The City

John Kleindienst has secured an ncrease of pension. Mrs. Edward Johnson, of N. Fifth-st, has been gick for eome time. Mrs. Sarah McElwaine had a partial stroke of paralysis Monday night. Justice Pond sent Nicholag Kelly to the county jail, Feb. 17, for being drunk. The circuit court Monday transacted a little business and adjourned to March 6. Florence Grossman, 6 years old, died of diphthena, on W. Liberty-st, last Frid8y. Henry Vogel, treasurer of Scio township, settled at the county treasurer's office, Tuesday. Judge Kinne is winning much praise in Monroe, where he is holding court. Told you so. Some one shot a valu&ble Enerlish bird dog belonging to C. Bulus on E. Ann-st, Saturday night. Orla B. Taylor, of Sawyer & Knowlton's office, now carries a fine gold watch, a present trom his father. Charles M. Sjhlimmer, of Scio, forroerly of Northfield, died of heart disease Feb. 19 at the age of 72. Dr. J. C. Wood has purchased the house and lot of A. D. Seyler on the corner of Packard and Fuurth sts. Ex-Governor Blair was in town Tueaday. He is to be one of the attorneys in thtj case of Miller vs. Comwell ■ Kev. Dr. Earp, at St. Andrews church, will deliver a special sermón before Hobart Guild, next Sunday at 10:30 &. m. E. E. Leiand, of Northfield, who has been quite sick for gome time, was in town on Tuesday, apparently all right again. M. M. Steffey, of Dayton, O., has purchased ihe steam laundry of M. Costello, and will take charge of it next Monday. In the circuit court Monday, William Pitney eecured judgment by default aginst Henry aad David Forshee for $998.25. Rev. Dr. Ramay is holding extra services in the M. E. church every eveuing except Saturday, aud much interest is manifested. At Masonic Tea: pie, last Ti.ureday evening. the blue lodges in the oounty were represented, and work in the third degree was exempliSed. George Gerlack, 61 yenrs old, of Northfield, died Feb. 15, of inflammMion of the lungs, and (he funeral was held Sunday at Northfield Germán eh'ireh. Evaline Doyle, ofYpmlanü township, asks for a divorcefrom John Doyle. AIbj Josephine Ortman, of Arn Arbor, wants a divorce from Frank H. Ortman. E. B. Lewis, the photcgrapher, will open up again in Arm Arbor, March 1. His place will be 72 3. Main-ii., at what is knowo as the Syeechly gallery. Mrs. Barbara Holmes, of Manchester sister of Mr. W. G Dieierle, of" Ann Arbor, has betn an invalid more than a year, and this week is so much woree that shê ia not expecied to live. Two of ihe Uoodhounds helonging to Stetson's Doublé Monster Uncle Tom's Cabin Co., which is to exhibit at the opera house, Saturdny, were recently imporitd by Manager Sielfon, from Siberia at a cost of nearly five hundred dollars each. Hirain Holmes, of Lockport, N. T., died on the lOth of February, in his 82nd year. He was sn uncle of A. H. Holmes and Mrs. Amanda Wilsey, of this city, and Rey. Dr. Holmes, of Chelea. Stetaon's Uncle Toni's Cabin compauy will give a matinee performance Satnrday dfternoon at 2 o'clock, for the beDfifit of those who prefer to attend then. It is a fine opportunity to take the children. Company A and the city band made a 6ne appearance yesterday, ag they celebrated Washington's birthday in a street parade. It was a bright, warm day, and the people turned out in great crowds to greet them. It is said that the saloon-keepers of Wa9htenaw waited upon the democratie county committee to induce them to mke a fight in the interest of the saloons ; bat the request was promptly declined. Wisely done. The fo'.lowing persons were made citi!)D3 by the circuit court last Monday : Gottlieb Volz, Scio ; Adam Goetz, Aon Arbor; Frederick Wild, Lodi; Jacob Old; Gottfried Berger, Ann Arbor; William Feltzke, Ann Arbor. Arthur J. Sweet brought f rom the Blair stables near Jackson on Monday a two-year old Hambletonian stallion. It was the second time he had ever been in a harneas. It is a handsome colt of considerable promise, and is valued at $1,000. Frank Roth pleaded guilty, Monday, in the circuit court, to (aking $20, some jewelry, clothing, etc., from a farmer named Crillimun near Saline, and he was sentenced to the Ionia house of correction for one year. He has been over from (iermany oaly a year. The firm of Collins & Amsden, wood, coal, feed. liour and lime merchante, was disolved Feb. 17. Mr. Amsden will continue in the wood, coal, flour. nd feed business, and Mr. Collies in the wood, coal, and lime bu-ine, each on his own side of Huron street O. R. L. Crcïier has let the contract to W. J. Colegrove of building a bain 40 feet square, with basement, in the spring. It is a little early for contrae, ing for the erection of dwelling-houses, but it is underetood that a few contracts have already been let, and more will follow. The district lodg -, I. O G. T., comprising Washtenaw county, had a meeting last Saturday in Ann Arbor. About 60 delegates were present from different lodges in the county. Local option was difcussed and heartily endorsed, and money raised to carry on the campaign. Miss Ruth Gentny, who graduated in the literary department of (he uniyersity last year. and is now teaching in a Baptist college at Dt-land, Florida, sent this week a box of out door flowers, compriamg