The City

Special meeting of the council tonight. Stephen Fairchild's health is slowly improving. Bom to Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Nichols, Sunday, a giil. Tne auotion hardware store has packed up and left town. Christian Frank, of Saline, was thn first to pay bisliquor tax. Thos. W. Keene at the opera house next Wednesday evening. The circuit court will begin to grind out justice next Tuesday. A. L. Noble furnished company X with those nobby light colored hats. J. Austin Soott has resigned the presidency of the pomological society. The Bazaar is determined to sell goods during May. See advertisement. The Orchard Lake cadets were photographed by Randall last Saturday. Dr. Breakey's residence is being much improved with a new coat ot paint. The Detroit base-ball club opens the league sea-on in Indianapolie, today. Sedgwick Dean, of this city, has been elected a director of the T., A. A. & N. M. R.R. Thirteen young people will be confirmed in the Scio Germán Lutheran church next Sunday. The drug stores of Mann Bros., and Eberbach & Co. will soon be lighted with electric light. The annual meeting of the Ann Arbor Water company will be held in this city, next Tuesday. The " bosses " and masons have agreed upon nine hours for a days work, at $3.50 and $3.75 per day. The trial of Wm, H. Campion, for being drunk, Sunday, April 17th, has been continued until May 2. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Amsden, of the First ward, died last Saturday, with the measle8. The American Express Co., and Western Union Telegraph Co. are moying mto their new quarters today. Mack & Schmid have purchased of Shaw Bros. a four-acre lot in Baldwin's addition. Consideration $1000. The White eewing machine company will soon move to the store one door west of the Savings bank, on Huron st. The entertainment given by the Second Baptist church, at Firemen's hall, last Friday evening, was very interesting. Justice Frueauffcommitted Wm. Brian to the county jail, Monday, for ten days. William was drunk the Saturday before. Joseph Martin, who has clerked for John M uehlig for the past thirteen years, has entered the employ of W. G. Dieterle. The bursting of a steam pipe at the electrio light works was the cause of the stieets not being lighted last Sunday evening. Memorial services will be held in the opera house Sunday afternoon, commemorative of the death of David Preston, of Detroit Andrew Muehlig bas purchased the undertaking business of his brother, John Muehlig, and will hereafter conduct the business. Joseph Dietz, of Fifth-st, died April 23rd, of cáncer of the mouth, ged 68 years. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon, John Pfisterer U fitting up the Binder building, lately oocupied as a meat market, on West Liberty-st, and will put in a stock of clothing. Mrs. Sarah E. Murphy, of Salem, died last Friday, aged 87 yearg. The funeral was held in the Northfield churcb, Saturday forenoon. D. Henning has notified Mayor Smith that he will deed his property in front of the M. C. depot for a park, if the city will agree to fix it up. HarkinR & Willis are having good success with their gasoline stove toas.'ers. They have just filled an order from Buflfalo for one and a half gros. Mrs. Mary C. Whiting can now hang out her shingle, as "attorney atlaw," having passed a very flattering examination before Judge Joelyn last Saturday. The calendar for the May term of the circuit court contains 5 criminal cases, 44 issues of fact, 1 issue of law, 2 first class chancery, and 5 fourth class chancery. The new catalogue issued by the ladies' lihrary association is now finished and each member will be presented with a copy upon calling on the librarían at the library. Robert Tidswell, who was under arrest for being drunk, Sunday, April 17th, plead guilty before Justice Frueauff, Saturday, and was discharged upon paying the costs. Margaret Skinner, of Ypsilanti, asks the circuit court to give her a divorce from her husband, Edward Skinner. Cruelty and failure to support is tne cause of her trouble8. A. Isbell has sold his five and one-half acres, just west of the city, to John Wedmeyer. Mr. Isbell will go east about May lOih, for a visit, and then make his home at Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Nagel, an old and respected German lady, ot Scio, died suddenly, while gitting in her chair, last Friday. The funeral was held Monday, the Rev. Mr. Klingman conducting the services. A small girl of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wurster, No. 14 Washingtou-st, feil off the steps, Tuesday afternoon, at their residence, breaking her left arm near the elbow. The little sufferer is doing welL The second rendition of the pantomime of the " Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green" by the Unity Club, last Thuraday evening, was very fine and well worthy of all the ccmplimenta it has received. By a deal just made between the city and the M. C. fi. R. company, Detroit-st will soon be opened to the depot. The Carry building wili be moved back onto the ONeil lot, and the street properly graded. Henry W&gner, who is serving a life sentence at Jackson for the murder of his wife