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Day
28
Month
November
Year
1879
Copyright
Public Domain
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The new Oran ge hall in Ypsilanti was oponed on Woduesday of last week. - Ypsilanti'a new opera houao ia expeoted to be finiahed bo as to be opened Jan. 1. Christopher MoGuinness, an aged resident of Dexter township, died on Thursday morning of laat week. The lirst quarterly meeting of the Pioneer Society for the preaent year will be held in Dextor, on Wednesday, Deo. 3. - Mr. Oliver Bostwick haa been appointed operator and ticket agent at bextar station. Mr. Nash has been promoted to a poBÍtion in Chicago. - Temperance people of Ypsi have funds in hand suiEsieut to keep a reading room cpan duriug the coming winter. Aa Boon aa the opara house ia finiahed tkesq peoplo will inaugúrate ssrits of meetings. - Auctioneer W. H. Mclntyre will sall on Thursday, Dec. 4, forty acres of land, together -with an aasorttnent of farm personal property belonging to Edward Phillips at his residence in Ann Arbor town8hip, three miles north of tho court house. - There was a very pleasant family gathering at the residence of Marcus Case, Esq., on "Wednecday of this week. It was the 80th birthday of his father, "Uncle Barnay Case." The dinner waa sumptuous, and the giving of presenta made the occasion very enjoyable. May Mr. Case still see many more birthdays. - Manchester Enterprise. - P. and M. Duffy of Webster, wero brought before Justice Goodrich, of Saline on Friday the Hth, to enswer to a Bummons from H. Hobbs oonoerning some iightning rods whioh Hobbs had Bold these said parties and nover delivered, and for which, a year and a half after, he demanda pay, and without any notice senda a summons to the Duffys. The verdict brought in by the jury was " No cause of action." -John Howland,. for many years a resident of Tpsilanti, died on Sunday afternoon at the advanced age of 83 yeare. He was of the firm of J. Howland & Son, tanners, and had carried on business in the city since he first carne there. He was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church, and had been for a number of years one of its deaoonp. He was well ond tolerably known around this eection.'.jHe leaves a family of grown-up children, all married. - Budd & Williams, of Ann Arbor, have been awarded [the contract for grading the extensión of tha Toledo & A. A. E. E., between the latter place and Wixom. They had a previous contract for a part of the distance, and have already graded over síe miles. A large force of men and teams is at work and next week operations wiil-be commenced at Ann Arbor, and the grading pushed rapidly forward frombcth ends. As soon as the bed is ready the road yriïl be ironed. -Register of Deeds Manly returned Sunday from Gladwin County, leaving the deer hunting party, on account of scarlet fever ia his household. The following, besides himself, composed the squad : Jamea Doyle, leader, supervisor Warner. -' reaenck Phillips vC ïorE, J. v. oiüuti, ur .üuguaia, Rowel and James Vercelius, Oliver and William Stimson of near Milan. üp to the day of his departure iiine deer had been captured. They were unusually wild and exceedingly difficult to get near them. Mr. Manly did not see a live deer during hia tay of two weeks in the woods. The party excepting two returned on Tuesday. Chauncey M. Eiggs is the son of one of Sylvan's best and ablest farmers. A gradúate of the union echool he entered thelaw department at the beginning of the present term. Although inclined to be afast young tnan it wasnot believed he was the person he tnrns out to be. Procuring the names of people south, he sent them ciroulars which set forth that in consideration of $1 he would impart a valuable secret for the detection of counterfeit money. His enterprise brought forth large numbers of letters inclosing $1, and soliciting the information, which he failed to return. Arrested in Jackson, nd desirous of giving bail, he, with an officer repaired to his father's residence, where he eluded the official and escaped. The Washtenaw Mutual Insuranoo Company has met with no loss since September, and that a tenant house in Pittsfield. From the company's circular recently iasued we quote : The large amount of loss on dwellings caused by defectivo chimneys or unsaíestove pipes is a matter that comraands our serious oonsideration. From this cause alone caá be traced for the past year threefourths of our entire Iosb, or, to be exact, the sum of $10,921.38. Your directors woald recommend that each member during the month of November (or before nevare cold weather) examine and clean the inside of each chimney, removing the soot therefrom, whether collected on the sides or at the bottom of the chimney; examine the stove pipes and aee that they are snugly put together and firmly wired. Should this work be thoroughly done your director are of the opinión that many of our hornea will be preserved to us, and our Company gaved from many losaes in the future. - The directors would thorefore urge a compliance on the part of the insured with this request, and further urge as full an attendanoe at our meeting as possible, for the purpose of aasisting in devising sonie meaos whereby Buch heavy Ios3es may be avoided in the future.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Argus