Occurrences Of Seven Days

By the carelessness of some plumbers who were thawing out a cistern pipe in the rear portion of the residence of Mrs Alice L. Haven, No. 27 E. Jefferson st. the house came near burning down on Monday afternoon. As it was, the sill was burned through and a big pateh of siding ruined. The discovery was jusl in time to save serious consequences. At about half-past 6 o'clock Tuesday morning a blaze was discovered in the plumbing establishment of John O'Brien & Co., on E. Washington st., and the flre boys were 011 hand again just in time to save another serious conflagration. It was supposed to have originated from the spontaneous combustión oi some oiled rags. A hole was burned through the floor, but no great loss. The tbird alarm was caused by a burning chimney at the residence of Mrs. N. H. Drake, on E. Huron street, yesterday forenoon. Our Oldest Resident Gone- Courad Bissinger, who had but recently passed his 9-tth birthday, and who was considered the oldest resident of the county, died Tuesday afternoon, very suddenly of heart disease. He was in his usual health and spirts up to about 1 o'clock, when he was taken ill and expired within a few minutes. Mr. Bissinger did not show his years, and appeared more like a man of 70 than one who had nearly reached the century mark. He came to this city in a very early day. So early that there was but one house on the north side of the river. He drove an ox team here, and continued his journey about seven miles farther west, locating a farm in the town of Scio, where he lived and prospered a great many years, rernoving to this city some time since to spend his declining years. He reared a family of eight children, all of whom are living. Great Interest Manifested - Nothwithstanding the circus and the Royal Bell Ringers and the Fraternity Hops, the Revival Meetings, conducted by Messrs. Ostrom and Crowell, in the First M. E. Church, continue to hold the leading place as a popular attraction. And they do far more than simply attract the people. Last Sunday great crowds gathered to listen, and of these scores remaiued to pray, declaring that they would forsake their sins and lead a new life. Every afternoon and evening of this week iine uudiences have gathered to listen to Mr. Ostrom's unique and powerful presentaion of the Gospel, and to feel their hearts melt under the sweet and pathetic songs of Mr. Crowell. A special sermón to young men proved :i great attraction on Tuesday night, and on Thursday night (to-morrow a special sermón to young women wiH probably draw an ovërflowing audience. The main body of the church will be reserved for young women uutil 7 :20 p. m. The series of meetings will close next Sunday. The Leap Year PartyThe (great social event of the Beasou as far as the University ladiea and studente aro concerned, will be the Ixap Year Ball, to be gíven at the gymnasium, under the auspicea of the Woman's League, on the aftemoon of Saturday, Fet. 29. Miss May Cooley has entire charge of the arrangement, with a fine complement of oommittees composed of young ladies. Fourteen professors And TSegent Dean will act as chaperones. The ladies will ask their best young men and escort them to and fram tflie party, which lasts from 2 to 15 o'clock, and pay all the bilis. The proceedB are to be de%roted to the gymnasium fund. The rumor which goined ccmsiderable circulation among the blushing boys who anticípate beug invited, that all gentlemen are expected to eend the lady who invites them, a toox of flowerg, the box to contain a sealed envelope, and the sealed envelope a note - not less than a $5 note - the same to be devoted to the Woimna's Gymnasium fund, is nat the truth, so oaae of the ladies informa us. But it would be a veiy graceful tbing for the gentlemen to do, and would help a good cause, that's lecrtain. In Memory of Burns - On Friday evening, Feb. 21st, the Caledonian Society of Ann Arbor will give their Burn's anniversary entertainment at Normal Hall, Ypsilanti. An unusually fine program has been prepared, and there will no doubt be a large attendance, as these anniversaries are of great interest. The following is the program : PART I. Bag pipe selections while clans are assembling. Introduetory Eemarks, Robert Campbell Address, Subject: Robert Burns. Juclge Harrtman. Song, "Scots, Wha hae." : Harold Jarvis Recitation, "Cotter's Saturday Night,"- Robert Phillips Song, "'Jessie's Dream," Miss Louise George Scotch Dance, ' Shean Trews," Miss Aggie Rankin (With bag-pipe accompanimeut.) Song Selected, Miss Graee Stevens 'A Visit to Ayr," Mrs. B. A. Hiusdale Song,"Caller Herrín,"- Miss Bessie McAlpine Song, "We'd better bidé a wee." Miss Elizabeth A. Campbell part n. Song, "MacGregor's Gathering," Mr. Harold Jarvis Reading, "Tam O' Shanter," Mr. Andrew Campbell Scotch Dance, "Highland Fling." Miss Aggie Rankin (With bag-pipe accompaniment.) Song, "Land O' the Lea!." Miss Louise George Duet, "Huntingtower," -Miss E. A. Campbell and Harold Jarvis Song, Selected Miss Grace Stevens Scotch Dance, "Gillie Callum," Miss Aggie Rankin (With bag-pipe accompauiment.) Song, "I'm ower young to marry vet." Miss Bessie McAlpine Song, ''March of the Cameron Men," Mr. Harold Jarvis udience invited to join In singing one