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Company A lias live new inembers. Wedeesday evening the Glee Clul) Bings at University hall. The Eastern Stars made about $12 out of the ir leap year party. There is to be a practice íield day at the athletic field Saturday p. m. The Faculty Concert for to-morrow Ovening has been postponed until May 14th. The Northside Good Templars reallzed $30 from a social the other night. The O. E. S. holds it regular monthly meeting to-night, at Masonic Temple. On July 6 o 11 the railroads will Bell tickets to Bay View íor the camp meeting, good until August 15 lor one half fare. The past mont hof April was without exceptioo the ïiaiest April as to weather, that Michigan people ever gazed upan. The Political Equality Club meets with Mrs. Georg,'87 S. Main st., Monday at 3 lo'clock p. m. All interested are invited. You can attend the grand lodge Knights of Pythias, at Jackson, May 12 to 14, ifor onO and one-thlrd fare íor tíhe round 'trip. The supreme court recently confirmOd a Jadgement of $4,500 against the city of Kalamazoo lor damages from a defective sidewalk. The date for the new time table on the Aan Artxoir K'y, with a night passenger train eacih way has been fixed for tQie 17th inst. You can buy tieketa to Detroit to3ay and to-morrow, good to return May 8, for half-fare, because of the republican state convention. Sam Baumgartner, the S. Main st. grocer, is to (be married May 12, to Miss Marguevite Hartgen, of Detroit in St. Miary'e church, of that city. Prof. L. T. Wines has purchased tlie Winchell property on N. Univer-ity are., tihe price paid being $14,000. The sale was made through the Whedon agency. ■ "Wttio says ooir couneil is not sensitiomal? They are evidemtly composed of tlhe sou-t of material that soes to make up Buch vpines as Gen. Jackson had, for instimc. A little son of Mr. Rothenbucher, of Sering st., got Bome gravel stones in bis nostrils while at play Monday, and It took Ir. Weissinger a long time tö remove them. Dr. Tra. Blalr te M'ting up offices over the Farmer's & M; chanlc'a Bank. Telcplioiic Xo. 215 la Uie new one in the Frictian Cluteli & Engine Works. Architect Chas A. Bauer is drawing plans for eleven new buildings to be erected in 'this city this season. A naw surrey has been added to tlhe list of carriages in Robison & Oo's barn, and it is a tJiing, oí beauty. The city eemetery on the No-rthside was beautiffed on Arbor Day by the setting out Of 100 maple and elm trees. The officers of 'the Eastern Star have received ttieir new ro'bes and wlll swing out in tSiem to-uight, at the regular. It Ivas been iound necessary to place 75 extra eeats in University Hall to accommodate the demand for May Festival Beats. The school board -will spil the lots at the corner of Hill st. and Forest ■ave., if any ofte cares to pay the price asked, viz : $2,000 tnch. Cashier Phillils, of the State Savings Bank, has a pocket book containlng a small amount of money that he found on the campus. Next Suwday, May 10, Eev. W. Lenoir Hood, S. T. B., of Putuam, Conn., will occupy the pulpit of the M. E. church, both morning and evening. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. AI. E. ehurch, ' wlll give their regular miotnthly tea social in the churcli parlors on Thursday evening May 7. It is understood that the proposed new telepiione company did not receive sufficlent encouragement to warrant the starting of a new exchange The Political Equality Club will be represented at the state convention at Pontiac May 20, 21 and 22, by Miss Emma E. Bower and Mrs. E. I Pardon. Mrs. Haber, secretary, announces Chat the regular meeting of the Ladies Library Association Board will be held Monday, May 4th, at 3 p. nu, Ta the library. The saloon of Martin "Vogel, on De trolt st. was oirdered closed yesterday moming by Actlng Mayor Hiscock, because the proprietor had not filed nis bomds according to law. The council have bought of Christlao T. Gamss, a lot on the west side of S. Aehley st., just south of W. Liberty st., paying $500 for the same. ThiB Is foT the 2d ward building. Mr. Shannon received 2,000 last Friday the amount of the policy held by her lat ehusbaad Rob't. Shannon, in the ancient order of th eMaccabees. Surely th.at was not a bad Friday for her. Dr. W. W. Kichols, who is an expert horticulturalist, says that a ring of printer's ink surrounding the trunk of a plum treo will prevent the curculio from ascending the tree and stinging the fruit. A large party of friends dropped in on Henry Allmendinger, of Spring