Local Matters

Mr. and Mrs. Bullis went to Detroit this niorning on the Y. II. C. A. excursión. Sime people never know bow hot they are imtil they look at the rising thermometer. The Lyra Singing ?ociety wil! camp out íor a week or so at Whitmore Li.'ke the latter part of the jnonlh. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity house is being improved by the addiüon ol' a large remuda along the entire front -of the house. C. H. Major, the artistiq decorator, clways has men ready to do paper hanging, painting, frescoing, etc. at short aotice. Prlces peasonaWc. Pred Podewell, age 17. of Northfleld township, was sunstroke Saturday afteraoon and died soon after from -the effects of the stroke. It looks queer to see a vacant space wlaere F. .T. Schieede's book store tras been for so long. Work on the new building will begin inimecliately. Milan Leader: Dr. Chapín reeelveid his cammission as examiaing surgeon of the pension department Monday, and attended the meeting of the board at Aun Arbor Weönesday for the first time. The TJniveTSity 1'. M. C. A. have finally decided to occupy their qunrters in Sackett hall again next year. Owiug to a lacle of fonds, however, McMillan hall will have to rernain closed. Two couples were enjoyirig a bontx:de on the Huron last night when in some way the young lady, who was in one of the boats, feil over'ooard. She was fished out all right and taken lióme iii a hack. Work on the lighting plant od the campus began yesterday morning with three men at work. More will be ad-led from day to day. The wiring of ■the great main building is quite a contract. Joseph E. Gage, who was thrown from his wagon on the 8th of June aml severely injured, owing, as he avers, to defective roads in Pittsfield township, has suëd t'aat township for $5.000 danniages. Celia Hoag yesterday began slander proceedings against John 'Hagen, of this city, claiming $1,000 damages. to her repntation. She alleges that Hagen openly charged her with unchasfity. Prof. B. 11. Thompson léetured in the-law leeture room last night on lUe siVbject, "Trial by Ordeal and Wages by Battle." There was a good sized audienee present and the leeture was thoroughly enjojvd by all who attended. About sixty hungry-looking seniors and .öther .engineering students :rv waiting for jobs on the new electrie lighting plant of the University. It is said that there are some thirty positions oisen. Some one is destined to get left. H'amgstenfer delivered 50 tons of iee a day during the hot weather of last week. His wagons kept on the move from 4 in the morning until 7 at night. Two more sunstrokes were reixrted late Saturday afterr.con. The mifortunates were Gustave E. Lutz and George Kearns. After a deliberation of jnany weeks the Pontiac school iioard acted on the .ippoiutmont of superintendent and principal of the city schools for the eitisuing year. The superintendency goes to Hugh Brown of Ann Arbor, n ho was formetly principal at Pontiae. Warren II. Smith, of Lansihg, gets the prlniipalship' Prof. .1. C. Knowlton will deliver a leeture in the law leeture room next Thursday night on the subject, "The Criminal .Tiirisprndence of the lews.'1 The leeture on the "Trial of Christ from a Lnwyer's Standpoiut" wil! come later, the leeture Thursday belsg ir. the nature of a to the latter. John Hillman has n-turned trom Toledo, where he went to accept a position on the stáff of the Toiedo Ei'ening Xews. The stockholders held a meeting a short time aftèr Mr. Ii" 511n.nn began work on the Xows. and findiög that the pjjgeT was losing money. decided to flrop four me.vibers of tlïe staff. John was one of the unlucky ones. The followirig orlieerg, were electecl and inst-alled in Washienaw Lodgé, No. O, Í. O. O. IV: Xöble Grand. W. iEanfield; vlcè grand, E. F. Wlnflcrs, secretary, J. D. Vajiqë; permanent secreta ry. H. P. JDanforth: treasurer, Hern.;ni Krapf; warden. W. Lau; r;gnt reporter, L. Curtis; cliaplain, George Scott; inside guardiap, E. Williams; E. S. A. T. Cook; h. Q.. H. P. Schleminer; conductor, C. S. Elmer. Tlie second edition of the Michigan Alumnus carne off the press this afternoon. It is one oí the most pretentieus mon.th.ly publications that . has ■ever been issued, comtoining as it does the regular commencement annual and the Alumnus. It is especially valuable for the cuts whlch it contains of President Angelí at work in his office. This num'ber coutains 52 pages f solid reáding matter and includes Dr. Angell's last baocalauroate, the nddresses of both larw and literary clasa presidents, the literary class poem and the. r.eports of the Alumni Associations. Chas. 