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"tt'anted - More houses to let. Yery dry but no joke - The weather. A bis time coming - County Fair time. Low pressure - Our city water works. High prewsu re- The temper d! the people. Fish st arlos art! bring reelod up li-vely now. Tlw? most eityfifd street in the city- LioyctV Lane. A silver mine- Well loeated Ann Arlcor property. Vacatióa lias almoet reached the tast cog in the wheel. There are 2G4.G06 acres of iniprovcd land in. thiis county. Union eervtees at the Presbyterinn ctraxch next Sunday evening. Keeds a new coat - The bridge over the 'M. C. tracks on Detroit st. A great bargain - The Ann Arbor Oourier and the N. Y. Tribune botb for $1. The Allegan papers gpeak highly oi Ooi. Dean's speech at the recent soldier'a and sailors reunión in that city. The members of St. Andrew's Sunday school, both old and young, had a deligíhtful time at Whitmore Lake Caet Saturday. Miss Fannie Louise Owinner, of this rtty, wlll have charg-e of piano instruction at the college in Eipon, Wis., thie co-mimg year. Services at Geddes Mission will be reumed next Sundiay, August 28th, Eiev. Ïj. P. Jocelyn having returned froan his vacation trip. The lAght Infantry returned home iriom camp last evening, having been in 'Detroit during the day to nssist !n Opening tlie Expoition. lei&ac N. S. Poster, of Ann Arbor tOT-n, received a telegram announcing the sudden death of his brother J. H. FtoSlter, at Adrián, yesterday. By thie length of time it takes to pet a job of work d'oui-, it seems is tliough more carpentera and workmen iyonerally could obtain employimient In Ann Arbor. C. E. Godfrey luis found Buch a demand for storage room that he is contempla t ing the erection of another and larger stprage building adjoining the present ono, on Kingsley st. A brakeman by the name of Palmer a. resident of Ypeüáatl, had a hand smashed lat the M. O. yards yesterday p. m., wliilo ("oupling care. líe was t-aken to tlii' l'nivcrsily hospital for 1 reatanent. Xt is said that there is a lady in tbis city who desii'es to erect a $20,000 reskTenee, bt can not get a cont nacto r to give figureq on it, lecause they ore alrcady (Wven with too tfvuch work. Work in the tliird story of the post office is progresshig rapidly. When c.ampleted tlue K. O. T. M's will have onc of the fincst halls in the. state and one they will not be ashamed to sfoiow to their frieadk Thel-egular monttily comiiiunication of 'Fraternity F. Se A. M. has been changed ïrom the first Wednesday evening of each month to the first Frida.y eveining of each month. Brethren wlll oommuiiicate this word to theother brethren and make it known tio all the workmon about the temple. The regular animal school meeting oceure Monday Sept. öth. The want of rain i a terrible want in thiis city nnd vicinity. Proiiibition eounty convention at at the court house Friday. The sumiiu-r girl and the vaeation boy are aearly on ttoe lioine stretch. The peaco erop is soase ten days or two weeks later than Usual tliis year. Anthony I!. Hall has eold hls house on Pon'st avi'., to Caroline Sorg tor $2,000. The rope on the weather signal Btafí has been oif on a va -ation for flor n few days. Soine 500 or 600 Ann Arborlt-ea ■went to Lsiand Lake la.st Sunday owr the T. & A. A. R. E. On account of the extraordinary deinend for lumber that articie is advancing somewhat in price. The average Inhabltant of these parts Ivas "ffot it in" for Prof. Harrington and his weather ivurks. The infant daughter of Mr. B. W. Frenvh and wife, of Vino st.. (lied Tlmrsdny last of cholera infantnm. Over 100 paeeengers wère broaight up on the motor line Sunday for the lsland Iake encampment excursión. .