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August
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1891
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County Fair- at Ann Arbor, Sept. 29, 30, Oct, 1, 2. Eastern Fair- at Ypsilanti, Sept. 15-18. District Fair- at Dundee, Sept. 8 -11. Farmor's Picnic- at Whitmorc lnke, Aug. 29. People's Picnic- at North Lake, Aur. 28. Band Tournanient- at Hillsdale, Aug. 20. State Fair- at Lansing, Sept 7-11. Plymouth Fair- at Plymoutli, Sept. 22-25. Brigiiton Marker Pair- at Brighton, Sept. 29, Oct 2. Livingston Co. Fair- at Howell, Sept. 22-25. Reunión 20th Mieh. Ini't.- at LansIng, Sept. 8. Farmer's Picnic - at Frank Palmer's Grove. Bridgewater, Aug. 22. Germán Day- at Manchester, Aun. 19th. Southern AVashtenaw Farmer's Club -at residence of M. B. Wallace, Sept. 4th. Conupetitive Examlnation ior West Point - 2d Congressicmal District - at Adrián, Aug. 27th. Hon. E. I'. Allen was at the county eeat the other day, and reports an invitation from Major McKinley to aseist in the Oliio campaign. The marriage of Mr. Geo. F. Key and Mis-s Carrie Hawkins is announced vto occur at St. Luke's cliurch, Aug. 19, and after a brief honeymoon they wlll take up fcheir reaidenee.ln Ann Arbor.- Ypsilantian. Ypsilantian: "Mr. and Mrs. AValter Denieon have returned irom thcir bridnl trip up t'he lakes, and will soon take up fchelr reeidence in Ann Arbor, where lie wlll Hnlsh his courae at tilic nnivrrsity." Thanks to the ncw ('ook hotel, the Ann Arbor newspaper men have secured one good Bquare meal. W'hether tjhey win i' able 10 stand It nntil anot'.icr hotel openlag, is a question. ■ 'l'iuv were a hungry lot.- South Lyon Pickct. Gome down, Bro. Herrón, and get one youreelf. It wlll do your stoniach gwod. Tlie Ypsilanti Sentinel in its last issue says: "For some reason the electrlc linhts dld not ahine for severa! niRlits last v-ik. and ihis, and star ligfrt, vas an agrecablc change to ui'ük c.ves. At tlü' prcsrni stan'e of water, the rlver is a pobr reliance for power, oither to pump or propel the dynamo." There is considorabír talk unong the officers of the lst. regiment : riininp: Ma]. Mlllard for lieutenant colonel in January. The major would make a firat Class lien t. -colonel and would be a god helpmate for Col. Bowen. His many friends in the ranka and out ■will wish liim a successful issue oí his boom for the place of military honor. - Daily Times. Tlici'i' le .-i good deal oí louil talk on tlir strcct by an untamed Aini Arborite about the Importance oí liis imvn. bul everybody knowa that btít for the uuivcrsity, the fvoodchucks a ould now lmrniwiiiir in i lie Btreet-8 there and (lie whaagdoodte rear lts young on lts umcanny lawns. As it !s. Aun Arbor is n sort ol Botany r.ay, to a íi ii perents send thelr bough boys to gel rid "ï tüem.- Grasa J-ake News. Strange, Un't lt? The editor oí I lie News was ni'vor herí'! Miss Reioheaecker, oi thii city, is the m-w cashler for Mark & Schmld. Au entertainment is to be fciven by the Aun Arlwjr I,iLlit Iniantry sonir timo In October. Laiwrence O'Toole is building a ne-w Jioukc m t lic lol next west of liis resldence, on E. ('atli;irine st. Tiie barley erop in tiiis section is reported to be only half a erop. Th-.' Ik'h-.v, however, is of excellent quallty. Mi-k. ('. B. Bemlck, oí E. Catharlne st.. lins rented her home for the year. Uut lias reaerved roama thereln ior hcrsclf. Prof. Bartholomew is 'tll(' nian who ■vill gw u] in i balloon during the COUnty fair. lic lias been pngiiged bo nmke two ascenslons. Eufus Waplea, ol Hiis city, wil] delivcr a course "f lectures bglore the l;iv Bdhool al Evanston, til., this winter, ujioii "Legal Topics." A mat'hematlcian lias dlgcovered ,■! man cími 1 ra vel 1 ', miles OO liis Meycle witli tess exertloo than can walk three miles.