The City

Tho street sprinkler be-run its rounds Monday. On May Cth Arbor Ilive. 1.. O. T. M. j will give a May party. Remembcr tho V. W. C. A. social J Saturday evcning May 1. Tuesday was Arbor Day. Ilow mr.ny ! of otir readers planted a tree.' Hangsterier did the catering at the I Military Ball Tuesday nig-ht. lüe Savings Bank Block will have steam heating put in this summer. John McC&rty, of the Ann Arbor road, diedlast Saturdayof appendicitis. i The pupils in the public schools are 1 enjoying the usual week's spring ' tion. Full proceodings of the first meeting of the new council in this issue of Tuk Register. The J. T. Jacobs Camp, S. of V. ave a social and dance at ttaeir hall last night. The decorations for the Military Ball vrere very elabórate - finer than ever before. Regular work will be resumed in all ; departments of the U. of M. noxt 1 day morning. It is reported that Dr. Angelí will assume the duties as Minister to Turkey about May 1. The Easter services at soveral of the churches last Sunday wei-e vory fine i anddrew crowded house. The U. S. Senate on ast Thursday confirmed the appointment of Dr. Angell as minister to Turkey. The printors day at the Y. M. C. Alast Sunday was well attended and an interesting program was carried out. It is announeed that by July the motor line will have anothcr lino motor car for service between here and Ypsi. There will be no meeting of the Whito Shield Society this week, on acoount of the absence of so many m embera. Ann Arbor Commandery Knights Templar attended in a body the Eaater services at St. Luke's church at Ypsilanti. Tho banks last week complied with Ihe law recjuiringthat a list of all stock holdcrs be furnished to the Coiinty Clerk. For the present Mayor Hiscock will be at his ollice in the city building from ' to8 p. m. the first and third Mondays in the rnonth. While on her way to the Bangs lecture in University Hall last week, Mrs. 1). Cramer feil and fraetured the bones of her right wrist. Dr. Fowler who roccntly wentto Africa will return to America at once as ho ünds that tho African climate does not agree with him. The present indications are that fully as many, if not mere than the usual number of new residences will be erocted this season. Frank Bower, brother of Miss Kmma Bower. of this city, and a well-known nowspaperman, hasrecently purchascd the Cleveland World. .Tustice of the Peaco elect, J. L. DufTy, took tho oath of office last Thursday. He will assume the duties of his olüce tho fourth of ncxt July. Hunter and Chapín, tho machinists of E. Liberty Street, have removed their shop to the building formei'ly occupied by Chapman, the Jeweier. ieo. D. Meiklejohn. who is assistant to Gen. R. A. Alger, Sec. of War. is a l". of M. man, having graduated from the law dopartment in 1880. F. P. Partridge is as principal of the High Schooi while Principal Pattengill is attending to Prof. Perry'a duties during the lattcr's absence. Phiilip Fohcy, of Xorthflekl, died at Dearborn last Sunduy. The remains wero brought hero ïuesday morning for interment in the Xorthfield eemetery. Marshal Peterson, last week orácred the lish mongers who had been holding forth on the corner of Hurón and Main streots, to remove to a Ic3s public place. Mis. Lillian Dell Wheeler, wife of H. W. Wheeler, of Pittsfiold, died Sunday at 2 p. in. Burial was at Saline. Mrs. Wheeler was a sister of Aid. Dell. George Galatin, a man employed by C. J. Snyder, was leading a horse Sunuay night, when a pudden jerk from the horse in some way dislocated his shoulder joint. Mrs. Ehza Sunüerl:ind delivered the evening address at the Church of Our i Father in Detroit last Sunday. Her .subject was "The F.eligious Field: Where and What." The Board of Public Works has reeommendcd to thecommon council that vitrifled brick be used in sldewaltt eonstruction in place of stono or cement whcro property owners so desire. Pros. . W. Ilarrington hasresigned the presidency of the University of Washington. Prof. Edwards, who was a professor hcre, until two years ago, has been elected to lili tho vacancy. Tho board of managers of the Wa3htenaw county f air association lias begun to make arrangements for the fair this f all. Four hundred dollars has been appropriated to secure special attractions. What is the condition of our streets today?