The City

Cúmmon oouncil meeting to night. The new citv goveroment will go into power Apr.l 15 The Demócrata will have s majority of four in the board of supervisors. Tom. F. Laonard says he Í9 a candidato for the position of city marshal. Eira Kendall, who appears in Ann Arbor next Monday evening, is a very iunny miD. There re three liierary societie in the high school no'. The new one 8 called "Arcua." Will W. Watts 18 a c-indidate before Mayor Beakes for appointment as city treasurer. i. D. Stimaou h&B bought W. B. Warner'8 grocery store on State Bt., and is now in po8ession Mary Nixon, a squaw ; belore Justice Pond on Friday, for vagranty ; 'JO days iu Detroit honse of correction. The annual meeting of the Ladies' librry association occara on Monday, April 8, at 2:30 p. va. in th librar. Mrs.W. A. Haich, by her nttorneys, Harriman, Manly & Doty, has filed a bilí in the circuit court íor a divotce. Dockstader's minstrels re splfindid. They played to a poor house, Mjnday eveuing, but then it waa election night. The high school We buil clubelected directors yeerdav : Grga Pygert, Arthur Seymour, George Jewelt and hiward Tylor. The high school senior cUss has elected Mi8 Sus'e I. Harwood clasi poetess in pUce of Miss Lula B. Sjuthmayd, resigned OQ account of helih. Mrs. Helea M. Gougar, of Lafayette, Ind., will lecture on temperance and prohibiton in the opera house Wednesday evening of next week. Dr. W. S. Studley expects to preach again Sundny morning. In the evening D;. Cleveland, of Indianap'lÍ8, will speak betore the Wesleyan Guild. Thomas Hohan, of Aan Arbor, died in Kansas City, March 28,' aged 38 years, of iracture of base of f-kull. The reains were brouzht to Ann ArboT April 1. If a worse troupe ever traveled than the one which gave "Around ihe World n 80 Days" in Ann Arbor.Saturday evening, il is to be hoped that it will not come here. The constables elected on Monday were as fullow: John S. Eail, lt ward, 21, Pul ge mll; 3.-d, John Ryan; 4th, T. ï. Leonard; 5th, Jacob Kalmbach ; 6lh, E. B. Gidley. Tlie WnMiiruaw Pjst, has been moved from the Courier building to rooms over E. Wagner's store on Soulh Main-st, and its pre8-work will herealter be done by Tuk Rkgister office. Th ladies ot' ihe Germán M. E. church will huid a fair in the basement of tha English M. E church on April 11 and 12. Thé proceeds will be used in iniproving their charch buildng. The Uniiy Club is hard at work on the entertainment to be given abnut May first. It consistR of a drama, "The Elevator," by Howell; the Kmder fvmphor.y or Toy fcymphony and an opereita. Rev. Reed Siuart, of U-troit, will preach the annual sermón bel'ore the Channing GuilJ at the Unitarian churcb next Sauday evening. Mr Stuart is one of the ablegt preacher? in ihe West. The Golt estáte advertías for sale atwostory frame and barn at 34 Thompson at, a frame hous-e and two lois at 117 W. Huron st, one acre of ground uorth of the Observatory, asd also property on Miller ave. Prosper F. Leroy, a young man, convicted in Detroit last Fnday of receiving stulen goodp, acknowledged in the course of his trial that he had been arrested in Ann Arbor last tall for 'beating' his way on the railroad. The Dnity Club program for next Monday consisig of a paprr on Hjrvard University by Dr. Mary E. Thompson, and a talk on ForUeis Koettrin by D'. H. R. Arndt. Mrs. Cnas. Clementg, of Denver, Col., will eing a contralto solo. Miss Carré Gleascm has been sick with scsilet fever and it is rumored that when ïll she wrote a letter to a friend of hei s in Ann Arbor, and that dow that friend is sick with scarlet fcver without any oiher known exposure bendes tbe letter. - Linging Republican. The Philharmonic club, of Detrjit, will give one of their series of concert in that city next Tueaday evening, at whioh Aoo Arfor will be represented by Prjf. Stanley who will play the organ solos, and Miss Katie E.' Jacob, ot the School ol Music, who will sing two solos. .T. Q. A. Sessions, of Ann Arbor, has a letter in a recent tiumber of the Detroit Tribune, advocating that a chango be made ia the local opt oi bill now befi re the legisliture. [Ie wants it tour years instead of two, as the least time in which another vote can be had afier the question has bpen once nbnn'tteii. Mrs. Betsy