Our Man About Town

A U. S. Post Office Inspector has visited the Ann Arbor post office and ordered irou cages to be built around the desUs of Ule officials ihere employed. Onr Han nnderatanda thai tiekctto the Ligiit Iníanli'v circus will admit to this post office menayeiie. At the couucil meeting Monday night a watchman was engaged to be at the engine huuse constan lly, and uttend to telephone calla. This is a vory important matter, and one wbicta sliould luvc reeeived attention long ao. Thore is littlu use of having englaes and fircmen if the telephone calis which announce ,the flres are not heard and aaswered and this cannot be done promptly unless sotneone gives bis entire attention to it. The annual ball has agitated unii-ersity elrcles so much oí late, that Our Man has liad to hear his sliare of the seuseless discussion as to whether the ball should be held in Ann Arbor or elsewhce. The so-called "'Palladiuiii fraternities," or theoMur socities vrhich have inanaged the affair in previous years, have been unwilling to allow the newer fraternities to particípate in the ball, and, to get even, the younger fraternities contested the right of the "Palladium" people to use the Water man gymnasium for the ball. The Regents decided that all members of the class must be treated alike, at d President Angelí Jinformed the hop committees that uulcss the four younger fraternities wera allowed speace fortheir booths on oqual footing with the others, the gymnasium could notbeused. He said, "This affair is one that from its nature should be a class affair, and its management should not be entrusted to auy one faction of the University. The Kegents are the custodians of the public property and it is entirely against their policy to foster any but the most democratie spirit in the University; therefore they cotild do no less than grant the petition of the fraternities demanding right to equal privileges at the ball." Tlie nino older fraternities now threaten to hold their hop in Toledo. A very iraportaiit ordinance was passed by the Council Mouday night. It relates to nuisauces, and forbids throwing offensive matter on city prop erty. Owuers and occupants of buaines places are ordered to clean out the alleys and straets ad j ining iheir property every Saturda.y morning before 8 o'clock, betweea Afaren I5tb, and November 15th., erery year. The guttars must be kept clear of rubbish, to allow surface water to rtovv properly. Daad animáis and offensive animal and vegetable bubstances must be removed, and it is forbidden t throvv any discharge into the river, creeks or mili races iu the city limits. Livery stabies must be kept clean, and no naoie than two cart loada of manure can aceumulate in or neur the stables yards belween May lst. aod ííov. lsU of each year. Whenever a dumb animal dies within the city limits the owner must remove the carcasa outside .he liraits within two hours. No water used in washing horses, wagons etc, sliiill be allowed to run over the sidewalks or alleys, and no green or salted hides shall remain on the streets or sidewalks for over an hour at uny one time. Punisliment for breakiog this ordinance is by fine or imprisonment in the Detroit House of Correetion, tlie cli.7 locUup or the county jail. Our Man is glad to see that this very important measure has received the sanction of our city fathers and hopea that it will be strictly enforeed by the Bjardof Health, under whose authoriiy il muiuly comes. Miss Cole'i Class at tlie Inlaad Leatm . Miss Cole'a music class wiil qpsar this evening in the Inland League at the Church of Christ. Mits Lucy K. Cole, teacher of music in our public schools, assisted by Mrs. E. E. Thomas, of the Detroit Cou.servatory of Music, and a number of Miss Cole's pupils in the public schools will particípate. Such an entertainment was given last year and proved a great success. Miss Cole will illustrate her methods of teaching music to ehildren and Mrs. Thomas will describe the methods of music teaching in the Detroit public schools. It has been decided to place the general admission at 25c, admitting school ehildren at 15c. as many of the little ones will take part. Everyone should turn out to the Church of Christ on that evening to see what wonderful progress is being made in the study of music in our city schools. Many original features have been plauned by Mis Cole.