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Day
14
Month
July
Year
1887
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Public Domain
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Subscribers to the Register -who wiah to take advantage of the free mail delivery, should leave their street address at this ofi&ce. Company A's excursión July 27. Gas was struok at Hudson, yesterday. Dr. A. C. Nichols has a telephone at his residence now. H. C. Nickel?, dent '87, has opened an office at Whitmore Lake. About the free mail delivery: Keep cool as the weather will allow. The last of the debt on the M. E. churcb, 500, was paid last Saturday. Capt. Manly has moved his abstract books into the county treasurer's office. J. E. Beal, of this city, bas been elected secretary ot the Peninsular Paper Co., of Ypsilanti. A new trial has been granted in the case of N. H. Winans, et al. vs. F. C. Sueston. The burning out of a chimney in the fhird ward called out the fire department his morning. Bach & Abel have a change of adver■ïsement this week, in wbich they set orth a few plain facts. Edward Buil was fined $4.70 costs by "ustice Pond, Tuesday, for hitting Edwin íent, a lower town butcher. The third recital at the summer school of music will be given next Monday evening, in Hobart Hall, at 8 p. m. The total business of the Ann Arbor Bavings bank, for the six months ending June 30, amounted to $6,197,350.13. Rev. Dwight Ramsdal, of Salem, has been called to the pastorate of the M. E. church at Deerfield, Lenawee county. "We wish to cali the attention of our eaders to the advertisement of Mack & Schmid, to be found on the first page. W. W. Wines is agreat-grandpa and he 8 proud of it, too. A son was bom, last Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Chapin, of Toledo. That tall tower in front of the courtnuse, (sometimes referred to asa waterng trougb) cost the tax payers of Ann Arbor $52 10. A game of base ball will be played on he campus this afternoon between the Ann Arbor Browns and a picked nine 'rom Main-st. Barbara Laubengayer, an old and repected citizen of Saio township, died Sunday, after a long and continued sufferng with dropsey. In probate court, Monday, Jadge Hariman adjudged Cornelius Giilespie, of the Sixth ward, msane. He was taken to Pontiac by E. D. Gidley. John Sedina and Miss Lizzie Mossman rere united in the holy bonds of wedloek, "uesday. They are on a bridal tour hrough northern Michigan. Goodspeed Bros. are repainting and reapering their store thisweek. A new ioor will be put down, electric light put n, and other improvementsare to be made. The T. A. A. & N. M. R. R. will run an excursión to Toledo and Presque Isle, 3unday. Fare for the round trip $1.00. fhe train will leave Ann Arbor at 8:30 A. M. Herman J. Eisele died of consumption Wednesday morning, aged 27 years. The funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Thomas' church. Martin Vogel, for the past nine years with Henry Matthews, will open a meat market at J. F. Hoelzle's old stand, next Monday. Mr. Hoelzle b?smove his market to st. The business men of Fort Worth, Texas, :iave issued a neat little pamphlet setting Eorth the many advantages of the "Chicago of Texas," as they are pleased to style their thriving city. E. D. Upson, G. A. Reulo, H. C. Guillot and L. A. Ellis, all of this city, were successful applicants for a druggists' certifícate before the state pharmaceutical board at Detroit, last week. Miss Bessie Stafford gave a very pleasant party to her little triend?, Saturday afternoon, July 2, the occasion being her fifth birthday. About twenty were present with their doll babies. H. F. Stowe, an expert workman, for H. Woodwortb, of this city, while manipulating a binder at Monroe had one of his fingers accidentally cut off at the second joint, last Friday. Louis Farrant, the late employee at Cornwell's milis, who mysteriously disappeared early last spring, has been heard from in Illinois. He says he was robbed of his money and nearly killed when up north. At a meeting of the Arbor Tent, No. 296, K. O. T. M., Wednesday evening, R. F. Sanford was elected delégate to great camp which meets in Grand Rapid?, Aug. 9th and lOth. A. D. Seyler was elected altérnate. Secretary Wade has a forcé ot 20 men at work on the campus. Just now they are engaged in putting a new floor in the allopathic hospital and overhauling the kitchen and dining-room in the homoeapathic hospital. The Peninsular Savings bank is the name of a new bank being organized in Detroit, of