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Ilail to the glad New Year! Weieome it's footfall near, Sandalled with love. Softly, as falla the snow, h leetly, as angels go, It comes with hope aglow, Boi Li from above. - W. l Tilden. Thi.s issue eloses volume XXX. of the Courier, and the paper enters apon ite 31st year with greater encouragemom than ever before. May 1S92 Ik better to you than 1891 has been. Good reeolutious are not to be scoffed at, but good deeds are more to be appreciated. ■ Cliief Sipley, of the flre department, received a handsome new lamp ;i a ('hristmas gift from the boys of the department. The state and county taxes are not coming in very rapidly. County Treasurer Brehin is anxious for more WOfk to do in that line. The number of packages sent and reived by express last week were greater, so Expresa Agent Ames states, tlum ever before known .at thla oölee. It was a damp. liuuddy, nasty Qay Christmas. Kveiybody, nearly, took advania.ü m the weather to remain at home and spend the time with their ianiiiiis. The 'limes is authority for the statement tbat the Ann Arbor Butter and Cheeae ('u's Creamery is so ful that another factory oí the kind, west oi town, is talked of. Christmas day was the annlversary of the marriage of Mr. aud Mrs. II. Krapf, and they received from relativrw heiv and at Milíord, a hanilsome eilver tea set as u present. In the rveiu oflwar witli Chili sonie 20,000 volunteere wlll be iwanted. Whieh one oí mu' ocal mllltla compajiiee wlll bc first Ito offer tlieir serviet'H ? Will tliey both epeak at ooice ? The grlppc has had lts fiugers 011 Chief Sipley, Charlie Edwards, Morgan Williams and Frank WlttUnger all of the fire departinent, during tbe. week. Uut they aa-e gettiiiK better now. i The Sunday school childrcn of the city have been having their innings Uve past week. They oughi to be rearj BWet from the amount 01 candy and sweetmeate they have dcvo'ured. D. F. Schairer guessed uearest to the weight oí the candy pig in E. V. HalJgffterfer'fl wlndow, which was 11 pounds ü 1-2 ounces. His guess was 11 pounds and 3 ounces. Fred always was a good guesser. C. D. Haines, who built the motor line between this city and Ypsilanti. has sold out the line from Owosso to Corunna, which he built after leaving here, t-o Saginaw and Detroit partiee. He has purchased the street rallway eystem, of Janefiville, Wis., and is convorting it into an electrio system. Haines is tx hustler. i It is ooir sad :duty to announce the aeath of Julius Meuth, the twelve years old som of iMr. and Mrs. Adam Meuth, oí Detroit st. He dicd on Cforistma8 movning at 4 o'clock and waa bui-icd at 2 o'cloiik in tlu' alterWoon. Julius was more than ordinarily brijiht, and in his death his parenta have the dcepest sympathy oi their many friends. Whatever the year has bronglit thee, Whether of weal or woe, The liffht of it.s waning hours Is shlniug over the snow. I know not whether it bronght thee Hurvest of golden slieaven, Oronly the scatteredgleaniiiK.s Streuu 'mid the fallen leaves. But whatever the year has brought thee, This thou mayst surely know: The Friend of lts golden sunrise Is thy Friend in the evening glow. -Charlotte lioonibacher. A Happy New Year to rvery reader of the Courier. The circuit court stands udjourned until nert MonUay. The A. A. Ij. I. entertninincnt is booked ior Jan. 20 th. Taet cali for taxes 'without the per c'iit. iK'iug added for the benefit of the treasurer. Travel om the motor line has inereased if nnythlng, since the faro was raiscd to 15 cents. Wm. Jolin.son familiarly Tiiiown as Pewee, died on the 28 d inst., of conBumptlotn, and was burled on Saturday. Uw l'nitari.in Sunday school held its Christnias festival on Monday evening. A Chrtetmae play was presen te d. The funeral of Frederick Schaibli wílh hi ld on Chiistmas day from Bethlehem church. II1 was a member oí the T). o. H. tf there are 110 isigns on the street corners, there are none'on the houses, readlng "to rent" either, which is a Iwalthy Kign. Tomorrow is last day of the fir.st year of the last lecade of the greateel eentury the world ever saw. So a Happy Xew Year to you. Hercafter the Physician & -Surgeon one of the foremost medical journals of the day, published by Dr. J. W. Keating will yc issued from the Courier oiffice. From a letter tliat was received by a lady a few days since, it has leaked out th-it there is i Mrs. Fred McOmber. Fred lsn't saying anything about it. ' Among the Chri-stma.s doings at Detrolt, we notice that Mrs. A. IJ. Worden sang the "Star of Bethlehem," and oihcr solos at the First Presbyterian church otf that city. C. A. Maynard, the State street grocer, was preeented with a handeome gold luaded cane on Christmas by bis employés. Miss Edith Huddy maklng the presentntion. The Fowlerville Observer is a neat tooklng new paper that has come to oiir desk, and if we are to judge by appearances. will meet with suceess. Here is to it.s suceess anyway. The Detroit Musical Society, of which Prof Stanley is director, gave Handel's Messiah, at the Detroit opera house on Monday evening, to a large audience. The affair was very satlafactory. On Saturday evening, Jan. ',)tii, the Schubert Quartette will hold forth in University hall. This eompany Is one of the foremost upon the musical i-tnge to-day, and the people who attend wiil be greatly pleased with what they hear. Qet a diary and in it note all the good evente that occur from day to day, leaving out the unpleasant ones, and although you may think your fate a hard one, you will be surprised at the full pages you will have at the end of the year. There were over 3,700 Christmas packagee sent throngh the Ann Arbor post office last week. The number received for delivery were in the thousands but were not kept account oí. It made Postmaster Beal and his assistants very busy. The decisión oí the