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Day
25
Month
July
Year
1889
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Public Domain
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The new carpet for the court room cost $144.71. The county treasury is overdrawn $8,491.80. Another addition has been built on the Allmendinger Organ works. Chas. W. Wagner has sold his tandem bicycle to an Ypsilanti gentleman. An ice cream social will be given August 2, by the Fifth ward Sunday school. A. A. Crozier is about to break ground for a new house on hig farm, east of the city. The couDty treasurer received $372.33 interest on deposits for the first half of this year. The old cavalry norse of Major W. O. Stevens died of old age on Sunday afternoon. The regular teachers examination will be held at Aan Arbor, on Thursday, August 1. "Miss Smith of LoDgmains" is the title of a new story which commences in this paper. The inside work on the new High School hall is nearly completed. It is a beauty. " Prof."George W. Renwick sings with the M. E. choir for the last time, next Sunday. Quincy A. Turner bas been appointed night-watchman on the campus in place of G. B. Surdam. Dr. C. K. Owen, of Ypeilanti, takes his place on the county board of pension examiners this week. Rev. Studley married Orin J. Negus and Louise M. Eissenloffel, on July 17, at the M. E. parsonage. Arthur Kellogg, son of Mrs. A. E. Kellogg, a former resident of this city, died at Denver, Col, on May 2. George Scott is building a new house for Mrs.Wm. Humphrey.on Fountain-st, to replace the one recently burned. Dr. A. C. Nichols picked ripe peaches in his orchardlast Sunday. He expects to have them on the market this week. Deputy sheriff Peterson will sell the property in Krueger's photograph gallery, upon a chattel mortgage, next Saturday. The choir of St. Thomas church will give a social on the school grounds tliia evening for the benefit of the organ fund. Wm. Fletcher's house burned on Saturday, and he had his insurance money in his pooket on Wednesday. Pretty quick settlement. The annual excursión of the Iiethlehem Sunday school, which went to Whitmore Lake yesterday, was a succes, seven cars being filled. Charles L. 1 1 arria has filed a bilí in the circuit court aeking for a divorce from his wife, Sarah Harris, on the ground of extreme cruelty. The new front has been placed in 1U1ler's furniture store. There are two panes of glass in the front whicb measure 76 by 138 inches each. John Baumgardner has secured the contract for building a new vault in Oakwood cemetery, Saline, the price being over $600. The Wizard oil concert company bas been giving free concerts to large orowds thia week, on the vacant lot, corner of Ann and Thayer-sts. Sadie Yeger imbibed too much liquor and was placed in jail to sober off. Saturday, Justice Butts fined her $2 and $5 cost8 which ehe paid. The annual catalogue of the Michigan Military Academy has been received and speaks well for the successful management of that institution. The front of the building on Main-st, owned by Fred Brown, is being torn out and a modern front will be built up, similar to tbe Clarken block. Johnnie Wotzke, aged 15 yeara, died Saturday, of braia fever after a few days illnesa. The remains were taken to Detroit for burial Tuesday. Tbe Toledo & Ann Arbor railroad is to be extended to Lake City. Missaukee county, that place paying $25,000 bonus when trains are running. The etcek in the bazaar on Ann-st, which was recently purchased f rom Geo. Johneton by William Burke, has been bought by L. M. Bennett. The uniform rate for water for family use has been placed at $5 per year at Ypsilanti : Üur citizens pay an average of $8 per year for tbe game service. Charles T. White died at Oakland, Cal., June 13, age 70 years. He formerly resided in Ann Arbor, and was a brother of H. K. White of Ann Arbor town. Ferguson's road cart factory is being repainted. Signg, with letters large enough to be read half a mile away, have been placed on three sides of the building. The superintendent of public instruction has cloaed a contract with Miss May Soule, of this city, engaging her as a teacher at the State Normal School during the coming year. The Bethlehem Sunday school held an excursión and picnic at Whitmore Lake, yesterday. Ann Arbor lodge, A. 0. U. W., will give an excursión to Saginaw, Aui. 11. Fred Besimer lost the nail i n 1 a portion of his little finger on bis left hand, by having it in the shears of a camp chair which gave way while he was gitting on it yesterday. The membera of the medical committee oí the regente were in the city, Tuesday, re-arranging the work and laboratorios caused by unitiog the chairs of pathology and histolofjy. The expense of keeping Washtenaw county prisoners in the Detroit house of correction was $257.50 for the quarter ending June 30, there being 18 prisoners ' from this county. Those merchants who light their stores with the electrio light had an excuse for closing early, Tuesday evening. Accidenta on both gystems made it late before the lights were running. James Holloway, of Adrián, has been in the city tbis week. When he left yesterday he was accompanied by Miss Jennie Garrity, of Ann Arbor, to whom he was married by Fr. Frierle, yesterday morning. The fourth annusl Union Sunday school excursión will be given on Aug. 6. The trip will include a ride to Detroit and by boat to Lake St. Clair and return. The fare will be $ I for adulta and 50 cents for children. Chas. W. Wagner read in last week's Register that the bicycle craze had struck Chelsea and decided to take advantage of this knowledge. He took the train for that place Fridsy, stayed there a few hours, and sold three bicycles while there. The daily papers state that Judge Cooley has