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4
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November
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1896
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Aun Arbor city gives McKinley 1,530, Bryan 1,056 ; Pingree 1,629, fíhigh 910 ; SpaMing 1,515, Barkworth 1,079 ; Campbell for state senator, 1,550, McDougall 1,060 ; An-drew J. Sawyer for representative, 1,733, N'ordman 878. The republicana carry the county for McKiiúey by upwards of 300 ; and I'ingree by nearly 1,000. Andrew J. Sawyer for representative in the lst district Is elected by a plurali-ty of 700. Andrew Campbell, republican, for senator carries thie county by 340, and loses Jackson by 277, thus insuring his electiom. John K. Campbell has been elected in the second district by upwards oi 50. It was the men who go out and bustled thait got the votes. It was the company that he didn': keep that hurt Bryan most. St. I.oute cam no longen be consider d a hoo-doo. The croes, as a poütical emblem wül never be used again, it is beletved. Those official ballots dld the business after all. Vote for- no you needn't elther, ome to thlnk about it. There were upwards of 1,000 people who went from Aun Arbor to Detroit Saturday. Mrs. Jane Powell of Flint, has bought the fruit farm of L. D. Grose, on Geddes ave. In the circuit court Friday, Chas. Dennen was granted a divorce from Josepliiiie Dennen. The Political lEquality Club met with Mrs. Avery on Church St. last Monday afternoon. The interior of Dr. V. C. Vaughan's eesiclence on S. State st., is belng handsomely ïrescoed and decorated. The attendance at St. Thomas' Coneervatory of Music, is reported at doublé the number of last year. Qn Friday evening last the young people of Bethlehem church had a íiiiB social and a grand good timt The Chaf ing Dish social glven by the Junior C. E. Society, Friday evening, ■was a novel affair, and greatly, enJoyed by those present. The initiatory exercises of several college iraternltles on Saturday evening last, added much to the Hallowe'an festivitles of the night. ud this deplorable fact You have liad occasion to note, 'hat the one that is snvt-a, as a general thing, Ib the felluw who rocks the lioat. -Chicago Tribune. Monday was all Soul's Day, in the hurch calendar. Sunday next is Rally Day at the jinglish Liutheran cliurch. Fred laly is a new Voy oost In St Andrew's vested choir, and he is a good one, too. A very quiet and respectabie Halowe'en. The most quiet known in years and years . A number of the High School puii'Ls met at Granger's Friday night and had a dancing social. Twenty-three persons beenme members of the Presbyterian church last Sunday, 20 by letter and 3 by professlon. During these troublous political times 103 organs have been sold by the Ann Arbor Organ Co., during the past month. The Chefeea Herald calis our genial P. O. official Fred Hourlett. That was before election. He is Howlett now, all right. It will be a great day for Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti when the Electric cars unite the two, and a celebration of the event ought to be had. Should a Humane Society be used for political purposes ? Many people who have held their membership therein each year to help along the cause, are asking that question. Capt. Allen claims not to have changed nis views on the money question since he made the speech to the Insurance men, publiished in the Courier two weeks ago. That's good. The troiily cars will be running now in a few days on the motor line between the Twin CSties, but the contractors couldn't make the $500 bonus by getting their work done November lst. Ex-Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson had a fine audience at the opera houpe Saturday eveoing, which was the close of the campaign for the Honest 'Money party. It was one of the very best meetings of the season. The Board of Supervisors completed their annual session Friday, and each one took hls bundies and went home. It was one of the shortest annual sessions the board ever held. Thanks to lts chairman, John R. The triunjph of the f oot ball team at Detroit Saturday, over the Lehigh College eleven, by a score of 40 to 0, was a victory that caused the boys to shout long and loud, and oiethat was very satisfactory to all Ann Arboritee. The annual meeting of the Womans Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. occurs Monday afternoon Nov. 9th, at 3 o'clock, at the association i-ooms. Every member is urged to be present, as important business is to be transacted. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Keech have given tho sewing school a donation and Mrs. John H. Cutting made glad the workers of the same school by presenting them with a large bundie of new cloth. Others would be wise in doing likewise. Schumacher & Miller have a very attractive aquarium flHed with gold fish, in their new drug store. The flsh have a black, streak on their backs and look like a new species. Mr. Schumacher says he has sold 400 of these beautiful fish. A team hitched to a wagon load of potatoes, ran away in Ann Arbor, and sowed the streets with free potatoes, each of which winked an eye paitofuUy, as much as to remark : 'Thie takes the starch out oí me !" - Adriiaa Press. Ex-Supervteor James L. Gllbert of Chelsea, was married on "Wednesday last, Oct. 28, to Mrs. Fannie Watkins oí Grass Lake. Mr. Gilbert kept very qulet about it when he was down here a íew days since, and our county clerk kindly bid the license, and so he sprung the thing on us very suddenly. Nevertheless, the groom's many frienda wlsh him happiness and success. A lad 12 years oí age was killed at Ann Arbor, last week, while jumping upon a moving train. In lils conr pany was Jiminie Blytlieman who of course escaped. Loaded down wtth crimes and escapades of all sorts, that boy Blytheman, bears a charined liía and slips safely through, while nilsfortune, the prison and death await others at the threshold. 'Tis a strange world !