st., last Thursday evening, and reminded him that he had reached the half-century mark. Tliey had music and a jolly good time. The Ann Arbor Light Infantry was invited to be present at the öovernoi-'s Annuial May Festival in Lansing to-day. They have also been lnvited to particípate in a big Fourth of July celebration at Battle Creek. Will some of tflie good women, as ttiey replace their partly worn carpeta and fwniture with new, jilease remember that the Young AVoman's Ohristian Association have bare floors and meagre f urnishings. Give us fchose thi'ngs which can yet be useíul, please. AYlieelmen from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti !have got into such a notion of riding from one city to the other on their wheels, and then taking the miotor back, that the thing has becóme a nuisance to the motor line, and the practice of charging ten cents for carrying their wheels has now been adopted. Fred L. Ingraham vas the lion of the day Saturday. Several hundred fetudents were at the M. C. station as he arrived lióme from Chicago, and tfliey made the welkin ring when he appeared. Horses were not good enough to haul him up town, so the equines were taken off the carriage and the boys did that duty themselves. The carriage was drawn directly to University Hall, and a mass meeting oirganlzed in Room C. Mr. Ingraham Hvas obliged to give a specimen of his oratory as did Prof. Trueblood, J. H. Mays, and others. It was a jolly time. The public isessiom of the national convention of tlhe college fraternIty of Alpha Delta Phi, held at the University Hall last Thursday, was presided over by President Henry "Y;ide Rögers, of the Northwestern Univcrsity, and the program carried out was one of considerable interest. Prof. Stanley played the organ, Rev. Evart Smith, of Columbia College offered prayer, and a number of promient men of the country took part in the proceedings. The audience would have been larger, had the meeting been more generally known about. The "Woman'.s Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. will hold their regular monthïj business meeting Monday May 13, at 3 o'cloek in the rooms of the association. The swing out of the seniora wita tlieir capis and 'gowns at vespers last ThuTsrtay, was a very pretty affair. The costóme is very becomhiit alike to1 both sexes, and it is hoped that ii has come to Btay. 'Trom Eden to Eden" will be the topic for the ïecture ira the Adventist dhurch next Friday evening at 7:30 o'cloek. All seats Vree. The publ!c is cordially invited. Building corner E. Liberty and S. División sts. The Western Union telegraph ofiice handled 582 more raessages durlng April '90 than for April '93. "Whether thie indlcates a revival oí business or not iiS-A question, for you understand that sometimes telegraph compa.nies prosper on otlier people's misfortuin es. Asher A. Terry, wbo goes to Clinton Junction, "Wis., to remata Tor a time witih nis sister, Mrs. S. B. Hill, has lived in thi.s city 57 years. He has helped erect tnia.ny oí the i)ublic buildings and private residences as a builder .and ontraetor, ind the old town is very dear to him. Wm. A. Loevjoy, of Detroit, was in the "city" Monday. He now holds the pasltion of route agent for the American Express Co., having charge of the company's business in a certaiu district. Clare Durand, formerly in the express office here, also has a similar positiom, which are very important ones. A certain irreverent gentleman of this city learned ome tune in his youtli and omly one, and only one line of that, which was e, part of the gooü old hymn, "I'm godng home to die no more." He has changed the word to, "I'm going home to diñe once more," and sings it with great gusto at least once a day. The amnual meeting, election of officers and iMinquet of tne Ix)yal Legion wiU be held at Detroit Thursday, to-morrow evening. The members from Ann Arbor, Col. Dean, Maj. Soule J. T. Jacobs, Mai, Stevens, Dr. Breakey and otfliers will all be on hand, as It is underetood -that Maj. Soule is a caindidate for commander. Among the distinsuiehed people who wiU take part in the 63d Psi üpsilon general oonvention to be held here tomorrow and the day following, will be Judge Albion W. Tourgee, author of the famous works, "A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools,"' aiul 'Bricks Without Straw," together with Pro'. GoldwinBmith, of Toronto. Some two weeks üince. a young lad whose paren tB live On X. Main st., ran as-aiust a wire clotlhes line in efaeb a. way as to tear out three or four of his front teeth. Although the job was a delicate one íor a dentist to lumdle, yet Dr. 