Local

The meloilious voice of the chimney sweep is beina: heard in the city. The Michigan Furoiiture Co. have received a iarge invoioe of excelsior. The grading done on Church and "William st. is a igreat iinprovenient. The hen roost of Peter Egenolf of Traver st. was visited last week and twenty chiekens stolen. The boards for reserving seats foi' the 8. L. A. will be open to-morrow, Wednesday morning. The trost that came to us Monday morning was a cruel one, and killed everytfeing within reach. A ocment idewalk has been laid on E. Huron st. between the engine house and .the Hamüton block. The Schwaebischen Unterstuetzungs Terein has decided to give an evening entertainment on Thanksgiving day. Judge Kinne is holding court in Detroit this week in place of Judge Carpenter, who is in the east for his health. The Board of Supervisors will elect a county drain commissioner, a superintendent of the poor, and a janitor, to-morrow. The Ann Arbor Abstract Co. has been given permission to hang its sign in the court house corridors. Well, hang it. The Aim Arbor Daily Courier and the Detroit Daily Journal both de'.ivered at your home for the price of one, o,nly (ten cents per week. The steeple of Zion church recehtly truck by lightning, is being reslated. The insurance company allovvcd $430, ïor the damage done. J. 11. Sage last week was in attend■ance at the Fowlèrville fair. Mr. Sage is organizing liis annual singjng classes in Livingston county. Aid. Snyder Bays that he is delivering 50 fcans of coal a day. If it would only continue all the year around, he thinks he -might become rich. Lincoln and Brown streets are being graded. Tlie people living on these streets should now extend their lawns to a-ound ofi the full improvement. Since the dog ordiuance has gone into effect, it is noticeable that all owners of pets, not. yet licensed, watch the pólice with great solicitude. Th emost for the least money ever offered the public : The Ann Arbor Daily Courier and the Detroit Daily Journal- ten cents per week, lelivered. Mr. E. J. Ottoway, Kt. '94, is with the Daily Courier ior the present, and will give our readers the University news, together with (i portion of its local matter. The venerable Mrs. L. H. S'tone, of ICalahiazoo, on Thursday aïternoon addressed the Ladies' Mission of the UuitariaJi church, on "Liberal 'Thought in Laterature." According to the report of Judge Babbitt there were 18 commitments to the insane asylum for the past year, of which three were private patients and the balance charged to the county. The two male bicycl erace at Ypsilanti last Friday, was won by Elmr Stofflet, of this city, who received ia silver cup therefor. He came out second in the 5-mile and fifth in the special contest. Tlie lawns of Mrs. M&rtha E. "Wells, Miss Ixjuise M. Towner and Mrs. Caroline W. Waldron, of fS. State st. have been extended and terraced. The woik was superintended by ex-Ald. Edward Sumner. The city council met as a board of review on the special sewer ass sssmcnts for the Liberty inri Washingt m ! street sewers, Monday. ïhere were a number of tax-payers on hand to look af ter their intereets. The eveAng service at St. Andrew's church will be conducted by a society of young people of the church after next Sunday. This, we understand, is to take the ïilace of the evening vesper eervices that have been held for the past two years just previous to the Sunday evening service. Dr. J. W. Moa'ton while attempting to make a shoi'fturn with his carriage yesterday, aiear hifi home on E. Ann st., tipped the carriage over and himse'i' out, but no damage 'as done exeept the breaklng of a few bottles in his medicine case. It was quite a miraculous escape, however. The great rtemocratic Waterloo occurs two 'weeks from next Tuesday. Theré will be weeping, and wailing and gnashiug of teeth. And to offset the greaf sorrow of the unterriiied, there will be shouts of joy and songs of praise from the great multitudes wli o believe in protection to home industries, and America for Americana. The Michigan Central R'y contémplate making extensive improvements in its yards in Ann Arbor. Tivo new tracks will be laid and all ties not sound, replaced. The business of the road has tncreaeed so much that the local f reight is unable to do the necessary switcliing land the regular .switch entine las been puit on duty again. Tlie well known series of Co'umbian stampe, in use since 1893, will soon disappear. The supply in the Ann Arbor pot office was exhausted last week. The sale of stamped letter sheets will also be stopped in a few days. Stamp collectors who have not yet eecured these stamps must parchase at once, or pay a premium to dealers. The Ypsilanti Ladies Monument Association excursión to Detroit, on Saturday Oct. 20th, Bhould not be forgotten. The special train will leave the M. C. lcpot in Anu Arbor at 7:30 a. m., and Ypsdlanti at 7:45 a. m. Beturning, leave Detroit at 5 p. m. The fare will be for the round trip from Ann Arbor, 95 cents, and Ypsilanti 80 cents. Children 50 and 40 cents. The case of E. D. Kinne and Otis C. Johnson, executors of the estáte of Lucy W. Morgan deceased vs. Geo. Lant, of Evans viile, Ind., lias been transferred from the circuit court to the United States court. This is the case growing out of the Wholesale levy on all the real estáte owned at one time by E. W. Morgan. Ivawrence & Butterl'ield are the exeeutor's attorneys and A. J. Sawyer Lant'e attori'.' y. The United States Investor, a paper publi.shed in Boston, New York and P'hiiadelphia, ior the "promotion of American Enterprises,'" had a 2-column write-up of Ann Arbor, in its issue