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Day
16
Month
March
Year
1893
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Public Domain
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On Monday March 20, at Firensan's Hall go and vote for sewers. George Dygert will act as cashier for Mr. Ciibson at the World's Fair. Some lower town cellars were filled by the Huron's overflow last week. C. F. Staebler is ge ti a move on him. He will be in his new Btore soon. Anna, the the three year old child of W. Winger, died of scarlet fever this week. Schairer & Millen will soon have their store supplied with the Mansfield cash and package carrier. The attraction of the week is the Wolverine Minstrels at the Cycler Club house tomorrow evening. Mrs. Mae M. Gilmore, wife of E. S. Gilmore of E. Ann-st, died Tuesday of peritonitis, aged 24 years. The I. O. G. T. will give a social and supper at Misa M. M. Smith's, 45 E. Liberty-st, Saturday evening. The I. O. G. T. will hold a special meeting this evening, to consider the question of building a temple. The Y. M. C. A. subscription liet is circulating. $1,200 in half an hour and only twelve names is the record. Tramps are numerous; let them be abated. They prefer State-st and vicinity for their operations apparently. Rev. Fr. Kelly isdelivering addresses at St. John's church, in Ypsilanti, each Wednesday evening during Lent. The Argo mili dam had an eighty foot break in it last week, the damage being not less than $1,000 probably. Prof. B. A. Hinsdale will deliver a lecture next Sunday night at the Church of Christ on Martin Luther'B Country. The raging Huron river actually rages a Httle. The water has reached the highe8t point this past week, for twenty years. A little stranger, a boy, joined the family circle of Mr. Chas. Cooley last Sumlay, much to the happiness of all concerned. Mre. Helen P. Jenkins, of Detroit, will lecture on Madam de Stael next Monday evening, Marca 30th, before the Unity Club. Mr. Clark, state seoretary of the Y . M. C. A. is in the city assisting in the matter of raisiDg money for the local Y. M. C. A. building. The subject of the next Sunday evening Jiscourse of the Rev. J. M. Gelston will be"The two Books, Nature and the Bible, compared." Geo. Spathelf's meat market in lower town and the residence of Mrs. Lucy Howe on Wümot-st both narrowly escaped destruction by flre this past week. A.W.Augir, secretary of the Ioter-Collegiate Prohibition Association will address the gospel temperance meeting at G. T. Hall on State-st, Sunday afternoon. W. T. Bailey, o( this city, feil on the street in Saginaw last week Saturday, breakingarib. He returned to his home and put hinoself in the hands of Dr. Vaughan. Mrs. Eliza A. Stoll, wife of John Stoll, died last Monday in Grand Rapids aged 46 years. The funeral will be held at the residence, 46 Packard-st, Thursday at 10 a. m. Miss Mary Hall DuBois has just published a pamphlet on "How to Restrict Immigration." She would not exclude the laborer, but the criminal and pauper should be transported to central África. Saline lodge I. O. G. T. suffered an invasión from the Ann Arbor lodge last Sunday.and the Ann Arbor lodge expects all the lodges in the county to visit them at their next regular meeting, Tuesday evening. The pupila and former pupils are invited to cali at Granger's academy next Saturday afternoon and receive a hoop to be trimmed and used at the fancy dress carnival to be given to the children at the academy. April 8th. Last Tueáday occured the death of Miss Mary J. Matthews of No. 42 S. Thayer-st, aged 36 years. The cause of her death was congestión of the brain.The funeral will be held at the house today at 2p. m. the Rev. Tatlock offici ating. Mr. Nelson House, of this city, who has just completed a coiirse in shorthand and typewriting at the Stenographic Instituto, has secured a good position with a large manufacturing company of Detroit. He begins work next Monday morning. Morgan S. Pickett, formerly of this city, who went to Colorado about one year agn for the benefit of his heallh, returned last week very much improved. He speaks in very high terms of Colorado ilimate for those afflicted with thro;it and pultnonary troubles. At the coming reunión of the Old High School Mr. Alvin Wilsely will lead the siuging. One might think our city a Xew England village when we say that the same Mr. Wilsey led the High School choir thirty years ago and has resided in our city ever since. A pupil's recital of the school of mufiic will be given next Saturday, March 18, at 4 p. m. All are invited to attenfl. The following names are mentioned in connec'.ion with the Democratie nomination for mayor, C. Mack, Prof. E. M. Cooley, L J. Lesimer, Wm. McIntyre, Dr. Jolm Kapp, Prof. Thompson. Gibson is havina; a fine building erected on the World'a Fair grounds for the accomodation of the business which he expects to do there in his capacity of sole photographer to the exposition. Mr. Clark, of Ypsilanti is superintending the constrnction of it. The Toledo road is having trouble again with the sink hole near Whitmore Lïke. Passen gers have to be transferred by carriage three miles around. There is five feet of water over the top of the track, and it will be an expensive job to get thines fixed again. Miss Adelle Smoots, of Ann Arbor, gave a recital at Alfords Opera House, South Lyon, Friday evening last, ftr the benefit oí the young ladies' guitar and banjo club. The South Lyon cornet band, the club, and the big four quartette were present and participated in the entertainment. Claude M. Pearsall, Ed Lamb and Wesley McCormick, caí penters, go to Chicago, where, under the direction of Mr. John Clark.who oes witti them, they will build the gallery to be used by Gibson, who has the contract for furnishing the 60,000 photoeraphs to be used at the World's Fair.- Sentinel. The course of lectures on Domestic Economy by Professor Salmón, of VasBar will be given in tbe University Chapel at 4 p. m. on Saturday, March 18, and at 7 i. m. on each of the following days: Wednesday, Mar. 22; Friday, Mar. 24, and Mondny Mar. 27. The fifth lecture will be anaounced by the lecturer. The heartiest thanks of the community are due Representative F. E. Milla and Aid. Schairer for tbe efficiënt way in which they inanaged the arrangements for the legislativo visit. It was because Mr. Mills attended to the Lansing end of the program 80 promptly and thoroughly that the Ann Arbor committee were able to handle theaffairs here so systematically and smoothly. They were with us, the governor, and his staff the senators, the representad vee, the dooi keepers and the pages, and they brought their families even to the pages at least one page was thus supplied. And we gathered themimoour houses and took care of them as though they were possibly Angels unawares. They left expressing great pleasure and satisfaction. Kev. Dr. F. M. Bristol, of Trinity M. E. churcb, Chicago, will deliver the next Wesleyan Guild address in the Methodist church next Sunday evening, March 19. Dr. Bristol is one of the leading divines of Chicago. He delivered the animal address here before the S. C. A. a number of years ago and that serinon has been a living meinory with his auditors ever since. He is a wonderfully eloquent and forcible speaker.

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