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Prof. O. G. Goler is conducting a Bible Instituto at Owosso. A lodge Of Knigth of the Ixya] Guard is beiiiïg organized in the city. lïhose ivho purchased Choral Union tickets tor speculative purposes are quite llalli j to get le.t. The Hmnday excursiota. train on the Aun Arbor Railway had fiiteen coacheis and two engines. A claiss of about 45 law student? will bo admitted to practice in the citcuit court next Monday. John George Staébler, the hero of many battles has bean granted a pension, through "W. IC. Child's agency. Tlie Elnglteh Lutheran church society was aug-mented by the uniting wifeh' it of nine new members Sunday. C. F. Plardon put in two beeves Monday - not yet three years old - that dressed, 1,624 lbs. Tthey were bouncers. Mrs. Jdh nSedina has received $2,000 from tihe United Friends order, of which her late husband was a member. It was pretty cold last night, but no frolst in this vicinity. It is a dangerous cTianse in the weather, howcver. The old Hunter foundry on W. Huron et., has Teen rented and fitted np for a factory, by a gas; engine company. , Some of the boys about town ure killing off the rolbinis and song birds. Tbey rfeed a lessom to teach them ■wiiat the law is. No more carts can be pushed on the eidewalks. How about the three■wheeled bicyclee, tJie greatest nuisance and danger of all ? If the May Festival brings cold and Cisagreeable weather this year, Prof. Stanley will be petitioned to1 make it au October Festival nefeafter. Llghfcniiig is letting up a iittle on the Waehtenaw Mutual, the la-, etorm oinly killting one sheep lor Frpii B. Braun, of Aim Arbor tmvii. Are bhere any flies on Ypsilanti Guard Hall ? Tlhere are. Mr. Faasett, a f renco artist has been painting tfnem and all the other scenery of the stage in the hall.- Adrián Press As sodn as Postmaster Beakes can ge'b the stompe made, every letter received here will le given out stamped witlh the weather predictions for the day. j It is now City Attorney Thos. D. Keamey oaico more. Motiher's meetings at the Y. W. C. A. rooms every Tuesda.y at 4 p. m. Bring the llttle ones ï. aocessary. Yesfcerday was the last day for applicants for civil sdrvics exawinatton to file their blanlcs. There were eix appltcants In all, threa clerks and 'hiree carriers. Ab Norfhville the water board allow citizens to clioose their own time for eprinkling, wi'th only this proviso, that water shall not.be used more tham two hours each day. Next Sunday jevening at 7:30, the Reiv. Dr. George H. Trever, of Milwaukee, Wis., will deliver the last lecture in the Wesleyan Guild lecture cours at the Methodist church. The Youing Woman's Christian Association will hold their annual election at their rooms Monday evening Jume lst, at 7:30. A list of the nomimations will be found at the rooms. Rev. 'G-. C. Tenney, editor of the Keview and Herald, will give an address in the Adventist chui'ch, cor. E .Liberty and S. División ets., o uFriday OTening at 7:30, on "The Narure of ttie&oul." All seats free. Judge Kinne yesterday in the circuit court dissolved the injunction in the case of Mus. North vs. Mrs. Lum, and refusied to appoint a receiver. This is -a victory for Mrs. lu.m in the someWhat famous Goodrich will case. Mr. Inch lives in Ptmtiac. He is a fhird cottsim of Mr. Barleycorn of Saginaw, -and a dtetant relative of Mr. Föote of Jackson. He wouldn't go a rotl.-to 6O3 cltber o' them. - Adrina Press. If Plato liad lived vmtil to-morrow he would have been 1,467 years of age. Boor Plato, he lias been a long time dead. Now tíhe Marquis de Lafayette is considerably more modern. He only died 62 years ago yesterday. Tttie B. C. A. oí the high school will be offtoered as follow the coming year : President, Walter Himes ; lst vice president, Miss Cady ; -d vice president, Miss Co'oley ; secretary, Miss Bancroft ; treasurer, Markham Cheever ; pianist, Miss Bradshaw ; Bulletin editor, Edward Boylan. Dr. C. M. Cobern offered a resolution last week at the conference, to change ühe time of tlie General Canference from fur to six years. There nre many good reasona for this change, one on the score of economy as it costs $2,500 per day expenses of the conference. Next Sunday is Whiteunday, and siervices will be held at St. Andrew's dhurch as f ollows : Oelebration of Hioly Communion at 7:30 ; inoming pTayr at 9:30 ; second celebration of Holy CommiMiion and sermón at 10:30 ; evening prayer and sermón 'at 7:30. The teachers of all the primary grades of the pu'blic schools, are requested'by Mr. "W. IC. Childs, shairmao of the committee on flowere, to have their echiolars bring all the ïlowers thiey can to the court house basement, on Friday afternoon, May 29th, where