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In And About The City

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Day
15
Month
January
Year
1897
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The Michigan Fiirniture Co is payiog a three per cent. dividend. Mrs. Silas Saxtou feil on the side■walk Wednesday and fractured her aii.de Ilear the talk of Rev. J. M. (ielston at the ï. M. C. A. rooms Sunday aiternoon. Aibor [live. No. 113. will give a tea soci.l next Thursday evening at six o'clock. Golden ]?ule Lodge last evening conferred ihe (irst degree upon sixteei) eandidates. Patríele McKernan, att irney, can now be foLinl at the Cramer block on West Huron st. Bach & Butler opened up their spring stoei y. sterday, seliing a lot in the College Hill addition. The thermometer thief is again doing business, Schuinaeher & MiQer lost a flue S10 one last e'r.day niglit The eiifhteenth annual cunvention of the Michigan Engineering society will be held at Lansing, Jan 19-21. Jade Ki me adjourned circuit court over Alonday, to allow the UeiinanFire Ins Co. the "use of the court roum. Artuur Brown has sold his house and lot on Willard street to Caroline Öorg. Transfer through Bach & Butlers ageacy. The Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church held their regular monthly social last eveiiiiig in the clmrch parlors. A laige party of Ann Arborites went to Ypsüdtiti atunlay eveuing, to see the new upera house, and incidentally Kellie Icllenry. The Forest llill Cemetery association has elected H. S. Dean, president; Fred Schm.d, vice-president; and E. H.Pond, secretary and treasurer. Geo. Apfel.Sid W. Millard and Alvick Alonzo Pearson of the Times, took the Mark Master's degree in Washtenaw Chapter last Monday evening. l'auline Kooney. the four year-old daughter of Geo. Kooney of the Fifth ward, died Sunday afternoon of laryngitis, and was buried Monday afternoon. Frank Jolly feil on the siduwalk Monday while deiivering papers, and broke both bones of his rïirht arm. Dr. Lynds reduced the fracture, and Flans is around with his arm in sphnts. Ernest Rehberg, president; II. Hardingtiaus, vice-president and secretary; E HehUt-rg, Louis Kehberg and II. Uardinghaus, directors; are the new officers of the Ann Arbor lirewing Co. The owners oï the building so long known as the Masniic block. have decided that it sliould be knwu as the "Savinga Hank Hlock", and have put up a sign on each street to announce the mime. "Too Much Johnson," William Gillette's greatest comedy success, has been translated luto Oerm n and French, and will be played in the principal cities of France and Gerniaiiy, as well as in England At the (irand Opera House, Saturday evening, Januarvlöth. Mr. and Airs. Joel Rogers of Attica, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Moore .Ir. of Pontiac, Chas. Moore of Detroit, llev. Benjamin Moore of Middlevule Mieh., Mrs. Clara Cady of Batavia, N. Y., Mrs. Parker of Ypsilanti. and Geo Hascall of Cleveland, were in the city to attend the funeral of John Moore. During the run of "Too Much Johnson," Williara Gillette's great comedy success. in New York, a special" Johnson night was given, upon which occasion over 2,000 persons of Ihis unciimmoii name attended All of thein who - are in the city should be at the Grand Opera House, Saturday evening, January ltith. ' The Christian Endeavor Society of the l'resbytenan churcb installed the foilowing officers last sunday nitrht: President, John 15. McCreery; lst vicepresident. Miss Ida M. Finley; 2d vice president, Willis Gelston; correspondini seeretary, Miss Isabelle Trumbull; recording seoretary. Mis Margia Allen; treasurer, M. A. Wood. Tlie Michigan C. E. Ilerald, published at Tawas City, offers to the person sending them the largest list of yearly subscriptions before March 15, '!IT. a free ticket from their home to the Jackson convention and return. Michigan Endeavorers can well alford to hustle for this liberal premium. rite tor particulars at once. Address Michigan C. E. Herald, Tawas City, Mich. The " Four EvenhiEfs Abroad " course of the Epwortb League will be opened this evening, at the Al. E. Church, with a leciure by Mr. J. E. Beal on his recent trip through Mexico. Mr. Beal recently spent three montlis viitinL our nextdoor neighbor