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Look out for burglars. The Courier last week was a rattler. Ypsilanti will be lighted by electricity. Fred Ilulm spent the 4th in Detroit. Eugene Beal aad sons -1 1 li of Julyed in Detroit. Mrs. Otto, of Saline, is visiting in the city. Charley Richards spent the 4th in Detroit. Miss Kittie Maloney returned to Detroit Monday. Nate Pierce was robbed of his watch Saturdiiy last. .Miss Lottie Baxter is visiting frieuds in Jonesville . The Michigan central will rebiiild the depot at .Marshall. Mrs. V. E. Walker is spending a few weeks at Zukey lake. The work on ex-senator Kempf 's new house is progreBsing ünely . Mrs. W. Sohmid, of Manchester, is visiting friends in the city. The papers chronicle the usual nuniber of accidenta on the 4th. The car shops of the T. A. A. railroad aro to be located at Howell . Jerry Healey, of Ohio, is visitmg his mother, Mrs. Ñelson Healey. Sunday. Rev. Dr. Earp offered special prayers for independance day. A number of our citizens took in the ball game at Detroit on the 4th. H. O. Sutton, of the 4th ward school, is spending the summer in Ohio. Geo. Moore, of Detroit, spent Sunday an J Monday with his fnend B. F. Cole. Frank Kean, an old Ann Arbor boy, has been bacfc for several days on a visit. Miss Fauline Bengal has been the guest of Miss Emma Gruner the past week. Mrs. E. B. Norris, who has been visiting in Manchester, hal returned home. Cora Myrtle, aged 8 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Stark, died Monday, July 4. Dr. and Mrs. White are taking a trip up the lakes. They will be absent two weeks. St. Andrew's ladies' missionary meeting at Hobart hall, tuis afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. ürange Webster, of Uwosso, spent the ttli with frienda in the city. Mrs. Wm. Lovejoy, of Detroit, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. O. Kellogg. Rev. Dr. Earp officiated at the funeral of Wm. R. Post, ia Ypsilanti, Saturday afternoon. Clinton S. Hafford, meiic, '87, was married last week to Miss Cora Ulsaver, of Chelsea. The 4th was generally observed in this city by the universal closing of all places of business. Detroit is making extensivo prepara tions for the reunión of the army of the Tennessee, Sept 14-10. Will Chadwiok, Iaw, '87, will be married next week to Miss Oenevieve Taylor, daughter of Mr. J. C. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Darrow, of Minneapolis, Minn., are visiting the latter'n parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cornwell. Mrs. Abbie Terrel, of Attioa, N. Y., is spending the surmner with her brother, Dr. Randall Schuyler, of M ilan. A very pleasant gathering of young people attended the iawn festival at the resideuoe of Aaron Long on Monday. Miss Thrasher, who has been spendin(f the past year iu the city, left Monday for Wisconsm, via the great lakes. Dr. W. Oooper, '83, hns formed a copartnership with Dr. F. Kelly, late of Dallas, Texas, and will open an offloe in Lunsing. Services in the Uuitarian churoh will be suspended as usual durintf July and August, to resume the ñrst Suuday in September. Mesare. C. B. aud Orin Gady and Miss Julia Carruthers were elected offioers at the state music teachers' convention, in Jackson, last week. The city is fllled with wheeltnon. Chris Donnelly is the happy father of twins. Mrs. E. Chapin is visiting her son Theo. at Boyne City. Persons mailing us drop letters should put on a two cent stamp. A wedding party dined at Rinsey & Seabolt's grocery on the 4th. Chas. Baker, of the Charlotte Kepublioan, was in the city last week. A new front is the latest improvement at J. D. Stimson & Son's grocery. Dr. Jas. C. Wood was in Byron, Tueaday, on professional business. The oolored people indulged in a pionic at Whitmore Lake yesterday. Porter Lathrop and wife, of Detroit, spent the 4th with Ann Arbor friends. There will be an organ recital at the Congregational church Monday evening. The farmers' club, of Webster, picnioed at Nordman's lake last Saturday. J. O. Thompson has resigned his dosítion as assiatant editor of the Dexter Leader. Wm. Burke bus rented his Ann street ptore to a gentleman f rom the east tor a laundry. Geo. Stockford, of thetown of Dexter, died of apoplexy, Monday. His death was sudden. D. W. Amsden has put up a new sign over the entrauce to hia wood office, and mi awning as well. Excursión trains from the north and south over the Toledo road to Whitmore Lake every Hunda y. Milo Puloipher sports a handsome sil - ver watch, a present from the boys who learned telegraphy of him. The Ann Arbor Savings bank, as usual makes a fine showing, as will be Been by report published elsewhere. The wheelmen will be given a reception this evening at the home and grounds of J. E. Beal, South Fifth street. A number of old soldier, who have