The City

A uew fence is being placed around the grounds of Porest Hill cemetcry. Professor B. A. Hinsdale preached in the Congrogational church at Ypsilanti Sunday. The St. James hotel is open again. G. B. Shetterly is now proprietor and the house is run in first-ciass shape. The New State Telephone company bas it phones operating in Ypsilanti and is extending its wires tovvard this city. The young men of the Bethlehem church will give a lawn party at the Fritz grove on the motor line tomorrow night. Professor Wilgus lectured Monday night before students oí the summer school. His subject was "The Magna Charta. Great preparations are already being made for the Washtenaw county fair. The fair association has its office at 48 S. Main-st. Services will be resumed in tlie Presbyterian church next Sunday morning where Rev. H. W. Gelston, of Florida, will preach. The Union service3 will be held next Sunday evenlng at the Presbyterian church. Rev. J. W. Bradshaw will preach the sermón. Mr. Leeman Shepard a former resiof Sylvan and now of Winona, Minnesota i ajrain in this county after an abgence of twenty years. Melvina Trempler,a notorious woman of the town, was lodged in jail Thursday to await trial on the charge of keeping' a disorderly house. William Bell, of Ypsilanti, was bitten by a dog some time ago. Bloodpoison resulted and Mr. Bell is in a very dangerous condition. Prof. A. Ten Brook preached Sunday morcing and evening at the Colored Baptist Church. The pastor of that congregation Is out of town. The second Baptist church vvill hold a basket meeting at the Wailace Grove next Sunday. AU are invited to attend and bring their dinner3. The Ypsilanti council is considering a proposed ordinance to keep wheelmen off the walks and to prevent their riding f nster than eight miles an hour. Messrs Eagle and Mast have secured the contract fordrawing and spreading the cruslied stone on S. Division-st. Their bid was 39c per. cubic yd. A steamer has been placed on Zukey, Strawberry and the lakes eonnecting with them. This adela greatly to the pleasure of an outing on those lakes. Hev. W. H. Shier, ol Detroit, has been appointed presiding eider of the Adrián district, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. L. P. Davis. Mrs. Mary James, of S. Thyer-st has rented two houses on East University Ave. She will llt up one as a boardIng house and let the other to student roomers. The annual farmers picnic which will be held at Whitmore Lake August 28, promises to be one of the best held for years. Low rates will be given on the railroads. Several University professors are in Detroit attending the American Association for the advancement of Science. Prof. Bemen read a paper at the Mou day session. A young couple from Ypsilant: called county clerk Schuh out of bed Thursday night at ten o'clock and hustled liim over to the court house to make out a marriage license. Proi. Andrew Ten Brook spent foutdays last week in Adrain where he attended a reunión of the Lowe family. The professor met many old friends and reports a good time. Deputy State Game and Fish Warden Evart H. Scott asks us to inform hunters that it is unlawful to shoot squirrels except from October to January 1. Exchangea pleaso copy. C. F. Millor was taken to tho asylum at Pontiac Friday. He was insane two yoars ago but improved and was apparently all right until last week when be again become violent. Editor Lisemer, of The Times, has purchaised stock in the Ypsilantit opera house, thus again showing an active interest in the progresa of Ypsilanti as well as Ann Arbor. - Times. Surveyors for the Lima and Nortb. ern rail road were in Saline last week and people of that vicinity are beginning to speculate as to tho probability of the road striking their town. George Spathelf used his dolivery wagon to draw ice cream to the Island for the Thursday night dance. Some malicious person removed the burs and the wagon was rendered useless. Prof. Andrew McLauchlin received s letter from Doctor and Mrs. Angelí saying that they are still in Prance. They will leave'Marseilles today, taking ship at that point for Constantinoplo. The Ladies Poreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet in the church parlors, Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The ladies are requested to come prepared for sewingr. About forty persons left Thursday morning for Niágara Palls on the Michigan Central excursión. Others followed in the evening and both trains were badly crowded before reaching Detroit. John C. Burns has purchased the steek of W. L. Bunting and will