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July
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1892
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Mhiga.n State Fair vtll be held in LLUÉ6SIBg Sopt. 12 tO 1. A miniton oí the 22d Mich. Infantijy wKl be held at Föwlerville, Aug. 25. A reunión oí' tflue 2d Mfchigan InÉaoitiry will be lveld iin Hudson, Thurs■day, Aug. 4th. The state Teachei-'s Institute win be faieM im JacfeeHQ thcis 5"ear, commenciag Amgust 6th. Bev. U 1'. Davis, T). D., oï Detrod't, wiai preac'b at ttole M. E. churcli next Sabbath moiniiinK. If tJh'i.s tlviin? keeps tni, the ralnmakers Irain out wt wiU haye tobe -iimpwted aawl set to work. The etawet cars htuve recelved new steel bells tihat sournxl much betteir tQiiara the old lroken gongs. The eoaiception some people liave of t-he couirtesies of the Pi-ess, is really aetomtóhilmg. - Pontiac Gazette. Om Hhmreday, Sept. 8th, the celeba-ation of "Gei-man Day," wMch origïiaa-ted in tihte city, will be held in YpsUaaitii. E. G. Zilegter, who has beeu visiting Iris brother-m-law, Wm. Frank, Tetni-ns lnome to-day to Calumet, u])per peninsula . Tï"o of tlhie Btiret cars on the State etreet ltoe were struck by lightning Suoiiday and tiic lightnimg arresters Avere buiuwd out. N further damago. Jüfam, Sttowell, a carpenter who ■mas on Wis wa,y tO . Pontiac, feil Irotm a baggage wagoini at thle M. O. R. B. depot Suaiday evenins and broke hS5 wriist. "Wïuo ever saw the country elothed wiith! a hea-vfer or richer coat of vegetation ? Even the foliiage of tttie trees surpass In beauty the riehst pai.ntiing.- Dexter "Leader. Aradrew Wagner, ivboi was boi-n in A Ai-bor 42 years ajro, but who for the past 25 yeai-s has been, in the jewelry buêdimees at Momroe, d'iied Sundiay, a.t hiils home, very snddenly. On the 12th day of October next tiiere wüfl'be observed in this state -wliat will be ealled öoiumbus Day. It -sviill be made a ge.neral holiday, and a badge will be gi'ven to every cMd attemding school in the entire Míate. It ás puzzliiog soime olf our people wim aa-e umable toi take iin both, ■whlether iit te best to gioi to Denver or WasMngtoni.. Thie lajtter to the cfaicapest, bnt thle tarmer enablfs a persem. tö see quite a strip of Cncle Sann's doma.im. James D. Dumcam, oif MiiUer ave., a ffeirtleina.n -Tell knoHvn among the buisitiiiess mem of the ciity, died last Miocalday a. m., aged 61 years. FuiBral services -"ere hieM yesterday afteinnloion, at tihe redidenoe. Ho liad reteíMied hero soroe ten or twelve yoars aaild1 leaves a fairtily. Eliza Courts ie now the spiritual aifimity ar wife of Bech'el the shorn "flyimig roller" wbo had hls hair clipped at Aun Arbor. Thfe is to last unta "Primee" Mfcli'ael is out of prisco.. At -tihSto state of affaire "Lucifer" DuTaaid i jea.lons, and together wttï otber?, proposes to diirvide the colony amd smash the "G-od house" in two. rRncre is coafuisiion in the house of Isreal- the ',new-fashtoued Isreal. Woirk liias beern coimmenced on the tatertor of St. Anidrew's chiurch. Ooiod local items now-a;-days are sometaiimg lke the meetings of the Ainm Arbor Press CRwb. Tlie reiMiiion oí the 15 th Miich. Iníaaitiry wlH be lwlil at Monroe on Oct. 4tJi, belnig poBtpamed fi-om July 22. The thermometer Saturday and Siinday went up to 90 degrees n deep i-had ■. Monday iit reached 98 degreee. The ainroi'a borealiis ia the winter time iM-inKM eoMex weathtr. In tlie BUimmer time it appea-rs to reverse the oiMlifr arnd bringa botter weather. l'nrf. A. L. OoCton, lilt. '89. Iws bet'n appototd Jgstetaat astronomer and seoretary oí tihié Ijiick observatory, at Mt. Hamiatotni, near San José, Cal. Tirois. Sdhiarberfie, Campbell and HusBey all laxwn the O. of M., are at that observ-atory hav;mg leen 'appointed ram tttie ü. of il. A swiiil in amnouneed lor to-morrow eveni;nig by tlue teuótefl oí St. Thomas paris, im th oM church building. The la.d;es are noted for making these gathwringti very social and pleasant aftaiirw, and H ycra attend tlney wlll lnow you lwiv to keep cool im even ■tlhlls