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George Seisser has returned from California. Einory S. Townsend of Saginaw, E. S., has been in the city during the weck. Mr. Will T. Whedon has gone to Ailrian to visit her sister, Mrs. Judge Lane. Mrs. Frank Blanchard, of Xew York, is visiting the Misses O'Brien, of E. Liberty st. Dr. C. W. Prettyman, of Toledo, is the guest of of his brother H. G. Prettyman for a few days. Miss Ida L. Wall, of the State Normal School is visiting her uncle, Leonard Bassett on Thompson st. Mrs. Louis Hill arrived from Golden, Col., Saturday and will spend some time at her father'a Dr. P. B. Rose. W. B. Cady, cashier of the Sault Ste. Marie bank, bas been passing a week in the city and returned yesterday. Prof. Slausou and wife, of Coldwater, attended the Schoolmaster's Club Saturday and speut Sunday with Mrs. Conover. F. J. Clieek, law '83, was in town at the Tappan Hall dedicatiou. He is pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Paris, Kentueky. Mrs. W. H. Rand, who has been visiting her pareuts, Mr. and Mrs. A. Moore, of X. Thayer st., has returned to her home in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobus have returned to Ann Arbor to live, and have commenced reparing their old homestead on Fuller St., which they will occupy. Among the Congregationalists present last week in our city, was the pleasant face of Judge Aaron V. McAlvay, of Manistee. It is always a pleasure to meet him. Norman B. Conger, head of the State signal service, at Lansing, and W. M. of Lansing Lodge, F. & A. M., was a caller at the Courier office Wednesday. Mr. Wood, J. W. of the same lodge accompanied him. David Henning, who has been wintering near Los Angeles, Cal., is now in the city, where he expects to remain for a week or so. His suit against this city is on the present docket in the U. S. Court at Detroit. Mr. Jos. Jacobus and Miss Laura Corbis were united in rnarriage Monday evening by Rev. S. Haskell. The City council met last night in special session and accepted the invitation to attend the G. A. R. Memorial services. The people are very anxious to have the Street lighta in operation once more. Dark evenings just at present are not desireable. In fact they never are. Rev. Geo. P. Smith, of N. Y., who is in attendance upon the Presbyterian assembly at Detroit, is expected to occupy the pulpit of the M. E. church next Sunday evening. He will be the guest of A. L. Noble while in the city. J. T. Jacobs Chairman of the Committee on Flowers for decorating the soldier's graves next Saturday, requests that all who can will engage in the labor of love and bring flowers in basement of Court House as early as eight o'clock Saturday morning. About 30 members of old eompany A met at the rink Monday evening and went through with eompany drill, having J. F. Schuh for drill master. Louis J. Liesmer made a speech to the boys, aud encouraged thein to cling together, believing that the time would come when Ann Arbor people would see that they were wronged. Some two years ago Judge Babbitt, of the Probate Court, eoncluded that it would be a wise thing for him to have an asparagus bed set out, sohe hired men bought roots and at an expense of about $25, secured what he desired. The bed had just begun to yield handsome returns and was highlv prized as the most valuable portion of the garden. A few days ago the Judge eoncluded that the weather would eventually get warm enough to plant the balance of his garden, so he hired a colored man to do some spading. Taking him into the yard he produced a line and stretched it along by the side of the asparagus bed and gave implicit instructions as to the spading, cautioning the man not to touch the prized bed. "Yes, boss ! I'ze an old gardner, and know jess what you want dun ; never you min' me." So reassured the Judge left his Ypsilanti home, took the motor car carne up to the county seat and reeled off a big grist of business. He returned home in a happy frame of mind, and wended his way to the garden to see how much his hired man had aceomplished. What was his horror to see a large pile of roots lying near where the man was working and he hastily approached to see what was the matter, with a horrible suspicion in his mind. The darkie thousdit the black look on the Judge's face was because so little ground had been spaded aDd so he commenced to apologize: " 'Teil you what it is, Boss ; I nebber in all my bawn daze seed such roots as dein weeds has got; da' is powerfull hard diggin' ; couldn't do no more nohow," and he wiped the sweatoff his face in huge volumes to emphasize his words. The man of color was paid off and discharged, but probably doesn't know to this day why he was not allowed to complete the job. Make no noise - Stocks tumbling down. Usually brought to book- The librariian.