applied for pensions, were exatnined Wednesday by the examiuing board for this district . Jas. Bobison and N, H. Drake helped Smith & Sons during the big rush at Whitmore on the 4th. Ihey seemed to be old stand-bys. While cleuning bis revolver Monday, S. Hirth, jr., of Scio, aocidentally shot himself through his right thigh. He will come out all right. Some persons wonder to whose meniory the monument on the south side of the court yard square jast over the sidewalk, has been erected. City subscribers to The Democrat, should leave their street and No. at this office, opera house block, at once, if tbey wish their papers delivered. Chas. H. Weeks, of Jackson, tin: wellknown horseshoer, bas been doing the city for seyeral days. He has been the guest of kis sister, Mrs. Hiram Kittredge. Services in St. Andrew's church until further notice as follows: Sundays - 7:30, 10:30 a. m. and 5 p. m. Sunday school 12 m. Wednesdays and Fridays 9 a. m. Prof. Comstock, of üolumbus, Ohio, and sister Miss Carrie, of Washington, D. C. are visiting their pareuts, Mr. and Mre. O. H. Comstock, of E . Catharine street, Mrs. Ruth Thomas, who has been visiting friends in the city, left for Alt. Pleasant, Monday, and wijl speud a few weeks there before returning to Huron, Dakota. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore has dêlivered more taan eight hundred temperance addresses. For many years she has lectured üve nights a week for five months in the year. S. T. Bandall, a resident of tlus citv, but praotioing law in Dundee was in Milan Wednesday night and told thope interested in boring for gas and oil about the lease act, etc. As fine a piece of work as we have seen in many a day, is the official program of the Li. A. V. meet, which was printed at the Courier office. It is of exquisito workmanship. The game of ball, WedDesday, bet ween the east and west sides of Mam Btreet, was won by the west by a score of 11) to 18. It is said to have been a prelty fair game for non-professionals. ' The veteran wood dealer, Geo. Collins, is out with a new ad this week. He also keeps for sale building material in the shape of masons supplies and has resently put in a f uil stock of brick. There will be an excursión Suuday, July 17, over the Toledo road fropi Owoíbo to Presque Isle. The train leaves Ann Arbor at 8:15, and the fare for the round trip will be'only $1. R. D. Waters & Co., have purchased the lumber business heretofore carried on by the Ann Arbor lumber cotnpany. There is no reason why ibis tirni shoukl not do a good business. Success. Herman Hutzel, who is superintending the laying of water pipes in Elgin, 111., spent Sunday with his fannly in this city. Mr. Hutzel expects to have the work finished by November. It will be some time before the free delivery Rystem is perfected, lnt already on the start postinaster Duffy is doing exceptioually well. Justgive him time and there nee J be no cause for complaint. Prof. J. 1). Steere left Monday for the Phillipine Islands, acoompanied by D. Worcester, Frank S. Bourns, of this city, Prof. Moseley, of Grand Bapids and Natie Francisco, who is returning to his uative land. Bev. Thos. Fowler, of Mllan, favors high license, and in speaking of his temperance address recently delivered in the above place, the Leader says it was full of good points that would be well to investígate. The delay in getting The Democbat is due to tlie new dehvery system. If our Bubscribere would kiudly send us the number of their houaea and the streets, it would inaure a more speedy delivery of the paper. The ladiee decorativo asBociation would like to know the name of the perron who took Bome 30 yards of the red white and blue banner tuat w;is taken from the soldier' monument the Sunday following decoration day. Those subscribers who take The Demookat, should remember that to insure the delivering of papers, that il is neoessary to hand in the names of the Btreet on which they reside as well aa the number of their residence. We wish to correct an error in last week's Democbat. We vpoke of the Milwaukee Sentinel celebratinjj ita 5th when we should have aaid lts 50th anniversary. Harry Myrick, an old Ann Arbor boy, ia one of the enterpriaiug stafl. Last Sunday cloaed the aecoiid year of Rev. Dr. Earp's ministry of St. Audrew's ohuroh. Since the conneotion of Dr. Earp with St. Andrew's, the congregat ion has increased in uumbers, the parish is entirely out of debt, nul in an exceedingly prosperous condition, whioh speiiks favorably for the management of the present rector. Although not h very distant ucighbor, the republic of Venezuela is little knowi to Northern Americana. A land of per petual Kimimor. it presenta many bik varied attractions to the tourist whicl are to be pleauantly set forth by Dr. W F. Hutchinson in The American Maga zine for August, with a