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Only four weeks more of school ! Oh, iuy : lioiv time does fly ! The streets about t he city have been suffereis in many places from too muc-Ji water. No matter iiow wet it may be on week diayg hei-e hl Ann Arbor, its dry om Sujiday. Reubeai Iveanpf, of Aun Arbor, has severa, cases on tlie Ingliain circuit oourt calendar. - Stockbridge Sun. E.ev. J. TV. Bradshaw was elected ome of the trustees of the State Congregatdoiaal Aseociation, at its recent seesdom at Kalaanazoo. Tttie couneil kim ordered two more patrollineai appointed, one ïor State st., aaid isne for Detroit st. and Broadway. BotJi are needed. Tlie weather record of 1893, showed oaily three pleasant or mm.sh.iny days durinjï The. month of May. It was muiii coIXer tUan thia Children ivlio have been telling t i.-kets for W. R. C. entertainment, have no authority for dohig so, as ehildren are 1101 iriven tickets to sell for anv eiiteriainment given by tlie corjis. M. C. PetersoQ is making preparatioms to buikl a new house on E. Xiberty ut., in lihe roar of hls present .house on the corner of Fourth aveaiue. The Woanan's Homo il'.ssionary Society of the M. E. church whlch was to have boon held Friday evenïng, has been nostponed to Friday evenïng, June let. Ma.rtin Clark wlll hereafter act as truaait offtoer, and tlie youngsters who speind tlieir time in loafing about town Avüll hlavie to look shy or he will collar tlio.m. Tlie last social of the Unlty Club will oscuv next Mon-day evenins' in the churcli parlor?. It is expected that all persons interested in the club and ita work will be present. Au enjoyaljle programme may be expected. Marshal BanJield is making it hot for the trampa tliat have been infeettag this locality imdisturbed in their sercnity for o long a tina-e. Eleven oí tbem vrere mn la Jlonday and U-en fvom two to íifrpen days by JusWoea Bemnett and Pond. Many of our older citizens will vemember Peter Bliultev?, who reslded aere soane flít-een or iwcnty ycai-s ago aflid was a railroad contractor. Intellignoe reacited Uere Saturday that lie died 011 tliac day at ;ln iumie oí lüs daughter Mrs. Phillips, in Fenton, j of pneuimonjia. He was 70 years oí age. ' They soon wlll elash, these old-tlme foes, (Jalied out by weuther rtckle- Tlie man who.-o bead is sljghtly bald The Hy vvitli feet tliat tickle. '-Washington Star. "Beware of fruit skins," says tlie s.iliiu' ubserver. Ycs, lh;mk you, the liail storm BkiiLned about all the fruit in tliLs Tictoity. was it witli you ? Miss Bower, of Aim Arbor, -vvill addresis the oitizeais of Britton and vicdnity at the K. O. ï. 51. Hall, llouday eveoiing, May 21st, 1894, with a view oï orgouizing a L. O. T. M. In that placei. Everyome is invited.- Teeuniseli H era ld. The snow storm of Saturday, although 'iiot vwry prolilfc. iu ilakes--, was a snow storm just tin; same. It aot oialy made eveiytliiiig blue but everybody blue lókewiee. Iï tJie May Festival -u-as 4-espoiisible for tliat ii-igidity, let's have it postpoued uext ye;uuintil tüe dog daye. t'hauncey Orcutt, on Miller ave., e&túmates 'hi loss by 'J hursday night's storm way up mto the liuudreds o dollars. A ooueervative estímate of a gai'duer tiud fruit man puts the losses in this localiiy at fully $10,000. All tlie gavdeajis Éwilï have io start over again. Things wei-e lively at the M,. C. station Friday p. m. About 500 of the boy.s -wanit down to see tlie base bal] team off on Uk ea&tern trip, and the Boston Fewiivnl Orolie.stra arrived on tli,e iiaine train the boys left on. The Bostoaiians -vere thui introdueed to tJie students in a very inspiring man ner. At least oaie fatnily will become residunts of Aun Arbor because oï ihe Miay Festival. A lady oif a neigliboring city, with her öaughter, Avere attracted py Itlie uuouiicements of the Festival : eame fco hear it and were so delighted with that event aaid with Anu Arbor, that they wUl reinave here for permanent residence. The fiïty or more people composing the Boston Festival orch.estra were cared for by tlie Cook House, although tteougb fn error oï swiie one, no preï:ous motile iiad liuen received of their ooaning. Mr. Btewart, tlie manager of tlie Orchestra, expressed himself as very muoli pleiased with the excellent way in wliieh the hotel