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Day
17
Month
September
Year
1891
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Public Domain
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Sparrow heads last week cost $68.40. New telephone poles have been set on Washington-st. Rev. John Neumann preached at Chelsea last Sunday. Work was begun Saturday on the new high school eewer. Prof. E. D. Campbell has purchased a lot in the Hall addition. The Ann Arbor Lodge A. O. U. W. has received some new badges. There are about 200 children enrolled in St. Thomas' parochial school. The new cesspool on the court house grounds is being dug by prisoners. Martha L. Dennis asks for a divorce from her husband, Henry C. Dennis. Work on the new addition to the electric light station is progressing rapidly. The Ann Arbor Odd Fellows will visittheir Ypsilanti brethren nextMonday evening. Mrs. Eva Aldrich has flled a bilí aek Dg for aseparation from her husband, Elmer Aldrich. Wagner & Son removed Tuesday to their oíd store, which has been completely renovated. J. E. Harkins will sing ata musical entertainment to be given in Williamston, September 29. Two dwellings on west Huron anór First-sts have been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Orcutt. Rev. Andrew Krumling preached his farewell sermón at the Germán Methodisi ciiurch last Sunday. The young men of Zion's church will meet next Sunday evening for the purpose of organizing a society. Business is rushing at the Ann Arbor Fruit and Vinegar Works. Between thirty and forty hands are employed. Daniel Dougherty, the silver-tongued orator of New York, is booked for a lecture during the first part of October. The new block of F. M. Hamilton, on William-st, is nearing completion. A galvanizad iron front makes it very attractive. Glen V. Mills, of this city, is canvassing for an Ann Arbor, Ypsilantï and county directory, to be published next September. Seventy-three medical and twentysix law students had registered upto Tuesday noon. Of these twenty-four were freshmen. The funeral of Mrs. Henry Marsh, who died on Wednesday last week, was held Friday. Mrs. Marsh was fortyseven years of age. The regents will hold their annual meeting some time before the fifteenth of October. The president will render his twentieth report. Joan J. scnuitz, oí ocio, appearea Defore Justice Pond, Tuesday, charged with selling beer without a license. He waived examination and was bound over to the circuit court. Jacob Grob, the Ypsilanti brewer, was brought before Justice Pond Tuesday on a charge of selling beer at retail without a license. His examination was adjourned till the 25th. J. B. Williams has moved into his fine new residence at 11 Thompson-st. The building cost upwards of $2,800. It is built in the latest style, is furnished in hard woods and has all the modern improvements. Copies of the special edition of The Registek will cost six cents each. The postage on them will cost four cents each to citizens. We will mail copies forour patronsatpublishers'rateswhich will be on the special one cent each. Every subscriber of The Register in Ann Arbor should feel it his or her duty, after reading the special which we are getting out, to send their copy away to some friend whom they may know to be interested in the city. Daniel B. Seeley, charged with íbrgery at the expense of the Allmendinger Piano and Organ Company, appeared before Justice Pond Friday. His examination was postpoited till Monday next. He still languishes in The recent resignation of Judge Cooley as a member of the Inter-State Comlherce Commission has occasioned wide-spread regret throughout the entire country. It will not be easy for the president to select bo efficiënt a chairman. The coping on South State-st, in front of the campus, has been kept in a nice condition by J. H. Nickels, who has gratuitously given his services. The coping on North Univereity-ave, however, has been completely neglected and resembles a weedy garden more than anything else. Fred Brown, theMain-st restaurateur, is spending the week at the Oakland, Mt. Clements, for the benefit of his health.- Argus. The word "restaurateur" is a new one to most of us. In the French it means "restorer." MrBrown restores bottles to the shelf after they have been opened. Henee the I use of the term. Washtenaw countyj is equalized at $30,000,000. The store of Mack & Schmid is being painted white. The electric cars killed a dog on Detroit-etyesterday morning. Both of the new billiard parlors on State-st are to have lunch counters. A. W. Britten has this week moved into the house at 51 South Univer.