The Washtenaw Republican Club

A Bride of Two Days.

Will Emerv, a musician who travels with a theatrical company, was married in Ypsilanti, January 1, 1887. He was thirty-one years of age and the bride of his choice was eighteen. In a bill for divorce filed by Mrs. Matie A. Emery, of Ypsilanti Tuesday, the bride of a year ago, it is charged that they lived together two days, since which time the groom wantonly and cruelly refused and neglected to support her although he was receiving a salary of $12 a week and expenses. He never sent her any money or other things of value and when she went to him at his request, he left her in New York City for four weeks without means of support. She also charged that in November last he came to see her, staying two days and after borrowing money from her grandfather went back to his theatrical company, since which time she has not seen or heard of him. Therefore she wants a divorce.

Struck by the Train.

The Grand Rapids express on the M.C.R.R. while coming around the curve to the depot, Monday forenoon, struck Gustave Vogel, a section hand at work on the track, who had just stepped out of the way of the switch engine, without noticing that the Grand Rapids was coming in. He was hurled from the track, a hole being cut through his right arm near the shoulder, a cut being received over the right eye and a blow on the left side of the head back of the ear, which depressed the skull at that point. He was at once carried to the baggage room of the depot and Dr. Hendrick's summoned. Vogel became unconscious and delerious. The doctor found it necessary at once to amputate the arm at the shoulder joint.

The unfortunate man died of his injuries in the University hospital the same evening. He left a wife and three children the youngest a week old, in poor circumstances. A coroners jury exonerated the rail road company from blame.

The Letters We Write.

The postage on drop letters and postals sent by parties living here to parties living in the city comes within fifty dollars a month of paying the expenses of letter carriers. During January the drop letter postage amounted to $155.04 and the letter carriers salaries to $200. Considering that this office nets the government so many thousand dollars a year revenue it would seem as if we ought to be given at least two more carriers and the routes of delivering extended. During January the letter carriers delivered 41,957 letters, 7,843 postal cards, and 30,235 newspapers, etc. They collected 25,726 mail letters, 1,987 drop letters, 4,097 mail postals, 799 drop postals and 1335 newspapers etc. Besides the mail matter collected by the carriers, there was mailed in the office during January 41,387 letters, 7,627 postals, 5,869 papers and packages and 6033 pounds of periodicals. In other words Ann Arborites wrote 69,095 letters and 12,523 postal cards last month and the Ann Arbor postoffice handled far larger a mail than any other postoffice in this Congressional district.

He Doesn't Advocate Creameries.

The following letter from Mr. C.W. Sanford has just been received at this office. We give it place, without endorsing the views it contains. Mr. Sanford is an excellent man, but the creamery project is one in which many intelligent men are interested, and certainly it looks feasible enough if the proper kind of a creamery is established by practical men:

EDITOR ARGUS.--I hear the creamery prospects are booming at Ann Arbor. Now let's see, it takes fourteen quarts of milk to make a pound of butter, how much milk does it take to supply the city of Ann Arbor with milk and cream for the season? Milk cannot be bought to cost over a cent which makes butter average for the season 16 cents a pound, summer and winter. In order to run a creamery in your city, cream must be had to run it, and in collecting cream it will make the original amount of butter made much less, of course advance the price of butter, and cream must advance to a price that the citizens can't or will not use it and butter will be shipped in to supply them, then the stockholders are ready to sell out or shut up shop, which is the case in many places. I have run a creamery for the last four years and have seen the workings of stock companies. Let those who are anxious to go into a stock company, just take a few days and go around. Don't go where the creameries have been engaged for the occasion to blow for them, and I will warrant that they conclude that their money is better in their pockets than to be put in the trade at Ann Arbor or any place of its size. Look out for the creamery shark.

C.W. SANFORD,
Prop. Manchester Creamery.

The Washtenaw Republican Club.

This club met last Friday and elected members to the privilege of paying $2 for a supper in Detroit on Washington's birthday at the grand gathering of the republicans of the state. From the list of delegates it would seem that the Courier is recognized club organ in this county, three delegates from that paper being sent to Detroit, while the Register is left out in the cold. The following two dollars a plate men were elected.

