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What is the matter with that snowplow? Chas. Meyers feil Sunday and broke bis lek TueXKgOf tcers Some ten workmen will be employed at Cornwell's new pulp mili. Jno. Andrus is visitinghis sister, Mrs. Oarrie Lewis in East Saginaw. Jno. Wotzke has removed nis shop and is now over Jno. Burg's store. Dr. Thomas Birnie of Springfield, Mass., has been in the city some days. Mr. and Mrs. A. Karney attended the Paruell meeting in Jackson yesterday. Addison Fletcher, an old pioneer of YpRilanti, died Saturday, aged 75 years. Mary Elizabeth, wife of T. Lamed of Northfleld, died Monday, in her 45th year. Mr. Fred. W. Schulz and Miss Sophia Deitas, were married Wednesday eve niug. Frank Vanderwacker is recoveiing from the dog bite he received in Ypsilanti. Fred. Stabler returned from Buffalo, where he disposed of several oar loads of sneep, Tuesday. u. Lamborn, wbile drotwiug hots one day last week, cut oie of his fingers quite badly. The time ior hearing claims in the estate of David Botsford has been coutinned until Jao. 5. Hon. C. K. Whitman of Ypsilanti, at tended the banquet at the Cook house, Tuesday evening. Mra. E. Hoben returned home Saturday, after a three months visit in the interior of the state. Geo. W. Cropsey went to Hillsdale oonuty, Wednesday, to attend the marriage of his oousift . Jno. W. Wise is delivenng the firet volume of Grant's Memoirs to the subscribere in this city. L. Lafflin. the superintendent of the Bohemian-bariey scheme, was at the Cook house Tuesday. Wm. A. Lodholz purchascd, at executor's sale, Monday, tíve full-size Iota in the flfth ward for $2')C. Thechief of pólice should notify the boys who coaet upon the sidewalks, that it must stop instanter. . There was an enjoyable social gathermg at the residence of 8. Knight, in the luirá ■wan!, loot cYculug. In the suit of Wm. Burke against the city, the jury brought in a verdict of no cause of action, Tuesday. To-morrow is the adjourned day for hearing final account in the estáte of Bridget Guinon, deceased. Darby Giles has invented a car oouplr which is said to be just the thing. It has been succeesfully tried. Great reduction in the prices of cloaks at Baoh & Abel's. They give bargains elsewhere in an advertiwemeut The beaming countenance of Prof. ueaman aia not shine at the banquet at the (Jook house, Tnesday evening. Jamee Kitson and his eou, Ilarry, left lor the sunny south yesterday. They will spend sevei al months in Florida. B. P. Watts announces a great cut in jewelry durmg the hohdays. Ben says the goods must go, if low prices will do it. See ad. Wm, Bibbins, colored, was arrested Saturday, on the charge of stealing a 12 pair of horse blanketa from George Denner of Northfleld. The social given at Jlasonic temple' Tuesday evening, was a very pleasant affair. There was a dance, music by the Ghequamegons, and a supper. Qeo. B. Schwab has prepared plans foran addition to W. F. Schlanderer's house ou west Huron street. The improvements in contemplation will cost C. H. Milieu, agent for the Commercial Union insurance companv of London, has settled the loss, $4!)!("60, ou Al. Al. Green's livery barn, injuied by üre receatly. Only a very few of those who attended the banquet at the Cook Imsday evening, Ki ven l.y Messrs. Goodhue & Birnie, the wnter-works coutractors, had any use for water. Emily Connett bas been appomted executnx of the last will and testament of John W. Connet. Bond 87,000. Appraisers, P. Bach and J. Q A Sessions. Claims by the court. Qeo. Colgrove, acoompanied by his wife, reached the city the first of the week and have gone to live in the old Boot place, on Spring street. They will make this place their home no The price .of gas bas been reduced, and on the evemngs of Alonday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 21, 22 Bnd 23. Keck's store will be lighted from cellar to arret. Everybody is invited to come and briDg their friends. Wm. Johnson aged 50 yeare, died Saturday. He was an old hack driver as far back as tlie time when Palmer run the old Kxchange. His wife, the fortune teller Johnson, livee in the fourth ward, and his brother, Harrington, is still a reeident of Ann Arbor. Wm. Frank has beeD fined $25 for keuping his saloou open after hourg. The appointment of Lon Bliss as deputy sheriff, lias been revoked by Sheriff Walah. The funeral of Mrs. Jane Speare, an old resident of Saline village, took place Friday. Wm. Martin and bride of Cheboygan, were the guests of Mrs. O.M. Martin last week. Will W. Watts has acoepted the position as manager of the Crescent nuk at St. Louis, MoThe Germán workingmen's nssociation of Manchester, give a masquerade ball on the evening of Deo. 31. It seems tbat the counril and pólice are bound to enforce the law relative to the opening and closmg of saloons. The children of Zion church Sunday school will have a Chrismas tree, and the little folks look anxiously forward to iiio iiny . The show windows and stores of our meroliiiuls are tilled witli handnonie g oods suitable for Chritmas and New Year's presenta. Invitatioua for a grand ball, to be