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15
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January
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1890
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Kead tlic straight-forward manly letter of Capt. Allen on the second page of this paper. Wlieat remains cheap, but sonie way flour doesn't drop any. Wonder why this is thus? Offlcers Scliott aiid Faul took Chas. Tiiylrr, the colored coachman of Judge Cooloy, to Pontiac Friday. If there was any possible chance for the grippe to be blown away, it ought to have tnken it3 llijilit last Monday. Justicc Iiutts sent one James Murray to jail for lifteen days, for belng drunk on the streets, on Friday last. Mts. Emily C. Yale seeks a divorce from F. Eugene Yalc on tlie allcged grounds of habitual diunkcnnese, etc. Oaly one newsp.iper nian in town has had the giippe so far. They don"t have time to fooi with such tliings, you know. Washtenaw county paid $817.23 to the Pontiac asyluin authoritics to keep its 19 patients during the quarter ending Dec. 31st. It is estímate J that tliere were 3,500 people in Uniycrsity Iiall Sunday niglit to liear Mr. Moody talk and Mr. Stebblna sinii. Rev. W. H. Davis, of Detroit, will occupy the pulpit of the Congregationnl church next Sunday in cxchange with the pastor. For the quarter ending Dec. 31st it cost Waslitenaw county $50.97 to keep its prisoners, five in number, :it the Detroit House of Correction. Tlie Western Union commeneed Monday evening to keep their office open f rom 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. An accommodation the public will ïppreciate. Charles üunn, of the Broadway niilk dairy, wis tlie lucky man to draw the gold watch, on Monday even ing last, put up by Win. Lodholz, of tbe Fifth ward. Robcrt Butler was up before Justice Butts one day last week on a charge of stealin; a bab)r cab and selling it, and was let off on suspended sentence. A warning. Sheriff Walsh took Fred Wahl, of this city, who has been janitor of the University llbrary building for several term?, to Pontiac Saturdaj'. A private patiënt consigned by Judge Babbitt. SIlss Hattie Bourns has raised a lilly and t is now in blossom, from a seed whicli her brotlier Frank bronght from the l'hilippine Islands. It is nearly a year since she plantod the seed. The farmers are complaining considerably over the mischief done by the wind early Monday a. m. Fences were blown down.cornstalk and other stalks scattercd, and the old nick to pay generally. Among the pensions recently granted we notice the followinL: "Win. Johnston (deceased) Ann Arbor Jennie C, widow of Paul McDowell, Ann Arbor; Anna J., wldow of Wm. M. Johnson, Ann Arbor." It bas been a rich treat to hear Mr. Stebbins render those beautiful songs, every word so distinctly heard, and expressed with a pathos, that It goes right to the hnart of the hearer, and is a scrmon itself. The Unlty Club program for next Monday evening consista of a paper, "From Joppa to Jerusalem," by Prof. M. E. Cooley; a recltation, "The Confessional,'' by Miss Lucy McGee; a shadow pantomime, and music. Articles of association of the Inventors Manufacturing Company, with capital stock of $10,000, with $1,002 pald in, have been filed with the county clerk. The stockholder8 are Ernest E. Eberbach, Jesse H. Hand and Daniel J. Ross, all of Ann Arbor, with 334 shares eacli. Provisión has been made for a series of Sunday evening addresses before the Young People's Society of the Congregational church, the flrst of which will be dellvered next Sunday evening, lOth inst., by Rev. W. H. Davis of Detroit. Theme : "The Law of Spiritual Conquest." Jude Cooley and liis family had quite a scare last Wedncsday night. The colored coadunan Charles Taylor, who had been in the employ of the Judge for many years, came into the house with a shot gun and demanded that the family cease chattering about him on pain of instant death. The Judge saw at once that he was insane, and by presencc of mind quieted liim until aid could arrlve. Marshal Walsh arrested Taylor and the next day he was adjudged lnsane by Judge of Probate Babbitt, and is now residing at tlie Pontiac asylum. On Monday evenins: last, the following non-coiumissioned ofllcers for Company A were appointed by the Bo:ird of Dircc tors : Quartermaster- Alvin St. Clalr. lfst Sergeant - VV llüjun ÍÍ. Armstrong. 'M ' - WlllIaiuTate. 3ü " - Paul Tessmer. 4th -Charles Jialley. 5tli ' - Walter Wallace. lt Corporal- Herman Kern. fa ■ -Frank Kelner. SU ' -Louis Noli. 4th ■ - Herbert Manly. sth " -Jacob Uwlnner. th " - liobert Hoss. 'Jh _A1. Imus. Stil -John St. Clalr. Katharine B. Schittanhelin has filed a bilí asklng a dlvorce from John Schittenhelm. The township board of Scio has extended tlie time for the pnyment of taxes UDtil Feb. S2d, '90. One week ngo Sunday there were twenty funerala in Detroit, many of them resnlting from tlie effects of the prevailing epidemie. The ladies of the Congregational cliurch, Dexter, have posponed tlieir merebant's earnival untll Friday and Saturday evenings, Jan. 24 and 25. A dandallon in fnll bloona wiis plcket near the lióme of J. Drown in the villaje lust Bsturilay. Quite a rare thing for thls time oí year In thls country.- Plnckney Dlspatcli. No mistake about that is Hiere? Are you sure it was not a dandyliar? Mrs. Minerva Flint, the mother of Mrs. Chas. S. Fall, with whom she lived, died on Monday a. m., of the prevailing epidemie, aged 73 years. Funeral services were held from the house yesterd:iy afternoon, Rev. II. B. Gelston offleiating. Mrs. Flint was an oíd resident of the city, and a higlily esteemed lady. A reader of the Courier sends thanks for the calendar of 1890, published at this office. He considera it one of the most artistic and attractive one of its kind ever published in this state or any other. lts illustratlons are so varied and so well execjted and its reading matter so appropriate especially those sayings of Beeclier pertaining to each montli of the year, will cause tho calendar to be kept as a beautiful souvenir. Ypsilantlan:- "Mr. B. D. Kelly reports nrices of farm produce average not far from last year. Apples neatly twice as higli, wool, iive or slx cents higher, potatoes, early in the fall.10 to 20 cents higher. Wlicat abont the saroe as last year, except when old IIu',cli had the corner on it, but cattle and swine considerably lcss. On the wkole, the average is quite satisfactory. He thinks the tariffon wool should remain, if not put back to that of 1867." Articles of incorporation of the Farmers' and Mcclianics' Bank, of Milan, Mich., liave been filed with County Clerk Ilowlett. The capital stock is $55,000. 250 shaies at f 100 eacb. The stockholders are as follows: Shares. Mell Barnes, Milan 90 Thos. W. Barnes, " 60 Wm. H. Whltmarsh, " 20 Chas. H. Wllson. " 15 Orriu A. Kelly, " . 15 Wm. H. Hack, 10 Roscoe C. Alleu, 10 J Hm in P. Thompson, Augusta 10 Wm. C. Keeves. Milan 10 B. Frank Goodlng, York 5 Albert Bond, Iondon 5 Walter J Barnes, Qulncy 10

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