The City

School begins Monday. " She " will be at the opera house tonight. The Detroit conference will be held at Bay City S pt i. A[nevf tar walk has been laid in front of St. Andrew'sChurch. Mrs. Mary C. Albrecht of Pontiac-8t, died Saturday of cáncer. Miss Lee Cowan has been employed to tcach by the school board. W. D. Adams- 9i tb. girl-Monday - everybody doing well. The theatrical season for 1889-90 opens at the opera house this evening. The fire department horses can run. If you don't believe it just chmb on the teat and aek Dri?er Carrol to " let them go." John Balk, a vagrant, was ientenced to ten day in jil by Justice Botts, Friday. A Germán society of Bast Saginaw will bring an excurfion to this city Sept. let. Mra. C. Stedman of Lima, has rented a house in this city and will move here soon. Twenty-seven car loads of T. & A. A. employés and their families spent Sunday at Whitmore Lake. A large cesspool has been built on Huron-st for the stores of H. j. Brown and Schairer & Millen. New stoce waik are being laid in front of W. H. Mclntyre's grocery and Chas. Gibson'e barber shop. The service will be held in the audience room of the Preabyterian church again, commenoing next Sunday. A new tar walk haB been laid upon the campus f rom the north door of the main building to the law building. LetitiaF. Downing wu granted s divorce Monday from her husband, Henry Downing, on the ground of desrtion. Henry Clay is gpending fifteen days in the couoty jail tor being drunk, Justice Butts sentencing him yesterday. L. H. Clement has a new " organ ' ' t his house which arrived .Saturday. lt'sa girl, and she tips the scale at seven pouods. The members of the Psi Upsilon fraternitf remaining in the city gave a partv to invited guests at the fraternity house last Friday evening. The T. & A. A. officials are making a start with the new depot. Five carloads of lumber and 25 kegs of naila have been received this week. A special meeting of the board of regenta will be held Sept. 17. At this meeting the location of the new hospital will be deeided upon. Our neighbors at Chelsea are determined to haveacrowd at their fair, and will have one if a promised balloon ascensión proveí a aufficiently strong attraction. What ia in a name ? The Manchester Enterprise speaks of " Editor ' Beeks' of the Ann Arbor Argus." This must be Volapuk for our mayor's name. Tuesday evening was lively on our streets. The dress parade of Company A, the playing of two brass bands and the re alarm called out a large crowd. Services will be resumed at the Congregational cburch next Sunday morning. Rev. S. M. Freeland o( Detroit will fill the pulpit during the next two Sundays. At the Methodist church next Sunday morning Dr. Studley expeots to have something to say about his year's experience and obeervation as pastor in Ann Arbor. Nancy Fisher, a familiar figure ia the ju6t ce courta o( this city, was sent to the Detroit house of correction for five raonths by Justice Butts, Friday, for being drunk and disorderly. The pioneers of Washtenaw nounty will have their annual reunión at the rink next Wednesday. Hon. E. P. Allen of Ypsilanti and Hon. T. S. Moore of Adrián will deliver addresees. There was an error in the item last week regarding Rey. Studley having been invited to return to his former charge. He was, but ODly for one Sunday, and everybody is happy again. Jesse Seaburn, who was in jail for gteahng shoes at Saline, was bound orer to the circuit court for trial last Friday. He is out od bail, D. Nissly, from whom the shoes were stolen, kindly going on hia bond. The Register is in receipt of a number of communication, poetical and ntherwise, which it would likt; to publish, but cannot do 60 without the names of the writers, as anonymous contributions are t ot usually recognized. Meivin C. Peterson was appointed receiver of the property of Ernest Krueger in the suit of Rhoda R. Boyd vs. Ernest Krueger and others. The appoiutment was made Monday by Judge Kinne upon application of the complainant. The right Rev. Bishop 3. M. Brown of the A. M. E. church will be In this city Sep. 9, and will dedícate the new Alrican Methodist church on that day between three and five o'clock. The public are cordially invited to see and hear the venerable Bishop. Joseph Hopkins of Lyndon has filed a bilí in the circuit court asking Judge Kinne to break the bonds which unite him to his wife, Ellen J. Hopkins. The parties were married in Lima in 1873, and Joseph claims that Ellen left bim in 1883 and lias not lived with him since. The parties interested in the street railway (proposed) in this city were here last Thursday, and promise that work will begin at once. An expert was with them looking over the route. Eastern capital has been invested in the enterprise, taking the stock owned by Gen. Church. The city officials have given notice that any person caugbt shooting a gun or other fireai m within the city limita will be arreated. The city ordinanee prohibits this and the boys are obliged to go outside of the city to kill sparrow?. Several bccidents hare been reported to the officials. The daily papera report that Arm Arbor is to be hooored by a visit trom the International American Comjress on Oct. 17. The congress consists of delegates from every country on the American continent. Let our citizens see that they are properly entertained while in the "Athens of the West." The workmen at the new high school have been hustling around this week getting the building in shape to be ready for occupancy Monday. The building ie one of the finest in Michigan used for school purpo69. Much credit is due C. Mack, chairman of the building committee, who has devoted considerable time and attention to the construction of the building. The other member of committee are J. T. Jacobs and L. Gruner. Marshal Walah treated Kati Cartroff and Sadie Lininger to a haok ride, whioh ended at the jail. The parties were mother and daughter, and both were as drunk as possible. Tueeday Katie paid the