The City

Wahr's book-storeis being repainted. Democratie state convention today at Detroit. Johnson's new bazaar was thrown open Monday. The court-hou6e yard looks shabby for want of water. Friday, Justice Pond fined Wm. Green $5 for being drunk. M. H. Goodrich is on the grand jury now sitting in Detroit. Cap't. Bortei's family moved into the Fra'nklin House yesterday. Gibson the photographer is with " the boys in blue" at Mackinac. Prominent oitizens are taking steps to bring the M. S. R. R. here. The cold wave Friday and Saturday brought out many overcoats. Look over our railroad time tables for changes inaugurated last Sunday. Randall is repapering the obeervatory, the job requiring 200 rolla of fine paper. Bicycle tournament next Tuesday and Wednesday. The woods will be full of 'em. Jas. Robinson lost a valuable horae last week trom sickness. He shot it to end its mi8ery. Jas. Geaghan, formerly at the M. C. R. depot, is now night operator at the T. & A. A. depot. Kev.Dr. Alexander,of Cambridge, Mass., will preach at tbe Congregational church next Sunday. John Koch, of Koch & Flerine, has been confined to his bed by sickness since last Saturday. The fourth ward school yard is being filled up with dirt taken from the high school grounds. Lower town dudes look rusty, and all because there is no barber shop over there. They want one. Justice Pond fined Bdward Taylor $2 and $3 costs, Tuesday, for breach of the peace. He paid. Mrs. Capt. Milliard, Mrs. Geo. Dengler, and Mra. Wm. Arrastrong accomany their husbands to camp. The Third ward Republicana will raise a Harrison and Morton pole and banner, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Lawrence, of Saline, takes the place of Miss Fannie Taylor, resigned, in the Second ward school. The moruing train on the M. C. R. R. going east, leaves here now at 7:50 a. na., instead of 8:08 a. m. A man totally blind, minus one leg, and led by a little boy, was a touching sight on Main-st, Saturday. John Butler was fined before Justice Freuauff Saturday $2, and $3 costs for as - saulting Simon Preston. John ü. Bailey, baggageman at the T. & A. A. depot, is also conductor of the Ann Arbor and South Lyon traiD. A Philadelphia firm has sold six car loads of Advance plows for Ann Arbor Agricuhural works this season. The corner store of the 2nd Baptist church will be laid on Sunday the 29th, at the corner of Pontiac and 5th-st. Burglars attempted to enter the house of Rev. J. W. Crippen. on Ann-st, Saturday night, but were unsuccessful. John Delaney, 29 E. Catherine, is making the back part of his house two story, which will be a decided improvement. Aid. Spokes, as catcher, assisted the Dexter ball club to deteat the Pinckney club, Saturday, to the tune of 28 to (i. Sheriff Walsh and Geo. Greening were out to Island lake, Tuesday, and caught 88 fine fish. Sworn statements on file. Ann Arbor democracy will be well repersented at the State convention today, as nearly all the faithful are out of town. The T. A. A. N. M. Ry. Co. announces a grand excursión to Whitmore lake July 28th, leaving Ann Arbor 10:55, a. m. A. J. Paisley, Agt. Will Olcott, furmerly a teacher in the high school is now mining engineer and chemist for two large iron mines in the Gogebic región. The place recently vacated in the M. C. R. R. treight office bv James Geaghan, is now filled by John Lynn, tormerly with Wines & Worden. Last week the Courier said that f ried spnrrows are as good as fried frog legs. " Wonder what it's opinión will be on the next important public issue? " Evart Scott's cottage at Bay View was badly damaged by fire last Friday, and Mrs. J. T. Jacobs and family who were occupying it lost about all their clothing. The Durand Express is the latest, and looks like a healthy journalistic babe. lts appearence is clean and bright, and it is fathered in good shape by T. R. Chapín. Burglars tried to raid the residence of Mrs. ïayoox on Huron-st Friday night, but a revolver atd a young lady who didn't scare worth a cent, frightened them off. The oíd dock in front of the Agricultural works in the fifth ward has been removed. A new one will be built in front and on the north side and will be roofed over. Two of worthy Germán citizens, M. Noli and John Haarer, drew a handsome sum the first of the week in some German lottery. Somewhere in the thousands. Edwin F. Smith, of Ann Arbor, is again connected with the department of agriculture in Washington, and will continue his investigaron of the cause of yellows in peaches. The old house on North-st, between Detroit and División, belongicg to John Pfisterer, is being renovated and rebuilt, and will be made into a comfortable dweiling. The Democratie county convention to elect delegates to the state conventionatlarge, and to the congressional conventionat-large, was held in the court house last Thur8day. Bishop W. B. Campbell, of the Evangelist Mission, Toledo, Ohio, and Rev. John Reveis of the sume place will preach in Firemen'8 hal!, Sunday, July 22, at 3 o'clock, p. m. Swift's milis are shut down, and will be lor two weeks, on account of the rolls being sent to Jackson for grinding, in preparation for the coming of the new erop of wheat. The American expresa company is now shipping daily from 50 to 150 buahels of raepberries, uearly all to Detroit. Last year at this time they were shipping on an average of 200 bushels per dy. C. H. Snyder, formerly night operator at the T. & A. A. depot, has been promoted to the posuion of station agent at Clare, and assumed the respoi.sibilities of his new poition Monday morning. Our genial sheriff, Mr. Walsh, feit quiet good yesterday over the news th it he had been gmnted a pension. Mr. Walsh was in the 7th Mich. cavalry, and was badly iojured in a fight by his horee lalling on him. A plank drain 200 feet long has been laid on W. Jefferson-st, at the orosing of Firet-st, which will carry to the brook near the railroad, all the sur face water that formerly ran north and south from this point. A spontaneous combustión of rags in the paint shop of' Ferguson's cart factory, last Thursday night, called out the fire department, bilt the flames were extinguished before they arrived. It was a close cali. A man was in town