City

- Wlieat nov bnngs $1.06 per bushej. -E. Treadwell is again buying wlieat at the T. & A. A. depot. -The market for Paria green and Londen purple s active. - Tlie census enomeratora in thiscity began their labora Tueaday. It is said that the new steamer will be named "W. 1?. Smith." - Vigilant Fire Company have an excursión to Toledo next Suiiday. -School chiWren can teil the number of dnys to the e!ese of the term. -The Weil house oear the T. & A. A. depot has heen conveited intoahotel. - Only four weeks iintil Fourth of july. Shall Aun Arborhaveacelebration this year? - J. M. Swift & Co. are making extensive shipments of flour soutli, via. T. & A. A. R. R. - Soon the steady tramp of the keroiene torch bearers will again be, heard throuffh the land. -The gradnating exercises of the high sehool will occur at 10 o'cloek A. m. on Friday, June "i. -The National and Savings banks were not open for business on Monday - that legal decoration dny. - W. II. Howaid & Co. have an anctton sale of household fumiture, &c, at their store on Ann street to-morrovv afternoon. - A woman suffrage convention is to be held in th'is city June 11 and 12, to be under charge of Mrs. Oella Brown Bchuyler. -Eleven divorce cases on the calendar for this term of court indicates a íarfíe amoúnt of domestic infelicity to exist in this county. - Tlios. Mat thews has closed his meatmarket on Ann Street for the summer months. Inahility to solve the ice problem beins the canse. - Moses Rogers contemplates the erection of a new building on the lot adjoining his warehouse on Detroit street tltr, present season. -Col. Dean has commenced the erection of two houses on South Main street. The frame of one was raised Tuesday. Luick Brothers are the builden. -A section of new sidewalk has been laid on Detroit street this week. There is much more along same street that npeds the same kind of treatment. -The Homeopathie Hospital Aid Association will meet in the parlor of the Hospital building, Thursday, June lOth, probably at three o'clock p. M. - AVill ('irietonwilldeliver a lecture on Father Mathew at the opera house at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 6th. Admission 10 cents. Let everyhpdy turn out. -The festival and sale held by the hdies of St. Andrew's churoh Friday evening at the armory. was a snceessful affair, and yiekled S1&5 to the chapel fund. - Our old friend Jamos OTSÍeill talcos eat pride in his residenc'e near t'ie Central depot, and has lately been engaged in making numerous improvements üiereon. - Large quantities of wlioat have been marketed in the city during Ui" past week. Farmers are inore disposed to sell at present prices _ than whcn it brougbt$1.30. -The wire for the fire alarm telegraph, connecting Firemena Hall with tlie Fiftli ward, was put up Saturday. The line was expecfed to be in woirking order last eveniñg. - The houe of Dr. George, corner liain and William streets, is rapidly progressing. It is enclosed, partitions set, and the lathers are at work getting ready for the plasterers. - Sunday evening services at St. Andrew's ehurch, for the snmmer months, wülbe held at 6:30 o'clock, commencing last Sunday. The services are designed more especiallv for young people. - St. Andrew's cluirch society contémplate the erection during the present season of a chape] connecting with their cliurch, and a parsonage on the site of the o)d ehurch. Work on the former it is expected will soon begin. -The building for the new machine shop of R. K. Ailfs is néarly completad, and is soon expected to he oceupied. As soon as the machinery in the old shop can be removed to the new one the old building will be torn down. - The strawberry and ice cream festival at the Congregational ehurch on Tuesday evening was very largely attended. The city band were present and discoursed several pieoes of nxusp, adding largely to the interest of the occasion. - Scientiflc gentlemen have recently announced that too much rope-jumping Muses necrosis or death of the bone of the lower limbs. This item is for the benefit of those boys and girla who frequently boast that they -'have jumped the rope 200 times." - Give Peter Carey, street commissioner of the Fourth ward, an order to improve a street and you can bet that agood job wil! be done, as the recent work on Detroit street and the abatement of the mud-hole near the Catholic ehurch will bear witness. - Added to the list of portráits of Judge ïïarriman's predecessors is the portrait of Ilon. II. J. Beakes, suspended from the wall of the Probate offiee. It is pronoiincpd by all who observe it to be a correct picture of one of ourold and respected citizens. -The prospect for large crops of fruit were Hever better in this vicinity than this year. Our peach growers will beable to supply the markets of neighboring cities with a quantity sufBcient to prevent the erop of some other section being sold there under the name of Ann Arbor peaches. -The Baptist Sunday school have the first excursión of the season; to Toledo and Put-in-Bay, to-morrow (Saturday,) leaving this city at 8 a. m., via T. & A. A. R. R. The magnifleent steamer Chief Justice Waite will convey the ex-ursionists from Toledo to Put-in-Bay. ïare for round trip $1.50. -Hiram Whedon died at the resitenceof his son, W. }T. Whedon, on ïriday last, in the 82d year of his age. He was born at Ilebron, Washington ttmnty, N. Y.,and has resided with hls son in this city during the past few )'ears. The remains accompanied by 8 son were taken to Oneida, N. Y. for interment. -The Euterpean ilusical society will frtve a concert this Friday evening at the M. E. ehurch. A strawberry and 'ce-cream festival will be held in the Parlors of the ehurch immediately after the entertainment. Tickets to concert and festival 25 cents. To festival alone W cents. A very enjoyable time is an" ttcipated. - Two work traiua of the Cential road are aova making their haaiquarters in this city- one wlth the powerful liftinpr