The City

Some fine sport is expected in the races at the county fair. Cod. Toumey - too tickeled to live - girl - last Thursday. Oscar Schmid spent a couple of days this week at Detroit. Ohristian Mack is in New York buying the stock of fall goods. Peter Come, of this city, has been granted an increase of pension. The Ann Arbor Blues defeated the Saline club Saturday, 37 to 22. S. & J. Baumgartner are building a new bake-oven in rear of their store. Sheehan & Co. moved into their handsome new store on State-st, lionday. Martin Clark is canvassing the state in the interest of tip Physician and Surgeon. Already nearly all of the stock stalls on the fair grounds are engaged for next week. The T. & A. A. railroad have laid a new side track to the lumber yard on South Main-st. Tbe students returning and our streets begin to nssume a more lively appearance. Justice Pond sentenced "Con." Cook to jail for 20 days, Tuesday, for being drunk on the streets. Mary J. Dodge, ol 37 E. University avenue, has returned from Put-in-Bay, where she spent the summer. Mack & Schmid are remodeling the old capsule building in the Second ward, into a modern tenement house. J. M. Stafford has rented the room over Schuh fe Muehlig's show-room on Washington street, for work shop. Christian Mack is a proud grandfather, Mrs. Willis Abbott, of Kansas City, having a son which is now a week old. The Two Sams expect to get moved into their new store by Oct. lst, now. Their original date was Sept. lst. Telephone No. 58 was placed this week in W. B. Warner's grocery on State-st.; siso No. 117 with the Morgan canning works. Bessie Moore, a 17-months'-old child of Abner Moore, formerly of Ann Arbor, died in Detroit, Sept. 9, and was buried in Ann Arbor. There will be a bicycle race on the fair grounds on Wednesday next. On this day children under 12 will be admitted to the fair free. On Republican day, Thursday of fair week, Col. J. H. Brigham, of Ohio, exmaster of the National Grange, will speak on the grounds. Frank W. Dickey, of Marshall, will be the judge in the horse department at the county fair. He is an expert and a well known horseman. The opening of the opera house for the serson occurs next Monday evening, the People's theatre company being tke attraction for the week. The Chequamegons have eecured the services of J. M. McGrill, of Brie, Pa., as a clarionette player. He is an artist and a great treasure for Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor Greys and the Milan club played a game of base ball on the campus last Saturday afternoon, the former winning by a score of 27 to 9. George Buil was taken before Justice Pond. last Friday, to answer to the charge of having been drunk and disorderly. The case was adjourned for two weeks. "Jack" Carland, of St. Louis, who is well known in this city in connection with the building of the T. & A. A. railroad, is the latest convert from Democracy. Rev. A. F. Bourns, of this city, has been continued as one of the superannuated by the methodist conference which has just closed its annual Bession in Detroit. Next week Friday will be a gala day for the Republicana of Chelsea. The speakers will be Gov. Luce, Congressmen Allen and O'Donnell, and Co!. Simmons, of Illinois. The students who return this month will be agreeably surprised to see the handsome Students' Christian association building which has been erected during their absence. Wm, M. Osband, of the YpsilantiaD, and chairman of the Republican county committe, will speak before the Sixth ward Republican club Tuesday evening in the engine house. The Democrats had a hard time raising the pole on the corner of Main and Huron-sts. It was to have been up Tuesday evening, but it was Wednesday afternoon before it was raised. Rsv. Dr. Ramsey will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday. It was supposed that last Sunday was bis last here, but Rev. Dr. Studley is cot quite ready to come here this week. The First ward Republicans will meet Friday evening at Firemen's hall, at 8 o'clock to perfect a Republican ward organization, and the Second ward Republicans are invited to attend and co-operate. Rev. Henry Gelston, of DeLand, Florida, who is visiting his father in this city, preached at the Presbyterian church, both morning and evening, last Sunday. He is a brother of the new pastor who has been called to the ehurch. Isn't it strange that men will walk right across the court house lawn, when a big 'keep-off-the-gra68' sign is staring them in the face. A few arrests and fines will make them more observing and improve the looks of the lawn. Willis, the young son of County Clerk Howlett, was seriously hurt last Saturday morning. He was gathering nuts with some other boys, on the place of E. B. Hall, in the Sixth ward, and in shaking the tree a large and heavy ladder wasoverbelanced which in falling struck the little fellow on the head. He was carried home in an unconscious condition and