The City

Subscribers to the Register who wish to take advantage of the free mail delivery, should leave their etreet address at this offloe. Don't forget the date ot Co A's excursión. Read the new advertisment of the Two Sams. E. H. Scott is building three houses on Ann-st. _t D. F. Sohairer has a new advertisement in this issue. Supervisor Butti will open a real estáte office in a few days. The "Big Six" will give a dance at the rink Friday evening. We are indebted to J. D. Baldwin for a basket of delicious plums. Quarterly meeting was held at the A. M. E. church last Sunday. Gustave Roehm has opened his new hotel and saloon on Detroit-st. Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Sehairer, Saturday, a bouncing baby boy. Peter Carey will commence his new building on Detroit-st next week. Prof. Trueblood, bas purchased Prof. T. B. Steere's residence on Hillst. S. B. Thompson has opened a law office at his residence on Nortli Main-st. D. F. Sehairer, the dry goods man, has a change of advertisement this week. The Water Works Co. pumped over one million gallons of water last Thursday. L. Q-runer has purchased the Condón property corner of Thayer and Ann-sts. Prof. J. W. Lsngley is building an addition to his residence on Washtenaw-ve. Mayor Smith bas put down a flag stone walk in front ot his residence on E. Huronst Ferguson, the road cart manufacturer, ha9 been offered $2,000 to move to Owosso. Company A and the city band will give a grand street parade, next Monday evening. I. K. and A. B. Pond, of Chicago, are the architects of the new laboratory building- E. B. Gidley, of the board of health, has ordered the cutting down of all noxious weeds. F. Horner and family have moved to Belleville, where they will reside in the future. J. E. Suiiner expects to piek two thousand bushels of peaches from his orchard this f all. The colored I. O. G. T. lodge are initiating from five t ten members at every meeting. F. H. Slattery, who run an abstract office in this city a short time, is now in California. Something should be done to have the nails that are stiuking up in the sidewalks driven down. It took 27 men to put up the drinking fountain - two to do the work and twentyfive to oversee it. P. M. Doty, formerly of this city, was married in Grand Rapids, Friday, to Miss Fannie E. Pearsall. The Bethlehem Sunday school will hold their annual picnic at Relief park, Wednesday, July 27th. Arrangements have been made whereby the capsule factory will probably remain in Ann Arbor. Mr3. Prof. T. B. Steere and family are moving on their fatm, on the south Ypsilanti road this week. Edward DePue has been appointed supervisor of Saline in place of Michael Burkhart who had resigned. A petition wil be circulated in a few days for signatures asking for a special election to vote for local option. The coui.ty treasurer continúes to take in liquor money. E. Bortell, of Ypsilanti is the latest to take out a license. Allmendinger & Schneider bought the first new wheat last Saturday, 305 days from the date they purchased the first last year. About 75 of Ann Arbor's citizens went to Toledo and Presque Isle, last Sunday, on the T. & A. excursión. Capt. Schuh: "Just one thousand is the number of persons we would like to have go on our excursión next Wednesday." Every citizen of Ann Arbor, who has the mterests of the city at heart. should attend the meeting in the council rooms Friday night. ' The proprietors of the proposed State-st hotel are endeavoring to secure a location. As soon as this is done work will be commenced at once. Gates & Gates are buildiDg a two-story frame house comer of Forest and Washtenaw avenues, for 'Mrs. Torrenee. It will cost about $2,500. A petition signed by over 300 citizens will be presented to the council at the next meeting, asking to have the slaughter houses removeá. The Washtenaw Mutual Insurance Co., have sustained losses amounting to $850 caused by lightning, since January first' It was all on horses. Chas. Mosher, of Mosherville, state organizer of the prohibition party, will meet with a committee of Washtenaw county prohibitionists, in this city, August 3d to perfect arrangements for a local option campaign, A large number of our colored citizens will attend a concert at Ypsilanti, tODight, given by the colored people of that city. Henry Blitton, living on Hill-st, fel through the joists in the new Nichols block, last Friday, sustaining severe bruises on his right limb. The Courier is authority for the statement that a new church of the sect known as the Disciples of Christ, is to be built in this city, at a cost of $20,000. A. F. Hanson, law '80, has opened a law office over Rinsey's grocery store. Mr. Hanson has been practicing at Hornellaville, N. Y., where he wu quite successfliL Mrs. Giles O. Vandergrift, an estimable lady of Man3hester, and well known in this city, died last Sunday after a lingering illness. The funeral was held Tuesday. Hutzel & Co., has taken the contract from the Detroit Metal company for putting the steam heating apparatus in the county house. They will begin work next week. The A. M. E. church has recently been thoroughly renovated, repainted and recarpeted which adds much to the beuaty of the interior and comfort of those who attend. On our second page to-day will be found a striking and instructive illustration of the comparative wonh ot the variou8 kinds of baking powders now in the market. The Chequamegon Orchestra re-organized July first, and E. B. Perry was elected business manager in place of E. L. Drake, dent '87, who has located in Marquette. The Two Sams have two silver cups on exhibition in their windows which will