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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
February
Year
1889
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Public Domain
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All taxes mnpt bein before Feb. 20th. Ann Arbur has tn Agafsiz club of seven menibera. James Rogers- dnink - öve days in jail - justice Pond Tuesday. Company A will give their annual magquerade bll at the ritik on Fb. 22l. The Allmendinger Oran cnmpany shipped a handsoirie piano-slyle organ to Newport purties, Saturday. The two 6re alnrms on Tuesiiay tnorning were eaused by burning chimneys in the Fourth and Seoond wards. The inhábil ants f N. Main st., are on the war path, looking for a dog that makes night hideou with his howls. Haikins & Graner's minsirel company will show t Ypilanti on Frid&y evening aud at Jackson on Sa'urdny evtning. The Stockbridge Sin supports Hon. A. J. Sawyer for Uni'ed States district sltorney for the Eastern district of Michigan. A 6rm in St. L uis, M o , orders 200 of Harkins & Will s' toasters every three weeks. The Ann Arbor toaster is the thing. Senator Grot man has been appointed to a place on the senate commitiee of Asyiums for the Insane, in place of Senator Tyler. The mcurning creditors of the Tonfany Bros, assembl d bcfore justice Porid, Tueday1 and took out judgfuents against ihe flrm. The alarm of fire Moiiday afternoon was caused by a burning chimney in th Sixth ward, corner Washtenaw and E. University-ave, The city was without a fire department on Tuesday, the council having provided for the disbanding ot the oíd ote on the eveniug previous. Prettyroan, on North University ave, ha 170 boarders at $2 50 each. When he says "hash for breaktait," every dog in that part of the town starts for the woods. Charles N irth, who has been insane for the past 22 years and has been kept by his lamily during that time, was taken to the asylum to-day by dtputy sheriff Brenner. The Wa-htenaw district lodge, I. O. O. T., meetsin thi city Feb. 15'h. A public meeting at Fireaien's hall will be addressed by O. W. Blaine, grand chief ttmplar of Michigan. Rpy. Mr. Sunderland will give hn third "Rubert Elsmere" lecture next Snndy evening. Subject, "The quesiion ot mir acles." Mrn. Sunderland willspeak in the mornicg on "The future lifè." Har.nah G. Boyce f Ypsilanti, was in the city TuHïday and made an assignment of her real es'nte and personal pronerty to George S. Barnes and George Fosler for the betiefitof her creditors. Capar Rinsey has commenced suit for $500 dainage8 against Alice D nitran, of Northfield, f r the loss of a valvabl-hcrse which was killed by a carriage belonging to the defendant being carelessly driven. The reember of Company A that sells the largest number of tickets for the masquerade on the 22nd will receive a handsome pearl-handle revolver, and the boya are all making an efibrt to secure this prize. The estáte ot John Sweet, through attorneys Siwver & Knowlton, have commenced soit fnr $50,000 damages agninot the M. C. R. R, claiming it was through negligence on the company's part that Sweet was killed. At a recent meeting of the young people's missionary society of the Congregational church, Miss Lois Angelí was elected president, Katie E. Jacobs, vicepresident, Ed. Waples, treasurer, and May Cooley, secretary. J. H Osborne, of Michigan City, Ind., with the hieh school class of '81, was married yeterdav to Miss Hattie Nuyes, daughter of M. J. Noyes, of Chelsea, at the re-idence of the bride's parents. They left for a trip to Chicago. Ar the Unity club. next Mnday evening, Prof. Walter Miller will give a talk on the Uuiversity of L-ipsic, nd Prof Ttoma willgivehis tlk on the Un versity of Upsala. Music will be furmshed on the zither by Mr. Burleigh. Edward Treadwell, alministrator of the estáte of Wmier J Whitlark, wiil sell the stock and farming implements belonging to the estáte, at the farm of J is. Whillark, one mile west of this city on the north Dexter road, Feb. 13. On Friday, ofiVera searched the building over R-ynold's silnon on Ann st for a gambling outfit. All they found was an expensive poker table which they seized and it is now w&iting at Justice Pond's otBce for the owners t ) clam. While the repairs wer; being made on the court house, in s.mie way the pipes which carry water inio the citern were dinconnected. On Friday thecistern ranning dry, it was necessary to fill it frora a hydrant before the fires could be started. The pólice made a mid on a gambling room located in the Frauklin house, lat Thursday evening. The raid was evidently anticipated as nothing contraband was found except a couple of prker tables and a few packs of cards, which were confiscated. Monday was the third time in succesgion that the fire department hag been called out by burning chimneys in the Sixth ward. This should be slopped as it is expensive to the city to turn out the department every time a little smoke comes out of a chimney. A meeting of the First ward Republican club will be held in the room over J. T. Jacobs & Uo's store, at 8 o'clock this evening. The object of the meeting will be to nomínate thiee delégate to represent the club at