Town Talk

Town Talk

--The supervisors will meet in adjourned session Jan. 5.

--A merry, merry Christmas to all the readers of the ARGUS.

--Regent and attorney-general Van Riper, was in town Tuesday.

--This week and next the Ladies' library will be open on Friday instead of Saturday.

--Cars on the Toledo road were crowded with students Friday, departing homeward.

--Post office hours for Christmas day, 10 to 11 A.M. and 6:30 to 7:30 P.M. No money order business.

--Eliza M. Whedon died on the 18th instant, from a tumor weighing 212 lbs. She has been a resident 34 years.

--Any person to whom a county order is due, can have it forwarded by mail by dropping a postal to the county clerk.

--Christmas services will be held in Bethlehem Lutheran church this evening, beginning at 6 P.M., with a variety program.

--Edwin Wilder of Chicago, resident of Ann Arbor in 1865, '66 and '67, spent the past week visiting friends in the city and vicinity.

--The one-third interest in the Maynard block, heretofore owned by Joseph Donnelly has been purchased by Messrs. M. and P. Duffy.

--Circuit court commissioner MacMahon was engaged on Monday taking testimony in the divorce suit of Minerva vs. Henry Johnson.

--There will be a sepcial Christmas service for Sunday school and congregation at the Unitarian church next Sunday morning. No evening service.

--At the M. E. church on next Sunday evening at 7 P.M., Rev. J. Alabaster will lecture on the "Phases and Progress" of the American temperance reform.

--Gleason F. Dixon, whose death is recorded elsewhere, was a graduate of Pharmacy class of '77. His remains were taken to Concord, Jackson county, for interment.

--The Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church will give an entertainment for Christmas on Friday evening, in the audience room of the church beginning at 7 P.M.

--After a lengthy examination of policeman Porter and ex-constable Imus, charged with presentation of fraudulent bills to the supervisors for audit, justice Granger held the former in $200 and the latter in $100 for trial at circuit court. Constable Loomis waived examination and entered bail in $200 to appear.

--A strange little girl presented herself at the M. E. school on Sunday. Approached by a teacher, who saw her predicament, she was asked to what class she belonged. She replied: "No class, but I want to come to the Christmas tree." It is probable the little girl goes in time to join the annual summer picnic.

--Among the early settlers and present residents of Ann Arbor, are Lorrin Mills who came hither in June, 1826; Ira Cornwell, August 10, 1826; Daniel B. Brown, October, 1826; Edward Clark, May, 1827; James M. Willcoxsen and his sister, Mrs. Mary J. Maynard, September 10, 1827.

--Prof. Frothingham gave a lecture on "The Eye" at the opera house in Adrian on Monday evening, before the high school. Says the Times of that city: "Dr. Frothingham is not a professional lecturer by any means, and he only consents to lecture here at the solicitation of Prof. Curtis and many other friends. But none who know the doctor will doubt his ability to make the evening pass pleasantly to his hearers."

--A copy of the Michigan ARGUS of date December 19 1849, is received through the courtesy of E. J. Clancy, Jr., of Northfield. It is a seven column folio, published by Cole & Gardiner, and the contrast between it and the ARGUS of to-day is noticeable. It contains two columns of reading matter only on the first page, whereas we are now giving seven. But two local items appear one relating to the death of an inmate of the county house, the other, the expulsion of twenty-two students from the university on the ground of belonging to secret societies. Every week we give eight, nine, and sometimes ten columns of local matter. Among the merchants doing business then there are noticed: O'Hara, dealer in clothing, E. W. Wheeler, dry goods, L. W. and E. H. Spaulding, hatters, T. Edwards, groceries, G. Grenville, jeweler, A. DeForest, crockery and grocery, T. A. Haviland, farming implements, D. DeForest, sash, doors and blinds, M. Campion, merchant tailor, H. R. Hughes, land agency, A. Norton & Co., furniture, E. T. Williams, steam foundry. the Maynards, dry goods, E. Clancy & Bro., hats and caps. The attorneys whose names appear are B. F. Granger, Manchester, Kingsley & Morgan, Geo. Danforth, E. A. Lawrence, Dwight Webb, O. W. Moore, Ann Arbor. E. Thomson, Justice of the Peace. From notices appearing, C. H. Van Cleve was probate judge. Jas. Weeks conducted the Exchange hotel. R Hooper manufactured brown and pale ale and table beer. Homeopathy was practiced by Dr. Cowles, dentistry by S. D. Burnett, medicine by E. D. Post and J. F. Draper of Saline. Wm. S Maynard and George Becker were insurance agents. W. P. Cook opens new grocery. H. W. Goodrich & Co. publish notice of dissolution.

--The annual settlement time is near at hand.

--See that no little stockings are hung up in vain tonight.

--Chas. Donnelly of Detroit is spending the holidays at home.

--Company A contemplate going to Washington to witness the inauguration of president-elect Garfield.

--The temperance revival conducted by Hughes and Ward of Indiana, is drawing good houses. Many pledges are taken.

--December 20th and 21st are put down as the shortest days, although January 1st will strike some as being the shortest.

--Remains of Alpheus Britt, who died in Chicago, Dec. 11, of erysipelas of the head, were brought to this city for interment.

--The ice dealers are putting up the ice, and the coal dealers are putting up the price. Both are very busy, and both want it cold.

--Merchants are happy, salesmen wear smiling faces, trade excellent, holiday goods moving lively, and money appears to be plenty.

--Christmas and New Year's day are legal holidays. Bank paper falling due on those days must be provided for on the preceding Fridays.

--If Vennor would only send us a sample package of snow he was going to pile up eleven feet deep about the 22nd, it would be a good thing.

--At the New England supper on Wednesday evening, Mr. Luther James was the only person present of those who founded the society twenty-three years ago.

--On Tuesday afternoon, Miss Hannah Moore of South University Avenue, was united in marriage to Mr. J. F. Somerville of Pennsylvania, by Rev. Wyllys Hall.

--Fill her bustle full of sponges,

     Sister's going out to skate;

     She will need their yielding softness

     When she tries the figure 8.

          --N. Y. Express.

--About March 1, John Keck will begin the erection of a three-story brick block 66x82 on the south-west corner of Main and Liberty streets. It will have a three store front and the cost is estimated about $10,000.

--This evening at the Zion German Lutheran church 294 hearts will be made happy with Christmas presents. Superintendent of the Sabbath school, Fred. Schmid, Jr., will distribute the presents from two trees.

--Now is the time to subscribe for your papers for 1881. In doing so do not forget that the ARGUS is the best local paper published in Washtenaw County, giving more news per column of this character, as a comparison will prove.

--Henry Mathews market presents a very attractive appearance, filled to overflowing with the best meats the market affords. He can not very well be outdone in the tempting array of beef by the quarter, mutton by the carcass, pork by the hog, etc. He is prepared for the holidays, ready to serve the public in his usual courteous manner.

--The reopening of the Union Square Theatre, for a brief season, preliminary to the regular one, was effected last night. "Two Nights in Rome,"--the work of Mr. A. C. Gunter,--was presented. The attendance was large, and the play was received with attentive interest, and even with enthusiasm. There is some excellent work in it, particularly in the shape of situations that employ the expedient of suspense. The strength of the work, is its ingenuity; and, should its texture be knitted more closely, it will succeed by its capacity to interest. There are opportunities for strong acting, which were improved by Miss Granger. The latter has not before appeared to so good advantage as in this piece. Further comment on the new piece is delayed. --N. Y. Tribune.