people managed in au emergenoy, and compHmented Theni hjghly. St. Aiudrew's vested choir assisted by iricnas, are bo f-;ive a popular conieri ;;iul dra mat ie entertainment in Hiarris' 'Hall, on Saturday ovening, May 26, at 7:30 p. m. The entertainnu'iu will tlo.se with a short play entub'il Tlie I.ittle Sentinel, with Mr. A. S. Houghton, J. Austin Bueknal, Ivarl Hairiinan, Mivs Belle Masón, arad Mise D. Zera Thoonpson taking the mrJous eharacters therein. More. Agatlia Helber died quite suddenly at der hoone on D. Washington Bt., laei Frid ,y tviiiing, aged 71 years. Tihe doeaeed was the mother oí Eugcaie Helber, p-roprietpr of the New Waahteiaaw I'ost, of Mi-s. John Burg, r.iiil oí the late JIrs. Louis J. Liesemer, all of this elty. The funeral eervices were held last Simday afterQioon, fvom .her residence, Rev. V. conductiiig the same. Alxrat fifty oouple attended the Good Bye reception given Pev. il. M. üoodwln by the Knights Templar at the Maeomd Xmpl e last evening. A Kniglit Templar chacm was prèsented to Mr. Goodwill, Hon. A. J. Sawyer niaking the presentation speech in a happy veiii, and the recipiënt ing in a feeling taanner. The occasion was a happy one for all preeent. Eight or ten couple (rom Ypsilanti were Ín attendanc-e. Tliree weeks ngo last Friday Miss Aimee Iícebe was the guesc oí Mise Nina Hcnvleti, of E. Aun St., coming here Avith three other yoiuig' ladies from Jackson, to attend the annual lio] oj the Sigma Sigma society of the High School. ;[i.-s Beebe retnrnt'd iuomie i; day or two aítei-w ards was taken aick aiul died on Wednesday mgíhit lastf. 01 all the bev.v ;' h:iiïdsui]](; young ladies present t 1 1 u night. tliis lady ei'inecl to be onO of the biightesr and musí vivaci::is, and lier uuíiinel.v death lias cau-ed a fleep teeltng of sorrow a.moiiK t:he young' people iio knew lier here. - - - ThO W. O. T. u. ladies are arfiving in the city in fuil force, the cxecutive committee Momlay. At the JfcmnriMi Day exereises J. Q. A. Sossions, of Anu Arbor, wül delivei- the address. He is a graad speaker.- Fowlerville Obssrver. There eeenis to be as great a deaire bo talk, talk, talk, in the W. C. T. U. comwiition now in session liere, as there is soane similar meetings of meiii. A bad leak in the gaa mains near the comer of E. Ann st. and Fifth ave. bUled three fine sha.de trees íor Wm. W.ilsh. wbose residence is 011 that corner. It is a pity, too. The bond of Mr. Beakes as postmate.r wus eompleted Saturday, and forwarded to Washington, T). C. We 1'mler.stajid that the offk-e will probably cJiaai-p hands about June lst. The aimmal conventdon of the Protestant Episcopal cliurch of the Diocese of Michigan, meets in St. John's chuich, Detroit, on Wednesday June Ctli. The annual meeting of the Yoman's Auxilliary and of tJie Junior Auxaüary to the board of missions wül bc held mi Tuesday, June 5th, in the i-ame plaoe. It eeems very queer that the Toledo & Aam Albor E. J!. (.,, Bhould advertise excursión rutes for the Musical IVt;v,il hci-c, and then when people attennpted to secure tickets at the rate advertised, the agent should know nothing about it, and assert that 110 oider had boon given by the E., officials to the ag'ents to that effect. We ki.ow of at least 011e Buch incident. The storaii of la,sfc Thursday evenüig was a hustler here in the city, bordering c-losely on a hurrleane. me ha.il out the green foliage of the trees, carpeting tlie earth with the leav-ee, the wiml blew down many trees a-bout towsa, and the rain turned the etreets into r i vers. The storm made suah a racket aiul roar at the opera house, that it would have tak em ouly a slight cause to have made & pauic in the audience aseemble tiherein. The extreme heat ot' that day was followed by a decdded chilli neis in the atmosphere Friday. Ii soime lconlities mucli damage wai doaie to g-rowing crops and fruit trees the ha.il cutttng off grape budfl ani otlier blossoms and small fruits. It is ro le hoped that. the storm wit not 8Oon lic repeatoii. ■I'lie outeome oï the Goodrich wlll case. v.liich held the attntiO'n of the circuit cotirt for four days last week, was gratifying to a large nutaber of people who ivere familiar witli the Eacts. Tlu jury suxtaiiiod the aetion oí Judge Babhitt loi admitting the wfll to probate, whi?h