The City

Frederick Mayer has been admitted to citizenship. Henry Laubengayer ig still selling liquor without a Ucease. C. Bliss & Son have a new advertisement in this issue. J. T. Hudson has telephone No. 85, and M. Martin, No. 111. Remember the society excursión to Detroit next Wednesday. Sheriff Walsh has four boarders at the expense of the county. Wines & Worden are repainting the interior of their dry goods store. Remember the ball game on the fair grounds Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 6. Hutzel fc Co. will do the plumbing and gas fitting in the physical laboratory. The new physical laboratory will be located directly north of the dental college. Rev. J. H. Polk has been reappointed pastor of the A. M. E. church in this city. The Toledo & Ann Arbor railroad company sre having fourteen new locomotives built. Mrs. E. B. Gidley has goae to Grand Rapids, where she will open a millinery 6tore. Schuh & Muehlig are putting a Richmond furnace in Thos. J. Keech's new residence. Barclay & Reeves received a car load of machinery, last Friday, for their new boiler shop. Geo. Wahr has a change of advertisement this week, of interest to buyers of school books. Dr. Winchell has an article in the September number of the Forum on " Ignatius Donnelly's Cornet" John Lucas has taken the contract for doing thé mason work on the new laboratory, from D. J. Rom. The Main-st. nine will go over to Ypsilanti, Friday, and play a game of ball with the Mineral City nine. Two men arrived from Oil City, Monday, to work for Barclay & Reeves. Their families will arrive shortly. Fred. Schleede has purchased the property on State-st, owned by Mrs. Granger, and oceupied by Geo. Moóre. Aid. Sutherland is doing some excellent work in hts ward in the way of putting down seyeral stone cross walks. J. R. Bach has purchased the entire real estáte and insurance business of W. Tremaine, and will hereafter go it alone. James Johnson was genteneed to ten days in jail for beine drunk and disorderly, by Justice Pond, last Wednesday. Detroit citizens are making active preparations for the reunión of the Army of the Tennes8ee, in that city, Sept. 14-15. M. C. Sheehan has rented the dancing hall, in the Nickel's bloek, where he will give dancing lessons this winter. Court stenographer Goodrich, of Ypsilanti, will not move to this city, as stated in an Ann Arbor paper a short time ago. It is said that Jacob Knapp, of Freedom, is training himself for the race for the office of sheriff, next year, on the fusión ticket. A. B. Covert, the taxidermist, has broken ground for a $1,200 colonial style cottage on ihe corner of Vine and Washington-sts. Company A has received an invitation to take part in the parade of the Army of the Tennessee, in Detroit, September 14 and 15. In the circuit court, Teesday, James A. Garrity, of Chelsea, was granted a divorce from Mattie Garrity, on the ground of adultery. D. J. Ross and Miss Nora McCarthy, both of this city, were married at the Catholic church, last Wedneeday morning, by Rev. Fr. Fierle. George A. Douglss left Tuegday for a three moriths' trip in Iowa. He will spend the time in the interest of the Egan Truss Company. The Germán Bethlehem cemetery, located in the town of Scio, has been enlarged and lots placed on sale for the general public. Notice the ad. of the Peerless truss that appears in another column. This truss is giving general satisfsction and is having large sales. Justice Pond has discharged young Keegan, arrested for setting fire to Sheriff Walsh's barn, there not being evidence enough to convict him. W. G. Burchfield, the merchant tailor, will move into the vacant store, four doors west of bis present location, as soon as the room can be fitted up. About 35 members of Welch Post, Gr. A. R., are attending the anaual re-union of the soldiers and sailors of north eastern Michigan, at Adiian, to-day. Five months since the present council came into power, and ex-Mayor Robison has not yet received that gold dollar, as a reward for his year's service. The M. C. R. R. are laying their new track on the south side of their freight depot, which will prove of value to those who receive and ship freight. T. Y. Kayne, manager of the Egan Truss Co., spends the week in and around Grand Rapids, being called there on business connected with the company. Tuomey Bros., who have carried on a dry goods business in this city for the past three or four years, have taken their stock to Jackson and quit the business here. Next Monday morning the young idea will start out in search of the bull's eye in the target of wisdom, and woe unto him who gets weary on the way and stops to rest The Ann Arbor Greys went overto Manchester, last Saturday, and played a game of ball with a Manchester club The score etood 50 to 18; of course, in favor of Ann Arbor. Hon. John J. Robison and wife will move back on their farm in Sharon before long, where the excounty clerk will likely hang out his ehingle as " attorney and counselor-at-law." John J. Robison offers for sale his property on Main-st. The property is conveniently looated, and as the ex -Mayor is going to move back to his farm, there is a bargain there for some one. Thos. Mcilahon, for some time past yard master at the T. & A. A.;R. R. Co.'s yard in this city, has been áppointed a baggageman. He has been succeeded in the yard by Thos. Sovereign. The Ann Arbor Browns have proclaimed that they are the champion ballplayers of Washtenaw county. Any club in the county wishing to contest their claim should write to Manager Brush. An eel measuring over three feet in length was caught in Swift & Co.'s mili race last Sunday morning. It is said there are a number of them in the race, this beiDg the second that has been caught. As a special attraction at the county fair, we would suggest to the management that they arrange a game of base ball between a nine from the board of supervisors and a nine composed of county officials. Fannie Wheeler was granted a divorce from her husband, Wm. Wheeler, in circuit court, Monday. She convinced his