- Ann Arbor papers. Wretchecl, decidcdly vvrctched. Whoever heard ofthe streets of Ann Arbor over being in any other condition? - Ohelsea Standard. The Webster Literary Society, of the Law Department, will give its usual Friday night program in the Law Building at 7:3o. Debate:- Private Enterprize vs. State ownership. All are welccmc Oscar Burkharf s name ranks "among the names of the seven agents of the New York Life Insurance Co. who have written the largest nurnber of policies and amount of insurance during the past year. - Times. 1 f tho bilí which has passed the house in tho state logislature passes the sonate and receives the governor's approval, it will seriousl y affect tho salaries of the Washtenaw connty officials to be elected hereafter. The Woman's Auxillary of the V. M. C. A. will give their third annual banquet to the sustaining members of the association at the Y. M. C. A. rooms tomorrow night, An unusually good program has been prepared. The Register is always glad to have people hand in for publieation items of general interest. Wc mast insist, however, that such items be in on Wednesday, the day beforc publieation, to insure their insertion. A missionary f rom Turkey dressed in his nativo costume will occupy the pul pit at the Presbyterian church Suudaj night. He is said to bo a good speaker by those who have heard him. A cor dial inviation is extended to all. Mi'. Geo. Frey is now doing steno graphic work for the Kberbach Drug and Cheniical Co. Mr. Frey took bis course in Shorthand and Typevvriting at the Stenographic Institute of thi city durine the past few months. John C. Jones, a of the olas of '72 fj. of M. and a brother of the late Prof. Elisha .Iones, of the Univorsity died at h!s home in Chicago las Wednesday. Edward EL .Iones, of the elass of 1900 is a son of the deceased. The HEMSTEE desires to acknowl edge complimentawcs to the dedica tion of Odd Fellows Hall next Monday The dedication cxevoises will take plac in the hall at 2 p. m. and will bo fol lowed by an elegaat banquet in the pvonino-. Sometimo wc will have a new dial ín the f.outh aide of the court house tower. One does not realiza höw frequently the tovvn clock is referred to until ho linds himself gazing at a lot of plank whenever he attempts to ascertain the timo of day. Persons having rooms, board, or rooms and board, uesiring to accommodate visitors during the .May Festival should send number of rooms and price per day. also price of meals with the addresí. to the School of Music, 0 Maynard street. Monday morning the strony wind jlow the toilet artlcle sitrn, n front of lic Salyer Grocery Co's store, against he píate glass window smashing it into a thousand pieecs. The glass is being eplaced by the Bach & Butler qge vith whom it was insured. The offioers, who have been inve9tisating' the case aganist the Estleman's ound a largre quntity of canned goods n a haystack near the barn. It is also laimed that a considerable amount of urnituro and bedding was stored at he home of a relative. Such things f true, will bc strongevidence against the prisonej Last Thursday night four young men got too much liquor aboard and started out to do the tovvn. Breaking windows and toaring down fences were their principal pastime. They were soon arrested and lodged ia jail. The next morning three of them were fined. They were sober enough to give assumed names. Miss Julia Mayor, who sometimo ago took a eourse in Shorthand and Typewriting at the Stenographic Institute of thiscity, and who has since been doing atnanuenseis work for the. Eberbach Drug and Chemical Co., recently left for Detroit to aceopt a (jood position as stenographer with a largo drug and chemical co. Ií the A.y.v Arboe Register persists in taking items from the Standard and not giving us proper credit, wc will cali on them with a bil! for damages. - ühelsea Standard. Xow, Bro. Hoover. after having written the above, we think you are in about the proper condition to see the 'Air Ship." Teil us all about it ia your next issue. The following are the olïicers elected by St. Andrew's Episcopal church held ïuesday afternoonin the chapel: Senior warden, Bradley M. Thompson; junior warden, George H. Pond; vestrymen, II. ,T. Brown, A. C. Xichols, ['lemming Carrovv, G. W. Patterson, H. W. Douglas, C. S. Douison, Moses Seabolt and E. U. Kinnc. Miss Mable Wallace. immediately upon completing her course in shortliand and typewriting at the Stenographio Institute, of this city, started for Jackson, Mich.. where she has a good position in view. Miss Wallace is a first-class stenographer and no doubt will