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It Rains Just As Easy!

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Day
2
Month
July
Year
1890
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Public Domain
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The Circuit Court stands atljourned to September lst. The electric railway track was fctarted llonday morning. It takes a $5 blll now to lounge around on our court house lawii. The quiet of our streets now is a pretty enjoyable sort of a quiet after all. The Bicycle Club took a run to Ypsi. lastevening returning by moonlight. Company A are liaving moonlight drill on the street, in preparation tor the 4th at Monroe. The Chicagro Tribune crcdits Ann Arbor with 10,075 inhabitants. Just about 400 too many. Fourth of July celebration at Relief Iuk Fridiiy, Editor Sukey, of the Hausii'ciiiid is the orator. Union services at the M. E. church nezt Sunday evening. Kev. Dr. Studie}1 will preach the sermón. Bethlehem cliurch Sunday School are ■ivinr a picnic at Whitmore I-ake to-day. Half (are for the round trip. The squash bug is said to be extermlnatid by a diet of a tublespoonful of coppems to a gallou of water. A fainily reunión of tlie brotbers and sisters of W. G. Dielerle waa an enjoyuble event yesterday evening. SlierifV Dwyer ollers $25 reward for liorse, top-buggy,harness, etc., stolen from Walter J. Scott of Salera Station. The Allmendinger Piano and Oigan Co.'s band expect to turn out. in their brand new unifOIXQl on July 4th. Among the speakers at the G. A. R. encampment to be held at Jackson next August, will be Mayor Manly, of this city. The great question thal now agitates the Ann Arbor gentlemen- and some of the Iadie8 - Is this: "When are you going a flshing?" The Walümnrch, is a new piece of band music composed by Prof. Henry Otto, nnd played by the Allmendinfier Piano & Orgaii Co's band. Uur gucss on the population of Ann Arbor ia 9,075. To this should be adiled sDiuptbing over 2,000 students, raaking a population in f act of 12,000. Judge Harían may be a good judge of the supreme court of tlie U. S. btit tbnt he is cranky about Hitle thiiigs is believed by iii.-my of our citizens. Quite a party of Ann Arbontes, some iorty or fifly in number, expect to go to the Keystone Club's grounds at Zukey Lake Frlday for a basket picnic. The next tenclier's examinatlon will be lield on Tliursilay, August 6th, at the oourt house in Ann Arbor. All graded cerllficates will be granted at that time. The inspector of the Board of Health is having nis hands f uil these hot days looking: fter tliings that corrupt the almosphere, and destroy the health of the people. There will be eighteen military companles at Monroe on the 4th of July, and among them onefrom Bufflilo, N. Y., and one from Cleveland, Oliio. Company A will be there too. There is to be a lawn party this afternoon, glven by the little maids composinjr the L. G. C, on Mrs. Prof. Morris' lawn, the proceeds to be dlstributed among the needy poor. While at work upon a house on N. Main st., palnting, last Saturday, George Cohurn was overeóme with the heat and fel) from the ladder on which he was standing. It is thought he will recover all right. Rev. Mr. Waters, who is to take charge of Harria (formerly Hobart) hall, will arrive In the city to-day for permanent readence. He will reside at No. 85% E. Washington st. His ofllcial position is assistant rector. The tariff has caused the al most total failureof the apple erop in this county. Of conrse the tariff has nothing to do wlth apple buds and blossoms, and cold eaat winds that blast them; but it is the democratie argument (?) Company A will leave by the M. C. R. K. for Monroe on Friday mornlng next at C o'clock a. m., instead of by the T. & A. A. R. R. as heretofore announced. Round trip tickets for those desiring to ttend will be $1.00. Prizes amounting to $2,000 are offered by the Ann Arbor Schuetzen Verein for the 4 tli Annual Scimctzen Fest, to be held in this city July 4th and 5th, at their park. AssociatioDS from Cleveland, Detroit, etc. wlll be present. The dellvery team of Heinz miui & Laubengiiyer started from netir the T. & A. A. tracks