swflteri'ns weatlier. Frederit-k Kebneck, of tfoe North sMe, .was dro'wraed .Sunday forenoon, wtolllie im. bathimg in tlve mili racé. He was evOdentïy tafeen wltfhi cramps. He carne to tüiiis co'uinitry last Marcli trom PruBBJa, arad lea ves a wile and t filiuddren. He was 29 years oí age. Filmara! servicias were held Mon(d'ay p. m. The iraem.be.rs of Co. A, M. S. T., ton wn as the Ann Arb&r Iight Infaaatry, are preparing tor the state eimeaini'pnwnt at Island I.ake, comTnCTiieiing Aug. 17, and hope to be one of thie companiiles selected to attcnd tllie WwM'8 Fair. Oae thing is certia.:m, tilnat if amy of the state troop get ii atóad af Co. A, they will luae to be lmstters. The Ypsidianti Sentinel has this sonsBble item that te quite ais applieable to Ann Arbor ais to Ypsiilanti: '"Tlie j-enioval of old buildiiogs from one pa.rt of the city to annother, especlaily -n-üiere the cost of moving is gireater tbaai the value of the frame, Ouglit to be diiscouraged. It obstructs travel, destroys slvade trees, and milta work for liineme.n in the telephow, telegraph and ltght service." The August meeting of the WashteiSftw Hortiicuatural Society will be iiieia August tii au - " ■" -"- court house. Topics: Canses of Fruit Faillurew; Peadn and Grape Prospecte; Io w meed an Agent of a special comnrlssi'om' house at Detroit. Vo (M-e to the (Vjstrilration of our fruit ? Resolutitons to le passed in regard to tibie fl-emise of President J. Austim Seott, the founder of this society and Mr. J. D. Duncan, a memtier of tive society. A general attenklauce is expected. (aoltai1 vrtll cffeetually klll the cariKit Imirs, moths or any other insecte infesting the hwise, and wlU not take the coloir out of earpets, uptoolstered furniture or Rarments of any kind. But iit must 1? used witlt care. All matches stoould le removed trotm a room before It is applied to the carpet or a.ny of the contenta of the room. "We know of several houses im the city that have been cDeared of ttoes pests by the use of g-aeoUiie. Too much caution can not be uei wlwn it ík being applied, however. An exctia-nge, wlrose editor has a celestial leaning to hA tlvoughts, remarkis: "If you will take pañis to remember the date, on the night oí August 5t.h, yoii will get such a view oí the pla.net Mars as you will not have again in íifteen years. On that niLjlit Mars wiill venture up wlth-ln thirty-five millioai miles of the earth, i;nistead oí preserving tfoe usual speetíuil distance oí one hundred and íorty militan, miles. It is believed that tinte dteposition. Oí Mars to be neighborly -vvill be appreeiíated by at least ome tluousand teleseopes Ín this country-" The late of Bay Cilty ought to be a wannimg to thiis eüty. The universal use of the eijty water by resiOents has made ft düiífieult for the Water Oo. to supply the deniand, and the rute prohiibking the ase of water lawns or garderas except betwwn the liloums af (i and 8 Ó'cíock niorning aaitl eveotog, ouglvt to be wiillingly obeyed by mc people. The prevention Of the sw-eeptaR away of our ciity by fóire Ís of inucli gfeater import anice tlmn tlie wettín.ií down of tlie lwwas. Beeides, water tlirown afkom vegetatüon duriaig the heat of. tlie day has a tndency to check it's gi-owt'h and destroy iit's liealthy nppea ramee. From the Bupertatendent of Public Instruction coméis tiliis information, relati've to the State Teacher's InImstitute whiich coanmences in this city at 10 o'el'ock a. m., Momday Aug. 8tto, arnd clases at 4 o'clock p. m., Frl'day Ang. 12th: "The daily Bee.sioiis of the institute this will, as hei-etofore, be devoted exclusively to tiopics of specilal interest to teachers, presented by persons of extended practical expertence as teachers, anti who have made a bpecial study of iinistitute work. Tlie evening lectures wiill be of a popular c'haracter. The institute law allows teachers, whose schools are iia session at the time appoiaited for tlie county institute, held under tlie diirectiom oí the state superimtendent, to close tlieir schools duriaig the eomtiiiuance of such institute riit'hout forfeiitieg their wages ae inany half-dnys as they are jn. atteiulanee at the institute. This pro vistan of law, amd. the fact that there will be no enrollment or tuition toé ezacted, efliooild Insure the attendance of every teacher in the cuuuty who possesöes tlie ti-ue proív.