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30
Month
April
Year
1886
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Fruit trees are in fnll bloom. Scarlet fever is fast disappeariug. flouse-cleaning seems to be in order. Mre. Prof. Williams is visiting íd Detroit. Fresbraan social at Jndge Cheever's, tbis even ing. Flower festival at the Baptist churoh, this evening. M. M. Green is building an addition to nis livery atable. A. J. Sawyer is the champion snipe hunter hereabouts. Mr. and Mrs. John Moore spent Easter Sunday in Detroit. Dr. P. B. Bose of Chicago spent Sun■day with liisfamily. The iudies of the Methodist church open s bazaar May 7. Geo. Osius returned trom Eurooe The Easter offerings at St. Andrew's church amounted to over $700. Mrs. Duncan nee Fannie Devaney of LaSalle, 111., is visiting her mother. Adelaide Moore at the Grand, Tucsday evening next. Don't forget it. Rev. Dr. Pitkin of Detroit was the gueBt of Rev. Samuel Earp, yesterday. The Michigan Central ticket office at Vassar was robbed of $50 on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Pond . go to Detroit this afternoon to hear Emma Abbott. No city in the state can boast of a more efficiënt fire department than Ann Arbor. James Young and wife are happy now as tuey have a very young girl. Seven pounds. The entertainment; given by the kmghts of labor last week was an'enjoyable affair. There will be a re-union of ths members of the lst Michigan regiment at Jackson, May 5. On the evening of May 23, Bishop Ninde will address the Cocker league at the M. E. church. Mrs. Collins Stevens and grand-daughter, Miss Birdie Breakey, are visitinir fnends in Marshall. Cornwell Bros', big pond north of tho city, is fairly alive witli boating parties on pleasant afternoons. S.W. Beakee, a nephew of the late H. J. Beakes, ia managiug editor of the Jackson morning Tribune. Thos. McCann, for some years a job hand in the Register office, has accepted a similar situation in Detroit. Prof. H. R. Pattengill, editor of the ■bansing School Moderator, and wife, are visiting friends in the city. A. A. Terry, the popular hatter, has anout all he can attend to these fine davs. Asher always was a pusher. Mayor Robinson should number his new residence 404. Our republican fnends will know what that means. At the Unitarian church next Sunday, Rev. E. L. Rexford of Detroit will preach both morning and evening. At a special meeting of the council IMesday evening, the druggists and saloon keepers' bon ds were approved. By the burning of Sylvester Sober' reaulence, in Salem, the Washtenaw mutual will be obliged to "whack up" $1,200. Friend Lewis of the Follett House, xpsilanti, entertainea a dozen or more members of the bicycle club, last Friday evening. Dr. Ramsey will discotirse on "Recent Diacoveries Confirmatory of Bible Truths," Sunday evening, at the Methodist church. To-morrow afternoon the Hiawatha base ball club of Detroit, play a match game with the Univereity nine on the fair grounds. Council meeting next Monday evening. A fine rain Monday night, laid the dust. he state fair is to be held at Jackson this year. J. Sprague was in Dundee, Saturday, on business. State sanitary oonvention at Kalamazoo, June 1-2. A party of little ones went picnicing last Saturday. Prof. B. E. Niohols was in Chelsea, last Saturday. Look out for the Falladium next Wednesday, May 5. Miss Ouniock of Cnl3s#Oi is vioiting at D. J. Loomis'. liead what Hutzel & Company have to say on the 2d page. A. O. Crozier lectures in .Salino this evening, on temperance. Decoration day, May 30, and July 4, f.ill on Sunday thia year. The junior laws claim to have the best ball nine in the university. Ten thousand copies of the univereity calendar have been printed. The numbering of the house in the third ward has been oompleted. M. F. Guinon spoke at good templar hall, Ypsilanti, Sunday afternoon. The state homeopathie medical sooiety will meet at Kalamzoo, May 18-19. The ladiea' athletic nssociation holds its annual meeting in room A to-morrow. The Detroit art museum will open with an exhibition in music hall, May 29. B. F.Bowerof Detroit, spent Monday with his mother, Mrs. Bower of Ingalls street. The Ann Arbor commandery, K. T., held i social at their asylum, Monday evening. The remains of Kobert