give the very best of satisfacLion in her new field of work. Miss Agnes Bird. who went to Harvey, 111., a few days ago to take a position as a stenographer, has a situation with a large manufacturing establishment of that city at a salary of $50 per month to begin with. Success comes to those who do a little hustling on their own part. Miss Bird recently completed her course in shorthand and typewriting at the Stenographie Institute, A nu Arbor. The High School authorities have announced the following seniors who will take part in the graduating exercises on commencement day: Misses Florence BoweD, Mary Bradshaw, Bcssie Cordley, Lucia Lyon, Emma Kapp, Carmilla Uyan and E. Emma Taylor. and Messrs. H. R. Brown. Jay Fox, Clarence Hughes and Theophilus Zimmerman. Mail Carrier George Blum was scopped this morning while making his round3 by a mangy little cur of a dog, which doposited at his feeí a spectacle case and spectacles. On investigation George found it to lo his own. He had unconsciously lost them some time before. The dog had evidently found the pretty plaything and Bíter playing with it as long as he cared to brought it'to the first passer by, who happened tobe Mr. -Times. Monday, Harry Clark, a High Scliool student, was visiting friends at South Lyoii. In the morning he started out for a riele with a Miss Fisher, a Normal student and Miss Just, of South Lyon. When near a railroad crossing, their horso was frightened and became unmanageable and dashed in front of a train on the Grand Rapids and Western railroad. Both Mr. Clark and Miss Fisher wero Instantly killed while Miss Just was severely but nol fatally hurt. There was a spirited con test at the council meeting Monday nigh tover the election of a city physician. I several ballots to dooide betweau Dr. E. A. Clark, who has held the position for the past-three years. and Dr. D. M Covvio, an assistant at the hoapitala. Dr. Cowie. who had a number of very iiattcring testimoniáis frora sovei-aï of the professors in the medical school, testifying as to his ability, secured a majority on the fourth ballot and v:;s declared olected. He wiil altend to the duties of the office In an aceptable manner lo all concerned. The Galvation Army will hold special m e::crcÍ3e:; in the First M. E. churoh on the evenlng of April 2ü. Tt will be the occasion of a visit liore of Lieut. Col, Vm. Brewer, of Chicago, tho Comnauder-in-chief of tho north west forces of the Salvation Army. Major Parker, ho Colonel's sccrelary and Major and lire. Pebblea will also bc present. An nteresting meeting is promiscd. Gomplaints have como to The RKGSTER that gambling and drinking are requently carried on all night in the club room over ouo of the N. Main-st. saloons. One wonian "reports that sho went there after her husband recently it half past ono o'clock in the mornlng, and forcing hor way into the place 'ound itin full blast, the men gambliug :or the drinks. The new marshal should look into this. A few weeks ago Miss Allie Hamel completed a eourse in Shorthand and Typewriting at the Stenographic Instituto. The next week she went to Chicago and almost immediately secured a good position as stenographer with the Jewett Stovo Co., of that city. There ae a hundred other young men and women in this cornmunity who could do as well as Miss Hamel did, if they only had the snap to go ahead and do it. Tho editorial ranks in Ann Arbor have recently been au_mented by one. This time it is & lady editor. Sbc is both brilliant and beautiful and young - just seven days old this a. m. She will fill the position of assoeiate editor of the Courier for the present at least. The lady is stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Junius E. Beal. Sho will remain at that place for somo time to come. A good story comes froni Detroit. Prof. H. C. Adams went to Detroit Tuesday witli Governor Pingree. He was expeeting to return on the late train that evoniug, but the Govornor or the Professor miscalculated the time and the Michigan Central did not wait. When Prof. Adams reached the station at about midnight he found the train had left two minutes before- and he had but ten cents and his return ticket. He went to the Wayne hotel and stated the situation, but the clerk did not seo it that way. How did he know. so he said later, whether the fellow was Prof. Adams or soxe tramp. Ilowever, the hotel man decided to risk it and Prof. Adams did not have to walk the streets all night.