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He had no reel when he went off ïo íish for fislies game. But when he carne home late at night He had one just the same. Gome wild over base ball - Ann ArProf. Frank Wagner i-i making arrangemeinlte for the erection oí a $6,000 resideaace tliis summer. The forcé at the law librar}' is bnsily engaged sending out new announcements for riext year's law course. Ann Arbor is to have a bicycle liverj'. Tucker& Co., is the firm name and their place of business is in the Sager block on Liberty st. The May, June and July numbers of Godey's Magazine each have covers made by H. Eandall, at bis Xew Haven tudio. They are works of art. Dr. A. H. BurlescMi, of Ann Arbor, lias located in Alien, where he will pracltee lils professioo. His card appeaiis in tüiis ■ paper.- Hillsdale iStaii.dard. Stipt". "W. S. Berry oí the Aun Arlor ctty schools, aaud at one tima superintendent of our city schools, lias just closed twonty-flve yoars of sucfossful work in thO Uni-s-eraity city Co-ldwater Eepaiblicaii. Dr. E. E. Eggleston, intil recently a member of fche faculty of the Horneopatihic college, Bunotiiices liis intention of entering upon a general practico in this city. Ho hias secured offices over Bpotvh's Drug Store and üould succeed. Those who aro woirkimg to help on the Sanitarium spokon of in the ■Comrier a few days sínico, report coaslderable success. Oonsiderable stock is beinig utoscribed. foir and several prominent ladies of Oie city are arrainging to endo"w one or more iree Tseds. Ifc is gnatlfying to learn of the progross tbe project is making. Don't fan yourself too much. It makes You hotter vvhen you stop. Don't teil thesuffei'itis; ne.ghbors that You feel as if you'd drop. Don't drink too much colci Iemonade ; A Llass 01 two will do. And don't ask everybody, "Ia it hot enougn for you?" Sixteen dollars for a toa of hay ! Just thinik of it ! Aaid it will be dearer before Ifc is dtueaper. There's Jiardly enough water now running in toe Hurón river to supply aai ordiinary garden hose. C. E. Gccdfrey bas just received for stjrag, tlhO hoiusehold goods of Wm. N. Broiwin of Dulutüi, Minn. Huedireds of acres of wheat ju Wais.hiban.aw coumty will not yield enowigJi to pay fox harpesting. Just .thdink whiat Anu Arbor would be to-dlay if it was tao for tiie water works eystem It w.as hot put in ainy too eoon,. No acoidents or flres in Ann Arbor July 4th. Rockets set the grass on fire in two or three places, but it didn't do any darnage. The Board of Rea;ents wiJl hold their next meeting on the 17th of this month at Detroit. This is done to accomodate the homeops of that city. "I see yooi epeak of A,nn Arbor as a reeoi-t," said a geatleman the other day, "wliere is your water?" "Oh, tnat's easily supplied Turn on the hose," was the reply. If tlhis country is to dry up and becomie a great Sallara, tlie people wlio are emigrating to the regions wOuwe the water-sü'pply te by iirigation, ore wlse ones after al!. Wedinesday evening, at about 9:00 o'clock, tJie fite depaa-tmient responded to a cali froim thO Ann Arbor Organ Company's sto,re, -vvheire an awning liaid been. set on lire by itrewoi-kgi But iittle Öamage was done. X Toledo dispatoli states tliat at jioor Tuieaday tltO T., A. A. & N. M. I!. E. -svas again sold at auction ou a diecree of tilve federal cooirt, and was purdhased by a representative of tlie bondliolders ior $2,527,000". It ís éaïd tiSë ro'rul will at once be reoi-ganizedi. The Emssian tliistle is getting a sltart ia 'tliis vicinity, it is said, It is a weed tO be dreaded and onr peorple botli in tovm and out ought to destroy every one tJiat appears. It osught to be an offeose puni.shable by fine and impirieoinment, to allow ome of tJieise weeds to gro-w. The Ain.n Arbcxr Gas Co. are laylng elgiliit inc'li malus on Beakes st-., to Ni. Mato and up that istreet t the ■business pái-fc of tlie city. The shutting- oifi of the gas occasioaally causes maidi eomplaint aniong housekeepers "vlio use gas stores to cook witb. Tlie Umivcr.