-sional spvrit." Eli Mamly hia returiKMl f rom a vialt witli friend in Stö-m. The caimpjifi look.s Bomethiag HJce a ogg'.ung caimp. But .wken the woark B 41II d'atnie dtt will be am impravement, ast tiue wmiH', and a fine innprovemieot . Thone wlvo have out door planta ih'at a.re ;n bloswonn at this seasom of tbc yea.r slionjd BOe that they have plenty oí water. A üttle fertilizer nlxed m it w-cuiM make it all the better. Emlment Oommander 1. C. Goodrk-h oí the Ainn Arbor Comraandery, B fia-m In thie faith that the Denver trip w!Cl excel a.nytihii.as ever given in thie way of au exoureuon, for the moiney. Watflvtena-w iw payitng $264 a raonth tor tor crazy .people. Among them aire mot iinolnidsd a number o.f blooming cramks, wlno-think they know how to min thie republicam party in Washbemaw oominty. - Adrián Press. The domofratic county convention to elect tlelegatfw to the democratie state nom-inattajï convention, called tor Qraidcl Kapids, Aug. 17tlv, wii'J te htíd at the can.rthou.se in tliks city om Wedne'sday August lOth. AcoaridJnK to the last issue of the Mt. OlemieiiB Momitor, Prof. J. H. Lee Ot fhi city, ha.s been engaged as supe.riin'tendent of t'he Mt. Clemens schools, and Prof. Edwiin DeBarr, also a gradúate of the Uniiver.sity, as principal. At about lOo'cloek .Saturday night .Ta. A. Herbert caugiht a man atlempting to enter 1v!m house, No .28 Maynamd st., and fired a stick of wool at hijn "fout (1M ulot chase liim up for aini explaination of liiK unbecomling comduct. The cid peach orchard of Daniel BMtSCöek iis so over-loaded with peacihes that he has beea obllged to prop up tihe bra.nches to save them tai breakimg down a'nd nis young oTchard right near by, which gave fcwotmiise of a large erop, is an utter failure. The Dailly Resorter items from Topfriiabee opmtbain this one: "Major H. SoTile, 'secretary and treasurer of the Mit-hi'sran University, is at his beautifully located cottage, with his famiily, lus mother, Mrs. Parker, his daiiRlxter and her husband, Mr. I. L. Clark." A youns lad cooly took one of H. J. Brown's b3cycLe.s fpoon tlve north fromt of luis store last Saturday, jumped on üt and had grt as far as Allen' Qreek on W. Huron st. before being avertatoen by an 'offiver. It was a close ca 11 for tlve wheel but a closer orne tille boy. At the sale of the finie house and lot at the coTimer of N. División and E. Ainm sts., betonging to the Elizabeth Royer estáte, last Moaiiday, the proporty was bid in by George Wahr for $7,300. 'Wlliiich was remairkably cheap It is one of the fimpist resi'dence proppertifes iini the city of Ann Arbor. Thiere will be a meetling of the Iïoard oí Direct ors of the Washtenaw f'ounty Mutual Fire Ins. Co. at Secretary fHüld's office, o.n Ang. lst, for the puirpose of öettü'ing loases that Irave occurred wlthim the past two 'mlomfh or so. There are ten small l'OBses on hand to ailju.st. The last orae was ai tenement hoiuse, burned July 21st, iinsured ior $330, beloTigün to F. B. öriippen, of Superior. One week from next Saturday Ann Arbor Connmandery, K. T. will leave for t.heir graind trip tcv Denver. Tlie boys have beom saviTig their extra lolla.rs ior tlluis excurs'ioci for a long time. One of the K. T's figures it out ttoii way: "Roiimd trip ticket $18; sleeper $8; lodgiaig $(; meals $12. Total expemjses of t'he tr jp $44." Takvng $G aloin.sr for extras l;e figures that a $50 biCl wMl pay all expens'es and Kirve liiiim a joíly g-ood tim'e. The distance tiraveled w'.U be over 3,000 miïes. Superstiitious people will [ight shy of ttie new s;ll-r qnarter of a dollar af ter reínding a descrjptiom of its insennis makeup. It "va.s probably t'he imtention oí the designer of the now Bluffer quarter to lvn.ve 13 oecur 13 times, but few people have