The City

Den't fftil to hear Congressman Allen Friday evening. Ed. Guinon's homo has a new daughter, - appeared last week. Dr. Eddy will preach in the Congregatiooal church neit Sunday. John S. Johnson has started a grocery store in the Atlington block. Sarah B. Elliott, of the Sixth ward, died of heart disease, Sept. 29, at the age of 72. Mise Eugenie Mogk has been sppointed to teach in the Fifth ward school, first grade. J. Brewer has started a bakery &ud restaurant on st, in place of the Toop bkery. The Tuesday club will hold an informal meeting in the Ladies library, Tuesday, Oot 9, at 3 p.m. Friday evening, Oct 12, is the date set for the dance to be given by the City band ia Germania hall. The Prohibitionists of Ann Arbor will open their campaign toníght by a meeting in Cropgey's hall. Joe. T. Jacobs and John Moore, were among the Ann Arbor people who heard Blaine in Detroit yesterday. Four new telephones : Moore's grocery, No. 70; Andrews & Co., No. 118; Mre. MaryL. Gay, No. 07; Stimson & Son, No. 91. Mre. John Troost, Delhi Mills, died Tuesday morning. The Fifth ward Republicana raised a Harrison and Morton pols last Priday. A fine Harrison and Morton pole was raised last evening at Krapf's planing mili. The bih school senior social was held last Friday evening at the home of Miss Alice Beckwiih. A Prohibition club was organiied in Ann Arbor last week wilh John Schumacher as president. Rev. Karl A. Milliizer, of East Toledo, is to be the pastor of the Germán M. E. church in Ann Arbor. Major J. A. Brown; Jugtice Pond; Sept 28; Brown is a painter, but got drunk, and paid $4.95 costs. A meeting of the officers of the Republican ward clubs will be held at 8 o'clock a. m. tomorrow at the Courier office. At noon, Tuesday, 495 pupils had registered in the Ann Arbor high school, eight mere than at the Bame time last y e ar. The Unity club will hold ite first meeting of the year next Monday evening, to elect officers and get ready for a eplendid campaigo. The time of recitation in the high school has been shortened to 55 minutes, allowing 15 minutes for recess between 10:55 and 11:10 a. m. ___ The pomological society will meet Satnrday to digcuss the fair, to inquire about the fruit factory bonus, and What shall we do with our grapes? Miss Mary R. Kittredge, of Minneapolis, aged nearly twenty three yeare, neioe ot Kendall Kittredge of this city, died on Sunday, September 30. Tbe First ward Republican club will meet tonight orer Jacobs' store. G. F. Allmendinger is president, and 0. E. Mutschel secret sry, of the club. The high school students' Christian association will meet tomorrow at 4:15 p. m., to discus8 "Danger of indecisión," and Miss Ella Bennett will lead. Ann Arbor townshipwill raise for higbways $500; new bridee at Geddes, $2,000; contingent fund, $450; woodchucks, $50; poor fund, $150; total $3,150. The opening hop of the State-st dancing academy will be given next week Friday. Ross Granger is at the head of it and has refurnished the hall. The young peoples' society of the Congregational chureh has W. L. Page for president; Miss Alice Damon for vice president ; and Miss Kate Jacobs for secretary. A flock oí wild geese settled down in W. E. Boyden's wheat field in Webster, and Mr. Boyden gecured eight of them, - a haul that makes huntera around here green with envy. Mre. L. L. VanSlyke and Mi?s Martha A. Tenney have been added to the school of music corps of teachers. Prof. R. H. Kempf has been tendered a position as teacher in the school. Judge Kinne, Prof. Winchell, and O. H. Worden, were subpcenaed to appear Tuesday in the United States court in Detroit in the case of the United States against Charles Livingstone. Southard, the barber, has sold his lot, corner of Huron and First-st., to Mack & Sohmid, for $2250. Mack & Schmid purchased ihe land on which the capsule works stood, for $755. The school board Saturday evening, authorized the appointment of two new teachers for the high tehool, and ordered the Third ward school to be kept closed another week on account of