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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
March
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
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LOCAL BREVITIES

George Hertler of York has purchased 75 acres of the Crittenden farm of Pittsfield.

Mr. Leipholz, of the garment department of Mack & Co., resigned his position on Saturday and left for the east.

The law partnership hitherto existing between Philip Blum and Charles Awrey has been dissolved by mutual consent.

The Ann Arbor Music Co., are seriously considering the matter of using automobiles for general use in their businesses.

Arthur Coe, treasurer of Augusta, was the first to make tax returns. He was in the city and turned over the money Saturday.

The social at Trinity Lutheran church Friday evening was largely attended and enjoyed. It netted the ladies about $15.

The subject for debate next Saturday at the Northside lyceum will be "Resolved, that the Northside should be paved."

Miss Ida Schaible entertained a few of her friends at her home Friday evening. Cards and a candy pull made the evening a jolly one.

The mud on the streets of Ann Arbor at present is very deep. It has revived the project of paving the streets with asphalt block.

Postmaster Pond has received word from Washington that the pay of the rural route carriers shall be raised from $500 to $600 per year.

The annual election of officers of the U. of M. Republican club will be held at the University Y. M. C. A. Saturday, March 8, at 9:30 a. m.

Rev. Louis Goldrick of Northfield is suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism, and it is with difficulty that he attends to his sick calls.

A fencing class was organized at the Y. M. C. A. rooms on Saturday with W. R. Alvord as instructor. The class will meet every Saturday night.

There were on Friday 94 patients in the new hospital. Four more entered Saturday. This is the largest number ever in the hospital at one time.

Emery Roe, treasurer of Lyndon township, made his returns to the county treasurer Monday. He returned two descriptions uncollected.

Prof. Asaph Hall, jr., director of the Detroit observatory of the U. of M., reports that on Friday the barometer stood at 29 9-10, the lowest record of many years.

Daniel A. Seyler, jr., of Lodi, left Saturday for Olathe, Kan., where he was called by parties who contemplated manufacturing his patent force feed stacker.

Mr. Lemble, the son of Alphonse Lemble, the meat market man, has been transferred from Fort Reno to Fort Sheridan, Wyoming. His health remains good.

Mr. C. G. Liddell has traded part of his Miller avenue property to Mrs. Marie Rogers for her residence, 617 Packard street, and will move on or before April 1.

It was not William H. Schairer but William H. Siler, a saloonkeeper, who waived examination before Justice Gibson for selling liquor on Washington's birthday.

Mrs. A. H. Flagg was surprised by about twenty friends Friday evening. Several games of progressive pedro were indulged in, after which a lunch was served.

The Ann Arbor railroad company Friday received two new large Baldwin freight engines. They are numbered 46 and 47. The engines are of the 10-wheel type.

The Ann Arbor Music Co. has a fine gramophone record of a cornet solo, played by Walter Crego, president of the senior student class. It is very interesting to his friends.

Geo. E. Harvey has sold his residence, 733 Spring street, through the real estate agency of Emmet Coon, to Wm. H. Turney, who will occupy the same as his residence.

The residents of W. Liberty street, between S. Main and S. Ashley streets are agitating the matter of paving the square with asphalt block. They are in favor of asphalt block.

Henry Luick, treasurer of Lima, was in the city Monday and made his returns to County Treasurer Mann. He had a clean roll, having collected every cent of taxes including the dog taxes.

The roll of honor at Delhi Mills school for the month of February contains the following names: Leon Marsh, Frank Neff, Theodore Neff, Jessie Roost, Ruth Strehle, Arthur Strehle.

Chaplain Orwick of the Jackson state prison will speak at Newberry Hall next Sunday afternoon. Jane Adams of Hull House, Chicago, will speak in Ann Arbor one week from Sunday.

The hearing in the chancery case of the great hive of the Maccabees vs. the supreme hive of the Maccabees, has been set for March 31. It is a very important case and may take 10 days or more to hear.

The Shaw & Sassaman Co. of Toledo, O., by Murray & Storm, solicitors, have filed a creditors' bill in chancery against L. B. Densmore and Ada K. Densmore. The bill is to aid in the collection of a judgement.

Captain D. F. Harris is in town again after having spent the winter in Watertown, N. Y. The captain is looking very well and the many friends that he has made in Ann Arbor are all glad to welcome him back.

Miss Lillian Cousins gave a progressive flinch party to about twenty of her friends Friday evening. Miss Bessie Steer won first prize and Miss Mabel Hall carried off hte booby prize. The evening was a very merry one.

Miss Louise allmendinger of W. Huron street, went to Des Moines, Ia., and when she arrived there received a fine offer as head milliner in a millinery store in Ogden, Utah, which she accepted, and left Friday for the west.

A small fire at the Chi Psi house Monday burned up a few papers in the basement and scorched things generally. The boys who were in the house at the time succeeded in putting out the fire before any great damage was done.

Mrs. G. O. Woodruff gave a very pleasant tea party Friday afternoon. The guest of honor was Mrs. Woodruff's mother, Mrs. W. Woodruff, of Cleveland. The house was beautifully decorated in palms and pink roses.

