The City

Cj. A's masquerade Feb. 22. Dr. C. G. Darling lost horse last week. Jolm Schiplock; drunlc; $6 costs; Justce Pond. Geo. W. Bain will speak in Ann Arbor next week Friday. Leonard Blake, on D.vision-st, was presented with a boy last Friday morning. The Amphions will meet for their rehearsah hereafter in the Ladies' Library. Don't forget to go to the Palace rink and see the masquerade next Wednesday eve. A valuable horse was stolen Saturday night from the barn of Daniel Peterson. of Pittsfield. The interesting story, " Indiscreet Jlaud Bangs of Ann Arbor," will be found on the second page. The raarriage of Ernest A. Dieterle acd Miss Lydia Rauschenberger was 6olemnized last Thursday. Sin,ce Feb. 1, 104 men have signified their intentions to become citizans. They are mostly Germans. Washtenaw evidently wiil be well represented at the banquet of the Michigan club next week. Justice Frueauff sent John Weber to jail for 60 days, last Saturday, for raming a disturbance at home. W. W. Douglass was preaented with a daughter last Saturday. It is the fifth daughter in the family. The board ot managers of the Agricultural society will hold a meeting on Monday, Feb. 20, at 2 p. m. Geo. E. Buil, charged with peddling raeat without a license, will come before Justice Pond tomorrow. Rev. Moses Stnith, of Detroit, will preach in the Congregational churoh next Sunday morning and evening. A five year old boy of Mr. Ratti, an Italian, died last Saturday, and the body was sent to Fontiac on Monday. Francés E, daughter of Mr?. Andrew McMahon of the Fourth ward, died of diphtheria Feb. 14, aged 12 years. T. T. Kayne and J. E. Beal have sold their interest in the Egan Truts oompany to J. R. Miner and Dr. J. L. Rose. Thursday, Feb. 23, is the time to register for the local option election. Be bure to see that you are register ed porperly. Mrs. E. Barnett, of the Second ward, died last Thursday. She leaves three children, one of whom is only a few daya old. There was an alarm of fire tbis morning about 3 o'clock which got the fire departmentout; but they were unable to find any fire. Geddes lodge, I. O. G. T., sent $9.15 to the county local oplion committee for uee in the campaign. Who will be next? The saloon keepers require at least $1,OÜC to fight iheir battles. Last Satunisy John Huddy was driving near the M. C. depot, whe his horse took friht and ran away. Mr. Huddy was thrown out and severely shaken up No permanent injnry was sustained. The board of registration of Ann Arbor township will meet at the shop of N. B. Covert, on West Huron-st, oh Saturday, Feb. 25, 1888. One evening last week, a eleigh-load of foung peoplc frotn Webster townghip sursrised D. C. Fall and wife. There were ibout 18 in all. Rev. Samuel W. Pratt, of Monroe, will Dreach at the Presbyterian church next 3unday. In the evening he will preach on temperance. Walter Flint, Arthur Sweet and the Misses Herbert, are a quartette of singers that will help along the local option boom in Washtenaw. Mr. Geo. F. Holt, of the Theological Seminary at Morgan Park, near Chicago, will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening. John Strigel, chhirman of the state executive board of K. of L., will visit Huron River assembly, K. of L., tomorrow evening, and will make an address. The Way Bill, a railroad journal, has in its January number a fine picture of James M. Ashley, president of the T., A. A. & N. M II. R , and a sketch of his life. Of tbe 6033 pounds of newspaper and magazine mail sent from the Ann Arbor postoffice in the month of January, over 2400 pounds went from The Register office. The K. T.'s gave a fine party Monday evening in Masonic Temple. More than 100 people were present. Another may be given after Lent, but this closes the series. Several Ypsilanti couples attended the hop. The Detroit club will give its first annual exhibition of paintings, by American ertists, Feb. 21-25. They will be found at 80 West Fort-st. One can see the pictures and take in the big barquet next week all ie one trip. The Lansing Methodists are to build a large stone church soon, and last week they sent b committee to view Ann Arbor'g churches. It consisted of Dr. W. H. Haze, A. Allen, G. C. Fuller, M. D. Hungerford, Israel Gillette and A. A. Nichols. A man has been going about among the people of Washtenaw couuty, not doing good,but representing himself as the agent of jewelry firma in Ann Arbor and of M. S. Smith & Co. of Detroit. He has several games whereby he disposes of $3 worth of silverware for $8. The world does not seem so very large. Testerday this office rcceived a subscription for the American Meteorological Journal from Mauritius, away down in Indian Ocean ; a few days ago another subscription carne from Australia, and recently another from St. Petersburg. In the notice of Stephen Fairchild, last week, The Register failed to m ention that he had a sister, Miss Clara Fairchild of Ithaca, N. Y., acd a brother, Lucius Fairchild, now in Kansas. The sister at whose house he was cared for in nis long siekness, is Mrs. H. L. Phelps of Toledo. Prof. Carhart delivered his second address on Sabbath last, before the lecture class of the M. E. church. lts theme was " God in Creation," and while it was full of learning, it was equally full of the spirit of devotion. The conclusión he reached was that while the interpretations of men were not inspired, the Bible is entitled to the fullest confidence. The Troubadours were on hand to greet the large audience Monday evening, except the star, Miss Nellie McHenry. The compauy entertained the audience till 10:30, when