The City

Aadltionul Lorul on J'aje Four. The y.romised rain Sunday night pro ved a delusion. H. G. Prettyman acted as toastmaster at the High School Alumni Banquet. J. A. Brown has received his new mail wagon. It is a nice substantial rig. , The Chequamegons playeJ at the Saline High School Commenwement last Friday. The June New England Magazine contains an excellent little poem by H. BaodalL rheodore Reyer has traded his farm neai' Kalamazoo for the Pray property on Lincoln-a e There was a large attendance at the banquet of the High School Alumni last Friday night. The Y. M. C. A. have arranged to give an excursión to Detroit and Belle Isle on the 18ih of July. The lack ot rain and the searcity of hay will make the pcioe of hay very high this winter and next spring. Great preparations are being made for the base ball game between the city and county officials next Munday. St. Thomas church has presented Mr. J. J. McClellan, their director, with a beautiful watch charm. Burglars entered the home of J. A. Brown last Thursday night and stole a gold watch belonging to his daughter. A recent issue of the Chicago TimesHerald gave a page ani a half vvriti-up of Mayor Pingree and his potato-patches. Trof. A. H. Pattengill, of the Univer8i ty, was married yesterday at Grand I lapide to Miss Bessie West, of tnat city. The memoer of St. Patrlcli'a Parleh n Northfleld are arranglng fura elabórate picnic at W hlt-more Lake on the i Fourth. David Ilose, of Hhai-on. ono the pioneers of Washtonaw county, is serloualy ill with dropsy. It is beleived that ho cannot recover. The Omega, the annual pablicatlon of the senior c!ass in the High School, was put on sale last week. It is a very -reuitabiu issue. The High School Alumni Association decided at its meeting last Friday night to raise a fund sutflcieat to give five $200 scholarships. Emma, the four-months-old daughter of William E. Pardon, died Wednesday of convulsions. The funeral was hold Friday afternoon. Randall found it necessary to have some additional help in hls gallery during the last month and employed Henry Brown, of Northville. M. W. Blake f urnislied the frame for the law class picture. It is one of the largest picture frames ever made in the city and is a beauty. The fifth grade of the first ward school made a good record during the past three months. During that time not a pupil was tardy at school. Notices are being placed on all the mail boxes around town telling the exact hours at which the mail in each box is collected. An excellent idea. The Sunday School teachers and pupils of theChurch of Christ enjoyed a pleasant picnic on the island in the river east of the city last Tuesday. At a meeting of the directors of the Katherine Building Co. held last Priday overting, a quai-terly dividend of 1 per cent. was declared to be paid July lst. The Slocum lectures at Harria Hall, next year, will be delivemd by Bishop Potter, of New York; Bishop Doane, of Albany, and Bishop Gailer, of Tennessee. The U. S. Weather Bureau has recently issued in paraphlet form an interesting artlcle by Prof. Alexander MoAdie on "Protection from Lightning." The law studente presented dean Knowlton with a beautiful gold-headed cane upon his retirement from the deanship of the law department last Thursday. At the special eouneil meeting held lastThursday night, the bondsof Henry C'ollins were aeeepted. Mr. Collins expects to l)ejrin work upon the sewers in a very short time. D. P. Schairer's son, Waldo, was severely bitten by a dog last week. The dog resented the boy 's looking at her young ones and bit him severely in the upper lip and cheek. Tuesday cvcuing at 8 o'ciork Uev. Rohert Schreiber, of Saline, and Miss Matilda Neumann, were married in the Bethlehem church by Ilev. ,lohn Nouman n, father of the bride. The township clei-k, of Ann Arbor town, will be at the court house on Saturday, .lune 2i, to receive woodchucks. Boys. })rinj? in you r trophies and 'jet your Fourth of July money. Benj. T. Coulson, of Munith, and Mrs. Mary J. Carr, of Ann Arbor. were married last Wedneeday morning, at the residence of Herman Krapf, on Detroit-st., by