given New Year's uight at Sill's hall, Dexter, have been issued to the number several hundred. Many uewspapers of Miohigan are beginning to agítate the question of hang ing for murder. It has got to come to this - the sooner the better. Peterson's Magazine aud Thb Demo cbat will be sent to any Hddress for ♦2.50. Now is the time to subscribe for the best ladies' book published. Gübert O. Miiliugton of Rutland, Vt. and for a number of years conneotec witli the mail service, visited his cousin A. W. Ames, tbe last of ihe week. The Unity club held a very iuteroHtin session in the parlors of the Unitarian churoh, Monday evemng. Prof. Perry read a paper on the use of tobaoco. Two locomotivos and a snow plow be longing to the Toledo rond, were destoyed by fire last Fridaay night, by the burniug of the round house at Manhattan Junction. Ghnstmas eve t.hey will have a big time at Dundee. Frank Minnis will fiddle, Jerry toot the hom, Charlie and the other membere of the family bringing up the rear. The Knights of Maccabees hold their annual election of officera next Wedneeday evemng. The lodge is in a most tíourishing coudition, and new membere are being initiateri every week. Thi8 paper will go to presa one day earher neit week, on account of Christmae coming on Friday. Advertisers will please bear this in mmd, and those desiring cbanges should have their ads in not later than Tueeday. Adam D. Seyler is out with a change of advertisement in to-day s Dbmocbat. He is offering bargains in ladiea üne shoes, gents' and Misses' shoes; in faot everything in his line of goods. A visit to his store will repay all who are about makiuff nnrnhiuuia. . ... Prof. Herdman has been arrested for an alleged assault and battery on i 12year oíd son of Jos. Donnelly. Joseph lias on his war paint, and be swears by all that is great and good that no man shall be permitted to lay violent hands on one of children without suffering for it. The following high school studente will take part in the junior exhibition: Miss Sarah G. Come, J. A. Curtís, Sarah J. Keedle, Nellie G. Phillips, M. Belle Sperry, Gertrude S. V ade, Viola M. Williams, Anna Wilsey, Arthur D. Co vert, Thos. B. Cooley, L. F. Cole, Benj. E. Page, Han y E. Palmer. Judge Josljn is a resident of this city, and Arbor is no Harbor, at all. - Courier. It used to be an harbor for trampa but the Demoorat and Cramer closeil the port.- Manchester Enterprise. Yes, and tüe most disgusta I man in 17 oounties was ex-sheriff Wallace, when he found he could no longer forage on the taxpayers of the eounty. The will of the late Jno. W. Connett has been udiuitted to probate. Uuder ït Mrs. Cwill have the use of the property dnring her life and after her death legaeies iu smull amouuts to the sum of $tí,3(XJ are to be divided between his own and bis wifc's relativos. The Loomis boy of this city, D. J., Frank, and Oeo. W., will come in for $500 each. The estate is valued at $12,000. Welch Post G. A. R , elected the following officere Friday eveniug: Oommander, C. II. lauly; Renior vice-oommauder, Wm. J. Ulark; junior vice-com mander, U.Krapf; chaplain, R. campbell; quartemaster, (onrad Moll; otlicer of theday. A. F. Martin; officer of the guard, ii. 8. Manly; surgeon, W. H. Jackson; outeide guard, ö. Mooie; inside guard, Thomas Hewitt; represen tative, Robert Campbell; altérnate, J. H. Stark. The Washtenaw agricultural society met l'uesday and elected J. V. N. Gregory of Lima, president; J. E. öumner, Aun Aroor, secretary; A. f. Hangsterfer A nu Arbor, recording secretary, and W. W. 'lozer, Aüu Arbor.treasurer. It vas decided to hold the next fair the week following the state fair, oommencing on Tuesday. i he treasurer reported a balance on hand of $3uO; premiums of last year paid iu full and tu opity in gnnri condition. Warr3n A. Mülard, a highly respested citizen and resident of the iifth ward for more than a quarter of a century, died Fnday after a brief illness, ot seniie gangrene, at the age of 74 years. At one time he taught writing in the public schools. He was a man of very positivo ideas-, in politics a republicau, and a whole-souled, genial gentleman, who will be missed by a large sircle of acquaiutances. His family will have the sympathy of the public in their Oereavement. Timothy R. Amsden, for many year a respected citizen of Ann Arbor, died suddenly Wedesday afternoon in Horn's grocen, aged 78 years. He had just paid his taies and was on his way home when he stepped into the store where he soon after expired. He loaves a wife and one son- 1 W . Amsden. Mr . Aoisden was a thoruugh-going temporalice man, whioh principies he advocated at all times and under all cireumstances. He could be found on the right side of overy good work and deed. i'he family will have the sympathy of a large circle of fnends in their bereavement. Mrs. Maria Iremper, died at her residence in the township of Scio, Wednesday morning, Dec. 