ground from the two railroad companies, at the junction, and are are going to put up a buiding to be used as a restaurant. The lightning express, the new fast train over the Michigun Central road between Bufïalo and Chicago, made its flrst trip Monday, leavintr Buffalo at 7 o'clock a. m. and arriving in Chicago at 8 o'clock in the evening, making the trip in 13 hours. The arrangement of this train is spoken of as a brilliant stroke of enterprise on the part of the Michigan Central, wliich can not fail to attract the larger portion of western travel between Niagra Fallí, Detroit and Chicago. The train will pull two New York and one Boston sleeper, and a drawing room and diuing car out of Buffalo. - Detroit Post. A live issue- The Demockat. Kit MuttliewB has returnod from Ne braska. The Toledo ro.ul han a uew turn table in this city. Mendelsnohn quintette club at univeraity hall, May 30. % Peter Long expects to move into liis new store to-morrow. The sixth ward flre engine was shipped from the factory Tuesday. Station agent Phillips has goue to Homer, N . Y. for a week's visit. The floral festival, giveu by the ladies of the Baptist churcli, nette:! $115. Next Sunday afternoon the Rev. ü. R. L. Crozier will address the temperanee meeting. Miss Paui's M. E. Sunday school class will hold a picnic to-morrow, at Whitmore Lake. Justice Freuauft' has been making a business trip through the northern part of the state. Ed. Warren and A. Gwiner left on a fishing excursión yesterday. They will begone a week. Hon. Wm. M. White of Utica, N. Y., owner or the grand opera house is in the city on business. Rev. A. W. Stalker and Miss Mary Hendriekson were made man and wife Wednesday evening. Miss Abbie Pond, who lias been in Flint the past year, is visiting her brother, Geo. H. Pond. Wagner Bros. have been shipping a nunib r of thfiir fino oarriages to parties in Charlotte .nul vioinity. C. E. Wagner, the drayman, has a telphone at bis residenee. His mauy cus tomers shoxild remember this. F. J. Maybnry. travehng agent for the Grand Rapidu nul Tndiana railroad, was atjhe Cook House, Wednesday. Paul Groyes a brigbt httle fellow, 12 yearR of age, died yesterday. He was the oldest son of Mrs. D. P. Groves. The two Saline bands were consolidated, Tuesday tvening. The boys propose to have a band that is u band. Mrs. W. W. Bliss reoeived a telegram from Nebraska, Tuesday, announcing the death of her father, John Conn, at the age of 92 years. The evergreens in front of the main nniversity building have been ent down, and the ground, wliich is low in some places, is being filled in. In Ypsilanti, Tuesday, Mr. Martin Howard of Northfleld, and Miss Mary E. O'Brien of the former place, were united m marriage by the Rev. Fr. DeBever. J. M . Gould had sold, up to last night, 2,500 pounds of flsh. He now receives daily by express, white fish and trout, and is kept busy filling orders for cuscustomers. The pupils of Prof. Reuben Kempf, assisted by Mrs. Marie Tilden, the favorite contralto of Detroit, will give a concert at the opera house next Wednesday evening, May 27. The Bay City Cali says the following of Mrs. Tilden: " Mrs. Marie Tilden favored the audienco with 'O, Mió Fernando,' f rom La Favorita, by Donizetti. Mrs. Tilden is an alto singer of rare natural gifts; highly cultivated and of pleasing presence. She oaptured her audience upon her first appearance, and when her number was completed she was greeted with uproarious applause." In obedjence to orders from national headquarters, Welch Post, No. 137, Q. A. K , invite all the clergy of this city, and their oongregations, to join in holding a memorial service on the Sabbath preceeding decoration day, as a tribute to the memory of those who laid down their lives that our country might live. Such a service will be held at university hall at 3 o'clock p. m., Sunday, May 24, which service will be attended by Welch Post, No. 137, and company A, M . 8. T., in a body. All veterans of the late war are invited to march to university hall with the Post. The public generally is invited to join in these services.