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27
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April
Year
1892
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Hou. Edward P. Allen will deliverthe oration in this city on Memorial Day. John H. Kickles has built a boat house at Portage Lake ior the Península Boat Club. John Haines, of Lodi, has been _granted a pension, secured through W. K. Childs' agency. Prof. W. S. Perry was in Grand Rapids last week, as au official visitor to the Western Michigan College. The machinery for the new Michigan Table Co., is being placed in position. It looks a good deal like business at that factory now. The last iron span of the T. & A. A. bridge was placed in position Monday. The work of placing the ties will be puahed rapidly. Daniel Gates and family were kindly remembered on the 22d inst., by their iriend, Mrs. Serene, of Saline, who sent them a box of wedding cake. The printing of the aunual premium list, etc., for the Washtenaw County Agricultural and Hortioultural Society has beeu awarded to the Courier office. The property of James Toras, consist ing of the greenhouse, gardens, etc, on Miller ave., was left to a neice and two nephews. B. J. C'onrad will be the executor. Kev. C. M. Cobern preached an eloquent and appropriate discourse Sunday iorenoon at the M. E. Church, to the various Odd Fellow organizations who attended the services in a body. John Finnegan and D. H. Hallock have gone to Peach Orchard, Mo., where the former gentleman will erect a saw mili, for the purpose of cutting the timber on a large tract of land that he owns there. The circuit court calendar for the May term has 70 cases upon the docket, as follows : Criiaiual 4 ; issues of fact, 37 ; imparlance, 4 ; issues of law, 1; chancery, lst class, 10; 2d class, 1; 4th class, 15th. Ella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Palmer, died on Friday last, with croup, and was buried on Sunday afternoon. She was a bright little child and the parents have the sympathy of many friends in their sorrow. The new street being opened by John W. Maynard, between the Episcopal church and liis residence, running from N. División street nearly to N. State, is assuming the appearauce of a street. It ought to be opened clear through to State st. At present all the travel from the north-eastern part of the city is over E. Ann st., and being a narrow street, it taxes its capacity. Another thing, a better class of residences would be assured íor a street that goes somewhere than for one that stops just before it gets there. It will only be a question of time, it must be put through in time. The opera house has been greatly improved by a coat of paint. County Commissioner Cavanaugh is visiting the schools in Manchester townsliip this week. The democratie county convention to elect delcgates to the state and district conventions, will be held at the court house next Tuesday. The men who decorated the Court House and and Fireman's Hall, for the G. A. R. encampment were paid all it was worth, that's sure. Those who invested in the revolving stand of business cards, at the corner of Main and Hurón st., have probably noticed that it don't revolve. The Ancient Order Hibernians have chosen Edward Duffy, and Morgan O'Brien as delega tes to the state convectiou, to be held in Port Huron, next month. Builders and contraetors will be interested in the notice in another column. Tlie State Board of Education wants bids for erecting two annexes at the Normal School, Ypsilanti. There is to be a concert at Germania hall on the evcning of April 28th, in which Mr. Bilbie and Miss Gvvinner will take part. It is for the benefit of the Bethlehen) Lutheran church. The Ladies' Library will be open every Tuesday afternoon from half-past four to half-past five, in addition to the hours on Saturday from 10 to 12 o'clock in the morning and from 2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The T. & A. A. R.R., having purchased the railroad running from Copemiah to Frankfort, will soon put on through trains to the latter city, and from there run boats to Manitowoc, thuB opening up anew through line. About thirty of the friends of Orson Bacon, of the North Side, gave him a pleasant surprise party last Friday evening in honor of his birth day. The was spent in games and dancing, and a good time reportedby all. Wm. Canwell died at hia home in the 3rd ward on Monday last, aged 74 years. Funeral services wïll be held this, Wednesday, at the residence on Chubb st., at 2 o'clock p. m., and will be conducted by Rev. Henry Tatlock. At the M. E. Church next Sunday morning Rev. Camden M. Cobern will have for his morning theme "What the Earliest Church Thought of Christ- an Historical Study." The topic in the evening will be "The Riddle of the Sphinx, and How it was Read." On Friday evening next, at 7 :39, in the parlors of the M. E. Church, the Sunday School Circlo will give "A Trip to Quito and Descent into the Volcano of of Pichincha," by Dr. J. B. Steere. A cordial invitation is extended to the frienda of the Circle. Admission ten cents. What is termed an " Ammal Self-denial meeting," will be held by the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church, in the church parlors, on Friday afternoon, commencing at 2 :30 o'clock. That day is one set apart by the general society as a day of humiliation and prayer, with an offering. The Agricultural Experiment Station forthis state, of which Prof. Taft, of th Agricultural College, Lansing, is the director, has opened a branch station at this place, appointing Prof. E. Baur to have charge of the same. He has received peach trees, apple trees and strawberry plants to commence with. The Argus publishes Mayor Doty's affidavit as to expenses in the recent municipal election. A. L. Noble who was a candidate on the republican ticket in opposition to him bas also published a similar affidavit, as has at least one other candidate. It won't do now for candidates to spend money, and it is a good thing. The monthly meeting of the Washtenaw Horticultural Society will be held on the 7tli of May, at 2 p. m., in the court house. Topics : Fertilizing orchards ; paper on in secticides, by A. A. Crozier; Potato culture, by H. Markham ; fruit outlook ; committee on transportation report; questions answered; exhibition of fruit, dried and canned fruit, jellies, and vegetables. Exhibit of fruit packages and tools for cultivation The music given by the Ann Arbor Business Men's Quartette, at the G.A.R. encampment was one of the best features of the entertainment. Many of the comrades remarked that their songs alone were worth coming to Ann Arbor to hear. So well were the comrades pleased that the Quartette have been invited to attend the next encampment, to be held at Benton Harbor. It is a little too far ahead for the B. M. Q's. to accept just yet. On Thursday evening last the lives of Miss Mattie Harriman, of this city, and Richard P. Mason, of Gladstone, Mich., were united in marriage by Rev. J. T. Sunderland, the ceremony taking place at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Win. D. Harriman, on Washtenaw ave. The house was beautifully decorated with roses and carnations for the occasion. A sister of the groom, Miss Hazel Mason, acted as bridesmaid, and Mr. George Davis, of Chicago as best man. The company was confined to relatives and a few immediate friends of the family. The couple left the same evening for the west and will be at home af ter June lst at Gladstone.

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