- Pinckney Dispatch. Some of these suburb lot boomers (iiiiii bo be shrerwd enough io give the Ami Ai-iKr School ol Mualc a Une location. Where are the Hamllton park boomera '.' And now the Ann Arbor Maccabees are talklng aboul a uniformed rank. Thore is some excellent material in bbat organlzation, whieh would develop twindsomely in drill. AU in favor oí a uniformed rank and ladic's hive in the Knig-htfl oí Mac, al ees, pleaa manlfesi ii by 1!k' usual Blgn of t he order when votlog: 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 Carrled. At Ypeilantl the water works is o uned hy the city, but the water board would not sixi.ro enou.aii water to wasli out the glitters on some atreeta wihere fiïth had collected, and so iiic lire department pot the steamer out amd pumped a BufHcient quantity trom the rlver. Tho statemesi made by our right lively daily contemporary tliat tlic late Tlios. G. Burlingame was the first demiooratic supervisor of Ann Arbor Is not borne out by the facts. Previous to 1800 tliat township had several democratie supervisors, and in 1802 H. M. Mowry, democrat, was elected supervisor. There have been none since then until Mr. Burlingame was Ghoeea. The Ann Arbor Maccabeea are the happiest lot of fellows to be found niywiii'iv within ten States. They beal Saginaw, united Saginaw, wlth her membershlp of i)00, and pulled the first prize for enterprlse and -iiit Hiar." Oommander Kycr is not only a lmstliT, Uut the rank and íüe of Arhor tent are all hustlere. They have liever been accustomed to deleat. In fact they do not know the meamlag of the term. Mts. Bmma P. Ewing, of PMladelpiii.i. will fiive a coTirsc of leeturee on Cookery, under the auspices of the l;ilie's Aid Society of the Episcopal church, in Aini Arbor, during November. Tilie course wïll fonsist of eight lectures wiUh :i free introductory lectnre. Tliey will lx' glven in Sarris hall and the price for the course wlll Mis. Ewing comea well recommended from Cleveland, Cincinnaü. Phüadelphia. and the Chautauqna school. The yellow s havlng made it.s appearance here in the poach orcliards, the peadb growere are weedin.n out affected trees with great promptneae. James J. 'Parshall, -vvho' has been appointed coinmissioner for Ann Arbor town, Iluda that many of the orchards need attentiom at once, The only way to deal wltb the disease is to cut down and burn up t'he affected trees, for it is as contagions as ili' small pox to t'he human family. Dr. .1. A. Wesstnger, recently of this city, but now an addition to Ann Arbor's professional Interest, has bren appointed lecturer on "Hygiëne and Sanitary Scienc#' at the Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery. He goes from Ann Arbor to Detroit twlfte each week to lecture before the class. The Doctor also expects to do some original work in the laboratory of hygiëne at Ann Arbor, both of which nppointmenls are desípved. - Ijivingston Democrat. Tho marriage of Miss Jennie 1.. Wines, of this city, and Mr. Josepï H. Ingwevsen, of Carroll, Iowa, was celebrated at the pleaeant home of Mr. and MTS. Prof. L. D. AVines, on 8. State st., it 8 o'clock, Thursday evenlng, Aug. 12th, Rev. Henry M. Gelston performlng the ceremony. A email comy pamy oí relatlvea and personal (rienda witnessed the ceremony, and b wedding