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Wneu (lie editor Ís wrlting, do not bother him wltli talk; If yon Uaveu't time to take a seat, go out and takea walk; Do not rudely loan beblndhlm, of hls subject inaking note; Nor stand and view your vlsage lu theshoul der of hls coat. Rcmember the K. O. T. M. excursión Tuesday, July 23d. How is it? Do you take the rlver water straight now-a-days? The Uefrigerator Co. are debatí iig betwee scveral desirable locations. A new carpet graces Probate Judge Babbitt's office in the court house. Where the English sparrow pests have been killed off the robius are very nnmerous. The Buptist people of Toledo are enjoying a big excursión to AVhitmore L:ike to-day. Torn Leonard went out Fish-ing last Friday night, and It Is said lie caughtover 100 Ib8. O. B. Church rcceives $l,4."0 back pay atid hereafter $12 tutead of 4 per montli pension. J. S. Karl has moved lato the opera house, and will act as stage curpenter for the next 8eason. Louis Hoelzle luis boen appointed a regular fireman in place of Sheldon Qranger, resigned. Prof. Stanley prarided at the organ in the il. E. church Sunduy, a. ui., to the dellght of the congregation. A lady froin Sandusky has purchased the residence of Dr. Allen, at the corner of Jefferson and Maynard -t. Washtenaw county will be entitled to 21 delegates in the next republican state and congressional con ventions. Joe Burton in coming from Saline Sunday on a bicycle was overeóme by the heat and bas been quite ill siuce. A. P. Ferguson hfis the contract for building a new hose wagon and a new exercising wagon for tbe lire depaitincut. Supervisors Bennett, Case and Jedele are looking over the court house to day witli a view to ordering such repairs is ure necessary. The Ann Arlor Browus is the name of a base ball ninc tli.it stands ready to meet all corners. Thoy aie to have new iiniforms soon. Mayor Manly bas issued a prurlainatlon calling npon the people to muzzle their dogs. Those without muzzles will be very Hable to be killed. The per cent of corn plantee! ia this counfy, as compared with an average year is 94, and tbe conditlon 91 per cent. Oats ure placed at 91 per cent. The July erop report drops the applo erop in this county to 41 per cent., and peaclies to 53 per cent. Which is porhaps too high for apples and too low for peaches. A pamphlet is being printed at this office, descriptive of the new species of blrds, some lifty in number, found by Prof. Steere in lus last Phillppine Island expedition, besides 350 other species. The court house lawn looks the best this year it ever has. But the corners that have been worn off ought to be elther sodded, or else i'.irt should bc filled in and seeded. Ann Arbor abounds in some of the most beautiful carriage drive3 of any place in the entire country. Any of the rlver roads will f urnisli icenery for an artist to go in to ecstacies orer. Company A will leave for camp next Wednesday forenoon via the M. C. R. R. The annual encampment takes place at Goguac Lake, near Battlc Creek, and lasts one week. R. C. Barney has purchased the property opposite the Courier office, known as the Burnett property. It is ruraored that the building will be rebuilt and used for business purposes. Judging from the reporta from Michigan eitjes and villages where school meetings have been held, this is another year for hot school elections. Wonder lf Ann Arbor will have one of her old-time torrid tempests f We have been Informed thal Father Flerle of St. Thomas Catholic church will soon be promoted to the pnstorship of St. Boniface church, in Detroit, and Father Doman, of Owosso, will be stationed here. MissKoby Pulcipher is tosucceed Miss Cora Pulcipher in the telephone exchange. The "oíd familiar yoices" at the central are often changed- as well ns "oíd familiar namea." But newspaper men never give the latter items away. A mngnifying glass left In the show window at Adain's bazaar came near causing a conflagration last Sunday. The fire department whs called out, but the llames were extinguished without their aid and before any particular dam age was done. Fred VV. Blake, (everybody knows Fred) who has been in the the employ of H. J. Brown for the past few monthg, whs marrled on Wednesday last to Miss Laura A. Wallington, of Detroit. Here's to u long life and a happy one. A horse with i good-sized hitching po-t attached to his halter pulled a buggy down Hurón st., and up Main st., at a furious pace yesterday a. m. It came near throwing Mrs. Israel Hall out of her surrey, but theie was no especial : damage done. It cost tuis coimty $33.70 for panoli last week. The S.ivings Bank s handsoinely decorating lts exterior. Dr. Darling's office is being tlioroughl rearranged and renovatcd. L. Bassctt Is refitting and lixing n liis house at No. 22 Thompson st. Dr. J. X. Martin has purcliased th house at the corner of N. State and E Catherme Btt., of Mrs. Prof. Olney. All the liquor taxes in the county hav been paid except in three instances, on at Manchester and two at Ypsilanti. Mrs. John Butler, of E. Ann St., has sold her house to Miss Kate Howard, and expects to remove to Cleveland, Ohio, In the near future. The per cent of potatoes planted in this county as compared with an average year is 101 ier cent., and the condition 98 per cent. S. C. Hoon, of Tucomn, Washington, a brother of Mrs. M. M. ïuttle, of this city, was married recently to Miss Addie Bates of Muskegon. The headings of two bilis