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Day
30
Month
April
Year
1891
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Public Domain
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This is Arbor Uay. C. S. Millen was in Detroit Tuesday. Congressman Gorman is in the city today. F. Sebinid and J. T. Jacobs went to Detroit yesterday. Mrs. P. D. Noble, who has been quite 111, is now ronvalesceiit. The water cotnpany commenced boring asix-incu pipe onMonday. There are now three coons under tbe tutelage of the fire department men. Louis J. Liesemer has bought a Fairhaven cylinder for the Washtenaw Post, James Tolbert has secured a judgment against A. C. and R. S. Tessmer of $107. 40. An addition to the freight house of the Toledo road will be built in the near future. John R. Miner wascalled to Cleveland Thursday by the death of bis aged mother. The work of leveling off and impioving Hamilton Park commenced Monday. The degree of the Temple was conferred upon Dr. Fleming Carrow Friday evening. Mary H. Southard on Tuesday secured a divorce from her husband, E. M. Southard. Andrew Schiappacasse was fined $1 and costs Monday for being drunk on the streets. The motor line has suspended operaions for a few days, in order that repairs may be made. The children of St. Thomas' school ai e preparing for a concert to be given about the middle of June. Dr. Heneage Gibbes delivered an address before the Philadelphia Pathological society on Thursday last. J. H. M.Henderson, of the fifth ward, died Friday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Merrithew. It is understood that the contract for refurnishing the Cook House has been has been let to Weber, of Detroit. The Agricultural Company on Monday received an order frcm London, Eng., for a carload of hay tedders. B. J. Conrad went to Detroit Tuesday to attend a meeting of the directora of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance company. The ladies have requested George H. Hazelwood to postpone the ladies' day opening at hie new billiard parlors for a week or two. Fred Buil, of the fifth ward, was sent to jail, Friday, for thirty days. He was drunk and making himself generally disagreeable. The second annual publication of the Scientific Society of Colorado College is being printed by the Register Publishing Company. Capt. W. F. Armstrong, accompanied by C. H. Kline and W. W. Watts, made a trip to Lansing, laet week, to see about the organization of a new militia company in this city. Maria F. Steens, of Howell, died in the sixth ward last Saturday of heart failure. The remains were taken to Howeli on Monday. .Tulius Wile andHenry Adler on Monday secured judgments, by default, against Geo. A. Begole of $1,030.44 and $759.23 respectively. A. B. Wines, while splitting wood at his residence on Wilmot-st, yesterday morning, wasstruck in the eye by a stick. The sightmay be destroyed.i A number of garnishee suite against the Henry Mensing Building Company came before the circuit couxt Monday, but they were not finally disposed of. R. A. Lutz, the well-known bookkeeper with Bach, Abel and Company, has gone to Lansing to accept a lucrative position in the office of the secretary of state. The private hospital of Mrs. E. L. Scott on Ann-st caught fire from the furnace Thursday noon. The house was damaged $000, fully covered by insur anee. F. Minnis, the well-known musirían, has composed a May-day york. It is dedicated to Miss Jennie (uinlain. It is published by Messrs. Minnis & Wilsey. Burglars Friday night attempted to force an eutrance into the store of Patriek Donovan on Broadway but were frightened away by the barking of a watch dog. A gang of hoodlums on Saturday night tore up sideswalks and made way with gates in the fourth ward. They should remember that Hallowe'en has come and gone. The ItegisterPublishing Company has just printed for Sheehan & Co., a twentypage catalogue of fine lawn tennis goods. It is a pretty job, of which the company should feel proud. John Bridgman has been sent to the Lansing reform school, because of persistent truancy. He will remain there until he is sixteen years old. He is twelve years of age. John Frederick Laubengayer died at his home in Scio on Wednesday afternoon last week. He wm ;; well known pioneer of tliis coontf. Funeral services were held Sunday"at ihe Salem Lutheran church. Two Btodents, who liad teated too freely of the cup thftt imoxicateR, Monday, made themselvea obnoziousto the occupants of the opera house block and were taken to jail. They were releiised on payrnent of i flne. The special election in the fourth wan!, Monday, called ont a larger vote tlian wasanticipated. C. Frank O'Hearn, the Democratie candidate, received 149 votes, and Reuben Kernpf, the Repubücan candidate, 103, TfceOdd Fellows attended theBaptist church in a body, Sunday morning, the occasion being theseventv-second anniversary of the establishment of the order in this country. Tbe lady bicyclistR eflected an organization Tuesday evening andelected the following offieers: President, Miss Alice