Local

Areyou ííoing to Europe tliis .suminer? The outlook for the apple erop In this county h placed at 92 per cent., and peaches 95 per cent. T'o londs of high school stmlenls went to Whitmore Lake Saturday and had a very enjoyable time. Thlrteen out of 26 milis and elevators In this county report 103,3"l bushels of wheat nmrketed during May. The summer resorts at the various beautiful lakes in this county are being " slicked up " ready for mosquito food. There is to be an "Alaska evening" at the Baptist church on ïliursday, to which the ladies of other churches are invited. The annual commencement exerclíes of St. Thomas' purochial school will take j)lace Oi I'i iilaj' evening at the school hall. The A. A. Thomson-IIuston Electric Co. to-day made ■rangements to fuvnish eleetricity for the Ann Albor Street Hailway Co. There was a jolly lot of hand sliuking at the M. E. church last Sunday a. m., Drs. Pope and I'amsay being the centers of attract ion. The old house belonging to Herman Krapf adjoining liis planing mili on Detroit st., has been torn down nnd a new onc is to take its place. City Clerk Bach is entertaining a committee from Brown City to-day, who are here looking over the stock of fire engines the city has for sale. All of the Ann Arbor liquor taxes are paid except in oue instance. There are flve yet due from Ypsilanti. What's the matter with the Ypsi. officials? The Board of Review complete their labors to-morrow. The assessincnt seems to hare been quite satisfactory, there bclng comparatively little fault-finding. Tituá Hutzel and Win. Herz were succegsful in capturáis the ncxt meeting of the Arbeiter Bunde, of Michigan, wfaicb will be held here nt-xt June. It wlll be a big gatherlng. There are 200 cross walkg nceded in this city and needed very niuch. Thejr wlll coat $45 euch on an average, and the city ouglit not to to furnlsk the money to lm lid them. A. A.Terry having been taken sick and obliged to give up the takiug of the census in the lir.-t ward, John Donovan will complete the job, having recelved instructions so to do yesterday. The annual picnic for the se wing school will be held next Saturday, June 21st, in the grove opposite the old fair grounds. Friends wisliing to contribute provisión can leave the same at Miss Brown's or at Mrs. Eiigeue B. Hali's Saturday before 2 o'clock p. m. A large excursión party froiu Owosso over the T., A. A. &, X. AI. K'y, of about 300 [eople, composed largely of the members of the Teachers' Association of Sliiawassee county, visited the city Saturday last, the uiiiversity being the main feature of attraction. Prof. AI. E. Cooley has given to Fraternity lodge F. & A. Bi. a square and a 24 inch gauge as used by fellow crnfts in the 3d degree, made of red cedar (frora the old campus funce) elegantly finished and polisheü. These emblems are bolh beautiful and useful souvenirs. Ann Arbor has several Squlrt guns which alie woulil like lo 8ell to the 8lockbrlüge Uro department.- .Slock bridge Sim. Il tlie editor of the Sun would like some fun, he ouglit to stand in front of the streams thrown by these "squirt guus." He would be put out quicker than he ever was before. Friday nlght as one of our city oflioers was passing along Hroadway, in the 5th ward, he catne upon a dozen or so boys who were stoning the Windows of an old brick buildings on the west sido of the atreet He arrested one of them but let him off on promise of good behavlor. In the crowd were a couple of men, old enough to be in far better business. The following figures show the amouut of mail matter delivered and collected at the Ann Arbor post office durinpr May by the geven carriers: Keglstred letters delivered, Ml Letters dellvered, 75,831 PoRtal cardH dellvered 1O.VÜ2 1, 8d, and Itti daas mutter üellvered,... U3.44Í Local letters collecte i 2,351 MkII " " 40,519 Local postal cards collected, 065 Mali ' " ' 5,051 2d, Sd, and 4th clasa matter collected,... 8,380 Total No. of piecea handled, '202,273 Sunday afternoon there was a blaze on Hill street near Flfth street that destroycd one barn and scorched a couple of otliers quite badly. The flre started in Wui. Weinmann's barn, but how, no one eem3 to know, aml it w9 burned to the ground witli a part of 30 cords of wood Btored therein. Insured for $1UO which wlll partially coyer loas. The barn of John Stoll liad the roof bunied, Insured for $150, which more than covers loss. Blight damage was done to H. Seyfried's burn which was covered by a $100 policy also. The telephone was not running at the time, so that the department had to be nformed of the firejby a lad on norse back. The boys did Uvely work after they got there however. John C. St. Clalr was adinittcd to practice at the bar b3' Judge Kiniie, Monday. John Selilee, a young man aged about 18 years, was drowned wliile in bathii'i at Saline Sunduj. The conditlon of our meado W8 June lst was 95 percent, as compared witli average yearp, and clover 108 per cent. Beginninjf wlth next Sunday eveuii'g prayer will be held at 5 o'clock, at St. Anürcw's church for the summer montlis. All membera of J. T. Jacob's Camp, NV. 90, S. of V., are requested to be present at the meeting Fnday eve., it being the last befo re the state encamóme rit. The New Brunswick, X. J , II.