which S. W. Clarkson, Prof H. W. Rogerp, 3. M. Wheeler, E.H. Scott, Gov. Felch, Frank Howard and Luther James, of this city, are interested. A. L. Noble, the star clothier, announces on the first page that his grand semiannual clearing sale begun this morning when Mr. Noble says anything he means it and our readers will do well to cali on him if in need of anything in his lir:e. Mra. dementia A. Corselius, who has resided in this city since 1835, died of general debility, Friday, July 9ih, aged about 77 years. Her funeral services occurred at ,St. Andrew's church, Dr. S. Earp offioiating. The district in which mail is delivered has been reduced to the following boundary : On the west to a line parallel with the T. Sc A. depot ; south, South ITniver8ty-ave.; east, East University-ave.; north, the business district of lower town. The audience room and vestibule of the M. E. church are receiving a thorough overhauling. Carpenters, trescoers and painters have possession, and when they get through it will be one of the handsomest churches, in the interior, in the state. In the circuit court, Tuesday, Ella Hoyt was granted a divorce from Edward C. Hoyt. She accused Edward of being an habitual drunkard, oL non support and cruelty, and as Edward didn't deny it, the decree was granted. The parties lived in Dexter. Mrs. Hary Hulbert, of Division-st., died Sunday, July 10, after a lingering illness, with typhoid pneumonía, aged 2C years. The funeral was held at the residence, Tuesday afternoon. She leaves a husband and five children to mourn her departure. The new drinking fountain has arrived and will be placed in position in a few days. It will set just inside of the square in the center of the walk leading to the south entrance of the court house. A basin will be attached to it under the jround in which ice can be placed. Monday evening, June 27, the Ann Arbor Tanning Co., elected the following officers: President, Cha?. E. Green; vice Dresident, Zina P. King; secretary-treasjrer, Marie Rominger; directors, Chas. E. Greene, E. Treadwell, Wm. Wagner, Thos. Taylor Daniel Hiscock, Charles Rominger and Zina P. King. The month of June brought to the sewng school a very timely and appreciative donation of $10 from the Sunday school connected with the Presbyterian church. We feel sure if our friends will make thtm a visit any Saturday afternoon they will see they are assisting in & good cause. The third recital of the Summer School of Music will be given Monday, July 13, at 8 p. ni., in Hobart hall, instead of Thursday, July 14. This will be a violia recital, with readings by Mr. G. H. llakuen, of the National school of oratory. The recitals will begin promptly and projrammes are not long. John W. Butler died at his residence on Ann-st, Sunday, of cáncer in the stomach, aged 51 year?. For a number of years tfr. Butler had been the boss carpenter at he University, and was highly spoken of )y his associate?. He leaves a large famly in rather destitute circumstances to mourn his loss. The funeral was held in St. Thomas' churt-n. Tuesday morning. Alexander Winchell, LL. D., has drawn what he calis a "jubilee chart," showing the number of students in each dejartmeut of the University, also the annual ncome during the first fifty yenra of its existence, and also the period of service of some of the older members of the faculty n the department of literature, science and the arts. It hangs in the president's office. The directors of the Washtenaw Fuel Gas Co., held a meeting last mght and ierfected their arrangements for placing their stock on the market. Boring will De commenced as soon as they can dissose of $3,000 worth of stock. This is an ;xperiment which can but result favorably to Ann Arbor, and every real estáte owner in the city should help the projectors along. Co. A will give their 12th annual excursión on Wednesday, July 27th, to Detroit, lake Erie and return to Belle Isle. Those not wishing to remain on the island can return to Detroit in time to see the Detroit and Chicago base ball game. Belle Me is the finest park in Michigan ; plenty of boats and pleasure for all who stop there. The boat has been chartered especially for this excursión. This is not an all-day ride on the lake with nothing to see but water, but the trip around the island will give the excursionists a view of the finest scenery on the Great Lakes. Tickets $1.25 for the round trip. The excursions of Co. A are well known to be the best of the season.

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