-o.mthiiis to mate you rest eaéy t'hiese flry tlmtas - A spood fire in.surance policy - apply to Renl & Pond. The yotmg sent composlng the Xorth 8ide drum corps are scarins the fish in Zukey Iake for a couple of weeks. Street Commissíoner Sutherland has put in a fine croas-walk across E. Catha.rlne st.. at its intersoction with X. FJÏth ave. I'ourteen milis and eleven elevators m this county report 19.255 bushels of whent marketed last month, and 574,333 for the year. It is understood that (ov. Winans offered the vacant Rejioncy of the üniTerelty to Wm. E. Quinby, of the Free Prese, and 'that he declined it. New candidatos for the varions county offices are entering the lists every day. Dark horses are innumerable. All on the democratie ticket, of course. On Tlmirsday eveninj; last Hugh O'Kane, of Oteddes .ave., illed after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Saturday morninjj from St. Thomas cliurch. A party conisting of Wm. Rettich. Chas. Allmand, Bd. Schlanderer, Simoo Schairer, and Herman StieKlemaier, went to lsland Take Sunday on their wheels. On Mcmd-ay the jiood and bad people down in AVayne county were treated to a mnjrnifioent shower. The gwd peopie in Washtenaw dld not appear to attraot tlie moisture. The Oourier has recelved from J. W. Babcock, of this city an invitation to a great masúmic reception at "WauBeshia, Wis.. vlTi' Mr. Tï. is visiting. The Courier will hardly attend. James Kearns and Thomas Kearney, of Ann Arbor, were CBielsea vlsitore the tore part of this weet.- L5helsea Herald. Wonder what they were doing up there ? Can anyone g-uese ? If the Plynrnuth Mail and Ann Arbor Caurfer will consult tlit'ir dictionarles they will find tliat "recipe" is all right.- Milán Leader. Xo one doubts it. Rut how a bout n, "recipe for making $100 a month." Even -'the damp of the river fog that risee after the su:u poes down," -oil'd find a responsïve cliord in the greathil breasts of the parched people. ThO log this momimg, for inStance. On 30th, next Tuesday, the Iv. O. T. fs, lof this city wiU Rive an excuvsion to Detroit, bo that everybody can take part in the pagentry of Jlactabee Day. Pareior the round tri]) will be 80 cents. The barn oi Patrick (irogan, in the twvnehlp of Northfield, was burned ïast Sunday night. Tlie barn was fill'd with hay amd grain, and also contained a buggy, mowing machine, ome cow, etc, which were all burned. Cause oí fire is unknown. One of tlie slickest pencils the writer ever used to chronicle events, etc., is the Eagle Draughting, No.. 314, whlch George "Wahr keeps on purpase for newspaper reporters and other pencil sliovers. It will wrlte nlcely on alraost any sort of paper. Dexter News: "K. E. Mallory is renioving liüs family to Ann Arbor this week Mr. Mallory bas been a resident o-f this village for a good many ycars and it te witli regret that their many Dexter frwnd-s Bee thm depart. May ppoepertty attend tlwin." Gen. 'M'iltes, of the U. S. army. who has been gtving the state militia at Island Lake soine regular points, was commandw of the brigade of which C'bas. S. Fall was a meniber during war times, and Oharlie went over to feee him the other day and chat about the days when the bulleta flttew. The Rot'hester (X. Y.) Democrat and Chi-cnicle of Aug. 18, gives the address af Dr. A. B. Prescott, of Ann Arbor, the retiriïig president of the American Association for the Advaneement of Science, then in eession in that city, to f uil. It ts an a blo paper, and will be read with interes-t by seientists who were unable to be present at the mort Ing. There were 3,41G iarmers in thiw ciounty in tlie year of 1891 of whom 1,672 were engaged in eheep raií?kiK. standing thO 4th coointy in the state. These farmers oiwned 120,C40, or an laverage of 72 to each, and standing at tho head of the counties. There were 35 Bheep to each farm in the state. In 1890 there were 833,002 Ibs. of wool sheared from 117,264 slurp, again being the banner oounty of the state. Washtenaw is certainly something on wool. Members of the Brotherhood of St. Antlrew who a.re in the city will pleaise take notice that there will bc ;in important meeting of the Brotherhood in the chapel of St. Andrew's ehurch on Nunday p. m. at 5:30 o'clock, directly after Eveniiiii Prayer. J. M. Stafford has srid to Miss CLancy, 37x66 