The City

Dr. Morton now ha8 a telephone in his office. The pension board was in session yesterday. William Carroll resumed his duties as driver of the hose wagon Monday. The annual meeting of the Musical Society will be held next Wednesday evening. Dr. FlemraingCarrow has rented rooms in the Hamil'on block and will open his offices there. M. M. Green has received a new hack which will be placed on his hack line. It is a Sne oiie. Mrs. Uarvey Price, nee Jennie Beattie, ' former resident of tbia city, died at Detroit on the 14th inst. Ann McKernan of Northfield was buried la-it Thursday, haing died on TueBday at the age of 87 yeare. _ Mr. Geo. B. Greening, law '89, has acuepted a position in Congressman Tarsney 'a office at Saginaw. Justice Butts united Benjamin Kuhl of SharoD and Grace Congdon of Sylvan in marriage at his offioe Friday. The case of assault sgainst Asa Whitehead, appealed from Milán, has been settled, he having paid the costg. H. J. Brown had a birthday party Saturday night, but to celébrate what anniversary is not for the public to know. Just 300 persons boarded the G:30 train on the Michigan Central Tuesday morníng, bound for Detroit to vieit the exposition. Fred Sahumacherhas acceptedaposition with Schairer & Millen of Ann Arbor and will leave for that place Oct 1.- Chelsea Herald Rev. Dr. Kemp of Plymouth, Iná , who filled the pulpit at St. Andrew's church last Sunday, will occupy the some position next Sunday. Ten members of Ann Arbor commandery, K. T., drove to Ypsilanti last evening and participated in a drill at Light Guard hall in that city. Patrick Leonard's loss on his barn and contentg has been adjnsted by the Waehtenaw Mutual, at $200 on the barn and $138.69 on the contents. The Míssíod Uircle of the Methodist chuich will hold a musical and literaty eocial at Mrs. McKenzie's, 50 8. Divison-st, tomorrow evenmg, from flve uatil nine o'clock. Thereare a number of expert lady bicyclists t Grand Rapids. Five of them attended the L. A. W. meet at Ypsilanti on Friday and made a fine appearance in the proocssion. "Kittie" S wathei died a natural death last week at the age of 30 years or more. Kittie was the favorite equine that John T. Swathel has driven around the city for niany years. Elizabeth J. Sally of Pittefield has applied for a divorce frcm hfr husband, Arthur Sally, on the ground of extreme cruelty. Sbe asks that she be giiïen a half interest in tke homeetead. The total receipts of the county fair last week were not much over $500, just about eoough to pay the running expenBee, leaving out the premiums. The officers state that the premiums will be paid iu full, however. The monthly pomological meeting Oct. 5, at 2 p. m., in Üie court house. Topics : Exhibits at fairs; experience in thesale and transportaron of fruit; fall planting. Exhibits of the fruits of the season and of flowers. Emil Baur, secretary. Mr. Barry, the head of the street raüway enterprise in thia city, wrote bere last week for s complete survey of the route, for the purpose of ordering the material with which to build the line. The survey has been sent to him and the material will be ordered this week. At the meeting of the Michigan Pbarmaceutical Association held at Detroit last week, H. J. Brown was re elected secretary. Prof. Prescott was reappointed chairman of the committee on pharmacy and queriee, and Prof. Johnson was put on the committee on adulterations. Ed. Kuebler of this city took the second prize in the race around the triangl') (28J miles") at the L. A. W. meeting triday. Tne w mer won n two hours and five and one-half minutes, beating the previous records by three and one-half minutes, Kaebler coming in six minutes later. The Register has received a poem addres6ed to Mr. Babcock. We should like very much to publish it, but cannot do so as it 18 conirary to our rules to publish anonymous contributions. If the writer will eend her name, we will corsider it perfectly coufidential and publish her production. Thoma Bonner died at his residence in Lodi last Fridav. of general debility, aged 8.3 years. He was an oíd pioneer of Washtenaw county having lived here 35 , years, 20 years in Ann Arbor township and 15 years in Lodi. The deceased was born at Dolaw, Barwickshire-on-Tweed, Parish of Coldenham, Seotland, in 1806. The funeral was held Sunday. Tuesday, officer Leanard went to Marshall tor the purpose of arresting Charles J. Search for obtaining money under false pretermes. Search is a step-son of II. J. Furnum, and sold a stove belonging to the latter at Mann'g second hand store. Furnum replevined the stove and it was awarded to him, together with $10 costs and $3 damagep. Search is principal oL the Marshall high school. The affairs of the Ann Arbor school of music are in a complicated state at present, eince Prof. Stanley