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Day
25
Month
September
Year
1890
Copyright
Public Domain
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JudgeKintie is holdingcourtat Monroe this week. R. A. Royal died in Pittsfield last Friday, aged seventy-two. The Farmers' and MechanicB bank is o be painted seal brown. Lpví Graham, aged sixty-four, died on Friday last, of heart disease. The fifth ward firemen gave a dance in their hall on Friday evening last. Our farmers sbould, by all meane, come in ne t week and see 8 good fair. Messrs. Clancy, Seaboltand StoftM, of Lawrence-st, have beeu improving their premises. Mrs. George Rudman, of the third ward, died last Thursday, at the age of sixty-four. Guetave A. Koehm, of North-st, died on Saturday last of dropsy. He was fifty-two years o'd. The 20th Michigan infantry will hold their fifth annual reunión at Marshall, October 16, 1890. The colored men of this city have or ganized an independent club, tor the purpose of advancing the interests of ;lieir race. Hannah Carson died at her home, on Malden Lane, last Friday. She was eighty-one yeara of age. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Rudman and family extend their thanks to friends and neighbors whó were so kind during Mrs. Rudman's ïllness. George Rudman. The earnings of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan railroad for the second week in September were $21,530, an increase of $2,583 over the same week last year. The Fergusons played another game with the Howells at Fowlerville, Thui sday, winning by a score of sixteen to four. W. J. Booth and Arthur Seymour constituted the battei y . The Fergusons made twenty-four "put-outs" without an error. T. J. Sands and Miss Lillie Baessler, an esteemed young lady of Ann Arbor town, were united in marriage yesterday afternoon. Tbey departed for their new home in the west, Everest, Kan., where they will receive their fiiends after October 1. Michael Keek, a well-known resident of Bcio township, died on Tuesday afternoon of dropsy. His funeral will take place to-morrow morning. He leaves a wife and nine children. John Keek, formerly a resident of this city, is a brother of the deceased. Rush Clark, of Greenback, Livingston county, last Monday so!d to the physiological department of the University, for scientifie purposes, 262 frogs for the sum of S15.00. These irogs are kept alive in tanks and are used during the University year as needed. Morey R. Ide, a former resident of this city and townahip, died on Friday last at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was only twenty-two years of age at the time of his death. His remains were brought to this city and interred in Forest Hill cemetery on Tuesday last. The different farmers' organiz.itions of Washtenaw county are requested to send representatives to a meeting called at the court house, in Ann Arbor, on October 2, at two p. m., for the purpose of effecting a county union. Webster, September 19th. By order of Committee. Manchester and Saline papers please copy. Deacon Thomas Temple, of Edinburg, Scotlanu, spent Sunday, the 14th inst.. with his cousin, Mrs. Roswell Goodell. Mr. Temple emigrated to this country forty-eight years ago with his wife and settled in Freedom, where he bought a farm. At his late visit there he could find noone of his former atquaintances. He remained there fouryears,when his brother died in Edinburg, and he returned to his native city, and has no again been in America till his present visit He is a genial,intelligent gentleman of seventy-two years and is register for the city of Edinburg, which office he has held for niany years. He is active in philanthropic and religious movements and is particularly hospitable in entertaining Americans. Amateur bicycle races, which are to take place on Friday afternoon, October 3, at 2 o'clock, will be among the intereeting features of the fair. The niany bicyclists in the countv, as well as in the city, are interested in the races, and the contests promise to be warm. Michael Staebler, of 11 West Washington-st, has dunated medals for the coutest, which are now on exhibition at Wm. Arnold'p. The races will be governed by L. A. W. rules, and entries must be made on or before September 20. Mile heats, best two in three, will be run. The contests will be as follows : Ordinary wheels, open to Was'Uenaw county wheelnien only. lst prize, gold medal; 2d prize, nickel-plated hub lamp. Safety wheels, open to Germania Cycle Club of Ann Arbor only. lst prize, gold medal ; 2d piize, silver medal. Through the couitesy of the fair managers, the various newspaper reporters of this city were given an opportunity to inspect the new grounds, on Monday last. A drive around the newly leveled track 8atisfied the visitors that the speed hortes will have every advantage. The road is a little soft in places, but these defects are being remedied. A new judge's stand, three stories high, bas been erected. The horticultural building has been freshly painted. Entirely new horse and cattle sheds have been provided, but so niiiny have been the entries tbif year that the fair managers have been rouiitf'lled to let the contract for 100 more .-., . u.-. The poultry house has been provided with a complete line of improved chieken coops. The two octagonal buildings have been joined together, furnishing a larga structure for the accommodation of the southern exIiibit. The grand stand has been moved in fiuch a way that it now slants away from ihe track at the eastern end, thus affording spectators a better view of the home-sietch. The base ball grounds will soon be leveled off and prepared for the games which are to take place there during fair week. Work on the street railway extensión to the grounds is steadüy góing on.

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