be presented to the best lady and gentleman waltzer at the dance ac the rink Friday evening. S. A. Moran has found teaching shorthand so profitable that he has decided to remain here permanently. He says his business has increased far beyond his expectatioB8. The health office-s are doing their part to have the slaughter houses removed and if the council will exhibit a little back bone they will be removed, no doubt, in a short rime. A couple of colored members of the tramp fraternity broke a window in Duffy's grocery store, Saturday evening. One of them was caught and lodged in jail but was released the next morning. Some steps ehould be taken by the authorities to have all dogs muzzled during the hot weather. The sad death of a young man in Detroit, who died from the effects of a dog bite, should be a warning. John Dieterle,who has been studying for the Germán ministry for the past seven years, will conduct the services in the Bethlehem church,Sunday mornins;. In the evening he will be ordained as a minister. The bucket shop has again closed its doors. Not on account of a tailure but because the Chicago board of trade reíase to furnish the grain market to parties who have no intettion of delivering the good.. Increase in business has compelled Cousins & Hall to build an addition to their hot houses and make other needed improvements. It will be heated with a Eamond furnace and is put in by Schuh & Muehlig. Mad dogs are creating considerable excitement in various cities of the state these hot days, and are being shot on every hand by the pólice. Let the canines in this city be re-muïzled before somebody dies with hydrophobia. The drinking fountain erected on the south side of the court house is a very pretty one and one which will meet the approval of the tax payers generally. The committee who had it in charge are to be complimented on their good judgment. Emancipation day will not be observed in this city by the colored people, but instead they will jom their Ypsilanti brethren and go on an excursión to Manhattan, a small place a few miles from Windsor, where a grand celebration will be held. Detroit Evening Journal : " An exchange says 'Prof. J. B. Steere oí the University has gone to the Philippine Islands in charge of three students.' Guess not. Prof. Steere is straight as a string, and can go anywhere he wants to on this earth without watching." Programmes have been issued for the fourth annual reunión and encampment of the G. A. R. association of southwe3tern Michigan. Gen. Sheriden and Gov. Luce are expected to be present, and deliver addresses. Capt. Manly, of this city, will be colonel commanding. Miss Annie Colannen, about thirty years of age, was found on the streets in va intoxicated condition about one o'clock Wednesday morning. She was taken beFore Justice Freauff, in the forenoon, who fined her $10, in default of which she will board at the county jail for ten days. Schuh & Muehlig are makiog more improvements in their hardware store. This time they have moved their desk to the iront end of the store, and the partition in the back end is to be moved ten feet 'urther to the front. This change has been made necessary by an increase of business in their workshop. Thos. F. Hill and Mrs. T. Taylor were married this morning at the bride's residence, on Division-8t, by Rev. Dr. Earp, in the presence of a few relatives and immediate friends. The bridal party left on the 10:30 train on the M. C. R. R., for the Oakland house, at Lake St. Clair, where they will remain a few days. Fred. Romer, of Bay City, who was a reshman lit. last year, was drowned last Friday, at Oak Grove, while bathing in a small stream of water. Deceased was a member ot Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was much respected by those who knew lim here. He was a cousin of Mrs. A. L. Noble. The remains were taken to Albion, N. Y. for interment. The trial of Thomas and John Roth of Freedom, for committing an assault and battery on their brother, Jacob, a full account of which was given in Thk Register at the time, was held in Justice Pond's court Tuesday. The parties were found guilty and fined $1 each and costs, with the aávice that they must not do so any more. At a meeting of the Ann Arbor Schutzenbund, held Monday evening, it was deoided to hold a two day'g shoot August 21 and 22. Prizes amounting to $2,000 will be offered, and invitations extended to clubs in various parts of the country. Clubs in Detroit, Battle Creek, Toledo, Sandusky, Cincinnati and other places, have already signified their intention oi attending. C. H. Millen : " Why don't some of you fellows say something about building a boulevard in Ann Arbor ? By expending a little money on the middle Ypsilanti road it could be made a splendid driveway. If enough gentlemen would go into it, I would be in favor of buying or leasing land, about four miles out, for a half mile track, and put up a club house. I teil you it would be grand thing." J. M. Ashley has only to look at a new railroad route andsome one will announce the fact that he is constructing a new line. The West Bay City Times says : Every one in Michigan knows J. M. Ashley. He is a railroad builder, and he has the reputation of building more roads on less money than any one else. Mr. Ashley is now constructing a road from Durand via Flushing to East Saginaw, a distance of 38 miles. The T. A. A. & N. M. R. R. announce the following rates to Petoskey : Round trip tickets for $8.70, good to. return August 15, to those desiring to attend the camp meeting, which is held there from the 18th to the 27th. To those holding certifioates the same rate is given, good