Caldwell; captain, Mrs. R. S. Greenwood; secretary, Miss Mav Wilsey. G. F. Allmendinger, of the Central milis, says that. the price of cereals, in general, is higher than at any time during the pasteight years. The maximum quotation for wheat this week is 81.10. The Woman's Relief Corps gave a very enjoyable entertainment Friday evening at the G. A. R. tiall. Major Soule delivered an interesting paper, and a series of recitations and musical selections followed. The electric lights in the court house were turned on for thefirst titóe last week. The company will soon place lights in the residence of C. R. Whitman, in the McMillan hall, in the residence of W. W. Bliss and probably in Xewberry hall also. Staats Green died on Friday last of paralysis, after a veryshortillness. Thefuneral took place on Sunday at his late residence on Fourth ave. He leaves a wife and two cbildren. He was a brother of M. M. Green, who died a little over two weeks ago. The trustees of the Tappan Guild met on Monday and appointed a committee to purchase furniture br the McMillan Hall. The building will be dedicated on May 20 by the delegates to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, which meets at Detroit next month. . When two young fellows from Saline, slightly intoxicated, were driving along Main-st Sunday afternoon, their horse became frightened andetoppedsquarely in front of an approaching etreet car. They were botji thrown out without injury, and the buggy was completelv demolished. The annual report of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway, just published, shows that the earnings of the road last year were $1,127,208.64 as against $1,014,316.98 in 1889. The net earnings were $328,101.25 in 1889 and $416,471.31 in 1890. The number of miles operated is 274. At a meeting of Ann Arbor Typographical Union, held on Monday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President, E. L. Munyon; vice-president, Guy W. Stevenson; recording secretary, Hi A. Sweet; financial 3ecretary, Geo. E. Parker ; sergeant-at-arms, Geo. P. Stanch. Miss Sarah L. Douglas, daughter of the late S. H. Douglas, died Tuesday evening of a cáncer, after an iilness of some five or six weeks. She was thirtythree years and six rnonths of age and was born and reared in Ann Arbor. Her life, although a quiet one, was such as to win her many friends. She held a high position in church, literary and social circles. A bold robbery occurred in the office of the Ferdon lumber yard, Friday noon. No one wasleft in the office except Heary Feldkamp, who was waiting for Mr. Banfield to return from dinner. He was addressed by a mulatto, who asked him to take his team a little farther down the street. Mr. Feldkamp did so. In his absence the mulatto pried open the till and took from it $15.00 in money. "Ice will be very scarce, this summer,"8aid Mr. W. H. Bennett, general freight and passenger agent of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan railroad yesterday. "There is not onefifth the amount of ice in store at Michigan points that there was at this time last year. The people from thesouthern portion of the state are shouting for more ice already, and what will it be before the summer is over?"- Toledo Commercial. Inspector Clark , of the board of health , is now on his rounds looking over the premises of our citizens. He finds most of them in a good sanitary condition, but some are not so, and the officer will be obliged to make complaint unless all nuisaDces are removed. If you have vaults whose contenta have so accumulated that they have become offensive, the contentsmust be removed before the' extreme hot reather comes on. All manure piles from animáis on thepremises must be removed before they become oflensive. All yards must be kept in a cleanly condition. Follow these directions and avoid complaints being made against you. Theelecttic wire which was strung alongPackard-.it ye.sterday ran through several of Sedgwick Deau's traes. This inorning the wire w is found In two sections. A serieus runaway occurred Siturday afternoon on tlie south road, about a mile and a half wstof Ypsílanti. 3. L. Hepburn, a senior law froni El Paso, Toxas, .-.rul Miss Alta Dewey, oí Alpena, were oul driviog, and when the motor paseed tlium their horse became friih;ened. Both were thrown out. Mr. Hepburn's hip was crnahed and oiu of the bouea in Miss Dewey'.-; ellow vm broken. Their injuries proved m.t (o be dangerous. The carpentera are holding meeting evcry niglit for the purpose of discussing their grievances and the meana of relief. V. F. Abrams, president of tlio order, has buen making addresses. The meeting on Tuesday night was an open one. Mayor Doty, upon invitation, made a few remarks. Mr. Abrams discussed the present condition oí the craft, and urged the carpenters to demand greiter pay and shorter working days. He is a very fascinating speaker. It is probable that the demands of the local carpenters will soon bo presented to the contractors, and a strike may ensue.

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