The City

"The whole world love a lover," He mnrmured with a eigb; "You've alway sald an angel," She anawer him ., "am I?" Aid. Prettyman canned 78 bushels of peaches one day this week. John Bird.of Miller-ave., is rejoicing at the advent of a daughter. The Ypsiianti Dress Siay Co., with 250 banda, has resumed work. The State Savings Bank has just issued a neat four-page circular, advertising their bank. The Ladies' Aid Societv of St. Andrew's chureh will give a tea social this evening, Oct. 3. The annual meeting oí the Bethlehem church takes place Tuesday even ing, in Harris Hall. The Church of Christ, Sonth Univereity-ave., will begin regular services next Sunday morning. The J. T. Jacobs Camp, Sons of Veterans, will begin their regular meeting, Friday, September 19th. There will be a meeting of the W. C. T. U. in McMillan Hall on Thursday aftemoon, Sept. 28 at 3 o'clock. Bridge No. 3 was visited Sunday by a large number of people, who inspected the out-let oipe of the main sewer. The five-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hangsterfer of Catherine-st died last Thursday night of brain disease. Charles Ellis, of Ypsiianti, is looking after the interests of the South Side Lumber Yard in the absence of P. L. Rodmer. Prof. Perry thinks that although the enrollment of the High School will not be above that of last year it will not fall below. Frotn present indications, Prof. Stanley thinks that the attendance at the school of music this year will be much larger than laat year. George Foster, of Geddes, is the pioud father of a daughter. It is the first girl bom on the farm since it was taken up from the government. It was the lead packing of the connection of the E. Ann and N. Main-sts water mains that blew out and flooded part of N. Main-st last Sunday night. S. D. Allen was in Grand Rapids last week and witnessed the great Maccabee procession. He declares that he never saw a finer body of men in a parade. Aid. Manly, chairman of the ordinance committee, has called a meeting for this evening, when all interested in ;he proposed ordinanceB can be heard. The Young People's Society of the Presbyterian church will give a recepion to the studente of the High School tomorrow night in the church parlors. Edward E. Bycraft, of Spring-st., has about completed the foundation on the vacant lot next to his residence, and upon it will erect a new house this fall. The flooring of the Waterman gymnasium has been ordered and is exjected to arrive next week. It will be ,he best quality of quarter sawed Georgia pine. Mrs. Eliza R. Sunderland read a paper last Friday before the World's Pariament of Religious, in Chicago. Her subject was "The Value of a Study of Comparative Religious." J. C. & W. W. Watts are getting up an elegant Past Grand Commander's K. T. ewel for Jefferson F. Conover, which will be presented to him by the Grand Commander of Michigan. The School District Library is open every school day from 8:30 in the mornng until 12:30 and from 3 to 4 in the afternoon except Wednesday, when it will be open from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. There will be a meeting held by the rustees of the German-American day 'und tomorrow evening, Sept. 22, in the aall of the Germania Lodge, No. 476. The question of dividing the funds will be vofed on. The Ladies of the Maccabees gave a reception to Miss Emma E. Bower, lady commander of Arbor Hive, and Great Record Keeper, L. O. T. M., Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, in their hall over the post-oflBce . There are at present 125 convicts idle at the state prison. The contractors have already feit the stagnation of the business of the country and have been obliged to cut down the number of men employed. During the abtience of John Kress, of Kingsley-st, in Chicago, the contractors engaged in putting down a well on his place struck an excellent stream of water at 100 feet deptb. The water raises 30 feet in the pipe. The Ilamilton Block was sold last week to Benjamin F. Jarvis of Ithaca, N. Y., by Kate M. Hale of Ann Arbor and Minerva Hale Perkins, of Grane Rapids. Consideratioü $5,500, subjeci to mortgages to the amount of $21,000 The financial stringency, or perhaps a sudden out-break of cussedness, bas led to a perfect epidemie of burglarie? highway robberiee, small thieving anc the like all over Michigan. Hardly a village in the state but reports at least I one burglary in a week. At the