J.E. Beal, Wm. Campbell, J.E. Sumner, J.T. Jacobs, J.F. Lawrence, A.J. Sawyer, E.D. Kinne, J.C. Knowlton, G.H. Pond, E.E. Beal, H.S. Dean, and E.B. Abel of Ann Arbor, Evart H. Scott, F.B. Braun, I.N.S. Foster and J.C. Mead of Ann Arbor town, J.C. Bemis, Dr. W. H. Hall, Samuel Post, Wm. Osband, J. Evart Smith, J.B. Wortley, Dr. F. K. Owen, E.D. Morehouse, and Henry Boutelle, of Ypsilanti, Emil Zearke, and Henry Huehle, of Freedom, Norman Redner, and Wm. Dansingburg, of Augusta, John. W. Blakeslee and Dr. Pyle, of York, Charles Canfield, of Lyndon, A.F. Freeman, of Manchester, Wm. Jackson and J.L. Gilbert, of Sylvan, O.A. Sober, and J.H. Wilbur, of Superior, H.D. Platt, M.G. Case, and Andrew Campbell, of Pittsfield, Thos. Birkett, of Dexter, Emory Leland, W.P. Groves and A.D. Groves, of Northfield, L.E. Briggs, Harris Ball and J.L. Smith, of Scio, W.E. Boyden and E.S. Cushman, of Webster, G.B. Ransom, of Bridgewater, Ed. Aldrich and Mat Seeger, of Salne, M.S. Raymond, of Sharon, G.S. Wheeler of Salem, G, H. Mitchell, of Lima, A.A. Wood and George L. Hoyt, of Lodi.

Death of Stephen Fairchild.

Stephen Fairchild, known to nearly every one in the county, is dead. Death brought a welcome release to him from a life of suffering at five o'clock last Monday morning at the home of his sister in Toledo. He was one of those who at the commencement of the war went out a strong and healthy farmers boy. He joined the Twentieth Michigan, being a member of company F. Before Petersburg while charging up a hill, which necessitated his bending forward, he was shot by a sharp shooter above him. The ball lodged so near the spine that it was thought impossible for him to live, and the most skillful surgeons neither then nor afterwards dared take the risk of attempting its removal. On account of this wound he was partially paralized below the arms. Although disabled in this manner, he retained his power for mental and clerical work. He was elected treasurer of Sharon. In 1870 he was elected county treasurer by 85 majority and was the only republican elected on his ticket. In 1872 he received a majority of 1770 for the same place. In 1874 although the democrats carried the county by about 500 majority, Mr. Fairchild was again reelected by 1023. He ran for a fourth term in 1876, and although he ran ahead of his ticket he was defeated by Matthew Gensley. In 1878, he was again the republican candidate for county treasurer and this time he was elected by 569 majority. In 1886 he was again nominated for the same position but was defeated by county treasurer Belser. For some years he was secretary of the Washtenaw Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. He went to his sisters in Toledo the Saturday preceeding the November election in 1886 with the expectation of returning in time to vote. But he was never able to again visit Ann Arbor. The disease of which he died, consumption, grew out of the wound he had received before Petersburg. He was an upright, conscientious man, honorable in all his dealings and the utmost patience while suffering.

The funeral services were held in the Sharon church at three o'clock Wednesday and was largely attended despite the snow drifts which made travelling difficult. The Grass Lake G.A.R. post had charge of the services and delegations from Manchester, Saline and Ann Arbor were present. The floral offerings were very numerous and beautiful. Rev. J.T. Sunderland of this city preached the funeral sermon and Rev. Mr. Gallup, of the Ypsilanti Baptist church, made some fitting remarks.

The Keck Failure in the Courts.

Michael Keck filed an important bill in chancery, Tuesday, which will open up the whole controversy over the Keck failure and give plenty of occupation for the courts and lawyers. The bill makes as defendants William Aprill, John Keck, First National Bank of Ann Arbor, Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Ann Arbor, The Ann Arbor Savings Bank, Luther James, Frederick Keck and Martin Keck. The real defendant in the case is William Aprill. The bill of complaint is a long one and is of such general interest that we re-capitulate a large portion of it here.

It sets forth that for several years prior to 1886, John Keck was in business in Ann Arbor and Detroit, had invested $100,000 in the business and had apparently unincumbered stock worth $75,000; that for some years Michael Keck had endorsed accomodation notes