The City

It is City Marshal Walsh now. The Ann Arbor Art club will exhibit goon. Stoffiet, the newsdealer. has supplied his carriers with bicycles. Prof. M. E. Cooley is chairman of the city board of fire commiisioners. Jame Kearns, ex-register of deeds, was sworn in as a deputy sheriff last week. The Ann Arbor Grays will play two games of ball at Milan, Decoration day. An infant daughter of Christian Wurth, of Ann Arbor town, died Saturday morning. Deputy Sheriff Brenner will travel for the Champion Reaper company thig summer. City Treasurer Watts took charge of the city funds, Tuesday, which amounted to $9,232.13. Rev. J. M. Gelston will preach next Sunday evening on "Difficulties concerning the person of Chriot." C. J. Shetterley, of Ypsilanti, and his brother Albert, of Ann Arbor, have purchased Southard's barber shop. The board of public works met last Friday, chose T. J. Keech president, and Nelson J. Sutherland street commissioner. Mrs. Sebastian Seyfried, aged 46 years, died at the residence on S. 4th st, Saturday evening, aíter a Biekness of 14 months. Wallace H. Harris, of Ypsilanti, and Miss Clara J. Drews, of Iosco, were married at the Cook house, yesterday, by Rev. J. M. Gelston. The state encampment oL militiamen will be held at Q-ogusc lake near Battle Creek, beginning Aug. 8. There will be one regiment of U. S. trosps there. It is expected that Bishop Foley will visit Ann Arbor in two weeks and spend Sunday here. He will be given a reception, perhaps in the Catholic school building. _____ A change in time card oL the M. C. makes the day express west which left here at 10:40 now leave at 9:02, and mail west which left at 8:50 now leave at 10:27. Paul Perry, of Ann Arbor, who, since his graduation in the U. of M., has been on the city editor's staff of the Detroit Tribune, has given up newspaper work to study law. Charles Lemon, of Ann Arbor, was presented recently with an eel 2 feet 8 inohes long, which is said to have been speared in the Huron several miles from Ann Arbor. Capt. J. Q. A. Sessions will deliver the address on Memorial day at Ditnondale, Eaton county, where he expects to meet the surviving members of his company of the 7th Cavalry. Six new residences now going up on E. University ve., by the following persons : Mrs. Slockbower, Mrs. Nelson, L. A. Rhoades, Mrs. Lukins, her sister Miss Smith and Mrs. Dr. Porter. Sarkis Tufenkjian is the name of a Turk who became a citizen in Ann Arbor last Friday. He has been in this country six yeare as a medical student, and is now going to Germany to study. Albert Manor and Bebecca Emeline carne from Toledo, Saturday, and were married in the county clerk's office by JuBtice Frueauff, with an ex-sheriff and a reporter as witnesses. The young couple are to live in Milan. Mary A. Lewis, of Ann Arbor, asks for a divorce. She was married to George M. Lewis in Ann Arbor in 1882, and lived with him till May 7 last, having two children. The charge is cruelty and failure to support. Lewis is a carpenter by trade. Geo. W. Millen will leave Schairer & Millen before long. With his father he bas entered into partnership as D. S. Millen & Son, which firm will run the Ann Arbor Soap works, neBr the Michigan Central depot. They will greatly improve the old works. Fred. O. Merrifield, a student in the University, left Ann Arbor in January and a number of debts amounting in all to about $150. His fraternity brothers exerted themselves, and last week the money reached Ann Arbor with which to settle all his debts here. The Washtenaw Mutual had three small losses by fire last week. About $130 worth of wood belonging to Mrs. Francés A. Westfall of Lima; a small amount of wood belonging to Robert Martin of Ypsilanti, and quite a large amount belonging to J. Edward Smith, of Augusta. The Detroit Evening Journal last evening announoed that George A. Gilbert, of Ann Arbor, who is now an expert railway postal clerk between Detroit and Chicago, will take the place ot N. B. Hayes as chief clerk of the railway mail service, located in Detroit. The talary is $1,400. Prof. M. W. Harrington, who keeps at the astrocomical observatory a very complete record of meteorological conditions, ssys that the average rainfall for the first four months in the year is 10 inches ; but that in this year it has been only 3J inches. No wonder the May