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14
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January
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1891
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County Clerk Brown is making some mprovements in the clerk's office. The Foley guild will give a dancing party at Niekle's hall onFriday evening. The Ann Arbor Water Company are now distributing a flve per cent dividend. Wilhelmina Neiderer was granted a divorce froin John J. Xeiderer, Monday, by Judge Kinne. Between A. L. Noble and J. T. Jacobs at Washington, D. C, the Indians ought to be clothed in good shape. The ice being harvested is so clear that the date upon a penny can be easily read looking through a four foot piece. Fretty clear ice that. Miss Franc Baker, Conference Secretary of the W. F. M. Society will address a public meeting at the M. E. Church next Sunday evening at 7 :30 p. m. Mr. W. T. Palmer of Pennsylvania, will give the address at the teinperance meeting in Cropsey's hall next Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the Good Templars. Memorial services for Horace A. Macey, the young gentleman who died from the effects of an injury received while coasting, will be held at the Baptist church on Sunday evening, Jan. 25. Daniel W. Amsden, proprietor of a wood yard on E. Huron street, feil dead yesterday afternoon on N. Main street. At one time Mr. Amsden was a patrolman on the pólice forcé of the city, and a thoroughly respected man. He leaves a wife and family. He was a member of Welch Post G. A. R., which society will attend tria funeral in a body, to be held at the residenceto-morrow, Thursday, at 10 'Í o'clock a. m. Dr. W. W. Nichols had a shipment of 77) j bushels of peaches go the demnition bow-wows last September through what he claims was the negligence of the American express company, and he has commenced suit against that company for $500 damages. Burglars broke mto the locksmith store of H. Neuhoff, on W. Washington st, last Sunday night, taking some $75 or $ 100 worth of revolvers, knives, razor.s, etc. They broke in by smasliing open a door opening on the alley. Officers have been following up clues, but so far without result. The teachers of the sewing school are to give the children a supper, Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. Contributions of provisions or money will be gratefully received. The same can be left at Miss Brown's, No. 13 South State street, or at Mr. Cropsey's store on Washington street, Saturday morning, January 17. With the commencement of the year, the School Board authorized Professor Perry to try the experiment of teaching Germán in the Ward schools. Professor Leitwein lias been engaged to instruct pupila in the Germán language, in four rooms of the Second ward School, onehalf hour por day. Prof. Leitwein has made conversational Germán at the High School building a great success for the past year or so, and will make this successful if it is within the books. A Kalamazoo dispatch to the Eveuing News of Jan. 8 states that "Moses Kingsley, formerly postmaster at Ann Arbor, and a Michigan pioneer, died this morning, aged 80 years. The records fail to show any one by that name as every postmaster here. The list of postmasters of Ann Arbor is as follows : John Allen and James Allen, Anson Brown, Chas. Thayer, George Danforth, Caleb Clark, Mark Howard, F. J. B. Crane, II . I). Bennett, John I. ThompsoniCol. C. B. Grant, Richard Beahan, Col. H. S. Dean, Chas. G. Clark, Jerome C. Knowlton, Edward Duffy, and Eugene E. Beal. " It was one of the pleasantest parties of the season," was the general verdict of last evening's K. T. affair. Mrs. Dr. Martin and Mrs. Geo. Douglas entertained the Aletheian Society last Friday eve., at the hoine of Dr. Martin N. State Kt. It takcs 300 copies of the "Russian Wedding Feast," to supply the demands of people here who industriously saved the slips froin the Detroit Evening 2STews. Mrs. W. J. Booth, secretary, announces that the ladies of the Charitable Union are very thankful for the generous gift of $12.50 received from Messrs. Blitz & Langsdorf, of the Two Sams. The fact that a farmer living near Decatur lias refused $4,000 for 40 black walnut trees on his farm may be a valuable pointer to some of our farmers who have hillsides and other patches of land that are not tillable. "A Subscriber" wants to know what the world "limited" means when printed after the name of a firm ? It means that the liability of the stockholders in the company is limited, usually to the par value of their stock. The officers chosen by the Huron Valley Building and Loan Association last Wednesday evening are as follows : President - Frederick Schmid. Vice Pres.