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October
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1892
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Hon. Wm. Ball, of Hamburg, will speak at Chelsea, Oct. 12th. Ann Arbor didn't bog all the offices on the republican county ticket. The K. O. T. M. hall dedication last Friday night was a great success. Hon. J. W. Giddings and Hon. Geo. A. Farr will speak at Ypsilanti, Oct. 17. John Keppler never fought a duel in bis life, but it is believed he will run veil. Rev. J. Neuinann attended the dedication of a new "church at Battle Creek Jast Sunday. The receipts for the past inonth at the county treasurers office were $602.50, expenditures $2,556.55. S. Baumgardner bas purchased the interest of bis brother in the grocery firm of S. & J. Baumgardner. If the street railway could have fair weeks right along it would pay a fair profit upon the investment. An opening recital by the faculty of the University School of Music will be given on Thursday evening at Newberry Hall. The board of managers of the Fair association will meet next Friday, at 10 a. m., in the supervisors room of the Court house. Goodyear & Co., druggists, being the lowest bidders, will supply the University hospitals with their stock for the ensuing year. At the Baptist church next Sunday evening, the pastor, Rev. A. S. Carman, will preach upon "Some Bangers of Ann Arbor Life." Our readers will take notice that Congressman O'Donnell will speak at Ypsilanti Oct. 24 instead of the 22d, and will be at Milan, Oct 22. It is said, by a man who is posted, that Mr. Gorman wrote that long puff of himself which appeared in the Free Press recently. - Daily Times. W. D. Clark, of Parma, Jackson county, has been nominated for senator frorn this senatorial district by the democrats, in convention at Manchester last Friday. It is understood that if Miss Bower, the editor of the Democrat, was a man, she would have to fight a duel with one of the candidates upon the democratie county ticket. The arrangements committee in behalf of the A. A. A. TT. V. wish to express their thanks to the merchants and families for their kind and liberal donation to their bazar. Jas. Ilosie will move his family to Ann Arbor shortly so as to give his daughters the benefit of a college course. Mr. II. will remain in town most of the time. - Wayne Review. The county's fiscal year closed Oct. lst and the books of the county treasurer show that the receipts were $133,179.87, and the expenditures $124,820.13. The overdraft at present is $18,286.49 as against $26,586.23 last year. The regular social of the Ladies' Aid Society will be held on Thursday evening of this week, in the parlors of the M. E. church. Tea will be servcd at half past six. This is the annual meeting, and a large attendance is desired. There are no blemishes on the republican county ticket. A number of Ann Arbor people expect to attend the fair at Chelsea next week. Nelson E. Freer, '92 Law, and Miss Allie Treadwell were married Sept. 30, by Rev. Mr. Carman. Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach in the Unitarian church next Suuday morning on George William Curtís. The registration at the University School of Music reaches about 85, a number far in exeess of the antici pation of the faculty. The University Republican Club has opened campaign headquarters over Stafford's store on S. State St., and is supplied with any quantity of literature, and ready for business. Karl Greiner is a new homeopathie physician, a gradúate of the Chicago Homeopathie College, who lias registered at the county clerk's office and settled at Chelsea for practice. The Student's Christian Association will give a social on Friday evening at Newberry Hall for the purpose of giving the new students au opportunity to become acquainted with each other. Two new additions have been made to the faculty of the School of Music : Miss Bovey, gradúate of the Royal Academy of Music, London ; and Mr. D. Voork, concert pianist and organist. The '95 Oracle prizes are as follows : Short story, $15; hnmorous sketch, $10; class song, guitar worth $20; poem, $5; cartoon, $5 ; design for title page, $5. All articles must be in by about Nov. 1. The editor of the Adrián Press says he receives Mr. Suekey's paper every week and has never been able to read a line of it, and thinks if Suekey can read it himself he is a mighty smart sort of a fellow. Dr. James C. Wood refused to accept a chair in the Cleveland Homeopathie Medical College recently, preferring to remain in the U. of M. Many friends of the Dr. in Ann Arbor will be pleased to hear of his decisión to remain here. President Braun, of the Washtenaw Co. Ag. and Hort. Society, is a safe man to tie to. You can depend upon him always and in every place. He would take an influential position in the House at Lansing, and the interests of this district would not suffer in his hands. Remember the republican meeting Thursday evening, Oct. 6th at Palace Rink, when Hon. James O'Donnell, of Jackson, the present popular republican candidate for congress will expouud the issues of the day. Mr. O'Donnell is a pleasing speaker and will interest you. "Will Ann Arbor ever get a system of sewers?" was a question asked of a newspaper man yesterday by a prominent gentleman