iiot ieed tliis fact. There are 13 stars, 1i! letters in th'O BCroU held in the eagle's beak, 13 margllaal feathers in cnoh wtog, 13 t.'iil feathers, 13 pa.raJlel limes iin ttue Ohield, 13 horizontal bars, 1? arriiw lieads in one toot, 13 leaves on tlve branch in the otlier lloot a,nd 13 lettere in the word "quarter dollar.'" - ( lnelsea Standard. On tiht train jrosnir ttoi Salnaw the othe.r day, the writer met Maj. -'Bert" SParsotiDS, of Nfew York City. "Bert" farnwrly resided in Efowell, and was uprm t:h'e Ktaff of Oen. Alser when tJue geaveral was sovernor of Micht glan. He is still an ardent republican amid licliiees thiat Harrison and Reid will cairry New York amid be elected. H-e says tliiat 'tt is as natural for him to take nni tatepest in the campaisns of tliils sta.t-e asi it is for a fisíh, to. bi-eat'he water. Mr. Parsons is now iiiiterested in the condensed milk busiiiess. The company witli whieh he iis oonniected has a larffe factory at Ijanshis, and has just let tlie contract to bui'id amiother one at Howell. Am meander in Ann Arhor beiiag drunk last svteek, Justice Butts "slioved liifm up" ïo.r a terra a jail. - Adriiam Press. H. Slvoeiuaker 'm üatag the local work of the Ann Arbor Register. Hi.s department ougiit not ,to "run down at tlue hieel." - Adriain Press. The eiectric cars at East SagLnaw are quiet afiairs aad' make very little Biofeie. A-nn Arbor's cars are in remarkable contrast in fhat respect. It ia aow plactically a fixed faet tli&t Aawi Arbor wiai haive a new baiak, a euffteient amount of the stock haviinig been taken to inaure its sraccesa. A half dozen ar so of blossoms opaned cm tlve nhghjt blooming cereus plaat at Mrs. A. L. Noble's last eveniiag, wüiicn "beautiful sight was witoeeöed by a number of friends. Tjini'on services of tvz Ypsilanti cli'Hiirches will be lield im the new M. E. chnwch oí ibhat city next Sunday evenimig, July 31. Eev. H. M. Morey oí the Presbyteriiam cliurch, wi'll lrcah the sermoin, arad a special song seirviee wEl be given under thie direct tan of Mr. a.ud Mrs. Olinton Wilder, of New .York CSity. A cordial inivi'tati'om is extended to all. "If you wiU go about tbe city and ascerta.iin tlie amount of water ng osea by .water motors and for iommerctol purposes, you will not womtesr tluat it .te dlfficult for the tt'ator Oo. to supply thie ci.ty durtog j. dry tinne," waid a well inflormed :-iltizen yesterday. Continuing lie iia.itk "It is aaot; tlue la-vvns or garlóme or streets tluat uses up the water wo pleatffiuUy. Thiere is enough ruiming away trotan the water motors of th city to iirrigate every garden und lawm to Ann Arbor and keep thie.m in good eoodiition, too, if it oould1 be used íor tdiet purpose. It is presumid tfaiat the Water Cö. get a reniuineratilon for itbie water they supply to tiie intoors, but it can not be im any suoli proportibns as paid by thie citizens who use it for househtolid puTposes. And the city itself has asa immense interest in this business. It wouild be a Bhiocking thing to luave a fiire get Htarted here and iuo "water to put it out with." Monday Tas the 50th anniversary of tJie mairriiagte of Mr. and Mrs. üliHstiia.n Eberbach, of this city, and tJie day was made a happy one for tUiem by their chiildren, a,nd numero'us ii-Eeoids. Relatives in Saginaw seint a boquet oontainimg 50 different vartk,s oí flowers, one for ea,eh yea.r of their marrted life, and tlie chiMrein presented the couple -n-ith many tokens of affection, some of w'hich Avea-e qu.iitie valuable. During the afternoan i'riend-i from Detroit and Brom about tihe city, dropped im at their iiine Packard st. residence to gratúlate the eouple upom the event, eund lm the evenmg the Gesang Yerein Lyra seremaded tüiem ■vhile many liiiiieauds canne in to add a word of ple;isure itio the occasion. Mr. and Mr. Ebei-bach are among the much respected people oí our cilty, and it IB a universal wi.sh that they íuay Krv-e to enjoy their diamond wedding. The Ooairiier exteuds its congratulatiions.

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