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15
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July
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1891
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"See 'cm íly, Jolm?" The drug store of H. J. ISrown la beliig renovöited and iixed up. Silas P. Hill, of this city. has been granted a pension, thjrough Mr. ('hild's a'gency. Jim Taylox, colorad, is serving 30 days in jail ïoir peeping into Windows et night. It is said that the -whortleberry erop this year will be very fine, both in quality and quantity. The quiet and beautifully green campus looks inviting these days. It is a picasant drive around the university groimids. The ncw suiperintendent of the Ann & Ypeütmti St. B. lt. is Tlios. B. McCollum, of Ypsilanti, a former Ann Arboof boy. Mr. fuwl Mrs. Chas. W. Vogel, of E. Aun st.. had the sad misfortune to lose thelr infaint daughter last Tlmrsday momlng, wlth ths measeis. Funeral was held Friday from the liouso. The boimty fo-r Bparrow heada la now being ]ail vapidly by City Clerk Miller. The boys are out of school, una the sparrovs are being thiiined out ra])i(U.-. "W.Mshti'iiaw comity fails to get n dputyaiMp under the nnv state oil toap'ectoir, O'Brion, oí .Tackson. ■body- labelled 'tlemocrat - can carry AYashtennw," yon know. Tlie joint committee of the common couneil and Business Men'a assoeiation twul a session on the sewerage qusstion last Thursday night. It resultad in dlecussioo jucrcly. A train of five cars wlll leave tflie M. C. R. R. ertartloin here on Tuesday morning, Aur. 4Mi, lor the benefit oí AYeleh Tost G. A. R. and thflir families nttendUng he grand encampment at Detroit. Wihen Gheeter Fteier, oí Oronöko, returned froin Ann Arbor the other Iay lic Kiiiv lii wife far the fu-st time in neven yeturfi. He lia I bren blind loar tlKit lciiiitli of linie and was eured iit Ann Arbor.- Evcnin.iï News. Tlie youn.ii ladie's society of the liet hlehein ehuich lias chosen thk" fullowins oliicere: President, Miss Beta Widcnmann; viee-presldent, Miss Matilda Noumann; see'y and treaa., Misa Pauline Mogk; aaeletant treasurer, Jliss Mtnnie Bendar. "Workmen re patating the out sido ■wooöwoTik at tixe M. ('. station, and iwe oiliriK and poüehlng up the lnglde ■voodwork. Everythiing ia being kept :is neat as poeslble. The station is an lionor to the roaö as "Nvell as an ornament to the city.' Engene Malony, a boy about 12 yeans oí ag-p, has got hinisolf inte trouble l)y Uirowing a rtone througli ome of the Windows of car No. 4, of the sfcreet raihvay. Justice Pond and County Coiinmifisioner Green wlll attend to the boy's case. Joispph Lanz, of the 2nd ward, at to.nvpted to make it (hot ior the lico and vrmán In liis hen house Monday moming, by smoking tlicin out. Ho aucceeded admlrably, and not only killed all the lice bat burned up his hen bouae anil barn also. A eociety toown ns "The Brotherhood of St. Andrews," is to he organizad at St. Andrew'e cburch next Sunday eveninir. lts' object is the elevatöon and bertterment of the Bpiritual condition of our jwople at liome, in woirds "to help onc tunother." Thero is somc criticism relative to ringlng the fire bcll In case of Ure. Thero is 110 automatic arrangement for ringing olie heil, mul the boys believe in obeying ordei's, one of wbich s, "in case of au alarm, get to the lire the ïii-st thlag." Every man in the flepairtment bae lively 'work to tlo when :ui alarm ís jiiven, and there is no time to lose. The only wny that can be done is to hire gome one to ring the heil. Jt has been runs ly same one outtikte the department, BO lar, vhieh lias been the i-eas.in that wards -vere not J-nng. They did not understand it. The Sons of Veterana held a very enjoyadle picnic at Cascade glen Thiu-sd)ay last. Jogt ííoiv la a gOOd 1ime to kill those burdock plante with kerosene oil. Tako a can and try ït. The library of the Tniterian ehurch ia open from 4 to 0 o'cloek Sundnys, durinig the eummer eeason. Welen Post will have meetings on every Weüwosdlay eventog up to the time of the grand encampment. After the soldier boys get out of town to-day for a week's stay, the quietneHs of Ypsilaaiti will settle down upo n us. Mack & ííclimid are to put in an elevator, to accomodate customera di ■- Blrtng to purohase goods on the 2d and 3d floars. Therc will be a lawn social on 8atnmdlay eveniiiK, on the grounds of St. Thomas' pameon&Ke, to be given by