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A Vacant House Was Burned Up On

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Day
18
Month
March
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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Hiseock st., 3d ward, Friday evening. A private letter written Feb. 8, from NasfavUle, Tenn., and whicli reached here last Mpnday, March, 10, tells of the' fine reception accorded Prof. I. N. Demmon of the Uniververslty, in that city. He was entertained in a royal ananner by tire people of Jiashville. There will doubtless be niucu talk. and perhaps many delays, but It is of course only a question of time when there wlll ibe an electi-ic railroad running between Ann Arbor and Detroit, via Ypsil&nti. We believe lt will be completed within eighteen months.- Ypsilanti Commercial. These who obtained tbelr schooling in the country will have chance to reraew old memories int he District School which will be given isoon by the Epworth League. This entertainment origlnated here under the the direction of Prof. Wiues and has been very popular throughout the country. Now Prof. Wines will try to outdo himself in another one whlch will be entirely oiiginal Tliet ime and place wlll be announced later. The Ypsilanti Commercial is responsible for this : "A pretty Dexter school teacher had been relating to her small pupils some of the ineidentt? 1 nthe life of George Washington, and endeavoring to instil in thelr minds an appreciation of the virtues of the Father of his Country, including hjs truthfulness as a boy. Continuing she said : "Will some pupil give me an instance of "Washington's courage?" Several hands went up. "Jimmy Snaggs you may answer." "Please ma'am, he married b widow :" An entertainment for the leneiit of the Y. W. C. A. will be given at High School Hall Thursday evening March 19, at 8 o'clock, under the direction of Miss MacMonagle. The attractions are: "The Shades of Shakespeare Woinen," a one act play and Scarf Fantastics, consisting oí .March, drill, figures and tableaus, by the ladies. "An Old Ladies Gossip," a pantomime in costume by children. Miss MacMonagle wül recite, also will little Miss Mabel Crown. 8o with Songs by Mr. Harkm.s and other (music by High School Orchestra. we are quite eure of a ploasant eveiiing. Admiselon 10 ets. A case whie hattracted a great deal of attention at court last week, was one brought iy MlB. Elizabeth Lum, a niece ,H break Uw will of Sarah Goodrich, by whk-h the Goodrich homestead on Anu at., was left to her sister. Mts. Anua Xortli. Tlie llea, of Mv. Sawyer must have been very convincing to the jury, for they brought in a verdict in favor of b.reaking the will, against the evident good judgment of the judge and of the people generally. If there can be no wills made tliat -will hold. then people will have to make narranty deedfl iiile they yet live. In the tonner buII brought by Mrs. Lum, the general sympathy was with her. but in this suit but few thought her claim a just one. Hut the inscrutable mystery of a jui-y lbl a queer thing when Hs verdict is rendered. A Summer I tl y 1 , Picnic, excursión Radden Immersion, Rescup etfeeted, Wedding expected. A car load of hay teddors was shipped to France and Oermany Monday, ly the Aun Arbor Agrieultural Co. Baster Sunday oceurs this year on April 5. March 22 le Passion Sunday. Mareh l9 Palm 8uuday, brlnging Good Friday on April 3d. Revs. E. D. Kelly and L. P, Goldrick went to Battle Oreek yesterday to take part in a St. Patrick's Day eelebration at that place. Concert to morro w evening at Fríen Memorial Hall, under the auspiees of the Colondrina Mandolín Club, when the groat banjoist, A. A. Farland, will appear. John George Mase-r, who lived in the township of Aun Arbor, diod last Friday, having reached the good oíd age of 84 years 3 months. Funeral services were held Sunday, from Iiethlehem church. The Young Woman's Christian Aesociation of Kalamazoo received a donation, a few days since, of a lot valued at $2500, as a site for a building. The Y. M. C. A. is looking for a similar friend in Ann Arbor. Tho Heberlein concert which was announced for Friday evening, Mar. 13, In the Inland League eourse, was uhavoidably postponed until a later date. Due announcement will be hiade whien a future date is arranged. On Sunday last death carne to Sarah E., wife of S. "W. Merry, at her home on Geddes ave. The deceased had been ill several weeks, was 61 years old and had resided in this city upward sof six years. She was the motiher of F. T. Merry. Philip Leonard, of Eaton Rapids, who was quite well known in this city, and who owned considerable property here, died euddenly at hls home in Eaton Rapids laet week, with pneumoiiia. He leaves a wife, formerly Mies Sarah Geer, of this city. Mt-s. Btta Russell, a gradúate of t'he kindergarten department of Alma College, Mich., will conduct a kindergarten at No. 10 N. Thayer et., from 9 to 11:30 a. m. Any one haring cihildren to send, and all interested In the work are invited to cali. The eetimated cost of au electric road from Springwells to Ypsilanti is $520,000, or $20,000 per mile. To bring the road to Ann Arbor would cost $160,000 more, making a total of $680,000 for 'the line from Detroit to this city. Before the enteïprise is oompleted a cool million will bv nvested. Smith, of tlie Moairoe Democrat offers this (bit of sarcasm : "The linffalo Wild "tt'est show has taken out a license for an exhibition in Ann Arbor next summer. It is hinted that the_attractioiis will embrace t lie anaccepted applieatlons of the plains for the position of president of the Michigan Agrieultural college." Pi'Of. Chas. St. John was calling on Reading fi-iends lat week. He had }ust returned froni a irip to Harvard CnivcitíUy, where he went to receive tflie di-gr-ee of Master of Arts, an honor 1iieh that insiitution conférs upan very few men. tIiis being the first iu several years. Mr. St. John is now in Ohicjigo for ;i short, time, but will soon go to the University of Michigan bo nssist in sonie special seientific work.- Hustler. The peculiar mental 8 tra in on mail carriers in Washtenaw county, Iras caused two of them to becoxne violently insane, since last December. Their respective oamee are Louis Detling and Chrie. Walker. Detling has been sent to Pontlac and Walker is waiting for a vacancy in that lnstitution.- Stockbridge Sun. Lest some one sliould get a false impression fiom the above, and allow a prejudice to secure a foothold in their minds a.s to tlie sanity of üncle Sam's carrlea in Ann Arbor, it might not be out of place to stato that these two unfortunate gentlemen were not letter carriers ia this city but were mail carriers on tetar routes, one running from this city to "Weinsberg, the other from here to Dixboro. None of our carriers are non compos ment is.

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