An effort is being made by several people to erect a chapel on Packard street. This would probably be very beneficial to that portion of the city as the distance is so great to the churches that in bad weather such a chapel would be highly appreciated.

The "Story of the Siege of Pekin" will be told next Sunday afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. rooms by H. C. King, who was in Pekin during the siege. Mr. King was a professor in the Pekin university and was unable to escape before the trouble broke out.

Miss Pauline Schnirring entertained a number of her friends at her rooms, 213 N. First street, Friday evening. Games and candy making were indulged in until a late hour, after which a delicious supper was served. Miss Schnirring proved a charming hostess.

During one day recently, money orders to the amount of $650 were received at the Ann Arbor post office from Manila. This shows that there is certainly something doing over there and a good deal of money is being sent from the islands to the United States.

A. L. Stewart, the representative of the Pilgrim Co. of Battle Creek, who is stopping at Hotel American, is much pleased with the outlook for his magazine in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. He thinks when he gets through canvassing the two towns he will have a large list.

The state board of agriculture is to be congratulated upon the prospect of having Hon. A. M. Brown of Schoolcraft for its secretary.--Kalamazoo Telegraph. The Hon. A. M. Brown is an honored alumnus of the State University, having completed his course in 1883.

Henry Stockdale of Ypsilanti, by his solicitor, Lee N. Brown, asks for a divorce from his wife, whose maiden name was Rosa Stockdale. They were married June 10, 1883, by Rev. I. N. Elwood, pastor of the M. E. church, of Ypsilanti. They lived together until Jan. 9, 1902. Three children, LeRoy, aged 17 years, Don, 13 years, and Guy, 9 years, are living. He alleges his wife was guilty of extreme cruelty, having a cruel and wocked temper and threatening to kill him by making for him with a knife. He asks for the custody of his two youngest children.

Andrew Hughes, by Murray & Storm attorneys, has begun suit in the justice court against Peter McGinn, of Scio, for trespass on a 12-acre tract of land near Scio village. This is the third suit of the kind started, and involves the title to the land. The case will probably be certified to the circuit court.

The supper served by the Y. W. C. A. on Saturday evenign was fairly well attended. It has been decided to make these suppers a regular thing, serving supper from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturdays for the convenience of busienss people and others who care to patronize them. The price of the supper is 15 cents.

The junior lit party at Granger's Friday night was in every way a success. About 55 couples danced to merry tunes from light operas, played by the chequamegons. Late in the evening a delegation of sophmores executed a parade around the gallery to the accopaniment of hte class yell. the program was finished at 1 a.m.

Carrie Henderson of Ypsilanti asks that the bonds of matrimony that bind her to Harry Henderson be dissolved. Her maiden name was Carrie Edwards. They were married Aug. 19, '98, by Rev. Mr. Gordam, a M. E. minster at Windsor, Ont. She claims that her hsuband has deserted her. Fred W. Green is her solicitor.

The funeral services of Patrick Downs of Northfield, who died Friday evening at 11 o'clock were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock in St. Patrick's church in Northfield, Rev. Louis D. goldrick officiating. Mr. Downs was born in Ireland and was 70 years of age. His wife died 10 years ago and his children before that, so that he has no near relatives living.

Flora Morton, of the Ann Arbor Music Co., is in receipt of a letter from Eugene Saunders, a graduate of the U. of M. law department, and who is now located at Palmyra, N. Y. Mr. Saunders has a very successful law practice and still retains his great interest in music and is the proud posessor of a genuine Stradivarius violin. He writes that he will visit Ann Arbor in the near future.

Supervisor John Munn of Salem was in the city Saturday on business. He reported that the cheese factory at Salem station, owned by Duncan Leech, burned to the ground Thursday night. The ladies were giving an entertainment in the building and a lamp was placed to near the ceiling and set fire to the building. The building cost $6,000 and there was only $1,000 insurance on it.

Township Treasurer Eugene Turner of Leoni and Township Treasurer Arthur Clark of Grass Lake, who levied upon cars of the Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jackson railway company Thursday night for taxes, received checks in the mail Friday afternoon for the taxes, as it was stated they would by officers of the company Thursday night. Friday was the last day for paying taxes, the township treasurers being required to make their return of taxes to the county treasurer March 1. 

Julia D. Storrs of the township of Ypsilanti has filed, by her solicitor, Lee N. Brown, a bill asking for a divorce from her husband Samuel J. Storrs. She alleges that they were married Nov. 3, 1990, by Rev. Ellis of the Baptist church of the village of Bellevue, Eaton county. They lived together until March, 1901. She claims that her husband was guilty of extreme cruelty by taunting and naging her with harsh and vile language. Her maiden name was Julia D. Bolles.

Supervisor Beach of Lima was in the city Saturday. He says the bridges between Ann Arbor and Lima Center have been tested in a way that shows they are perfectly safe. On Thursday machinery for the transformer station at Michigan Center was hauled out from Ann Arbor by C. S. Godfrey, the drayman, on two wagons. The heaviest pieces on the one wagon weighed six tons. The load was started with six horses, which bcame stalled, and two more had to be added to pull the load through. On the other wagon four horses were attached. The work of installing the station is progressing and will be soon completed.