they will be taken care of and used tor the Memorial Day services. This is requested because of the difficulty in making the bouquets and arranging the flowers if they are not brought until the morning of Memorial Day. Ëstenisive preparations are being made by the college girls; for serving doffee and ices after the May Festival concert. Booms A and B have been givetn up for thiis purpose, one of wincli will be a Japanese room and the other is tobe decorated with ïlowers wñich have been kindly lent by Mre. Oomsine. The decorating is under the dü-ection of Miss Alice Hunt Ie is hoped that these efforts will be rewarded by a gemerous patronage and a goodly eum may be added to the furnd ior the Woman's Building. Calling upon the members of the fire department to act as (special police, in cases like that of last' Friday evening, is som-etlüug that should not Ie repeated. Firemen are not intended to act as special policemen lexcept in case of a fire. Suppo ing an alarm of fire ehould be eent in and all or a large part of the firemen were absent on special pólice duty ? Would the citizens not complain, and justly, be cause of such a sltuation ? For one the Oowrier believes that the members oí the fire department should be confined to duty as flremen. The Ascensión Day services held by Ann Arbor Commanclery K. T., Sund;iy aftemoon, were very fine. Tlie Commandery, with fifty swords in line, marciied to Fo-rest Hill cemetery where the graves of twenty-one brothtb were diecorated with. flowers, and at the grave of Hon. Hiram J. Beakes the ritual Bervice was read, and a fine address delivered by Bir Knight Rev. W. L. Tedrow. This service tp mpmoi-y of those who have passed away, is . beautiful one, and Bhould be perpetuated as loing as the order laste, which no doulbt will be as Jong as tlhiere are any inhabitants liere. J. F. Srfnuh has the cointract for plumbing Lu Keiuiirer & Mlllen's store. The Uaiiversity Masonic Club wlll have a banquet at Prettymau's June Gth. The employés of the Ann Arbor K'y have been fitted out with new blue uniformis. Stantön D. Brooks bas been appointed principal of the high school at Adrián. Out county iboard of supervisors wül meet on the 21st of June to take up the qucst:ou of again cqualizing the couuty. Say, did you know that Christopher Columibus died just 390 years ago to-day ? Well he did, or history is at fault. , ThO fürst 150 of the swing chairs manufactured by the Ann Arbor Chair Co. are now rea-dy for market. They are elegant. In tlhe Jirst mieiet o(f our base ball team with Chicago we were thefcr meat. The secomd time they were our mëat. It is meet. The Juiry was paid off and discharged last Thursday, after a couple of weeks of extremely laborious exerclse on the court house chairs. If you want to run up against sometfaing worth all the money asked for its what's the matter with taking tjiei Ann Arbor Courier one year ? It ooists only $1, and is well worth $5.The Coldwater Courier states that "Prof. E. H. Harriman has announced his intention of resigning his poisition, ajid will enter the V. oiM. to complete the studies neeessary to secure an M. S. degree."1 The heavy wimd that prevailed all diay Sunday, etripped all the dead limbs off of shade trees In city, and maay live iones were1 broken off aleso. The youtig and tendee foliage on trees and plants was also1 inJured. On an. out-of-town pilnted job - an advertising scheme oí as little value aá the clotlh'es worn by the average hobo- the name of one of our prominent business men is printed as "Haugsterfei's." There are so few printing offices in the city you know. Paul Day, lit '92, was married last Priday eveming to "Miss Rebecca Scottn, duu'ghter of Dianiel Scotten, of üetroït. The wedding was a maguificent affair, ome of t)hc most brilUaart ever hield in that city. Prof. Barl "W. Dow waa present as a guest. ïlamessmaker Y,olland, of Ann Arbor, has been in tlue tugs of tlhe business 54 yoars. Very few men have been harnessed to a t rade so long. Volland is still ective and intends to pureue (his calling till death unbuckles tlhe bellybatnd of life and checks his career. - Manroe Democrat. Miss Mary TV'iUiams, daughter o{ Pliof. aod Mrs. Jolin W. Langley, ís to be married June 2d to Dr. Henry B. Herricfe, at Betkwit hMemorial chureb Cleveland, Ohio. The bride and her parents were former residente here and have many friends who -vvill wish thO couple a Iout:, joyous nnd useful life. Tlie scheme te again being telked about of consolidatins the Palladium and Castal'an, 'the two colli-ge annuï li ane tesued by thef raternities and the other by the Independente. It will pröbably end in talk as usual, though the combiming of thie two would no doubt be better and less expensive