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The weather was very ejrgsasperating Suntlay last. J. H. Hand, of this city, lias received a patent 011 a steam generating lire box. The public sciiools vvill close next Frid.iy for i vucation ofone week. A tnorequlct Snndaj preccding a city eleCllOD W8J seldoin ever seen in Ann Arbor. Tlie first thunder storm of the seasoti carne to this section yesterday morning at au early Iionr. Zerali S. Pulciplier, of the 5th ward, has voted fifty slx years i:i one ward, and has lived In the house he is now In fur fifty years. The alarm of fire last cvening was caused by the burniiig of a brusli lieap in the rear of Daniel Hiscock's rcsidence on N. Main st. There was a rush of considerable proportion at tlie poslofflce Inft Saturday nilit. Tlie boys quitcd down after a litüp, however. "Thunder in the Bprlng, cold weather will brins." That'a tbe ld saw. It must he remembered tliat we bad thunJer last tal! and no winter at all. The Toung Ladles' JNIiisiouary Society of the M. E. chnrch meeta at Mrs. MoKenzie's, No. 50 S. División st., at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The tearing down of the old Alber shop near Pontlac street bridge makes tiiiiijrs look better down theie. JSut there is still room for improvement. If there il imy vülage in the rcach of thls item that de=ires a good, iirst class hand lire engine, they will do well to correspond with tlie city clerk of Ann A rbor. One of the many te-liable weather prophets of thls scction claims that the middle and the last days of April will be very cold and dteagreeable. The rest of !t quite spring?. Next Sunday evening, in the Methodist cliurcli, Dr. Ötudley will commence a short course of lectureá on Jewish llistory. Subject of Ist lecture: Scènes in the Desertj f rom the lied Sea to Sinal. About twelve K. T's carne down from Chelsea last evftning to assist Hon. A. J. öawyer in taking Iiis temple degree. Tliey assisted him all rijjht cnough. Now like a true philantliropist A. J. stands ready to assist tliose who are to follow hlm. The Grand Traverse Ilerald published a cook book which it gives to its subscribers. Mrs. M. E. C. Bates, editor of the houseliold department of that paper cdits it f rom recipes, which about seventy of the house-wives of Qrand Rupids have contributed. Last Wednesday ïiight about 35 members of Washtenaw LoJge, I. O. O. F's, went to the home of Noble Grand Will Morton, on the south Ypsilanti road, ;uul gave hiin a farewell visit. He loaves tlns week for Lenawee county, wherelie bas bought a íarm. The entertainment 'given by the Q. A. lï. post at University Hall last evening was a brilliaut success, and the addressof lier. Jlr. Bnrkley onc of the flnest ever heard bere. The cushion on the seats became quite hard bcforethe entertainment fiDished, however. Evart Scott and J. C. Knowlton went up on Cornwell's pond the other day, and as a result of tlieir fishing methods brought back a string of as nice bass as lias ever been aliown liere. Whether they used worms or süver cartwheels for bait we dldn't learn. The following gentlemen were electeil vestrymen of St. Andrew's church Montlay morning: John II. Wheeler, H. J. Brown, C. H. Richmond, E. Treadwell, C. S. Denison, Dr. C. B. Nancrede, E. D. Kinne, B. M. Thompson, Dr. J. C. Wood, S. H. Douglass. Yesterday J. E. Beal received a letter of congratulation upon his marrlage from Dr. D. E. Oiborne, dated at Jeho Sllver Mines, Mongolin, China, Peb. lltli. The Dr. says: " The Couuibr of Dec. 4tli aas just arrived, and am glad to get the more extended notice ol' the great event." At seven o'clock Sunday evening every scat in the M. E. church was fillcd, and bundreds came aftcrwards wlio could not gain admissiou to the church even. When such uien as Bishop Vincent come here, whom the people generally desire to hear, why could not university hall be opened for them ? Capt. Sld W. Millard, of Company A, was chosen major of the lirst regiment M. S. T., at Jackson, last Friday. The members of the company were so elated over the fact that they marched to the depot in uniform accompanied by a iife and drum corps, and receiyed Major Millard in a very enthusiastic manner as he returned home on the 10 o'clock train. Mis. Ormiston Chant of London, England, will speak at the Unitarian church of this city next Sunday morning and evening. Her morning subject will be "Spiritual Life;" the evening subject " öigns of the Times." Free tickets tor reserved seats at the morniug service may be obtained nt the Unitarian church on Friday and Saturday afternoons from 4 to 6 o'clock. The