Vernor were taken to Montreal, Canada, hisold home, for burial. Prof. J. B. öteere lectured on temporáneo t the Dexter opera house, laat Sunday evenmg. Col. Deau was in Dexter last week, on business connected with the extensión of the T. & A. A. R. K. The university dramatic club bas been requested to repeat "A Scrap of Paper" in Detroit, next month. Misses Nellie Brewer and Leo Rathbun of Dundee, were the gueste of Mrs. 8. C. Randali over Sunday. The schoolmasters' club holds its flrst regular meeting here to-morrow. L. O. Huil of Detroit is president. Prof. W. H . Payne reads a paper on "Nature in EducatioD," before the philosophical society, this evening. Miss Lily Hubbard of Detroit, has been made a notary public. Süe is the flrst lady so favored in the state. Street commissioner Dow has done one good job this week - cleaned tbe glitters around court house square. Jmlge Cooley will have an article on " Codifícation of the Law" in the next uiimber of the American Law Review. Father Ryan, " the poet priest of the soi'tb," died April 22 of brain fever. Fr. Ryan lectured ia this city one year ago. The national league ball teams opened the ueason yesterday. Now then, let the Detroit sluggers distinguish tbemselves. It is rumored that M. T. Woodruff, late of the Ypsilantian, now publishing a paper in Cadillac, will remove to Bay City. Geo. ülp of Ypsilanti, with his family, is abont to remove to this pla-je. He will open a hvery barn at the old Baxter stand. Easter Sunday was observed in all of our city churches and the display of ftowers was very beautiful and in great profusions. The 12th annual convention of the Michigan state firemen's assoc:ation will be held at Big Rapids on next Wednesday, May 5. The next encampment of the O. A. R will be held in Grand Bapids. John irwiMiwuuu ut itbw uauirup, wat cuuseu commander. Drs. Maclean and Frothingham will atteud the American medical association meeting in St Louis, this state, the firet of next week. The pedestal of the Bartholdi statue in New York harbor, has been completed and it ii expected to have the statue in place by öept. 3. Steve Fairchilds has a brand new horse that he recently purchased m Ohio. The horse is a liand.some gray and quite a ghb stepper. The late Mr. and Mrs. Vernor's household efiects have been moved to Mrs. Gregg's, Mrs. Vernor's mother, oorner Fountain and Hiscock streete. Some evil-disposed person placed an obstruction on the track of the T. A. A. & N. W. R. R., at St. Louis. An engine ran into it, but fortunately no damage was done. Dr. W. D. Cooper, homeop '83, who has perfected and patented a lubricator for car axles, expeotg to go south next nionth and begin the practice of his profession . xne imra wara souooi nouse grounds are being much improved in appearance. They are filhng in the yard preparatory to putting in a fountain and a nw fence is to be built. J. R. Jovner has sold his property m Dexter village and removed to this city. Mr. Joyner is a hoensed auctioneer and his advertisement will be found in another column. The repairs on the Roger's collection of statuary are nearly finished and will soon be open to the public. It has been placed in the picture and atatue rooms in the library building. The high school nine went down to Ypsi last Saturday and participated in a friendly game of base ball with a niue f rom tbe nomal school. Score ]5 tol9 in favor of the latter club. Spring field day. May 22, on the fair grounds. There will be contests in mnning, walking, hurdle racing, wrcsthng, and numerous other sports. A number of athletes are already in trainiug. Mrs. Dr. Wells, corner División and Ann streets, has removed the wooden fence surrounding her gronnds and replaced it with a nandsome iron one, which adds to the beauty of her home. Services next Suuday in tit. Andrew's church as follows: Morning service at 10:30; litany service and Sunday school at 3 p. m.; evening service at 7:30. The muaic for Easter Sunday will be repeated. A fire in South Lyon, Monday night, destroyed Wm. Greg's planing mili and factory. Loss, $6,000; no insurance. It is supposed the fire was incendiar y. Was there any protection in the town against fire, the building might have been saved. Adrián Press: "Editor Beakes goes to Ann Arbor now regularly every Satnrday, and returns Monday forenoon. Important business matters cali him there, we suppose, or at least he says that such is the case, and of course he wouldn't fib about a little thing like that." As her engagment draws to a close Miss Moore seems to be proving more and more of an attraction. As líosalind in "As You Like It" at the Star ïheatre. She interprete the lovely character with intelligence and tact. In outward appearance she is one of the mostgraceful and preposHessing exponento of the part who has been seen for years.