supper was served tbose present. Many valuable and beautlful gifta were given the couple, uin b-ft ,on the 10 o'cloek trein ior the west. They wlll be "at home" at Carroll, Cowa, alter Sept. Ist, and pleaaed to recelve thelr many Ann Arbor frlends. A People's Picnic is .anmounced to be given tho cltlzena f Washteaaw, JacfcBon, Livingston and Ingham counties, at North I.akc, in W. E. Stevenson'a grove, on the southweel Bide of tho gTOve, In the townahlp 61 Dexter, on Wednesday August 26th. Speeches are expected Irom Hons. 0. II. Belden, of Jackson, Ralph Beauniont. of Washington, D. ('., and A. E. Cole, of Howell. Rev. R. S. Cope acts as cliaplain ol the d.-iy. Tne Inimitable and only .!. E. Hartdns, of Aim Arlmr. wlll sin.ur n song or two. People are expected to bring their baskets and have a good time. Chelsea band will furnlsh music. The iiitloo. consists of C. D. .Totmson, dhairman, Dexter, and .7. N. Merchant imd II. Baldwln, of Oielaea. 'l"is appears to bo a western rival of the Farmer's Picnic, at Wlhltmore Lake. Let the good -vork f;o on; the more picnics we have the merrier. State st. stül progressee. it la bo have nnv barber shop soon. The Aun Arior Sávíngs Bank has luid its office nlcely redeeorated. A new (píate glass (ront la betng put in tin' store oí Wm. Arnold, in S. , 1 ; i i 1 1 st. Blcyclists vrtw perslat In riding on tlic Street car track in front of moviiiK cars mitke a great mistnke. It ís dangepous. ïlie l'ifth ward Sunday School had a successful ici: crcani festival last nlght. The school is in a prosperous conditimi. S. Roeenthaler has purchased Joiin I'. .ludsDii's store on K. State Btreet. Mr. .Imlson wlll go out oï buainesB tor tiic present. Coorge Halsey, a 'son-ln-law oí Jude Harrlman, dled at hls home in Han .Jdsciii Cal., on A.ug. 9. He leavea a wift' and two ehlWren. Dr. Angelí Ís again grandpa. Thls time grandaon is at iii1 Ikjiiiu ol iiis daugihter, Mra ProJ. A. ('. Mein, oii S. ll'lli 9t. A misskm festival will be held by ehem Evangélica! church next Sunöay, and several divines are expected i i apeak to the congregation. The Tnwn board oí Ana Arbor lias ckosen Walter Bilbie supervisor i. piase of the late Thos. G. Burllngame, and he has accepted and qualified. MiKses Salyer i Davidson have j)urtóhesed the house on tiie corner of Elizabeth and Fuller sis., and will caiTy on bheir dressmaking business tliercin. The boys composing the ehoir of iSt. Andrew's churcn returned Saturday froan tlieir week's encampment at North Lake. They had a very pleasunt time. Martin Seabolt, Wm. Kuss, and D. j. llosa with their families, aceompanled by Miss McCarthy, oí this city and Miss Slattery, oí Ypsilanti, are in camp at Zukey Lake. Miss Julia A. Kempf, nged 22 years, daughter oí Mr. and Mrs. George Kempf, of Northlield, (lied last Saturday, oí lever. Funeral services were hcld Mouday a. m. President Glover, of the electric line expecta soon to give nis entire lorce, eoane 230 In all, a trip on the niotor line, so that they may visit the university and ofaher Ano Arbor lions. James Kcarns, of this city, and James L. Gilbert, oí Chelsea, are in Lansing this week, representing this county in the deliberations of the Btate board of equalization, now in session. I. K. and A. B. Pond, the Chicago arcbltecta employed to draw plans íur bhe Michigan building at the Chicago World's fair. are formar Aun Arbor boys, and sons oí Justlee Pond, oí this city. The aimouncement is made that the marrlage oí Mr. (1. H. AVild, a ruerOhant on AV. AVashington st., .