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Day
17
Month
July
Year
1890
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Public Domain
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Ypsilanti has 6,931 people. Moore & Taber Bay that they will surely move next week. A number of the cyclers are going to Chelsea, on Sunday. Ccmpany A will go to camp at Goguac Lske, next Wedaesday. Rosey, the billiard man, is building a new house on East Huron-st. A number of young peoplo drove out to Whitmore Lakej on Monday evening. New stone walks will be placed in front of the stores of Gilbert Bliss and L. Gruner. ____ Born, to Mr. and Mr. A. F. Hanson, of South Fourth-st, on Sanday evening list, a dauiftiter. An open cellar on Detroit-st, adjoining the sidewalk, ig the source of considerable df.ner to passers-by. The AnnArbor Cantón, I. O. O. F., will go to Chicago, early in August, to tske part in the prize drills. A bunch of keys has been íbund near Cornwell's mili. They may be obtained at the store of John Burg. Dr. W. W. Níchols has one of the larges.t peach crops ever raised in Washtenaw oounty. Good judges estímate it at about 3,000 bushels. The store on the corner of State and Williams was sold the other day by John Mcore to Prof. F. M. Hamilton, of Bueyrus, Ohio, for $4,300. Messrs. G. W. Weeks, Isaac Dunn, S. D. Lennon and Mayor Manly will cut down the hill on Broad way, cear their residence?, at their own expense. John Finnegan has served a protest against the laying of the Btreet railway íd fr nt of his warehouse, on the córner of Detroit and Catherine Sts. A fine new hose-cart will be built by Ferguson, for the city. He is also manufaoturing a light exercise wagon for the use of the fire department. In and near the town of Northfield, the storm of Monday leveled the crops badly. HailBtones fell, which were as large as hen's eggs, and a number of large trees were blown down. Ralph McAllister was married in Jackson, on Tuesday, to Miss Lizzie Cooper. Both formerly resided in this city. The young couple will return to Waupaca, Wis., where Mr. McAllister has a flourishing law practice. Miss Mary Hss died of consumption, on Monday last. She had been ill for about 6ve "or six weeks. The funeral will take place to-day. Mus Hass was a tailorets by trade, and very bighly esteemed by til who knew her. William Whedon has sold the Hunt projerty on State-st, next the Morris residenee, to Detroit partiee who represent the Zeta Psi fraternity. The price paid was $G,500- which indícales that State-Bt property is very valuable. J. T. Jacobs, who has returned from his official trip to Wisconsin, reports thst the negotiations with the Menominee Indians were euccessful. The Indians consented to the law permitting timber to be cut on their lands, on condition that none but Indians should be employed as laborers. The Detroit Journal offers $500 in cash to the most popular military company in Michigan. The people of the state are to decide the question by a vote, and the company receiving the higheet numb6r of votts will get the pr.ze. Brace up, Company A, and let Ann Arbor win the award of honor. On Sunday afternoon, tne store of W. D. Adamg had a narrow escape from fire. lt setms that the rays of the sun, passing thrcugh a glass globe which stood in the show-window,were concentrated upon the cloth covering to such an eztent as to set it on 6re. The small blaze was seen by a pser-by and was extinguished before au y dam age was done. A nomplimentary ticket has been received at this oflSce for the races which are to take place at Stockbridge, July 30 and 31 and August 1. The purses will be be as follows: 3 minute trot, $250; 2:35 trot. $350; 2:30 pace, $300; 2:45 trot, $250; 2:29 trot, $350; 2:24 Irot, $500. The entries will close on July 25. How about the Ann Arbor trotters? J. Burton, of the opera house barber shop, while riding to Ypsilanti on his bicjcle, last Sunday, took a header, his head and right side striking the ground violently. As a result, his arm and legs were badly bruised ana bis forehead was hurt severely. Since