Monday with a covered wagon-load of parrots, parroquettes, pheasantsand several other kinds cf birds from Australia. The outfit attracted a good deal of attention and many birds were sold. The Ninth Michigan Infantry will hold its ninth annual reunión at Grand Ledge Aug. 8. Certificaten for reduoed fare can be obtained by addressing C. A. Kelly, Brighton, Mich. Many veterans of that regiment live in the city. In wetting down the court house 'awn, Monday night, it took two men teu minutes to open one hydrant, by reason of its being ruated. Of what use would such a hydrant be in case of fire ? There are others in the same conditior,. At the session of the national convention of the American school teachers' association, held in San Francisco yesterday, Prof. Burke Hinsdale, of the University of Michigan, read a paper on the "Business Side of the School System." Prof. H. Ulcott, of Isbpeming, yesterday purchased of Chancey Orcutt six acres of land near the eity limits, a large portion of which he will set out to small ftuits. The professor says he intends to make Ann Arbor his home in the near future. The latest phase oL the new T. &c A. A. depot seems to be that no depot will be built until Second-gt is opened. As the council refuse to do this, no depot -vill probably be built, and the use of the old rat-trap nowanswering to that name, will be contmued. Wm. Long, son of Charles Locg on High-st, suddenly left home about five yeirs ago when about fourteen, and had not been heard of by any of hs family until Tuesday, when he walked into the house well and hearty. He had "been around a bit." The recent eight-hour law as applied to the carriers necessitated additions to the lorce, and one of the results of Postmaster Duflfy's trip to Washington is the allotting of two extra carriers to this city. Now the question is, who will be the lucky appointees? The T. A. A. N. M. Ry. Co. will sell reduced rates to Cincinnati July 23rd and 24th, good returning July '2Hih. Fare for the round trip, Ann Arbor to Cincnnati, $5 40, via. the C. II. & D. route. Day coaches and sleepers through without change. A. J. Paisley, Agt. Holland & Gormley's Great One Ring Circus will be liere next Monday, Tuesday" and Wednesday. on the grounds near the Union school, and will give each afternoon and evening one of their matchless performances. The tent will seat 3,000 people and there will be room for all. Admission, 10-1. Supt. T. J. Keech was surprised and provoked, last week, on examining some fine young elm trees in front of the lumber yard property on st, to find that borers in great numbers were in the trees. Almost every tree was inhabited by these pests, and if they are not destroyed will kill the trees. The train to South Lyon and return, leaving here at 7:00 a. m., and returning at 10:30 p. m., consists of an engine and one car, which is manned by the yard switchman as engineer, and baggageman Bailey as conductor, fireman and brakeman. It is a losing train for the company, but she goes pst the same. A citizen was heard to complain in unmistakable language, the other day, about the recklessness oL house-movers in damaging and breaking down trees. He gave an instance that happened on S. University ave. last week, in which a mover broke off several large limos of trees, besides one of the electric wires. Tbis latter proceeding would seem to be one of considerable danger. Prof. H. Olcott who was many years ago a citizen of Washtenaw, but is now Superintendent of the public schools at I-hpeming, is in town. Prof. Olcott taught school in Saline during the '40 s, taught in the Detroit Central School 14 years, and has been in the upper península 21 years. He is now on his way to New York to meet his daughter, Miss A. F. Olcott, who has been a year in Europe. W. J. Just, prominent lumberraan of Greenville, recently opened a lumber yard at the crossinn; of S. Main st. and the T. & A. A. railroad in Ann Arbor. Mr. Just has been engaged in the Wholesale and retail lumber irade for many years, and is an expert in the business. He will keep a full stock of pine, Norway and hemlock building material, and respectfully asks the public to inspect his stock and prices. The Ohio State división of the league, of American wheelmen will meet in Toledo next Monday. On Tuesday tbey will come to Ann Arbor by special train. They will then wheel to Saline, aciompan.ed by as many local wheelmen as wish to join. Fiom Saline they will wheel to Ypsilanti, and then return to Ann Arbor, where they will have a hill-climbing contest in lower town. It is expected that about 150 of the Ohio men will be in line. The last act in the sacreligious destruction of the court houe well on Huron st, was preformed Monday when the pump was taken up, and the well entirely cloed by masonry. This well was dug about 1830, and tor nearly 60 years has poured out iis purecold water toslake thethirstof thousandn. But like many other good old-fa-hioned ihings, it has given way to new ideas, and in its stead we have an ornamental noidern fountain and warm bshy water. Co. A, filty strong, under command of Capt. Sid. Millard, left lor camp, Tuesday night, on the 5:30 train, over the M. C. R. R. Tne boys made a fine showing as they marched to the depot in opn order, headed by the Ann Arbor City band. A lare crowd was present to see them off, among which were the sweethearts of the boys lucky enough to have them, who seemed very loth to have their brave soldier boys go so far away from home without fatber or mother and be exponed for a whole week to the cunning wiles of Mackinac girLs. Monday, while Quincey Turner, with the American expresa wagon was wailing at the T. & A. A. depot íor the 3:30 train, some fellow, who shou'd have known better, carne rushing down William-st on a bieycle and by the norse, "the oíd grey," within a very few feet of him, which 8cared him, and before Turner could reach the wagon, he had whirled around spilling out the express matter, and dashed up First-st. After going a short d;stance he feil, and horse 8nd wagon were badly mixed. Result : some wasted berriee, two broken thills, broken whifiletree and a scared man, ior Quincey thiuks more ol the horse than he does of a year's wages.