The City

Tho Scwing School children vvill be giveu a New Year's dinner in the Courier block. Miss Merry is conducting a very successful class in physiculture which meets in Newberry Hall. James Murry was one of the drunks sent to jail this week. Justice Pond pronounced the sentence. The Register is indebted to Deputy Ilailroad Commissioner Wedemeyer for a fine new map of the state. The Epworth League gave a very pleasant promenade social to the other young people's societiesTuesday night. A. S. Nichols, N. P. Bowen and WmBolger, of the Normal, will represent that institution in debate with Albion. The Register Office can now be reached by both phones. New State phone, No. 5 ; Michigan phone, No. 218. Merchants say the Christmas trade this year was larger than for several years before and attribute it to better times. Mrs. Minnie Rathfon, of Ypsilanti, has sworn out a warrant against her husband charging him with non-support of their child. The report of the president of the University says the hospitals have not been able to hold nearly all the patients who applied this year. His colleagues gave Deputy Railroad Commissioner Wedemej-er a hand' some edition of Taner's History of English Literature as a Christmas present. Col. H. S. Dean will give the next talk in the Y. M. C. A. series, Monday evening at 8 o'clock. His subject will be, "The U. S. Army and the Volunteer Soldier." Jenny Saley, of Bridgewater, wa8 married yesterday to Dr. G. P. Servias, of Manchester. Dr. Serviss is a J. of M. gradúate and Miss Saley is aformer Normal student. Rev. B. L. McElroy offieiated Thursday evening at the marriage of John W. Henry and Miss Maidee Howe. Mr. Henry is a member of the tailoring firm of Henry Bros. Prof. V. M. Spalding will speak at the meeting in the Y. M. C. A. rooms Sunday at 2:45. Special musie will be obtained for this meeting. All men are invited to be present. Mrs. James Allen will aell a large amount of household goods, farm implements at auction January 4, on the Allen farm one mile north of this city. A. P. Smith will act as auctioneer. The ladies of the northside will give a New Year'á dinner on New Year's day from two until eight p. m. Immediately after dinner the ladies will give an entertainment. All are cordially invited. Tommy HeBsian, the feather weight pugilist, fought eight rounds with Theo Gaffney, of Detroit, last week. .Gaffney got the decisión. Hession came home with a bad eye caused by a blow from the other man's head. Peter Stewart, of Sharon, is now in jail charged with threatening to kill, and burn buildings belonging to farmers near Chelsea. He worked in that vieinity and his threats are said to be due to their refusal to harbor him over winter. On Christmas Day Wilham H. Golden was appointed City Passenger Agent the C. H. & D. railroad andordered to rer.ort ai Toledo. Mr. Golden has been ticket agent for the Ann Arboroad for five years aud has become exceeaingly popular here. La?t Friday morning H. Krug, the tailor, triod to light a fire with a can which he suppoaed to contain kerosene. The fluid proved to be gasoline and a frightful explosión followed, burning Mr. Krui} so that he was taken to the hospital and is Btill suffering badly. The regents last week gave George ] ebec, the degree Ph. D. Judge Kinne granted Byron McCauley a divorce from his wile Marión K. M cCa u 1 ey . The pólice have recently had to take two three horses off the street and give them shelter. Let the good work go on. A meeting of the members of the Presbvterian Church is called for the purpose of electing trustees Monday Jan. 3rd. Young people from the different churohes of the city gave eutertainments at both University hospitals on Christmas day. Rov. W. L. Tedrow, offlciated last week in the marriage of Chas. C. Sehler, of this city, and Miss Mary Bouns, of Grand Ledge. Miss Estella M. Holcomb, Miss Florence Davenport, and Miss Il3ynnvaan graduated from the hospital training school last week. Dr. Carper K. Lihuis, of the medical department, was married last week to Miss Crystal Edsill, of Jackson. The couple left for a tour through the west. The Ann Arbor Klks repeated their benefit minstrel preformance at the Chelsea Opera House last Thursday evening to a fair sized audience. The entertainment was flrst class in every way. __ Monday, Everett Davenport and Geo. Grey went fox hunting in the vicinity of Pleasent lake. The boys had heaps of fun and good success, bringing back wuh them two fine red fellows.- Saline Observer. The regents have made a bad break. In '96 they named the audience room ia the Woman's gym the "Sarah Caswell Angelí Hall1' in honor of Mrs. Angelí. Last week they completaly forgot this action and named it "Hebbard Hall" in honor of ex-regent Chas. Hebbard. Rumors oí a chicken fight kept a number of otlicers busy until late Monday night. Next morning the whole thing proved to be a practical joke. The jokers had got chickens, driven through the street with them, and dropped hints about a fight simply to awaken excitement. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. will keep "open hours" at the Y. M. C. A. rooms New Year's day from 3 to 10 o'clock p. m. All friends of the association should take this time to make a friendly cali. If you havo not yet seen the plans for the proposed Y. M. C. A. building, this will be a good opportunity to go up and see them. At thelr last meeting the regents made the following appointments. Julia W. Snow and H. G. Timberlake to be instructors in botany until the end of the year. Dr. C. A. Rabtbege, instructor in dermatology in the homeopathie department without pay, and H. EL Parke as3istant. in the museum without salary, in place of W. E. Praeger. The Chelsea Standard makes the following mention of two men who are well known here. "The meeting being held at the Baptist church by Messrs. Tryon and "Wilkinson are proving very successful and are highly interestiDg. The two gentlemen are very enthusiastic worker's in the Master's cause and we look for much good to come from the meetings." The Ann Arbor union of young peoples societies will meet with the Congergational Y. P. S. C. E. to hold a "Sun-rise" prayer meeting on New Year's morning, Saturday Jan. lst, at seven o'clock. Subject "New Years Resolves." Leader, Dr. Copeland, of the Epworth League. All of the young people of the city are cordially invited to be present. Eugene K. Frueaufï and wife, of Owosso, spent Christmas with Mrs. Hutzel. Mr. Frucaufï still occupies the position of city editor of the Owosso Evening Argus, which by the way is one of the brightest and best of Michigan, s daily newspapers. We are prone to believe that much of its success is due to Mr. Prueauff's intelligent and pains-taking work. Virgil Burch, of Sharon, met with a painful accident Wednesday while running a husking machine north of town His big finger got into the cylinder and was crushed, rendering amputation necessary. Tae machine had to be taken apart before he could be released, an opsration that consumed half an hour. Drs. Hale and Lockwood rendered surgical aid. - Grass Lake News. The Star of Bethleham lodge of this city has elected the following officers : Worthy commander, Dr. Jennie Hughes ; worthy vice-commander, Lady Minna Trojanowski ; worthy acribe Lady Betsy Lee : worthy accountant, Sir G. D. Allmendinger; worthy marshal, Lady Scotton; worthy chaplain, Lady Fredericka Weitbrecht; worthy inside sentinel, Lady MaryKenjski; worthy outsidesentinel, Lady MargueritaOtto; past commander, Lady Marie Werner ; physician, Dr. Jennie Hughes; agent E. S. B. F. A., Lady Betsy Lee.