- Dr. D. A. MeLiichlan. Secretary- John K. Mlner. Attorney- Fred H. Belser Chalrman of Koard - Win. G. Doty. Com. on Securities- Ambrose Kearney, A. R. Hammond, Herman Krapf. Anna B., widow of the late Dr. H. S. Frieze, died Monday evening, January 12th, with apoplexy, aged 68 years, 11 months, 5 days. Funeral services will be held this afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, from St. Andrew's church. At the sewing school for poor children which meets every Saturday afternoon at Cropsey'8 hall, there are over one hundred pupils and some thirteen teachers. It is one of the most practical and worthy charitable enterprises in the city and deserves far more assistance from the charitable than it receives. In the standing committees of the senate, Mr. McCormick, of Monroe county who represents this district, is chairman of the committee on "Counties and Townships," "Industrial Home for Girls," "Xormal School," and also a meinber of the following: "Mining School and Mining Interests," "Railroads." The following item, from the Stockbridge Sun, will be of interest to our readers : "Henry W. Dancersevered his connections with Holmes & Dancer Saturday, and went to Ann Arbor Monday to accept a similar position in the store of Schairer & Millen. Henry is a good salesman and will no doubt prove a valuable acquisition to the store of his new employers." All day Sunday the cara of the Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti Street Railway were loaded down with passengers who were making trial trips to see how the road worked. The passengers were met at the city limits by the electric street cars and transferred, thus inaking a handsome day for the city railway as well. It took about four of our street cars to carry the load brought up from Ypsilanti. Next Sunday Rev. Mr. Sunderland will speak in the morning at the Unitarian church on "Materialistic and other Objections to the Doctrine of a Future Life: the Attitude of Science." His evening subject will be, "A Visit to the Home of the Pilgrims in Holland." Students' Bible Class at noon. Subject : "A Bird's-eye View of the Entire History of the Jewish People." Capt. Manly, who was at Lansing Beveral days last week, says the rush for the loaves and fishes is wondt1 rf ui. Neither the governor or those near him are allowed to eat or sleep in peace. It is a constant hound for this candidate or that candidate all the time, and no let up. The Captain thinks that he rather be mayor than governor, during' appointment time at least. Athelia, widow of the late Garrett Cox, of the 5th ward, died on Saturday, January llth, aged 78 years, 17 days, of oíd age. Funeral services yesterday afternoon from the A. M. E. church. Deceased was the mother of John Cox, of the Huron street barber shop, and of Charles Cox, who drives the Ferguson road cart delivery wagon. George Cox, a son of the above, also died Monday night, after a long illness,withconsumption. Minnie M., daughter of Oscar Easton, of Lima, died at the home of AVarren W. Wadhams, on W. Huron st, in the 3d ward, aged 28 years, 8 mos. and 18 days. Funeral services will be held to-day from the residence of the deceased's father, in Lima, at 10 :30 a. m. The deceased carne here some weeks ago to assist her sister, Mrs. Wadhams and family, all of whom were atacked with diphtheria, and this death is a sad affliction to the family. It may not be generally known that a Free Reading Room is open at the Unitarian church every Sunday afternoon, from 2 to 6 o'clock. Besides a large and excellent library of books the reading room is abundantly supplied with the latest periodicals, such as the Century. Atlantic, Scribner's, North American Review, Arena, Forum, Sanitarian, Old and New Testament Student, Ethical Record, Nation, Literary Digest, Andover Review, Voice, Philanthropist, Religio Philosophical Journal, Lend a Hand, Spirit and Life, and the best Unitarian.Universalist, Jewish, Quaker, and Liberal orthodox weeklies.

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