conduct a first-class cash grocery buainesss. Mr. Burns announces his intention of holding to cash basia in order to sell cheap. Those who returned from Niágara Palls Monday night witnessed an accident in a Canadian town in which one child was probably killed and others injured. A run-away horse caused tho trouble. A big dance was held at Whitmore Lake last Friday night. Por persgns who did not dance provisión was made in the way of music and boating. A supper at the Clifton House closed the f estivlties . Dr. S. G. Bush, resident 'physician at the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, for the past few years, has rented the Taylor residence on Park Btreet, and will lócate here and open an office. - Chelsea Hurald. Enos S. Harndon, formerly of the Agncultural Department, at Washington, has been stopping for several days at the home of Geo. Weeks, of this city. Mr. Harndon goes to Marshal soon to start a seed business. Miss Jessie R. Axtell, of the England Conservatory of Music,, for the past three years musical structor of Oahu college, Honoluh I , arrived in Ann Arbor this week and will reside with her father Forest Ave.- Times. M. E. Easterly, janitor at the city offices, met with a painful accident, Monday. A screw driver which he wa9 using, slipped and wás driven clear through his hand. The wound was painful but no benea were broken. The pólice say wheelmen are again beginning to disregard the side walk ordinance. They inteud to begin an active campaign against side walk riders and those who have been violating this law will do well to take notice. The closing of the Michigan Central bridge compelled the firemen to go more than a mile out of their way to reach a fire in the barn of E. W. Moore on Cherry street Friday night and the barn was destroyed. Loss a bout $900. The lawn of Merwin Day, 104 S. Main was lighted with Japaneese lantcrn8 and otherwise beautified Friday night; the occasion being a lawn social tohelp the Y. M. C. A. About 400 were present, ate ice cream and had a good time. With the advent of Barnum's circus citizens will needto look out for theives and crooks of all kinds. The show carries two or three detectives to prevent gatnbling and pocket picking but of course can not suppress all such crookedness. James Tice of Ann Arbor earned $10 and the applause of about 300 spectators Monday evening, by diving from the top of Congress street bridge into the river, a distance of 50 feet. The feat was accomplished in a graceful manner. - Ypsilantian. Work on the lighting plant was suspended a few days last week for lack of material but has been resumed again and now nearly fifty men are hard at work. The rooms still to be wired are the Hbrary, University Hall and one or two laboratorios. On Friday the Ann Arbor Browns and the Atlanta's base ball nine of Ypsilanti, played the second game in their series to settle the championship of thU oounty. The Atlanti's won by a score of 12 to 7. The next game will decide the championship, Member8 of the city councll and interested citizens went Friday to the crossing of First St. and the Ann Arbor Railroad to look over the territory involved in the sidewalk .dispute, Asido from plenty of load discussion little was accomplished. Quite a number of Ann Arbor people carne up to Cavanaugh Lake last 1 day evening to attend the party given s at the Sawyer cottage tliat evening. . Prof. Taylor, Prof. Scott, Dr. and Mrs. : Lynds. and Miss Dean vrere among tho guests.- Chelsea Standard. A barn belonging to Mary A. Sundberg and C. H. Burgess of section 34 in town of Augu3tajwas struck the by lightning on Monday and burned. The barn and contenta were insured in the Washtenaw Mutual Fire Ins. Co. for $090. The loss is not known as yet. Will Godden, of Traver-st., met with a painful accident Saturday night. Along in the evening he stepped out into the back yard in his bare feet and stepped upon a garden rake running one of the teeth through his left foot. Dr. James Breakey dressed the wound. Mrs. Lydia Binder, of West Liberty street, was seriously burned Sunday. sho was working with her gas stove and by mistako left the oven burners open allowing the oven to flll with gas. On opening the door an explosión occurred and Mrs. Binder was seriously burned. Miss Louise Exinger, ot North Fourth Ave. was nearly killed Priday night by taking some kind of poisonous oil. Dr. Wessinger was called and found the girl in violent spasms with apparently little hopes that she would live. She says the poison was taken by tuistake. , J. T. Michan, U. of M. 74, has been making extensive archeological invesgations in the old world. He studied thice years on the Nile in Egypt, several years in Greece and Rome and some timo in the Holy Land. Mr. Michan is now in this city writing a brook on Archaology. __ Among the attractions which Manager Lisemer has booked for the ens theater at Ann Arbor ror tne coming season are four of the best plays on the road, viz. : "My Friend f rom India," "Palmer Cox's Brownies,'' "Secret Service" and "The Prisoner of Zenda."