for all concerned. There will be a special meeting of the legal voters of Amn Arbor School District Xo. 1, called by tto district board, at the supervisor's room in the oourt house, on the 25th day1 of Miay, 1896, at 2 o'clock p. m., for tliO purpose of voting on the question of building an addition to the 3d waard echool building. The wheolmen who liave suffered considerably by having tacks and broten glass scattered on walks or paths, hiope to effect a cure for thHs species of uinkindness or as some cali it, "cussediness," by raising a íund and prosecuting some sulpritfor scattering the iiijurious articles- if they can ascertain wlio does it. The ecarcity of young colts this spring is remarkable. Very few are seen thirougii the country. The bicycte amd electric Btreet railways have evidently reduced the prices so the farmers have ceased Tïreeding them. In two or three yea.rs there is liable to be a demamd for a few good, young horses at fair prices with no supply to meet it. A cantemporary in urging the lm-', provement of country roads s.ays '. 'It is no neeessary to increase tases td geit Uetter roads ; all that is oieoassary is a better expenditure of the taxes levied to-day."' Tnie. There are mamy .miles of country roads in tlhis country on rsvhich $3,000 per mile has Teen spent in the last thirty years witliout the least betterment of tlhe roads. There are occasional ooïnniuinitaieis xat can see the folly of such a waste, but they are so rare that country roads as a rule are a. disgrace to the men who control tliem. ' i . . The mosquito erop is an excellent ome tliis year and fishermen ought not to complaim for bites are plentiful. Wm. 'Herz a.nd ölrisütian Martin will atténd thie state convention to be lield at Muskegon June 0-11 inclusive, as delegates for the T. 'O. H. The tall chimney the Hay & Tod'J Mf'g 0o„ opposite the Courier building on N. F'ouj-tih ave., was. t ried. Sor the first time Saturday, and tound to work all right. The early hours and the late hours, af "Wednesday nijght and Thiursday morntaig resounded -with : "What have we deme ? Oh ! what have we done ? Scooped Chicago six to none !" The new hotel which Michael Brenner ts making out of the old Franklin House will be one of the most eommodlous and complete In the city whon finish ed. An Ann Arbor colored man last week took poison because his wiferefused to remove to Toledo with him. He w-as insane without a doubt. - Monroe Democrat. Sure. The memibers of the local branch of the Oatholic Mutual Benefit Associatiom attended mass and received commu'nioai in a body at St. Thomas' cHiuirch early eervice last Sunday. Herman "W". Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes, the murderer who was hung at Philadelphia recently, was a student in the medical department, entering in '82 and graduating in '84. Th-e first. instance on record of n student of this college being executed, and it is devoutly hoped it will be tihe last. Tlie anniversary meeting of the Y. VT. C. A. wül be held at the Presbyteriam church Sunday evening, May 24. The program will consist of music, reporta of the year's work and an address by Rev. J. M. Geteton. All are invitied to be present and become acquainted witJi the aims and work of taie Association. The putting oon of a new night train each way on the Ann Arbor llailway makes it very convenient for the many people of An nArbor who are members of clubs or have summer houses of rtieir o-wn at Zukey and neightooring lakes. People can go from here in the vening now, after business hours tnd return in th? mo ■nii' bf ore business commences. Tlie railway company will reap the beneiit too. It is not often that a literary society of the High School ventures to give a puiblie entertainment, but wlien such a step is taken it should receive the hearty support of the citizeas óf An nArbor. Lyceum Xo. 1 of the High Sehtool haJs challeniged the Cres'cent society of the NVrmal, to a joint debate, which will be held in High School Hall on Friday, May 29, 'at 8 p. m. Music will be iurnished) by the High School orchestra. Let all Imterested in the school attend, as this is distinctly an entertainment gíottem up by the students. The calendar for the üniverdity School of Music for the year 1895-6 ha.s just been issued from the Oourier presses, and is tncreased this year to a pamphlet of 26 pages. It takes five pages to hold the namel of the 180 students in attendance upon the school. It" you have not already done so, secure a copy and send toi some friend who is thilnking of o'bt-aining ing a muisical education, or hand the name to Prof. Staailey or to Mr. Spence at the office. The school is getting famoius ïor thie good work it does, being thorough in everything.