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16
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January
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1895
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Li Ule drops of water Make 110 great display, But little drops of piinter's luk Turn the trade our way. Aid. A. J. Kitson has the contract for building the new city lock-up. Moses S-eabolt, H. S. Dean and H. J. Brown, have been re-elected "trustees of Forest HUI Cemetery Co. John K. Robison íias not resigned froim the United States navy, as was reported. That was a mistake, and his many friends here are glad that news was not true. Drs. W. F. Breakey, P. B. Rose and W. V. Nichols were re-elected trustees of the M. E. church last night, and Major W. C. Stevens was elected to take the place of A. L. Noble. The t-reasurer's report ehowed over $1,000 spent on improvements to the ehurch duriaig the year. Residents on Maynard et., Tliompson st., south to Jeffea-son st., and: of Jefferscwi et. east of División st., who have heretofare been getting their eTOning mail at the window of Carrier No. 1, will hereafter get the same from the window of Carrier No. 7. Fred O. Marbty tiolds up his right hand and takes a solenin oath that the fish Btory told by hiin is true. He caught fourteeai fLsh, ten pickerell and bass, that weighed fifty iO'unds. He alsO' i-epoi-t a bushei or less oí perl-h etc, tiliat weiiglied lö ounces to the pousnd. "W. V. Watts días resigned the treasurerslidp of the opera house, and his pleasant face will be fooind there no moi at the ticket window. He íooind tlie duties too much for hinii in connection with his work as depoity postmaster. He has been a most excellent man for the place. The mail carriers Jiave a collection of horse shoes at the post office, that eclipses anythlng of the kind in in existence. There are snuill slioes, and large ones, and light ones and heavy ones, and worn ones, and unwora ones, and tliose with broken nails and without any nails at all. They have been nccuniulating these shoes for a number of years, and have a collection that in point of bringing good l'uck ougiit ito overwhelm the entia-e foi-ce with fortune. At the anniial meeting of the stockholders of the Ann Arbor Agrioultural Oo. this foremoon, the followlng gentlemen were elected dlirectors : Moses Seabolt, Fred Schmid, Evart H. Scott, Eli "W. Moore, Chas. S. Denison, Junius E. Beal, John Finnegan. At a subeeqnent meeting of the directoirs Bvajt H. Scott was elected president, Joihm Finnegan secretary and treasnrer, Eli W. Moore general superinffcemdent. The annual reponte were read a.nd "bhe business repo-rted good duriing tllie yea.r, considering the terrible year. Tne plam of havimg a city lock up is a (good ane, and the common council decided last night to establish one in thO firemen's hall building. The fines and fees will then ga to tlie city, makieg it more than self ■ sustawilng. TJie justice can sentence a drunk or any one else breaking oity ordinances to Diaird labor. Let the trampe and drunlcs pay for their breakfasts by sawing and splitting wood back of the engine house, for the city poor, or running a frtone crusher for use in the streets. At the annual meeting of the "Waslitenaw Mutual Fire Insurance Company, held last Wednesday a.t the court house, the following directOTS were re-elected : John F. Spafard, of Manchester ; Wm. Campbell, of Pittslield ; and Edwin Ball, of Webster. For auditors : H. "W. Bassett, oif Lodi ; J. W. Wing, of Soio ; A. W. Ohapjnan, of Sylvan, were elected. There was a lively taime at the meeting this afternoon, over the election of the thiird director, the northwestern part of the county making a plucky flght foir a place on the ticket but orwtng to the dlviskin of the county into districts, they "svere not successful. This cold snap is a corker, Of that there is do lack; But it comes as a lift To the girl whose gift Was a beautlful seal-skln saeque. Bev. J. T. Sun (Ierland, it is said has resigned hls posltion as editen of the ttaitarian. Torn Blacklyum lias been appointec deputy sheriff by Sheriff Judso.n. He is the first colored man to lia-ve this diistinction. Mary Hume, oí Pittsfield, died Jan. 10, aged ten yeaiis, of diphtheria, and was buried fco-day, at the cemetery in thiat township. A letter was received in Ann Arbor to-day from Mirs. Alex. Winchell, of Mimneapolis, Minnesota, announcing the death on Jan. 3d, of her little grandson, Boyal, son of Ida Belle Winchell, aged sevcn months. Tlie co-al trust lias foirmed a combine with Old Protoabilities, and together they are makiaig things decidedlj' üiteresting for a-rage pocket