The City

Gulden Rule lodge will work the third degree tonight. On the next two Sundays only ruorning Bervices will be held at the Presbytenan church. Rev. J. Dieterle of Wooster, O., will preach at the Bethlehem church Sunday moming. __ An infant son of George and Mary Cari of the 2nd ward died yesterday of cholera infantu m. The examination of Samuel Seney, which was to have been held yesterday, was adjourned until Sept. 4. Don't forget togo with the military boys next Thursday. They always have the best excursión of the season. The music at the Methodist church last Sunday was furnished by L. D. Wine?, J. Lindenschmidt and F. L. York. The Harkins & Granger dramatic company will give an entertainment at Whitmore Lake next Tuesday evening. The pulpit of St Andrew's church will be occupied by Rev. B. F. Cooley of Eau Claire Wis., for the next two Sundays. A meeting of the Business-men s Association was to have been held Tuesday evening but there was not a quorum present. Frank TJuderwood has removved his family from this city to South Lyon, where he will engage in the meat business. The works of the Ann Arbor Agricultural Co. have been shut down for a couple of weeks to take an account ot stock. E H. Soott has picked about 200 bushels of fine pears this weck. He expects to have over 1000 bushels from his orchard. The Washtenaw Insurance Co. has increased its membership 13, and written $10,700 additional in polioies within the past ten days. The register at the University shows that 69 entries have already been made in the medical department aga'mst 60 on the same date last year. Ray Kent, a voung son of Edward Kent of the Cthwardhad hiscollar-bone broken and was otherwise irjured by falling out ot a window Siinday. Tbe E?an Imperial Truss Co. have elected officers as follows . John R. Miner. president ; Francea J. Miner, treusurer; J. Rice Miner, secretary. Robert Snyder oL Webster mourns the loss of a gold headed cañe, a present to him, whioh he loet last week while coming frora Dentón to this city. Prof. I. N. Demmon conduoted a verv successiul teachers' institute at Dundee'last week. The Dundee Reporter ppeaks highly of his (vork. Company A will give a dress parade, on Tuesday eveniog at 7 30, on the south side of the court house Equare. The city band will furnish the music. Mr?. Valonia Nichols, who Hved in Ann Arbor township on the south Ypsilanti road, died Monday of general debility, aged t'3 years and 6 months. Rev. Samuel Breed raarned Thomas Featherly of Whitmore Lake, and Mrs. Henrietta Young of Brighton, at his residence on Ann-st, last Saturday. Our local draymen comment upon the great amount of business being done by themselves this summer and point out this (act as asure sign that "the world moves." Rumor says that before another month rolla around one of our rising young businessmen will be united in marriage to a prominent society young lady of this city. Keep it quite. __ William Frank's horse ran away on CedarBendave, Sunday afternoon, throwing Mr. Frank and John Cutting out, injuriDg them slightly. The buggy was a perfect wreek. The Board of School Examiners will hold an exumination at Saline on August 30. This is exanainer Brown's oíd home, and t is proper that he should commence his work there. A dog on north Main-st became too familiar with Mail Carrier Blum on Moeday, and Marshal Walfh, by the use cf his revolver, put the dog where he cannot bito another mail carrier. The Board of Public Works speak highly of the generosity of. S. D. Lennon in allowiüg the public the use of his beautifu! grove on Cedar Bend-ave, and hope that the public will be careful not to misuse it. Hon. Walter Thomas Mills of New York will deliver addresses at the Union Standard Gospel meeting at Devil's Lake, on Saturday and Sunday. The railroads offer reduoed fares to those wishing to attend. J. T. Jacobs is loser of a valuable colt which was killed on the Cherry Dale farm Saturday afternoon by running against a gate-post and breaking his neck. The colt was a promising ammal and was valued at $30(: Susan A. Martic.of Ypsilanti, hasfiled a bilí in the circuit court asking thatshe be granted a divorce from Wm. T. Martin. The couple were married in 1872 and have no children. She charges extreme cruelty in her bijl. Evart H. Scott ia now prepared to teil big fish stories with any ola figherman, since he returned fiom Les Chenaux. He telU about catehing 43 brook trout one morning and speaks of it as au ordinary occurance. Next. Rev. A. F. Bourns filled the pulpit at the Methodist churoh last unday, Uev. W. tí. Studley beiDg at Detroit where he addressed his former congregation at the Central M. E. churoh, and where he has a cali to return next year. The T. & A. A. is one of the railroads that offer to carry old veterans to the national encatnpment of the Q. A. R. at Hilwaukee, next week, at half fare. This will surely give them a good ebare of the patronage of the encampment, as the high rates asked by the mejority of the railroads has been eeverely condemned by the members of thia organization. The fire alarm Tuesday noon was cauaed by burning oat stubble in a field near Packard-8t. No damage was done exuept to the engine house door and the nook and ladder truck which carne iuto colusión through careless driving. Last Saturday afternoon J. D. Baldwin paid off all of his berry pickers for the eeason's work, and distributed about $20 worth of presents in the bargain. There were over 100 in all and the amounts ranged from a penny to $10 eaoh. Fred. C. Spoor, who cameherefrom Kansas last June, died Sunday, of pneumonía, at the residence of bis father, Charles Spoor, on Fifth-st. He was 42 years old and formerly lived in Ann Arbor. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. Ann Arbor's gas company has been reorganized on a more practical basis. - Stockbridge Sun. The citizens of Ann Arbor have never doubted that the company has been organized on a -'practical" basis lor the last thirty yeara. Last Sunday was the 50th anniversary cf Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Baldwin of this city. Mr. Baldwin's Dumerou3 berry pickers remembered him with a handsome gold headed cane to aid him in traveling through his declining years. A barn belooging to W. Paul, of Lim, was burned on Saturday, the fire originating from the hay in the mow beooming over-heated. The loss includes the barn, 900 bu=hels of wheat, 30 acres of oats and 60 tons of hay. Insured in the Germán Mutual Insurance Co. for $1,300. Last night about 10:30, a vacant house on Broadway eouth of the cooper fhop was burned. The building was owned by Mrs. S. A. Chapín of Chicopeo Falls, Mass., and until Monday had been occupied by Ccailes Hausen. Lo?s, $000; insurance, $500. The origin of the fire is unknown. There will be held at the Baptist church in the afternoon and evening oL nextïuesday, Aug. 27, a midsummer social. Tea will be served at six o'cbck. In the evening a public meeting will be held, an address being delivered by one of the best missionaries of the chuich, Miss Ambrose of Tonngoa, Burmah. The directora of the Washtenaw Mutual Insurance Co. met Tuesday afternoon and adjusted the folio wing losses: D. C. McLaren, Lima, barn and part of content?, $1920.00; E. C. Warner, Ypsilanti, barn and contents. $508 33. Another meeting will be held Áug. 30 to take action relative to the next asstssment. A molder at the Agricnltural works has been celebrating this week on the strength of' a telegram received announcing that a ticket which he held had drawn $15,00(1 in the Louisina lottery. There will be trouble when he realizea that it is all a joke and that his comrads iti the shop were the authors of the telegram. A pleasant sfiht was to see the bright faces of the 535 scholars oL the Toledo Mission as they passed through this city on their way to Whitemore Lake, Monday morning. About three hours were spent at the Lake and the excursión returned to Toledo on the noon train. The train service for these waiïs was furnished free by the T. & A. A. A very plensant birtb-day surprise party was held at W. J. Colegrove's last Friday, in honor of Mrs. Colegrove, it being her 38th anniversary. Mrs. C. was the recipiënt of a number of beautiful presenta. Friends and relatives Irora Chelsea, Stock - bridge, Mooreville and this city partook in the festivitiea ot the day and join in saying it was a day Ion to be remembered. The Michigan Central authorities state that there are no reaeons why a rebate should be allowed the committee having in charge the union Sunday school excursión as aked tbr. They say that the run to Detroit wps made in an hour and a halt, faster time than is made by some of the regular trains, and that the train was delayed only ten minutes at Wayne instead of an hour as reported. Co. A's 15th annual excursión will be given next Thurtday, Aug. 29, to Detroit and Put-in-Bay. The Bteamer City of Cleveland has been engaged to take the party to the Bay. The committee are doing every thing to make this the best excursión that the company has ever given. The boat goes down the river on the American side, giving a splendid view of the new exposition buildings. Thiee hours will be given at the Bay. Ira Cornwell died at his residence on Hill-Bt, Tuesday morning, of consumption. Mr. Cornwell was one of the old pioneers of Ann Arbor. He was born at ter, JSÍ. Y., in 18 u, and removed to Ann Arbor with his párenla 1820. He lived here since that time, except eight years whicb. he spent on the ocean. The deceased waa a contractor and builder and followed that vocation until a few yearB ago. The luneral will be held at the residence this af ternoon. Oq Tuesday Frank Howard, who was arrested at Paw Paw and brought to this city last week, was bound over to the circuit court by Justice Pond and will be obliged to stand trial on the charge oL ftealing Ocrnwell Bros' horse last month. SherifiF Dwyer deserves considerable credit lor the arrest of Howard, as he worked hard on the cese and traced the right man from place to place until he was secured. There is little doubt of Howard's conviclion, as the farmer to whom he traded the stolen horse was present and positively identified him. On July 20 Thomas Jones, a color ed boy who was senteneed about a year ago to two yeara' mprisonment at Ionia for a burglary at Ypsilanti, escaped fiom the prison. Marshal Walsh and Deputy Sheriff Peterson learned thai he was in this vioinity and started for Ypsilanti yesterday to capture him. Keur Geddes station they discovered Jones, and Jones discovered the officers about the same time. Jones started for a cornfield wilh the officers in hot pursuit. After a hard run, the officers finally captured their man and the marshal had the pleasure of returning him to the warden at Ionia today.