- N. Y. Tribune. The following ib so applicable to our own city that for the benefit of our neighbors we quote f rom the South Lyon Picket: " Somebody in ye editor' neighborhood keeps hens, and we would say to said individual that if he or she will look on page 22, section 2, of No. 16 of the book of ordinance, they will find therein something that perhaps they are not now aware of, and we would furtlier state that if said ordinance is not oomplied with at once there will be a hen funeral with no hearse in attendance." Dr. W. B. Smith was in Detroit Monday. Battle Creek is to have f ree mail de livery. The university commencement rausic will coet $500. The ereotion of Hobart ffiiild will be befun the flrat of June. The city band concert next week . A musical treat is expected. Dr. W. B. Smith has had his buggy repainted and a new top put on it. The umin] temperance meeting at the old Baptist church Sunday afternooQ. The corner stone of the soldiere' home at Grand Rapids, will be laid next weflt. The annual rentiug of tlie pew in 8t. Andrew'8 ohurch took placeEaster Monday. The Kent chapter of Phi Delta Phi, will hold a banquet at the Detroit club. May 14. It is reported tliat in the last few weeks over 5,000 people have left Michigan for Dakota. O. E. Wagner of Danville, III., formerly of this city, buried his infant son last week. The Chinese exhibit has been arragned in the musenm, and present a fine appea ranee. The annual meeting of the state congregationalists, will be held at Flint, commencing May 10. George Fuller, the popular clerk of the Bussell House, Detroit, was in the oity Tuesday, on business. The state association of spirituaiist and libérala will hold their annual eonvention, at Marehall, May 8-10. Joshua Pomphrey and Mattie Lyons, colored, were married Saturday, April 21, attlie residenceof the bride's mother. The stream of wanter thrown from the hydrant the morning of the fire was simply terriflc and oarried everything before it. Judge J. Logan Chipman of Detroit, is to resign f rom the judicial chair and will accept an editorial position on the Chicago Times. Senator A. H. Colquitt of Atlanta, Ga., will deliver a free lecture before the university proliibition elub on Saturday evening, May 8. The linance committee of the oouncil will meet in the council chamber this everriug, for passing upon accounts against the city. Mrs. James B. Qott attended the wedding of her son, Edward A. Gott, in Detroit, last Saturday, also the Misses Gott, sisters of the groom. Several members of the university faculty attended the inauguration of the new pipe organ for the normal school in Ypsitauti, last week. Americans ar the third highest in point of number of th foraignere reeidingin Japan, acoording to statistici published ia a native paper. Henry Binder has bought a lot of S. P. Jewett on west Liberty street, adjoining John Lindenschmidtt's, and will erect a dweiling house thereon. The state oentral soldiere' and Bailo rs' annual encampment is to be held at Owosso, August 11-13. Gens. Sherman and Logan are expected to be present. Miss Annie H. Adams has been appointed puetess of the high school senior class in place of Miss May Breakey, who has resigned on account of sickness. We cali the attention of our readers to what Hutzel & Co. have to say in another column. Parties about to put in water works should look it over carefully. Mrs. Johnson, the famous fortune teller, has about all she can attend to - botn old and young visiting her residence for the purpose of having their fortunes told. The Edwin Stuurt combination play "Black Diamonds to-night. Tomorrow at the matinee, "Kathleen Mavourn aen," and to-morrow evening "Titket of Leave Man." The etudents of the agricultural ooliege m Xiuusiug, pretiuuieu