In And About The City

Miss Katherine Reectwent (o Chicago Tuesdav. to be g'ne a couple of weeks. Articles ol incorporation are being prepared for the A nu Arbor Humane society. E. F. Mills & Go. are putting in i complete electrie light outfit for Christin '.is decorating. Trailic seems to be increasing over the Ypsi route since the change to electricity for power. J'rof. Stanley favored the visiting teacliers wlth a recital on the Coluinbian organ, last Saturday. Fraternity Lodge, Xo. 202, F. & A". M.. wil! hold its regular anini il election this evening. No degree work. Miss Eva Herbert, fonnerly with Jacobs & Allmand, is now clerking in Moore & Wetmore's Main streel store. ïhursday, Dec. 10, will occur the second party in the Ann Arbor Light Infantry'ê series. Invitations are now out. The firm of Wagner & Biermann lias besn dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Bierman will continue the business. Kobert Philips, Cashier at the beate Savings Bank, took the Order of the Temple Tussday night, in Ann Arbor Oommandery. Frecl Hentschler, Wallace G. Palmer, and E. S. Gilmore took the Royal Arch degree in Washtenaw Chapter last Monday night. If you find Aid. Koch's warrant for services as election inspector, return it to him. Payment to anybody else has been stopped at the banks. Jacobs & Allmand announce in another column that they are going out of business. Mr. Jacobs has been in business in Ann Arbor for 28 years. Eli Moore says orders are booming at the agricultural works. They will have to have fewer orders or more help. llere's hoping it may be more help. Mary E. Tubbs has sold her house on Church street to Job A. Marshall of Lodi. Mr. Marshall will move to this city to reside. Transfer was made through the Bach agency. In place of the ordinary Christmas entertainment given to children of the Fifth Ward Sunday school, the children this year will be given a Christmas . supper. An entertaining program will be rovided. The "Áll a Mistake" Company, which was to have appeared at the Opera House Monday night was stranded enroute, and as Manager Sawyer declined to jay their way into town the opera house remained dark that night. Wm. A. Clark, Assistant Inspector, will inspect Welch Post No. 137, U. A. 11., Tuesday December Sth. On the same evening will occur the annual election of officers. Comrades are requested to be present at 7:30 sharp. "Howa young man helpedhis fellow " will be the subject of an address by Dr. B. L. MeElroy at the city Young Men's Christian Assöciation next Sunday afternoon at 2:45. The musical attraction wiil be a violin solo by Mr. Frank Smith of Ypsilanti. E. D. Brooks, M. D., and wife, of Ann Arbor, spent Thanksgiving in Dundee, guests of W. 15. Ilaines and family. The Dr. spent his boyhood days in this township, his parents were farmers in the western part of the township. - Dundee Reporter. Daniel "Ware, formerly of South Haven, Mich., who has been living in this city with his daughterwho is in the school of music, died on Friday morning last of heart failure. He was an old resident of South Haven, and the body was taken there Friday evening for burial. Principal S. O. Hartwell of Kalainazoo, president; Supt. W. G. Coburn of Battle Creek. vice president; E. C. Goddard of the University, secretary and treasurer; Mis. Milner of Grand Kapids and Principal F. L. Bliss of Detroit, members of the executive committee, are the new officers of the Michigan School Master's club, elected last week. Post Adjt. Jas. B. Saunders of Welsh Post O. A. lt., has forwarded orders for lt grave stones, for the graves of deceased soldiers buried at Ann Arbor. This leaves only one grave unmarked, and this will be fixed if the necessary data can be obtained. It has taken Comrade Saunders a number of years to hunt up the records of these dead brotheis, and complete the data required by the government before they will furnish the stones. Bach & Butler's 'Better Times, this month, besides being a good advertisement for the flrm, is a good advertisement for the city, and the School of Music in particular. It contains half tone cuts of the faculty, the school of music building, University Hall, and the University Musical society. A well written article by Prof. Wines give the information relative to these interests. Those having friends to whom they desire to send this paper, may secure copies by calling at Bach & Butler's agency. Friday evening at Frieze ball the Associa'tlon of Teachers of English of the North Central States elected these officers: Prof. Freeman, of Wisconsin University, president: E. II". Lewis, of Lewis Instituto, Chicago secretary and treasurer; executive oouncil: C. W. Fjench, of Hyde Park, 111., high school; F. A. t.lackburn, of Chicago Univer gity; F. N. Scott, of the U. of M-.; O. F. Emerson, of Westera Reserve University; II. W. Boltwood, of Evanston, 11L, high school. The place of meeting for next year will be decided by the executive council.