The City

The Opera House begins its season on the sixteenth. Craig and Lane have recently purchased a fine white team for their livery. A little daughter carne to the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Herdman last week. The road roller has been doing some good work on the fair grounds race track. The city clerk has been taking in the dog tax at a lively rate during the past week. The M. E. Church will open the season with a social in the church parlors this evening. The Clancy inquest will cost Washtenaw county $400 at the very least, and possibly more. The street car people tind the two new open cars to be just what they have needed all summer. Mrs. Jessie Parsons, of Webster, became insane last week and was sent to Pontiac for treatment. Miss Kate Georg hurt her foot upon a rusty nail one day last week and became quite ill from the wound. The Y. M. C. A. is branching out in its work. It will hold a meeting in Dexter next Sunday afternoon. The Democrat admits that it has passed the "sweet sixteen" age. It was seventeen years old last Friday. Services will be resumed at the Unitar'an church next Sunday morning at 10:30. Preaching by T. B. Forbush, of Chicago. Hugh Jenkens, the stone mason, who, until recently lived here, but now resides in Jackson, has become almost totally blind. Dr. R. P. Copeland, who takes a position in the homogopathlc department this year has rented offices in the postoffice building. C. P. McKinstry, .Register of Deeds, has been summoned as a juror in the U.S. circuit court whicb opens the next session, Sept. 17th. Daniel J. lloss is now a mcmber of the Board of Public Works in place of Captain Suhuh whose resignation lias íinally been accepted. The council on Monday night gaye the contract for lighting the city for the next five years to the Michigan Electric Co., of Detroit. Maj. Soule of this city, was re-elected president of the 6th Mich. Heavy A rtillery Association at its reunión held at Battle Creek last week. Several manufacturers of road scrapers have been exhibiting their ma" chines here during the past week. Some of thetn do very fine work. B. F. Watts went to Flint last Saturdey evening for a short visit. He acted as best rnan at the golden of Mr. and Mrs. E. Jenkins Monday evening. The water eompany say they have raope water from their wells than they know what todo with. Might help out the Hurón river just a little with their surplus. The contracts for building the boiler house and for placing the boilers for the High School were let Monday. Hutzeland Co. will put in the boilers for $1580 00 and Koch Bros. will erect the building for 83,825.00. The Youag Woman's Christüu Asaociatiun will gíve an ice cream goclal al the residenee of Mrs. Elmer Cushraan. 104 S Main-st. tomorrow evening. Tickets on sale at the Utopia Millinerj Parion. Piioe, 10 cents. Judge E. D. Kinne and judge N. W. Cheever have 'become members of the National Bar Assooiation, the annual meeting of which was held in Detroit last week. The Ypsilanti Orchestral Society will open the Unity Club's lecture course at Ann Arbor, giTing a concert about the middle of October.- Ypsilanti Sentinel. The Capt. Jane's residence on E. University-ave. has been rented by E. H. Kilboum, of Lapeer. Mr. Kilbourn expects to become a permanent resident of this city. Sometbins' should be done and done at once to secure the location of the branch factory which the Hay and Todd people of Ypsilanti will establish somewhere, soon. M. Wolfe, of the 5 and 10 cent store, broke his shoulder last week in a scuffle with George Frohn, in front of the American House. It was a ''bout" in a friendly way. Some bold thief stole the extra castiron jaws belonging to the city's new stone crusher and sold them to Ronde for old iron at 25c per 100. They have been returned. The Fiist National Bank officials have moved back into their newly refitted quarters. The elegant new fixtures makes the bank far more comfortable and attractive. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Schumacher left Saturday for Sault Ste. Marie, where the state board of pharmacy, of which Mr. Schumacher is a member, will be in session for several days. The oounoii has ordered that the insurance on the Fireman's Hall be reduced from $7000 to $5000. It would seem that no insurance at all would be necessary upon that building. Prof. and Airs. Fred. C. Clarke will leave this week for Columbus. O., where Mr. Clarke has accepted the position of professor of history and political economy in the Ohio State University. The Ann Arbor Typographical Union went to Detroit in a body Monday to attend the labor day celebration. They received a silk banner for bein ,he largest unión present fi-om out of the city. The Marshall made 17 arrests during August as follows: drunk 10; shooting within city limits,2; violating liquor aws, 1 ; larceny, 1 ; cruelty to animáis, 