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The next thing on the pocket will be laxes. There are seventeen regulir publications in this city. A good jol) lias been done In cleaning the cross wulks. Some vandal tore oiï and stole a sign from Dr. McLadilan'a office recently. During October 14 milis and elevators In this county reportad 90.C10 bushels of wheat miirkitcil. Kemember the lecture of Prof. Steere, Thursday eveninp', at the M. E. Cburcb, subject ''Crossing the Andes." Tvvo overcoats, pome clothing, a diamond pin, etc, were stolen fïoiu No. 8 N. State st., lionday eyening. No more seaon tickets will be sold In the Studeut's Lecture Association course utti r Fiiday evenini?. Now or never. Tea and social by the ladies of the Frest.yterian cluirch at 6 o'clock Ttiurclny tvening. All are curdially invitud. The intense interest manifestad In the Inquest now goin; on, is gtnwn by the lusy pencils of eii;ht reporters besides the btenographer?. Bishop Garrett, of Tc-xa?, will coramence the Baldwin conree of lectures at Hobart Guild next Suuday eveninp at St. Atidrew'a church. Offlcer Peterson had an exciting chase after a mulatto namtd Hamilton, yesterday, who is wantcd at Jackson for shooting a man. The fellow got away. George Crane, who was so seriously injured a short time ago by bla fall at the Farmers & Mechanics Bank building, lelt the hospitdl for home this morulng. N. S. Boynton, of Port Iluron. great record keeper, and M. S. Case, of Detroit, great lieutenant commander of the Maccabaes, will meet with Arbor tent, on Friday evening Nov. 28th. According to the November erop report there are 2GG.09G acres of improved farm, in Wabhtenaw Co.; 104,450 of unimproved niakiiiir a total of 070,552 acres, divided into 3,130 farms, or an average of 118.15 acres per farm. An attraction for Hamilton park next season will be a live white-tailed Koek y Momitain deer. The animal was brought liere Monday by Mr. Perkin?, who has just returned from Mexico where he captured the beauty. The committee appointed therefor reported to the council Monday evening that land to extend the city cemetery In the 5th ward, could be oblained for $575, bciiiü 1 3-5 acre?, and recommended the purcliase tliereof by the city. On whicli in) action was taken. The barn and content9 of George E. Sanfor.l, near Mooreville, burned Uut Thursdiiy mornii)g. The barn was insured in the Washtenaw County Mutual Insurance Co. for $20i), and the contente, including some personal property ot A. D. Mclntyre, was fully covered. The ladies of the Charitable Union wish to provide Thanksgivingdlnners for the worthy destitute families of the city, and in order to do so they ask the generous public to dónate siich articles as are necessary to furoUh them with a good d Inner. Donations can be left with Miss Brown No. 13 S. State Street on Wednesday b( fore Thauksgiving. The annual meeting of Washtenaw l'iimoloxical Society will be held Dec. 6. Report by Mr. Charles Parshall for the rommittee on transportation. Reporta of otlier coniniittees and offleers. Topics: Mr. Jacob üan.horn on Prof. Galloway's Experiment with pear bllijht. Mr. Bugene K. Frueauff on the cultivation of the sngar beet in connection with the sujiar Induttry. Exhibits of the fruits of the season The case against Henry L-irned, Troy A. Chapín, Albert F. Merchant, students of the uiiiversity, Henry Cruuimer, a. hljrb school student, and Leo. Kopf a town boy, all of wliom were arrested on Tuegdtiv ;vpniiig of last week, under the ity ordinanne Bir obstractlnfr the streets, was bef 01 e JustlcePond Monday and the case wis idiouriied until Ducember -Ith. The idea of adiournment being to let the present excitement die down a little belore the cases were trled. The Agricultural Company is getting lts indebtedness paid off and intends soon to reorganize. Helen Mny Hewittt was granted a divorce from Walter Hewitt last Monday. Ypsilantl parties. Am ovcrcoat was stolen from the house of M. Cowan, cor. of Main and William st?., last Sunday night. Watts & Co. have received a new regulator for the court room. It is one of the linest in this section of the state. As compared with the average of 1889, the wheat now sown in this county is 110 per cent., and the condition 111 per cent. The condition of live stock in this county is placed as follows: Horses 97 per cent., cattle !)8, sheep 100 and swine 99 per cent. To-morrow, Thursday evening, at the M. R church, Dr. Steere will deliver his lecture entittled "Crossing the Andes." It will be well worth hearing. Edward Filzgcrald of the 4th ward, died on the 15th inst, aged 04 years, with consurnptlon. Funeral services were held yesterday from St. Thomas church. Ia counting up tlie prohibition vote this year, it must be remembered that the ticket was a P. of I. ticket as well, and Included many who wcre not prohibs. probably. The latest game is known as "Tiddlcdy Wincks," and the rage for it east is fairly a craze. George Wahr hns lntroduced it liere and is eupplylng customers at a rapid rate. A fair will be given by the latfies of the Congregational church the first week In December. It will be a good place to boy C!.ristm:is pre3ents. Look for particulars next weck. Mrs. Elliott T. Slooum, of Detroit has pre?entcl Hobart Guild with a check for $10,000 to found n lectnreship, with the request that Hv. John Pullen, be appolnted first lecturer. The estimated yield ofcorn per acre in this county is 54 23 per cent. The averaee of dover