verse of "AÜLD LANG SYNE." A Wedding Anniversary - Manchester, Feb. 18, 1890. Ed. Cocrier : It was a pleasure to be arnong the favored number who assembled at tlie home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Spafard last Thursday evening. An observer from the " Freeinan House " might have thought there was an exodus of Manchester people, who were taking Horace Greeley's advice, as the numerous sleighs westward bound testified. The bells rang out nerrily, and the sound of happy voices esounded tlirough the crisp, frosty air. On reaching " Wheatlands " every window beatned a welcome, and warmth and good cheer reigned supreme. The house was tastefully decorated vitli plants, and the teatable presented an inviting prospect. When the lords nul ladies on every side were seated ound the festal board, the picture was 111 aniinated one. Indeed there was ïcitliing lacking for our temporal weiare : there were doctors to cure our ills ; awyers with tlieir flippant tonques; niiling bank cashiers, and sturdy farmrs ; while presiding over all, was one teel-eyed justice, wbo though there vas a hint of roasted " Ham," eventudly kept the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Spafard started on their ourney together a score of years ago, attaching to themselves new friends as hey passed from one station to another, who now joined in wishing them many ïappy returns of the day. Time has wings when we are socially mployed, and the hours passed all too uickly. The evening thus spent will e a pleasant recollection to store away i the treasure house of memory. Mra. L. S. H. The McDowell Recital- European critica unlte with our own n placing a very exalted estímate upon the abilities of Mr. Alexander lacDowell, the American composer. He lias won a place in the front rank of living composers and will undoubtedly be accorded a posltion second to none wfoen the history of music in the last quarter of a century shall be wrltten. He is a pianist of rare gifts. Mr. MacDowell gives a recital in Frieze Memonial Hall on Prlday evening, Febru&ry 21, at 8 o'clock under the auspices of the University School of Music. Tickets 50 ce-nts. On sale at the usual places. It is to be hoped that the hall may be crowded. A Relie of the War Times - Happening in Profcecuting Attorney Itandall's office a day or two ago, lie made this remark : "I have sbmething here that raight interest you," and golng to a draw he took out a package of old papers. Ome was a fac similie of the first paper ever printed in America, being No. 1, of vol 1 of The Boston NewsLetter, dated April 24, 1704. Published by authority. But by whoee authorfty or what authority is not Btated. Although a fac similie it Ls a very interesting document. But that was not the choice paper. The one that Mt. Kandall holds In great value is a copy of the Chattanooga Daily Eebel, dated Friday June 5 - in. ome place and June 6 in another -1863, and it is ome he secured -vhen as a member of tliO Union troops, he helped take possessioii of that fimious soutliern city. It was publislied by Franc M. Paul, is a twopage live column paper, and is gelting very much faded with age, the ink evidently having been adulteiated and poor. In perusing its columns we iind it to be a red hot rebel sheet, and that It was holding out false hopes to tlie southerners by publishing false returns from the war. For instance, here are its sensational war news headlngs : Q-LORIOUS NEWS ! ENGOUR&GING ACCOUNTS FROM VICKSBURG ! ENM.MY REPULSED WITH IMMENSE SLAUGHTER! Grant will be Compelled to Raise the Siege. RETIRING FROM GRAND GULF ! Our Troops Conltdent of Ultímate Suocess ! ATTACK ON PORT HUDSON ! 1,500 NEGROES SLAUGHTERED ! GENERAL SHERMAN KILLED. From the Front I ROSECRANS RETREATING! HE FALLS BACK ON NASHVILLE ! BRAGG READY TO FOLLOW. It wlll be remembered that Sherman was not killed ; Eosonorans Ud not fall back; Grant ilid not rai.se 1lie siego but razed the be-iieged, etc. It was by constant wliistling that the courage of the soutliemere was kept up. ïhre are a few avdertisements in its columns that sound very .jucer to northern ears, although only a tliird of a century has passed eince tbe paper was priuted. Ilere is one i'or instance : There was also a reward offered for a number oí deserters from a oattallon of Alabama cavalry, one of them belng descrlbed as red-headed. Several other "ads" are for deserters also. A quotation fro mthe Nashville Union tells atoouttlue "greatsale of postage stamps last week, which realized these enormous gums : $1,053, $911, $1,248, $1,197, $790, $1,009 or over $8,300 in the aggregate." It sliould be borne in mind that Confedérate money had depreciated somewhat by that time. He also has a somewhat mutilated copy of the Philadelphia Morning Post, of July 4th, 1863, giving an account of tbe great battle of Gettysburg, the dispatchee all being brief ones and chronicling each movement of the armies, ás it took place. During the year 1863 there was much talk in the north among the extreme demócrata, wïio were known at tihat time as "copperheads" for "peace at any price." This became so loud that it attracted the attention oí the southern press, and the Richmond, Va., Bnquirer of Oct. 16, publishee the ultimatum of the south. It is eo full of gall and fire-eating qualities that we give it eutire, ju?t to show how the confederates feit at that time : "Save on our own terms, we can accept no peace whatever, and we muetiigïit until doomsdayrather than yield one iota of them ; and our terms are : 4 "Recognition by the enemy of the INDEPENDENTE of the Confedérate States. 