of July 21st. TMs article was written a couple of years ago, and ík tlie 287th essay in a series upon bhe different cides of the Union. We sha.ll present the article catire In a future issue. The special committee to inevstigate the action of the water works company in furnisliing the city wlth pure drinking water, reported last night at the regular meeting of the council. The report is interesting readimg, as it scores the Water Compa.ny, asserts that tliey have contlnually vio'.ated their contract, and recommend that the council declare the same nuil and vodd. The council took no action, but deferred the matter to a future meeting, it is expected that the meeting will be a liively one. If some one would only take up the text book publishers and concoct some plan by which they could be brought to terms, that 'person would ca:-n for Jiiinself the gratitude of the people of this section. The prices that have to le ipaid for school books ie simp'ly -robbery, jiothing more nor less. Books iliat do mot cost pubHshing houses iifteen cents a piece are sold to students obliged to purchase them at $1.25, $1.40, and evn as lu'gh els. $1.75. Here is a monopoly that ought to be struck down in some "way, for it ts a bar and hindrauce to education, the very thing upon which this nation prides itsel.f Death came to .Mrs. Ixuise Trueblood, at the home of her daughter in Whittier, Cal., last .Friday. The cause oï death wats iuflamatory rheumatism witli which she luid been affiicted for some time. Mrs. Trueblood had been a resident of this city for severa.1 years past, until a few weeks ago, wlien she went to California with a daughter, in the hope of being benefited by a change cf climate. But the chajige carne too late, and she steadily declined in health ever since reaching that country. The funeral services were held Sunday morning last. The deceased liad many acquaintances and warm personal friends in Ann Arbor, who will hear this news with sorrow. A former resident of this city, TheobaJd Seyler, died at thé residence of hie son, at Waterloo, Ont., on Ott. lOth, aged 85 years. The remalns were brought to this city and interred in Forest HUI cemetery last Friday, the funeral services being held at the residence of John Armbruster, on W. Liberty rst. Mr. Seyler was the father of the late Adam Seyler j of this city ; Daniel Seyler of Scio ; Mre. John Armbruster and Mrs. Richard Flynn, of this city. He was well known among the Germán residents, especially the o'der o.nes, and generally respected for his quiet and modest ways, strictiy honorable and honest lite. James Sage, one of the old pion-eers of the county, died at his home in Lodi last Wednesday, of heart disease, aged 71 years. Mr. Sage was one of the early merchants of the city, having kept store in the lower town before there was any upper town known. He soon sold out his stock of goods, however, and moved on to a farm in Lodi, where he has reside ever since. He represented his township on the board of supervisors a number of terms, and was a politk-al leader whose counsel was sought by his party, whicli Avas the democratie party. He was a man w ill known and highly i'espeoted, and will be miseed by the commuuity. Funeral services were held Saturday at the family residence, and the remailDS were interred in the Northfield cemetery. The United Friends of Michigan wil] in the future assemble in the lodge rooms over Bach & Iloath's store on S. Main st. Next Wednesday evening the mernbers of the M. E. church will vote on the question of' making women eligible to election to the general conference. Next Sunday morning a class of 50 or 60 probationers will be received into full connection in the M. E. church. The pastor will preach a special sermón to the new recruits. "W. A. and Jacob Gwinner were before Justice E. B. Pond to-day to explain a charge of keeping their saloon open on Sunday, made by Mareha.1 Bánfield. They waived examination and were bound over for trial in the circuit court. The remodelled auditorium of the M. E. ch'urch was opened last Sunday, Dr. Cobem occupying the pulpit and Dr. Stanley presiding at the organ, assisted by his large chorus choir. The extensión of the galleiiies will add a seating cajjacity of 200 more, making it capable of holding 1,500. There are a large number of the friends of Deputy M. C. Peterson, who was shot white in the discharge of his duty as an officer, at Ypsilanti last winter, an 3had his hand erippled permanently, who believe that the Board of Supervisors ought to encourage such fearlessness by voting liim a sum of money as a testimonial for his discharge of a dangerous duty. The government printing office has receutly issued the paper read by Prof. B. A. Hinsdale before the American Historical Association on "The Establishment of the First Southern Boundary of ihe United States. It Boundary of the United States." It will be of benefit to all historical students and covers a subject not much considered. Prof. Hinsdale is so thoroughly American, that everything cooning from his peu is ivortliy of consideratioin and is always of interest. Mr. V. Sickley, of Macon, was the gurst last week, of his nephew, Dr. Jesse A. Dell. Mr. Bick'.ey is agreat admirer of Representative Gorman. He took a very active interest in the last democratie congressional convention, and says there is no question that Mr. Gorman woukl have been re-nominated, íf he 'had only consentid. Sixteen of the "Washtenaw county delégate woukl have voted for Mr. Gorman, Tliere were at least .'l' öeiegatee p edged to Mi-. Gormas. Torn Barkworth was simply nominated because there was no other candidate.