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Day
31
Month
May
Year
1894
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Public Domain
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The water hydrants of the city have been painted red. J. Q. A. Sessions delivered an address at Fowlervillo yesterday. Edward S. Carr, of this city, has received an increase of pension. Friday morning a little son of August Behnke died of scarlet fever. A Young Woman's Christian Association has been organized in this city. Mrs. A. M. Otto is having a flag walk placed in front of her store on -ith ave. Goodyear & Co. have put a very handsome soda fountain into their store. The concert at Harris hall given by St. Andrew's vested choir, was a reat success. John O'Hara, of the Northside, is having a cement walk put in front of his store. A three years' old child of Michael Wiedman, of Scio, died Friday evening of spasms. The Ana Arbor Banjo and Guitar Club gave a concert in Sali.ie on Tuesday evening. Unity Club gave its closing social in the parlors of the Unitarian church Mpnday evening. Rev. Walter H. Nichols, of this city, officiated at the Presbyterian church at Pontiac last Sunday. There will be a pupils' recital in Frieze Memorial Hall Thursday evening. May 31, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Sarah Manslield, an old resident of Ypsilanti, died at that place on Thursday, aged 87 years. The Ann Arbor Rifles' Drum corps took part in the Decoration Day exercises at Milan yesterday. Wm. F. Fisher has been elected treasurer of the Light Infantry in place of Ed. Seyler, resigned. Sunday afternoon the electric light pole on the corner of Spring and Sumïnit-sts. was struck by lightning. A unión meeting was held in University Hall Sunday evening, which was addressed by John G. Wooley, of Minneapolis. The Washtenaw County Teachers" Institute will be held in this city, July 9, under the direotion of Prof. F. A. 3arbour. A. W. Corlis has been awarded the contracts for furnishing the class pictures of the medical, dental and hieh school senior classes. The wool market still continúes dull. A few clips have been purchased, but sellers do not appear to be overjoyed at the prices offered. "Skeptical Superstition, or The Credulity of Unbelievers, " will be the topic of the lecture in the M. E. church next Sunday evening. Many farmers are complaining of the ravages of a small green worm in their clover. The worms are from one to three-quartere of an inch long. The Ann Arbor Banjo and Guitar Club, assisted by a number of soloists, will give a concert at the Dexter Opera House about the middle of next month. The Fourth and Pifth ward baseball nines played a game of baseball on Saturday which resulted in a victory for the Fourth warders by a score of 9 to 4. Alfred Gage, of Quincy, came to this city last week with a view to the removal of a tumor on his face, but the doctors thought best not to disturb it. Mr. Shaw, of Dexter, and Fred. C. Churc-hill, miller for Allmendinger & Schneider, have bought the Vernon flouring milis and will take possession June 1. Some of our farmers who have planted corn think they will have to plant over or put some other erop ïn its place. A number of fields on low ground are under water. The severe frost of Sunday night was disastrous to fruits and vegetables in this section, espeeially on low lands. The cereal crops are not damaged to any great extent. i Oh Sunday evening next at the Con'. iciitional churchthe pastor willspeak on the "Beginning of Music in the Western Church. " There will be appropriate service of song. The Ann Arbor papers rejoice to learn that their street railway is "looking up." Of course it is. How coulc t look in any other direction, flat on its ack as it is. - Ypsilanti Sontinel. Mrs. Orcutt and .Miss Kate Ferriei were thrown out of a bug-gy in Ypsianti on ' Friday. Mrs. Orcutt had an arm broken and a shoulder dislocated. Vliss Ferrier was injured internally. Sunday morning the. corner stone o the new Germán lutheran (Zion) church was laid with appropriate services Uev. Max Hein, the pastor, deliverec an address and a history of the society The U. of M. base ball defeated the Chicago Athletics at Detroit yesterday by a score of 3 to 2 - ten innings. The team was accompanied to Detroit by a large delegation of students and citi zens. On uplands wheat and grass are mak ing a wonderful growth, while on low lands wheat, oats and corn are suffering f rom too much rain. The wind, rain and hail have done considerable dam age to fruit trees. The Germán Evangeücal synod for lower Michigan and upper Indiana held its annual session in Muskegon on Fri day and elected Rev. J. Neumann,of this city, president, and Rev. Paul Irion, o Manchester, secretary. Prof. Vaughan, of this city, testified in the Tefft murder trial at Hastings on Thursday. He swore to finding fifteen spots of blood on the clothes of the prisoner and seeing nearly 200. other stains that might be Dlood. 