costs and was let out, Justice Pond sentencing Sadie to remain in jail five days ag a punishment for her wrong doing. The special hospital oommittee goes east early next month to examine the large hospital there before plans are decided upon for the new building here. The committee consista of Messrs. Draper, Keifer and Whitman, and they will be joined at Philadelphia by C. B. Nancrede, the new professor of surgery. W. W. Wines, of Ann Arbor, is a greatgreat grandfather for the second time. - Chelsea Standard. If our contemporarit g each prefix an extra "great" before the title of our respected citizens they will make him out a regular Methuselah. Mr. WineB has been a Rreat-grandfather twice but th8 doesn't make him a doubly great grandfather __ Alice Josepine Hatch was granted a divorce from William A. Hatoh in the circuit court Monday, the charge of crueliy being sustained by Justice Kinne. The complainant was given charge of the two minor children, Kate L. and Ora A Hatch, and was also givea the ownership of the household goods which the parties had owned together. Tbe Chelsea Herald gives a list of the improvements in that thriving villaee this summer. Of course Supervisor Gilbert will fail to remember about them when he come to the supervisors' meeting in October. When he is strongly advising hig colleagues to "stick Ann Arbor's equalizatioD up," somebody will cali his attention to the Herald's ligt. The gnide jewelry fakir struck town about nine o'clock Saturday morning, gathered a crowd on the corner, gave away a few dollars in change, sold about $50 worth, and then closed the sale until evening (as he said). But when evening came he was not here. He had done a good day's business, as he roped in the surplus at Chelsea and Dexter on the same day. Eliza H.Cordary bas brought suit against Joseph Goodman to recover the sum of $1,200, which she gave to Goodman as her share of a partnership affair to be conducted at Ypsilanti. She claims that instead of using the money in the business he converted ít to his own use. The same case was before Justice Pond a few weeks ago, on a criminal charge brought by Mrg. Cordary against Goodman for taining money under falae pretenses. A thief played s nice little game on several residente of the third ward Saturday. He called at the houees, claiming tbat he was the representative of the insurance companie?, and made an examination of the premi8es. At the residence of (reorge Broek on north Main-st. a watch was missing aft er ihe fellow left. At other houBes he was watched and took nothing. Beware of this man. When the fire comuoissioneis senda a man to examine the buildings he will be dressed in uniform and wear the fire department badge. Rev. Mr. Biesell, a student at the University, filled the Congregational pulpit very acceptably last Sanday morning and evening in the absence of the pastor. Mr. Bies?el ie the son of a missionary at Ahmednagar, India, and came to this country in 1880. He very graphically describes the customs of the Brahmin, and what Christianity is doing and can do for that beaighted people. The gentleman will again spesk ac the ohurch next Sunday morningand Sunday evening, and we bespeak tor him a large audience. - Cbelsea Standard. The monthly meeting of the Washtenaw Poniological Society will be held Sept. 7, at 2 p. m., in basement of the court house at Ann Arbor. Shippers of peaches and other fruit are especially invited, as arrangements for transportaron have to be made. A very important communication from the secretary of the State Horticultura! Society in rogard to the Detroit International Fair. Exhibits tor the coming fairs. Exhibits of fruits of the season, of flowers, and oL fruit packages. This should be the largest meeting of the season. Etnil Baur, corresponding secretary. The fire Tuesday evening was caused by a burning shed and out buildings in the rear of Prof. de Pont's residence on Jefferson-st. The firemon responded promptly and within eight minutes Trom the time the alarm was sent in, the fire was extinguÍ8hed. The fire was undoubledly the woik of an incendiary. For gome time past somebody has been harassing the family of Prof. de Pont in a manner that will insure another boarder in the state prigon should the party be caught. Tar was spread on the front porch, a brick thrown through the window, over 50 cans of fruit broken in the cellar and now the house set on fire. A committee of three members of the city couDcil has been appointed by the mayor oL Ypsilanti to act with a similar committee trom Arm Arbor, in regard to placing both cities in shape so that they can be used as surburban resident places. It is designed that the joint committee should confer with the officials of the Michigan Central railroad and endeavor to have trains run at suitable hourt toaccommodate parties doing business in Detroit, and also to have them issue commutation tickets at reduced rates. The plan is a good one and no better method of booming our city could be adopted. Low rates and accommodation in running trains would induce many to move to this city in order to take advantage of our superior educational facilities. The Board of Health recommend to citizens particular care in the disposal of slops, garbage and waste matter of all kinds about their dwellings and places of business, and the abundant and frequent use of disinfectants. The hot, dry days cause unhealthy exhalations from the soil, which in the cool nightssettlewith the heavier properties of the air, and are the more dangerous because people out of doors bo much evenings, and sleep with open Windows. A solution of copperas, one pound to three gallons of water, is a good and cheap disinfectant for outdoor use, and for -raults and cesspools, where large quantities ehould be used two or three times a week. Chloride of lime is also a disinfectan t in sufficient quantities. Dry earth, mich as dust f rom the street, and dry ashes are good absorbente, and in sufficient qaantitiea arrest decompoBtion.