-ity nï Michigan lias foeatem. Harvard, too. It conferred 692 degrees thJs year - mora than was givein iby any ötHier American UniTe-rsity. - Bostoai Globe. Tlie Globe will fiaid ooit, il it caires to look up tlue record, thart the ttaiverslty Í Miciiigam has been gTaduating more students, and with greater requiremients in its yöxkhis departments, for ithe past three years, tlian any other Aanerican Unive.rsity. It will be interesting to onr citizens to cnovv Üiat the city fire departinent was ïever in better condition than now. The engine was thoroughly overhauled and repaired a few days ago, then taken o the river and "putthrough its paces" or over two liours, with 110 pounds of steam preasure. It is easily capable of 260 pounds water pressure in active use it any time, while the pressure at the ïydrants in most parts of town rarely goes over 45 pounds - never higher than .00 pouuds. Hose, horses and rigs are n first class shape and ready for any mergency wfaich may occur during the resent dangerously dry season. Our itizens can count on Chief Sipley and ,ho "fire laddies" eyery time. Don't fret about the mereury, Or watch it all the time, The oíd thermometer wou't burst, Howeverit mayclinib. It doesu't do you any good To coniit up the dêgrees. And all you talk about the heat Won't start a bit of breeze. TVe'll all have to emágrate, to eowntrie wliere they in-igate - if thils Iceeps om. The piropoise.d Y. M. C. A. cxcu.rsion to Detroit has been postponed. to July 25. ,, The Ana Arbor Argos lnas dispensc(l -vitili its Tuesduy editiou aud will herealter appear oa Fridays only, as of old. The Y. M. C. A. giie a lawa social Fiiday niglit, at the homo oí Kev. and Jlr. AV'etmore on W. Huron st. Everybody is invitd. I Om tlie 17th iiist. a picnic is to T)e glven tlio Smiday School scholais jf Bethlehem clmich at Whitnion-e Lake. l'iity cents f ar ro'umd trip. Mrs. L. A. Pattereoai, oí St. Johns, h.as piurchased tho pleasant rosidence of Mrs. Iuicy B. Lee, at tlie corner of N. State and E. Ann sts. Several oil paintingis and water color sketcfoes, the work oí Miss Georgiana Oroutt, ha- been purchas.ed by Kansas City art lotvers 'recently. Prof. Wni. J. Hussey, tarmerly in th-e U. of M., dow la Leland Staniord University, was married on June 2SP ■fcf Miss Ethel Foumtain., of Banta Itosa. Cal. White the open car is popular evenings, it behooves tlioee who ride upoa it tO' ceurry wraps wiüi tliem. Xliey will Te quitO apfc to take cold unless they protect theinselves. "Helio, Prof." said a frieed to a teacher he met on the street this inoiming, "what are you doing iiowa-days?" "Oh, fakiing a head rast, tbat's all." "A. liead reet ! What do you mean ?" ''Why, a vacation, of coupse." Whem "busy housekeepers are troubled witli that disagreeable burning semsation in tired feet during the bot July weather, they ehould try a liot fopt batüx with bakkng soda ín. the water before retiring ; and in the morning the pain will not return as it has been in the habit of doing, as the daily round of household duties is commenced. Dulutlh luas gone iuto the eurfew business'. Her council bas passed an onliniain.ee to the effect tliat when theto-vm doek rings out the hour of 9 at nigïht, no persoui under the age öf 15 yeairs "vill lie íillwved en the street, iinder a penalty oí $100 line er 90 daye in jai Aún might wttih pa-ofit to mfuny a young 1oy and igirl adopt and enforce the same lanK. It woiild "be á blessiag to numeroTis cliildren. and párente Tlie Michigan Central has had a g-aing' of méa along their road buming off the deod grass. Tliey do thia tö prevenfc fire getting sta-rted tty tihe roadside wlien there is no one preáent to watoh it, thus preventing tflie desti-uction of fencea and ;?rass field'S. Isotwitllistandin the fact tluti a g-aiiLg of nneii have leen watchin); tai ebunüng oif of the grass, everytbimg is so 'dry tliat in several p'aoes tihe iire got the Btart oí them aira"! considerable fencing has been destroyed. Here is a list of people who will go to California, and most of theni to Southern California soon, from tliis city: Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Miner, Miss Jennie Oaks, Chas. J. N. Jacobs, Hugh Mars and family, Samuel D. Kinne, Prof. Win. A. Morse, Eev. E. W. Moore, and A. W. Weir. This is a slight indication of what Southern California will be in the future. This is a big nation of seventy millions of people. and Ann Arbor is only one little city of a few thousands, and vet the niagnet draws many. If all other places are similarly afl'ected, what aflood of population that country will have ! What will the}' all do when they get there? "EverylKxiy wants to kruow how to gt a-ioh. Here is the secret. You can teil your readers, and niaybe they Avill thnnk you for it and maybe they woin't," said a well to do gentleman in eoïivwsation with a Courier reporter. "There is only one -vay for tlio a,-rorag-e man, and that Is by