Honor that William no longer furnished her means of support, henee the decree. The parties were from Lodi. Wagner & Co. make the following novel offer to school children : To any scholar who will bring to them a note from the teacher certifying that his or her percentage in the last examination was 90 or over they will give a canvas school bags. Andrew Sutherland, of Battle Creek, a former Ann Arbcr resident, has been in the city the past few days exhibiting a patent truck and ladder, for use at fires, He is desirous of organizing a company' for their manufacture on a large scale. John Wahr, a Freedom íarmer, was coming into town Monday with a neighbor when his horse was frightened at a bicycle which overtook them, causing the horse to run. Mr. Wahr jumped out, and on striking the ground he broke his left leg. __ E. M. Southard has leased the Jewett store, in the opera house block, where he will move his barber shop and bath rooms in a few days. The building is now being fitted for him, and when it is finished Mr. Southard will have very hasdsome quarters. The secretary'8 office in the University ha9 been thoroughly overhauled and refitted. The walls and oeilines have been paiüted very fashionable calors, a new floor has been laid and the old counter removed and one of recent design has been put in its etead. A regular transformaron scene has recently taken place in Wagner & Co's store. It has been refitted to meet the increased demandsof their trade, and other improvements made which add to its appearance. The stock of clotlnng has also been re-arranged. The Democrat, the recognized demccratic paper in Washtenaw county, this week, enters upon its tenth year. The Democrat is onfi of the best local papers thBt comes to this office, and Bro. Bower is to be congratulated on the growbh and prosperity of his paper. Robert Beatty moved to Detroit, Monday, butwbenhe got his goods to the depot there was a deputy sheriff on the ground, who attached them for the benefit of creditors. After considerable legal wrangling and a settüng up of bilis, Mr. Beatty was permitted to go. The Detroit Bvening Journal clo6es its fourth year today, and during those four years it has succeeded in getting to the front in the ranks of Michigan journalism. It is a clean and very ably edited paper and we hope it may live to celébrate its birth-day for many years to come. The commiüee who had charge of putting up the railing on the M. C. viaduct, have föllowed the advice of The Register, ard have put up a s-ubstantial railinff, thereby protecting the footmen from any accident whioh niight oocur by teams running away, or by the anties of fractious horses. Regents Grosvenor and Shearer, of the building committee of the board of regents, were on the campus Monday and Tuesday, looking after the work now going on and letting the contrsct for the physical hboratory. Daniel J. Ross was awarded the contract, nis bid being $126 - 793 99. The new boiler at the water works has been placed in position and steam raised. A new pump, with a capacity of two and a half million gallons of water a day, will be put in next spring. Thus the water company keep adding to their work9 as fast as they can to eupply the needs of their customere. J. A. Brown, of this city, and C. H. H. Cady, of Ypsilanti, have purchased the grocery stock of N. H. Winans, on Statest. The new firm will repaint and renovate the store throughout, and put in a píate glass front. About the first of October they will start a meat market in the rear of their store. The ancual school meeting of District No. 1, of this city, will be held at the fircmen'8 hall next Monday. Matters of importance relative to the new building, the election of officers, and other items that sliould be voted udod by the tax-payers, should cali out a full attendance of the patrons of the school. Ida R. Brigham, of this city, has filed a bilí in chancery, askinj? the court to grant her a divorce from Grao. D. A. Brigham, to whom she was married in Boston, in 1868. She alleges that he no longer furnishes her any means of support, and therefore she wants the legal ties that bind them together severed. Dr. Frothingham has asked us to agítate the question of sewerage in Ann Arbor, but the lack of space this week prevents us trom giving the doctor s views on the question. The doctor says we have got to have a system of sewerage sooner or later, and the sooner we get at it the better it will be for the public health. The Bgan Imperial Truss Co. seems to to be keeping abreast of the times. In addition to their rapidly increasing home trade, they received last week, from Stearne, Worden & Co., of San Francisco, CaL, an order amounting to $216.00, and' this week an order from Hodge & Co. of London, England, footing up $800. President Wm. Ball bas annourced the following committees on organization and incorporaron of the Farmers' Basket Picnic Association, of Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland and Livingston counties : Hon. C. H. Richmond, Ann Arbor ; E. E Leeland, Emery; J. Thayer, Plymouth ; C. M. Wood, Anderson ; E. S. Arms, South Lyon. Eyerything is not all clear yet for the T. & A. A. R. company to build their new depot on the site selected. In case the council condemns the land, as they undoubtedly will, Mr. Bach will geC out a writ of'injunction enjoining them from building it, on the grounds that the location of it so near his residence will greatly deprecíate its value. A fine specimen of the Hoary Bat (atalapha cinereus) was captured one evening of last week in the office of the Franklin House. This is the only bat known to inhabit the arctic regions, and is a resident of the United States in elevated regions only. It has been mounted by Covert, the taxidermist, and goes to the TJniversity Museum. R. E. Costello, late of Chicago, has leased the vacant store in the Wilsey block, on Fourth-9t, in which he will run a first-class steam laundry. It will be fitted with all the latest and most improved machinery. A ten horse power enginewill beDut into run the machinery