- Adrián Tress. The people wlio went to Detroit Saturday to see the great Sound Honey parade, were not disappointed. It was one of the íinest things Detroit ever eaw. The only thlng to crltlclse was the fact that it should have atarted in an hour earlier. A lot of hoodlums around the Soldler's Monument tried to ralse a disturbance once or twice, but the pólice were too numerous and qulck for them : And they flnally quieted down from sneer exhaustion. Mrs. ff. L. Babcock rendered "Calvary" as a solo at the Presbytevian cliurr.h Sunday, and it was greatly praised. Bridget Egan, who Lived at No. 8 Elizaboth Bt., dicd on Thursday last, aged 73 years. Funeral seirl -es vera held on Saturday morning from St. Thomas church. An After Camp Inspection Hop is to be given by the Ann Arbor Iight Infantry, at the Armory on "Wednesday erening next, Nov. 11. Inspection "wili occur at 8:15. The remains of a b'rother of David Henning, -who dled some time since at "Washington, D. C, were brought to 'this city for interrmenr n Forest HilU cemetevy last Thursday. The talk of Rev .Graham Taylor of Chicago, at the Y. M. C. A. meeting Stmday aftemoon, was one of tl. e finest eventB that association has ever enjoyed. Those who mifesed it missed a great dealThe first concert of the Clioral XJnlon Series -will be given by the Theodore Thomas orchestra on Tuesday evening next, Nov. 10. This is the only engagement outeide of Chicago that the Thomas orchastra has accepted. The 82d birthday of Mrs. FLorella Harris was celebrated, one day last week by ten oí her Iriends, at lier home on E. Catharine st., the youngest being near 80, two being S7, two 84, two 82, etc. The occasion was an enjoyable one, however. The new flag stone walk around the Masonic block, and the fresh new paint all over the exterior oí saicl block, makes a wonderíul change in the appearances of thïngs there. , Xt ts one of the most striking improvements the business part of Ann Arbor has had in many a day. Do not lorget the next entertainment in the Y. M. C. A. Lyceum course. It wtll occur on Thuvsday evening next at the Presbyterian chureh. and be given by the Boston Temple Quartette, one of the very best musical troupes traveling. Tou ■will miss a great evening if yon miss them. Once again are the newspaper men of the city under obligation to Manager Thos. J. Keech, of the local Telephone exchange, for hls kindness and generoslty in furnlshlng rroe of exp nse election returns. A complete scheme had been evolved by him to have the returns trom every preo.ltict of the county brought to the. nearest telephone st-ation and forwarded here. By that means nearly a complete return was secured from the county last nleht. One of the old and highly respected residents of thls city, died on Wednesday last, in the person of Elizabeth T., widow of the late Andrew J. Sutherland. The deceased had been !n poor health for a long time, and resided with her daughter airs. Alice Tj. Haven, at No. 27 E. Jefferson st. The funeral services were held at the house on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Sutherland had been a resident Of Ann Arbor since an early day. had atsvays been a constant member of the M. E. chureh, and in her prime was ome of its most devoted workers. She was held in the highest esteem in the community. Of a former Ann Arbor lady the Wheeling, West Va., Register of a recent date says : "Mrs. Stella Sebastian McClure, of Ann Arbor, Mich., sang two very beautiïul solos in St. Matthew's chureh yesterday that will be long remembered by tliose fortúnate enough to hear her. The singing of 'Judith' was most artistie ; the recltation was clear and dlstinct, and the air was a severe test of the wonderíul control of her voice, which -was rendered with perfect comprehension and unfaltering art. Mrs. McClure possesses a soprano voice oí long range and of extremely fine quallty. It is hoped she may be heard here again before her departure." Ono of the happy men s Eugene Helbei-, of the Neue Washtenaw Poet. The Western Union telegraph operators were not the only people who were up all night last night. The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. clun-cU wiM give their regular monthly tea social on to-morrow, thursday evening Look out for the sneak thief who prowls about your house and watches his chance to sneak in and help hlmself to something. The annual meeting of the Needie Work Guild will occur on Nov. 12, at the residence of Mrs. Perry at 3 p. m. The public is invited to this meeting. When a citizen of Illinois comes way to Aun Arbor to do a candidate au injury, just out of spite, he must be pretty well heeled for these hard times. The Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas snow storm did not reach us Saturday or Sunday as predicted. Both were elegant days here, as lar as weather was concerned. Germania Ixidge D. O. H. has purcliased a lot at the corner of W. Wiiliam and S. Second st., on which a hall for the use of the society will be erected in the near future. Her. Fr. Kelly advertises for bids for the stone work, rough carpentery and rooïing of the new church ediiice ior St. Thomas' Society, jieeded to get the structure enclosed. The Hallowe'en social given by the Woman's Auxiïiary of the Y. Af. C. A., at their rooms last Friday evenlug, was a grand success, uumerically, socially, and every other way. The Christian and Mlssionary Alliance are to hold a convention in the Church of Christ, cominencing to-morrow evening at 7:30, and continuing tlirough Friday, Saturday and Bunday. Iaii. J. Carroll who ha been the efficiënt circulator of the Detroit Journal in thia city for a time, has been appoiiited to a messenger's position in the U. S. postal service. Good ior Dan. A stabbimg affray occurred "Wednes day about noon, in the rooms above Polhemus saloon. A man said to hall trom Saginaw, atteinpted to kil a woman living there. After the deed he escaped aní had not been round at tlie time of güing to press The wound is said Vo be very serious. The.-e was certainly talking enough during the past campaign. The demo oratie committee report 170 speeches in this county, and the republicana 134. That ought to have úeen enougii to have shown every voter in the coi;nty where he was at, but some way some of theni didn't appear to know, after all. The weekly paper that comes out the next day after election is the one that tries the patience and the metal of the man in whose hands i te destiuies are placed. The minute the election takes place that minute all politieal articlea are valueless in the eyes oí the reader, and to iind anythiug else that is oí interest is hard indeed. This has been a remarkable year ior the growth oí everything in its season. even down to the tiny ilower. A. lady on Washington st. has a bed of pansies which have lived through the frosts of October, are still blooming and are of most exquisite beauty, sonie oi thein being "2 1-2 inches in width. -

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