The City

Beta Theta Phi society have telephone No. 119. H. Richards has a new lumber and wood yard on Detroit-st. Ed. Guiñan has rented N. T. Kyer's new house on Summitst. W. Gr. Snow will move into his new livery office this week. J. T. Jacobs & Co. will close their branch store at Dexter, next week. D. F. Allmendinger at the organ works reporte a flourishing business. The Sons of Veterans of Ann Arbor, it is expected, will reorganizo Eoon. Dr. Dougla9 on Huron-st, is now confined to his house by failing health. The T. A. A. & N. railroad are putting in new side tracks through the city. Prof. Hennequin lectured in Milan, Nov. 4, on " Personal Recollections of the Siege oí Paris." The county clerk has notified the jurors of the circuit court to be in attendance on Nov. 22. Harry Sayles the evangelist, closed his meeting at the Baptist church last Monday night D. F. Schaïrer gives a "history" oL the dry goods business in the last column of this paper. Allmendinger & Schneider will close their fruit works for the season in about two weeks. Mr. Perkins, the II. C. R. R. baggage man in Ann Arbor has a pension, obtained by S. B. Thompson. The bondsmen of ex-treasurer Sorg expect to close up the business and get a settlement next week. In Patrick Donovan's store on Tuesday a colored boy snatched about $3.00 from the counter while Mr. Donovan's back was turned, and darted out. Two men started in pursuit, and after a hard chase they caught him and secured the money. Mr. Dono van generously refuses to make the boy and his parenis troub'.e about it. Mrs. J. T. Sunderland preached ia Toledo Sunday morning and evening before a new Unitarian society there. Deputy sheriff Imus took John Walker to the Detroit House of Correction, Mondar, where he will sojourn for the next two months. A student at the Chamber concert instead of looking t the soprano, spent hie time in making drawing of two large hats in front of him. The leaves in the woods in the northwest part of the city were on fire, which caused the dense emoke on Sunday afternoon and evening. They have a " Unity club" in Manistee which discussed "Our coast defenses," " Immigration," and " Labor and Laborers," all in one evening. The school board is encouraging libraries in (he ward schools, by offeriog $10 to each room where pupils and teachers make a good start in collecting a library. E. W. Blair, an organizer for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, has been canvassing for. that institution during the past week and has been very successtul. The members of the building committee of the board of supervisors were in the city yesterday, examining plans and making arrangements for building a barn on the jail lot. P. G. Sukey drove through Main-st last week with a manure spreader which attracted considerable attention. It is the first one ever brought to Washtenaw couoty. The last of the unmarried dentists of our city will join the great majority on Nov. 17, and lead one of the city's most estimable young ladies to the altar. Don't try to guess. The Huron band disbanded last week, not on account of the number of bands in the city as has been reported, but on account of school work in which all of them but one are engaged. The subject of building a street railroad in this city is again being agitated. Parties f rom another state have been here looking over the ground, but no decisión bas been reached yet. The Cocker ieague, Monday evening, elected Prof. Henry Wade Rogers president ; vice-presidents, Mrs. Wines and Ed. Potter ;' secretary, E. F. Gay; and treasurer, Prof. L. D. Wines. The health officer has thoroughly examined the Hamilton building and repons here is no diphtheria there. The last cese in the upper story of the building was very slight and futly cured ten days ago. At a meeting of the officers and teachers of íát. Andrew's Sunday-sehool held in Hobart hall, last Wednesday evening, a very interesting paper on "Sunday school music," was read by Miss Annie Condón. 3ír. Gibson, the photographer, and Frank Bracy, of Detroit, have purchased Diehl & Sharpstein's gallery in Detroit. Mr. Gib8on will remain in Ann Arbor, and Mr. Bracy wiil have charge of the Detroit business. John Walker, a drunken tramp with several aliases, was sent ta the Detroit aouse of correction, Monday, by Justice Pond, for GO days. He stole a pair of overshoes valued at $1.40 from Goodspeed & Sons. The board of directora had a meeting at the office of the Washtenaw County Mutual Insurance company on Tuesday. Delinquents were dropped, and the loss on the M. E. parsonage at Stony Creek was fixed at $85 82. Eli Moore, Geo. Vandawarker, and Gibb Rhodes went to South Lyon on their wheels, then to Silver Lake, Whitmore Lake, and home, on Sunday. The wind and sand made it hard work, and they had to walk half of the way. Preaching by the pastor at the M. E. church sabbath morning, but no preaching in the evening. Young people's devotional service at 6:30 p. m. Bible reading by the pastor will be given on Tuesday next at 3 o'clock, instead of Friday. The Unitarian society will accept the invitation of the Studente' Christian Agsociation to join in the union