to return up to October 15th ; regular round trip tickets good to return up to October 15th, will be sold to any person for $11.60. Excursión to Whitmore Lake, as usual, on Sunday. Fred Schollas, of Saline, aged 16 years, met with a sudden death Monday svening while diving in the water. He had ascended to a high bank and jumped m where the water was shallow, striking the ground at the bottom of the river on his head. Not coming up in proper time his comrades got lum out when it was found that his neck was broken. He was a very exemplary young man and was studying for the ministry. The funeral was held chis morning He was a step-brother of Fred. Gakle, of this city. The next two recitals at the Hobart Hall, this evening and Monday the 25th, will comprise only compositions of Beethoven. Four of his most celebrated Sonatas, including the "Sonata Pathitique," and the great D. minor, sometimes called the "Tempest" Sonata, will be played, and two concertos with accompaniment of seoond piano. Miss Ella Joslyn, who was so well received at the Elijah, has been engaged to sing at the next four recitals. Tickets to the six remaining may be had for $1.50. Single admission 50c c nte. The hour is 8 p. m., prompt. Much cntici8m has been indulged in of late by our citizens on the watering trough, recently erected on the south side of the court house, which should be withheld for the present, at least. It is only one of a number the council contémplate erecting in various paris of the city, and this is a pattern of those recently erected in eastern cities. If, after trial, it should prove too high, it will be lowered and probably removed to another location. The Aldermen who have it in charge are men of good judgment and of practical ideas and we have no doubt they will do what is best before it is accepted by the council. The annual meeting of the business men's association will be held in the common council rooms Friday evening, at eight o'olock, for the election of officers, and a full attendance is desired. The committee on the capsule factory wil make their final report which will show that tuis énterprise wiii probably be retained in this city. The association hs recently received a proposition from a firm in Pennsylvania, who manufacture boilers and engines, to move here. They would bring with them about twenty-five men. Let there be a good attendance and everyone appoint himself a committee of one to take some one along. Ann Arbor must be quite an attractive place for students, since there are already three summer schools here now: Mr. Moran's summer school of shorthand, the summer school of music and of oratory, and the eighth of next month will bring a fourth, the summer school of pedagogics, conduoted by Prof. Payne. The s Aool of oratory comes here representing the national school of oratory at Philadelphia, formerly conducted by Prof. Shoemaker, whose text book is used in the University, and carried on by his widow, Mrs. Shoemaker. It is the custom of the school to tiold summer schools each year in different parts of the country, in order to advertise the school at Philadelphia. A game of base ball between the members of the school board and the commoa cpuncil would be a highly entertaining ight, and would certainly draw one of the argest crowds of admirers of the national port ever assembled together in this city. The conditions for such an exhibition are ïrst-class and a large number of people would hail with delight the amusement of i game between those two august bodies. To make the affair complete, city attorney Kinne could umpire the game and there is 3ut little doubt that he would be one o.' ;he leading attractions at the game. We rust that the educational and municipal egislators will seriously consider the suggestions contained herein, and that such a contest wül be arranged with all possible expedience. The entertainment oflered by the Summer School of Music, at Hobart Hall, last Vlonday evening, deservod to draw a arger audience than it did. The programme consisted of a violin recital by Wm. Luderer, of Detroit, interspersed with recitations by J. H. MaKuen, of the Summer Sehool of Music. Mr. Luderer possesses a perfect control of his instrument and plays with a great deal of technical skill and finish, buthe does not attempt to give any deep spiritual interpretatioa to his music and for tbat reason his interpretation fails somewhat to arouse the enthusiasm of the audience. Mr. MaKuen has a clear, pleasant voice, an excellent articulation and some facial expression. The first gelee ion " The Song of the Myrtle " scemed rather badly chosen, because the thought is so subtle that it is imposaible to render it by the sound of the voice. Chas. A. Ashburner, O. E , state geologistof Pennsylvania, who has made a careful study of the natural gas subject, has the follüwing to say in relation to the matter : "The rapid deyelopment of the natural gas industry in western Pennsylvania and the great economy which results from its use both for manufacturing and domestic purposes, has led to an inquiry as to the oecurrenee oí this gaseous mineral in all thickly populated and large manufacturing centers of the United States. Natural gas springs are to be found in almost every state in the Union, and in many states gas has been obtained in wells sunk either for water, oil, or gas, or in search of solid mineral deposita.1' "When the rook formationa are pretty flat and have remained nearly uudisturbed over extensivo áreas, there is always a chance of finding gag (if not oil) at some depth beneath the surface determined by the particular íormation which appears at the surface."