visiting in the city. "Oh, yes!" was the prompt rejoinder, "Ann Arbor will have both sewers and street signs." "When?" was asked. The newspaper man whistled Annie Rooney. Hon. Mark H. Dunnell, of Minnesota, will address the people of this city and vicinity at the Palace Rink, on Saturday evening, Oct. 8th. This gentleman, who has seen considerable service in congress, is a speaker that knows how to address the people in an interestiug way, and it will be well worth your while to attend. County Treasurer Brehm made his aunual settlement with the County Superintendents of the Poor last Saturday. Last year there was a balance on hand of $4,525.44: amount received from townships and cities $2,974.85, and from Supt's of poor $318 .39. Amount expended for the year was $5,045.15, leaving a balance on hand of $1,765.53. The wedding cardsof James L. Babcock have been received by his Ann Arbor friends. He was married on Thursday, Sept. 29th, to Miss Ella Stanley Butler, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. AV. C. Butler, Waukesha, Wis. After a bridal tour in the east they will return to Ann Arbor, and be "at home " after Nov. lst at No. 12 N. División st. The opening of the great Chicago college with 1,000 students as a starter, and the growth of the numerous colleges and universities in so many of the western states no doubt effects the U. of M. in the way of attendance, but the indications to date are that last year's record will be broken, and the yellow and blue will still wave above the crimson of Harvard, and remain the largest university in the United States. Hon. John T. Rich will address the people on the political issues of the day, at H. D. Platt's lawn, on the Motor line, on Friday, Oct. 7th, at 2 o'clock p. mA grand banner will be thrown to the breeze. Hon. Jas. O'Donnell will be present and address the audience. Let everybody come and enjoy an old-fashioned open-air meeting. The parlors will be open to the ladies, and all are invited. Remember the day and date, Friday, Oct. 7, 1892. There were two accidenta during the fair. The revolving swing broke down while filled with people, but fortunately hurt no one very much. The next day, Friday, one of the electric cars that had just arrived at the grounds and discharged its load of passengere, was crashed into by another heavily loaded car, and several people were somewhat bruised by the collision. It was most fortúnate that none were killed, as it was quite a savage collision, sending the car that was standing at the end of ihe track clear across the street. 'Dr. Joseph Clark reports the 1 ity Hospital full of patients already. The W. C. T. U. w'Ul meet at Harria Hall on Thursday afternoon of next week Oct. 13th at three o'clock. A very iiice display of harnesses was shown at the Washtenaw County Fair by Fred Theurer, 12 West Liberty street. Edward Taylor, familiarly known as "Buff," has got himself in jail by throwing a stone through one of t)ie street cars last Sunday. Some of the retail dealers are getting rather bold in putting up their big advjrtisements on the University buildings, notably on the Dental building. At the Democratie senatorial convention in Manchester, Col. Clark was noiiiinated over Worch, a Germán editor, but fil'teen of the convention refused to vote. It was a ring nomination and much dissatisfaction exists. To-inorrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the Northside base ball club will play a match game of ball with a traveling club of professional female players, on the fair grounds. The event will no doubt cali out a crowd. Ann Arbor rowdies do not add to the lustre of their names or the glory of the city by "'raising cain" on the e veiling trains of the motor line. Hereafter the officials of that road propose to have their patrons protected froin insult. Tuesday morning A. D. Seyler received a draft for $2,000 for the widow of the late George W. Allmendinger from the supreme tent, K. O. T. M. The widow will also receive $1,000 from the great camp of the state. The Maccabees are king bees in prompt work. A. G. Wolfenbarger, of Nebraska, will peak at the Opera House, Tuesday evening, Oct. llth, at 7 : 30 p. m., upon the leading issues of the day, from a pruhibition standpoint. The celebrated vocalist, Prof. A. B. Huckins, will enliven the evening with a number of his spirited carnpaign songs. Court convened last Monday, the jury was on hand Tuesday. A large ruajority of the cases were put over to the next term on account of the political campaign. Of course most of the lawyers are up to their eyes in politics, and can not aflbrd to devote time and energy to the business before them. The Inland League is the title of a series of lectures, musicales and socials, to be given at the Church of Christ, on S. University Ave., during the coming fall and winter. The series will consist of 26 evenings, commencing on the 17th inst., with a lecture by President Angelí upon "The Bering Sea Question." Course tickets are sold for $1.25, and single tickets for 10 cents. It is an attractive course. The old falsehood of the New York World about the Arm Arbor Agricultural Co., of this city, have been brought up at Eockford, 111., recently, and the Courier has answered inquines both by telegraph and by letter. A lie set afloat is a hard