Entertainments

Ou the 30th day of September, 1890, the people of Ann Arbor will have an opportunity to 8ee one of the reatest theatrical suecesscsof the present seasons. This pliiy, " The Limited Mali," has ,Uyed iñ most of the largo eitie-t and cverywhere moet witli phenomenal success." In Columbus, ühio, this coinpany played a return engagement in three week9 after tlieir llrst engagement, tlieir house was pucked to suftucatiou and by 7 o'olock every scat was sold including standing room, and liundrcds were turned away f rom tlie house unable to even xiti" admlsslon. Speaking of a reeent engagement In Cineiunati, the Commercial Qnzette snys : The story of tho p'ay Is a simple but remarkably interestlug ooe. llie suene belng lald In the west on the Union PaolflO Hallway. The slation agent at lied wond has become lmpllcaled in the wreckiiiK of a train, by which several passengere were killed. He linda a tlny and very pretty baby i the wreek, and, overeóme by remorae adopta and rears It as bis own. The flrst act Introduces the llltle waif, now almost grown to womanliood- a merry, llght-hearled, lovablo glrl, who uHsista her adopted father 1d hls slation dutles, and is known all alons the line as Nellle, " the swect manipulator of tlie wlres." Kedwood Station Is the scène of both tho flrsl and second acts, whlch contaln many new and unique features. In the flrst the love-maklng betweeu Cliarles Martin and the heroïne, Nellie Harland, wllh the lelegraph key and sounder as a medium, is one of the most novel features ever introduced on the stage. Charley' words," My llttle darllng, I love you. Wlll you be my wite?" are spellcd out u pon tlie Instrument so as to be dlsliuctly audible in all parts of the house. In the second act many of tlie folbles and Eecullarltles of the taveling public are roughtout In a manner as realistlu as lt Is amusing. and the audience was lu a continual roar of laughter. The arrlval and departureof the Limited Mali In this act Is simply Bui lf the second act wa? great, the thlrd was stlll more conduclve to cheersand wild enthuslasm whon the flight of tho Umlted mail and the wonderful telegraph scène, where the words of tlie message, " For your llfe hold thelnnlled mail," llasli out upon tho wireinjagged letters of flre, the message itself belng sentby Jlm Harland, who has accldently dlsoovervd the plot to wreek the train, and who cllnibs to the top of the Ulegraph Bole, cuts the wire and scnüs the waruïDg dispatcti. The message Is recelved by Nellie Harland, the heroïne, who Is actine as operator at Kloodwood cut, belng In the disgulse of a boy, I n order to better escape the persecutlons of John Qlddlngü. a rlcli contraclor, who has long been a persistent but unsuccesetul wooer. Although overpowered by the wouldbe traln-wreckers, she succeeds in placlns a torpedo on the track, and this glves the alarm. The Umlted mail- a perfect representation of a veslibuled train- Ules across the stage, stops, and comes bucklng down, slows up, and stops. R. A. Royal dieil at the county house lust Tliursday, aed 72 years. Last Friday Ilunnah Carson, colored, of the 5th ward died, aged 71 years. The democratie c lucuses Monday evening were rustlcrs. The boys were all out. Chas. Staebler will paint the exterior of the Farmers' & Mechanica Batik building Gust ive A. Roebm, who had reslded here sincc 1843, diud at his home on North st. Saturday, of drop-y of the heurt, aged 52 years. T1Ú3 evemng, at the home of thebride's fathcr, in DfXter, at 0.30 o'clock, Clarence B. Alley and Miss Lottie Kosier, will be united iu inarriage. Congratulations are extended to the hnopy couple. Harria Hall was opened Monday for the coming winter for the members of Hobart Guild, from 9 o'clock a. Dl. to 9:30 o'clock p. ra. Dr. Tatlock will be at the office of the Quild each day from 2 to 3, and from 7 to 8 o'clock p. m., for the puipose of recelviDg members. Prof. A. A. Stanley has been cliosen director of the Detroit Musical Society in place of Prof. F. L. Abel. The ladies of the society (lid not fancy the change and protested, but the change has been made all the same, and Prof. Stanley wiites tliat he will soon return home to commence business. 'IHic muuy frtonda of lïov. I}r. OliarAtiJ Ileilly, of Detroit, will regret to learn tliat he has resigned the rectorship of his parish in Detroit, and will leave there permanently. He intends to pursue studies in Europe for severul years. Dr. Heilly ia a WasUtenaw county boy of wliom the county is proud. On Tliursday evening last, at tlie ïesidenee of the bride's parents, in Concord, Jackson county, Dr. John VV. Morton, of this city, and Miss Cora A. Wetmoie, were united in maniage. The couplu will reside in the Di's liandsome new residence on E. Ann st., as soon as it is completed. Here's the Courier's congratulacions, with the wish for a long and happy life. Now comes Prof. Clarence G. Taylor who has joined the ariny of benedict by getting married to Miss Christine M Anderson of Ypsllanti. It was a quiet wedding at the home of the bride in Greene, Iowa, occurring Wedneaday the 17th inst. The bride took the desree of M. D. at the U. of M. In 1S88, and has been practicing in Ypsllanti with fiue succes8. Tlie Coukier offers licartirst congratulation8. The energy and enterprise of the Hamllton park projectors would build a city. The3e gentlemen will soon have a thriving settlement there, with all the luxuries of water woiks, electric lights, itreet curs within a block or two, and a delightful little eight acre park, having trees, and ílowers and shrubs and a minature lake. Time will make a beautiful place of it, and there will be some beautiful homes erected on this addltion to our city. The appointmenta of the Methodist conference made yesterday are as follows for this district: Aun Albor, R. H. Rust; Addison, D.H. Rimsdell; Chelsea, J. II. Melntosh; Clinton, A. W. Stalker; Dexter, M.H. McMahon; Dixboro, Calvin Gibbs; Grass Lake, O. F. Winton; Hudson, A. F. Bourns; Manchester, R. L. Cope; Mon roe, W. B. Pope; Morencl, D. R. Sl.ier; Saline, F. S. Potter; Stony Creek, Horace Palmer; Ypsllanti, James Venning.