Maccabee prize drill in Grand Rrapids the Grand Rapids división won firat prize, a $900 cup; Detroit, second, 6ilk banner; Saginaw, third, 850 in money. The Maccabees did not like the idea of the Grand Rapids división entering at all. Tnere are now 53,173 Maccabeea in Michigan, an increase of 11,000 duriug the past year. There have been 112 tents instituted. Daring the year 217 death claims amounting to $335,066 and disability claims amouating to $9.75 were paid in. Tbe base ball game between the Tecumseh and Ann Arbor Greys Saturday was witnessed by 500 The features of the game were the heavy hitting by the Tecumsehs and the line catch by Condón. The Greys were defeated by a score of 8 to 5. ThO fire department was called out last Friday evening by a slight Sre in Mayor Thompson's reaidence on E. University-ave. It was extinguished with chemicals without doing much damage except smoking upa room. The cause of the fire was the wind blowing against a gas jet. Mise EmmaBower, editor of The Democrat was, last Thursday, elected Great Record Keeper of the Great Hiv L. O. T. M. The vote was practically unanimous for Miss Bower, a fact greatly to her credit. The office will give the holder a salary of $1200 per year, with an additional $800 for clerk hire and a liberal allowance for office rent. The Register congratulates Miss Bower on her good fortune. Mrp. David Horton, motherin-law of Judge Cooley, who was for many years a resident of Ann Arbor, is now visiting here. Her present home is with her daughter, Mre. Pierson, of Minneapolip, but she has children, grandchildren and great grand-children in this state whom she will visit before her return. The homes of these are in Grand Rapids, Lansing, Bay City, D - troit and Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor officers thought they had run across a ghastly mystery the other night. They found a man's clothes on a railroad bridge clotted withblood. It wasn't so much of a mystery. A young man had had some teeth extracted. It hurt hirn, and when the operation was all over he took an alcoholic pain killer in large doses. It occurred to his maudlin mind to disrobe, and he went home alinost in nature's garb. - Evening News. The State Agricultural College has ust issued four important Bulletins as follows: Fertilizar Analyses; Locustsand the Hom Fly; Honey Analysie; Michigan soils,- (1) Wheat lands, (2) soils of peach belt, (3) potato district, (4) Jack-pine plains, (5) celery soils, (6) general purpose soils. These are all interesting papers and will be sent free to anyone requesting same. Address, Secretary Agricultural college, Agricultural College, Michigan. The Ann Arbor Art Club will meet in their new rooms in the Masonic Temple for organization on Monday, Oct. 2d at 3 p. m. With enlarged facilites it will not be necessary to limit membership as heretofore, and we hope all those who desire to join such a club will notify some of the officers beore that time, or better still, be present at the organization meeting. Word may )e left with Mrs. Zina P. King or with Mrs. M. Louis Walker. Mrs. W. S. Perry, Pres. Rev. Dr. Cobern will preach the annual missionary sermón upon the Con'erence this year. The Conference now met in Detroit will send some distinguished minister to fill the pulpit of ;he M. E. church next Sunday. It is whispered on the streets that next year ;he Conference may meet in Ann Arbor. It is to be hoped this will occur; Tor an assembly so important and distinguished would be appreciated here and the members would enjoy coming tiere no doubt. E. F. McClure of the Cook House has been branching out in the hotel business. The following from the National Hotel Reporter of Chicago of Sept. 13th will explain Mr. McClure's venture. "The fine new hotel erected by a corporation at Racine, Wis., has been leased for ten years to E. F. McClure, the successful proprietor of the Cook Hotel, Ann Arbor, Mich. This new hotel is said by those who have inspected it to be one of the handsomegt in the Northwest. Mr. McClure will furnish it throughout in the best possible manner, and will conduct it as a first-class hotel. Racine is a very thrifty and attractive city, located in Lake Michigan, between Chicago and Milwaukee, but the city has suffered greatly heretofore on account of the poor hotel accommodations offered. The hoiiBe will certainly supply a long feit want and it is believed, that Mr. McClure has secured a good thing."