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In And About The City

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Miss Amelia Gunther has returned to her home in Jackson. City taxes may be paid between July 15th and August löth. Prof. Denison will spend the summer at Boyalton, Verraont. Trof. Francois bas returned froni a week at Whitmorc Lake. J.F. Schub will furnish mantels for H. Wirt Newkirk's new house. Mrs. VV. K. Howe of 100 W. Huron st. feil and broke her leg Wednesday. Sid Cooper, of Howell, spent the 3d of July With his brother George, of this city. Gil Smith, of the Inland Press, spent the 4th of July witli his family in Detroit. Al Stuhlman, of Ann Arbor Organ Works, spent the 4th at his home in Detroit, B. J. Conrad and family have gone to their summer home on Les Cheneux islands. Mrs. Hitchcock of 10 W. Sixth st. has gone to Mt. Clemenls to spend the euminer. Earl Ware is spending his vacation cultivating the acquaintance of that new baby. Howard Coffin, of the post office force, is spending his vacation at West Milton, ühio. D. C. Stevenson, of the Inland Press, enjoyed a few days' outing at Camp Uillside this week. Will Baxter and Chris Donnelly with their families helped to swell the crowd at Whitmore Monday. Eob. Gwinner and Vic Kauffman spent the Fourth of July and their loose change in Detroit Judge Kinne has denied a motion f or a new trial in the case of Aug. ïleusing vs. the M. C. By. Co. (ieo. II. Cooper, of the Inland Press, spent a portion of the week with tives and friends in Hovvell. Mrs. W. 13. Phillips left yesterday for a two months' visit with relatives and friends in northern New York. J. Q. A.Sessions' new house on Forest avenue wil] be supplied with gas chandeliers from J. F. Schuh's new stock. Mary Kuhn of W. Seventh st. was so unfortunate as to have a giant lire cracker explode in her hand lacerating the thumb and two ringers badly. Justice üibson has put the cares and vexations of office behind him and wil hereafter devote himself exclusively to the solution of intricate problems of law. Archie Wilkinson, of Chelsea, the " 3-ïill Nye " of Washtenaw oounty, va in town Wednesday, inspecting the oil with wliioh liilly Judson keeps the Pingree machine lubricated. Two militia men and one musician were prostrated by the heat during Saturday's parade, bat all recovered suftlcientlyto particípate in theremaining feslivities of the day. Dr. J. X. Martin was overeóme by the heat Saturday and for some time was in a critical condition. He is out of ill danger now, which will be good news to his many friends. Frank Case, who is selling goods for the Ann Arbor Organ works up in Menominee, spent the 4th and 5th in this city with liis family. Frank ex. pects to be kept busy in that northern city until fall. Wheö Ann Arbor can entertain several thousand visitors and send them all home happy and without a single arrest or fracture of 'the peace, some one is to be congratulated. l'erhaps it is the new tariff. Vpsilanti sent us 1,000 visitors Saturday, for which she will please accept our thanks. Just let " Ypsi " touch off a few cannon down there next year, and we'll show her what " Heciprocity " withabig"K' meaiis. Dr. Will Loomis, who opened up shop at Rowe, Georgia, is back in Ann Arbor. He says the ' Crackers " are too distressingly healthy for successful medical practice and he will seek a place in ühio better adapted to the practice of his profession. C. F. Gruner and K. F. Gauss, the two handsome men of the First National, took advantage of the legal holiday Monday to make an excursión to Put-in-l5ay,but asacompact of secrecy was made upon the return trip, the thrilling episodes of the excursión will have to be published at a later date. Five aldermen who celebrated so hard Saturday that theywiped the legal holiday ofE their calendar, assembled at the eouncil room Monday niglit, but better "eouncil" prevailed and au adjourmnent was taken until Wednesday night in order to give time to gather in thosewhose patriotism required a three day celebration. Many people may not know [it, but Ann Arbor has a íireman's relief tumi. It was first started by a gift of $25 made to the department by Mrs. Olivia Hall after a lire on her premises, and has been added to from time to time by other citizens who wished to show their appreciation of the efficiency of the d - partment in saving property. A fund for the relief of tiremen disabled in the discharge of duty wil] be a desirable acquisition. Miss Florence Sterret has sold the Utopia millinery to Miss Steinbach. Arrangements are aiready umler way for the Wáshtenaw eounty fair, whicta wil be held on the fair grounds