iu'dustry, perseAra.nco nnd saving. The last quality is thO one that counts most. Howerer little you eairn mak e it a P'Oint to sano a portion of it, leven if tnot more Hian five cents. That li as Teein imy moto through llfe and I havo 'domo only Vhat any man can do if ho only coanmences right and hangs to it." Jnst go about yourdaily tasks As ca] mly as you can. Don'lhurry; take things easy, and You'll be much happier thau The chap who ftroaiiáand frets and stews, And fusses all the time; Just fnllow tliis advice, and vou'll Be glad you read this rhyme. The members of Co. Ashould remember tlie regular drill nights, Wednesday and Fridays. The State Teachers' Institute to Ie held here commemces July 29 and ends Aug. 3d. H. E. Coifin, oí tihe P. O. force, toolc tliird prize In the novice nace at Tentón, time 2:34 1-2. The new hosiery forladies' wear must be very cool, for it is certainly sufficr ently transparent. Don't you know tliat Hood's Sarsaparilla will overeóme thattired feelingand give you renewed vigor and vitality? The schools of this city will g-et their coal next yeax at $4.79 per ton, ábout 75 crants less tlxan last year. The Ann Arlxir Deimocrat office has been removed to new and pleasant quarteirs of-Or the lst National Bank. The indic&tions are tliat about 60 persons ytU leave Ann Arbor for t4ie ea,st om the Kniglits Templar excursión. Improvements are still in progress on the Xorthside. John Maroney is putting down a new tar walk in front of his property on Broadway. At tüie hame of the bride's parents, in Ioinia, on July 3d, Miss Mary Agnes Taiggart was united in marriage with. WiLey W. Mills, of tliis city. Heinry Richards ha the contract fuirmisliing the city schools with hard coal, amd L. Kohde and M. Staebler -will fuimish the soft coal. The printers of the city have secured the Athletic Field for July 15, whem tlieir great match game of base ball occurs. It will be a hot fight. The Dunbdee Reporter says that "Ira Cooime (of that place) has secured employment in the svay of engraviinig furniture tor tlie Aun Arbor Furniture. Co." The railroads of the state earned in April $2,507,974.13, wnicli was $253,382.74 moTe than was earned in April last year. A good indicator of invp.roving business. Col. James Henton, of the U. S. army died in Texas Saturday. His son Stanton graduated from the law school in 1893, and his wife and daughter had been frequent visitors at Ann Arbor. The wide awake, public spirited, generous business men of Washington st., had an open air band concert Saturday evening at the corner of that street and Fouth ave. Next Saturday night it will be repeated. Bev. J. E. Sterling', pastor of the Scotrtem ave. church, Detroit, will con.cluct a two day's meeting lor Bible Stiiidy ajad prayer, at Newberry Hall, tJie llth ajxd 12th of July, meeting Fridiay to begin at 10 o'clock a. ni. Biing you. Bibles and lunch, and spend tlh day pa-aying foor and expecting an of God's Holy Spirit, ilies etneetángs are entirely Tindenomiaatiomal and all are welcome. Misa Mary A. Sawtelle, who was studying in post gradúate conrees here some three years ago, and who was at one time president of Kalamazoo college, and is at present president of Colby college, Wafcerville, Maine, bas in connection with lier sister, Miss Alice E. Sawtelle, published an Olio in Verse, a very attractive and tasteful little volume, f rom the presses of G. P. Putnam's Sons. The book is receiving many complimentary notices. Ifc is certain tliat Prof. Harringtoii. as tlie head oif the weather barenu, tlict mot treat hls old fricnds and nrtahhors jpolltely. He should liavo giin them a little more moistnpe. Ho ín a de it too dry for thera. Though showera were frequently promised none ever oame. The new man can g-ain in popularlty wonde.rfully in ilkis neek of the woods "by seaiding a series oí long continued showers, and ithat rigbt away quick. Every piece of waste laad along the rivt-r:;, ,-uid every liillside in. the state should be planted to forcst or uut bea.riag trees of some klad. There are humdireds of acres aloag the Huron river tlhat have been stripped of tiinber and trees, the land of whicli lias ■beu pait to no use. and in facl is oí no ialiie but to ralse trees on. AU these strips of land sliwild be replanted -ivitli forest trees, and che liumidity coaxed back into the atmospliere agaln. The -wanton destruction of o(iir forests havo no doubt had a great effect on the raia f all.
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