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Day
26
Month
April
Year
1894
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Public Domain
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l'lant a tree tomorrow. Tomorrow is Arbor day. Beautiful wcather these days. The pop corn man is agaia Been In the land. Xew shafting is belng placed in Luick Sroe.' planing mili. Now is the time to burn up tfae mb)ish in the back yard. Regular monthly meeting erf the ouncil next Monday night. Albert Sorg is manuiacturinjr hipatent step ladder in Milford. Dr. Conrad Oeorg had a severo attuck of heart trouble Tuesday night. Gen. Cutchoon will delivor an addres9 in Cholseaon Memorial day. Prof. Ros8 Grang-er contemplates producing ''Living Whist" in Tolodo. The employés of the Ann Arbor En gine and Boiler Works aro on a strike Love at first sight- marriage- trip to Ihc east - is the latest fad in Ann Arbor The Ashleys and their frionds are etill in control of the T. & A. A. road A large number of beautiful resi dences will be erc?ted in the city thi eummer. A large audience listened to Miss Ben-Oliel at the M. E. Chureh last Sunday night. The marshal has notitied the saloonkeepers to have their bonds ready by lomorrow evening. The choirof St. Andrew's church will give an entertainment in Harris hall in about three weeks. Remember the debate before the educational club in MeMillan hall Wednesday evening;. May 2d. It is reported that a new shoe store will occupy the west store room in the nevv Washington Block. Rev. George Vernor preached at St. Andrew's church last Sunday. He will also preach next Sabbath. C. L. Dufiin gave a reception to the members of Joe T. Jacobs camp, S. of V., on Thursday evening. Herman Wagner died in Plainfield last week. His remains were brought to this city for interment. Prof. John Dewey will speak before the Michigan Equal Suffragc Association at Grand Rapids May 9th. Drs. Kapp and Belser removed a tumor on the neek of Mrs. Wm. Wagner, of W. Third-st., a few days ago. Some vandal broke one of the plate glass in front of Staebler s store on S. Fourth-ave. last Saturday night. J. E. Beal and Evart H. Scott were in Toledo last week and investigated the industrial school in that city. The social given Thursday night by the ladies of Arbor Hive, L. O. T. M., was attended by nearly 200 people. The whereabouts of Dr. Leander Kapp, who disappeared in Chicago about four weeks ago, are still unknown. The U. of M. team defeated the Univ. of Illinois base ball team at Champaign. 111. , Friday by a score of 12 to 8. Every city in the country of the size of Ann Arbor has street car service. Why cannot Ann Arbor have the same? The Ann Arbor high school ball team dofeated the Detroit high school team in the city Saturday by a score of 17 to Sebastian SeyMed has been having a sore eye for several months, and had it removed a few days ago by Dr. John Kapp. On Priday, May 4th, the ladies of the First Baptist church will give an old time flower festival in the parlors of the church. The fire alarm boxes in Grand Rapids will be painted red. Ann Arbor's fire alarm boxes will not bc painted red. It has none to paint. Sid Millard, the printer, will move his printing office, over Joe T. Jacobs store, into his new building on Liberty street next week. The common council should see to it tiat streets around the court house are cept well sprinkled during the summe r 'oo much dust, gentlemen. Among those who will speak before he Michigan Equal Suffrage Assocjaion in Grand Rapids May 9th is Mrs. ucy Morehouse, of this city. The MiBses Mattie and Minnie Drake ïave received $1000 each f rom the inights of Honor, with which lodge heir father carried insurance. Inspector General Haynes, of Port Huron, inspected the Ann Arbor Light Infantry one evening last week. He recommended nine discharges. Mrs. Margarct Maloy and Mr. Robert Gibbons, of Detroit, were married at St. Thomas' chui-ch Tuesday morning, Rev. E. D. Kelly officiating. Schneider Bros., of Grand Rapids, forinerly of this city, will open a plumbing business at the corner of Washington-st. and Fifth-ave. in the noar future. Knowing ones among the faithful say that the new pólice forcé will be comprised of Paris Banfield, marshal ; patrolmen, David Collins and Fred Huhn. Miss Mabel Johnson, of Jackson, has tjeen engaged as pianist at Granger's aoademy for the balance of tho season on account of the illness of Mrs. Mortou. John Earl died Monday night of consumption. He was janitor of the opera house for a number of years. He leavcs a wifo and three children to mourn his loss. Dan Iloss, the contractor, was presented with a bicycle by the Eberbach Hardware Co. for the good work he did in building their new block on Washington-st. The 75th anniversary