-íorcnl Society have honored our respected citlzen J. Austin Scott by electing him an honorary member of tliat body. The first time tliis honor has been conferred. The condition of wheat In this county is placed at 75 per cent., corn 08 per cent., oats 07 per cent., bnrley !I8 per cent. The acreage of oats as compared with average years is 103 per cent., and of barley 105 per cent. Ypsilanti Sentmei: "Every Sunday brlngs to Ypsilantl a crowd of Ann Arbor bicyclists. As a rule they aro very well-behaved and gentleman]}', although their pirades do not alwayi seem appropriate to the day." An eflort Is being made to secure for Anti Arbor the next grnnd encampment of the K. O. T. M. Should the effort be sueeessfu! a crowd of 20,000 or 30,000 people may be expected. The session lasts three days. lts well wortli tryiug for. Otscniiigo lodge, I. O. O. F. will be officercrt as follows for Ihe ensulng term: John Looker, noble grand; Ilarrison il. Camp, vice grand; R. A. Lulz, recording secretary; C. II. Manly, troasurer; Wm. C. Jacobus, representative to grnnd lodge. Moore & Taber are having thelr Main street store nlcely finisbed for their occupancy, and cxpect to be selling goods over the counters there by July Ist; that is.they expect to celébrate the 4th there. They have already put a fine newdelivery wagon on tha road. Dr. W. B. Lewitt, known as a youth in this city, the son of the late Dr. Lewltt, at one time professor of surgery In the uníversity, who is professor of anatomy in the universlty of California, has recently been appointed cxamining pliysician of the state bo:ird of examining physicians of California. Maria, wlfe of Kobert Glazler, died very suddenly Sunday inorninjj last, while eating her breakfnst, from lieart fallare. S lie had been ill forseveral days, but was snpposed to be botter at tlie time. The deceascd was 70 years old, and had been a resident of this city for 50 years and upwards. Dr. W. II. Rand of Kingilsher, Oklahoma, son-in-law of Alanson Moore, ol this city write8 under date of June 6th : " The weather is most dellghtful here at present, and crops of all kinds are growIng rapidly. Shall harvest my oats in a few days; corn for table use will be rendy by Sunday next. Huve grapes on some vines set outtbis spring, and on this yeai's growth of wooJ." The Omega for 1890, pubüshed by the senior cliiss of the High School, is out. It is a worthy pubüeation In a literary way, and the illustratiotis are gotten up in an attractive and artlstic manncr. If the copy left for our perusal, however, is a sample of all, the publication has been sadly disfigurcd by smutty presswork and paper tliat is fuü of defects. The cut of the ncw high school building-, however, is an exception to the rest of the presswork. The editora have done their work well, and deserve praisc for thcir eflbrts. Tlie Ypsilant! Commerctul has tliis item: "Prof. Geo. B. Hodge of the University of Dakota, at Grand Forks, started ea8t yesterday. He will arrive here eurly next week, and will spend the sumtner in thia city and Ann Arbor. The Grand Forks Musical Society, of whicli Prof. Hodge is director, lield its last recital for the year on June 3d, and we learn frjm the dally press tliere, that It was a great success. It Is evident that thcre as elsewhere, where ever lie has been, George bas made a great reputaUoii as muilcal instructor and director." "A Celebrated Case," was repiuduceil at the Dexter opera house, by the sume caste that produced the play here. A fine audience greeted the compauy, and they gaye excellent satlsfaction. Miss O'Brlen and J. E. Harkins werc especially fortúnate In striking tlie popular henrt. But the entire casto meet witli praise by tlie Dexter people who attended. Fatlier Kelley was so pleased witli the entertainment that he presented each of the ladies wlth a beautiful solid silvcr napkin ring. Mr. and Mrs. John CostelloentcrtaiiU'il the raembers of the party whlle n Dexler in an elegant inannrr. Amidstthegener.il rejoicings of so many happy marrlages as are no occurlng in Ann Arbor, steals the finger of death to bring sorrow to nviny hearts. About one year since tilias Ad.i Upson left Ann Arbor as the bilde of Dr. O. VV. Liicea, tbecouple locating in Kast Saglnaw. Today she returns to Ann Arbor a corpse, the great reaper liaving suddenly claimed her for his own on Sunday evening last, at their home. Mrs. Lacea was 20 years of :ige, and haring resided here many yeaw, was universally beloved by her acquaintances. Her death will cause much sorrow In this city, and the basband will have the deep sympathy of m:iny friends here. An explosión occurred at Dr. V. W. Nichol's office, in the St. James block, a few days since that was a pretty savsge one for a small one. The Dr. bad been very busy that day In u?ing the vulcanizer, had taken out two ehar;es and just put in a t'.iinl andstepped iito an adjolning room when bang went the vulcatiiuer witli a report like a caiiuon. It shook the building pretty thoroughly, and caused the inmates to rush into the Dr's. oülce to learn if he bad commenced extracting teeth by shooting them. An investigation developed the fact that the table on whicb the vulcanizer stood had been crusbed to pieces, while the machine itself was scattered all over the room and iinbedded In tbe celling. A cover welghing threc or foiir pounds had made an attumpt to enter the lied Cross room above without being properly clothed or vouched for but found the way too well guarded, and rcmained stuck tast between the plasterlng and the Hoor, wliile holes all over the walla showed how briskly shrapnel and ibell had hummed around the room. It was very fortúnate that no one was In the room at the time. A new vulcnnlzer now graces the Dr. 's olllce.