City

City

-The croquet war will soon reopen.

-Democratic county convention May 27.

- Measles are very prevalent in the city.

- Policemen Porter and Milliman are on the anxious seat.

-The display of seeds in stores reminds the coming of garden making Mason.

- A light audience assembled in Lansing as well as in this city to hear Anna Dickinson.

-The Barrett Club were out Wednesday evening with their orchestra serenading lady friends.

-The Barrett club has volunteered to give entertainment for the university gymnasium fund.

- Newsboys say live copies of the Free Press to one of the Post and Tribune, are sold in this city.

- Bach & Abel have put the price of two button Alexandre Kids spring shades down to $1 per pair.

- Rev. Joe Cook speaks at university hall this evening on "Certainties in Religion.'' Admission 25 cents.

- After a very successful season Fred Krause, Jr., returns home to await the opening of the fall season in the boot and shoe line.

-The attractive manner in which the Star clothing house Windows are tastily arrayed attract much attention from people passing by.

- A very small audience gathered at the Unitarian church Sunday evening to hear a very excellent lecture by the pastor on Ralph Waldo Emerson.

- The Misses Hayleys, proprietresses of a ladies' furniture store doing business on Huron street will move about May 10 to the store lately occupied by Sondheim on Main Street.

-S. Sondheim, twenty years or more in business in this city, has sold his stock of cloths to Messrs. Bach and Abel, and leaves for New York City where he goes into business.

- A horse attached to the delivery wagon of butcher Freer became frightened on Tuesday, and made pretty good speed on Washington Street, breaking the wagon into several pieces.

-The Ann Arbor Scientific society will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Zoological lecture room, next Saturday evening. Dr. Dunster will read a paper on "Sanitary Legislation."

-Misses Gidley and Wheeler left for Cleveland on Monday evening to purchase a stock of millinery which they will offer to the people of this city at their place of business, No. 4 East Washington Street.

-The University Musical Society and Choral Union will give a musical soiree in university Hall, Tuesday, May 4th, commencing at 8 p.m. Tickets may be procured free of charge at the University Library. All are invited.

-Toledo creditors of Mr. George C. Schutt, retail tobacco dealer, came on Tuesday, and by virtue of a chattel mortgage, removed all the tobacco stock from Mr. Schutt's place of business in the old savings bank corner.

-Barrett in "Richelieu" at the opera house on Wednesday evening next. Lovers of the drama will not fail to attend for Barrett stands at the forefront the theatrical profession. His reputation warrants a crowded house, and he will no doubt have it.

-Regular meeting of the county pomological society at the Court house at 2 p. m., on Saturday. Discussion on injurious insects will be continued. Views of Prof. Cook of the Agricultural college, on the codling moth will be presented. Music by Mr. White. The public are invited.

-The furniture ware rooms of the Keck Manufacturing Company are daily visited by an unusually large number of customers looking after one thing and another to adorn and brighten the household. Furniture is now sold at low figures. Persons desiring any thing in this line will naturally go to Keck's where a beautiful and large assortment is always on hand.

-Mr. Barnabas Case of Manchester, father of Sheriff Case, eighty years of age last November, has many years been troubled with neuralgia. In one of its worst phases last week, the Sheriff was telegraphed, and with his family repaired to the bedside of the old gentleman, whose demise was anticipated. But instead of growing worse he rallied, and, though still feeble, is much better.

- It is wonderful how many persons are willing to leave their country.

- President Angell has received over fifty applications from different sections of the country for an appointment as secretary, a position supposed to be within his power to confer. In his capacity as Envoy Extraordinary to China, Mr. Angell is invested with no power of appointment, if there was one to make, which there is not.

- Harmon Johnson of Paw Paw came to the city last week in search of the body of his father eight years of age, and who was buried in March. Securing the services of Marshal Johnson the two proceeded to the medical college, where, making their errand known, they were asked to await the rival of a person having possession of the key to the room well known as Negly's pickling vat. Silently the officer and Mr. Johnson sat awaiting until sufficient time elapsed to remove the body when the visitors were informed there was no body there bearing the description given by Johnson. Discourage by failure to find the object of his visit Johnson returned to Paw Paw to be gladly surprised by the receipt of a dispatch announcing the recovery of the me. Sheriff Case went up there, procured the body and held it until John in arrived in the city.

- The whitewasher is abroad. His business is looking up.

-On an orange tree in the County clerk"s office is fruit in process of ripening.

- A regular term of circuit court convenes in this city on the first day of June.

-On her way to Sunday School Kitty, daughter of Mr. Wm. Mclntyre, was accompanied by a little daughter of Christopher Comisky. As the two crossed a creek spanned by a board a short cut to the church, the daughter of the after tripped and fell into the water, which after the late rains was about three feet deep. Her companion, Kitty promptly jumped into the water and being large and strong of her age succeeded in saving her mate from a watery grave.

-An association of gentlemen having a desire for quiet and unmolested enjoyment behind steeds of various fleetiness have obtained a lease of the ground and will promptly put the race course in condition for the speeding of man's noblest servant - the horse. A number of our citizens met on Monday evening and elected the following officers: President, A. V. Robison; Secretary and Treasurer,. E. B.  Hall. The organization consists of thirty members ind the use of the trotting course will be limited to holders of tickets.