'Withdrawal of Yankee iorces fi-om every foot of Confedérate ground includlng KENTUCKY and MISSODKI. 'Withdrawal of Yankee soldiers from MARYLAND, umtil that State shall decide, by a free vote, whether she shall remain in the old Union, or ask admission into the Confederacy. (This implies the surrender of AVashington City and the District, of Columbia to the Confederacy.) "Consent on the part of the Federal Government to GIVE UP TO THE CONTEDERACY its proportion of the Xavy as it etood at the time of secegsion, or to pay forthefcame. "Yielding up all PRETENSIONS on the part of the Federal Government to that portdon of the old Territories which He west of the Confedérate States. "An equitable settlement on the basis of our ABSOLUTE INDEPEND12NCE and equal rights, of all accounts of the Public Debt and Public lande, and the advantages accruing from foreign treaties. "These provisions, we apprehend, comprise the minimum of what we must require before we lay down our arms. That is to say, THE JNORTH MUST YIELD ALL- WE NOTHING. The whole pretention of that country to prevent by f orce the SEPARATTON OP THE STATES must Ie ABAJN'DONED, which will be equivalent to an avowal that our enemics WERE WRONG FROM THE FIRST; and, of course, as they waged a causeless a ml wicked war upon us, they ought, in strict Justice, to V,e required, accordtog to usage in suoh i, to rèlmburse to us the WHOLE of our expenses and loses Lu the course of that war." These are the tenns of peace, and tlie Enquirer says further : "As surely as we completely ruin their armles- and without that is 110 peace or truce at all - SO SURELY SHALL WE MAICE THEM PAY OUR WAR DEBT, THOUGH WE WRING 1T OUT OF THEIR HEARTS." Mr. Kandall also has a pamphlet entitled "Southern Hatred of the American Government, the People of the North, and Free Institutions." published io 1862. This contaius extracte from speecfhes made by southem men, and quotations from letters written by eontliern soldiere, and also clippings from the southern press. We will give one brief quotatlon, Just to filiow the tenor of all of them : [Continued on 8th pagel OCCURREHCES OF SEVEH DAYS, fContinued trom lst Page.) Tlie New Orleaas Advocate, a veligious paper, of which Rev. C. C. Gillespie, D. D., is editor, says : "Davis Is the very soul of courage, honor, chivalry ; Lincoln is a uowardly sneak. In the m'idst of the present storm, Davis is calm, cool, generally cheeriul, comprehensivo in observation, rigidly keeping MS own counsel. Lincoln is filted with abject iear, drunk half the time, occasionally foolishly facetious, whistling to Iieep lus courage up !" These quotations show what a cltange time can bring about. Prepare for a Whirlwind- The last issue of tlie Adrián Press gives a note oí warning. Just what he means tiy "so me thdngs," the reader will have to use his imagination. But here íb what the Press says : "Thie quarrel which has been going on between the two contending fraternity iactiöus over the annual ball, ibas done more to hold the Univereity to ridicule in the ininds oí the people throughout the state, than any one thing which has occurred Ín years.- Ann Arbor Argus. "Don't know about that. It's bad enough that's sure. But the indiscrimínate defence iby Ano Arbor nevvspapers of everytíhing done at the University, and the unanimous denunciattan of every criticisni made by any one, at any time, has caused frequently "that tired feeling," in all parte of the state. There isn't a paper in Ann Arbor which daré be homest and fair, -with the people, about the üniversity. The people of Atiti Arbor live, move and have their igreatness from the üniversity, and daré make no criticism any more than a cuckoo democrat dared criticise Cleveland's demoralizing course, for feax he wouldn't be recognized in the distributkm of patronage. The Argus will learn ttoat there is a pretty deep seated prejudice toward the University on eome things, that will result in action by a farmer legislature yet, tlhat ■will make the ears of the board of regente tingle and convince them that they are the servants, and not the masters of the people. Better begio to trim sails in seasom too." The advice is no doubt all right, but what would Bro. Stearns have done ? In what manner would he have the sails trimmed ? What have the regents done that they should not do ? "Wliat have tliey left undone that they should have done ? The Press leaves us in the dark. As to the Aun Arbor papers the criticism of the Press may be a Rood one and may not. It is quite natural that papers here should stand by the interests of the University. But that any of them have been cringing cuckoos, is something that for one the Courier is not prepared to admit. The Courier has from time to time criticised things in the management of üniversity affaire that has brought down upon its head the wrath of some people connected there■with, and whose wrath still iniluences tlieir