resigned from the directorship, and it is an open question whether the school wül be coutinued or not. A joint meeting of the directora of the Scüool of Music and of the Musical Socitv was to have been held Tuesdaveveninsr. butno quorum was present. The meeting was adjourned until next Wednesday evening, when a meeting will held aad a decisión rpached. The Ootober tetm of the circuit court, beginning next Tuesday, will have on the dosket IU8 cases for trial. Oi this number, 23 are criminal, 54 issues of fact, 1 issue of law, 9 cnancery lst class, ' chSncery 2nd class, and 8 imparlance. On the criminal calendar, the most important cases are the following : David Ltnsley, murder; Conrad Neuman, assault with luteut lo kill and murder; 8tanton Crawford, selliug obceue literature; Rachael Ferguson, bigamy: Laihain Miller, viulation of insarance l&vih ; Fred H. Mills, seductioii ; Nicholas Cordary and Joseph Goodman, false pretensos ; John Bonnet, U A. Wilcox, Chas. Sehniidt, Ephraim Bonle, Heury Frank, P. W. fioyle and i), M. Doyle, violation of liquor laws. Mrs. Tho9. Taylor, who hvos on the corner of South University-aveand Thayer-st, was the victim of au outrageous assault one evening last week froü which may result serious consequences. She went out to cover some plants in the yard, leaving the doors of the house open. She then went iu and retired, and was aroused by hearing a noise in the room. At this time a man grabbed her by the throat and attempted to assault ■- - ' her. She fought desperately and tbe villain choked her nearly to deaih and pulled a handful of hair out of her head. Her screams flnally frightened hira away aDd he made his escape. Mrs. Taylor made her way to a neighbor's and toid what had happened. A search was instkuted but without success. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the crime and it is doubttul if he could be identified, as it was dark in the house at the time. Rev. Mr. Sunderland devoted a portion of his sermón last Sanday mornin? to an account of the tour in Burope from which he and his wife have just returned. They spent a week iu Paris and a week in Switzerland, went down the Rhine, made a short tour through Belgium, spent two weeks in London, devoted two weeks to visiting among friends in the north of Eogland, made trip9 to the famou9 lake región in Cumbeiland and to some of the most interesting parts of Scotland. They had favorable sea voyages, just missing the great tornado, and return from their tour reinvigorated in health, and full of enthusiasm over what they have seen and enJDyed. Edward Duffy left lastnightforOakland. Cal., to return to this city with the remains of his brother, James A. Duffy, who died at Adams Springs, Cal., on 19th inst, of congestive chills. The deceased was known to a number of our citizens, be being a brother of Edward Duffy of this city, Michael and Philip Duffy of Northfit ld, and Mrs. P. Gallagher of üorunna. He went to California in 1850 and was a prominent politician of that state, having erved three terms as state senator from Sicramento county, once being the only democratelected on (he ticket. He served as consul to Ireland under Sácretary Seward. He was 56 years oíd, a mau of considerable means, and leaves a wife. Tne meeting of the Detroit Presbytery waa held in this city on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev. Richard Trumbull of Detroit was chosen moderator, and Rev. Jacquesof Northville.clerk. Delegates were present from about40 churches. The businees transacted waschiefly routine matter. Rev. D ckie of Detroit delivered an eloquent address Tuesday evenin?, and Rev. Wnllace Radcliffe of Detroit read an interesting memorial upon the late Rev. Henry Lancashire yesterday. The discussion on theproposition of the Genernl Astembly to revise the confegsional was deferred until the next meeting, a committee taking the subject under advisetnentin the meantime. L. C. Lawrence, a gradúate oL the literary department, wai received bs a caudidate to the ministry. Extenaive preparaüons have been made lor the trip of Ann Arbor commanderyl K. T., to the trienrml conclave at Washington, Oct. 5. Already 65 have signi6ed their intention of going, about 20 ladies being in the party. The hendquarters of tbe commandery will be at No. 723 12thst. The trnin will leave this city at 6:30 p m., Oct. 5, stopping at Hornellsville, N. Y., Glen Summit, Mauch Chuck, and Pliiladelphia enrou-te on Sunday, and arriving at Washington early Mocdsy moming. The cornmandery will be under orders at Washington for three days, will particípate in the grand parade, attend the reception given by President and Mrs. Harrison and other gathering?, entertain guests at headquarters and see the sighls in Washington, keeping the membei s prelty busy during their stay there.