tihe ladlfes ol that church. The Simday School picnic of Bethleham LUtherau clmrch Is to be held In t-he grove of Mr. Schater, on the Dexter road, on the 2Tth inst. Ma.ry Tedder has íiled a bilí fw divoreo from Marcelina Tedder, the grounds being drunfeenneas, abuse, and failure to support. The partios are from Ypsilanti. Five new hooises have been startcd on what is taown as tthe oíd Bower pToperty, in 1he Srd ward., on Clicrry st. Five different individuals wlll own the houses when com 1 . . I . F. M. Hamllton lm sltirtcil to build n, lni'k aildition to his store ;it the corner ni Sin ir and William sts. He ■wlll hac a good looldng comer therc before lie geta through wltih ít. AlllincH!liiiii'r & Sdhneldfea: received tCie íirat sample of nrw %vheat Mon.íLiy. ít -was rateed by AV. II. Peaee, oí S.iiinv. has a plump, nlce berry, n3 dieaiotes t-hat tliis years wheal erop will be a fine otlo. The state prese associatioa at lts recent meeting In Kalamazoo, resolved to take a southcm trip tliis winter, ind prevloue to taking it, to gather together in Ann Arbor. It Is needless to eay tliat they will be weleome. The employés of the T., A. A. & N. M. R. Iï. have been srotting restiro iin(Ira- tho oomtiniMil cutting clown of nal astea by the management, and constant lopping off of rookI mm, etc, and rumars of atttvtke to-d&y have beon rife. Soldier boys from different parts t)f the srtate have "boen passing throuRh hiere for WMtmorè Lake siuce Moniy. They are the advan.ee guarü of tho Tinain lio:ly. wnt aheatl to get tbiïage tn reaxMneaB ior the grand encanninicnt. Tlie latcst law fivm in the city is that ofCraiiK'v & Cramer. Mie Junior membar, Bewajrd, graduated at the law deparbment fwitb tho class of '91, and is la a palnetaklng and pleaeant sentlemian, and wlll have the pood will of the Asm AvHor bar and the Ann Arbor people ior success. James Webb, of Plttrfield, funiiBhed the aeasoned cherry ttonber, and Herman Krapf, of thto city, has tnrned nnd trimmed 100 canes ior the nienibor.i of the O. A. K. poet, of this city. The aticks aire very pretty ones mwl wlll be talken to the grand encampment at Detroit next August, by the boys oí Wdeh post. About twenty undiorme have arrivcd foír about fifty boys belonging to the IJght Infnntry, and now the puzzle la to make tliem go around, so that all the boys can go to camp to-day. TboiiKLs Matthe-WTS and John Gow, tdie printers Avho are iiniler arrest for tíie villainous offence oí rape, were held fby Jn.stice Pond Saturday íor iïrial In the circuit court, bonds being (ixed at $1,000. whlch Matthewa furiiislipil. Gkw was roturned to jail. The new sidewallcs leiiig put down in vai-ious parts of the city attest the efíicieney of our Board oï Public Works. No greater iniproA-ement In tlie looks of the city could be made, -and nothing e ou ld be more beneficia! to the smooth running of a pcdostrain's mind, than good uidewalks. The plan foar Bewerage propoeed by Prof. Greene, :ul Sor wliieii he lias dirawe plans, are the same asKalamazoü has liad lo successíul operation for severa! yeaxs. It -wiii be mo experiment, but -will be successful f rom the start. The 1-iglit of the city to eiiipty lts sewerage 'nto the river Is the same that Kalamazoo has. Steamboal Timmpson, coloml orator, bishop, pension agent, lawyer genoral theatrical manager, and all around Bil)Kcription agent, espeeially far the "G-o'er Cleveland Chapol," is down on Ihe boards 'or an oration to 'be deliverod at Dowagiac, on July 31st, -beiore the reunión of the 103(1 regiment United States colord troops. S. R. -u-ill get there.- if they send him ïnoaicy enong'h. "Cloaiiliness Is next to godliness," omd cleanliness in a city ia a necesBlty oí good health Is to be taken into conSidera.tion. TUic only way to socwe tliese blessings 5n Ann Arbor is to oonstruct sewers. It is worth all it -ivill oost to any poreon in the city In the pnrifioation of the air. In pome plnccs at least 400 different cUsagreeable smclls greet one's nostrills. Scwore wooild do away with tbam. The International Homeopathie Medíical Congross, recently held at Atlantic City, a-dopted arosolution compelltag all Homeopathie colleges in thls country to adopt a tour year's courae of stuily, -witli a uniform entrance exnininatio-n, eicept in case of persons wbo ii.