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4
Month
November
Year
1897
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Prof Perry is still unwell but is much better than laet week. The Normal football team Saturday defeated Albion 18 to 6. Ann Arbor receivea this year $2,632,50 f rom the state school fund. The Michigan Schoolmaster's Club will meet in this city, November 26 and 2". The regents will meet Nov. 17, but will come on the night prevlous in order to hear Nansen. Father Kelley blessed the new bell for St. Patrick's church at the dedicatory services Monday. The body of Geo. Lawton was brought from Bay City, Thursday, and interred in Porrest Hill cemetery. A very pleasent Hallowe'en party was given at the home of Rev. W. M. Forrest, Saturday night. The house owned and occupied by Henry Calvert, of Ypsilantl, was burned Saturday morning. Robert Danforth won the U. of M. tennis tournament Saturday, defeating Russell by a score of 6-2 : 6-3. Rev. Jas. A. Brown, of Stillwater, Minn ., has been called to the pastorate of the First Baptist church, Ypsilanti. Edward Harrls and Harry Wright, two piek-pocketa arrested when the Barnum show wa9 in town, plead guilty Friday. The aecond of the series of "practical talks" was given at the Y. M. C. A. rooms Monday night, on "A Silver Dollar." Dr. Albortson, of Búllalo, lectured at the Methodist church Sunday night on "Bunyan." The lecture was good and well attended. On account of the absence of Prof. Coler from town this week, the Bible chair work will not begin until Saturday of next week. The Ladies of the MacCabees will give thelr annual banquet next Tuesday night, the sixth annlversary of their organization. Daniel S. Tilden, of Monroe street, heard burglars In his house Saturday night and frightened them off without any loss of property. The Ann Arbor Arbeiter Verein held a celebration Tuesday night in honor of its 31st birthday. The exercises were good and very appropriate. Hallowe'en was unusually fres from dÍ8turbance this year. Aside from some little yelling there was nothing to distinguish it from any other night. A motion has been made in the circuit court to have the decree granting Wilfred Eames a judgment of $147,000 on the W. E. Morgan estáte Bet aside. Monroe county court opened Monday and as Judge Kinne was obliged to be there, the McKinstry case was postponed until the December term of court. Nora Hawkes, of Augusta, has filed a petition for divorce from her husband ( Sheridan Hawkes. She alleges that ■ ke has treated her cruelly and failed to support her. There will be a visiting social glven for the new members of the choral UDion, Saturday, Nov. 6, at the School of Music. Everyone is specially requested to attend. The board of regenta met Saturday and attended to a small amount of routine business. Some appointments were made and the board adjourned to attend the alumni game. Cruelty, non-support, drunkennees and infidelity are the charges made by Mrs. Anna Shiplock against her husband, Otto Shiplock. She bas begun proceedings for divorce. The Congregational Sunday ovening club elected the following officers: President, N. S. Hoff; vice president, C.W. Wagner; treasurer, E. H. Waples; secretary, J. M. Kioh. Last month was the most successful so far as finances are concerned in the history of the University hospital. The receipts were $2500, which is larger fchan they have been before. The young married people have formed a club and will meet at Granger's Academy next Monday evening for the first of a series of dancing partjes, including some instruetion. A party of young ladtes and gentlemen from Jackson passed throuyh here in a tally-ho last Saturday. They were enroute for Ann Abor to see the big football game. - Dexter Leader. Somebody in Pittsford has ifoae into the wholesale ehicken businoss. Last week they stole 200 fowb from Hurtnan Reyer and afso telieved Mr. N. C. Carpenter of his fall stock of poultry. The homes of George Sperry and J. M. Spaulding, of the Saline road, were visited last week and some provisions such as butter and meat stolen. Somebody is laying in a supply for the winter. The first concert in the S. L. A. course was given at University hall, Saturday nigbt by the Slavton Grand Concert Company. The attendance was good and the entertainment ñrst class. Miss Shirley Smith, foimerly state secretary of Wisconsin, and at one time general serretary of the Lincoln, Neb., Y. W. C. A., will lead the last Sunday meeting of this month in the Y. W. C. A. rooms. The Political Science Aesociation held its annual meeting in this city Priday and Saturday. Prof. F. M. Taylor gave an address on "Currency Reform" and President Webber of the association read a paper on "Corporations." On account of the changes made necessary by the introduction of the new electric lighting plant, the organ can not beu8ed. Henee the vesper services wlll have to be postponed for the present. . Due notice of the series will be glven. All members of the Y. W. C. A. are urged to be present at the quarterly business meeting to be held Monday evening, ;Nov. 8, at 8 o'clock. The elocution class are requested to meet in the parlor at 7 o'clock on the same evening. Mayor Hiscock, City Clerk Mills, City oAttorney Kearney, City Treasurer Seyler and ;Alderman Hamilton, Grossman, Koch, Sweet and Rhodes, attended the Carnival of Fun at Grand Rapids iast week. They were royaliy received by the city authorities and report a fine time. About 250 alumni, whose years of graduation range from '56 down to '97, came to town Soturday to attend the alumni game. After a short meeting in the Alumni rooms they went to the Athletic field and cheered on the old graduates who took the conceit clear out of the 'varsity boys, defeating them 15 toO. It now looks as though the much talked of debating league, composing Michigan, Chicago, Northwestern and Wisconsin :universities, is a thing of the past. The latter has become offended as she U6ually does and has dropped out. It seems probable that Michigan will have to arrange a couple of special debates or do nothing In that line. John Pilbeam, of Milan township, came to Dundee Wednesday morning, drivinEr a four-year-old colt hitohed to a cart. His colt became frightened on TecumBeh Street, and while endeavorIng to hold him by the bits and pacify Mm Mr. Pilbeam feil under the feet of the colt and received a se veré cut near the eye and brusies upon the body. Dundee Reporter. Charles W. Traver, who was sent abroad by a Boston philanthropist, has completed nis year's study under Karl Marr, at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and is now visiting the cities of Italy. Mr. Traver will arrive in New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm II November 8, and expects to vleit his mother here during the holidays. No end of excitement in High school room Tuesday afternoon. One young lady feil unconscious in the hall from an attack of palpitation of the heart. Fans and cups of water Boon resuscitated her, but the dripping hair and white face when she entered the room so shattered the nerves of a nother damsel that she, too, feil to the floor with a dull, heavy thud and for sometime thereafter knew not where she was at. Prompt action, however, soon restored the equillbrium and then an awf ui calm prevailed.- Milan Leader. Rev. J. T. Sunderland will begin next Sunday at the Unitarian church a series of Bermons on "Evolution and Religión." The subjecte will be as folio ws: Nov. 7. "The Evolution of the World." Nov. 14. "The Evolution of Man." Nov. 21. "The Evolution of Religión." Nov. 28. "Evolution and the Problem of Evil." Dec. 5. "Evolution and Imtnortality. " Ho will also begin a short series óf evening lectures ou "Travel Themes," as follows: Nov. 7. "AGlimpse of Swltzerland." Nov. 14. '-A Glimpse of Holland." Nov. 21. "Luther and hia work, with vi8its to places made famous by hisdeeds." The evening lectures wilt be illustrated with stereoptican views. ïVank Warren, the State street barI ber, took a day off last week to visit i with a daujrhter who had just arrive'd. Both mother aud chüd are doing well. Ann Arbor Commandery, Knighta Templar, had 35 swords in liae at the funeral of the late Gen. Eumeno Robiuson at Detroit yesterday. The following Sir Knlglits were from tbis city, the others being from Ypsilanti: W. I G. Doty, B. F. Watts, W. W. Watts, J. R. Bach, H. Wirt Newkirk, Eoss Granger, J. F. Hoelzle, W. H. Butler, J. W. Bennett, EL T. Morton, George F.. Vandawarkur, Oscar Burkhardt, George Rhead, L. C. Goodrich, A. C. Hichols, J. T. Avery, George Blum, W. H. Whitmarsh, Alvick A. Pearsoo and Charles E. Hiscock. - Times. On the afternoon and evening of Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6, '97, there will be given in the M. E. church a unique entertainment, consisting of an exhibition and sale of fifty superb engravings, and an oyster and beefsteak snpper. The waiters are Hon. A. J. Sawyer, head waiter; assistant waiters, George II. Kelly, J. J. Goodyear, Dr. C. B. Kinyon, Dr. James F. Breakey, E. S. Gilmore, Fred Berryman, Henry Bliton, Rice Beal, Alonzo Berry. The services of Banker V. J. Boolh have been secured as cashier. Dish washers, L. D. Wines, D. W. Springer, A. J. Kitson.

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