portrait of the renowned Venezuelan l'resideut, Gen eral Guzman Blanco. Monday was a gala day nt that now famous pleasure resoit, Whitmore Lake Hundreds of persons f rom thesurronnd ing country, both old and young , wer present. There w ere I old grayhaire men with their spouses, the young love with his best girl, and all seemed to en joy the dny. In the evening dauces wer given by the proprietors of the .Clifton and Lake hooses, and were largely pat ronized. Hotfonts meeting to-night. Jno. Zalm was at Cantón, O , on the 4th. Chris. Brenner was in Chelsea, yesterday. Prof. Obetz has a new canopy top phaeton. The drought was brokeu Mo nday by glonous showers. Dr. Smith was in Detroit, Tuesday, on profesional business. Zion Sunday sohool will hold a picnic Aug. 4, at Belief park. Imlependenoe day was celebrated in great style in South Lyon. The extreme hot weather is very trying for aged and infirm people. Schiappacassee & Co. received a dray load of bananas Wednesday. A new plateglass front is being put into J. J . Goodyear's drug store. Miss Frank Sweeney broke her leg two weeks ago, by falling down staira. Mrs. L. N. Fitch has removed her hair emporium over Frank Burg's grocery store. A grand bicycle tournament will be held in this city the remainder of the week. T. F. Leonard, who was so severely injured a few weeks ago, is doing very nicely . The anuunl cleaningup of the different buildings on the oampus in now in order. A tricycle, on which two meo ride tandum, has attracted more or less attention this week. Miss Lovejoy returned to her home in Detroit, Tuesday, after several weeks' visit with friends here. Corn and oats throughout the oouuty are looking wel 1, tnd the prospect is favorable for large orops . Daniel Manning does not improve very fast. His speech ia indistinct and but few can underotand him. Mrs. Mary B. Hagott, of Al pena, has been visiting her father, Harrington L. ohnson, for several days . Mr. Jas. MoOarthy, of Hornsdale, Pa , ras the guest of Hugh MoGuire, of ïiorth Main street, this week. Fire-works were sent up from private esidences in different parts of the city tfonday night, in honor of our national loliday. Prof. Obetz has rented a house on jafayette avenue, Detroit, and will remove his family to that oity sometime lnn month. Nearly all places of business were losed on the 4th, and proprietors and lerks in largo numbers opent the day in ocial enjoyment. A great many of our citizous shook ie dust of Ann Arbor from their feet, nd spent the ge-lorious 4th in towns nd cities adjoining. The little steamer that ploughs the waters of Whitmore Lake, is commanded iv commodore Suell . The boat is well atronized these fine duys. The old warhorse, "Mission Ridge," wned by John Donovan, which was a ïember of the -Oth Michigan regiment, ied last week, aged 32 years. John Webber, rag pieker, attempted uicide Tuesday, by taking Paris green, upposed cause, family trouble. A :omach pump sa ved John's life. ín an announcement in to-day's paper ; will be seen that the Iwo tiama say omething of interest to those wanting lothing and gents' furnishinga. The mason and bricklayere' benevolent ociety had a big time at Belief park aturday, and everything passed off in pple pie order, as the old saying is. Ottmar Eberbach, one of the Michigan oard of pharmacy, was in Detroit, Tuesay and Wednesday, asuisting in the exmination of applicants for diplomas. Prof. A. B. Prescott, and wife, H. J. irown and wife, Ottmar Eberbach and wife, will atteud the state pharmaceuti al association, at Petoskey, next week. The mail carriers have done their first week's work unusually well. There laye been neveral hitches, but in the main, the mail has been delivered very romptly. Wm. H. Weirick, warehouse-man at ie T. A. A. & N. M. railway spunt the th in Colton, Ohio. It is rumored he will take unto himself a wife. We wish ou joy, Will. Miss Mamie Kearney and JIDaisy ritch have returned from the convent i Chatham, Can., and will remain here uring the summer, returning to school iu September. G. R Havilaud, proprietor of Gogebio hotel, dishes it up iu great sbape to the many guests who víbíí his hotel. Gogebic, Michigan, is the great fishing resort of the northwest. Mrs. Mary Chambers, who has been very sick for months, has been removed from her residence, corner State and Aun streets, to the house of her niece, Mrs. Crippen. An attempt was made by two colored women to liorse-wuip a geiitlemau of their color one day last week iu the third ward, but the latter carne off vict om mu, after usingup an umbrella. Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York, has been appointed, by the secretary of the treasury, superintendent of construction for the new government building in Marquette. A worthy appointment. Several heavy clips of wool were purchased by Mack & Schmid, at Manchester, of 1,000 pounds and over: Peter Cash, 1,693; Van Gieson Bros., unwashed. 