-ivr a fllploima íi-om a high school or from some reputable college Dr. Mclaehlan, oí this city, was appolnted on a committec wioae liisinss it 'will Ik tiO lr; f 1 B iiinfnrin h i-diile ui Btudy to in' adopted by.all colleges ïioxt year, ttoe report to je adopted irt tho next meeting of the natlonal BSSOClatlOn it AVashinston, D. C, ín Juno. The iicxt unión services will lx; at tli e Predbytertan ohui-ch Sunday eventng, Rev. 1M-. Ruat wlll preach frhe geav mon. Mucfc-Ttata arpear to be leaving their wontetd rivor homes, and taking up thelr aiode in the city with the arlstoc-.r;its. TIn' ïirc lc]artmcnt wore again cali out last MiiiKlay njght by some burnIiik rubbleh in the rea oí Werner's ítrotpe, on S. Main st. LAadLes will not lx1 excluded irom the camp at WJlitmore Iake, but they will lmve to l'ind lodlnK outside the camp, says (en Bobtnson. Mr. ffowdupeed lias bougbt the two honises and lots at the corner of N. Iiiiralle and Catharine Hts., and wlll erwt a hanysoine reBldence on the corneir lot nliis enunmer. The baan oi Marcella A. ö'Oonner, of Xortlifield, was butmed on the 8th iiist. The contenta were insured In the W.ashtenaw Mutual ioir $400. The oriffin of fire unknawn. The Stoekbridu'i' Drtving Aeeoclation amnounce lts annuaJ .■aces ior July 29, ;!0 an'ii 31st. The ím-Hiiu; lias always been very Bucceseful, and the coming meeting will not be a.n cxceptlon. Wm. Taytor, colorcd, ivlio is chargm1 with aaeaulting the well known "Jefi" Davie, of this city, about two vu-s ego, but -vlio escaped, retnrned here nigain Monday and was pronipt]y curreBted ood placed ia jaii. TIip, I'rintors' Ink, a paper pnbllabed foiv the "art preaervative," glvea the AUmciVliniKT Piano and Organ Co., of tüiLs city, creüit lor havtag attraerivc .-Idvortising, but joints out ono on Lew Clement, just i.ic sanie. Daiflel Pomeroy, who dind at Northvt!lc laai Sa; : la.-, agd 98 vears, scttled in S., nn townsliip in 1M", where he kived three yeara before removiiiK to NorthvlUe. His son Mr. A. B. l'onvr.roy. marrii-d Miss Jennle, daugfntar of Hom. D. Mclntyre, of thte city. At anidniglit Saturday, tlio alarm of fire -w-as eaused by tlie burning of Boame raga in the shede of Louis Rhode, mn W. Hurom st., immot the T., & A. A. R. R. crossing. The fire department boys vere there on time, and thus initiated their new hooik and ladder truck. No particular damage. E. F. Mills & Co. Ktopted a plan last year that iravi' kucU geneaal satirfaction, and brought so much pleasure to 11 cancemed, that the flrm has concludvd to mate it a permanent arrangennent. On the lst of July, Mr. Mills givee to each employé ín the store, a tidket on which is "wrltten, yoiir vaoation wlll he trom July Ist to July 15th," or -wliatever date it may be convenient to allow the employé to be away, in each instance cvo weeks lx'iniï allowed. Pay goes om just the same, the remalning clerks in the store doinp: the work of the absent ones. The plan is not only a pleasant one tor the clerks, but a humano, and altogether a jn-ofitable one for the paoprietors. It gives to each a stoort relaxation from doity, without feeling that tliey are doing what t hey cannot afford to do, and helps cement bond of frlendshlp and good (eelloig tfaat works advantageously to all conceroed. The treatment oí Ca.pt. Manly, as c-nnimaiidant of the. Soldier' Home, by the demócrata upon the board of control, bas been eimply disgraccful, trat tallics well Wltil provious treatmcivt he baa i-eceived f rom this same political party. Capt. Manly was mai(ïe commandant on the condition tbat he a.ppoint as quartermaster tme Shank, au tunele VO' one Dr. Shank, a demoen-atic memtor of 'ohe board. Thw iniilc gbank appeatrs to have been a eatepew to kill off Capt. Manly, or a fellow -wüio imagined that by virtne ui his iH'latiDiiship to the board he CKuM run ihc ínstitution ae lie BOW fit, bo lic attemtpted his airs and promptly got liis dischaiTUi', as be ought. Thon the uncle goes boohooinc; to Tv. Itush J. 6ilia.nk, háfl aephew, who takos iip taie battle tor Jiim and sets down on Capt. Manly. Of cowse Manly resiniifd: iSasre was ao other honorable couTse ior hi.m. The board accepted his realgnaftiom and commenced looktog toe anoiiier commandant. One will proba-bly be íound wlio will pcrnüi 'liinisvli to bi' a fi.ü-iirchead merely, wtalle the two Shanks will run the tliiiiíí to snit licnisi'lvc.s. Oroat are 1 he Shanks! But the democratie party never did linve mucn use íor an honorable, nprig-ht old soldier like Capt. Manly.

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