remained so some time. It was found that no bones were broken, but it was a narrow escape. The People's opera company which appears at the opera house all next week, s well spoken of and plays standard pieces. "'Unnessecary' Kevenue is Unjust Taxation," was the way one of the Democratie banners read Tuesday. That spelling hardly conforms to Jeffersonian simplicity. Geo. Huntington, of Salem, pleaded not guilty before Justice Pond, Saturday, to a charge of stealing chickens of James L. McCormick. On Wedaesday he changed his plea to guilty was sent to jail for ten days. Kreuger, the photographer, has on exhibition at Watts' jewelry store, two pictures which are admired by all who pass. One is a scène frotn Hiawatha, and the other is a handsome, large profile view of a young lady of this city. The appearance of North-st is not improved by eeveral barrel?, boards, sand, etc, which have been lying at the corner of Élizabeth-st for several months past. The authoritiea intend to build a new cross -walk there some time. The Washtenaw Democracy is receiving its share of federal patronage this fal!. The latest appointment is that of James Hagen, of Cbelsea, as railway postal clerk to run between Detroit and Chicago, in place of Arthur Brown, resigned. A mÍ8sionary meeting of the American Unitarian associatlon and the thirteenth anriual session of the Michigan conference of Uriitarian churches will be held with the Unitarian church at Detroit Oct. 2 and 3, 1888. Rev. J. T. Sunderland, of AnnArbor, is eecretary of the conference. Ray Whalen, a colored man, met with a painful accident Saturday night, while attempting to get on a bus. He caught hold of one of the side lights which broke off, throwing him to the ground. His thumb on his right hand was broken, and one foot injured by the bus passing over it. Over 40 members of company A, together with the city band, took busses last Saturday evening, and went to Whitmore Lake where they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the company, on Sunday. They held a dress parade and guard mount, and defeated a ball club trom this city by a score of 33 to 21. The board of directors of the Ann Arbor Inaprovement company have disposed of all the real estáte and property of the company, and are now preparing to close up the affairs. A dividend of 87 per cent. upon the capital 6tock has been declared, and the stock-holders will realize considerable more than they anticipated. The annual meeting for the election of officers of the Chautauqua Circle will be held Thursday evening of this week, at the home of Miss Carrie Watts, No. 33 Liberty-st. All the old members are urged to be present, and any one wishing to join the Circle can send in their names or present themselves at the meeting. The Students' Christian association finished last week a canvas of the city in order to make a directory of rooms that are to let to students. They found 588 suites and single rooms in. addition to those already spoken for. They estímate that 1U0 rooms have already been engaged by University students. They did not go west of Main-st. Prof. Henry C. Adams, of the Univergity, has been appointed statistician for the Inter-State Commerce Commission, and is already at Washington attending to that business. Bis appointment is one that will please his many friends here, and he will be perlectly capable of filling it. The work will not interf ere with his University work to any great extent. Julius V. Seyler is attracting marked attention in Berlin musical circles by some really artistic piano playing. A correspondent of the American ilusician places him in the front rank of students at the Scharwenka conservatory. - Free Press. The subject of the above sketch is a son of A. D. Seyler of this city. He has been studying at the conservatory about a year and has has already played several times before the royal family of Germany. Saturday night about midnight the barn of Geo. W. Winslow, on West Sixth-st, was discovered on fire and was destroyed with all its contents, excepting the horse. The barn was valued at $180, and contents, including some household goods, make the total loss over $300. Insurance $125. The flremen were promptly on the scène but were useless, as the hydrant wsg out of order and no stream could be thrown. It was only by a great deal of hard work that Mr. Winslow's residence was saved. Col. Rafrensperger, the gentleman who recently purchased Herman Hutzel'B house, is very well acquainted at Jacksonville, Fla., and is anxious about the yellow fever sufferers there. He makes the following proposition to aid in their relief, provided some of our citizens will take hold and manage the affair : He will give two or three lots at Pablo Beach for the relief fund, and suggests 500 chances at $1 each be sold on each of the lots. By this means Ann Arbor would contribute and some one would get a lot on one of the finest beaches in the country Iree of charge.