1,630; Marvin Cooley, 1,553 ; John English, 1,373 ; Geo. Heimendinger, 1,347 ; James Kress, unwashed, 1,156; Richard Green, 1,151; Adam Riedel, sen., 1,102 ; Christian Frey, 1,081 ; Miohael Kirk, 1,027. A meeting of the board of trustees of Harper's hospital, Detroit, was held l'uesday, to discuss the question of es;ablishing in Detroit a oliuioal Bchool in connection with the univeraity. Gen. Alger was present, and said that should ;he regenta regard the matter favurably, tie wuuld give $1O,Ü(X as the nucleus of a fund to the end of establishing free beds in the hospital forclinical purposes. 'II i i w year the New England woman euffrage ase ociation invites their friends of any and all states and territorio to co-operate with them in a bazaar for national purposes. The bazaar will be held in musio hall, and Bumstead hall Boston, Dec. 12-19. The basis of división is as follows: Each state will receive for lts own state treasury tifty per cent. of the net receiptB from its own donations; the other üfty per cent. will be put into the American treasury, to be used, at their discretion, in carrying municipal womau snflrage billa and constitutional amendmunts in any of the status and territorios. The following is an abstract of Rev. Dr. fiarp's annual report read by hun last Hunday morning. It will be of interest to maDy of our readers: Number of Sunday services, 156; week day services, 134' sermona and addresseB, 23.') ; families, 217 ; individuáis, 090 ; bapttsms, 64; coutirmed, 50 ; communicants added, 103; died aod removed, 38; ut present 270; marriages, 18; buriala, 14; Sunday school scholars, 231 ; bible daas, 100 ; officors aud teachers, 28 ; Bector's viaits, 1,799 ; amount of offeringa and contributions. $8,878.35; number of students under pastoral care, 243; communiCHQts, 06; contirmed, 19. I. M. Ashley, jr„ saya the railroad betwecn Durand aml Eaat Haginaw ia an assured fact. A compnny has been orgamzed with a capital of $2,500,000 and the following board of directora: W. K. Burt, A. W. WriKht, 1'. H. Ketcham, W. C. McClure, Charles W. Wella, F. O. Stone, Thoa. Alorrill, K. VV. Knowlton, John A. Edget and J. V. Aahley, Jr. The road is to be an independent line though operated iu connection with the Toledo, Aun Arbor and Northern Michigan, aud will pass through Flushing, where great thinga are expected from the recently diacovered coal beda. The building of this road, will, of course, be of great advantage to this place. Z. P. King, of thia city, is treasurer of the literary alumni aasociatioD. They have struck oil in Adrián. What kind of oil, however, the papers don't say. P. O. Sukey was the flrst in the market with new eabbages raised near this city. The Ann Arbor Turnverine hold a picnic Sunday, in Mike Stabler's grove in Scio. The salvation army man was making the night hideous with his y clin Wedñenday. During July and August, Sunday evening services will be dispensed with in Zion church. Tim Carr, with J. Harkins, cut the tip of his flnger off yesterday, with a pair of ;mnera' shears. Henry Laubengayer is kept busy with filhng orders for bottled beer. See his advertisement . E. 6. Oidley, the board of health man, is bound that the mandates of the board shall be obeyed. Subscribers who do not reoeive their papers by carriers will find them in the postoffice as usual. Mrs. Julia Hattstedt, who has been visiting her mother, Mre. Bev. Schmid, eft for home yesterday. A. Wilsey seems to be doing a lively juniness in the piano and organ line in and around Chelsea. Dr. Vaughan is secretary and Dr. Daring, of this city, treasurer of the medical alumni association. J. IimiB, F red Besimer, Jno. Donovan, ind J. L Htoue, leave to-morrow ou a ;wo weeks fishing excursión. Notwithstaudiug the departure of so many students, business don't seem to et u p any at M. Seabolt's laundry. W alter G. Maok and sister, Miss Clara Vlack, and Prof. Demmon and family, ïave gone to Charlevoix to spend a few weeks. Mrs. Jno. Huhn, mother of Fred luhu, who bas been visiting f rienda in Li a porte, Ind., will return home tomorrow. K. F. Sanford spent Monday and Tuesday in Detroit, seeing the sights, ind apending a portion of his time on ihe river. The following are the offioers elected y the law alumni assooiation: Pres., 'T. t, Cooley;'sec., H. Wade Bogers, treas., Gov. Feloh. Lew H. Clement, the popular musió lealer, was too late this week for a change of advertisement, but it will apear next week . Jno. Stormger, formerly in the employ of Ij. Oruner, but now engaged in teachng at Picking, 111., is spending his vacaion in the city. After the closing exercises of commencoment day, Jno . Muehhg entertained a number of hig Detroit f rienda at his esidence on South Main atreet. The board of directora