thing to chase down it seems. And as usual the deuiocrats are attempting to make capital out of false figures. They better apply to Peck, of New York, for a few statistics, if they want reliable figures. The Two Sams caslied a certifícate of deposit for $60 last Saturday for a man purporting to be George D. Smith, who had bought a suitof clothes, paying him the difference. The man had deposited $10 at the First National Bank, had changed the date of the certifícate and raised it to $60. He is not here now. J. T. Jacobs & Co. have an overcoat awaiting bis return, which he bought and attempted to pay for with the check, but the clerk wouldn't have it that way. y-Hog cholera instead of the dreaded 'xVsiatic kind has reached our city and vicinit}'. Inspector Clark has found two places where it is raging one at John Miller's in the first ward who has already lost two and fears he will lose four more. Charles Split just out of the city near the shooting park found 12 of hia hogs dead Monday rnorning one Tuesday morning and two more dying. Strange to say three pigs in another pen right by the fatal one having eaten the same food are alive and well. The Eberbach Hardware Co. had a glass globe fllled with nails at their booth at the county fair, and took guesses on the number, the best guesser to be niade a present of a $28 gasoline stove. There were two ladies of the 7,000 guessers who had been to guessing school, Miss Aggie Braun, of Lodi, and Miss Alice "Walker, of Ann Arbor. The former guessed 15,003, the latter 15,001, while the jar contained 15,002 nails. The young ladies will probably divide the stove and each one take half. The annual election of directors of the Motor line was held Monday evening, resulting in the re-election of H. P. Glover, J. E. Beal, Wm. Deuble, J. T. Jacobs, D. L. Quirk, C. E. Hiscock, and Dr. Watling. The board elected J. E. Beal, president and general manager; H. P. Glover, vice-president; J. T. Jacobs, secretary, and D. L. Quirk, treasurer. Many improvements in the road have been made during the year, and the company was fortúnate in having no fatal accidents, owing to the care of the employees in running the trains. ThO Ann Arbor Cmirier. The New York Tribune. One. year. $1. In advance. The Aun Arbor Courier and the N. Y. Tribune, together, one year, for $1 in adrance. The Albaugh Nursery and Orchard Co., intended making a fine fruit display at the county fair this year, but the fruit erop in Ohio was almost a failure and they feit as if they could not do the fair or themselves justice by a display this season. The advertising agent for Magie Yeast has just finished inspection of all the stock in the hands of the retail dealer, and every dealer now has fresh Magie Yeast in stock. It is not only the best yeast made, but by using it you can get a nice cook book f ree. Miss Nettie V. Case, who has been living in this city several years past, was married last Wednesday to Mr. Geo. C. Parker, of Lima, at the home of the bride's parents, in Scio, by Rev. Samuel Clement, of Detroit, the bridegroom's uncle. The ceremony was conducted in the open air as one of the glorious autumn days of Michigan allowed it. The guests amounting to fifty in number, included Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Putnam, of Massachusetts, and the relatives and friends from Battle Creek, Dunsville, South Lyon, and this city. The couple left home by an evening train for Medina, X. Y., where they will spend a week in visiting the bride's brother, Charles P. Case. The very pleasant home oí John C. Chalmers, between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, was made unusually merry last Wednesday. The occasion being the marriage of their daughter Mary to Mr. Clay AV. Alexander, of Webster. About a hundred guests, consisting principally of the relatives and near friends of the young couple, were present. Promptly at half past two, aa the wedding rnarch was heard, the bride and groom decended the stairway accompanied by the bridesmaid and groomsman. The matrimonial knot was tied by Rev. James E. Butler, formerly of Webster. After many hearty congratulations the large cornpany sat down to a bounteous feast. The bridal pair left amidst a shower of rice, for the afternoon train en-route for the east. At a regular meeting of Weleh Belief Corps, Sept. 28, '92, the following resolutions were adopted by the corps : Whereas, it has pleased God in his all wise providence to remove from our number Mrs. Nettie J. Walker, therefore be it Resolved, That iu her death, Welch Relief Corps has lost a devoted aud worthy meinber of the order. Resolved, That to her husbaud and motber we tender our heartfelt sympathy in the loss of a devoted wife aud daughter. Resolved, That these resolutions be placed upon our minutes, and a oopy besent to the family of our departed sister, and to the city papers for publication. M. Wetmore, S. Van Slyke, Committee. Kittie was walking down street with her auntie one day and her big, blue eyes were wide open to all the curious tliings in the world - a new world to her. Suddenly she espied some temptinglooking pears bef ore a grocery store. " O - oo, auntie!" she cried, "I see all vose little cunning, long-tailed apples !" - Ladies' Home Journal.

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