been offered the place of commissioner of trunk Unes association, and that he now holds the matter under advisement. The position pays $25,000 a year and is the most important in railway circles in this country. Robison's livery stable bas been enlarged by cutting an arch through to the store formerly occupied by the laundry, the new room being occupied as a carriage room. When completed Jim expects to have the neatest livery in Michigan. Did you ever notice the peouliarities of Ann Arbor people ? They oonsider it ueeless to waste gas in the early part of the evening, so the clock tower is not lighted until after ten o'clock, when most of our citizens are in bed and don't care about seeing what the time is. Hice eystem that. Mrs. Maria Gr. Reese, mother of Mrs. Volney Chapín, died at the residence of her daughter on N. State-st, Monday morning, aged 85 years. The deoeaaed had lived in Ann Arbor for many yearg and had been an invalid for severa! years past. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. Justice Pond's caurt was occupied last week with the case brought by Mrs. Susan L. Jenkins against an attorney to recover fees paid for services which she claimed were useless. As the period of service was long and the amount of money paid was small, a decisión was given in favor of the attorney. A fine display of bound books is made in one of the windows at Charlie Raper's News room, which were received yesterday from The Register bindery at Ann Arbor, for which establishment Charlie is agent for this city. There are 117 volume.", and the workmanghip very fine. - Big Rapids Bulletin. On Sunday, an officer from New York state carne to Ann Arbor after a man named Harvey, who wag wanted for forgery at Brockport, N. Y. He was found working for Cornelius Tuomey, near the city, and was placed in jail. The officer having secured the necessary papers, returned with nis prisoner Monday night. Mr. T. Mingay, of Kalamazoo, has been employed as foreman of The Register printing department. His long experience in this kind of work msurea the contmued puccess of tbia department of the business. Mr. Robert Sbannon, who has been filling the place temporarily since Mr. Lawrence left, has taken a position at the Argus office. The Business Men'g Association eleoted the following officers at the meeting last week: Thos. J. Keech, president; Frederick Sohmid, vice-president; H. T. Morton, reoording fsecretary ; E. K. Frueauff, oorresponding eecretary; F. H. Belser, treasurer. A committee was appointed to mïke arrangements tor an excursión to Cadillac. Wm. J. Larmour and Anthony Cohén were arrested on the eomplaint of Anthony Burke, last Saturday, on the charge of aseault and battery. Their examination will be held before Justice Pond t morrow afternoon. The defendants are proprietors o' the bankrupt shoe store and Burke claims that he went into the store to change a pair of shoes, and getting into a discussion, they assaulted him. The speech recently made by Louis Liesemer before the Landwehr, has received more than ordinary notice as a history of the German-American8, several leading New York and Chicago papers printing it in t'ull. One St. Louis paper, in giving a biographical sketch of Mr. Liesemer, mentions the fact that he is an old veteran of the civil war. This may be true, but it is doubtful, as the editor of the Post is still under 30 years of age. A. H. Classen, who went from this city to Oklahoma, has sent a series of photographs showing the remarkable growth of Guthrie, to a friend The first, taken April 22, shows merely half a dozen of emigrant tents : The second, taken June 1, gires a birds-eye view of a city fully as large as Ann Arbor : The third, taken June 21, represents the citizens listening to a political speech, the streets being crowded. A town of 15,000 springing up in less than 60 days is quite a record. Joseph M. Lazell, of Manchester, has brought suit in the circuit court against Dr. Christian F. Kapp, of the same place, claiming damages at $,000. The complainant sets forth that while standing on J efferson-st, Manchester, on Nov. 13, 1888, Dr. Kapp drove his horse recklessly througti the itreet, running over Lazell, knocking him down and breaking hia leg. He says that the doctor was reading a newspaper and not payiog attention to his driving, although tne horse was trotting along at a good gait CoL Fred. Farnsworth, of Detroit, speaking of the coming military eneampment, says: " It promiseg to be the largest attended and the finest camp on record We will have the 23d regulars with us, making five regimenté on the Lround, anc Col. Black will be the official inspector. There will be new tents for the boys, new uniform?, new blankets anc other new equipments, and we will camp out on the Bhores of Lake öoguac in cotafort and handsomer than ever. It is go ing to be an encampment that we will al be pro'id of." A team belonging to D. W. Amsden started to rúa away this morning but had not gone far when they were disoovered y Marshal Walsh. Although the horsea were running at a fast gait, the marshal )luckily jumped for the bridle of one of ne horsea and brought them to a standstill, much to the admiration ot a number of spectators who had been more anxious to get out of the horses way than to stop them. Saturday afternoon the house of ffm. ?letcher, on S. Fourth-st, caught fire and was nearly destroyed before the alarm could be sounded. The department responded promptly and did good service, íaving two streams on the burning buildng within five minutes after the alarm reached the engine house. Loss on the building and contents, $1,000; insurance, $700. The fire caught from the ritchen stove in some way. Mrs. Fletcher was sleeping in an upstairs bed-room waen the fire broke out, and knew nothng