books. The ínter State Commerce Conimissiion's attention is called to thé combine. Is it strictly legal ? Hie annual report of the treasurer of the Presbyteirian church sliowed $3,537.81 received during tlie yeai-, and $3,531.97 expended, leaving a balance of $5.84 on tand. The present of the society is 516 a gain of 50 during the year. A man may guy, and a man may lie, and a man may puff and blow, but lie can't get trade by sitting in the shade Wixiting for business to grow. Tlie United States mint is the only business that can make inoney without advertising. It was not and I said bufc op. The above is a con-ect sentence, grammatically and every other way, but the puzzle is to read it so that it will make good semse. It has bothered tlie brains of a good many Ann Arbo-rites of late. It is stated on good authority that one of the groceries of this city furnislies a written pedigree with every chicken eold. Xou know it reads in the good book that "the partaker is as bad as the thief," and this grocery proposes to protect its custorners from the consequences of this decree. A good idee. ' At the annual election Thunsday, tlie followiaig gentlemen were chosen diirectors oï the First National Bank : PihLlip Bach, E. D. Ivinne, Harrison Soule, Moses Seabolt, John F. Lawrence, Jas. L. Babcock, Henry Corawell, AVni. McCreery. Philip Bacil was made president, Harrison Soule vice president, S. W. Clarkson cashier. ( Representative Kempf yesterdáy introdueed a bilí to compel all railro&de to place at each station a board indicating the arrival and departure oí trains, telling whether or mot they are late, how .much, etc. This, he "thiinks, would prevent the waitkig about stations and asking surly officials about tlie lateness of trains. At a meeting of tlie Ann Arbor Oomniaiutery IC. T., Momdcy eve. the Red Cross degree was conferred upon three candidates, Dr. Palmer, of Chelsea, E. V. Hamgsterfer and Martin Shaller, of this city. It was determined to attend the services oí the laying of thé corner stone of the new Masonic temple at Detroit, on January 23d, In a body, and a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangement. If there is anything that eclipses this item, why then, let 'er eclipse, that's all : "In 1895 there wül be five eclipses : A total eclipse of the moca, Marcli 10-11, risible here ; a partial eclipse oí the san, March 25, invisible in tliO United States ; a p.rtial eclipse oí the sum, August 20,' not visible liere ; a total eclipse oí the mooln, September 3-4 -Lsáble here, and a par-Mal eclipse oí taie Bun, September 18, invisible here." One of the most common reasons given by mercJiants for not advertisng isUhat "business is too dull." as wcll decide not to eat, because you are too hungry. The only possible obect for a merchant in advertising is x iniprove his business. If a dealer has all the business he cares to do, there is no use to advertise. If a man is so sick that there is no use of his taking medicine, there is little íope for hita. Similarly, when a man's business is so poor that advertising will not stimulate it, he wants to keep his eye out for the sheriff or something is Hable to happen. At a meeting of tlie Wonians' Auxilinn-y of the Y. M. C. A., held Monday, it was determined to give a supter to the -various committeemen of the Y. M. C. A. durimg the last of January, and a committee havinr Wie same in charge, was appointed. A committee was nlso nppointed, of Avhioh Mrs. "W. 8. Perry was made ohairma.n, to fit up the kitchen of the Y. M. C. A. rooms, and if any of the gpiiprous housewives of the city have any dishes ot kitchen utensils that they ean spare the same would be gratefully received. Such artiolps anay be left at any time at the rooms. (Look owr your dishes and kitolien furniture and Ree if there is not something you can spare. Tlie funeral services of the late Giles B. Lee were held at the family residence, corner of N. State and E. Ann ete, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Camden M. Cobern condiicted the services, assisted by Rev.. J. "W. Bradsliaw, of this city, while Re-is. Blackford and Higgins, of Brigliton, each made a few remarks about the deceased, whom they had known and respected ko many years. TJieir Avords were feeling tributes from the lips of those who had known hini intimately during his i-esidence in our neighboring county. Tlie poll beaiers were eelected from the farmer neighbors in Green Oak. Tlie remains were placed in the vaailt at Forest Hill cemetery, lut will be removed to the famiiy burial groimds near Brightoo eventually. Ilarold E., the oíd son of Mr. and Mrs. iüchard Trouton, of Sliller a-ne., died S'iinday, oí