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19
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March
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1890
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The rough roads of tlie past week have been very hard on buggy springs. On Friday, the 28th Inst., there wlH be a teachers examination at Ypsllanti. In voting for fewers our citizens will be voting for thcir own good health. A bii3 loail of young people are to go over to Saline to-night to attend a party. A report of the Junior exhibition will be found on the first page of tliis paper. The subject of Mr. Sunderland's evening lecture next Sunday will be, "Emerson." It is the popular Inlog just now to own a type writer. lts click is getting very familiar. George Suttun of thia place, delivered a spin of fine horses to Manchester parties to wlioni he had sokl tliem last week. Register of Deeds S.-erey is busy coinpiling the mortgiige report lo be given to the different supervisors by April lst. Judge Harrimau bus been elected vicepresident of the Ann Arbor Savings Bank, in place of the late ffm. W. Wines. St. Patrick's Day was passeil In a very rjuiet and agrcoable nianner here in Ann Arbor. There were no parades or demonstratio:;s of aDy kind. Dr. F. K. Owen has been appototed by President Tliurslon of tlie National Republican Leogné, as a memberof the subexecutive committee for Michigan. The ÜDity Club will hold lts ílfth social of the Éeason on next Mondaj' eveninr. All members and tlieir fiiends are cordially invited. Tlie nliirm of f re last Monday evening was caused by the burning of a chimney in the house of Airs. Dr. Heartley at No. 40 WUUam st. Yesterday Randall was awarded tlie contract for senior class picture of tlie state Normal School, ovor which he feels considerably elated. Charlie Staebler is titting up a line office in the St. James block on Huron street. He will be ready to decórate your honcs and rooms in a few days. Bishop Davies is to hold confiimation services at St. Andrcw's churcli next Sunday a. m. at 10.30. There will be about 30 in the confirmación class. Some of our farmers lack confidence in tlieir ability to furnish tlie market with a gilt-edged arlicle of butter next eummer, on account of the scarcity of ice. The building of sewers means more for our city's prosperlty than (iid tlie advent oí water works, a complete fire dcpartment, or even electric lights and street cars. There s to be a meeting of the Board of the County Mutual Kire Ins. Co. next week Tuesday, to take Into consideratiou tlie loss of Robt. F. Brokaw, of Northfield, two weeks ago. Giles B. Stebbins, of Detroit, will deliver a lecture Sunday afternoon, at 3 p. in., in the l'nitariuu churcli, under the auspices of tlie Teinperance Union. Subject: "Self-Conquest." Both politlcal parties are casting about for suitable candidatcs but some way the Barkis'8 are not very willing. No pay and a great deal of gratuitous kicking doesn't make the municipal offices very inucli hankered after. The net earaings of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan rallroad for tlie tnonth of February were 99,711.91 against $71,183.48 for February, 1889. Thls is an increaseef $28,581.40 in the net earnings of the company. The Young People's Society of the Baptist church announcc an entertainment for Friday evening, Maren 21st Aliss Carrie Berry Phelps, an elocutionist and gradúate of the college of oratory of Boston, Mass., will give readings from popular authors. At Eberbach's drug store there is a peculiar model. It is a reproduction of the nerves and veins and different formations of the human head and spine, minus the bones. It is not a very beautiful thing, but it is something tlie student will look at and study up with increasing interest and wonder. At a recent meeting Col. H. S. Dean was elected trustee of the Congregational churcli of this city. Not accepting a verbal notification of tlie same as genuine, he bas since been served with a formidable legal document notifying liim of the event in true Blackstonian phrase and style. On March llth John II. Cunningham was brought before Justlce Pond on a charge of larceny of an overcoat from Fred Brown's establishment, plead guilty and was fined $15 and f 10 costs, and given to Saturday the 15th to raise the money, which he dld and saved himself 15 days In the Detroit House of Correetion. At the council meeting Monday evening it was resolved to hold a special electlon on Monday, March 31st, to vote upon the question of putting in sewers. The amotint to be voted upon is f20,000, of which f 10,000 shall be spread in U00, and $10,000 the year following. 