ou Washington rt., Moiulay . in , and run as far as the old cemetery without doinj; a:iy mjury, thougli there were several narrow escapes. Fred Sftwyer, son Hon. A. J. Sawyer, was married last evening at the M. K. parsonagt, by Rev. Dr. Studley, to Miss Aliee O. Derby, of tliia city. The couple wil) spend the summer at Whltmore Lake, alter which they will reside upon a farm near Milan. The aflairs of the Krueger photojinipli gallery liave at last been settled. Mrs. Rhoda R. Uoyd who held a cecond chattle mortgage (to piiy a board bill) rcci'ivos $327.45, and the Ilarris Photographic Supply Co. $107.55. The other crcditors et nothlng. Mr. David Zimmerinan of Wayne, bas bmijilit the Fasquelle property on E. Hurou st., for $8,500. The present owners retaln the house, and will move it off to nome other location. In the course of time Mr. Zimmeruian experts to build a fine tesidence, on the site, it is understood. Good, rcllable gucseers put the population of Ypsllanti at 7,200. 'm. Blackburn, Jr. was marricd last Thursday to Miss Estclla Lucas. The misslon band of the M. E. cliurch will meet only once a month du ring the sumcner. County Clerk Howlett s building a ncw barn n tlie reiirof hls riew residence on Ann st. Several parties in camp at the various lakes " up north," report a line catch - ol mosquitos. Supervisor F. B. Rraun, of Ann Arbor town had a steer killed by lightninjtSiinday, on his farm. Last Wednesday the Ann Arbor base ball nine played n game at Milan. Score: Ann Arbor 13, Milan 14. Einma Cunningham lias been granted a divorec from Burtran Cunninghntn. Ypsilanti coloree! parties. James K. Dulfy recelved among olher presenta an elegant gold watch from his father, the day lie graduated. County Treasurer Brehm paid to the state treasurer the taxes belonging to the state ainounting to $57,854.71, last week. Bees are sald to be late in swarming th Is year, and apiarlans are predicting much loss to theinselves on account of it. Chas. Becsley Tweedale has filed hls certifícate to practico medicine in Salem. He is a gradúate of the Univeraity of Buffalo. It is possible that one of our Ann Arbor base ball clubs will play a game with the Brlghton club, on Friduy, the 4th of July at Öouth Ijyon. Qoodyear's nev Huron street store is gohm to be, la the vulgar expiessir.n of the day, " a dandy." The best looking store on the street. The sparrows are causing a considerable depletion In the county treasury. Boys benig out of school have time to dunt the littlc fellows. If tliere is any remcdy for chilblains Eugcne Mutgchel would like to know what it is. He left Iiis feet out in the cold Saturduy evening and nearly froze them. Fire works on the 4th at Strawberry Lake. One of the boys told us that there mlght be some flre-water there too ! But- then- that- then I Oh I Shaw ! He was merely joking. As Dean & Co's dellvery wagon wa8 on Broadway, 5th ward, last Saturday a tree blew down and feil in such a manner as to stop the risr and hold it there unlll the limbs could be chopped away. Margarct It. Shurtleff, widow of the late Selden W. Shurtleff, died Monday, June 23d, aged 57 yeurs. Funeral Wednesday p. m. irom the residence in Ann Arbor town. The Washtenaw Jlutual has liad four cow8 reported as being killed by lightning Monday: M. H. Begole and Austin Sinitli, of Plttstield, each one, and also two In Saline, ñames of owners not reported. Mrs. II. B. Bent, a daughter of Mrs. Abbie.H. Tomünson, of N. Statest., died at her home in Harrisburg, Pa., last Monday nioiniiijr. 'l'ho deceased was a fonnor resident of the city, and was quite well known here. An automatic girl attracteil the crowd in front of E. F. Mills & Co.'s store last Saturtlay eveniiigr. She was dressed very line Indeed, and ptittlie finishing touolies npon lier toilet very prettily wliile in tlie show window. l'atrick Gallaclicr, of the Ith ward, died at Peoria, 111., June 27, ared 73 years. Hls remains were brought to Ann Arboron the 9:45 p. m. train Hunday. and taken to St. Thomas cemetery for burial Monday. A robín chasingaml fightinpr a little red squirrel that attompted to climb into a tree where she had a nest was au amusinij incident for