1; poisoning chickens, 1 ; fire in the city limits, 1. Tho Michigan Central railroad cotnpany has decided to experiment with a new 60 foot steel rail. It will lay a mile ei such rails atsome pointbetween Detroit and Jackson and watch the resul ts carefully. Prof R. H. Kempf, who has been organist for the Congregationalist ehureh lor some years past, has been engaged as organist and choirster of St. Andrew's church. He will begin his duties in his new position the ürst of next month The receipts at the Ann Arbor postoffioe during August for stamps, atamped envelopes, postal cards, wrappers, etc. was nearly $1700. This is about $200 more than the receipts for August 1894. It was also the lighest month in the year. The Board of Public Works on las Wednesday night recommended tüa the city council pay Herman Hutzel fo, putting in 67 "YV and that the city also pay hira for all house connections made with both the High School and University aewere. The flaiicy iixjuest was flnally con cluded last Thursday. Tho jury "decidcd that the deceased carne to his death at the result of a blow received at the hands of some unknown person. The jury also censured the Toledo officials o their carelessoesa in the matter. The attempt to have the council order the purehase of two road graders and two whseled road scrapers was voted down in the oouncil Monday night. That body tb en decided that the purehase of only one road grader was enough and ordered an Austin at $166.66. There is one laborer, at least, in this city who keeps his eyes wide open We refer to William Puche who recently found a cent dated 1827 while digging in a gas trench. Last Wednesday he also found a Mexiean dollar dated 1831 in the S. State-st. sewer ;rench. Miss Cora B. Reíd, Mrs. Clara E. Young and Miss Cora L. Cronk, of Port Huron, the Great Hive auditors of the L. O. T. M., were in Ann Arbor last Priday examining the books of the Great Record Keeper, Miss Erama E. Bower, as required by the laws of the Great Hive. Mr. B. St. James, who has been in the dry goods business here for the past seven years with Mr. Goodyear, has purchased the business of Phillip Bach and taken charge. Mr. St. James has shown himself a pusher and will make a success of his new undertaking. What has been the pastor's bible class in the Presbyterian church in the past will be materially enlarged in its scope during the next year. It will become a part of the Tappan Association course. The special topic to be taken up during the coming year will be "The Theology of Christ."' Two of the laborers on the sewer were robbed last week of $15 each. They had saved the money to send to their families in Detroit where the men live. The money had been left in their clothes where the men board on Washington-st. ït will be a great loss to these poor men 's families. A house belonging to John Wilson in the sixth ward caught fire last Sunday at about 1 o'clock a. m. The department did not reach the house in time to save the building or contents. The building was insured at $1000 and the fornitura at $600. The family were all away camping at the time of the fire. W. E. Boyden, of Webster, and F E. Mills, of Pittsfield, both acted as judges of cattle at the Tri-State fair, Toledo, last week. Mr. Boyden was one of the judges of Shorthorn, Hereford, Galloway and fat cattle. and fat sheep, and Mr. Mills was a judge of Holsteins, Jerseys, Ayrshires, and grade dairy cows. Two men confined to the county jail for ho"se stealing came near effecting an escape last Saturday night. They had constructed a saw from an old knife and had in some way procured a pair of gas tongs and were nearly out when discovored. It would have taken them but a few minutes more to have escaped. Those who are interested in art studies will flnd the Ann Arbor Art School prepared to accommodate art students of all grades. Miss Alice Hunt will oonduct the classes in black and white on Saturday mornings after Oct. 1. Miss Helen Roby will have charge of the advanced work in color. Full information may be obtained from Mrs. Zina P. King, or Mrs. W. S. Perry. Tuesday evening of last week the Raptist young people held a baby social. Each attendant broug-ht a picture of himself when he was a baby. These pictures were then guessed upon the person identifying the largest number received a bread snd milk set for a prize. There were 38 pictures on exhibition and Miss Susie Dorrance won the prize by correctly guessing 22. The new law requiring the agents at all railroad stations in the state to announce upon bulletin boards when a train is late and how late is now in force. People should not be misled by such an announcement, however. A train may be announced 40 minutes late. It would not be safe to leave the station expecting to be gone 40 minutes as the train might make up a few minutes of the time, and the result would be you would miss your train.