■nul .Miss Martha AYuvsUT, oí Dexter, will take place on Wednesday, to-day, ai ilic lKnie of the bride's parents. Tlie ■sketch" Avhich the X. Y. Mail and Express printed, purportímg to be of Prof. Ilarrington, should be placed opon exhibition, as eme oí the cxtravaganzies oí tiic age. it liad about as iiim-ii resemblence to Prof. Harrington as it did to tbe Priuce oí Wales. Mrs. Moses Bogere received word las. Saturday oí tbe death oí Mrs. Rogcrs, bhe wiíe oí the seulptor, líandolph Bogers, at thcir home in Rome, Itaiy. The neWB was quite surprising, as She was thought to be in 1 health. Mr. Rogers isuot strong physically. It is ïioted in the Detroit paper that C. H. Laúd, a denttet, oí Detroit has commenced sult agaiuat Prof Taít, deán of the dental faculty for damages, alleging that Dr. Taft re ferred to him, I. and, in a way that was objectionable, in one oí his lect ures, becausc of unprofessional adver tisiug. According to the New York Mai and Express, Andrew D. AVhite, ex president of Oornell university, is the man most likely to be nominated bj the republicans oí New York state for governor. If he Bhould be, he luis many old friends in Ann Arbor vho would 'be almost tempted to go down there and vote for laim. '1 he laying of the corner stmie of the Bethel A. M. E. ohurch will tak place to-day, ac '2 o'dodk, p. in. The services will be conducted by Bev John M. Brown, of Washington, I). (.'., asBisted by Dr. Copian, oí Pnilade] phia, Dr. Smith, ui NaahvlUe, Tenn Eev. K. II. Kust. 1). D., ol' First M. E. ehureh. Ann Arbor, a,nd otner niiuife ters. ('urdial invltatlon to all to be present. George W. Clark, ol Detroit, au Mra. i y. oJ louia, have been visit ing Mr. C. A. Muma. Mr. Clark cam to Aun Ai'bor .":'. yeara ago amd started the Hrst temperance paper in Michigan. He had one ol the underground stations at KoehcstiT, ". Y., tu ho'tp t.he slaves lnto Canada. Alth'uugii in ïiis Sist year, he remembera wonderfully, many Lncidenta of tho earliest days hereaboute and has met a nnmlKT ol iormer ocqualntances. Muco complaint was made by the last lartirs coming trom Zukey lake, of the treatmeni bhiey received froni the officials on the Toledo & Ana lor train. There was mi agemt at Hamburg Junctioo whni they lelt and they COuld n )t gedt thcir tiekets Btamped. in ooneequence bhey were osked for extra tare and extra quarters for thelr baggage. Altogether they do nol apeak In very oompllmentary terms ot thelr return trip.- Times, Aug 17. The school board met last night with Meesere. Mack, Smitii. Jacobs, S!ieehan, l'.ach, lleal. (iruiur and Wheduu p-resent. As the blds 1 ir I he seun-, tu connect with the universii;.''s. were opened, Hutzel's waa tound t be the lcrwest at 871-2 eis. per lineal ín. il. and he was awariVd contract. It will cost aboul $1000. Treasurer Gruner reported thai the expenses ol tlie list rii-t last year wei-e $48,886.92. II. 1!. Dodsley was appointed to tttke fche school census. On Juno lst. of rliis year, Frankie D. Owen, of Owosso, Jlieh., son of Geo. W. Owen, publisher of Shlacrasse American, left home. He was seen at Bt. Jolins on .Tune 2d, Bince willen time all track of Mm lias beeo lost. II' is about 11' years old, bas Hrown hair. blu-?ray eyes, and wben he lelt home won1 a llgbt straw tint. dark c-oit and white walst, broini knee pants, black atocktngs and liiirh t?nnLs sliocs. He liad a aear cross just under his chin. A liberal reward -ni.11 le paid lor liis return or ior intormation tliat wlll lead to his return home. Michigan papers please eopy.

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