pneumonía. Represeotative Kempf hns introduced a bilí íavoring woman euffrage. He did it at tlie request of the Politica! Equality Club of Ana Arbor. The íire alarm last Wodnesday was caused by a bumisg cliinmey at the house of Charles Heiintng, on Gth st., 2d ward. Tlie L. 0. T. M'9 will giveí a tea at 6 o'clock tn their hall over the postoffLce, Thursday, Jan. 17th. Admissioin 10 cents. Rev. E. D. Kelly was on the Pinckkey lecture coujnse, but has been obliged to cancel hls engagement, which will be a loss to the Pinckney people. Drop ai-ound to C. Eberbach & Son's lxardware store on E. Washington st. and get a delightful lunch, delightfully iserved, and SO' forth. Joilin has returned from AVashington, D. C, but Mrs. Burg will reïnain a few weeks langer in the enchanting wliii-1 ui u.-liing-ton society. Vr. Waltver Courtney, medie '83, of Brainaitl, Minn., now chief surgeon of rhe Northern Paciiic, is in the city for a few diays and greetingi old friends. Coroner Ball is lucky, two inquests the first half of the first month of hfe official careor, and a.n allowance of botli bilis immediately thereafter. It so happened - probably will not happen so again in a lialf centui-j'. George Sackett, of Dester, paid $2 fine and $5 costs to-day, by request of Ju.stice Poind, tor being intoxicated on the streets yesterday, Marshal Banfield arresting him. Sackett found that soane one had robbed him of' his watch, and belfoves that he was drugged, as be never was dtrunk before in his life. Do people read this paper ? Yes, they do. If they cannot subscribe, they txM-row it. They will have it! In 011e neighborhood last week the wrtter fcrand that onO copy goes thro-ugh four families. The lie.-.ae paper is almost like bread. At my rate, it Is read, and you prefix one letter ajid yon ho-ve bread. Iïepublicans will please note the cali for a repaiblican county convention, to be fovind at the head ol the editorial column. The various candidates for commiisslonier of schools will now get a" Imstle on theni. As fa-r as judge of the supireme court is concemed, there iis but one opinión. Judge Kiinne lias the county unanimously. The following puzzle is being circulated by our brctliren of the press want to score their enemies ; Set down the year in which yo-u were bom, a.rtd to it your age ; multiply the euim by 1,000 ; eubtract from the product 680,423. Under each figrure of the reniainder place the correspo.nding letters of the alphabet and you will k-now what we tliink of you. The Supervisors niet yesterday n. m. allowed several bilis, axnoing others being one of $200 to Ex-Prosecuting Attomey Iehman office rent, and adjouirned to thds p. m. The bonds of County Ti-easurer Rehfuss, and the band of the Ann Arbor SaTings Bank foir holding the money, and of Win. D.insingluvrg ns county clerk, and a number of otiier bonds were approved by the board A comiinittee 'as atóo appoiimted to act with the prosecutimg attorney in the case commenced agaiinst Ex-County Treasurer Suekey's bondmen. The fiishermen are contempla ting a permanent orgïuiization, and tJie establiislument of a school of lecturesaiips, with the idea of oonferring degrees. those who may prove expert im the art, one to be known as the F. A. degree a,nd the other as the P. L. The deflnltion of the foi-mer beuig Piscatorial Artist, and tliO latter Piscatorial I.iar. As the P. A. degree will be purely honor&ry it will not be sought after to any such extent as the P. I. degree, in which competition will be open to the world. There are one ar two gentlemen here in Ann Arbor who it is thought are clearly entitled the P. L. degree without any further exainination. One gentleman's name is- but then, we will mention no ñames just at present, until the society decides to coinfer the degree. ■ According to the bill presented by Itepd-esentative Harrls, of diarlevoix, in the House yesterday, p)viding lor tlie reappointnient oï congressional districts, the second woiuld be scarcely recoOnizable. It would include the 12th, 14th and lötli wards of Detroit, aaid tlie eounties of Washtenaw and Monroe. Jacfoson goee to tlie third, including JLenawee, Hillsdale, Branch and Eaton. That there have been na disasters in Ann Arbor from her many public halte is to the credit of good fortune ajid not to the p-rovisioiis of the buildurs oj the halls with modes oí exit. There is not really a safe public hall im Ann Arbor in this respect, even University Hall, and any agitatioin that will bring about any gieater piravisiO'ns, for the saving of human liife, in tlie event of a panic, is a good thing. Tvo halls in the city are especially dangerous in the event of a scare, ome is ISTewberry Hall, where the Btairways are narrow and cluttered up that power on earth cauld save an audience in the event of a stampede. It would be siinply a carnage. And the Light Infantry armory is not much better. Tliere should be provlsions onade in each oase for better exits. There are o t lier places also. The new Y. M. C. A. rooms , tliough on the 2d floor, are reaehed only by a single nari-ow stairway, and there might be serious results therefrom. A back stairway cooild be easily pnt up, at slight expense, and might, possibly, save many lives. And these are not the only ones by any means. Ex-Sheriff Brenner lias moved into the house of August Schneider on South Main St. The Light Infantry will give their first annual military ball on the eyening of January 23. Win. E. Stocking, of this city, has been appointed by Speaker Gordon as one of the House janitors. Good for Stocking. At the annual meetina; of the Presbyterian society, held last evening, Warren Wadhams was re-elected trustee to succeed the late Adam Seyler, and Wm. Campbell was elected to the office of trustee. Zion Evangelical church has]elected the following officers of its Sunday school the coming year ; Frecl Schmid, superintendent ; George Halier, vice-sup erintendent; Louis Boes, secretary; George Lutz, treasurer. Deputy Alexander, of the Register of Deeds office, was called into court with his books to prove the record on a deed, Tuesday, and by a curious coincidence the piece of property in question was one tliat his, Alexander's fatlier, transferred to the party April 11, 1856. As the date was 10 years before the present deputy was born, he does not remember a great deal about that transaction. It is rumored that the Young Mens, Sunday Evening Club of the Congregational church contémplate giving a social in the near future and have voted to cook all the dishes therefor themselves. ïhey are spendinK their spare moinents now a days studying the cook book and quizzing their wives and "best girls" as to the ingredients of toothsome dishes. Their guests will doubtless have an opportunity to taste soine novelties in the : cooking line. It may tot be generally known that Ex-President Harrison will not appear tliis year in the lecture course, , as it ivas at first boped. The ex. president wrote the S. L. A. manage. ment gome time ago, that it would be fanpossible ïor Jiim to lind time to get together a lecture suoh as he would like to give here. He wrote that he liad eeveral ideas in liis mind that lie was going to incorpórate into' a lecture when he found time. The worthy gentleman need not feel bashful about up here with one of hiis old speeches. In ïact he may brialg along one of his inauguratLon addresses, the one for instance, that lie neTer liad a chance to. use. But periiaps those are the notes that he is waiting to make into a speecu. Iet us hope these have all "swora off :" TJie crank wbo opposes all public improveinent for fear it will increase htó taxes or benefit some one else more than himself ; the sneak wbo epemds liis time circulating stories derog-atory to the social or business standing of his fellow men (and tJiei'e ere many of them) ; the ladies wlio liold a fttreet car full of people for íive minutes while they are kissing and adjuiTing their friends to "write, sure;" and the people who get in tilie end of a row of seata at au entertainment and at its close take a half ho'iir or so to put onj their wrape wlnile all the people in the row a,re nerpously waiting for their impolite actions to cease. tliat they may make their exit from the hall before the lig-hts are turned out. And now the young people are busy arxamging sleiglirides wlth and for their companions. 0. E. Butterfield has an article in the Jamuary Michigan Law Journal on "The Computation of Time- The Legal Methiod." 0. E. Sheldoin, the law student who went iosane froim over-study, was taken to hiis homO tn AVindham, Ohio, Saturday, by hls father. One of the oíd settlers who aspires to be a weather pirophet, says tliis snow vill go off in a few days, and not be lasting. Hope he is not a true prophet. The Ypsilaarti Commercial is guilty of tihis, and right in the middte of winter, at that : " "Geo. Laubengayer of Ann Arbor was fined $2 on. "Wedneisday for bering drunk. Thero has niany a Law been gayer than he ought, in Ann Arbor." Humane Agent M. C. Peterson brought Iewis Tlbbg to account for letting a ho-rse run at large during tlie storm of the past few days without food, slielt-er or drink. If there are otters in this --icinity are practicing suoli inhumanity, they Bihonld profit by the experience of Tibbs.

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