The City

H. G. Prettymaa bas been cbosen representative of the L. A. W. in Ann Arbor. The Y. M. C. A. will ive a lawn social at 101 S. Main st, on Friday nigbt, August 6th. Mr. Cavaoaugh'a summer school opened Monday. About 45 students are enrolled. . William Shier, a member of the '94 law class was drowned a few days ago íd Detroit river. The Landwehr Society will hold a picnic on Sunday, Aug. lst, in Schallhorn's grove on the motor line. The great evangelist, Rev. C. til. WiHiame, of St. Paul, Minn., lectured at the Baptist church last night. The large house of ex-Regent Whitman on E. Hurón street, has been sold tothe Chl Psi fraternity for 12,000 The Salvation Army tent has been moved to the north side and meetings are being held there ever y evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sanford had the misfortune, last Sunday tolosetheir infant son who was buried Monday at Dixboro. Belle Burnham, of Saline township, has begun proceedings for divorce f rom James Eurnham on the erounds of ncnBUpport. The North Side Mand-Park A9sociatlon gave a lawn social on the Island last Friday night. A good attendance made the affair a success. James D. Cook, until recently, landlord of the St. James hotel, left Tucsday for Chicago. George Shetterly has leased the house and will open up Aug. 4th. The annual meeting pf W. H. M. S. of the M. E. chureh, for the election of officers, will occur at Mr. Ferdons, Washtenaw avenue, Friday at 3 p. m. Ice cream and cake served. All are invited. Dot tor Flenning Carro w and Professor Freer returned last week from a fishing trip on the AuSable. They descended the river into Osooda County and spent about ten days fishing. A good catch of trout is reported. Professor W. B. Stickney and wife, of this city, are in Bay View. The Petoskey Resorter says, Prof. Stickney recently gave his lecture on "Nikola Tesla" at the Ferris Industrial School at Big Rapids and was well received. The Y. W. C. A. offers in its educational departtnent nine courges of study, and the tultion in each course of ten lessons is 25 cents for members and 50 cents for all other persons. A junior course for girls under 15 years has alao been arranged. The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Congrega. tional church announces that the subject of Mr. Marsden's address next Sunday, will be "Alaska and the Gospel." AcordiaHnvitation is extended, not only to the Young People's society, but to all others to be present at 6 :30. The case of J. L. Skinner, of ttais city, against G. A. Watkins of Detroit, general agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, was decided Saturday night. Justice Pond holds that Watkins' act i on was just and that Skinner had no cause for action. The old soldiere of Salem and vicinity wlll hold their annual picnic at the home of C. Wheeler.one half mlle west of Salem, on Saturday, August 7th. Hon. Geo. Spaldlng, Hon E. P. Allen and other well known men wlll be present. All are lnvited to be present. Oíd soláieri throughout the country are warned to be od tLe lookout for a smooth tongued swindler who representa bimself to be the agent of a soldier's paper pubtished Ín Toledo. He approaches oíd veterans of the lal e war, and in order to get them to subscribe, he offers them as a premium a set of silver spoons or a pair of Rpectacles. There 'is no such paper published and the old veterans should be on their guard againat this rank fraud. - Cheloa SUwdard. A grand farmers' picnic will be held at W hitmore Lako August 28. Whashtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, and Livingston countie8 will be reprcsented. Gov. Pingree, ex-Gov. Luce and others will be present to address the assembly. Special rates will be given on the railroads. __ Last Saturday night Ferdinand Hofrein who Uves on South Socond street, was painfully injured by the bursting of a pipe in the Ann Aabor Gas Co's works. The explosión ttarew hot tar into Hoffrein's face and eyes burning him seriously but his sight will not be destroyed. A cyclone passed over the township of Bridgewater, at 2 o'clock thia afternoon. It descended on the farm of S. Tate, scattering a stack of wheat o ter sevoral acres and blowing down many fences. It then rose in the air and descended again in a pieoe of woods ownod by Cyrus Sproull, twisting large trees up by the roota and leveling many fences. No loss of life is reported. Money bas been secured to build the Times cycle path to Ypsilanti and the question now raised is whether itshall be built on the middle or south road. Those favoring the north road say it shorter, easier to work up into a path and that the right of way can be more easily oMained. The chief argumenta in favor of the south road are, that in case of accidents, wheelmen can take the motor home, and that it is the old established road to Ypsilanti. Prof. Henry C. Adams and wife have been obliged to postpone their trip to Europe, on account of an accident whteb happened to thcir little son Carter Adams. The child feil from a tree and broke his arm. Prof. Adams had already gone to Washington and was to have been joiued by Mrs. Adama èast Saturday in Isovv York, but when tlie accident happened, he was summoned home by wire and will notgo abroad for some weeks. Mayor Harding, of Ypsilanti, wentto East Tawas last week. He secured ■ rig and started to drive wi}h a friend. The Iosco County Gazete tells the story as follows : "Now the mayor had no warning that the steed he drove would never make friends with a locomotiva, and on sight it took a sort oí electric crosscut toward the moon. The horse kept going, while the mayor and his companion were left to enjoy the 'horseless carriage, ' which lodged against a tree. The good-natured mayor enjoyed tho scène and occurrence as much as any one, end he caught his breath, not the horse, in about an half hour. Charles Bauer who formerly lived near Emery, is believed to have been killed at North Springfield, Pa., last Saturday. A postal card has been received by the postmaster here. stating that a young man 17 years old, by tho name of Bauer, was killed at that place July 17, and that. he was undoubtedly insane. Young Bauer left home July 1, without stating where he was goiuer, and ha3 not been heard from since. The father says there is no doubt that the boy killed wad his aou. Mr. Bauer formerly lived in Pennsylvania. There will be a grand excursión given by the societie3 of the Bethlehem church Wednesday, Aug. 4th to Detroit and Put-in-Bay. Fare for round trip to Detroit and return 90c, te Putin-Bay and return $1.50. Children under 12 years half fare. Train leaves Ann Arbor at 7 a. m. standard. Upon the arrival of the train at Detroit, passengers will take the magnificent 8teamer Frank E. Kirby for Put-in-Bay where a stop of five hours will be made. Iteturning train leaves Detroit at 9:10 p. m. standard. Bring your lunch baskets. The Press rises for recognition and will not down till it catches the speaker's eye. It desirea to ask, aye, demand. an exainiuation of Judge Newkirk of Washtenaw, by the probate court, to aee if his head is right. If there is notbing the matter with his upper works, let his moral nature beexancined. In manner and form following he thus delivered to the Ann Albor Argus, a Dexter narrativo: "With scarcely any warning a thunder bolt shot out from the cloud and struck the tine of the pitchfork, which the hired man was holding upward. Tile ligntninjf was conducted down the hand le of the fork which was ripped into splinters. The man's bands were eoverely burned, and he and Mr. Esslinger knocked senseless. One of the horses was knocked down, but carao to before the man did and the team ran away to the barn." - Adrián Press. Last night a young lady attempted to tako a flying leap f rom the car at the corner of Main and Hurón streets. A header was the result, and theyoung lady was so mixed up that she wont two blocks in the wrong direction before coming tü herself. - Washtenaw Times. Certainly and a "header" is the regular result with many ladles in leaving a Street car. A friend of ours expected his wife down town, aud watched for her. A lady dismounted f rom a car a block away and we said : "There íg your wife." "That is not my wife," said our frieod, "my wifo always gets off before the car stops, face rearward and falls down." Jn a few minute unother car appeared, a lady sprang off, face tú the venv, aucí feil down "Tnat's my wife!" said our friend jubilantly, didn't I tell you?" And 60 lt