collection at St. Andrew's Church K8ster Sunday was $150. The cold atmosphere and north wind of Monday accounts for the result. The various Sunday schools of the city had services appropriate to Easter last Sunday. The Peninsular Soap Co. propose to givc away toilet'soap now. See what tliey say about it in tlieir "ad." O;i March 3lst, Mrs. Eliza Decker, wife of J. C. Decker, of Geddcs, dropped deatl witli heart disease, aged 51 years. St. Andrew's cliurch was liandsomely dccoratcd witb flowers for the Easter service last Sunüiiy. The singing was very fine, indeed. Everyone who knows the man and the circumstances will rcjoice over the fact that Judge Alexander D. Crane, of Dexter, has been allowed a pension. Last Sunday ludies were upon the street with light wraps, heavy wraps, sealskin sacques, and no sacques at all. The weather was quite delightful. A Baptist Sunday school convention is to be held at Ypsilanti on Thursday and Frlday, April 17 and 18. Rev. A. S. Carman and Hev. Dr. Haskell of this city wíll take a prominent part in lts proceedings. E. F. Mills, wlio recently purchased the dry #oods establishment of Wines & Worden, bears the proud distlnctlon of bdng the only repubücau ever elected mayor of Albion - liis residence before coming liere. Tliere were a bout lifteen or tweiity C helsta people at the G. A. I{. entertainment last eveniug, who were obliged to leave before the exercises were over with. We uuderstand that the post has made ubout $ir0 net out of the proceeds. Mrs. Lama Ormisfon Chant of London, Eng., the most eloquent woman lecturer in Oreut Britain, will speak at the special meeting of the Uniiy Club iu the Unitarlan Cburcb next Moiulay evening, her subject beinf; "The Poet's Ideal Woman." Ailmission 25 cents. Tickets are on sale at Sueelmn's and Wuhr's bookstores. Archibaid Wrlght, one of the old-time residents of tlie ütli ward, died on Tuesdaj-, April 8tb, of pneumonía, aged G5 years, 10 months. Funeral services will be held Thursday, at 4 o'clock p. m., from tlie residence. The deceased was hlghly respected. He leaves a wife and one son. Prof. Deeman of the University is a stepson. Two men went up with their ba Hots to vote. Tlie one was n Chrisllaii llie otlier a bloat. One carried with lilm tlie Word of hls Ooü, Tlie other a llccnae to sell "forty-rod ;" Hut tlie angel abovc saw, with wouder and sliaine, Tlml the tickets they cast read exactly the sanie. Can two walk togellier except they be ii reedt- Amos :!: :!. Tlie nbovc "poetry" lioiuls the bilis postod íor a prohibition conference in this city on the lflli. It is quite rlght. The prohibs. and the demócrata have been going arm n arm foryeari to beat the republiciins at ftny cost, and secure iree whisky. It is aatontohlng Ihat a person who is Keiitleinuiily every othcr w:iy will o to an entertainment and annoy every one withi hearing distance of bim by keepin time with liis t'eet ? At the sin Glee Club entertainment Saturday evening Hiere wcre tivo or tliree persons in different parts of the audience so forgetful of the feelings of others as to keep thumpinr, thumplng away on the seat or on the lbor, greatly disturbing people who went to the concert to listen to tbe Wisconsin boys. It is a species of tlioiiglitlessness nlmcwt inexcusable in young gentlemen. One ofonr citizens was passing along the street the other iliy placidly plnting in bis mind bis clear conscicnce and good habits, vvben be was met by a countryman, evidently, wbo was in seareh of somi-tliing: "See hcre, stranger,1' said the countryman, "can you teil a feller whar Mie anniversary is? I've li ved in tbe state nijjb onto forty years, and never seen the annlversary yet, and now I've come to see t " Our good citizen was dumbfounded for x moment, and then it popped Into hls liead tliat it was the Columbus-discovering-America anntversary tbat was wanted, and so be told tbe man tbat lic would have to go to Chicago. "You don'tknow wbat I mean. Tain't no show I'm after. It's tbat confounded anniversary yon got here In Ann Arbor. The thing tliat the old man Luce put hls vetoer onto. Tlmt's the consarn I am anxious to cast my lookerson. Now, sir, can you teil me where, in tlils liere town I can find that anniversary?" Our good citizen tumbled, and gave the gentleman explicit dlrections where he would flnd, 11 ot only the campus and nolversity buildings but Major Soule and Steward Wade aUo. It was afterward lcarned tliat the gentleman was much pleased with I1I3 first visit to the university, and went home in the full belief that he should hare one of his boys, and perbaps bis jirl, also.come here to school.