The City

Hobart guild social tomorrow night. nteresting Henry Gnrge debate íd ihe Uniurian church nexi Monday evening. Rev. S. H. Adnms, of Dexter, will preach in the M. K cburch,SuQday mom ing. Oommencing Monday, the dry goods stort-8 will keep open evenings for two ■weeks. The Ann Arb r lodge I. O. G. T. elected J. W. Hnyley as chief templar Tuesdaj evening. Ernest Dieterle, W. Liberty st., was glüdiitned, Sunday, by the arrival of the iirst baby, - a boy. Prof. R. Granger will organiïe a childrenV clss in dancing, to begin Saturday, Dec. 15, at 1:30 o'-l-i-k. Pawn i-IH'P Jum siüiied on Fourth st., whf ie siudeniB c n rijake good a deficiency till thf iif xt rptnittaime. Fiom D-c. 1 tu ms, the Advent seai-oi), dily nonday services will be held in H .lart hall chapel, occupying aboni 10 minutes each day. Presidents message on the eevenih page. Mrs. Edward Johason, of the Fourth ward, died Nov. 29, age d 63 years. City Treasurer Moore is ready to receive taxes, and H. M. Taber is assisting him. Chnstian Weidenmann, drunk - on hot eider he says; paid costa before Juetice Pond. ___ P J. McGuire, ot the Carpenter' union, will speak in Fireman's hall, Saturday evening. "An every day al(faw)" is what the Bnptist Udies cali their proposed sale of holiday gifts Dhc 13 and 14. Mr. Giles tí. Bt bbins, of Detroit, will speak at the Unitainn cburuh next Sunday morning upon "Swedenborg." The coon which attended all the Eepnblican political meeting wiih the 3d ward club was sent to SenatorJPalmer. The claim of Mrg. Elpha L. Randall for $3 000 against the estáte of Thomas Santord has been allowed by the commission. Frank Moran went on a spree in Detroit and lost his place as a molder ; carne to Ann Arbor to look for work ; got drunk here; 30 days in countv jil. Frank Johnson, of Lt-advills, Col., arrived in Ann Arbor Monday to attend his mother'a funeral,- that of Mrs. Edward Johnson, - out he was a little too late. Chnse Dow, for the common counoil, and Robert Gwinner for the water companv, inspected the hyriranta Fridy, Saturday nud Monday. They found five or eix defective. The Ano Arbor engine and boiler works company has secured the contract for making a large boiler for the elecmc light company. fier bidding agninst Port Huron and Detroit rarties. Mrs. Eva Jenking has spplied for a divorce in the Washteuaw circuit court trom O C. Jenkin8. Mr. Jenkins was one of Ann Arbor's dentisis and a coroner, who disappeared some months ago. Rev. J F. Dickie, of Detroit, will lec ture on "Church History" in the Tappan hall serie?, at the Preshyterian church, next Monday evening. These leutures rre proving very instructive and are largely attei.ded. Nov. 30, John Howsrd ; drunk in the Btreets; had molder's tools ; came from Detroit to answer an advertisement for ■vork ; was disappointed and got drunk to drown his dinappointment; Justice Pond sent him to jail 20 days. Fraternity lodge No. 262. F. and A. M., eleoted officers last evening as follows: C B. üavisnn, W. M.; M. L Miller, S. W ; J M. Wilcoxson, J. W.; Dr. W. B Smiih, ircaeurer ; Geo. H Pond, secretar y ; C. M. Thompson, J. D. The rabidness with which the hackmen attack travelers coming to Ann Arbor is neeotnh'g lmost unendurable. lt has gune too far when Iadie6 coming in on (he trains and wishing to walk to their homes near by, find it necessary to remain in the depot umil the hackmen have left. "Citizen" writee: " VFould it not be well to remind the city fathers, that the water company should be lequired to Ie vel up the trenches where they have laid the water pipes? They have agrt-ed to do this in their contract with the city, and have never fulfilled their contract in thiá nd other respects." The annualelpction of Wnahtenaw chapter No. 6 R. A. M., occurred Mnnday evening, and resulted a followa : H P.. J. L. Stoi.p; K, L. C. Goodrich; S,N. D. Gtes; C. of H., J A. Gateo; P. 8., W. W. Watts; R. A. 0., K. H. J. CUrk; M 3d V., Sn Bliiz; M 2 1 V., H. A. Kyer; M. lst V., R ibert Cuthber'; sentinel, Thomas Taynr; secretary, Z. Roath; treasurer, D. C. FU. Mrs. Geo. Douglas and her church friends donated $10 'o the Sewing school. The school now numbers 50. Il is much desired that ladieB will take sufficient interest in