the state convention of the Republican league in Detroit on Feb. 22nd. Adnlph Ohrit:ran was examined before Ju-tice Fmenuff Friday on a charge of having abtmcted n ten dollar bill from 'h till of Caspar Ruiey's ?ri cery store. He was bound over o the circuit court for trial under $200 bond', which were furnished by J bu Gre'Z. Clausen Bios. eaine to ihis city about three years ago and went nto the business of sfllmg the Acme smoothing iron, an invaluahln hotiseh"ld anide. Thi-y now have men at wok (mnvassincr tbe c 'Untry from Mine to C lifon ia, nd are making it a sucedas, jndyi ■ fromih" lrgeamount of primiog which The Register does for them. While Abram Wullace, of Lodi, was driving iuto the city Situniay, h horses becme 'rightened at a hand sled. Tne carril gn tipped, throwing the occupants out. The horses ran through Main street barely escaping collisions with half' a dozen oilier teams. They were 6nally s'opped, no damage beiug dcne except to the carriage. Howe Williams, son oí Rev. Mr Williarns, íesidií gon Madison-st., has been seriou.-lv ill wnh pnt-umi nia, and bia futher, who is prt-aching in Wconsin, was summoned by lel-'irraph. The Hlpfr's Bsud society of the Presbvteriancfiurch, of which Williams is a mt-mber, po-ipnned the social they intendi-d iving on Fnday evenine, on accouui of his gickness. In a rpoent cae bsfore ju tice Pond, aftrr J. W. Bi-nnett and C. H Kline, the respective aitorneys of the Oonteeting partics, had fouijht the case all day, the justice took trie case under advisement. After deliheraiiig for two days, he " discharged the plainiiö and fined the attorneys the c its." This i a l.itle ambiguous but undoubtedly justue was done to both parties. The ci'y now ha excellent temporary protec ion fmm tire, tne officials having hired Chris. Mitthews to be on dutv at the elimine house all the time and Win. (Jarroll to be there half time, duriug (he night. One hose cari has been altered so that it is drawn by a hor.-e, and driver's seat and carrying 8 eps adili d. Consider able time and proneny Were saved last nijiht by thu changa. Bx-sheriff Walsu's pet puppy went huntmg on nis own aooouat last Friday, with gl ri' us results. Hu hun ed around the Ci unty clerk's private office, uutil he dii-cuvered a Iresh bunole of marriage üceufe and blank renrns lor the spring elections. These struck his ianc and he proceeded to tear them into smnll pitees. The air was warm uroind the office wtien the damage was doovered. The annual r. p rt of the Allmendinger OrgHii C ). has been filcd with the coutity olerk. The report inake-i an excellent showing for (he iusii unon. The caiiital stock uf the ooDOern is $25 00000; auiount paiü in $12 000.00; am. uut ot real estáte, $6,364. (j I ; nmount o' per sonal prop-riy, stock, et.v, $8 946 91; ammnt of creiiits, $3.546 56; amoui.t ot debis, $5,837.16. Ttiere. .re 16 stockholdeis. An oíd fas ioned New England tea wil! be given by the young peojile's migsionary s icieiy ol the C men gatiotial eimreh, next Friday eveuing, Feb 8 P impkinpie, baKed oeans and other New Bngland dishes in abundance will he served by y f. maidens in Puntau coslume. Tnere will also be several other entertaiiiing attrac tions. Admisión, indttding supper, 25 ets. Djo'S open at 5 o'clock, eupper served trom 6 to 8. Aa El. Hulzel, livins; on the south Ypsilami roa'1, was retutni'ig home frum neighboi's one eveuing last week, he w,i st pped in the r ail by a man weaiiw a mask. As the wnuld-he roboer put hU hands up Ui grab Huzel, the la'ti-r u uuo ed upen the masker, kno.ked hiui down and gnve him 8 severe pouiidiny. Huzel then jumped up and ran home. A lautern was procured and a oearuü inadti, but the man had ;i; vm eil Ann Arbor lodge. I. O. G. T., has elected the followinp offl' lor mis quarter: H. R. Cnzier, C. T. Mits Saler, V. T.; Mias Mary Sess o i. P U. ï ; Miss Van Slke, U. J. T.; U J Cuuraih, tecretary; Miss Ada Sn-i-'-, . S.; Miss C. S rickler. tr asurfi,: Kur] C Keatn. F S; John Bowdisb, M; Mis E.iith Doige, D. M.; Miss My önih, I. G.; 8. J. Le, Sent.; Mn D Hig, Ch p; Alvin Wilsey, F. SteiBdi umi ü. J O'inratli, trustees. A' nut 11:30 o'clock Siturday morning, Joh F 8olit-i, an employee of the Alltnen■ linger Oigan company, met with an accident hii;ticost him three of the fiogers on lux left haud. He ws woiking on ihe joiner aiid while ttt inpiiug to run a un rt pit-ce of wood throuh ibe machine, ihe piece tipped, throwiug nis left haud BgaiiiHt the sbarp koives. Dr. lli-njinan was suiuiuoned and ampuuted (hree of the ñugers above the ücoud joint. His little üuer was cut badly also, but amputatioti whs not neew-ary. M. H. Rey noli, becreiur ot the state S. S. Hssociiiii'ii, iue: severl Sunday school woikers at Piot. Peny's lasi S.iiuiüay afternoon and con-ideied the qjetion of a 3ounty Suuday school ccnveution in this city ooi). An execulive committee was appuinted eoDWHting of Rt)V. T. Holmes, Clielsea, E. R E Colell, Wm. Cantielii, arul Ilerbert Sttnih, ol ypilanti, Miss C. Sager, Mis. W. S. Perry and Uerbert Fio-t, of this city. Tais committee will elect temporitrv officers soon who will push the Suuday school work to the front.

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