in Ann Arbor, in September. The Fourth of July celebration is aiready bringing results at the eounty clerk's office. Six marriage licenses were sold on July 6th. X. J. Kyer, O. E. Worden and Comstock Hill, commissioners in the Morgan estáte, filed their resignations in the probate office this week. Mrs. Tlannah Hasbrook, daughter Ada. and granddaugnter Gladys James, of Marshall are guests of Mosea Seabolt and family, of North 5th ave. G Frank Allmendinger has been at Baginaw attending the semi-annual meeting of the Michigan Millers Assoon, of which he is vice-president. Someof the Adrián militiamen found so many and varied attractions in Ann Arbor that they did not h'nd time to go home for severa! days after the tion. Trof. Trueblood, of the University, has been elected president of the National Association of Elocutionists, which has just closed lis session in New York. Herbert Benedict ran over the cin der path to Whitmore Lake Tuesday fternoon on a wager of $10 made with O. Moe, making the 10 miles in one our and winning tlie money. The aunouncement that Clay Greene ad been appolnted "Auditor of Clams,' t St. Clair Flats, was a mistake. Il is ppointment is that of wet nurse in he government lish hatchery. The picnic on Khocle's island, Monay, for the benefit of the north side hurch, was well attended and netted he ladies some raoney. The north side nandolin club furnished the music. Mrs John Moore has goné with her aughter, Mrs. Lulu McKeai.'to Granger, ühio, for a stay of some weeks. Vfter leaving there Mrs. Moore will go ;o Detroit for permanent residence. Mrs. G. W. Miley and daughter Florence, hae gone to Port Iluron to visit Mrs. Miley's daughter, Mrs. A. X. Hart and sister, Mrs. I. L. Hagordorn. They will be gone until the first of oer. The regents have ordered the construction of a sun room at the hospital. It ia presumed that the room will be used to hasten the ripening of senior medies who are too green to pluck at commencement time. John Dutïy picked up the sceptre of justice Tuesday morning where Justice Gibson laid it down Sáturday night.and at once established a dispeusatory in the rear of T hos. D. Kearney's law office, where the pure quill will be dispensed in quantiti' s to suit the con8tituency According to the Adrián Press Arm Arbor man got his hand blown off in that city, Saturday, by the explosión of a bottle of beer which he was opening. The man who don't know any better than to trille with a bottle of Adrián beer ought to have his hand blown off. Paul G. Suekey, formerly Counly Treasurer, has entered the summer school for work in the line of chemistry. He expects also to be in the l'niversity next year, and will tit himself for work as a chemist in the beet sugar business, in which he was formerly engaged in Germany. Dr. J. G. Lindsley, of Highland Mich., has been the guest of George II. Winslow for the past several days. Ile was a member of the ñrst class at the l. of M. medical school. Those were the days when they made a fu 11 íledged doctor in six moaths, and pretty fair doctors some of them were too. Several bicyclists had a head end collision on the new bicvcle path t the foot of Allen's hill Monday night. There were telescopes, parachute drops and several other kinds of drops inter spersed with some lively ejaculations. One young lady had to be brought home frorn the wreek in a carriage. George Schil), of the north side, died Wednesday, aged 74 years. He leaves no family. His funeral will be held froin the house at 3:30 this afternoon, under the auspices of the lirand Army of the Ilepublic, of which organization he was an active and respected member. The members of Welch Post are requested to be present. Conny Cook kept open house at the Asylum, on Strawberry, Sunday. Huntoon and Jones, of the Dew Drop In, proved their mettle as entertainers, things were all serene at Strawberry l'oint. Conventionality was at a discount at the Firemen's camp while the Keystone and Tot Luck exchanged many informal calis, some of which were made in row boats and others upon tour oard draws. Dr. J. W. Keating was sitting in the back doorway of Kelly's coal office, watching the inllation of the ballior, Saturday when a timber four inches square and thirty feet long, which was used as a derrick in hoisting the bal loon, feil and the end of it struck the doctor upon the head, inflicting a serious wound. lie was unconscious for a time but soon recovered and is doing nicely now. It is a miraole liow many others escaped injury as the yard was full of people and Dr. Keating was at the extreme edge of the crowd.

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Ann Arbor Democrat