litvilaui), mutherof George R. nd MÍ83 Hattie Haviland, died at her refiJence on Fuller-st. yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, t the age ol 76. S:ie wa a gister ol Geo. H Rnodes, ot Ann Arbor, and L. F. Rhodes, of Detroit. She has been a resident of Ann Arbor gince 1815. The funeral will occur on Friday. Tbe montlily meetiug of the Washtenaw poinoiogical society will occur on Saturday evening, April 6, bt 7 o'clock. The most important subject before fruit growers is the prepara! ion of our orchard9 tor the coming fruit erop, such as trimming, fcraping, and ppraying trte', and the proper working of the ground. The following pupils have been selected to speak at the high school cummencement: Eli M. Bennett, Anna Cook, Alice D. Gramer, Lola ConraJ, John D. E. Duncm, Harry Ra-idall, Lula B. Southmayd, Carrie M. Sptrry, Henry H. Walker, Ann Arboi; Samuel Osborn, Manchestnr; Edith M. ürr and Alice Q lick, Manistiqua; Will Reardon, Midland. The Blitz & Langsdorf etock of clothing was ,'old on Saturdsy to Loui Blitz, a brother of Sam Blilï, lor $16,427 01, which is about $2 326 inore than ihe chatlel mortgages amounted to. The Two Sams immediately aanounced that they were ready to wat on cuatomers. In the evening the curtains were drawn, and the elegant store was again a busy place. At the Democratie city convention, last week, the fullowing city commitlee wa9 made: First ward, J. F. Sctauh ; Second, Michael Brenner ; Third, Wm. Neithatnmer; Füurlh, Wm. S. Miller ; Fifth, E. P. Mason ; Sixth, E. B. Norris. For the office of assessor, on the first ballot Mr. O'Hearn received 33; Mr. Butts, 8; Mr. Kearns, 17; and Mr. Watts, 5. Mr. Butts was made eandidate for jmtice of the peace receiviriE 42 votes, and Mr. Pistorious 13. There wero no other contesta. The slirjg shot nuiaauce is abroad "gain, and it should be sumrnarily suppressed by the city authorities. Mre dangerous slill is the blopart rifle, a small gun, - of which there are several in Ano Arbor, - used principally to kill EDglish Rparrows and endarger human lives. The other dny a ycungman fired one of them across Huron st. in tront of The Beoistkr office, and luckily he killed a sparrow and not one of the people passing by on the walk. ly, Fome men loading lumber in T ltert'e yard narrowlv e-caped with their live, as one of the balls from this sma!l rifle whistied between their heads. " This rifle has been te-ted down in the ysrd," said Mr. Keech this morninp. "and at the distanea of six yard, ït wit] send lts small ball throufïh a t.wo-inch pir.e pUnk.'1 Justioe Frueauff ha had a rushing basines?. Six trampa were arrsted Ust week lor vagruncy. John Conley üt-tnanded a jury trial and got it- along with 80 days in Detroit house of correction; Edwsrd Ryan, on recommeodation of prosecu'or, was iet out on suspended Kentenoe; John Kelly was given 90 days; John Lvrich. 70; Wm. Carsons, 60; James Bnrke, 65. Kt-lly is the tramp who assaulted John Walker in his own residence lst week. Josiah M. Palten was givea 90 dys for beine disorderly. and his wite made the cimplaint. Jumes Stnalley's wife also complains that he has te;n diaorderly, and the trial will be to-morrow at 9 . ra. Joho J. Kelley entered Chauncey Orcutt's cellar in Ann Arbor town Sunday morninp, and friehtened the family. He wai sent to Detroit houpe of ponwatifn fw 90 days. Many Ann Arborpeople are interested in B.iy View. The Summer schoei will open on Tuesday, July 16, and continue four week?. All other departmenta and the general assembly program wül begin a week later, on Wednesdny. July 24, and everything doses on August 14. The Summer school wili be under the charge of Su't David HowHl of Lansing, brother of Dr. Howell, of Ann Arbor. The Snnday-school normal dparttnent will be conducted by Horace Hitchcock, of Detroit. The managers pay they hope that Prof. C B. Cady and Miss Julia Owrnthprs will tke part in the Sthool of Music. The School of Art will be conrlujted by Prof. Henry A. Mills. There will be other deparlmems, or:e of which is a School of Photography. Table board costs from $4 to $5 25 per week ; rooms $2 'o $3 ; bourd and room at hotels, $7 to f8. In cottage?, $5 to $7. Tuition in Summer schoot, $6 for oue claiB, and $1 tor each additional rl ■■.