orange blossom, mngnificent roses etc., to her friend, Mr.. J. Q. A. Sessions, In spite of the storm Sunday, the peating capacity of Fireman's hall was not large enough for the audience which gathered to hear Col. Sylvester Larned on the local option question. Mr. Larned spoke in Webster township Sunday evening. Monday evening he epoke m Fireman's hall again to a good audience. Alderman Allmendinger baa retnrned from his southern trip much improved in hnalth. Ho traveled through Texas and into cld Mexico where he saw an exhibition ot that oíd relie of barbarism, a Spanish buil fight. He raya that the woim-n sell tickets for these inhuman exhibitions for the benefit of their churchea. A sleigh-ride party of 21 Ann Arbor people started from (ïeo. Almendinger's, last Thursday eveDing, and when about two miles south on the gravel road, they were t-tuck fast in the mud. They had to hire a wagon of a (armer, and proceeded to their destination, the house ot' Mr. Linderman, where they enjoyed themselves very much. Lucy D. L. Parker, secretary of the W. C. T. U. of Aan Arbor, announces that their monthly business meetings will be held liereafter fiora 3 to 4 p. m., on the first Wednesday uf Rach month in Hbart hall parlorg. The executive board of Hobart hall has kindly given them tte use of the parlors, and now they have a regular place in which to meet, it is hoped that the attendance will be large. Horton B. Bryan and hig brother, Homer K. Bryan, have purchased the Charlotte Leader, and took possesio:. last week. Mr. Bryan will be remetnbered very khdly by a large number of Ann Arbor people as the local editor of Thk Register. They announce that the Leader will be " democratie in every sense of the term." Of couree the Leader will give the news under its present management Jacob J edele, er., d ed at bis home in Scio, Tuesday morning, at the nee ot 60. He was bom in Germany in 1828. His parents came to this oouoty at an early day. He attended the Ann Arbor high school for a time. As a farmer he has been very Buocesful, and was the owner of 280 acres of choioe improved land. In 1850 he was married to Martha Rohm, and as a result of the union there were four boys and three girls. Mr. Jedele was an active and enterprisinfj citiien. R. L"8pinase, of Chicago, secretary of the Illinois state dairymen's association, was in town last Fnday and Saturdy. He is interested in a Chicago concern which Bupplies designs and outfitg for creameries. He wants the people of Ann Arbor and vicinity to mart a cremnery here, and says that $2,500 is tufficiunt capital. Anu Arbor migh' just as well be sending out 1200 or 1400 poundg of butter each day as not. Ypgilanti and other creanoeries send their oarts within two miles of us and gather up the cream, which ought to be used up in Ann Arbor. That is the wav he talks. The Evanston, lila, papers of Feb. 4 and 11 devote great den] of spac to the death aad funeral of Dr. O. is. E. Haven, who died there Feb. 3. Dr. Haven was he sin of President Hven, formerly of he U. of M., and himself graduated here n 1870, and received the degreo of master ot arts three years later. On Aug. 2, 871, he married Miss Alice 8ntherland t Ann Albor. He was bom in New rork City in 1849 The Rorrow at his eath seems to be general and more ihan s usudly telt Mist Francés E. WitlRrd was among the ladies who contributed milax and callas to decórate his coön. Mra. Bagley and herthreeyear-old boy, of W. Huron st, were thrown from a buggy near the Huron-st crossing of the T. & A. A. raiiroad, at abcut 12:30 today, and quite seriously hurt. The horse was frightened by the track, probably, as no cara were in motion near the crossing. Mre. Bagley was ent about the head badly. and the boy was rery much jarred. "The Naiad Queen," an opera which ia to be presented in Ann Arbor Feb. 29, March 1, 2, and 3, is said be very beautiful. About 100 Ann Arbor children will appear on the stage. The Iowa state Reporter pays of it: ' 'Entrancing,' 'bewildering,' 'charming,1 were some of the expressiona that greeted the appearance of some of those lovely tableaux at the opera house, and truly they were tnagnificent beyond deacription. The Naiad Queen presenta some of the beaaties of stage ef'ect that are seen but once in a lifetime. Go while you have a chance, and you will thank ua as long as your lite for our advice." The Washington's Birthciay entertaiment of the Unity club at the Unitarian church last Monday evening wasdecidedly unique and one of the most delightful ever given by the club. A largecompany sat down at 6:30 o'clock to an excellent supper presided over by Mrs. Prof. Pettee and Mrs. Prof. Greene. After supper all repaired to the parlors of the church, where F. N. Scott, of the University, resd a paper full of wit, humor and drollery on "lira. Cuatis' Second Hiisband," illustrated by a large number of crayon drawings made specially fer the occasion by Miss Gardner. Mr. Scott had alao composed a song for the occasion which was sung with much effect by a company of young people. The Washington's Birthday celebrations of the club have heretofore usually been of a more or lesa f erioua character ; and henee this one, so out of the common line, was all the more erjoyed.