'HutMy pleaded guilty befo'-e Tudge Poud yestérday aïteroooo and was üned $3 and $4.60 costs. Frank Campbell and family are spendtog the week at the GarlingtioTise Cottage at Zukey Lake. The low rates which ar otïered for loints north on the Ann Arbor road wlll take lots of people out of towu. In the case of Brnil Hoppe vs. Chas. Standemmaier the jury brought in a verdict for plaiotiff oi' $95 and costs. W. B. Phillips has purchased che propeïty on the southeast corner of A nu and Ingalls sts. ihrough B.ach & Butler. One of the studcuts who is pursuing vork in the dental department tais r routier comes all the vay from Cape Celouy, África. The excavation for the foundation of the building which Aid. Hauiilton Is erecting on WHUaïu st. Dear Statu Si., is almost eompleteá. Waldo Bach, who is on a fishing trip up to Georgiau Bay, reports a catch oi' 40 black bass areraging two pounds each, as one day's sport. Dr. B. B. Rowe and wife. of Saglnaw, are in Ann Ai'bor on a visit. Dr. Rowe graduated in the class of '88 and practiced here for some time. There is one thing about this coo! weather that everybody appreci.itei The man who eontinually asks nis longsulïering friends if its hot enough for them is no more aforoad in the land. pi. K. E. With'erspoon, of Durand. Ivas been in town during the past two days. He is an old alumnus of the L'niversity and is thinking of comiug back here while iiis children attend the University. '.Saline - John Lutz: Haylng well under way and secured in good coaditiou. Wheat harvest will begin this wee-k. Barley also turning very fast. Oats are heading out. Corn doing fairly well, but needs rain. The professional bird-killer f ram .Tackson struck town this morning and did a fair business. Birds were dropping around the streets all day. At two cents a head he cuts the small "boys' with their bird guns out of cousiderable pocket money. Regular target practice of the Infamry at their range ia the "Glen" takes place every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Resorters in that vicinity should watch out for the red flags which are proruinently displayed while the shooting is ia progress. .Tudge E. D. Kinne expoets to leave today for New York, where he goes to see his daughter, who is to sil on the 21 st for 'Europe, to remain one yeár in Germany pursuing studies. From there the Judge will go to sonie of the Atlantic coast watering places fot' a few weeks' rest. The intense heat of Friday overéame Charles Schneider, a masón who was working on 'Mr. Sheehan's r.ew house on 0. State streït. He was taken home in a carriage and was said to be doing nicely this morning. The case is not as severe as those which have occurred lately. An eclipse of the sun, the last oue for this year, is scheduled to oceui Ji;]y 29. It is an ananal eclipse, and v.ili be visible in the United States. It begins at C:."0 in the morning and ends at 10 o'clock in the evening. According to reports it will be follow ed by atraospheric disturbances and accompanied by severe rains and thunderstorms. Reports regarding apples are rather liscouraging, saying that tha fruir continúes to drop badly. Cherries are r.i.w ripening fast and are a fairly good erop. Peach trees have reeovered from the eurl leaf caused 'by tho cold weather, but do not promise very imi.ch of a fruit erop. A ïiumber ï correspondeirts report that the excessively hot weather has delayed farm vork. Tlie mean tempera tu re for the week ended Saturday, .Tuly J0, according to the Michigan weather report, was 7:.! de.srees or 10.3 degrees greater thaa the normal. The highest tem perature, 104 degrees, occurred ou Fr.day at Clinton, Lenawee county; Bay City, Battle Creek. Hastings, Saranac and Ann Arbor all report maximum temperaturas of 100 gegEèés and oVej1 on the same day. The lowest pera ture, 51 öegrees, oceurred Jlonüí'y, at Cheboygnn. Harrison and Valley Center. The sunshine averaged SO por cent of the possible amount. The queer freaks which lightning soiaetlmes takes are sometirnes very interesting. Judge Xewkirk tells a good story of an incident which happened on Jas. Buehanan's fartn mar Dexter. A JIr. Bsstnger and the hired ni.au were at work loading a "vagon with hay, when a srnall blaek eloud appeared over their heads. With soarcely any warning a thunderbolt shot out from the cloud and struck tho tines oi the pitchfork, which the hired man was holding upward. The lightning was eondueted down the handle of the fork which was ripped into splinters. The nian's hands were severely burned and he and Mr. Essinger were knocked senseless. One of the horses was knocked down, but carne to before the men did and the team ran away to the "barn, where they were found later. The results were not serious in case of eltheir of ■the men.