In And About The City

Hvouwant to buy, sell or wade use the local columns of the Democrat. Mrs Mattie Newman announces that hereaiter her dining-room on N. Fourth avenue will not be open after 11 p. ra. Subscription lists have been started by the Ann Arbor Bicycle Club to repair the bicycle track to Whitmore Lake. J. E. Harkins was in Detroit on busi1 uesday and remained [here in the evening to hear Bryan at the Mohawk club banquet. Sexton, Miehigan's pitcher of three and tour years ago and coach in '96, will p!ay with the Baltimore National Leag-ue team this season. He graduates trom the University of Pennsyl ania in June. Captain Ross Granger, of Company A M N. G., says that those of our li'tizens who do not dance and would enjoy vlsitlng the armory during the inspection and reception next Monday evening are cordially invited to do so ,.nd will be heartily welcomed. M S. lirown, chairman of the bicycle iliib's committee for looking after the repair of the Whitmore Lake path, announces that subscriptions for that lurpose will be received by Miss Marton (oodrich at the steward's office or president's office at the Univ-ersky. The musical circles of the city will be plèased to learn that Harold Jarvis, the baritone whose rendition of Scotch bailada has won such favor all over this country and in the British Isles. has again been secured to assist in the Caledonian entertainment at University hall Saturday nig'ht. The training table for the track men was .started Saturday at Prettyman's. Besides Manager Campbell and Trainer Cox, the following have been taken to it: Thomas, Teetzel, McLean and Thompson. All are candidates for the Pennsylvania relay team. Others will be added this week. General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, will speak at the Auditorium in Detroit Monday, April 4th. Gov. Pingree will preside at the meeting. His meetings have been a success throughout thee ountry. It is expeeted that a number of local Salvationists will go to Detroit to hear their great leader. Charles Long, who was pardoned frotn the state prison by Governor Pingree Saturday, is at the homeopathie hospital and Is eonfident that his eyesight can be saved. Dr. Copeland, however, is not so hopeful. He says one la entirely pone but he may be able to save the other. Long is homeless and if he becomes blind will have no means ut support. Harry B. Colé, a student rooming at 232 S. Ingalls street, had a dangerous ;'.ül Sunday afternoon on the road between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. While riding at full speed his bicyele Ktruck EOtne obstruction and broke the front forte, throwing Cole to the ground wlth great force. He was badly bruised, especially about his head and face, one car being almost entirely torn off. Dr. Lynds is attending hiin. The former football captain at the University of Michigan, the popular ■Jlmmie" Baird, has been climbing the ladder pretty fast since he left the Universtty in the fall of 1895. That aummer he started in as tlmekeeper for a Chicago construction lirm and worked up wlth them pretty fast. Last year he went to Pittsburg in a respon.slble positon wlth the same sort of ñrm and was said to be making over $2,000 a year out of it. Now Baird has PTone to New York as construction .uperintendent for a large firm and is in a $4,800 job. Supt. Bradley, of the Ann Arbor road, has notified employés that on and after May 4, all ticket agents, telegraph operators, freight and passenger conductors, passenger brakemen and the llrst, second and third offleers of the company's steamers shall wear, while '.n duty, such uniforms as the management designates. The uniforms are to l)e of dark blue material, those of the tonducters and steamboat officers being provided with gilt or gold buttons, and those of the other employés with silver buttons. The lady ticket agents will wear a uniform consisting of dark blue blouse and skirt. When arrested Friday on the charge of criminal libel Editor S. A. Moran had in his pocket for immediate presentation to the deputy sh&riff the i-equired bond for $3,000 signed by 19 prominent business men of the city, representing it is said nearly a million dollars of property. Among the bondsmen are Sedgwick Dean, C. W. Wagner, H. J. Brown, G. Prank Allmendlnger, Moses Seabolt, C. H. Cady, David Rinsey. and Dr. C. G. Darling. The list is a distinguished one and is oxpected to be a substantial backing for the charges Mr. Moran has so courageously made against Sheriff Judson. Ann Arbor Argus: The receipts from the sale of stamps, postal cards and envelopes at the Ann Arbor postofflee for the year ending Friday night were $35,388.66. This will inerease the salary of the next postmaster $100 per year commencing next July. The reeeipts increased during the year $3,408.29. The March receipts were $3,669.93. the largest single month in ihe history of the oifice, althoug-h two other months of ihe year came within $30 or $40 of it. The past six months shows receipts of $20,233.59, an increase of $2,701.91 over the corresponding six months of last year. If the rate of increase of the past &ix months is kept up for another year Ann Arbor would at that time become a Hrst cl 'ss jjostoffice. The municipal ownership election held in Chelsea Friday for the purpose of voting whether the village oí Chelsea ehould borrow $43,000 to be used in the purchase of electrlc iight and water workt plants was a very quiet one. Both questions were carried by about 4 to 1. The whole numU?r of votes cast w.as 414. Both questions ■were submilted on one ballot, 341 of which were for and 73 against the parchase of the water works plant; 333 were for and 81 against the purchase of the electric light plant. The village w;ll now own and control both plants, thus ending the Glazig aad antlGlazier fights. Chelsea is on the boom. Ann Arb ,:■ Commandery, No. 13 K T., elected the follo-.ving offleers last r.ight for the ensuing year: Wm A Moore, E. C; J. F. Hoelzle, generallssimo; Ross Granger, captain general; M. M. Read, prelate; W. H. Gearing S. W.: E. H. Eberbaeh, J. W.; C E ek, treasurer; J. W. Bennett, reeorder; X. D. (lates, standard bearer; W. S. Carpenter. sword bearer; H. P TvHlicr, wardcr; Thomas Taylor, sentinel; O. M. Martin, trustee. A committee consisting of C. E. Hiscock, J. B Colvan and W. W. Watts was oppolnted to visit TiUsïmrg and see what arrangements can be made for the approaching conclave. The Commandery also voted to recommend L. C. Goodf.rh for grand warden in the grand commandery. The passenger.s between Ar.n Arbor and Ypsilanti on the eleetric line average flve hundred a day. Ann Arbor had a large delegation at Jackson in attendance on the annual conference of the Michigan State Epworth League. The banner for the largest number of socials held and the largest number in attendance was awarded to the Ann Arbor chapter. Dr. R. S. Copeland, of this city, spoke Friday on the subject of "Cordiality." The doctor held that some people are so good that they are useless. He believed ft was a good idea .o use a little ante-mortem oordiality. He did not believe mueh in post-mortem cordiality. Christian cordiality was doing more good in this world than almoiit any other one thlng. He believed more Cbristians ere msJa l tor.d.shakes and pleasant words than by long faces and long, dry sermons without a pleasant look. In clojlng' the speaker referred to the Sp;inlsh trouble, and aid the dispatches indicated that the eituation ie very serious, Spain havingr rejected our proposition. "Now," said he, "I do not advocate war, but there are times when it is. necessary, and if we must fight we've got the ships, we've got the men and we've got the money, too, and we ire ont afraid to use them all in upholding