about it until arouaed by the neighjors. The announcements are out for the marriege of Miss Jessie Taylor and Elmer E. Beaoh, of Chicago, the event to take place at the residence of the bride's parsnts, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor, next Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The affair will be private, none but relatives of the parties beinfi invited. The bride is one ot ;he best-known of Ann Arbor young adíes, a fine musician, and one who will De misaed in musical and social circles lere. The groom is a gradúate of the law department and one of the rising young awyers of Chicago. After a trip around the lakes, the young couple will settle in Chicago, to which place they go with the congratulations of many friends in this city. Dr. Flemming Carrow, of Bay City, who was recently appointed by the regenta to 911 the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Frothingham, was in the city Sunday and Monday, looking over the ground before deciding whether to accept the position or not Dr. Carrow has a lucrativo practico at Bay City and at first it appeared to hira that it might be too much of a sacrifico, but after coming here he quickly decided to accept. To use his own words : " I had no idea that there was such a beautiful spot in Michigan, and if my practice waa doublé I would give it up for the privlege of living here." Dr. Carrow is a man of pleasing appearance, and with his family will be welcomed in social as well as University ciroles. Regarding a recent wedding in this city, the St Ignaoe Republican says : - "At the residence of W, W. Wines, Ann Arbor, July 9, 1889, at 8 o'clock, evening, Mr. J. B. Brooks, merchant, of this city, and Miss Alice Hedges, of Ann Arbor, at one time a resident of St. Ignace, were united in marriage. The newly married couple arrived home on Thuraday, and bave reoeived the warm congratulations of many iriends, and The República begs to add its well-wishes. Mr. Brooks is a aucceasful business man, of acknowledged social and commercial standing, and his bride is a young lady of culture and refinement. It is an auspicious unión, and the friends of the contracting parties are gratified and pleased. Mrs. Brooks is very heartily welcome to St. Ignace. May every prosperity attend them through Ufe." Ann Arbor has so many famed fishermen, that the followlng synopsis of the new fiah law will be of great interest hei e: The catching of trout, salmón and grayling is lawful only from May 1 to Sept. 1, and then only by hook and line. Basa may be caught at any time, but only with a hook and line. Tou cannot lawfully apear them at any time. The use of explosivo substances in catching any kind of fish is unlawful. Spearing of fish, ezcept mullet, grass pike, cidsides and suckers, is prohibited from March 1 to July 1. The ubo of any speraes of net except dip neta in catching minnows, etc. is unlawful at all times. A violation of any of the provisión? of this law is punishable by a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $100 and costa, or imprisonment for thirty days if fine is not paid. When the inspector was here from Ann Arbor to examine the course of study in our high school, with a view of admitüng scholars into the State Univereity by diploma, he expressed himself well satisfied with the English and Latin courses, which, with a year's additional work would be all that was necessary for such admisaion, but he did not think there was sufficient apparatus for exemplification in the scientific course. The school board, acting on his advice will expend between $150 and $200 for apparatus this year, besidea enlarging the recitation room and fitting it up for chemical twork. The board bas also employed Chester Wetmore to give instruction in the sciences, and, as Mr. Wetmore is a gradúate of the University and a fine soieiitific instructor, this course will be placed on a par with the other two. - Allegan Journal. The Jackson national gaslight and fuel company, whioh located there two years ago to make water gag, and which is cornposed of Chicago capital, has purchased the old coal gas plant, paying $65,000 cash. The iormor company now controla a'l the gas in Jaokson, and will enlarge the works, reduce coal gas to $1 per thousand feet and water gas to 25 cents - Detroit Journal. While the surrounding cities are getting the benefit of large reductioQS ia the price of gas, the Ann Arbor council bas an ordinance before it which grants the gas company a franchise for another 30 years bat makes no concession, worthy of mention, in the price of gag to our citizens. Gas at the prices charged in Ann Arbor, is an expensive luxury to people of moderate meacs, and there is no reason why our light should cost s cent more than it does in our neighboring towns. The preliminary work of the State Fair to be held at Lansiog, September 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, is progressing rapidly. There are now eighty-five men employed, and 1,000,000 shingles and 500,000 feet of lumber will be required in the ereotion of additional buildings. Ten acres will be devoted to ezhibition of machinery. There will be 3,600 feet in length of horse s talig, 3,100 feet of cattle stalls, 1,200 feet each for s wine and sheep. The Machinery Hall will have an arca of 8,500 square feet, and the Carriage Hall 6,500. Nine hundred feet of water mains are now laid in the grounds. The new grand stand, 200 feet long, is a model tor that purpose. Offices are provided for the telegraph and telephone systems and for the officers. The race track, seventyfive feet in width, is one of the best in any state. The grounds are dry in any weather, with abundance of shade trees, and canuot be excelled.

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