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There Will Be An Indoor Lawn Social

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Day
18
Month
March
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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given in the parlors of the Presbyterian cliurch, Friday evening, by tlie Junior Christian Entleavor Society, from 7 to 10 o'clock. The repii'blican city commlttee held a meeting last Saturday evening and resolved to hold the caucuses in the various warde on Monday evening, March 30th, at 7:30 o'clock p. m. See ealls on 8 bh page. Every Thureday afternoon, directly after the vesper services, Prof. Stanley will give a short recital upon the organ. This will be good news to many people who have been nrging tihe Professor ior some time t do this. The next thing to be introduced here in the mail service is the horseless mail wagon. This will be a sad blow to Chris. Do-nnelly, who has the fastest equine on any oí the routes and who is not in the habit of taking any one's duet. Only a ftew weeks ago an article was published in this paper telling of the honor which had come to President Harrington of the State University at Seattle, Washington, and now comes another it being his election as a member of tihe Geographical Society, of Manchester, England. The Chicago ínter Ocean says of Mr. Farland, tne "banjoist, who appears at Frieze Memorial Hall to-morrow evoning : "Th fact that a performer plays Beethoven's Sonata, op. 30, Bach's sixth violin Sonaia, and Mendelssonn's Concerto, op. C4, on & banjo, reveáis new powers in the instrument." Ann Arbor Coinmandery Knight Templar had a glorious time last nigh at their annual inspection, which wa followed by a banquet, to which thei ladies were invited. Ex-Mayor W. G Doty acted as toastmaster, and after th festivities at the temple Mr. and Mrs Doty received the grand officers, th Knights and their wives at their resi dence, on S. 5th ave. James K Applebee the Shakesperean scholar and orator, will give two lec tures in the Unity Club course nex week. Monday eveniug he will lectur apon Shylock, and Tuesday evening upon tlie Sonnet nf Shakespeare, their moral and religious uses. Monday and Tuesday evnings of the following week he will lecture upon Poe, with selections from his writings, and upon Maebetli or John Wesley. On Friday, Mareh 13, Mrs. Mary Siefert, nee Horn, died at lier home in Detroit, of typlioid pneumonía, agetl 29 years. She leaves a Inisband and two young ehildren, daugh-tera. Mrs. Siefert lived in Ann Arlxr as a young lady, and had many friendB here who will greatly regret her deatii. Funeral services were held in Detroit on Sunday, severa! friends from this city attendlng. There ie quito ;i lear nmong the University people ;md students especially, that Prof. Calvin Thomas, who is now studying in (ermany, may accept the tempting offer made by the trustees of Columbia University, to take the chair of Gemían languages and literature, made vacant in that University by the death of Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. It would be a great loss to the University if he did so. The People vs. Paul G. Suekey. Appropriating public money to private use. When this case was calted In the circuit court Monday. there was a scène in court. The array of lawyers was great for the defenee. and the attempt to get the case was powerful. The Judge however. was opposed to such action. and belleved that it ought to come to trial. The result was a clash and some sharp passages followed. The result was that the case went over until Monday. At the meeting of the Politieal Equality Club last Monday. tliere was a good att-endanoe. Two papers were read, one giving a history of this county, and nnother a lilstory of this city. Both were excellent. The usual questions and answers were gonethrough with, and it was considered by all members present an hour or more profitably spent. The next meeting wül be with Mte. HCtsdale on Waahtenaw ave., next Monday. An effort is being made by our city officials, to disperse the gangs of boys froni ten years okl upwards, who ccmgregat-e evenings at the post-office, opera house or etreet corners. These lads are forming habits that are a curse to themselves and may be a menace to the ipeace and welfare bf the oommunity, when they shall beoome men. The curfew ordinance may be eonsidered ia sort of an "Aunt Nancy" affair, yet il it was strlctly enforced it would add to the good moráis of the community, and be the means of eaving many boys, and girle also, from vicO and degredation. Slnce Kansas isa températe State, One nften wonders why lts farmers growl about the drouth- Great Scott! of course its dry! The 'Whiskers Club of the University, consisting of 20 law students, will hold a banquet Saturday night. A pound social was held on Monday evening, by the "W. R. C, at the home of Jas. B. Saunders, on N. Main st., and resultad in a pleasantt ime. The 26th meeting of the Michigan Schoolmaster's Club will be held in this city at Frieze Memorial Hall, on Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28. The Michigan Central railroad oompany will sell round trip tickets to Kaginaw, at the time of the state cncampment of the G. A. R. of Michigan, tor one and one-third fare. Ticketc will be on sale March 30 and April 1 and 2, good to return April .'!. Marguerifce Ada, tlie tliree weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T-. Oorr, of N. Main st., died on Tuesday of last week. Funeral services were held from St. Thomas church on Thursday morning. The child was a grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sauinders. The New York Daily Tribune of March 12, gives an account of the death of Ex-Assemblyman Alembert Pond, of Saratoga, N. Y., after an extended illness. The deceased was an own cousin of Justice E. B. Pond, Miss Abbie A. Pond, of the public schools, and of Geo. H. Pond, of this office. Wm. R. Hardy, a Benior law, rom Abingdon, 111., died at his home on om March 11. He had been taken ill some 15 weeks previous witli peritonitis, bad spent 10 weeks in the hospital and had a serious operatiau perfonnpd, but all to no purpose, as tlie ivomul would not heal, eo some weeks ago he was taken home to die. The senior literary class of the Vniversity has dwided to dónate $G00 with which to purchase a suitable memorial to be presented to the University. The committee reported in fa-or of ,a granite drinking fountain for the center of the campus, but it was not adopted. A class tax of $5 eacli. was voted, with $3 extra for attendanci' ai the senior reception. One of the first svhlte childrén bom in tlhJs city, Rev. Aloxander Gee, üied at his home in Pontlac onFriday last. He first saw tlie liht o{ day In this city May 10. 188, amd was nearïy 68 years of age. His fattier Elbridge Gee, came to WasJitnaw in 1823, and dispated the honor of being the first actual settler int i. is epunty witb Ben]. Woodrufi, the founder of "Woodrufi's Grove." near Vpsilanti. A grandson of this famoiis old pioneer, uul son of the deceased, is at present attendlng the Unlvérsity. When the busv little bee isn't 8tlnglng, isn't Or a-sticking lts probosci in the flower. in the ilower, In the bonnet of the 8tate8inun 'tis a-singlng, 'tls a-slnging, And a-stugiug, and a-slnging by the hour.

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