Fire At Milan

A eMöaetroaé fii-e oceurred at Milán on Tnesday mornlng, reeultlng in the destruetion oí sovcral buldllnjfs At one tinte it looked as thou#h tln entire busiaesfl part of the villa;;. woiikl le burned, but the Harnee were eontrolled beforc an.v of the best building wei-e tmroed. The toases were N. Rice, hotel building and barn $3,500, insured for $1,000. N. M. Clark, geueril merchandlse. $2,000, insured for $1,000. H. H. & X. A. Palmer, $1,500, instu-ed for $600. Palmer & Clark, inUlinery, lose $1,000, no lnsuranee. Wm. Wolcott, harness shop. $1,000, insured for $200. S. M. Guy bnrbef sliop, $700, with $400 ineiu-nnce. W. R. Xeedham, $500, no. Insuranee, Emma Moore, building.. $300, with $100 insua'ance. Van Wormer & Ix)ckwood, btülding, $2üu. no iiiíiarance. Our flre department was called apon for help, and went the depot to respond, with the eteam and throe men. At the T. & A. A. R. R. depot they met with dUftcultles. In the Hrst place there was no empty car, and in the second place, the railroad authorities refused to take the engLne down there without the payinont of $25 in advance.. It set'ms almost impossible that the officials of an.v railroad company should be so utterly devoid of the common decencies of life as to demand pay in advam-e upon a desperate occasion liko this. but such appears to bc the fact, disgraceful as it is. The money would have been raised, ;c car unloaded and assistance sent had not Chlef Siptey recelved a telegram that help would not be needèd. The fair will be in progresa every evenlng during Octobcr. A valuablf ailver spoon has boen mai'.ed ;it the pust office without addrage or post a go. The contract for Inmlshlnj; the new hospital tliis year with drugs and siLrgical Instruments has been awarded to J. J. Goodyear. There will be regret among many peopte to learn of the death of Mr. T. D. Townsoned, a deaf mute, who has made his home here for many years, boarding with Christian Schomacher. He died very suddonly of heart trouble Tuesday morning. A llbrary social was held 011 Satunlay ovening in the basement of the M. E. church, by the Wesieyan Guild. eome sixty volumes being represented by different people. Elmer E. Beal, of '03 Ut., received a prize for gue&sing aright the most volumes. Unity Club has taken anotlier step in advaneo. It offers season tic-keu. to its couxse of twenty evenings, iucluding lectures by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, of Boston. Col. Sylvester Ixirned, of Detroit. Rev. Charles Fluhrer, of Grand liapids, by professors and students in the university. and others. for one dollar. The lat issue 'of the Washtenaw Post has thi8 dserved compliment to one of the Courier forcé: "An exceedingly intelligent and diligent young lady is Mies Nina Davison.. daughter of Mr. Chas. Davison, foreman of the Courier preeeroom. Hht ets, by the new Rogers typograplu. the whole reading mutter of the paper, wlth the exception of the telegraph notlcee of the week, and she aceompllshes her work so neatly, that it is a pleasure to read the Courier, whilat her father furnishes brilliant printing." The pianoforte recital given last Mouday evening in the tJnitariait church by Miss Fanuie Louise Gwinner, assisted by Mrs. W. F. Edwards. soprano. Mr, E. N. Biblie, violinist. and Miss Berthe D. Hill. accompanist. fully deserved the largo attondance and hearty encores given. TIn church and adjoining parlors were filled to over flowing with an audiMe who li.st.ened with full appreciation to the Belectíone c.hosen. Miss Gwiiinor has hut lately retiu-ned f rom the aast where shehad charge of a musical department in a youug ladie's semlnary. Mrs. Edwards, sometime Binee was in Europe pe-rfecting her voice culture. And Mr. Bilbie hae also botn at Ieipsic for two years wliere he devoted hiinsielf to musical study. These facte being known about the performere we can scarcely wonder at the interest shown at the recital. Thft List gelectlon from Mozart, a duet ptayed on two pianos, kIhhvihI mach practice and time spent in perfectini; the several part. The singing of Mrs. Edwards was fully nppreciated as well as the exquisite violin playlng of Mr. Bilbie. All of the musicians of the evening deserve the enconragemeiit of the citizens of Ann Arbor.