this practical, helplul work to visit the school and see for themselves what is done. It is held in Cropsey's hall every Saturday afternoon. Teachers and material are needed. Will not young ladies of Ann Arbor volanteer for the work, and older ones give money and material? Last l'Viday afternoon a disgraceful affair occurred in a grove near the water works. It was a buil dog fight. Two saloon keepers backed the dogs. They - the dogs - were terribly torn, and the brutal Sght was a draw ; at least the admiring young hoodlums who stand in the corridor of the postoffiee wilh ciparettes and oaths in their mouths, are about divided in their opinions as to the relativo inerits of the animal. Probably more than 100 people witnessed the fight. The Channing guild will hold its next public meeting Qext Sunday evening at Unitarian Church. The firgt part of the evening will be devoted to music, scripture readings, readings from Channing and Whiltier, and a paper by George Kendall upon "The work that is being done in our large citieg for the benefit of news-boys and boot-blacks." The second part of the evening will be given to adiregses and inquiries upon the subject of "God, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity." The Detroit high school foot-ball team will play the Ann Arbor h'gh school eleven, Saturday afternoon at '2 o'clock, upon the campus. Tne teams are a follows : ANN AKEOE. POSITION. DETEOIT. Kinne, Goal, Sanderson, ■ Dygert. Capt. Half back, Brooks. Capt. Jewett. Half back, Wisuer. Seymour, Qiarter back. Angelí. Kaïhbone. Center, McGraw. McAllaster, K. Uuard, Kussell, Huil. L. Guard. Dlack. Paul, R. Tckle, Field. Randall, L. Tackle, Byer. de Pont, Bigbt end, Jerome Whüehcad. Leftend, Fiinternian. James B. Mowry, one of the old residents of WaBhtenaw, died at his home in Ann Arbor township Dec. 1, aged 79 year?. He has been a farmer there nearly half a century. He was one of four broihera who came to Washtenaw many years ago and helped to make the county what it is. He was a brother of Mrg. Barker who lives on Statest, with her dauahter, Mrs. Ed. Sumner. The funeral ocnurred yesterday and was largely attended. Several prominent Ann Arbor citizen3 were there. Last Friday morning at about 2 o'clock, two or three young colored men of Ann Arbor boarded a freight train in Ypsilanti to come to Ann Arbor. They had at tended a dance in Ypsilanti. A the train did not stop here they were oblijjed to jamp. All bat Nelson Smith did it successfully Young Smitti jamped near Morris Crawford'e place, as n was nearest to hia father's residence at 14 E Liberty. He was thrownina terrible manner, luruing a complete somersault. ïïis left arm was broken, and there was comple'e paralysis from his feet to his arm?. An examinaiion by Dr. Breakey revealed that his neck was broken, yet he lived till 11 a. m. Sunday. Nelson Smith w 27 years old. He was one of the best kno wn of th e young colored men of AnD Arbor. He was employed as table waiter at the Psi U fraternity house, and the young men of that fraternity paid the funeral expense-. Tuaoksgivmg dy brought out pre'Jy deeds and some that were not to pivtty. The townghip of Pittsfield actaally has no poor to look ader, but the young people of the Sperry district, evidently desiring to keep their charilable feelings from ru-tine, collected three bushels of vegetables and t-ome provisión and took tbem to their teacher, Miss Kempf, to be seDt to the Ladies' charilable utjion of Ann Ar bor. If was a very pretty thing to do. About 40 families were p.-ovided with Tnanksgiving dinners by the union. The butchers and grocery men especially did a good thing in assisting the poor on that day. The saloonists got in their work, of course. VVednesday evening, with thecharitable object ot helping people to get turkeye, several saloons had raffling matches for the noble birds. The 8lo.ns were crowded, of couise, and merely incidentally a good deal of tbe poveriy producing lquids were passed over the counters. Tne saloon men also secured big prices for the turkeys, much beyond their real valué, and comparatively few of the people present secured anything in the wav of' making Thanksgiving happier. Bat its an American privilege.