posted on a ! Main street telephone pole- (against the city ordinaBce)- tuakes good readlng: " Electors! Muzzle your Dogs." Louis Otto, a young son of Henry Otto, of S. Fifth ave., was quite seriously burned about the face last Fiiday, by tbc premature explosión of some powder. Eli S. Manly has been appointed special agent at Ann Arbor to collect etatistics for the census. George C. Sinithe, of tlie Ypsilaotian, wlll do B like service for Ypsilanti. John Mooie has sold the block at the corner of S. State and Willlam sts., occupied by Mrs. Keith's ladies' furnishing store, to Prof. F. M. Hamilton, for $J,300. It is an excellent piece of property. On Thursday i.fternoon lust, at Niles, Mr. S. A. Moran, of this city, was united in marri.Mge with lliss Flora M. Potter, of that city. Mr. Moraa has the congratulatlons of all the newspaper men of the city. Ypsilanti has a population of 5,931. Provisión lias to be made for over 1,000 stilden ts besides that number wbo are residents of tbe city over three-fourths of the year, and are really a part of the city's population. Henry Burgruf and Nancy Flsher were urrested last Sundny, by Murslüil Walsh, and cliarged with lewd and lascivious cohabitation, and have walved examination and been held for trial in the circuit court. In juil Tor want of bail. The Co. Treasurer has collected $334.70 delinquent tax for the past quarter, of wliich $110.64 belongs to this city; $70.90 to Ypsilanti; Auusta $14.67; York $14.73; Stiaron $5.08; Sylvan $1.99; Manchester $9.80; Lima $1.40; Superior $40.25. N. J. Kyer lcft Monday for a trip to Willmington N.C., Norfolk, Yirginia,ai)d other soutliern cities, on a business trip. Ilis firra have an extensive trade in tliat section. One house alone takin;; 1,000 to 1,200 bbls. of flour per month daring a greater portion of the year. Chas. S. Millen says tliat this hot summer is a sure precursor of a cold winter, and that people who muke their plans accordingly wlll be wise. He doesn't aspire to weather prophecy, but Iiopes this will come true, not only on account of business, but on account of the good health of evcrybody. Miss Bessie Russell, wlio attended the li gli school licre in 18SG-87, and afterwards removed to Hastings, Neb., witli lier people, died Wfldnesday, July 9tli, at Tallapoosa, Ga., where she bad been witli lier eniployer'8 people. Miss Russell'a death wlll bc sad news to many warm friends In tliis city. The total roceipts at the county tieasurer's office for the month of June were $7,032.3-2. DIsbursemenU, 75,187.58. Leaving a balance on the wronjf side of of the county's ledeer at the bank of $9,0809G. The aniount overdrawn last vear on July lst was $7,170.23. The increase thls year has been largely due to paying sparrow orders. The building occupicd by the Farmers & Mechantes Bank Í9 to be thoroughly overhauled and remodelcd. The ceilinga are to be raised, and a new corner entrance to be built. The Bink wlll put in new lixlurcH, and when completed It wlll be a very line banking establishment. The second story wlll be litted up for offices with in entrance on the ra.-t side. The school boirtl has appointed .Miss Grace Taylor to takc the pliice made vacant by the resignation of Miss Ida M. Street, as teacher of Hhetorlc and Englisli Litcrature ia the higli school, at a salary of $G50. Miss Oecelia L. Ourke has been appointed as teacher In the Ist ward scliool, at $400 per year, in place of Miss Trueblood, resigoed on account of ill-health. A bilí was flled In the Clerk's office yesterday taking steps to foreclose a mortgage of $33,000 held by Mack & Schmid and Daniel Iliscock, against the mili propcrty of J. M. Swift & Co., and to have the decree of $15,500 rendered the Swift's In the Cornwell suit, applied upon the mortgage. The mili ia to be carried on in the meantime by Win. Deubcj], of Ypsilanti, we are told. Announccmcnt is made of the marriage on Tuesday next of Miss Emily L„ only daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. ür. V. B. Smitli, to Benjamin J. Boutwell, of Hillsdale, Mich. The groom is a gradúate of the classlcal departinent of IJlllsdale college, and also a graduate with the class of '90, of the U. of M. law department. The couple will go at once to Seattle, Washington, where they expeet to make their future home. The bride is one of A nu Arbor's most reflned and worthy young ladles, and she will be greatly missed iu Aun Arbor society. Someof thebusinc8s men are complaiuing tliat the street rallwaycará will scare teams and tberefore thej' should not come on Main st. If such U the case, is t not singular that olher clties allow ihe cars to run on their business streets ? The electric cars run on both of East Satfnaw'8 princi. pal business streets, and the samo is true of Port Iluron and yct they do not complain of horses heilig scared at all. Horses get uspd to them the same as anytliintr ele. Wlien bleyeles first carne into use every rider will teil yon that he has stopped more than once and got off his wheel to allow a scared team to jiass. Such a thing now Is never heard of. Horses pay no more attention to a bicycle rider than toa pedestrian. Soit will ba with the street eir.-. The horses will get used to tliem. Main street business mun in objectlng to the cars running on that street dcfeat the very purinse the cars are belng put on for, viz., to bring trade to tlieir door. It would be a very unwise policy to attempt to compel the company 1 to run on any other street.