In And About The City

The [nland Press has a brand ïievv sign on Huron street. Herman Almendinger has fine skating for children on Lotus pond. If you want to keep the good wlll of the community, clear your sidewalks of snow. Chas. Schenk, a deranged prisoner, has been making things lively at the cDimty jail. The Ann ArborSavings bank has declared a seini animal dividend of live per cent., payable on and after January 5th. The new officials at the Court House have been gatiiing experience for the past few weeks, and all take hokl today. ilartin's ambulance, now we have it, is making us wonder how we ever got along without it. It has had four calis this week. Mr. and Mis. Chas. B. Davison had a doublé celebration Christmas day, it alsobeing the 29th anniversary of their inarriage. The board of direetors and auditors of the Washtenaw Mutual Ins. Co., held a meeting Tuesday to wind up the business of the year. The Mid-Winter Circus! Everybody is watching f or it and nobody will be tlïsappomteü. &ave ine uaie. me wagons are billing the country now. The line new stack at the electric light works is now in use. The draf tl of the boilers is much improved, and the smoke nuisance in that vieiiuty much abated. The distribution committee from the Masonic bodies was busy about the streets yesterday delivering the baskets " rèpw;ed for New Years. About 900 were giveii oUt.The action o the city council soon ftftfiï election in ordering the city i ney and a committee to bring a test case on the subject of students' Votiüg, seems to have fallen to the grönftd Some way or other this question should be settled. Kev. W. L. Tedrow has announced a series of Sunday evening talks at Trinity English Lutheran church on Biblical characters, which he will illustrate with stereopticon views. The iirst will be given next Sunday evening. At the morning service the sacrament of the Lord's supper will be administered. George D. Tienken, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tienken, died at Ann Arbor. last Wednesday morning, Dec. 16, of typhoid fever. ïhe remains were brouglit home and the funeral took place Friday afternoon, eight of his mates from Ann Arbor acting as pallbearers. - Kochester Cor. Oakland County Post. Miss Mary Brown, the well known Chinese missionary and f ormer resident of Ann Arbor, returned Saturday f rom a seven years' sojourn in the land of the Celestials. She came direct from Wei Hein. China, and is the guest of her sister. Mis McNaughton, of 33 E. Jelïerson street. She has one year's leave of absence. Karl Harriman has been receiving a number of very complimentary notices lately on his dnimatic work. We endorse everything that has been said of Karl, and prophecy that some fine day we will all be going around to the side door, on the strength of our early acquainuuiue, 111 uiuci tuat me gicat Harriman may 'frank'1 us into a gcod parquet seat. The Ann Arbor Schwaebian society elected the following oilicers last Tuesday night: President, Fred Staeb; vicepresident, Christian Wichtermann; secretary, Richard Uesterlin: finance cashier, William Schiller; treasurer, Enoch Dieterle; fine collector, Charles Staeb; standard bearer, Jacob Hoerz; steward, Fred Iloerz; physieian, Dr. M. L. Belser; executive committee, Fred Staeb, C. Wichtermann, Christian Lutz, F. H. 13elser, G. H. Wild. The Electric Railway Co. has just placed in position and started a new generator, which wíll give them ampie power for their work. They start a nevv time table todav. Cars will arrive at and leave Ann Arbor 7:40, 9, 10 20, 11:40, 1:20, 3, 4:20, 5:40,7:10, 8:40, 9:50 and 11 o'clock, making 12 trips per day. Running time when things are com pleted will be thirty minutes between the cities. The company intend to leave no stone unturned to give perfect service. Time tables will be published as soon as verified by practice. The Detroit Free Press, Miehigan's greatest daily, came out Dec. 30 with the "Peninsular State Edition." The various interests of the state are caref ully considered, and a number of the leading business concerns in the various parts of the state are touched upon. The University is given a full page with illustrations, and the School of Ma-ic Farmers & Mechanics and Ann Arbor Savings banks.and the American House, are the otlier Ann Arbor institutions to receive mention. The Free Press, like good wine. grows better with age, and it is today easjly the leading paper of the state. Alive and progressive, yet careful to be reliable.it is a potent f oree in the affairs of the state. IIow many times will yon write it 18% during the next two weeks? G len V. Mills, according to the Owosso American, has placed 200 directories In that city this year. Herman Cundert is in Saline and the the surroundiug country, looking after ftbupplyof hardwood lumber for the Table Co. The Gdd Fellows hold their second social and dance in their new hall in the Henning block on tomorrow, Thursdayevening. The board of supervisors will meet Monday to settle up with the county officers and tnmsact suchother business as may come beíore them. llcnv about starting tlie new year with a donation to the building fund of the Y. M. C. A? You can't place, say 8500, j where it will do more good. The Aun Arbor Athletic Association propose togive a trophy for the middle weight vrestling eharopionship of the county. The contest will be limited to amateurs. For particulars address the secretary. The next entertainment in the Y. M. C course will be given in the Presbyterian church. Jan. 21st, by the Mozart Symphony Club of New York. The program promises an evening of unusual enjoyment. Full particulars later. The Chicago News-Record insults Hon. A. J. Sawyér of Ann Arbor, with a cut Of him, atrocioas enougli to "holdóp" an express train. It calis him "Col." too. It is a paper that is capableof a great deal of meanness.- Adrián Press. Chas. J. Conrath, one of the Conrath Uros., wtao left the city last sumraer so unceremoniously, was in the city the lirst of this week. He kept out of sight of his creditors, and left Tuesday mght for Tampa, Florida, where it is underI stood the brothers will engage in truck raising. Fred A. Ilowlett and wife of E. Ann street, had the family re-union this year, and about thirty members or the tribe gathered at Fred's wigwam on ChristImas day. His father and mother, 80; and 83 years old, had as much pleasure out of it as any of them. It was a ant otvasimi. MMi iuw 8áyÜs,colored,was arrested Tüêsday by officer Zenas Sweet on the complaint oí Mrs. Baylis, the charge being that of assault and battery. hhe claims her husband knocked her down and pounded her unmercifully. Baylis does not agree with ttais view oí the case, and JusticePond set Monday next for a jury to flnd out the truth. The Olympia quartet, consisting of Messrs. Joseph Jackson, Wm. Allison, A. Johnson and A. Murphy,give a concert tonight, January 1, at the A. M. E. church, The prices of admission wiu be 10 and 15 cents, rroceeas go iu me church to assist in paying oit the debt. J These singers are the equal of any of s the traveling jubilee singers and a fine 1 entertainment may be assured. Bryant Walker and Herbert E. geant were in the city Tuesday. The gentlemen are both interested in conchology and have fine private collections of shells. They spent the afternoonvisiting the museum. Mr.Sargeant is arranging the magnifleent collection of shells belonging to Mr. Frederick Stearns, and which that gentleman has loaned to the Detroit Museum of Art. Arbor Ilive. L. 0. T. M., elected the following oílicers at its meeting Tuesday evening: Commander, Miss Emma E. ISower; lieutenant commander, Mis. Dedritík; record keeper, Mrs. ('arrie Kellogg; flnance keeper, Miss Mary Miley; chaplain, Mrs. Eva Allmendinger; sergeant. Mrs. Inez Burdick; master at arms. Mrs. 11. Feiner; sentry. Mrs. Ada Swartout; picket, Mrs. Clara Stoll. The hive is in a flourishing condiüon, and a social center for a large membership.