gcarlet fever. The students' bible cIbss at the Unitarian church opens next Sunday, Oct. 7, at 12 m., in the auditorium of the church. A very rich year of work has been planned on "Old Testament history, literature and religión." Three new classes have been formed in the high school, imposing more work upon some of the teachers. Herbert Frost, a gradúate of the high school, and a member of '89 in IJ. of M., has been engaged to teach Latin. St. Andrews' church has bought of Mrs. Matthevss the property on corner of Bowery and Division-sts, and will probably erect a d welling for the janitor. It may finally be the site of a home for the aged poor of the parish. A. J. Sawyer and J. F. Lawrence spoke at Camp'8 Corners, Ann Arbor township, Tuesday, at a pole-raising. With George S. Wheeler, the candidate for judge of arobate, they will speak at Whitmore Lake, Saturday, 7:30 p. m. Mr. Toma, tbe florist, says that tbe most needed Btreet-opening at present is Third-st west, from Washington to Hurón. It would unite the Second and Third wards from south of Seoond to north of Third without crossing the Toledo railroad track twice. Silas Tolbert, colored ; Justice Pond ; Sept. 27 ; Tolbert was a disorderly person ; Detroit house of correction 65 days. It was his third time before Justice Pond. He is a farm laborer, and filis up when 'ue comes to town. He raised a disturbance on the {air grounds, and was put out Rev. J. T. Sunderland has just completed his tenth year, witb the Unitarian church ia this city. Next Sunday morning he will preach a sermón appropriate to the occasion, on "Ten y e ars of work in Ann Arbor." In the evening there wil! be a meeting of the young people of the congregation and students in gympathy with liberal thought, to plan lor religious work among the young for the winter. Rev. J. W. Bradshaw, of Galesburg 111., the minister cbosen to succeed Rev W. H. Ryder, ol the Oongregationa church, has accepted the cali and rentes Dr. Wilson's house on S. Division-st. H will commence his labore in Ann Atbo the first Sabbath in November. He is ar able preacher and a pleaeant and socia gentleman, about 40 years of age. H can speak eloquently without notes. H has a wife and three childreu. John B. Dow, of Ann Arbor, died SundBy morning, of pneumonía, probablycontracted during fair time as he tended the pate. He was 60 years old, an old resident of the citv, and has served as alderman of the Third ward. He was street commissioner at the time of his death. J. D. Stitnson & Son, Tuesday morniHg, were surprised by a new wood waik in froct of their store an Ann-st. The old worn-out walk was in its place at 10:30 of the preceding evening; henee the new walk was laid in the nigbt. Did the oweers of the block waut to evade an ordinance ? Rev. Mr. Pope, formerly ol Ann Arbor, made some charges detrimental to the character of Rev. T. F. Hildreth, but the latter was acquitted. Now Hildreth is cbarged with immorality in Cleveland where he is preaching in the Lorain-st M. E. church, and has been allowed to withdraw from the church. Julia E. Van Buren, of Milan, wants a divorce from Martin F. Van Buren, to whom she was married in 1871. They lived together 14 years and bad one child. Van Buren is a Dhvsician now said to be practicing in Tacoma, Washington Territory. Mrs. Van Buren claims that he deserted her in January, 1886, when they were living in Detroit. A. W. Hamilton, on his return trip from Boston, last Thursday, made a Republican speech at Rodman, Jeffereon county, N. Y., to an audience of 1,000. There is great enthusiasm for Harrisou and Morton in that county. A canyasB has been made, and it is known that the county will poll 1500 more Republican votes than it did four years ago. An entertainment was given ast Friday evening, for the benefit of St. Thomas school, to s large aadience. J. E. Harkins, G-eorge Parker, and others, did some "funny business," even deluding the people into thinking that they were actually fighting. Miss Hoban, the Misses Duffy, Miss Ki'llion, Miss Clarken, Mias