rrutuauiu una Mrs. Wilhts with a handsome easy chair on the 3()th anniversary of their wedding, April lïth. The Stage (London), March 5th, 1885, says: "Miis Moore is a most fascina t ing actress, and at once wins the sympathy of her audiences by her winning manner and olever aoting." To-morrow afternoon the ladies of the mifision society of the M. E. church, will give a lawn party at the residence of Airs. Bishop, corner Washington and East University avenues. The lecture given by Prof. Frieze before the ladies' library association, VY'ednesday evening, was very instructivo as well as entertaining, and was listened to by an appreciative audience. Attention is called to the advertisements generally of business men who find it profitable to patronize The Democrat. They are in every respect reliable and deserving of tho patronage of , the public. Married, in Detroit, Saturday, April 24 Mr. Edward A. Gott to Miss Stephauie K. Ortmann. A number of Mr. Gotl's ÍIXg.d& S'Al.itjI.A'tgpded the wecU in the east The Eastern Michigan merino sheep breaders' association was held at Plymouth, Weduesday. A fleece weighing 24 pounds 15 ounces, was taken from a ram. weighing 119 pounds, and owned by F. V. Quackenbush of Salem. The services of the Ann Arbor commandery at their asylum, Easter Sunday, were well attended. Rev. Thos. W. MsLean delivered the sermón. Musió was furnished by Mrs. H. Woodward, Mrs. R. Kempf, D. O. F all and Frank Mallory. Great improvements are being made upon the streets under the directions of the street cominittee, and now the sidewalk committee should go to work in earnest and order down at once at least two miles of sidewalks that have for a long time been in a dilapidated condition. L. W. Moore, brother of Eli W. and Wendell Moore of the 5th ward, died Tuesday at his residenoe in the Unity block. He took a severe cold while going to the fire, on Thuraday of last week, which caused hisdeath. Mr. Moore was an efficiënt fi reinan and leaves a wife and two children. The Michigan Central will run an excursión to Detroit to-day, for the accommodation of tbose who desire to hear Emma Abbott in the opera of La i'raviata, at the Detroit opera house this evening. Round trip tiokete $1.20, good on the 4:33 mail and 5:30 expres trains, returmng on special train which leaves Detroit at 11:30 p. m. Prof. Cady has selected thirty Detroit musicians to assist in the grand symphony concert to be given commencement week. They will begin rebearsing immediately, under his direction, Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony," the overture, wedding march and nocturne from " Midsummer Night's Dream.'' William Luderer, violinist; Miss Julia Carrtithers, pianist. The Amphion and Glee clubs will also take part in the entertainment. A performance of "As You Like It" was given last evening at the Star Theatre. There was a large audieae. Miss Adelaide Moore, who played Rosnlind for the tirst time during her present engagement, made an even better impression than she did as Julia. She was picturesque, graceful and, in her male eostume, most winning. She treated the scènes with Orlando and Celia in the forest with a light and graceful touch, and was intelligeDt throughout in her intentions, Miss Moore was most womanly and unaffected. She is handsome and refined and dresses and bears herself well Pretty women with talent, intelligent and earnestness are rare in the higher walks of the drama. Miss Moore was called before the curtain at the end of third act and much applause followed her neat dehvery of the epilogu.- New York Herald. Lewis Fritz, a highly respected Germán citizeu of the second ward, died last Thursday, at the age of 73 years, of infiammation of the lungs. By hard and persistent elíort he accumulated a nice fortune. , A large and thoroughly appreciative andienoe enjoyed Joseffy's music at uniyersity hall last evening, if one could judge frorn the number of encores he received, and whioh he so willingly responded to. The Easter vestry meeting of St . Andrew's church, was held last Monday. The following are the ñames of the officers for the ensuing year: Senior warden, C. H. Bichmond; junior warden, J. M. Wheeler; vestrymen, A. B. Palmer, S. H. Douglass, George S. Morris, Wm. Cousins, E. Treadwell, C. S. Dennison, H. J. Brown