service in University hall next Sunday evening. There will therefore be no evening service in the Unitarian church. Morning service as usual. The Gymnasium association is still negotiating for the use of the Princess rink this season. If arransrements are not completed during the present week, it will be opened for skating, on Friday evening, Nov. 18, and on every Friday and Saturday evening thereafter, during the eeason. The I. O. G. T. had a public installation of officers Monday evening. O. W. Sage, who is serving his sixth year as secretary, was presented with a picture of the late John B. Finch. The Washtenaw lodge of Good Templars will on Friday evening aend a large delegation to visit the Milan lodge. William F. Armstrong and M gs Pauline Stierele were married at the groom's residence, on Summit-st., Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, Rev. Belser officiacing. Only the immediate relatives of the parties were present. The couple received a large number of useful and valuable presenta. A reception will be held this evening ut which a large number have been invited. A gentleman in Chicago has supplied Rev. J. T. Sunderland with money with which to pay for 200 subscriptions to the Unitarian for students of the University and high school. Mr. Sunderland ia himself the publisher and one of the editors of the journal. Rev. Brooke Herlord, of Boston, is the other editor. Those desiring the paper for a year gratis should hand in their names at once. The marriage ceremony of Andrew T. Hughes and Mira Sarah McGinn wascelebrated at St. Joseph's church, Dexter, Monday morning at 9 o'clock, Rev. Fr. McLaughlin officiating. Both pirties are well known residents of Scio, Mr. Hughes being at present supervisor from that, township. The couple left on the morning train for Cairo, UI., where they wül spend their honeymoon. The chUdrens' department of the fair to be given by the Methodist ladies in December, is under the supervisión of Miss May Breakey, and the army of little workers that congrégate at her house every Saturday morningr with work bag in hand is evidence sufficient that there will be no lack of prctty things on sale for the children and sold by the children. The list of articles to be on sale has not been giveu out, but there will be something besides dolls. The chrysanthemum exhibition in the court heuse last Saturday makes the editor of the Adrián Press green with envy of Ann Arbor because Adrián people have not had such ao exhibition. He aoknowledges that he doesn't know what chrysanthemums are, but evidenlly has an idea that they are a new kind of animal pet imported from Australia which are all the rage, and that her lack of them is another evidenee of Adrian's eleepinesa. There is a good deal that can be learned in Ann Arbor if people will only come here. Judge Beacb, of Huron ccunty, will be present in the circuit court on Nov. 22, and will siton someof the most important cases that will come up at this term. Among them are several growing out o! the John Keek failure about a year ago. The cases assigned for trial are: The Farmers' & Mechanics' bank vs. William April and John Keek ; William April vs. Francis Stofflet; Farmers' & Mechanics' bank vs. William April; Abram öorelin vs. Dewitt C. Bucklin. The jury has been notificd to be present on the 15th. Probably the most excited man that has been in this city for a long time was Michael Pocall who arrived in this city Tuesday evening. He was to be marritd at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning to Miss Mary Armbruster of tkis city, and until he arrived here was not aware that our new law reqnired a marriage license. He searebed in vain for county clerk Howlett or his deputy until midnight, and was at it again at daybreak Wednesday. At last he found deputy clerk Brown, and the license was issued, but the "happy" groom had but two minutes to spare. M. C. Sheehan was happily surprised by a number of his intímate friends who visited him last evening, and as'isted in celebratiug his 30th birthday anniversary. By a prearranged plan about forty couples met at the residecce of Sed James, and after each had been masked and enveloped in a sheet and pillowcase, marched up State st. to Mr. Sheehan's residence. Alter a short time fpent in a vain endeavor to find out who the visitors were, the whole forty adjournedto the hall above where a lunch wss spread and dancing began which continued until 2 p. m. At the Unitarian church Sanday evening, the pastor answered the question as to whether it would be well for a young man starting out in life to make any place in his plans for the use of liquor. It was a temperance sermón of the calm, unimpassioned, convincing kind, full of ilustration and faets. He gave twelve reasons why the young man shouldn't use liquor as a beverage : It does no good ; it costs too much ; the time wasted ; it leads in the direction of low friendships ; for sakes of mothers, sisters, and wives; iifluence on others; business reaons; injurious to physical health ; harmful effect on the mind; weakensthe will and dulls the conscience; heriditary influences; may lead to drunkenness.