feet from the rear oï liis lot on the corner of X. State íind B. Catharine sts., few $1,100. We venture to say that this is the bigbeet prtoe ever paid in tliis city for a rèsldteace lot, tt being at the rate oí $3,875, for the ordinary 4x8 rod lot. ïvive stook statlstics show that there are 11,553 horoes in this county, 10,201 milcü cowm, 7,5"! cattle other than miïlch oows, and 11,078 hogs. It stands the llth in horses, 9th in milch tmvs, Sth in cattle other than mólcn cowB, 16tb in the number hogs, Ienawee standing lst in hogs Wjth 21,573. Mrs. Harriet Fuller, wiíe of George C. Fullier, Pormierly of this city, but for a number of years with tlie Russell house management at Detroit, died very suddenly of heart disease, last Friday a. m., at the home of her father. Chas. Herring, near Charlotte. The remai.n.s ivere brought to this city for interment. Big Rapids h'as always been pointed out ais a(n example of a perfect water supplied city. This is from the last issue of the big Rapids Herald: "The question of more water and the remova] entirely of the water works management from the hands of the council should be made an issue at next spring's election." Tlie Ann Arbor Butter and Cheese Co. is doing a floiri-ishing business, having made 3,332 lbs. of butter during .Tuly, one of the dull months of yea.r. And what is still more pleasing tlie buvtter made by this company bringB one-half cent more a pound in the Xew York market than other western crack butter factiories. This is mot a political item, but wo should like to have our readers, wh'O liave liad experience, ponder over the fact a little: The workman known ai a pliimber - (yon know him do you not ? ) - receives $1.70 a day in free trade Bngland. In this country the average ix given as $3.48, but what do you believe nis salary really is ? In thé past decade, from 1880 to 1890 Washtenaw county wheat raisi erx have averaged a yield of 18.16 busheïs per acre, the highest of any county in the state. The loweet avert age was in 1887, 11.18, and the hdgheet in 1882. 23.77. During neven of the ten years this county rateed over 1,000,000 bnehels. From 1881 to 1886 iincluisive this county raised the most wheat of any county in tlie state. Prof. Eoss G. Co!e, formerly f-onnected wtth our schools, but for the past two years studyiDg music in (iTiiiimy. has accepted the po.sition of nwiBdeal director of the Bipon College, at Ripon, Wis. Prof. Cole was farmerly comnected with the Ann Arhor High .School and m University work here. He i a gentleman vho wHl prove a valuable acqursition to tJie Eipon college, the autliorities of wnich are to be congratulated. P.,y a runaway accident this mornin-.; Mr. G. Frank Aümendinger had n leg b roken and suwtainp-d a pretty seriims injury. Mr. Scimeiden Me partner was driving the norse nad it ffot seared on Detroit st., at the bridge, by boime passing trains. The -waijïon vraus all amas-bed to pieces Juut the horse did not sustaán any seriouis tnjurtes. Mr. Sehneider albo e.scaped with a few bruises and sfTatdies. pioper thing ïor the people of Ann Arbor to do is to either put down flowing wells for themselves, Q la Prof. Steere, or to make arrangementss wiifh hiim for a few of those aqueous Uixuries which he has put down in Pittsfield, on his celery and oniion fann. He has a íme lot of them with which he irrigates his growing crops, canwing them to laugh at the drouight and wink saueily at the weather clerk. The young people's furnishing club of the A. M. E. choren on X. Tourth street, desserve great praise in furnishing the basement of their ohurch. They have purchased a new upright piano, carpe ts, chair.s etc., and have quite a smn in thcir treasury tor other purchases. They give au entertainment at Mr. Freentan'fi residi'u ■.