and C. H. Millen. Misa Emma Taylor, niece of Mre. Enooh Terhune, and Mr. Albert Groves of Northfield, were married in the Episcopal church, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'qlock, Bev. S. Earp officiating. The bride was attired in a haadsome brown sük travehng suit. A reception was held at Air. Terhune corner of State and Lawrence streets. Hangsterfer was the caterer. At the reception given by the Knights Templar, Monday evening, William G. Doty was considerably surprised when he was presented with an elegant silvej service comprising seven pieces, and a a ringing silver ice pitcher, by the Sir Knights. Kev. Thos. McLean, chaplain, made the presentation speech in a very afiecting and pleasing manner. Each piece has " Doty," engraved in old English on one side and on the other a cross and crown. On the large coflee pot is the following ïnscription : " PreBented to William G. Doty, Past Eminent commander, by Ann Arbor Com mandery, No. 13, K. T., as a token of their appreciation of his services os Eminent Commander, April 24, 1886." The silverware was ordered by B. F. Watts, and will be on exhibition at his jewelry store f or several days . The chancel of St.Andrew's church has been very mncL improved in appearance v.j7 t mu.inHfitimr and a handoome plush dosel. Two memorial tableta in memory of the late Judge Henry W. Rogers, and Mrs. Henry Welles Douglase, wife of Dr. Silas H. Douglass, presented by the families of the deceased, hang on either side of the chaQcel window. There is also a new ru-lay table, brass tlower vases and altar cross in memory of the late Rev. Geo. W. Williams, D.D., whicli were preseuted by the chanoel society. The flowers on Easter Sunday were in great abundance. The pulpit and leoturn were tnmmed with beautiful floral designs, and calla lilies in profusión fllled the font, and with a variety of other flowers were scattered over the altar. At the special services of the Sunday school in the afternoon, each scholar was the recipiënt of au Easter card, and the smaller cluldren received Easter eggs. WedneBday morning about 2 o'clock a fire was discovered in the basement of the old Green block, corner Fourth and Ann streets. The iire department was promptly on hand but, do what they would, did not succeed in subduing the flamea bef o re the stocks of goods in were nearly consumed- that'oí" "freñdrick fe Wilson, groceries and crockery, being nearly a total loss, and F. j. Schleede's bookbindery, very badly damaged. Hendrick fe Wilson's loss will foot up about $500, which is partially covered by insurance. Schleede's loss is about $800 and is f ully covered by insurance. The building was damaged aeveral hundred dollars' wortli And was also insured. The studente' co-operative store ocoupied the rear portion of the building, ánd 'though a considerable porti in of their stock was removed, ít was not damaged to speak of. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. One of the fashionable and social dramatic events of the season will be the American tour of the young, beautiful and distinguished English actress, Miss Adelaide Moore, who will play a limited engagement in this country, appearing in a round of legitímate productions, supported by the best American company money can secure. Miss Moore comes to this country indorsed, not only by the press of all Eogland, who fittingly speak of her as the fit successor of the lamented Adelaide Neilson, but as a sterling worthy woman, who has been a shining light and ornament in the best English society. Her engagement at the Star Theater, New York. which has juat closed, has been conceded bv press and publio to have been an overwhelming and flattering success. Although the fall season has barely opened, and most of the best families are still at the seaside, the audiences were noteworthy from thenumber of society people of which they were composed. Miss Moore has been recieved on all sides among the leaders here with open arms. Miss Moore's ootnpany will be under the personal supervisión and management of Mr. Wm. B. Moore, while all the business appertaining to the American tour will be intrusted to Mr. Edward L. Bloom of the Bijou Opera-house staff. - Cincinnati Enquirer.

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