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Orange blossoms.- Saline Observer. Xot any. Snowballs. Geosrge B. Alexander is out once more, after severa! week's siege witi the grippe. The flags ought to have betm flying irom all of the school houses of the city Monday. II. H. Stof f, y aiul wife we-re pleasttntly Biirprised last Thursday eveaing y about 25 or 30 friends. 3Pircií. C. IMttwcin ill orgaaize autitlnea' Ck'rmini cla.s.s to-morrow evening at tibie resideuce of Mrs. John Burg. Thiree ladies, Mre. Dr. D. M. Tyler, Mire. Ijcw II. Clement, and Miss May Wilsey bave been elected to memberhip ín the Chequamegons. -Carrie E. Bailey, daughter of John N. Bailey, formerly resident here, was "married in Detroit on the lTth, to 'Mr. Hammond, a rising young law yer ■svlio aised to study in Ann Arbor. The races on State street last SaturOay snade it a darageroii place for Jjedestrians, ladies and children es(pecially. Isn't that street setting ■to be too much of a business street tto be usd as a race course ? The correspondents of the state department from this county are iinanlmous in the opinión that wheat did not suííer during January, the gvound toeing geneirally well covered with "snow, which was reported from four to seven inches deep. The U. S. Department of agriculture estimates the wheat erop of Michigan at 30,205,000 bushels, raised on 1,606,670 acres, and valued at $27,480,910. The corn at 31,133,000 "tvushels, raised on 1,055,363 acres, tind ralued at $14,943,040, OatsS at 60,280,000, raised on 931,677 acres eind valued at $9,689,441. On Friday last, at the lst ward school, exeircises woit held appropriatc to Washington's birthday, consisting tol quotations leora Washington's wrlt inffs, etc. It was a pleasant occasion for the pupila a.nid a method o ïnstilling patriotism, which is needet very much these days. The country lieeds more patriot and fewer politiciane. At the meeting of the directors of the Aran Arbor & Ypeiianti St. Kailway Co., held in this city Friday nfternoon, iat, it was vited to ac cept the ordlnance passed by the commm council and to resume opertutione as soon as the track eould be laid. It was also voted to instruct the superintendent to use only coke Omd hard coal for iuel on the motors A correspondent of the Daily Times advocates reserved seats for the Choral Union concerts. If a vote of the ticket holdors could be taken, the maSority ior the present plan would be bverwhelming. Reserved seats are too touch of a luxury, altogether, and tnany wlio purchase tickets, cspecially the ladies, by the reserved seat plan, Ifure seldom able to obtain desirable seats, but are compolled to take up vith what is left after the crowd have feelected. In concerts, especially, most t{ the eeats in TJniversity hall are feood. A change from the present excellent plan would not be an advis'able thing ior the Choral Union. Gov. Winans will surely be one of the speakers at St. Patrick's banquet n this city. A number of citizens mourn the visit of o, gang of piek pockets Monlay. The "profesh" must have made ome good-sized hauls. The slushy walks that Anoi Arbor frevels in are a great tribute to the confirmed tiredness of her people. It ís seldom that so many noted tpeopte gathor at one place as were 11 Ann Arbor Mondny. Many of them Avere incog. The Gesangverein Lyra are to give n. concert to-morrow night in Uormania hall under the direction of Proi. Kennpf. Thieves Troke into the store of Rinfsey & Seaboit, on E. Washington st., ast Sunday p. m., a.nd stole about '$l-t In sniadl c'hange. Jay Taylor sans at the Congregational church last Sunday morning nnd at tlie M. E. church in the evening, to the delight.of the audiences. Hem. .T. T. Jacobs attended a meeting last Thuirsday eveni.ng, as a delégate ia-om the C'ongregational church, öi tliis city, called far the purpose til lorming a new church society in Jacks om. Peter HcNally died on Sunday last, after an illness of several days. Funeral services were held from St. Thomas church Tuesday morning and the Vemains interred in St. Thomas cemetery. He was 33 years of age. On ïiday evening of this week the Uiew 'hall of St. Thomas church will be opened with a grand concert. The Gesamgverein Lyra and the Ann Arbor Business Men's Quartette will take part. That insures a, pleasing programme. Dr. Sterling, of the Detroit Christian AUiance, will f?ive Bible readings on the "Four Fold Gospel," at the Germán M. 3i. church next Friday, Baturdaj' and Sunday afternoons at 3 o"clock, also Friday and Saturday evenings at 7.30 o'clock. The public invited. S. L. IMie, 25 E. Ami st, has the agency for Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. ior the Life of the great English divine, recently deceased, Chas. H. Spurgeon. He is a worthy man, and the book is a good one. We commend both to the good will of the people of the twin cities. Perhaps there would not be as many funeral processions as our people have been compelled to look npon this winer ,if Ann Arbor had sewers to take away the poisonous waste that now is thrown upon the surface of the fcround, which the rains and the thaws are depended iipon to wasli ofi. On Friday evening people can take their cholee oí entertainments. At Harria lui 1.1 the ladies oí St. Andrew's Churoh will be delighted to see you. Then the Junior Hop at the Rink ■%vill assemble the youth and beauty. A grand leap year party takes place; and the opening of Bt. Tilomas hal] With a concert. Somt' v'ellow, who hae had all three varietles writee the following treatise ■which is correct we believe, os far as our experieace Boes: There are three kinds of grip - nervous, catarrhal and Kastricand each kind is meaner tha.n the others. Forty per cent. of the catavrlial gripe end in pneumonía. If you have nervous nnp you wil) want to comniit suicide with the blues. If you have gasta-ic grip you ■vill -vish you were dead forty times a day. - Adrián Press. The entertainment now in progrese at Harria Hall is ome of the finest ever given T:y the ladiea of that society. The booths are fitted up ín good taste and are indeed beautiful to to look upon. It is worth the price Di adnidssion to go and see these alone. Aiter you liave seen these you will look about the countei's and be astonished at the great number of beautliiul aa-ticles, üorae of them exquisite, found there that are the handiwon'k of the Ladies. Some of the artiCles are not only very pretty, but some aire very ingenious. It will astouish you to Learn how niiiny things ïl killhü womnn can make with a needie and some bits of ribbon, etc. The people of the city were shoeked ed last Friday evening, to lcarn of tlie sudden doath of Merehant H. Goodrich, onc of the old eettlers of this city, who died .at hts home on E'. Ann st., aged 1)5 yeaa-e. Mr. Goodrich ftraduated with the first class that went out irom the halls of the Michigan TInivea-sity, taking liis degree of B. A. In 1845. He aftei'ward attendi'd the law school at Harvard, graduntini? Sn 1849. He was a, member af the Clii Psi firaternity, having been one of the organizers of the chapter n.t this unirereity. He took an active pairt in tlie state Historical Society, and %vas a member of the county Pioneer Society. His funeral was lieid Sunday ni., from his late resiüence on E. Ann St. He was an unïnaa'ried man, a stoter, Mrs. North, keeping house for him.