Foley, Miss Jones, Mies Tice, and Messrs. Foley, Meuth, Willis, and Gibson, gave a fine musical program. There will be a meeting of Hobart Guild tonight, for a change of rules and for the election of a new corresponding secretary. A new feature is a blank form of apphcation for membership. Hereafter the regular Sunday evening service of St. Andrews' church will be held in Hobart Guild hall and not in the church, and they will be sotnewhat informal. The Episcopalian Sunday school will be held at 3 p. m., hereafter Quite a change occurred in the board of stewards of the M. E. church in this city with the ending of the conference year. C. H. Worden and W. W. Whedon who had eeryed more than twenty years and E. B. Lewis declined a re election. T. Y. Kayne had remored to Chicago. The newly elected members are J. B. Steere, L D. Wines, C. G. Darling, J. J. Goodyear, Mr. M. J. Johnson and Mrs. H. E. Neal. Gen. W. H. Gibson, of Ohio, one of the moet effeclivestump speakers in the northwest, spoke in the rink Monday evening, to a large audience, for Harrison & Morton. The Allen Republican club with its live coon and with the new Chequamegon band, made a fine appearance. Gibson stirred the souls of all who heard him, and alternately kept them in roars of laughter. He did good work for the cause as he a!ways does. Nathaniel G. Gates, a drayman who lives at 8 Kellogg-st., thcught he could beat the south bound passenger traia on the T. & A. A.. yeaterday noon at the Jones-8t crossiog. He Dearly did it, but the engine struck the hind part of his handsome dray and smashed the spring and hind wheels, throwing Mr. Gates in guoh a manner that his scalp was laid open in two places. No other injuries were su8tained. He is 70 years oíd, too oíd to try such a hazardous game. The high school seniors and juniors tried conclusions at foot-ball on the campus last Saturday, and the seniora won in 15 minutes. The t-eniors have A. M. Huil for president, and the juniors Geo. J. Jewett. The wres'ling match was won by the juniors. Patterson of '90 had no opponent as a heavy-weight boxer. The middleweight boxing mau was won by Louis Whitehead, '89, over E. de Pont, 90. The 100 yards dash was won by W. S. Miller, '89, over M. Drake, '90. The 50 yards dash was won by Jewett '90, over W. S. Mille, '89. H. W. Newkirk, who receniiy left Arm Arbor to assume the management of the Luther Enterprise, is gratifying his taste for curiosities by makiog a coliection. It at the same time advertises his new paper. He has a copper cent of 1795, a cuoumber 22 inches long, a pieoe of pottery made by the prehistorie Indians, a paper printed in the Chinese and one in the Hebrew language, a slip of paper framed, hearing the name of a subsenber who paid in advanoe for his paper, and many other curious things. Rev. Mr. Studley, the new M. E. pasor in Ann Arbor, cannot complain of his weloome to this city. Last Friday evenng, he was given a formal reception in he chureb. Prof. Winchell presided, and 'rof. Henry Wade Rogers made an elabórate speech of welcome, to which the new pastor responded. Speeches were also made by Prof. Carhart, Rev. A. F. ïourns, R. Kempf, Rev. Benj. Day, and others. Sunday morning, Dr. Studley Dreached his first sermón here to an audience of more than 1200 and in the evening to more than 1000. The Sunday school children gave Mr. Studley a reception Monday evenine. The records of the diocese of Michigan of the Episcopalian church have recently been moved to Aun Arbor and placed in Hobart hall, under the charge of Rev. Wm. Galpin, who was elected registrar. Tbere are many curious things among them. Oue is a prayer book about 2C inches long and 12 in width, printed in large old style type in 1795. It is a beautiful specimen of the art preservative of that time. There are also two manuscript sermona preached in 17G0 and 17 6! in Palmer, Mass., by a Congiegational pas tor. There is a copy of Gov. Barry's mes sage of 1843, in French, and a copy of the " Massachusetts and Boston Gazette News Letter," of Sept. 15, 1703.