'F. F. Scott pat the teeth back in position. bound them tliere and to-day has the lad about as good as toefore the accident. The oase is on that re.lev.-ts credit upon Dr. Soott. In the circuit court Tliursday the two cases commenced agajnst ex-Co. Treasurer Paul G. liuekey, ïor appropriating public funds to private use, were disposed M. The ilrst one in the name tof the People, was ordered disoontinued by Judge Kinne, and the defendant dischai-ged, and the second brouignt by the Board of Superpervisors of tne ooumty against Mr. Suiekey and his bondsmen, was also discointiinuied without costs to either party. Th-uis eads a sad tale oí miisplaced confidence. The following soloists will take part at the concert of the L,yra Singing Society to be held at the A. O. U. W. hall on Tuesday evening, May 12: under direction of Prof. E. H. Kempf. Miss Farnuni, of Ypsilanti, soprano; Miss Flora Koen, soprano; Master Gerald Brown, boy soprano; Mr. Pease, baritone; Miss Mary Clarken, harpist, and Prof. E. N. Bilbie, violin. Songs by the Lyra Singing Society, recitations, etc. Friends of the society may procure tickets of the menibers, also at the following business places: Mann's drug store, Eberbach's drug store and Geo. Haller's jewelry store. Admission 25c, dancing after the concert. Prof. Stanley will explain the May Festival muslc this and Priday a.ternoon, at Frieze Memorial Hall. The S. L,. A. has given $120 to the Woman's Gymnasium, $25 to the S. C. A. and $20 to Mie library fund. Harry Dicksom of Detroit, lit '95, Who has a record of not a day missed in iive yenrs rit college, ij to go as a mlseionary to India. Mr. F. L. York has been chosen as onO of the few American composers to wrlte original compositions for a large wark to be called Vox Oi-gani soon to be published in Boston. It will comprehend the Vork of the best best organists of tliis and other countries. There is to be a. coinmittee meeting on Saturday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, at Bethlehem church, of the Christian Union, which is composed of all the Young People's of the various churches of the city. A program consisting of papers relative to the woTk of the eocieties, etc, will be carried out. At the annual meeting oí the Olí Missioïi Resort Association held in this city Friday afternoon, the lollowing board of directora were chosen : W. C. Kansom, Saginaw ; H. S. Dean, W. F. Breakey, E. H. Scott, Dr. V. E. Vauighan, W. C. Stevens, J. E. Beal, Ann Arbor ; W. K. Gibson, Milwaukee; C. W. Pierce, Chicago. C. A. Maynard claims to have iilled 150,000 orders at liis grocery store cm State et. since he h as been in business ïiere, a period of five years. That is an average of 30,000 a year, or 82 amd 14-73 each day, Sundays included, or over 100 e&ch week day. Mr. Maynard te a city iather and the fatlier of a family, and we can not doubt his word. At a meeting oí the vestry of St. Andrew's church Tuesday evening, at Harria Hall, Prof. B. M. Thompson, Geo. H. Poind tod Prof C. S. Denison were elected lay delegates to atteud fhe coming diocesan convention, to lie held in 'Emanuel church, Detixiit, June 10 and 11. The alternates chosen were : H. J. Brown, Dr. Fleming Carrow, and Prof. George W. Pattersoai. Would it not l.e tconomy on the part of the city ito have the gutters on both sides of the roadway on Spring st. paved? Every Bpring it takes a great deal tof work aud time to make good the damage doue to the street by storms washing out both roadway and gutter. Tiie ;xpense each seasom is almost enough to pay ior the paving, especially when stone are so plentiful on that thoroughfare. Three men met Hn Goodyear's drug Btore the other day, by chance, whose ages aggregated 245 1-2 yeare. They were : C. Blies '83 1-2, C. Spoor 83, Win. Wagner 79. Whe trio had been merchants in this city for years, Mr. Bliss coming here in the eai-ly 30's, and carrying on t(he jewelry business, Mr. Spoor hai-ness, etc, and Mr. Wagner, clothiag. Their reminiscences of the early days of the city are very mteresting. In Kalamazoo there is a determined effort being made to interest young mem in Sunday School work. Just berore the school begins, they are servwith coffee and cake, and it is proposed wten hot weather comes to serve ice cream. Tdie young ladiej are not included in the feed, possibly for the reason that the minister gave wlien he always addressed his congregat ion as "brethren ; he said the bi-ethren embraced the sisters.