of the institution of oddfellowship in America w ill be celebrated by the Oddfellows of Ann Arbor this evening in the hall of Washtenaw Lodge. Two sets of harnees, an overcoat, two horse blankets, two whips, two lap robes and a bridle wero taken from the barn of F. A. Todd, on Forest-ave., Saturday night. William Copeland had his tenant, Louis Shelling, arrested on tho charge of stealing eurtains, curtain poles, etc., etc. The case was tried before Justice Bennett on Saturday and was decided in favor of tho defendant. A. E. Gibson ftppeared for the defendant. The bondholders of the electric railroad are urging the stockholders to start the road up again. Not a car has moved since January, when thc whole rolling stock was burned. The latest news from Washington on the Ann Arbor postoffice fight is that Mr. Pond's name may be withdrawn and Gorman 's candidate for the position recommended by the president. Mrs. Nimz raised a disturbance on Main-st. Thursday last and was arrested by Marshal Wheeler. She was taken before Justice Bennett, who sent her to jail for ten days to sober up. The piano in the High school has received a thorough overhauling at the hands of Prof. Blessing. The professor says this instrument is one of the best pianos in the country and is about 35 years old. Those who have not yet procured tickets for the great May festival should see that they procure them in time, because the sale will be stopped as soon as the capacity of University hall is exhausted. Mrs. May Bradford, the widow of a Scio pioneer, died on Sunday of oíd age, aged 84 years. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Minnie Vanderwalker and Miss May Wing, of this city, and of Geo. Wing, of Soio. An old resident named Varnum bas begun a suit against the city of Ypsilanti for $5,000 damages. About eight weeks ago he slipped on an icy pavement and broke one of his legs, from which he has suffered ever since. W. Hollands, foreman of the Register book bindery, met with a misfortuneon Saturday. While engaged in cutting paper the middle finger of his right hand was caught by the knifo of the machine and cut nearly off. Mrs. C. A. Wright has let the contract to Koch Bros. for three large houses on Hill-st. Koch Bros. will do the mason work and Jacobus & Son the carpenter work. Koch Bros. have taken contraets for eight other buildings. A Union meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Prof. Willett, of this city, and H. M. Clark, of Detroit, State secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will conduot the services. The governor 's levee. willbe given by the Detroit Light Guard this evening in that city. Lieutenant Colonel Chas. H. Kline has been appointed a member of the reception committee by Hon. James McMillan, chairman of the reception committee. The Washtenaw County "Y. P. S. C. E. held a convention in the Congregational ehurch at Dexter on Saturday. One hundred and thirty delegates, representing fifteen churches in the county, were present. Among the speakers was Florence Ben-Oliel, of Jerusalem. Numerous children in the city are suffering from sore eyes. When the disease first makes its appearance a doctor should be consulted. We know of a little girl who had her eyes band aged for ftve days and a young lady, who neglected to bandage her eyes, has los her eyesight. It is a sad case. Sunday afternoon Justice Bonnet made G. E. Moore and Miss Harrison, o Toronto, husband and wife. At leas these were the names which the contrac' ing parties register ad at the Cook house Tt is said that the gentleman's reaj narne is Kingston and that he is a traveling man. It was another case of love at first sight - the second in this city within ten days. The next meeting of the Woman's League is to be a musicale. It comes this week Saturday at 4 o'clock, and will be held in the hall of the School of Musie, on Maynard-st., instead of the usual ])lace of moeting. A very pleasant hour is expected. Members are requested to bring tickets. Admission for non-members 10c. Lydia C. Gross, daughter of Mr. and Mis. ,1. M. Gross, of Saline, and Mr. John G. Kuehule, of this city, wero married at the residence of the bride Wednesday afternoon, April 18. Miss Clara Gross, of this city, was bridesmaid and Emanucl Gross best man. Aoout .'00 relatives and friends witnessed the tying of the matrimonial knot. Three women were arrested for drunkenness during the past weok. On Saturday evening Offlcer McCabe arrosted two women tramps at the corner of Washtenaw avenue and East University avenue. They were very drunk and their arrest caused considerab' excitement in the neighborhood. The were taken before Justice Pond, wh genteneed them to one day in jail, oach

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