tnen thewhole right side of his face has become paralyzed, and his condition is now somewhat critical. A reunión of the old Methodist choir, whicb, until laet spring, was conducted by i'rol. Geo. Renwick, was held on Friday evt ning last, at the house of D. O. Fall. The se preseDt were: L. D. Wines and wiie, Dr. C. (ï. Darling and wife, Prof. EDWok and wife, Alisscs Birdie Whedon, Jennie M. Shadford, Enima Hayley, Maude Forhan, and Messrs. Kugene Mutschel and M. M. Stetfey. lbo Toledo Panorama Company have now in couree of erection a large and o.iiiiplete Cyclerama building, which will be a permanent structure, equal in all its appointments to the finest in tuis country. The building is expected to be completed early in August, and will be opened with an exhibition of the far-famed pioture of the battle ot ihe iloui'or and Merrimac. Acn Arbor people will do well to attend. The Arm Arbor Browua have onjanized for the season of '(,i0, and are open for engagements with any team in Michigan. The playera are : Arthur Seymcur, catcher; Dave Mahany, pitcher; Ed. Taylor, lst base; Nobe Monroe, 2nd base; Ed. Duffy, 3rd base; D. Daggart, short stop; Ed. Jolly, lelt field; Will J. Johnson, center field ; and as substitutes, lst base, Ed. Brtgel; right field and captain, Ed. Jolly. Arthur Seymour is secretary nd D. Daggart, treasurer of the club. Muzzle your dog; if you don't, you may lose your family pet. A new hard maple floor is being laid in the store ot E. F. Mills & Co. Mrs. Edward Olney has sold her resident property to Dr. J. N. Martin. Harry WiMuni has been committed to the county jail for five days- drunkenuess. S A Moran has rented Mrs. Thompsons residence, 22 S. Fifth-ave, for the coming year. A large number of Baptist church people, from Toledo, fpent yesterday at Whitmore Lake. Allmbndinger & Sehneider are erecting a new cooper shop, wbich is to supply barrels for iheir fluiir mili. Christian Hoth, accused ot an assault upon August Dupsloff, was discharged by Justice Butts, on Tuesday. M. C. LeBeau is rebuildmt; a portion of h8 house, on the corner of Lawrence and Thayer, at an expense of $800. The Ann Arbor Tent of the K. O. T. M. will give an excursión to Toledo and Presque Isle, next Tuesday morning. Michael Kane plead guilty to a charge of drunkenness, on Tuesday, and was commi'.ted to the county jil for five days. Prof. G. W. Renwick bas selected for his own use a Guild piano. The Guild is a very beautiiul and sweet-toned piano. The managers of the WashteDaw county fair aggociation will hold a meeting, in the court house basemem, Friday, July 25, at 10 o'clo:k. The Business Men's Association met on Tnesday evening, to elect officers, but lacked one of a quorum, and wag forced to adjourn. Friends of Thk Register, having businegs at the probate court, will confer a favor by ordering their legal notices seDt to this office. At Chicago, yesterday, J. R. Angelí and Gr. P. Codd won tbree straight sets and the event. The score was: Codd and Angelí, 6:3, 6.4, 6:1. C.T. Parshall, clerk of Ann Arbor township, will be at the court house, from 9 x. II. to 4 P. M., to pay bountiee for woodchucks and Englieh sparrows. Two studente in Jacob Haller's jewelry store, John Graf and Wilham Kress, have just completed two clocks, which they have made from beginning to ead. The earmngs of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Norib. MichigBn railroad for the first week in July were $19,810, an increase of $3,070 over the game weekof lastyear. Dr. W. B. Smith, who has returned from Ottumwa, Iowa, says: "Iowa was once noted for its corn and hogs; it now ie chiefly known by its corn, hogs and original packages." Street Comniissioner Sutherland has a force of men at work on Nortb First-st, digging a trenoh for the creek and grading up the streek He expects, nextweek, to work on the "boulevard." Henry Burgraf and Nancy Fieher have been committed to the county jail for living together unlawfully as man and wife. Their case willbe tried at tbe next term of the circuit court The committee on teachers, Tuesdsy evening, made the followirjg