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Day
12
Month
May
Year
1897
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Public Domain
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Jay W-owcleu has granted an otr%imíul pension. Thio ti. O. T. M'e propasa to gflve a fine entertainment BO'on. Mt. and Mrs. C. C. Dures havo. a i ''1 i le 'daiugilíiter at thieir home . H. M. Cuirtis lias been chocen presIdoinit of tilxe Board of Putollc Works. Thiere aino iu tthíe lililí BChO'Ol 235 stiduoats, ot 59 more tinaja laet yar. Tlie new tcl-ephiome eompany has tarted ou't wltlh. orer 100 Bivbscribers. MayiOT Hiai'ding b&láeyes iu paving, also, anid th.ilnks naw ís tho time to do ñt. A bam belougámig to Wm. Coiurt buiriiiwï otie niglit last week. ïnsured $50. Mts. EUstoa Lwoimis la catertaining a few diays, Jiier etisteír llrs. Brilttoa oil D-ayton, Ohóo. iMtb. H. C. Ammerman hae been chosen vioe pi'esilleiat of tihe Washtenaw Oo. Baptist Ass'a. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ii. Yosltí atte-ndefl i'he Mardock-Barley mip'íjials at Xni-lihvMlu last ThiirB'dBy. Nelsoai Holmes &M on Wednesday aítenioon oí last week, aiged 78 years. He luad lUvned hefe eáJace ÍSTA. Prof. G-oonge hias bad his salary Bacreaeea from $1,500 ta $1,800 per year by. the board oí feducatio.n. Praf. Jackson bias commenced the erectilo'n oí a naw resüdence fub the comer of Emniefc and Xormal ets. The Occidental property h-as been ma.die to ajssume a very neat appearajooe by the mearan of ïreali paint. Tlue Oottuon'bïan Comedy Company Is drawüng full hauises at ttuei opera luoTise tliis veek, on oheap ad!miiBsins. Cïty Treasurer Hènipliill bas giren a bond to the cáiby of $15,000, wiltli H. P. Glover andi &aimuel Pdst as suiretiïes. Dr. and Mrs. BugenO fsmliitto were Cfllled to Gourtlanrt, N. Y., Tluursday last, by tte illness cxf the Doctor's iaitiher. Georgo H., som of Poetmaster Bogardne. and a fO'rmer Ypsii. boy, was mar&ed April 10, to Miss Alma KueJin, of Syracuse, N. Y. Aft-ei' payiïng all outstandilng orders Ypsáia.ntis treasmry cjcnnmenced' the new fiscal year vribh a balance ora tuand of $4,721.32. The board of pajJbHc works wiil allcw laravn. spntnklinig omly between tihe hiours of 6 anxL 7:30' a:. m., and 6 and 7:30 p, nu, local ttiiie. S. Luke's PariSh Aid Society chose ïfrs. Gilbert as directress ; Mrs. Slmtie, yice ; Mrs. Swainie, Étec'y; Miss Gilbert, treas.. at its last meetitog. Tliils city was miigh.ty lucky last yoar as fa:r as tïres were oomcerned. ThOTe Tvere but {Mteen a.larms diirims tlie yeai'. wilth a t-Mta.l loss of $3,500. It oost tlhiis ci'ty $1,177.95 to take care of ite poor laist yea-r, and the fiunicl has a balance on hand for the new year of $22.28, and' also 20 ooridls oí wood. Postmaster Bogiard-us has had fine success i'n dispasiniq; of hia cocker sponiel puppies. He eold ome last week to an Adrlan gentleman lor $50.- Serittoel. 'The pasfrp o-nemteoit of the McKiaisttry case uinitii tlhe Octoibeir term. oí tlhe circuit courfc }s no. surprise to any ons fti Ypsilanti. The euirp-vise rcouild come the otter way. viz : if lt öhculd comee to trial. 5Iis Launa Jenimess is president of the Presbyterian C. E. society ; Hen■ry Pratt, vice ; Hat tóe Bwift, cor. sec'y ; Grace Sbang record, eec'y ; iTas. Gi'iieYie, treaeure.r ; Jennie M-oore chaiirïaau Junior commilttee. The eommon caamcU of this citty gave out the word, ifc ts aid, that no man oould be mansthal cxcept a demoarat, and t.hat ■'as what beat Itass. üp at Aan Arbar, politics li ".'siv't seem to omt muclL' figure, and tlie mix up is great - buit then, the coumoll fThere is repuiblican. Thlirtty-three years agO yesterd'ay Dir. Ti. T. Oo-omibs was waunded. !tn tlie battle of tlie Wiildörness, reciilliing tihie1 scènes o{ those atreadful aiays, lias reasom to be grateful. for hUs present pleas&nt surno'undings. Thieii a.nd nw ïonmi a' striiki'ng contraiSt.- YpeUantiam, May C. "Waldnon Ourlte, a yomng lad aged 1G yetafrs. whio Is ebrongly incHnedto gfO -n-norug, ■was Bemitenoed Ty .Tustdico Obiiflids thSa mioi-niiing to SO days in the counltiy jail. Hie oifeoise conBiisted in. putiilng a whiite stoieet ob ■a bnaom and callilng poople liiving on B. Crosa streeifc to tlieiir doors he would suddenly -Ohirusb thóB ghostlike o!bje;t) fa fnonlt o{ t'hemi.- Daily Times1. The mayor has appointted; OUver H. "West f all, marginal ; Erastus pleye and Olías. Hipp patrolmen ; Dr. B. Batwell, city pihysician. ; X. B. Perkilns mernbor b uard ol puBlde works. 'The eotuncll elected P. W. Oarpeniter, city clerk ; E. W. Heniphill, treasaner ; W. W. AVordc-n-, cliieï of firo deparlmerat ; L. X Brown, city atloiiiey ; T. 1). Creo-';), street commissioner ; C'lKis Woodwiird, survcyor. STANDING COMMITTEER. Mayor Harding bas appointed tl o following standing committees for the year : Ways anrl Means- Gaudy, Worden, Shaefer. Streets uud walks- Davis, Moore, van Possen. Fire Department- Schatfer, Lamb Shaefer. Prlntlng- Worden, l)n. is, (;iudy. 1, census- Lmb, Huston. Van Kussen. Salarles - Moore, DavJs, Qaudy. Ordinances- Scbaffer, Gaudy, Ilusión. Markels - Lamb, Hustou, Meanwell. Brldges - Worden. Moore, IJavis. Snpplies - Lftnib. ïluston, Van Fossen. Cemeteries - Worden. Gaudy. MeauwelJ. Pouuds- Huston, Meanwell, .Moore.

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