supremo court in the case of Nichols et. al. vs. The Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti St. R. R. Co., is tli' same vs was given last July. It does not e.fect the railway eompany in tli.' least, the requirements were oaníOTmed too lont; ago1. Prof. M. E. Cooley has been appointed .i memta' oí the committee to arrange Michigan's Educatlonal cv hiiiit at til.1 World's Fair. Principal J. M. B. 8111, of the Normal is also a member. State Superintendent l'ileh made the appointments. E. F. Mills has always given his employee sometbing in the way of a kind remembrance at Christmas time, and this year was not an exception, but be had the tables turned on hlm thia time by being made the recipiënt oí a fine eombination readinK st a ml froim them. The occasion of it preeeatatlon was made a happy one. Thos. J. Cavanaugh, ol this city. ot' the law clas of '91, leaves to-morrow ior I'aw i'aw for permanent resid?nce. He will have charge of the Paw Paw ofiiee of Osborn it Mills, of Kalamazoo. Toni is a good student, and brlght ae a dollar. He has what is quite as requisite for suceess in llie, any quantity of grit, and his friends belleve in him. The Dezter News is the name oí a brlght, attractive, clean looking, five column quarto. which comes to our table, flylog the name of John O. Thompson a.s editor and proprietor. Ooanpetitiom is the lile oí business, and Mr. Thompson with his News will make a lively oompetitor foc our old friend 1 1 1 ■ Dexter Leader. The announced platform of the News is "the prosperity of Dexter and the advancement oí lier interests" - a good platform. It will lx independent (not neutral '?) politically. The musical public will be delighted l learn that Mr. Max Heinrieh, one oi the mo-it eminent barítonos on the concert platform, will appear at the concert given by the Choral Uuion, Feb. 12. This will be the fourth concert in the series. 'Mr. Heinrieh for 1he last two years has been one oí the musical attractions of the London season. Mrs. Gteneva .Tohnstone Bishop, of Chicago, will be the soprano soloist at this concert, in which the Choral Union will be eupported by the magnifloent orchestra which played at the "Redemption" Concert last year. i BOY WANTED- At this office. Apply at once to secure the place. The roof and the doors at the M. E. church aro being treated with a coat oí paint. Mabley & Co., of Detroit, have sent out a beautiful Christmas card to the newspapers oí the state. Wm. T. Sleator, formerly of Dexter, now of Alpena, was married on Dec. 16th. to Miss Divine, in that city. "Do unto others as ye would that others would do unto you." Try it for 18,92, and sce what the year will bring yon. Rev. J. T. tíunik-rland gave an interestlng review oí Arnold's "The Light oí the World" trom. his pulpit last Sunday moriüiig. In the case oí John M. Swift et al. va. The Cbrnwell MTg Co., the supreme court has sustained the verdict of the circuit court, which gave the plaintiifs damages in the sum of some $26,000. The Unltarlan Sunday .-hooi held its Cturistmas festival Monday evening. At live o'cloc:k sapper was servccl and atterward a Chrlstmae play, "Santa Claus Caught," was presentcel. The evening closi'd rvitli the distribution of preaents. Mrs. Martha Foeter, of Ann Arbor, (Bed Monday morning oí general debilLty, aged 9(3 years. Shc had been a resident of the county for years, coming here trom England in an early day. 8b lea ves eme child only, Mrs. Wm. Bcawn, oí Ann Arbor town. "The Portralt and Biographical Album oí WaeMenaw County," contalniiig biographical sketches of prominent and representative citlzens, together wlth biographies of ill the governors. and of the presidents oí the United States, w being dellvered to subscribers. Although not meeting the erpectatione oí xnany, it is a ñne book, and one that will be used considerably by people wlio desire to learn about the prominent people of the county, and ateo i the state and nat ion. The publishers could have made tibe wo-rk far more valuable by making it moi-e general. The retall price is $15. i Tlie Merry Cliristmas time at the l'i-esbyteriau church Monday evening was a very fine alfalr. The tree, 20 feet high or more, was loaded witli gil'ts from top to bottom. and large piles were placed ander the tree; the tables were covered with books, clothing, oraogee, candiee, etc. Muaic, both voLíal and instrumental, aeslsted by the Chequamagons, and some fine selections by the orchestra were givcn. Excellent recitals were rendered by some of the scholars, the pastor made some happy remarks, and tlien the who'le school and teachers partook of a good supper in the rooms below. Miss Brown's heart must erwell witli deep gratitude, for the large amount of preeents given her scholars. tf you want to be right In style, you must have the grippe. Tlie Shetterly Uros, are ha ving the opera houee barber shop fitted up ani'iv. The Ann Arlior Savinga I'.ank has declared a semi-annual dividend oï five per cent., payable Jan. lst. A very pleasant Obristmas dinner party was one that assembled at the home of Josiah Jacobue and wifV on Suinmit st. E. P. Mills & Co. ar,' having an 1"vator put in thetr store, and the upper floors fitted up for their use. Upward the couree of trade takes lts way. On tJw evenlng o; January llth the Cuitarían church wlll hold ita annual social and aupper, wlth Pi-of. Pettce as toast-inaster, and responses to toasts From a dozen represen tativcs cu' the church and I'inty club. good mueic, etc. Bnt tAvo unlon meetings will be held durlng the weck oi prayer this year, on ac oont of special services at ome of the churches and the eloeing of the Baptist church nert week white iifv heatiug apparatus Is put in. TIk' two meetlnga will be held en Monday and Frlday eventngs, Jan. 5th and 8th. the former at the Congi- uational, the latter at th ■ Presbyterian c-hurch.