Miss McHenry arrived from Chicago and the play proceeded to its close, which lasted till 12:30. The greater part of the audience remained till after the midnight hour. Don't say again that Ann Arbor people are not a theater-going people. Ann Arbor lodge, I. O. G. T., had an election Monday evening, which resulted as follows: C. T., H. N. Holmes; V. T., Ida Herbert; secretary, J. R. Bowdish; assistant secretary, C. Strickler; treasurer. J. S. Mann ; financial secretary, Sarah C. Fletcher ; marshal, Charles Conrad ; deputy marshal, M. Beman ; inside guard, Kdith Dodge ; sentinel, C. P. Abbey ; superintendent of juvenile temple, Mr3. L. Bowdish ; chaplain, Chas. Bates. Welch post, G. A. R , have accepted J. T. Jacobs' generous offer of the f ree use of his ball for five years, and are furnishing it. Heretofore they have used the hall and furniture belonging to Otseningo lodge, I. O. O. F., at a small rent. This explains why they must buy furniture. They will ask the citizens of Ann Arbor to help them in buy'.ng the furniture. The regular funds of the post are used in relieving distressed families of comrades. A student who became " hard up " took 31 books to a second-hand dealer in town, and pawned them for $10. He was then obüfred to leave the University to earn money, but soon wrote to a friend here to get his ticket at the pawn-shop renewed. The friend went to the pawn-shop to do this, but was astonished with a demand for $2.50. The $10 had been loaned only three weeks. He paid $12.50, and took the books away. That extortion ouht not to be permitted. A Mr. Heideloff, an inmate of the ciunty poor houe, receives a pension. He comes to the city regularly to draw the money, and as regularly spends it in the saloons, or spends part of it in the saloons and is robbed oí the rest. He then goes back to the poor house. This week he was taken back to the county house with his head badly bruised. He had been drunk and was in the county jail for a time. He claims that some men enticed him intoan alley and robbed him of $11. On next Wednesday evening, Feb. 22, Co. A will give their annual maequeiadé ball. All arrangements have been completed for the largest ever given. The ladies ia mask will meet at the parlors of John J. Gibaon, and the gentlemen at the Franklin house parlorg. Grand march ut 8:45 sharp. John B. Loranger, of Detroit, will be at the Franklin House that day with costumes to rent. Ie will be a grand affair, worth -eeing, and the proceeds will be used in getiing a new flg in the spring. The company will parade at 2 p m. next Vedne;day, Washïngton's birthday. The cext meeting of the Chatauqua circle will be held at Miss McLaren's, nexc Tuesday evening. Mrs. Neal will read a paper on Harriet Beecher Stowe. Dr. C. G. Darling wili talk on " What should we eat and what we should drink." Mrs. Libby will recite " The Raven." At the school meeting, last Friday evening, about 22 tax-pay ers were present. The question to be decided was that of granting the school board power to sell one or two rods front from the ward school-house grounds on State-st It will be remembered that the Student's Christian association desired to purchase a strip of the land. Prof. M. L. D'Ooge made a speech in favor of it, and Sedgwick Dean ppoke against it. The ballot resulted in 11 to 9 against selling the land. Those who the pleasure of attending the recital given by Prof. Kempf and pupils last Tuesday evening at the residence of Rev. Dr. Barp, had a rare treat. The participant were Misees Lulu Southmayd, Ruth Durheim, Mignon Root, Ouida French, Lydia Condón, Cornelia Earp, assisted by Miss Ida Belle Winchell, soprano, Mr. Luderer, violin, and F. Abel, violincello, of Detroit. The different selections were admirably execu'ed, and included compositions by Mendelssohn, Kulak, Reinecke, Dussek, Chopin, Scharwinka, Lassen, Beethoven, Schubert, Gunod and Haydn. The closing and most striking feature was Haydn's trio, by Miss Condón, Mr. Luderer and Mr. Abel, in which Miss Condón displayed excellent skill at the piano. At the next meeting of the Unity Club, Monday, Feb. 20, exercises will be held commemorative oi the birthday of the Father of his Country, farailiarly known as Geo. Washington. There will be an addre8S by Fred N. Scott on "The Wklow Custer's Second Husband" which will be illustrated by picture loaned by distant relative8 of the Washington family. Many faded but interesting relies of the departed and gone will be exhibited, and one or more songs composed by the late Mr. Washington to be sung at a massmeeting of his uurses, and hitherto ucpublislied, Will be fung to strange, sweet music. A supper composed mostly of food, with toasts containing amusing anecdotes dating from Waphington's first birthday, will close the impressive solemnities of the evening. Students in search of relaxation froin the fatigues and anxieties of examinatian week will find it in the concert to be given at the Baptist church on Friday evening next. Professor W. M. Skinner, of Bastón, a soloist and conductor of prominence both east and west, will take a leading pai t. Says a Wisconsin paper : "The two songs sung by Prof. Skinner were simple, touching melodies, with the 'one touch of nature that makes the whole world kin'; such songg as we all love. Where singers learn,as Prof. Skinner seems to have done, how greatly people prefer simple songs that all can appreciate and enjoy, concerts will become far more enjovable affairs." The Amphion club, Haydn string quartette, and the church choir, will also take part, and the entertainment will be a fine one.