a nnmber of E. Ann st. people the other day. The robin succeeded in drlving the squirrel away. Tli Is evening, July 2d, nt Adrián, Prof. Oeorjre Washington Patterson, Jr, is to be uniieJ in marriapre witli Miss Merib Snsan Kowley, danghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Itowley, of Adrián. The ceremony to be performed at the residence of the bride's parents. The musical recital at the high school chiipel last Jfrirtay eveuing was a guccess In evtry way, and the audicnce was hlshly pleased. MissWood the pianist, Mrs. Phillips, Miss Jacobs, Miss Bal], eolo8t8, and Piof. ürin Cady director, each are entitled to pralse. On Thawday, June 28th, at the home of the bride's rnother in Detroit, Mr. rarren French Mills was untied in marringe with Miss Cecll Josephine McMllIan. They wlll be "at home " nfter November lst, at 608 Ellis st., San Francisco, Cal. The bride and grooin wore boih wel] known Itere. At the recent district convcntlon in Detroit the name of Hobnrt Guild hall in this city wiis changed to Harris' hall, In honor of the late Bishop Hurris of this diocese. Thi8 compliment to the memory of Bishop Harris is very appropi late, as lie was universally beloved, and it was principally hy hls efforts that the hall was built and endowed. The carpeiiters union will be oflie.ered as inllows for the cnsuing ycar: Pres., E. E. Spencer; vice-pres., S. G. Hosack; cor. sec, J. J. Ferguson; finan, sec, A. B. Wines; treas., W. E. Ilowe; conductor, J. Shaw; warden, P. E. Metcalf; trustee, J. Shaw; delégate to general convention, W. J. Colgrove; altérnate, S. S. Uosack. The b'irn belonging tothe Finley Bros., about three miles west of the city, in the township of Scio, was struck by llghtning in the storm of Sunday p. m., and burned to the ground, including the spring clip of wool, and a lot of machinery. Iosured for $1,000 on barn. On contenta the loss s about $500, fully hmired. What is t little singular Is tlie fnct that about six years agoa barn was burned on tliis same place. Arbor Tent K. O. T. M. initlated 29 memberg last Friday night, and 30 last Monday night, raaking a total of 102 new members for the montli of June, and 306 members in the tent altogether. There hare been 221 inembers taken in since September last. There has been quite a strife hetween tiiis tent and one of the Port Hurón tents for a $100 prize banner oflered to the tent uiaking tho largest gain In the state. Manager Sawyer tells us that he is booking some excellent entertainment for next fenson. The opera house will be opened (the grand oponinj:) Sept. Uth with Kobert Down ing. Among the others already contracted are: Lewls James who wlll plny "Julius Caesar." Nellie McHenry, Rose Coghlan. Doré Davidson, the Dr. Jeykell and Mr. Hyde specialty, produces "Guilty Without Crime," tliis season. The Jarbeau Comedy Co., Joe Murphy. E. D. Slair's new play "A Barrel of Money," will be here Sent. Oth, on tlie informikl opening. John S. Henderson, of the Ist ward died Friday June 27tli, nged 04 years, ' coQiumptlon of tbebowels. Mr. Hendertoo wiis f'cir many years a prominent hardware merehiint, being a niember of tlie firm of Risdon 4 Henderson. He was also one of the prominent democratie politicians of the city, and for many years connected with city all'airs. IIi; was mi alderman of the Ist ward several years and had held other positions, always filling tliem with fidelity. A wife, daugliter and several gons survlva him. Funeral services were held Sundnv p. m., trom Mie faraily reaideiice on E. Washington st. But little interest was manifested in the election held last Monday, to vote upon the propnsltion to raide $5,000 with which to put down cross walks in the city. There were 331 votes cast, of which 120 were "yes," and 205 "no." Of course the Board of Public Works canuot bulld these nrossings without money, and this verdict settles the question of having money to build them with. It wou ld have helped the (food looks of our city could the cross walks have been put In, and the comfort of pedestrians would have been materlally added to as well. But the majority rules in this country.

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