1 here can be m question as to the need of this Improvement, and it is to be lioped that the tax-payers will decide In lts favor. Bessie A.WinslMv, datigliter of George and Celia Winslow, died from dropsy, brought on by scarlet feVer, March 18, 1890. Funeral services Thursrtay, March 20, at 2 p. ra., at residence. On Friday evening, Murch 2lst, Prof. Steere is to lecture at the Mill's school house n Pittsfield for the benefit of their library. He will give an account of bis late Phillipine Iilanil trip. It will be Well wortli hearing. A iMimbiT of the ladies of Ibe Woman's Auxillary of St. Andrcw's cliurch, will attend "A quiet Day," to be held at St. Paul's cliurch, Detroit, next Friday, to be conduetcd by the rector of St. Johti's cburcli, of the satne place. Charles "Wagner has broujrht on a number of bicycles for ladiea' use, and seyeral ladies are rapIJIy Icui ninr to ride them. It must be admitted tbat the ladies look very graceful on these wheels, and quite take the shine off of their gentlemen escorts. Backward, turn backward, O tlrae in your lliglit. Give me the nose tbat I breathed throngh last night ! Bring back the smeller that two days ajfo, knew not the torment of continual woe. l'ub my red nose as you oft have before, wlth tallow, dear mother; oh it is so sore. - Ex. The dry goods business of Wines & Worden has been purchased by llorace Q. VanTuyle, of Detroit, and E. F. Mills, of Albion, the linn name to be E. F. Mills & Co. Mr. Mills will conduct tlie business, Mr. VanTuyle being a silent ineraber of the fiim. The ncw firm will Iíih] a pleasant and wc liope proliluble pluce liere in wliich lo do business, and we wish tbem every succes. A litlle rnis8ionary scclety known as tlie Cliildren'í Twenty Minute Society, consisting of eleven boys of Mrs. Rathbone's class of St. Acdrew's Sunday' School, have bcen making a laríe number of fancy scrap books and other things tliat thpy will send to the Crow Creek ageney, in Dakota. The work displHj-s considerable sklll and genius, aad will no doubt enable tlic children of tuat región to pass manya pleasant hour. K. D. GlenD, of Nortli Like, Dexter townahlp, a school teacher, and a young man very popular iu that section, was accidently killed, Monday, while out shootIna pquirrels. In getting over a fence the hammer of hls gun caufihr, and the contenta were discharged luto Jiis left slde, wounding liim eo severely thnt he lived only a few minutes. It is n very sad affair and causes an intense ainount of sorrow in the locality. The deceased was one of the most promiclDg J'oung men in that section. It is too bad that such as he was to be calltd iway by death. The family have the hearllelt sympathies of the entire community. The next state encampniKiit of the G. A. R. will be held In the opera houae at Adrián the lst 2J and 3d of April. About 2,000 of the veteran soldiers are expected, coniposed of delegates and oftlcers froin tlie 400 posts of the state. Gov. Luce, Gen. Alger, Gen. Gibson of Ohio, and Gen. Black, of Illinois, and other speakers will entertain the crowd at the camp-fires on theeveningsor April lst, 2d and 3d. The delegates from Welch Post are J. Q A. Sessions and W. J. Clark. The Conimander of the Post, J. T. Jacobs, and Past Commanders II. S Dean and C. H. Manly will al-io be present. Col. Duflïeld, of Detroit, is a prominent candidate for conimander of tlie departmeiit of Michigan. There aro over 30,000 meinbers of the G. A. it. Posts in this state. Welch Post in this city has 100 meinbers. For some little time :i party eonsisting of Herman and Titus Hiilzel and Fred Schmid have been prospectlng hero wltll a view ofestiiblisliing a brick yard. They were moved to tbis from the fact tliat thousands and thousands of dollars are paid out here every year, for freight alone to say notblng ot the co&t of the brick themselves. Every dollar of this can be saved to our city, and probably will be bereafter for these gentlemen propose to organize a stock company, witb a capitalization of $25,000. The location of the yards will be upon what is known as the Loomis flits taking clay from the banks of the old Torrey (arm just north of the city. The clay has been thoroughly tested, and at Mr. Hutzel's store can now be found specimens of pressed and common brick that will probably astonUh most ol our citizens for their benuty and apparent excellence. It is propoeed to enter upon this business at once, and to put In a complete set of the best and bitest Improved macbinery for brick making. Tliis will glve cmployment to a number of men, and in tbat way also tend to build up our city.

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