Rev. J. M. Gelston. The W. C. T. U. are after Hires Root Beer. It is claimed that it contains more alcohol than many kinds of ordinary beer, and that as a result, it bogets an appetite for strong drink. At the annual meeting of the Michigan Womon's Press Association hold in Lansiiii; last week .ludge Waplea' Parliamentary Knies were adopted for the gOvernlDg of the assoeiation. Prof. l'n-ry is able to furnish information as to the official route between Chicago and Denver as selected by the aommittee on transportatlon for the Xational Kducational Association. Quartorly conference next Saturday evening in M. E. church. This will be the last conference of the year. Quarterly meotint: next Snnday. The presidin-i eider, Uev. Dr. Davis, will l)e pi'csent. The man in jail on the charge of stealing Sid Harwood's horse last week made an attempt to escape last Saturday but got only one brick out of the wall where he expected to cut a hole through. Dr W. S. Moore, the popular young dentist, has bought one of the three houses on Forest-ave., built by Mrs. C. A. Wright. Dr. and Mrs. Moore will move into their newhomea iout the mid die of July. The Beethoven Quartet has organized tor the season vvith the following members: Frank Weisrhtman, director: Bruno St. James, lst tenor; Frank Ryan, 2d tenor; J. A. Kelly, lst bass: fl. C. Meuth, 2d bass. Some time ago Mra. A. M. Sims had a quantity of jewelry stolen. Marshal Peterson finally located the thief. He proved to ba Mrs. Sims' ISyear oíd son. He had pawned most of it. The amount taken was about $175. Bach & Butler who have published thelr real estáte journal, "Hard Times," for just a year, have decided to change it both in size and in name. They have rechristened the paper and now cali it "Better Times." The Michigan Woman's Press Association has presentad the Onlveraity with a Ufe sized portralt of Mrs. Ijucinda H. Stone, of Kalamazoo. Mrs. Stone has alwas been a special friend of the young ladies of the U. of M. One week from next Sunday morninp a special rally of all the raembers of the Methodist chureh is ealled. Tbose who can furnlsh earriages to bring the aged and sick to the meeting are requested to report at onee to the pastor. Victor Schneider had a narrow escape from drowning last Thursday. His boat spr ung a leak and sunk oef ore he coulc reaca shore. He happened to be ii water in which he could keep his heac aïjove water until help arrived. The marriage of John J. Kline and Miss Nellie Wedemeyor, of Lima, took place last Thursday evesinif. Rev. Max Hein performed the ceremony. The bride is a sister of School (Jommissioner-elect W. W. Wedemeyer. Miss Katherine Burns has been awarded the f ree soholarship in St. Thomas' Conservatory of Music tor next year, she baving done the best general work and showed the most improvement in music the past year. Quarter M aster General, G. M. Devlin, of Jackson, died at his home last Friday of Bright's disease. Mr. Devlin was well known as a public man and had many friends in Ann Arbor who were shocked to learn of his death. The Chicago Times-Herald gave a very complete synopsis of Fres. AngelTs Bat:calaueate address last Sunday night in its issue of 2 a. m. Monday. The paper aiso gave a fairly good two column cut of the doctor. The Jackson Patriot is authority for the statement that the notorious Latiraer is rapidly wasting away in prison. We understand that taere are fifty young men in the literary Uepartmcnt who expect to follow the newspaper profesBion. - Courier. Just what is needed in Ann Arbor. Each one of the fifty should start a daily, in this city at once. MrS.Wm. G. Fowler,of Detroit, eldest daughter of Mrs. A. D. Seyler, of this city, died Monday evening. after a long illness. The remains we re brought to Ann Arbor yesterday afternoon on the 2 o'clock Michigan Central train arfd deposited in Förest Hill cemetery. About one-half the people in the city who own dogs have deposited one dollar and twenty-five cents with the city clerk to save the life of their poodles. The other half of those who own dogs have notpaid a cent and their canines seem to be just as safe. Whence the discrimina tion?