2 amos Carr, of the Dundeo Reporter, was in tho city Sunday. Mr. Carr has many friends in this city, who are alwuys pleased to see him. The Reporter under his management is a first-elass local paper, and the business men of Dundee appreciate Mr. C.'s labor by keeping the Reporter well filled with advertiseinents. The latest device for exterminating potato bugs by horse power is a machine that is expected to créate a draught of air sufticiently strong tb piek the festive Colorado beetle from its perch on the vine and drop it into a receiver, where it may be destroyed. The device to prevent the air trom taking the plants along is yet to be patented. John Geo. Niethammer, the Germán who committed suicide by hanging himself at his home in the 5th ward Wednesday afternoon, May 23, was 64 years oíd and leaves a widow and six children- four daughters and two sons. Emil F. Meyer, a young compositor of this city, died at the residence of his father, corner of Brown-st. and Fourthave., Friday morning of scarlet f ever, after an illness of two days. Emil was a good, honest boy, and had many friends. ' Miss Gertrude Buck, of the University, whose many new and original ideas interested her hearers at the Union church last Sunday, was entertained during her sojourn here by Mr and Mrs. C. M. Debenham. - Milan Leader. The Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan car shops at Owosso closed last Thursday evening, and from that time until the coal famine is over they will be operated only the first three days of the week. Seventy-five men are employed in the shops. Welch Post, G. A. R., Company A, First Regt., M. N. G., the Ann Arbor Rifles, Women's Relief Corps and Sons f Veterans attended divine service at he Congregational church Sunday itor.üng. Rev. J.W. Bredshaw preached a memorial sermón to them. Balloonist G. B. Rooney, of this city, has signed a contract with Grand Rapids parties to make an ascensión Decoration day. Mr. Rooney has made fifty-seven ascensions all told. Two years ago he feil out of a balloon at Grand Rapids and broke both wrists. A change of time in the running of rains took effect Sunday. Trains east will leave as follows: 5:40, 7:55,11:05 . U. and Xorth Shore 3:30 P. M., 4:05, :15, 10:25 P. M. Going west: 7:05, 8:43, North Shore 9:25 A. M. and 12:15, 2:00, 5:57, 10:12 p. M. Of course this is on the M. C. Rev. M. M. Goodwin, fleet chaplain J. 8. N., expects to leave for the east omorrow. At the reception given Mr. Goodwin in this city last week, the members of Ann Arbor Commandery, o. 13, K. T., through Mr. Sawyer, jresented him with a handsome diamond-mounted Knight Templar mark. The Ann Arbor Railway Co. 's supply of coal is very low, necessitating the discontinuance of a number of trains. The company has engaged over 1,000 cords of wood for fuel on engines, and if the experiment proves successful, the company will put the trains, which have been taken off, into operation again. The twentioth animal meeting of the Michigan Pioneer Society will be held in the senate chamber in Lansing, June 6th and "th. The papers already promised f ï'om this city are : "Cessions of land in Michigan by Indian treaties," ex-Gov. Alpheus Pelch; "The early Germán settlers in and about Ann Arbor," Prof. Andrew Ten Brook. Dr. Chas.Wilkinson, oneof theoldest and most respected citizens of this city, died on Priday morning, aged 95 years. He ce'ebratcd his birthday on the previous Sunday. He leaves four children - Prof. William Wilkinson, of Chicago University ; Frank Wilkinson, of Omaha, Neb. ; Rev. Arthur Wilkinson, of New York, and Miss Carolina Wilkinson. of this city. Mrs. Louise A. Turck, Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star for the state of Michigan, assisted by Mrs. E. B. Wood, Worthy Matron of Tecumseh Chapter, No. 51, O. E. S., will instituto a chapter of the order for this city, this (Thursday) evening. The new chapter will be known as Crystal Chapter and will start out with a good roll of charter members. The thirty-iifth Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Michigan held its annual meeting at Owosso last week. This synod is a part of the general synod vvhich includes Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and which meets only once in two years. Rev. S. T. Klingmann, of Scio, preached Sunday evening. Geo. M. Gross, of Saline, was elected an officer of the synod for the ensuing year. The Prohibitionists of Washtenaw county held their county convention in this city on Friday last. The following ticket was placed in the field : Sheriff, J. G. Palmer, Ann Arbor ; clerk, B. J. Conrad, Ann Arbor; treasurer, Johnson Backus, Webster ; register of deeds, J. R. Bowdish, Ann Arbor; surveyor, C. Bowen, Ypsilanti; prosecuting attorney, D. B. Taylor, Chelsea; Circuit Court commissioners, J. B. Lord, Augusta, and F. M. White, Dexter; coroners, W. B. Thompson and C. M. Bowen, Ypsilanti.

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