to the south. and can teil many things about this interesting and little known country. Tickets are sold admitting to the entire course for only twenty-five cents. A quarter thus spent is certainly well invested. You will i'ind it in "The World Almanac and Encyclopedia for 18Ü7." Never mind, I didn't ask you what it was, that makes no difterence; the chances are nine out of ten you vill liml it there. Lf there is anytliing that you can't lind, just drop the editor a line, tliey can teil you where it is. The book is thorough and complete, covers all departments of aft'airs and is a veritai)le mine of Information. Send the New York World 25 cents and receive a eopy. We are in receipt of a copy of the report of the Michigan Hna.ru. "of Agriculture for 1895. The book Contains a full statement of tlie doings of the board; full report o i the agricultural college, its orgnnization and operatio in detail; the reporta of the luieren departments and the experimenta coi ducted by eaeh; and a full report of th different instituten held during th year. ,V giance over its pages show many valuable papers, tuut would 1 both interesting and valuable readin daring the long winter eveninjts, an we advise our readers to secure a cop as it will be a valuable book in thei library. The state spends large surn of money in the publication of thes reporta, andtheyae proütable or no according to the use made of them. Be sure to read Judge Cheevers address on (iov. Felch, on p;ige six. At least 50 members of the l'nivcisity RepubÜcan Club will attend the inauguration at Washington, 1). C on the Ith oí March. They expect to get a 4)0 rate. O. P. McAllaster, formerly of this city, is employed in the office of Judg Turner of Seattle. who, dispatches say, may be the next U. 8. senator from Washington. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ann Arbor Organ company will be held in the company's office, corner First and Washington streets, luesday, Jan. 26. The annual meeting of the Church of Christ will be held at the church Friday eve'ing at 8 o'clock. Rev. Chas. H. Xewman. pastor of Central Church of Christ. Detroit, will deliver the principal address. S. H. Douglass of Pittsfield, died Wednesday, aged tití years and 29 days. The funeral occurs "aturday at 10:3n A. M., at the home of the deccased's sister, Mrs. L. J. Tlchnor, on the Soutb Vpsilanti road. Interment at Forest Hill. Dr. .T. 15. Ilaynes accompanied Miss Hessie Leach tb Ann Arbor yesterday, to consult Dr. Ilerdman upon her condition. It was decided that she was afliictcd with spinal trouble, and her condition quite serious.- Dundee Kennrtp.r. A bout twenty people put in an appearance bef ore the couneil committee tocomplainof their water rates. Nearly all were sliown to be the regular rates of the company. The only question is, are the general rates too high, as the company will correct any error in application without appealing to the couneil. The l'resbyterian Church Society on Wednesday evening re-elected Dr. Ilerdmau.' Dr. Jackson, and S. W. Clarkson, elders, and elected Spencer D. Lennon to serve for the unexpired term of John Moore, deceased. Horace Purfield was elected deacon in place of Joseph Clark, deceased. The society decided to créate a board of deaconesses. Prof. Jos. A. Craig will address the S. C. A. at Xewberry Hall next Sunday morning at U:15. on -'The Bi ble ana A ssyriological Study." The handling of this subject byso'eminent an assyriologist, and at the same time one who is a careful Biblical student, assures an address of more than usual weight and valué. A cordial invitation is extended to all intevested, This is Prof. Craig's irst public address since nis recent ;uilies abroad and he has on hand an bundance of new material. Thecouncil committee on sewersmet esterday afternoon to consider the roposed construction of a sewer in the Vnn street sewer district. They were t once conlronted by a long petition gamst the proposal signed by over IU0 f the largest property holdêrs in the 'ourth ward, the part of the city hrough which the sewer must go. Ion John F. .Lawrence heads the list nd leads the light. The expenses of tie other sewers recently constructed nak the petitioners fearful of the new ewer.

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