seed was S!) per cent., and yield per acre 1 50 bushels. The yield of potatoes was 02 per cent. Julia Applcton, wife of F. A. Randiill, of the 3J ward, died S iturday, Xov. 15, íeoú 75 yean, C mnnths and 15 dnys, of beart diseaxe. Punnral services were held TueidHJ, Xov. IS, from the residence. Eucpne K. FrueaulT has rented the oflice fontif rly occttpied by the late Gen. Clark, at No. 40 S. Main st., up stairs. He will hereafter devote liis time to the practice of his prcfession, añil s oow ready for business. Saline Observer: "Joe T. Jacobs made a splendid run for representativo, running 300 ahead of liis ticket and coming withio 45 votos of beiagr elcceted There is more rlory in Blicll a defeat than in niany so-calleil victories." After Thanksgiving turkey then comes the Christmas stockings, taxes, and other fixings. After Cliristmas gifts comes New Year's presentí. After New Year'8 present the presence of tlie billa to pay for it al) absorba the attention ol pater familias. Events crowd, you see. Announcement Ís mide of the marrlage on Xov. 25th of Rev. W. W. Campbell, ofthis city, and a former student in the university, with Miss Ilattie Reemis, of l'rovidence, R. I. Rer. Mr. Campbell 8 stationed at Concord, X. H., 'ís pastor of the lst Congret;atioii;il church. lio has many friends ín Aun Arbor. On Monday eveninjr last se ven s'ores at Dexter were entered by burglars, the desire evidently bein to secure money, as llttle elsfi w as taken that cin be discovered. The places broken into were: Smitb & McLean's meat market, Moore's naloon, Cnrtl(tt's drngf store, Sill & Qnfeh'l hardware, Fitlmon's saloon, Wall's grocery md Waite's hardware. They duln't secure much at any place. The Tpsilanti Commercial pats us on the back in this manner: "The Aun Ar bor Coürier announees that after Jan. lst, it will be published as an cight page paper, tbe same sizc as the Commercial, and that neither the inervase In size nor the ilcKinley Bill will increase its subscription price. It may just here be apprnpriate to remark that the Courier it a very good paper, and deserycs the excellent patronage it ha?. Bishop Garret will proach at the morning service at St. Andrew's chureb next Sunday, and will deliver the firet lecture of the course In the evening at 7:.'J0. ThP subjret of Bishop Oirrett's lectures is tbe I'hilosophy of the Incarnation. I. The Phllosophj' of the InflnUe. ir. Kvolution- Spencer. III. Ideallsm-Hrgel. IV. The Persou of Ctirlst. V. Sln. VI. RfdemptiOT). VII. The KiiiRdom of God. The "Templo of Fame"will be produceil at the opera house, in Dexter, Friday evcning, Nov. 21, 1890, under tlie auspices of the lndies of the Conrregational charch of that place. This entertainment will be particípate in by about flfty of the younjr ladies ot Dexter, and will bc well wortliy of }!our patronage. Wherever the "Temple of Pame"' has ben placed before the public it has;iven entire satitf.iction and met with hcarty applause. To-day the Iive3 of Atthur Brown and Miss Cora Pulcipher will be united, and hereafler they will journcy on through Ufe as man and wlfe. Mr. Brown is tlie eenial and gentlemanly county clerk elect, and tnkes with liim the heartiest congratulationR of about 850 majority In this county. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo S. Pulcipher, of N. Main fet., and a lady who by her pleasant ways and purity of life, has won to bergelf many warm friends. The couple have the hand of the Couuier man for a grasp that will cirry with it good will enough to last a long life-tlme. 'J'he couple leave this afternoon for Minneapolis, Minn., to be absent one month. The Editor of The Couuieh had the pleaure of receiying an invitalion to the '"O!d Koman" bacquet to Allen G. Thurman to celébrate bis 77th blrtbday last week. We received it with pleasure cause ot most agrceable rcincmbrances ot ii personal nrquAintRnoB witli tlie noble oíd man and an admiration for his honorable and distinguished O'ireer. Althoii.nh difíering widelv n onr ideas of political eeonomy and in politica we recojtnize his sterling wortli and nprlghtneaa. It la a plty sucli ínen mint grow oíd, for tlie republic haa too few pitriots as leuden of both partles. Tliey are iieeded to lead their people ai gut. We congr itul.ite tlie venerable statepm'in on Inving lived to recelve sucii a rousinjr reception from his friends trom all over tue country . The Washtenasv Times is the n:un'; of the Dew daily paper thnt will be lauocbed i u 01 aliout Monday, Nov. 2-1 The managers aniiounce that the paper will be supplied with complete preaa dis patches, and aspecialty will be made of Ann Arbor and Ypillantl ncws, each plaee bavlng a city editor. Everythlag possible will be done to make the paper a success, and it is backed by both money and briins. rr. Fred O. Brown, formerly of the Bay City Press will be the editor Id chief, and will endeavor to jrive tin; pcople o Washtenaw county a live, wide a wake progreseive newSiapor, filk-d full o news, gotteu up in au attractive manner The business manager will be Mr. Geo S. Ilill, of Detroit, who has liad experience in the line of huaine.-8 he assumes here. The paper will he is-ucd froro ihe COL'RIER presaes. H secmes as lluiogli these iwo citics miht to have pufflclent pride to come to the support ot this papel in a suD9tautial way. It v111 bc a two cent paper, or delivered by carriers every evening except Sundays, for 30 cents a inonth.
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