erop report is gloomy I A. H. Holmes, the livery maD, has a glittering and luxurious new hack just received from the manufacturera in Bridgewater, Conn., and it coat $1150. It is a magnificent coach. He also has a new Surrey, a two-seated conreyance convenient fer ladies. It was made in Columbus, O., and oost $200.00. Hangsterfer has his ice cream office in L. Limpert's new and elegant jewelry store on Main-st. This week he is putting in a 6-horse power water motor for UBe in making ice-cream. He makes from 150 to 180 gallons of ice cream per dav, and filis orders all along the T. & A. Á. as far as Cadillac, and in Jackson. Last Saturday Gibson photographed the teachers of tb Sunday-schools at Delhi and Posters. Mesara. Lawrence Cole and Ernest Dennen of this city teach at Delhi, Dr. Conklin oL '88, 8 leader at Foster's, and the other teachers are Jlieses Sbeffield and Leonard, lit ; Messrs. Allworth and Baker, pharmic, and Mr. Ka tien berger, law. The New York papers of May 10 said : "Justice Barrett, of the Supreme Court, today gave a judgment dissolving the Electric Sugar Kefining company, Alexander Cameron, representing the corporatioD, consenting thereto. JDeputy Attorney General Poste appeared for the people. R. Burnham Moffat was appointed receiver and directed to furnish a bond of $10,000." Tomorrow afternoon the schools will be closed and the children and ladies will have a chance to see the "Battle of Gettysburg" in the opera hout-o and to hear Gen. Mulholland lecture. It will be a fine opportunity to learn the great events of that famoua three-days' battle which broke the courage of the Rebels. No adequate idea ot' it can be gained by mere reading, especially by one who has never been a soldier. In the evening at the usual hour, an opportunity will also be given to see and hear this fine entertainment. Next Saturday a party of 29 American bicycl8t8 will leave New York on the Cephalonia for a tour through Europe on the wheel. The purpose of the party is to combine pleasure with profit to American bicyclist8 generally, and the delegation has been chosen with special reference to the ability of its members to note the excellences of Buropean road making and road laws, and to bring back impressions which may be turned to practical use in this country. The only Michigan memoer of the party is Junius E. Beal, of Ann Arbor. A May Festival will be given at the M. E. church next Monday evening. The program is as follows: Organ solo by R. G. Cole; chorus, "Stay, Prithee, Stay," by M. E. choir; May song, by chorus of children ; Vesper hymn, by Apollo quartette ; solo, " Spring Song," by Mrs. C. Clemente; readings from Dickens, Prof. T. 0. Trueblood; violin solo, Miss Grace Hendrickson; solo and chorus, "Old Folks at Home," Miss Kate Jacobs ; "trio, "Joyour May," Miss Cole, Miss Whedon and Mrs. Clemente ; jubilee song, by Master James Marshall ; "Good Night, Fareweil," Mrs. Clements, Miss Pinckney, Mr. Watts, and M. E. choir. The formal installation of Ser. J. M. Gelston as pastor of the Presbyterian church occurred Tuesday evening. The sermón was delivered by Rev. J. T. Plunkett, D. D., of Jefferson-ave church in Detroit, the leading thought of which was that men who did not obey the Bpirit lacked spiritual perception of truth. The charge to the pastor by Rev. J. F. Dickie, of Detroit, contained Borne bright thiogs. The charge to the people by Rev. Geo. W. Barlow, of Detroit, was the last and best of the evening. The music was more than usually fine; there was a doublé quartette led by Mrs. Anna Warden. Thï Register's item last week concerning the postoffice stirred up the workers in great shape. Postmaster Duffy's commis8Íon expires late in June or early in July; but Congressman Allen dosn't know yet wbether the president will make a new appointment at that time or wait till four years from the time of confirmation. Mr. Duffy's confirmation occurred several months alter his commission was issued. Hr. Allen said that he would write to President Harrison to find out which he considered the end of a postmaster's term. He 6aid that he had not yet decided between the Ann Arbor applicants, but had received letters for Eugene Beal, Ed. Sumner, and Wm. Clark. Mr. Beal has been around asking endorsements, and Mr. Sumner bas been doing some lively work within the past week.