and children in this city in 1872, has become icsane and last Thursday was transferred to the asylum for insane crimináis, at Ionia. Rosey saya he can stand a joke as well as any man, but when the boys carry his "big Injin me," several blocks away, as they did last Friday evening, and he has to wheel it back the next morning, he don't cali that any joke. Cousins & Hall, the florista, have purchased cf Frederick Schmid an acre of ground on Hill st; consideraron, $450. The business of the firm has outgrown ito present quarters and has made the new addition a necessity. The stockholdere of the Ann Arbor Cooperativo and Savings association elected the followinjj named gentlemen as an executive committee, last Saturday evening: John A. Gates, Barnest Eberbach, W. E. Howe, John E. Flinn and G. Luick. It now begins to look as if the addition to the high school building would not be built this season. At a meeting of the school board last night a mition was made to advertise for bids and the vote stood four to four, one member being absent. The case commenced by Lenawee county against this county, to recover a certain sum alleged to have been paid by them to support a Washtenaw county pauper, is on cali in a justice's court at Manchester, this afternoon, at three o'clock. Wm. G. Dieterle bas purchased the furniture stock of John Muehlig, leased the building for three year., and will hereafter conduct the business. Mr. Dieterle has grown up in the furniture business, and has of late been clerking for Richmond & Treadwell. Dr. Studley, of Detroit, will deliver a lecture in the M. E. church, Friday evening, May 6, on "The Reflected Yankee," under the auspices of the women's foreign missionary society. The lecture has been favorably commented on wherever delivered and is worthy of a good house. Two different notices appear ia these columns this week of young men being drunk on the streets, Sunday, April 17th, and the question naturally arises why some one is not prosecuted for violating the liquor law. It would seem as if some one was neglecting their duty. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Camp, of Ann Arbor town, have the sympathy of all their friends. Diphtheria entered their homes little over a week go, and in a a few diys caí ried off three of their children, Willie, aged 8 years; Nellie E., aged 11 yea-g; and Gracie Viola, aged 2 years. The proposition of Georga W. Bullís & Co., is a saté one for our business men. It would certainly pay a fair per cent. besides keeping here a factory that will give employ ment to a good manyof the class who most need it. The company are already receiving orders daily from all parts of the country, and every box of their manufacture advertises this city. The Michigan inter-collegiate convention will be held at the opera house, in this city, May 6:h and 7th. Delegates are expected from the different colleges in the state. Judge Cheever will deliver the address of welcome. Waker Tr.onias Mills, secretary of the national association, and Rollo Brian, of Lansing, will be present and address the convention, A very pleasant evening was spent in Bethoven hall, Tuesday evening, by the Bethoven Gesang Verein and the A. O. U. W. The occasion was the lOOth anniversary of the birth of that distinguished Germán poet, tfhland, and also the 7th anniversary of the organization first named. Music was furnished by the city band orchestra and the University glee club. By the complaints of the Tpsilanti Commercial, we should judge that the ladies of that city are subjected to the same indignities that our own ladies are by gangs of young loafers congregating on street corners and using .-uch language that a lady will go around a block rather than pass them. Some method should be adopted by the officials of both cities to rid the public of this nuisance. The canning and fruit preserving factory project must not go down. In the judgment of good and experienced men it is one of the best and sufest enterprises in which our citizens could invest. A large share of its products would be bought by our grocers here instead oL sending their money to Adrián and other places near by. Only a small amount remains to be raised to secure the factory. Don't let it fail! The unión social at the Congregational church last Saturday evening, was a pleasant affair, and all enjoyed themselves hugely. A lrge crowd enjoyed the literary, social and refresbment exercises. Miss Scrafford's recitations and Mr. Clark's whistling were exceedingly fine, and greatly enjoyed by all present. Messrs. Gay and Perry rendered a fine duet on flute and clarión, and Miss Willoughby's pantomime on the"Burial of Vice," was also good. Rinsey & Seabolt started in the grocery business here twenty years ago last Friday, and by strict attention to business and ourteous treatment of their patrons have gained a bandsome competence cf which no one will begrud=;e them. They gay that they made more mon'ev the first three years than in any six since, for the reason that as soon as others saw how. well they were succeeding they rushed into the business and the compeTion has been very great, allowing no firm a chance to accammulate wealth very last.