'J, aged 83 years 3 moiths and 9 daya Her muiden name was Boos. She was born in Ulstr county, N. Y., Sept. 1, 18 2. She married Jacob Tremper in March, 1830, came to Michigan in 18;12 and settled on the farm where une died; raised seven children, five of whom survive her. She was a very kind mother and benevolent ueibbor, and highly respected by all who knew her. She had resided here 53 years. Jacob Tremper (who died Sept. Il), 1878, aged 82 years), was born in Kocklai.d county, New jersey, Juue 5, I79ti. - Dexter Leader. The Detroit Evening Journal bas the following relative to an ex-alderman"Anson D. Besimer has a marked individuality. Even the oldest and best informed citizen has not the hordihood to say that he ever saw another man like Ans. lrish, Dutch, Welsh, English and Yankee blood commingle in his veins. The effect of the combination is apparent in Mr. Besimer. He has diagnosed his own case and tells how these respective elementa have affected the entirety. Physically and mentally the result seems lo have been a happy one. As a talker Ans. takes the bread factory and adjacent property. No matter what the topic ho has his peculiar views and can give 1 1 ii-in in the choicest selection of words from Webster 's unabridged. When he warms to his work the stream becomes a torrent and it's a stiff-basked man who doesn't wish some other fellow had his end of the debate. Ans. simply overwhelms and deluges a man, leaving him to get out and shake himself the bast way he can." Prime butter is wortk 16 cents. The sleightng is about whipped. Harry Pattee is the agent for the Toledo Daily Bee. Judge Newton of Flint is holding court for Judge Joslyn. Circuit court jurors were discharged for the term Wednesday. Pork has been coming in pretty lively, the price averaging about $4 25 perhunC. H. Gibson, for four years in ihe employ of E . M. Southard.will open a barber shop sometime next week. Charley's numerous friends will please bear thia in mind. Ou the completiou of the water-works it was uoiNod about that the con tractors, Messrs. Goodhue & Birnie, would banquet the aldermen, and Tuesday night was the time fixed for the blow-out. In addition to the oity dads in vi tations were extended to other citizens, and when the hour arnved forty-nve pereons sat down to a bountiful repast at the Cook house. Mrs. HudsoD proved herself equal to the ocoasion, and the assembled guests, ome of whom had been present at banqueta giren before at the Cook, voted this one a little ahead of previous ones. Hon. E. D. Kinne ofBciated as toastmaster. Spewches were made by Chas. M. Goodiiue, Mayor Kapp, J. J. Robison, (iov. Felch, Hon. J. F. Lawrence, Hon. A. J. Sawyer, Joe T. Jacobs, Prof. M. E Cooley, (at the close of whoae remarks thecompany drank to "the dipper,") E. B. Abel, Dr. S. H. Douglat, Jno. In. Bailey, Dr. Smith, A. W. Hamilton, Prof. Vaughn, J C. Knowlton, D. Cramer, Dr. Breakey, Jas. Applevard. and others. At a late hour the company dispersed, feeling that a htlle wine for the stomach's sake was oooasionally good to taite, especially when they had heurd so much about water. Peterson's Magazine for January is reoeived, exoelling even itaelf. It is the finest number we ever saw. It has two splendid steel engravings, either worth the prioe of the number. Every mother will be in love with the one called " The Little Gardner," and every heart will beat sympathetically with "Homeless." The mammoth colored fashion-plate, en tiraved on steel and oolored by hand, is a marvel of beauty and taste. A oolored pattern in Berlin-work is also giren - a most exquisito affair, that would sell at retail for fifty cents. In additiou there are some fifty other illustrations, inoluding severa! very fine ones in a very mteresting artiole on " Damascus." The stories, if possible, are better than ever. As we have often said before, every lady ought to take this m.igazine. The price is but two dollars a year, with liberal deductions to clubs, and costly premiums for gettinjr up clubs. How the publisher can afford it so cheaply, is a marvel, and can only be explained by ite immense circulation. Specimens are sent gratis, if written for in good faith. Address Charles J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut street. Philadelphia, Pa. When Judge Joslyn conoluded to stop pounding iron and become a lawyer. he 1jij j wiiuii oAueyt LUt guuj ÜI nature. He made a gallant up-hill fight, and now holds down a good front seat. He has a big head full of knowledue and is still accumulating. He has garnered away large invoices of legal lore. On metaphysical discussion he is a corker. In phiiosophical critioism he takes the chromo. As a politieal enconomist he roosts on the upper perch. He's an honest and fearlesB investigator of disputed opinions and will have his say on the last great dny if he notioes anything he can't quite indoree. He is of an equable temper, but when he makes up his mind to hit a man with the loaded end of the law, he does it right from the shoulder and then rubs it in with a vengeance. There is no monkeving, no ponderous erudition, but the judge passis out the cold and perhaps humiliating facts until the victim wants to get out somewhere and sand-bag himself. 'l'he ju ge feels just as coltiah as he did in 1840, and is just as hable to kick up his heels or iumD