The expense of fitting it uy will be about $2,500, and he expects to be ready about the middle of September. Walter Toop, the State-at baker and confectioner, has recently en!arged and refitted his store to meet the demanda of his increasing trade. Mr. Toop started in business just a year ago on a very small feale, doing all the work himself, and it has increased so that he now employs four persons. He will commence next week to erect a new bake oven, which will be supplied with all the latest improvements. Florence A. Goodyear has filed a bilí in chancery asking the court to sever the matrimonial ties that bind her to Charles Goodyear. The couple were marned in Manchester in 1880, bnt after two years of connubial blissGeorge tired oí her habits and ways and refused to support her. Florence has concluded that she would be belter prepared to battle with the hardships of life if ehe were no longer legally bound to him. The last league game of the season between Detroit and Chicago will be played in Detroit next Wednesday. The society excursión furnishes cheap rates to those who desire to attend. Tickets for sale by O. D. Royel, at this office. The firm of Andrews & Witherby has been dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Witherby is the retiring member, who has purchased an interest in a stationery house in Eau Clair, Wisconsin. Mr. Andrews will continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Witherby is an energetic pushing business man, and his going is a loss to the business intereat9 of this city. He leaves many friends who will rejoice in the fine position he has received, and with him continue prosperity. We announced two weeks ago that Daniel B. Brown had compromised with O'Brien, the fellow arrested for swindling him out of $2,700 last spring, but did not state the terms. All the parties who have had anything to do with the case in any way, are very reticent on the subject, and the exact amount he received will probably never be made known to the public. But as near as can be ascertained he received $2,400, of which be had to pay his Chicago attorney8 400, and Sheriff Walsh $325, besides a few other small claims for CDpying papers, etc. James Bently, colored, and Mrs. Braxton, white, who live together iu an oM house oo N. Main-et , just across the T. & A. A. track, got into a drunken row last Sunday, as is their custom, in which Bently carne near losing his lite. The two quarreled, which finally ended by the woman hitting him on the head with a beer bottle. The fellow bied freely and at one time his life was despaired of, but he ís now on the road to recovery. The woman has since taken up her residence in Ypsilanti. There have been no arrests yet and there probably will be none. The society excur.-ion to be given to Detroit next AVednesday by the Hasons and Odd Fellows, promises to be the most I successful one ot the season. It will leave the Michigan Central depot at 7:30 for Detroit, where the steamer Garland will be in waiting to convey the excursionista up the St. Clair river to Star Isl and, and then return to Belle Isle, where those who desire can remain and spend the day and be conreyed free of charge to Detroit, while those who go on to Detroit by the Garland, and afterwards desire to return to the Island will do so at their own expense. The board of directors of the Washtenaw Fire Insurance Co. met n the secretary's offioe, in this city, Wednesday. An assessment of $1 on the thousand was ordered with which to meet the losses and expenses of the company for the past year. The assessment is to be paid between the fifth of Ootober and the flfth of November. Tobias Sutherland, of Pittgfield, was allowed $51.50 for wood burned August 2. The secretary's forthcoming report will show that the company sustained 32 losses during the past year, an exceedingly large number, incurring a total loss of $3,350, which is the smallest amount they hare lost for several years. The board adjourned to meet Ootober lst. The little folks of the south-central part of the city are engaged in the commendable enterprise of raising funds for a library. They recently held a fair at the residenoe of Mrs. Halleck, from which they realized $10. Tuesday evening they gave the familiar nursery tales of Cinderella and Blue Beard in pantomime, at the residence of Mrs. Southmaid, and last eveninp it was repeated at the residence of J. T. Jacobs. Misses Katie Jacobs and Lillie Volland favored the audience with music each evening. About $4.00 were realized both evenings. The officers of the society are as follaws : President, Mabel Halleck ; secretary, Sibyl Pettee; treasurer, Helen Smith. The officers of the Washtenaw agricultural society are already making arrangements for the fall meeting of the society, and express themselves enthusiastically regarding the fair to be held in thiscity the first week in October. From all parts of the county stock men are asking for the liats and annouacing their determination to make exhibite, and the officers predict that the show of stock will exceed anything ever before seen in the county. The increase in the herds of blooded cattle, flocks of gheep, in horses and swine, etc, in the county, would alone make a large addition to the usual large exhibit. What is true of stock is true of manufactured goods and miscellaneous articles, dairy products and merchandise. The long and continued drought may curtail the show of fruits and vegetables somewhat but it is believed even in these, as well as grains, the exhibits will be most creditable. The Register would suggest to the officers that they offer special attractions on different days. Other societies do this, and find that the attendance is materially increased thereby. A purse should be offered for base ball, and one day set apart for that sport. Another attraction which has proved in other cities to be a good drawing card, is a "children's day," a prize being offered for the largest school in attendance from any place in the county, and a prize for the one coming the longest distance.