appointments : Miss Celia Burk, first ward school, in place of Miss Trueblood, and Miss Grace Taylor, high school, to succeed Míbs Street. Mr. Merkly, a carpenter who wae putting in a new floor at Rottich's saloon, on Friday morning last, was suddenly seized by a fit and feil down into the cellar below. Hia head was badly cut, and it will be some time before bis wounds will be healed. A carload of poles for the new electric railway arrived yesterday mornine and were distributed along the streets. They arts nicely painted and present a very neat appearance. Mr. Fall says that the company already has about $15.000 wortb of material on the ground. Many Iriends of Miss Bessie Russell wil] be pained to learn ot her deatn, which occurred on the 9th at Tallapoosa, Georgia, where she had been spending the winter. Miss Russell was a pupil ot' the Ann Arbor high school, during the winter of 1886-7, andsubsequently wentto Nebraska, where elie obtained a fine posición. Henry Binder, jr.T tbrmerly of this city, was married, Tuesday evening, at Detroit, to Miss Matnie Ds Prosse, at the residence of the bride's parents. The young couple will take an eastern trip, and, before returning to Detroit, will speml a few weeks vit-iting in this city. Mr. Binder has a position with the firm of M. S. Srnith & Co., in Detroit. A horse, belonging to Emery Lane, which was standing in front of Vogels meat market, on Iluron-st, Tue.-day morning, suddenly took fright and broke away, draggiug the hitching post along with it. The horse rari down Huron-st and up Main to Liberty, where it struck the earriage of E. B. Hall, whieh was standing near the oorner. Mr. llall'a mother, Mr3. Israel Hall, was in the buggy at the time and in her attetnpt to jump, she was thrown out, without, however, suffering any .jury. Mr. Lane's horse was stopped before any great damage was done. The Ann Arbor truit works are undergoing considerable improvenient. A large lour-story addition, built elevator-fashion, of two by tour plank?, is being erected ou the oorth of the present building, and two other additions will be built this year. The company will put in two large powerpresses, an elevator and a new evaporator. Two large tanks will be built for tbe storage ot vinegar. The T. & A. A. road will lay a side-track near the building, so that fiuit shipments may be oonveuiently handled. When all these improvements are corapleted, the company expect to be able to evapórate 5C0 bushels of apples and to press 2,000 bushels, daily. They will make a carload of vinegar every three days. The factory will probably be the most complete, of its kind, in the state. E. L. Moore, dent '90, is located atBay City with Dr. Hulbert. The Zion Evangelical Sunday-school will give a picnic on August 1. The old family horse ot Prof. Perry's was killed by the care, on Tuesday. The board of public works did not meet last night, owing to the lack of a quorum. John McGraw, of LyndoD, has sued for a divorce frooi bis wife, on the ground of detertion. The matriage of Miss Emily L. Smith and Benjamin J. Boutwell will take place next Taesday. The $100 banner lias been awarded to the Arbor Tent of the Knights of Maccabees, of this city. Mr. Pamelia Dawes, mother of Mrs. C. M. Stark, ot North Main-st, died, yesterday, from the efifects of a fall which occurred about two weeks ago. She was 81 yesrs of age. Her tuneral will take pitee to-morrow. Mr. Htaik was called away, to-day, to attend the funeral ot his father, who died at Gaines, Genesee Co., yesterday. One of The Register proprietors, and wife, had the pleasure of a riele, the other day, in Mr. Holmes' hondsome new vehicle, which he calis a landaulette. It much resembles a coupe, butdiffers in thnt by making a few change?, it can be transformed into an opea carnage, while a coupe is the same, summer and winter, lts furnÍ8hings are such as to combine the greatest comforcand elegance. Mr. Holaies deserves much credit for addiog thig fine equipage to his large assortment of other backs and carriages.

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