( on Miller ave., one week trom next Tlnirsday evening. The publicare inviited. (od music and relreshmenls provided. Froin statfetit-s published ia the report of the secretary of stare it iá noted that Washti-na w county stands wèil at the -front as au agricultural oo-unty. Tor instance, last year it stood foiu-th in the state in the number of bU'shels of corn raised, haring 1.698,631 bushels to its credit. In oiits it Btood twelfth, with 725,350 Vraishelis. In ctover eeed tourteenth, with 4.548 buwhels. In potfitoos 23d, with 131.111 bn.shels. In hay, sixth, with 5S.517 tons. Tueteday evening the remains of Matthew 8ullivan were brought to this city (rom Chicago, and funeral Bervlpee were held l'rom St. Thomas church this a. m. Mr. Sullivan was foi-mei'ly of this city. and carricd the mail fTOui the P. O. to the depots during the time that Mr .Duffy was poetmaster. BDe was the son of Mr. iiud Mr. J. T. Sullivan, of N. State Bt. The manner in which he carne tío hite death i.s eurrounded by mystcry. The last seon of him was with a, coraipanion Sunday evening, when found later on, his legs were. lying ou -Ihe railroad track with his skull broken on one side and marke oí liis n the other side. It is supposed tiliíit he Avas murdered and his body i tlirown wjiere it waa found. ' Mies How, a missionary, formerly statioued in Cliina, has rented a reidence on Washtenaw ave., of Mrs. Day, and will Uring here For educatkrai íive Ohinese,youths, three boys and two girls. The girls will enter the medical department, it is underetood, and thO boya the high school. This being the first Chinese students erer here they will naturally attract considerable attention. Tlie Japanese colony here has alwaya been composed entirely of toys, and the young ladies froni the íar away celestial empire will d'oubtless créate quite a sensation. The Dexter Newe has this good word for one of Ann Arbor's young gentlemen, every line of whK'h will be eridorsed by Ann Arbor people: 'Lawrence T. Oole, who was graduated from the literary department of the U. of M., last July, expects to enter a theological school in Xew York City thfe fall. Mr. Cole internis to study lor the Episcopal ministry. During hïs connection with t?t. James clmrch here Mr. Oole 'has greatly endeared bdmBelï to the people of the parteo hy wbom lie will be greatly missed. Their warmiest good wishes will go with him." A falling beam carne near ending tlie days of Walter.Hamilton yesterday torenoon at the house occupied l).v Mayor Doty, on S. Fifth ave. Prof. F. M. Hamilton, who owns tho house, is inaking extensive repairs tliereon. and with hte een Walter was engaigied in ratelng the frame to a barn. A beam which they were attempting to put in place beeame unmanageabte, and was falling directly on Walter. Hi father seeing the danger, pushed the falling timber asi de but in po doing dislocated hls hip. He feels that he saved his son's life, however. and so suffers the pain dueerfully. Many of the young people of this cwmty have ju.st passed an examinatton for teachers' certificates and many others expeot to pass one next Frklay. They have dofubtless worki ed oait some intrieate mathematical puzzles, but lre is one that will be an enigma to everyone but the small boy Vho Ks engaged in the transactiion: "A man met an Ypsilanti boy walking toward town on the motor line, eaffng an apple. 'How many apples hav you?' nsked the man. 'One-half as many ns I am going to eat, less five that a beggar boy took away from me, divided by twothirds of the nuinber I dropped in the orohard when I saw a dog, plus six which I ate on the orchard fence before the man saw me, will equal one-fifth of all that I triled to get.' How many apples Uid he have ?" The 14th Annual Picnic of the Farmera of Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Ijivingston counties, will be held at Whitmore Lake on Saturday Aug. 27th. For this occasion the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Ry will sell tickets at 50 cents for round trip from Ann Arbor. Children under 12, 25 cents. Trains will leave Ann Arbor at 7.20 a. m., and 12 o'clock noon for the lake. Leave tliere returnLng at 5 p. m. and 8. IS p. m. Don't inis.s the biggest picnic oí the seaeon.