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Ypsilanti

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
December
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Ed Worden, of Geneva, N. Y., is visiting his mother in this city during the holidays. Miss Ella Welah, who has a position as trimmer in a millinery establishment in Detroit is home for ibe holidays. Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of Forest avenue, leave Friday for How?ll to visit their daughter, Mrs. Alb-jrt AVright. Tbis week's Trufch, the organ of the Michigan Liquor Dealers Protective Association, contains the pictures cf George Letter and John Terns, oí this city. The remains of the late Gen. Justus McKinstry were brought here from St. Louis, Mr., Friday and the interment took place in Higlüand Cemetery. Major Howell, major of this regiment in the Michigan National Guards, aspires to be a paymaster in the regular army. His rival is a son of Col. Rogers of Orchard Lake. Mts. Henry E. Beard, wifa of Pólice Captain Beard of Jaekson, died Moiday of cáncer trouble. The deceased will be remembered as a f orín er Ypsilanti resident. The marriage of Miss Florence Cunnlngham, a former and well known Normal student, and Mr. Oriugton Newberry, of Port Huron, took place at the bride's parents in Hamburg last week. The boom of John P. Kirk for coagress was formally launched last evening at the Cosmorama show. A big sheep was led across the stage bearing the sign, "Far Cohgress- John P. Kirk." In response to repeated inqtïiries, Mrs. D'Ooge 'has decided to keep the Mexiean drawn-work and U. of M. calendars at her home, 423 Ballard stieet, until after the holidays, to accommodate those wishing fo purehase. Mr. Dort, who lives east of the city and who was badly injured soine tlnee months ago by running into an electric light pole east of the hi.h school building, was able to be out Saturday for the flröt time since the accident. The terms of enlistment of about 40 members of Co. G., M. N. G., expire the lattei part of Maren and the first of April. Capt. Kirk's term of enlistmeat expires, but iie will re-eiilist i and nearly every one of the 40 will follow his example, it is understood. The Boston Poultry House killed, picked and shipped seven tons of poultry in one day last wee-k. The piekers get 2% and 3 cents for picking e-ach chicken and as an illustration of how skillful the piekers beco:ne. Miss Carpenter Ln one day eamed $2.9S at this rate. Cora Eva Robinson, the young girl arrested upon eomplaint of lier granJmorher, Mrs. Geo. Barues, for being disorderly was brought before Justice Joslyn Friday afternoon. The girl promised to return to her grandinother's home and so the eomplaint was dropped. Addie O. Jaekson-Fenner has coratr.-enced suit for divorce against her husband, Richard E. Fenner, in -the Wayne circuit court. A peculiar feature of the case is that eaeh of the parties to the present procedings ha: seeured dirorces from spouses in order to get married. Charles Siegmund who has run the tocsorial parlor- in other words barber sihop - in the basement under tha Boston shoe store for the pas.t 20 years, has moved to nis home at 101 River street. They have lately added au addition to the house and he is very pleasantly situated. Sunday evening lïev. Wm. Gardam tcok occasion tb remark very feelingly upon the faet that the day was the 20th annl versa ry of his ördination into the mlnistry and stated that the past two years spent in Ypsilanti was the happiest and most pleasant of his life. A young man of this city became very mueh excited the other morning about 2 o'clock by what he thought to be an airship. Night Watchmau Kaïie told him to come around the next night about the same hour and he would convince him fchat what h? had taken for an airship was simply two stars in close proximity. It wül be remembered that David Wixom, wuo was senteneed to five years in Jackson for larceny of a watch and some clothes from Charles Begole, seeured a pardon by eatlng soap and feigning sickness. He is how reported to be dead but the warden of the prison is so suspieious of Wixom's craftiness that he is going to investígate the rumor. Mr. Hawkes, of the proposed new electric line to Derrort, has hit upon a great scheme for parties living out on the line to easily discern while in the city the ears which will run out to Ann Arbor. They are to be painted a bright blue, something different from that on any car service running into the city. Blue paint costa no more than red or brown and It will save a lot of rrouble. George H. Hammond says he has raced his last light harness performer for two years. He will coníiue his attention strictly to breeding and training on his Simmicolon fartu for the time being. ContTaiy to general report he did not sell his pacer Dan Q., at the Chicago horse sale. The pacer is in Ypsilanti. Mr. Hammond expects to sell hirn during the winter. - Evening News. The exeiting E. Congress street runaway yesterday noon was caussd originally by a horse belongmg to llr. Hicks slipping its bridle at Wayne and running the entire distante to this city. What a seattering of teams there must have been betweeD the two places! When coming down Oongress street the runaway horse collMcd with a buggy oontaining Mrs. Day 'f Willis.. It threw her out and both 'horses continued oji in their wild eareer. The flrst horse ran lato tiie Congress streèt bridge snmshing the cflrt. The second horse followiag close behind gave a leap and cleared the obstacle. The flrst horse ran on through Congress with sweat fairly dripping from him. No'oody was hurt but the buggy and r-art were femarshed as badly as Seth Low's ho.pes for th-i pi-esidency of the United States.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat