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He asked a miss what was a kiss, Graromatically deflned. "lts aconjunction, sir," she saitl. "And lience can't be declined." J. A. Brow.il has sold out his grocery stock tö C. H. Cady. Tlie ladies of tlie Easteita Star pald all expenses and lias soine $25 ovr. Glad to note tlie fact. Wiley W. Mills, of Aawi Arbor, was secretary of the proJiibition state conTentlom at Lanslng, Thursday. "It is just Hke finding' it," a, young lad remarked oai up a nickle eoim one had dropped upoa tho walki The excavatioin on Packard st., to thaw out the water pipes, shows that tne grcrand is frozeix over fivO feet in dep tli. Frank Riley, a Delhian, paid JusticO Pond $4 fine and costs this a. m., for beiag drank om the street last night. Haie all the fun posslble now, for Lieint starts ia "Wednesday next, and yo.u wfll liaie to sober down and be eerLous fo.r a timo. There is a petitioii in the council for an electric light at the corner of Packard st. and E. University ave. One is needed there. Moore & Wetmore have the contract for David IUnsey's fine residence at thO oon-ner at 3ST. División and Lawrenco fets. The Detroit Free Broas had a very good picture of Judge Kimne, lut those appearimg in the other letroit papers were sianply relies o:f barbarism. There will be half-fare rates to Sag-inaw Wednesday and Thursday, ticket good to return Friday. The occasion beins the democratie state eonvention. Why does H. . Platt date his disdispatches to Mayor Pingree and perliaps others, at Aoin Arbor, when he mever considera this his headquarters or reeed, ves his mail liere ? Each -village clerk ia Michigan wi be fumished with three copies oí the act, which is now a law, that wil! govern thO affairs of all villages af the state trom now on. All elections will be held toavn-meetin' day. Tliere is a rofoin abo ut town. H tried to chlrp a little this morning-, bnt all his sweet notes were frozen up, and those that were sent out ■were like th squealing of wagon wheels on a frosty morning. Captain E. C. Shields lias set the candidates iör thO Unh-ersity nine liiai'd at work. Every day trom 1 to' 3 ome end of tlie Gymi Is eet apart lor "fcheir use. Tluis will continue from now on. without interinission. It may be of interest to know that Hon. John J. Lentz, who captured the Ann Arbor people so completely ín his 22d of Feb. OTation at Unlvea siíty Hall yestarday afternoon, w&a made a masón by Fraternity Lodge oí ttiií city, and has always retained his niembership therein. A fact the brothers of oíd Fraternity feel proud öf. Tlie ladtes.' editlon of tlie Baily Courier yesterday, is greatly sought after, nnd the deinaml for it continúes. Almost everybody in the city is sendïng copies to frienda in oth-er parts of the state a;nd im all parts of the Unltod States. Tüiere is probably not a state 61 the unión that will not have many copies of the Red, Wliite and Blue editkm. Her brows was like thesnowdrift, Her cold heart thereabout; But her conversational aptitude, rangint; from tlieosophy dowu to zoophyoíogy, was the tallest. That Boston could pan out. -Boston Courier. The oourt house ilsug was at halfmast M-oniday because of t;he funeral oí the late Fréderlck Douglase. Prof. M. I.. D'Ooig-e wöl apftaJi lefore the Inlaad League next Monday evenhig om "A Sunnner Trip Tlirough Scandiaiavia." President Angelí lias sent au invit at ion to the legtelature to visit tho University at same time that máy be conveiiient lliem. It is hoped they will aecept the mvitatio-n. Tho bill of Prof. Chas. E. Grecne for $500 fcür services renderea tlie city through the Board of Public Worfcs, as engineer, in laying the sewei-s, was allo wed last niglvt by the counciJ. The elooution class oí the Ann Arbor bitjli school, it is announced, -vill give an entertainment oiTFriday evenmg next, Tor the benefit oí the. M. V,. church. It will be held at High School ] aii, commenctng at 7:45 p. m. The executive board of the W. F. M. S. of the M. E. church axe reques1 d to meet at the lióme of Mm. Chas. H. Worden, 39 E. William st., next aext Friday at 3 p. m., to. make arrangements for a tliank offering meetinsr. Mis. Butler and daughter arrived in the city f ram Wyoming, Wednesday, amd were cared fop at the Good Samarltam home. Tliursday they were fumislied transportation to Ann Arbor by Superintendent of Poor Hawley.- Jackson Daily Citizen, Fet. 22. Mr. Hawley was Teiry kind. An inquiry comes from Albany, N. Y., in reg-ard to one Edward Kinnealy or Kinnilly, ivho ia supposed to have eettled in this county In 1828. He was of IrisJi descent and born in England in 1813. He or Ms heirs would learn sonxethlng of importanee, by tlieir wbereabouts known. People wlvo wonder how cold gets into' tbeir' houses in spite of all tlieir precautions ag-ainst it, will be .vu íoí xwiuug ïru-iu a scientilic sO'iiroe tliat a caadle caá be blown out by coaicenfcratLog tlie leakage oí air -which comes through the pores of the bricks in a few feetof ordinary wall exposed to the wind. Pres. L. R. Fiske, of Albion C-ollege, preached to a large audience at the M. E. church, Sunday moming'. His subject was, "Influence on our Uves oí a Belief in a HereafteiV' Wliile in the city Kev. Fiske was eatertained by Mr. and Mr. E. A. Spence, 25 E. Jefferson street. Our Salem coi-net band took a sleigh ride ito Ann Arbor last Saturday evening and rendered niusic for the skatims rink of tliat place. It -vas so satisfactory that tliey have au offer to fiH-aisli music for the rink every Saturday Oveiling during the remainder of the winter. If Salem is but a small village she has a íirst-clase band, nieiertheleiss.- Salem cor. Northville Kews. The Ann Arboir Union Lyceum, at their meeting last night clected the following officers, to serve for the next quarter : Albert Wat som, president ; Hairy Woods, lst vice president ; Miss Leatliermiin, secretary ; Miss Minnie Bird, assistant secretary. March lst,they -will give a Lo-ngfellow program, and on Maxch 8, will occur tlie Douglass memorial exercises in the 2d Baptist ciiurcli, all oí whicli the public is mvit-ed to attend. Tlie Detroit branch of the ate Alumnae Association held its regular meeting hi Detroit Saturday afternoon. Among other papers read were : "The System oí Chüd Study at Clark University," by Mts. Prof. Geo. "W. Patterson, of Ann Arbor ; "Chdldren's Lies," by Mrs. Prof. Chas. H. Cooley, Ann Arbor ; "Th Feeling of Sex in Children," by Mirs. Prof. F. N. Soott, Aun Arbor. 'ïïie next meeting of Uie Association will be held in this city in May. For a lomg time letters addressed to and sent fronn tlie Ann Aibor postoffice, containing money havie been reported mi-ssing, and it was traced sio that the leak was tound to le letween tJiis place and Detroit. A detective had been on track of the taief since December last. Friday, Joiiii L. Diegle, Jr., employé of the Detroit postoffice, was arrested and cliarged with roibblng the U. S. mails. The prisoinear made ti. confession to U. 8. Attomey "Wilkins and Postmaster Emirigiht, of Detroit, ia wliich he comíess&d to tliirty letter?. Diegle's plan, as descríbed by the oíficers, was to takO letters he handled oa the train, and if they contained money and were not rregistered, open tliem, take their comtents and destroy them. Later on he attempted mare darías plans. Instead of goüig- out om tli train he eliould liave taken, he would around the working rooms of tJie postoffico and assist tlie other clei-ks in the mail. If a letter feit as if it coetainOd money it was slipped into hls pocket to bo opned at leisure. It is said that Dieglo baca me 'so expert that he could rlp. a letteir ope,n with Msfinger nail so that he could look LnsMe to see if it contained money. Thls Is a good motto, Notlearned In a school- "Tak e time by the forelock," And also the mulé I -Atlanta Constitutlon. The ffilrst duty of every Americaai citizen just iiow is to clean thO slusli off his eidewalk. This givies him a riglit to wvcar at soanO other man. Dr. Cobern will preach nest Sunday, morning and evening. On tlie evening oí ataren ju lie wilJ begin a series of sermons on, "If I Had My Life to Live Over." Sunday, March 3, before the I'niversity Bible class of the M. E. churcb, Prof. E. F. Johnson, of the law de,partment, will give the first of a series of lectures. Subject, "The Civil Statutes of the Israelitas, 1,500 B. C." Tlie name of Judge Hamman is mentioned in connection witli the senatorial nomination. The Judige would make an excellent senator, but he isn't on the right si-de of the political femce, ü-oui't yo-u know. The fire that occurred last night at about 11 o'clock, was on the south sile of tfie Dexter road, a house occupied by a codo red man named Banks. It was bumed to tlie g-round. The fire department did no4 make the run. A ToJedo dispatch announces that a judgment has been entered in the court of common pleas iin that city in favor of he T., A. A. & N. M. R'y against the M. C. II. E. of $17,000, for terminal and track facilities furni&hed the M. C. R. R. in that city. The demócrata arO talkiing about nomiaiating M. J. Fritz, assistant cashier of the Ann Arlor Savings Bank, for mayor. In that event the republicans Avould probably nomínate Cashier Chas. E. Hiscock, and let the Lo-iiív uniríais uguv ít out among tliemselves. How would that do ? Miss Francés Button, daughter of Mrs. Franoea Button, died at their liorae in Detroit, oa Saturday last, Feb. 23d, aged 26 years. Miss Buttoin üved la Aun Arbor for a, number oí years, at the corner of Jefi'erson. and TJiompsoai sts., and was quite weU known, having graduated in the high school. Her death will le sad news to many peoplo here in. Ann Arbor. At the ünity Club next Monday evening the entertainment will be termed a Sdhiller evening1, and be nnder tli e supervisión ol Messrs. Martin Halter, L. Gru-ner, etc. Prof. Thomas will read a paper om tlhat gentlemon's lLfe, and Prof. E. H. Kempf will see that some oí his poe.ms are sung in true Schiller etyle. The entertainment bids fair to eclipse anything so lar hdd bythe Club. Guindolas or bcows vere needed yesterday on nearly all tlie sldewalks of the city. ThO emow as it íell this 'winter being in part pushe-d to either sWe of tihe walk by the snow plow, and the balance packed down on the walk, these warm days have melted that part underfoot and thO banks on the side Beni&d to confine the war ter, so thait it was either a pool or a. streain that greeted yoiu on onelialf the walks of the city. The Detroit Free Press correspondent is responstble ïor the following : "Sonie time ag-o the co-eds at the versity threatened to boycott the landladles ivho refused to do their room work. The boycott, however, was ai ever placed in. effect, but the young ladies liilt on. another plan wMeh has proven suceessful. A number of them chaing-ed their rooms, and ivlien they engaged their new ones, stipulated tliat they should have the sajne privileges as tdie male students üo." Thoe E. Barkworth, of Jackson, who failed to smcceed the Hom. James S. Golinaai in Congress, Ilavlng been urged by the democrate to take the nomimatdoa tor etate senator In this trict, replies that lie has no ambition in that line. He further states that "f Washtemaw lias a inan. who' wants to make a sacriiice run Jackson county will (muke aio objectioa. He says that in a special electiom demócrata will not poll 40 ■per ceat. of tlieif X)'te." Tilomas made a sacriiice min last fall, does not propose to make another. wants souie Waiditeaaw deinocrat to -toavie his hide ila-yed and out on tJio fence to cuie. Tlie Dunn. temperance meetings cloeed Sunday aftemoon, witli a wellatt-endcd service at the Eink. Mr. Bumn came here two weeks ugo on the invitatiora. of the local lodge of I. O. G. T. and the W. C. T. U. Por the first week. the meetings were lield in the M. E. church. Considerable interest was manifested. One week ago it was decided to move to the riaik as a centrally located place and one to witten, drliiking men wo'Uld more likely go. Hea-e the the atteiïdance increased until the capacity of the building was often ahnest too small. Mr. lunai is a liard woirker, aaid it was owing to liis extraordinary exertioni chat as larffO a meas-ure oí euccess lias attctnde-d thO series. It is said that some 700 Big-natures to the pledge were seeured, fully 100 who' sigiied ltóng driiiking men. Mr. lunn feels to thaak the Cliristian ministens f the city for maiiy kind offices. He goes from here to Shelby, thenco to Grand Kapids.