practically BUBieuuiH tikil document, it was fiereely contested and ïuuoli bitter feeding is sata to exisi in the matter. Mis .!)i. Luni, w-Jio reeeives the most of the property ander the wil!, i a niece oí late M. II. Goodrich. Her mot lier diert "wlicn shp was ,- weeks old, an-1 Mr. Goodri&h took her, adlopted as bis owa cliild, and bad der cared tor as such. It is but iiaiural t.liat h,8 should leare her hls property. It is expeeted that the wéh bc carried to tlie supreme court. AYhen Ambrose C. Pack and hta bride - Roba Piüc-ipher- arrivvd at thedr Isfew Haven, Conn. home recentlj", tJiiey met --itli ooie or two little jokes tlnat liad followed them clear froni Aun Arbor beíore developáng, AV.ln n thedr baggage was delivoi-ed at their rooms, ilie baireraere man -vvas vin-v emilimg, and chuckied and laughed knowingjy as he took a bridal tour ïee for deliveiiu.j; same. Mr. Pack .dlscovered tlie cause as he went to asstet in carrying a t rank, lor, Tied securely bo me of the liandles, was a ute little baby's shoe. Ir had been tied on lieve at Aan Arbor by a ïimloving l'i-i nd of the bride, and had been eafeJy d-elivei-ed at lts destiuatkxa beiore beioig disco yered. A short tinu' aftervard Mr. Paek Btarted i ' ■ v.' ;i town ■with some iriends, and ooncluded to earry his umbrèlla. As lif Blipped the silk case ofl and opemi'.l it tip a showei' oí ri -i' descended upon liim anil ccivered the steps. He said ibe tbought the thimg was unasiially tieavy wheu he took it up. Tlie laugb was on lihn. however, and It oost soveral ctgars, just the saime. A Subbatk veil spent Bring.s a week of content, And a health for the jovr of the morrow : But a Sabbath iirofáned, Whate'er may sained. Is a sure foreruuner of sorrow. Wm. Eister, aai Ann Arbor boy, dent '93, ibas bmiaii.t the dental business of Dr. J. H. Burko, at FluaMng. Dr. I'.uike removed to tlii.s city to attcnil to tíie estáte of his father, the late Wam Burke. Pvoi. Pei-ry -vrote to Mr. Sherin. eeeretary of the National Teachers' A-s,,;i;uion, at Asbury Park, X. J., iu regard to board for those who desired to reanaiu longer than through tlio meeting, July 0 to 13. The reply comee that there are plenty of fioTrli, about 200, aud private board'mg boosee, and the ratea are from $7 to $12 per week. Arrangements hrivi' been made for Michigan headqunrtei-K, audlt is expeeted that inaiiy teachers from the state will attend. St. Thomas' Comservatory of Music ■wiill giv; lts eishth graaxd June Festival In the Opera House on Thursday evining Jnne Tth. Tickets are already om oale rit 25 aud 35 cents, aind reserved Beats may be obtained at Watts' .Icwclry Store next Saturilay mominê or any day aïter, om extra charge. The June Festival oí laéi ye-ar drew the largest house of the seasom and there js 110 doubt iliat there wiU be a erowded house ih:.s year as the entertainment wüU be ií anything better. Fmne has its drawbacks. JLevi D. Wiiies, president of the council, has íounil iliMi out. Before he was chosen bo that office he uever had lieen the victim of thieves or burglars. Xow all is ehamged. Ten days ago lie was the proud owner oï as handSriome a flock of Iirahma chickena as ,.. r ,rr,:i ■■■."-.[ np a. iieijj.'hl)or's garden. Xow le has not a chicken lft't nor aaiything to show tor tlieni. Thlevcs i-ame in tbe night and strippe.l hls eoop, niakinu' three separate ioba of it. The only thlng he diers at is ihnt they didn't take the eoop . I'nt tliey may take that yin. Judge Kinne ireoeived a letter Monclay ïrom Watertown, N. Y., informiDg him ihat vihe oourt of general in New York bad decided the ïamour oase of Eames vb. Tlie Estáte oí LiK-y W. 8. Morgan,, in favor of estáte. Th.ie will piobably end thie litlgatioa, though it eau stlll be tnkeii to the court of appeals, but it Ls iiioi'.niit tiiat the expense will be so great that )io attempt -vill be made to do so. It might not he out oï plaee to memfclon int bis eonnection that .Iiulsi' S-wan in the V. S. court ii Detroit, a few days simoe, vacatea iir ïunious wlioleeale levy made a Vw weeks ago by these same parió- agalnst Lande farmerly owned by tlie late E. W. Morgan m ffashtei'iw rnunty. TUtia t-Ms annoying Ktlgatioqa aealual the Morgan propfi-ty is unir practically ended, and tbe heirs can settle Tip the estáte.