- Times. The claim of Mrs. Frank Staffan againat the township of Sylvan for injuries received recently by being thrown from a buggy while driving over a bad piece of road between this place and Cavanaugh Lake, was settled last week by the township paying her $200. - Chelsea Standard. Resorter, Bay View:- Miss Grace Lord Lamo, of Erie, Penn., who has been at the Longden cottage the guest of Miss Helen M. Bogardus, during the month past, left yesterday for Ovid. Misa Lamb carne fresh from graduation honors at the U. of M. and was much beneflted by her sojourn in this delightful resort. Louis J. Lisemer, editor of the Daily Times, is also proprietor of the Grand Opera House here, as well as a serial story writer of merit. He is the author of the novéis, "Playing With Hearts," "The Belle of Louisville," and "The Ivory Bracelet, " which appeared in the Sunday Newseveral years ago.- Evening News. It is reported that the average yield of wheat in the town of Lima is, this year. thirty bushels to the acre. Only once before in the history of the township has it carne anywhere near this. That was in 1880, when the average was 27 bushels. Verily the hoarts of the famer6 of Lima should rejoice with this immense yield and the McKinley prices. Resorter, Bay View:- Miss Florence H. Pomeroy and Miss Margaret S. Carhart, of Ann Arbor, arrived yesterday and will be the guests of Mr3. Elamilton Bogardus and daughters at Longden cottage, Terrace avenue, for the next two weeks. Miss Carhart is the daughter of Prof. Carhart, of the U. of M., and spent the summer of '94 at Bay View. R. T. Brokaw of Northfleld, met with a painful accident on the bicycle path a weetc ago Saturday night. It was caused by a collision with another wheelmen which resulted in Mr. Brokaw having his nose broken and his ankle severly sprained, as well as numerous other bruises. Mr. Brokaw is about recovered but does not care for another suoh an experience. Newport burglars among other pranks, broke into an "Injun" medicine tent. They cautiously refrained from taking any of the medicines, but carried off some beef and bottles of wine. The sheriff searched several mysterious characters, but found nothing on them. The sheriff wa3 green. He should have advised a stomach pump. - Adrián Press. We understand that the Stenographic Instituto of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is willing to give two or three deserving young people a complete course in shorthand and typewriting, in payuient of se: vices as jan i tor or by doing light office work for the school this fall and winter, Ilere is an excellent opportunity for some of our young readers to get a start in Ufe without having to go to a large cash expense. If some one who reads this wishes to takc advantage of this opportunity, write the Bchool at once.- Stockbridge Sun. The African Methodist churcli will hold a farewell grove meeting at Madison's Grove, east of Dixbore, Sunday August 22nd. Services wil! bo held at 10:30 a. m., 3 p. m. and 7 :30 p. m. The A. M. E. choir will be out with jubilee pieces and good singiDg may bo expected. On Monday evening, Aug. 23rd, Band and Jubilee Concert. A Register man was riding near Geddes Monday when he met a sorry looking individual carrying two black eyes. The man said he was held up by foot pads near the lower town bridge on the night previous, that he knocked onc man put with a kick in the itomacli, fought the other One a short time and then ran a away. The man refused to giye his name. L. R. Taft, professor of horticulture at the Agricultural Collego, has received specimens of the pear tree psylia frons Kent county. So far as known, this dangerous past has never bofore been known in Michigan. ïaft recomniends that trees aifected should be sprayed with kerosene emulsión. The trees should be carefully examined in the spring. The nymphs are aboul as large as plant lice, nearly as bread as long, and much flattened. ïhey are yellowish brown in color, with black spots and stripes. The margin of the wing covers and abdomen are fringec with stout bristles, which can bc secn with a good hand lens.