of the literary alumni association, elected last week, reide in thia city. They are M. H. Goodrich, '45; N. W. Cheever, '63; J. E. Beal, 82. Mrs. Mat. Oonklin, of Jackson, died iVeduesdav, of consumption. The funeral will be held in this city this mornng, from the Catholic church at 9 o'clock. Yesterday a fire was discovered in the old Johnson house on First street, and within ñve minutes after the alarm aras given, the fire department wore on the ; round. This is what may be called retty quick work. A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Vade, Messrs. Condón and Listers, Oscar Sorg, and Lincoln McMillan, all of this city, and L. Best and two sisters, of Indianapolis, and Mr. Farrand, of Jetroit, have been camping at North jake this week. The contract for putting in the steam ïeuting apparatus at the county house, ïas been let to the Detroit metal and ïeating works, for $3,175. Other bids were as follows: Schuh & Muehlig, $3, 266.50; Hutzel & Co., 83,425; Shaw & Kendall, Toledo, S3.250. J. M. Weston, of Detroit, cliairman of he state Democratie comtnittee who has ■en in the east taking political observations, says that Cleveland and Blaine will be the presidential candidatos in '88. S.r. Weston further sayR : " I think the ailure to fuse last spring insured fusión n 1888. I believe the result of that campaign convinced the opponents of ueion in both parties of the mistake made by the last two conventions. We eau and will win next year, although here will be several rppublican millionaire senatorial caudidates in the field with barrels of boodie ; but it won't work next time. Michigan has had enough of pine land legislatures, elected solely to put one particular person into ;he United States senate." Tuesday's Evening Journal has a well written article on "private aid to the university." It snggests that the alumui of the U. of M. make private donations. It is a good 8uggestion and if the subject in kept before the alumni, undoubtedly some action will be taken in the matter. The Journal says, a wellequipped gymnasium is one of the pressing wants of the students, and why should not the alumni put their hands in their pockets and bring out $20,000 for such a gymnasium. Each alumnus could give according to his means, and it would be but a short time before the campus would have, what is so badly wished for, a well-equipped gymnasium. The Journal closes with saying, the custom once begun would prove "catching'' which is apt to be the case in such motten. Following are the ofiSoers of the Washtenaw natural gas and fuel oompany. Pres. D. Harriman ; vioe-president Fred Schmid ; treasurer, L. Gruner; sec. E. K. Freuaufi. Directors, Fred. Schmid, J. S' Henderson, L. Qrunor, E. Dufly, H. Hutzel, Jno. Heinznian, W . D. Harrimnu, J. F. Lawrenoe, E. K. Freuauff. There is good reason to believe that gas will be found, but whether in paying quantitiee can ouly be determined on invostigation. It ia wellknown that it iras discovered when boring the artesian well on Main street by Mr. Geiger, ub far back as 1871. The drill went down 755 f eet, where it now remains. All efforts to recover it were futile, and the money playing out, work was abandonad. The well, or rather hole, is about opposite A. D. Seyler's store, and is covered over by the stone Qagging. The Qreat Blue Uibbon meeting of the trotting turf for the year 1887, will, without any doubt be the summer trotting meeting of the Detroit Driving Club, July 19, 20, 21 22, and 23. For this great trotting carnival twenty-five thousand dollars are offered in purses for twelve races, the eutrirs for which closed on May 16th. The number and diameter of the horsen engaged render it certain that every event on the program will be a great contest of speed and endurapco. The number of original entriee received on May 1 (th was one-hundred and eighty and f thi'Hc, one hundred and forty-six fulHIled the conditions necessary in order to remam eligible to the raoe by making a second payment of entrance on June 15th. The program is so arranged tbat every day has speoial and attractive features. Arrangeraents have been madn to secure the preseuce of Harry Wilkes, the champion trotting horse of the American turf, record 2:13L; and of Johnston, the fastest horse by the record ever trained, pacing record 2:0G,'.i'. Ütlier great equine stars, such as TayEye See and Oliver K., are being negotiated for. The track is acknowledged to be one of the best in the United Stat eti. The stables and otbcr acoommodations for horsee and their attendants are first-class and have been added to aad improved the present season. In short, in every respect the track, grounil and buildings of the Detroit Driving Club are unsurpassed. It can be reacheil by good drives, by street cars and by steamboat, from the centre of the city to the track gate.