den-ick. and the other with the spile-drlving gang. Thcy are building the abutmehts for an iron bridge at Delhi Mills. It is reported that sgveral bridges in this vicinity are to be replaced With iron ones the present season. - Suhday Company A, previeras togoingtothe eemetery and participating in thn decoration exercises, attended morntng services as a company, In uniform, at 8t. Andrew's church and listened to an interesting discourse, from thetext "Quit yelikemen- bestrong," by the Rector, Bev. Wyllys Hall. who is lalso chaplain of the First Regiment M. S. T., to which the company is attached. - Lnick Brothers' rapidly increasing business having neceseitated the purchase of more round have obtained the old cooper shop property adjoining their planing mül. They will use the grounds for a lumber yard, and the old shop för a storehouse. lf. ]?. Dodsley removed his cooper shop Wednesday to the new Henning building at the Central depot. - Thefourth annua] reunión of th ■ graduates of the high school will b held Friday evening, June 25, in t!i ■ school hall. There will be literary exercises, wlth music, as follows: Essa byMissMaryL. Martyn, class of '74 oration by Webster Cook, class of T4. After which the annualelection of o(ficera will be held, refreshments serve l. and old memories revived. -Richard Bradel has organized a Germán dramatic company of twelve people which, every month during next season, will give four performances at Cleveland, two at Sandusky, two at Toledo, one at Jackson, two at East Baginaw and hvo at Aun Arbor, beBides making a contract to have the use of WMtney'a opera house during the season when not occupied by any regular theatrical attraetion.- Evening Xews. -The members of the Germán Evangelieal Synod in session here la.st week visited the Observ'atory Friday evening and the University Saturday. The Synod closed its session Sunday evening. The following officers were e'.ected for the ensuing year: President, Rev. J. B. Jud, Mansfield, O.; vice-president, Rev. Pliilip Wagner, South Bend, Ind.; secretary, Ilev. Jolius Schumm, Urbana O.; treasurer, ltev. J. II. Enslin, Sandusky, O. - In front of the bat store of A. A. Terry hung some hammoeks. While A. A. was sitting in the front part of his store the other day, two rural gentlemen approached said articles and commenced a conversation as to what they were. One of said r. g. suggested that they were horse nets; af ter f urther examination the otber came to the conclusión that they were fish nets. "Yes, that's what they are," said the first speaker, " doublé stranded dip nets." They walleed on "fully persuaded" that they bad solved the question. Asher was too mucb interested in the eonversation to praise the quality of the articles or to try and effect a sale. - Wool does not commence to move freely yet, farmers not being satislied with the, prices - expectiag to rceive 40 cents. Mack & Sclimid have taken in but two clips, one at 37ii: the other ;it 85c - the first price was paM to secure the first clip purchased this season. Bach & Abel have taken but one clip. Mr. ]5aeh thinks the prices will range from 33 to 88c, while some of his eastern advices claim that the prices will go as low as those of last year. In some parts of the state sales are reported at 40c, which is accounted for by haring been contracted some weeks siiice. The present condition of the castern market will not waiiaiit tliat price being paid l'lio ITnivei'sity. -Prof. Monis returned to this city a few days ago from Baltimore. - A pauper named Wm. Cook died at the hospita] onTbursdayoflastweekof brain diseaee. -The examination of eandidates for admission to the department of literature, science and the arts takes place June 20 and 28. -Dr. Cocker and wif e left for their European trip Monday forenoon. A large body of students headed by the city band, escorted them to the depot. -The two students, Tompkins and Olmstead, who were arrested for "horning" Prof. Beman, were on Monday evening suspended from college for one year. - Dr. Angelí returned home from Washington Tuesday aftemoon, where bc had been to receivifhis instructions previous to his departure for China. J Ie" will leavewith bis family for his destination the fore part of next week. - The election of Chronicle editors took place Saturday resulting in the selection of George B. Daniels and Moss Perkins, society men, and W. L. Liggett and F. II. Goff , independents. C. T. Brace was elected to flll the vacancy caused by the resignation of Max Zinkeisen. -The order of Commencement week is: June 27, Baccalaureate address; 29, Class-day; 30, Alumni-day; July 1, Commencement in the department of literature, science and the arts, the department of medicine and surgery, the school of pharmacy, and the homoeopatblc medical college. - Edouard Remenyi, the great viollnist who appeared in University Hall on two occacions during the past winter, and on one of the occasions was drawn in a carriage from the university gronnds to the hotel by several biindred stndents, will be one of the attractions at the great musical festival at Toledo next week. - The students of the university will give a public farewell reception to President Angelí at University Hall on Saturday aftemoon at 4 o'clock, under the management of a committee of the Faculties acting with the Presidents of the several students classes. Addresses will be made by members of the faculty and by students representing each class i ii the university. - The complimentary banquet to President Angelí, of Ann Arbor university, in honor of his appointment as I faited States minister to China, takes place on Friday evening at the Russeli house. Covers will be laid for aibout 300 guests, and toasts will be responded to by Bishop Haven, President Angelí Gov. Croswell, State Senator Torn Palmer, Supreme Justice Cooley, Mayoi Wm. G. Thompson, Alfred Russell .las. KJoy, Prof. J. M. B. Sill, Theo Komeyn and Prof. Moses Colt Tyler.-