actioa and feelings toward it. If the Press is a friend of the University, which we have good reason to believe, as 6uch a friend it should teil the University management wherein they are doing wrong and give them an opportunity to do differently. Is it not true that criticism of the University arises almost wholly from the classes of people who for various reasons believe in abolishing it ? Some because they do not believe in education at public expense ? Others because they believe that each reiigious denomination Bhould have charge ol wiat schools there ar eestablished? Others, vrba, having no children ol their own, believe it is an unjuet burden to tax them to edúcate the children of their poor neighbor ? Aud so on throug'h tlie list. Tlie Press is entirely familiar with the various classes, and knows their arguments. The dear people oíten make mistakes. They have been known to kill the lien that lays the golden egg many a time. They may do it in this instance, and the only University in the land where a poor boy or poor girl may obtain an education and be considered an equal of the more wealthy students, may yet become a thing of the past. Ilere is an idea that' the common people should "chew on." The writer of these Unes was at one time in con versation with a wealthy gentleman of Detroit, a.nd remarked to him that it seemed singular that none of the wealthy people of the nation ever saw fit to help the University of Michigan, for it seemed to be such a deservbng institution, and needed as sijstance so much. His auiswer was a surprise, and in these words, practically : "It is no strange to me. The University a' Ann Arbor as at present conductec as a etate nistitution is in reality a oommom people's school. You do not firnd the gons and daughters of wealthy families, even here in Detroit, attending'there. They are sent to Harvard, Yale, or other eastern colleges, vhere they may not come tn contact so much with the mediocre." He then called over the nameg of feome 25 of the richest and best known families of Detroit, not one among hem having a child in Ann Arbor, tut every one having one or more at Harvard or Tale, or Borne aristocratie eastern school. "Jfo, Ann Arbor can never hope ior help as long as the Univer.sity ia a state institution." he continued. '■When the state ceases to support it, and the wealthy can control its management, and establish its own class as the predominant element therein, then it is possible that the bequests may pöur in upon t, but not until then. I do not beieve that eitlier of uis will ever live to eee that day." David Copperfield Coming - That was the greatest creation of Dicken's brain. It is one of the greatest books of the world. It's characters stand out alone, unapproaclied and unmixed with the characters created by other writers. "When the book has been once read it is fixed forever in your memory. To have these characters portrayed to your visión, 60 tliat you may see them in reality is a rare treat. There is but one person ivho lias successfully done tliis. Other impersonators have taken one or two of the charactere, such as Mr. Micawber, Uriah Heep, and by making a study of them have succeeded very well in bringing out Charles Dicken's idea. But Mr. Grenvllle Kleiser, who is to give an evening here at the Presbyterian church on Thursday of next week, Jxas accomplished the wonderful deed of successfully portraying nearly all of these characters well, from Liitttle Em'ly to Mrs. Micawber. and from Peggotty and Micawber to David Coppertield himself. Mr. Kleiser is a genius in his line. Reading and impersonating has with liim become a highly educating, refining and ennobling art, and altVugh havimg the field with othera hia productiions are original in conception ■and method of execution. These facts and his untiring efi'ort 4 to please, have already secured him a wide Ity. In t'he numerous cities and towns, extending from the Atlantic to tlMï Pacifi", where iír. Klei-ser has appeared, lïis eminent abllities have been recognized and honored by many demands flor return engagements. We heartily commend him to our patrons as an artist that stands second to none, as a refined and talented impereonator. Extra ! Extra ! Extra ! "What's extra ? The Inlander's Story - The Hastings Banner of Jan. 30, eontains the following item : "The many friends oí Shirley W. Srnith, san of Judge Cföment Smith, of this city, will be pleased to learn that he has Teen awarded the first prize. offered by McMillan & Co, of New York, ior the best original story ritten by the etudents of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, A good many etories were written and Bubmitted, bnt the judges were unanimous in thcir eelection of Mr. Smith's story, ■which was entitled "Phil's Doctor." In the editorial department of the Magazine Lhe story was very highly praied, it belng Raid that it was without doubt the best story that had ever been published In the magazine. Writing an original etory and being awarded first prize in competition wlth many others in a great seat of learning, such as our University, is an honor of which Mr. Smith may well be proud, and. hls friends unite in congratulating him upon is literary ability which has been so fittingly recognized."