-ityave. Mrs. E. Eoehm, the Washington-st milliner, will remove to Chicago within a few days. H. W. Parker, of Owosso, has rented thenew house of Mrs. N. W. Hadly on Terrace HilL Kalph Pinckney, of Calkins ' drug store, will enter the pharmaey department this fall. Fred B. Brauu, of Ann Arbor town, while picking apples Monday, feil and broke lus arm. Cbae. Stevens is the new distric messenger for the Postal Union Telegraph Company. The school board metTuesday and reelected all the old officers and all the old committees. The order of the Temple was conferred upon E. W. Owen, of Ypsilanti, Tuesday evening. A $500 monument for the Wade estate in Manchester bas just been completed by John Baumgardner. Emil Baur on Tuesday shipped to Ypsilanti twenty-two varieties of pears and eighteen varieties of apples. Walter Clark, formerly in Rosenthalër's bilíiard parlors, hasacceptedaposition in the store of The Two Sams. The suit of David Henning vs. the Michigau Central railway company is on cali at, the circuit court in Detroit today. The Ann Arbor Organ Company's store will move nexi Monday into the building formerly occupied by S. Baumgartner. D. B. McDonald, of Ohio, will soon occupy the residence ow.ned by N. J. Kyer, on the corner of Division-st and William-st. LThrough the kindness of Dr. S. A. Jones, the first four numbers of the Inlander have been placed on file in the Concord, Mass., library. Mrs. E. C. Freer, of New York, formerly of this city, will return to Ann Arbor the latter part of the week. 8he will reside at 22 William-st. Miss Anna Buil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Buil, passed away Monday at her home in the flfth ward. The cause of her death was consumption. Adolph Kemper has filed a declaration asking $3,000 from the city fór the alleged injury done to hisaresidence hy thë"iowering of north Fifth-ave last year. Every citizen who has any interest in our city' welfare and growth should order a number of The Register special and see that they are put' where they will do the most good. Rev. P. P. Farnham and family have moved from Stockbridge to Ann Arbor. Rev. Farnham was pastor of the Kensington Baptist church several years ago - South Lyon Excelsior. Mrs. Polly Irish, widow of the late Dr. Thomas Irish, died at Detroit last week. Her remains were brought to this city Saturday and funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the fifth ward chapel. Rev. Camden M. Coburn, pastor of the First Methodist church, Saginaw, has been aesigned to Ann Arbor. He delivers his first sermón on Sunday, September 27. He has won a wide reputation as a deep scholar and eloquent speaker. The Ann Arbor Light Infantry, upon invitation of their captain, Chas. E. Hiscock, will spend Sunday at Zukey Lake. They will occupy both the Keystone club and Zukey Lake houses and will be under camp discipline during their stay. Andreas Neff, of Scio, was arrested Tuesday for selling liquor without a license. He was bound over, and in default of $200 bail, was committed to the county jail. Prosecuting Attorney Lehman deserves credit for bringing these people to time. Rev. Robert A. Holland, jr., son of the distinguished Rev. Dr. R. A. Holland, rector of St. George's church, St. Louis, has been called to Ann Arbor He will serve as curator of Harris Hall, and assistant to the rector of St. Andrew's parish. Mr. Holland is a gradúate of the Episcopal theological school at Cambridge, Mass., and is a very bright as well as zealous young man. Every newspaper man in the city, and many others, were taken in by a clever "fake," Tuesday. Some evil-minded person would approach an acquaintance and ask him the following question : "Did you hear that Mayor Doty is going to stop the cars this noon?" Newspaper men, with true journalistic instinct, would at once prick up their ears and visions of injunctions would pass before their eyes, when they asked: "Why, no. When did you hear it? What's that for?" And the answer carne; 'So he can get on and go to dinner." The following persons are authorized to sohcit money for the new African Methodist church: Stephen Adaras, John White, Joseph Clay, Jobn Brown and Matilda Fielde. The new Disciples' church on South University-ave will be dedicated, Sunday, October 11, at 3 p. Si. The dedicatory sermón will be delivered by the Rev. B. B. Tyler, of New York city. On Sunday, September 27, and October 4, there will be services only on Lord's Day morning at the usual hour. There will be a social and communion service next Sunday, at 3 p. m. These services will be under the direction of the Rev. Charles A. Young, who has been called to the pastorate of this church. Next Sunday morning and evening, the Rev. Mr. Young will occupy tbe pulpit at the Methodist church.

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