Local

Fred Meyer has been reappointed janitor of the 5th ward engine house. Goodyear made a contract yesterday for a soda fountain which will be a "datidy." There were forty volumes of Blaine's 23 years in congress sold u Ann Arbor The next annual meeting of the Grand Lodge Royal Arcanuin will meet in this city next April. The CoüRiek oftUe prints the High School calendar this year, being the lowest bidder therefor. Ann Arbor's growth will be greater this year thau last- judging from what can already be seen. E. V. Cüddington luis moved into the house with E. B. Hall, corner Washington and División streets. Abner Moore has purchased the barber shop next eastof the Farmer's & Mechanica' bank, of E. M. Boutbard. Fred Brown won the buggy rafüed by O. C. Jenkins Moiid.iy niglit. and the Dr. now sorts a brand new vehiele. Il louks quite olty-fled to see the lawn liose and sprinklers ;it work. .Sume steps should be taken totupply the court house lawn. Rev. Dr. Alabaster was greeted with a grand audience at the M L. church last öuuday evening, and lie did not disappoint them. The Michigan Central II. H. Co. will give faOO forevidence proviiijrwlio placed obstructions oq their track nuar Michigan City rcently. In order to vote at next fall's lectlon it will be necessary for those who are not citizens to get out. their naturalization papers during this month. The wife of John Bross, of Dexter, died yesterday of hing trouble. Slit' wil a former resident of this city, and had manv friends and relatlTefl here. The Ruttan system of heating and ventilation will be put in one of the ward schools this year. It works like a chaim in the lst ward, iu which t was put last ye.ir. Easter service at St. Andrews' church, at 10 o'clock a. m., instead of 10:30 as usual. The children's service or festival will be held at 4 o'clock p. m., wliich will a very interesting. J. C. Knowlton has just won a case in the Supreme Court which had been seven times to trial and r;in for six years. It was over a homestead belonging to Mrs. Sterling, his aunt, in Wayne county. About 30 Ann Arborites went to Detroit Thursday last, and returned on a special car. Some fast time was made on the return trip, the speed of a inile a minute being attained a portion of the w.iy. The wheat market is very dull with practically no life whatever, though there is a trifling advance over last week's prices. But the farmers are not dnwing in any. The very best grades only bring 83 cents. Corn brings 28c. per bushell of ears and oats rule at 28@30c. per bushel. The editor of the Argus says he cast his first vote for "Seymour for governor In 1862, for McClellaniii '61," and so on through a long list, and wants to know if the CoLHikk has the "manliness to announce the fact," etc. If there is any particular "manliness" about it, 15ro. Bailey, there it is. The city editor of the Courier, whom the Argus accused of political hypocrisy, cast his first vote for Seymour in 1808, but didn't cast his ncxt Tote for Horace Greeley - having arrived at the conclusión that if he must vote for republloans he would take the pure qnlll, (which at that time was U. S. Qrant,) and has stuck to the qulll ever since. A crowded house greeted Dr. Alabaster of Chicago, Sunday evening, to welcome him to the pulpit he occupied six years ago. It was under the auspices of the Cocker League, and a large part of the audience was made up of studente. His address was one of the most scholarly that has ever been given here, and it was crowded with rich thought, beautlful figures of rhetoric and true eloquence. The ri'Hiilt of siich au address is to créate a higher regard for the blble, in the iirst place, by a minister, in the pulpit and before a large crowd, giving to Shakespeare lus just praisc, and then showing liow many of his figures, expressions, and thoughts were drawn from the scriptures. As the roads about town are becoming settled there is increased activity among the bicyclipts. A number are changing their wheels and several new ones have been ordered. Chus. Wagner has purchased a new Coluinbla lijjht roadster, 53 inch, George Keek has a 57 inch wheel, and George Frothingham a 55 inch of the same make. Fred Henion has a 54, Nöutherland a 62, Henry Kyer a 56, and C. W. Nafe a 54 Expert. Ben De Camp has a new 52 Inch Rudge and W. H. Hteele a Challenge, and a numboi' of the boys are on the ngged tdgl ibout getting them a steed of stetl. With prospective buyers the American Expert is the prime fayorlte, as being bt-st adapted to our roads. Slimson is happy slncc he's got that cellar cliijí. This being Holy Week two services a day are being held at St. Andrew's church. J. T. Jacobs & Company are giving away souveniers to every lady who risita their store. Frank Hangsterfer is now furniahing several quai U of icf creain daily to Jackson parties. Rev. W. II. Ryder will be installed as as pastor of the Congregational church iu this city on May 4th. Will S. McNair, of Tccumseh has been appointed to tbe West Pomt cadetship for this district by Col. Hldredge. W. R. Henderson was elected Grand Sentry at the meeting of the Grand Lodge H. A., at Port Huron, last week. J. T. Jacobs has received a number of Ilollsiien cattle for his farm, and internis to go into the blooded stock business. Next week we shall give our readers a candid view of the Chinese question written by one who is on the ground, and sees things as they are. Wesley Howe has purchased a couple of lots of Mr. Uyatt, on the north side of W. Huron street, and will build liim a residence thereon at once. A prominent "law and order man'' of this city has been breaking the laws of this city by riding liis bicycle on the sidewalk. Preachers should practice, etc. The exainiuution of studente who desire admission to the bar, will be held at the court room Saturday evening, April Mth., it 7 o'clock standard, before Judge J(lyn. John Divine one of Webster's old citiWU died last Sumljiy of hemurrhage of the linies. He was a man about sixty years of age, and is well known turoughiiul Uk: cuunty. We understand tliat C. H. Richmond has iuitIiimm1 tlie office portlon of Dr. Maclean's property, and svill remove it to a lot and uiake a house "lor aule or rent" out of it. Ana Arbor now has four justices in f uil blast once more, Mr. Conrad baving qualitied. E. B. Pond has fitteil up a jus" tice office over Soyler's store, and is uow awailing caseg tor trial. Caspar Rinsey had his store burglarized ot some $20 in sinall change silvur and paper currency, one iiigbt last week, the thieves crawliu ;t throuh the transom. Sume cigars were also taken. John Fogarty believes thal he lias done the tirst liuy-making ot' tlie season, baving alreaily cut a erop of grass BMMorlng ut leaat four tocho! In length, trom lus land. Wlio beats tliU record? Rev. I. N. Elwood, of Flint, and Kev. Geo. S. Hickey, BaUle Creek, both Methodist ministers, uud both known to many of our citizens, have gone to Europe to recupérate their failing health. Another old weather sign knocked out. Last Thursday night Üiere was a great ring aiound the moon with three stars in it, and according to the sign it should have rained witliin three days, but it did not. Dr. Nichols doesn't apiear to be dlscouraged on the peach quustlon, and has just set out 2,000 more trees tliis spring. He says that the prospecte for a fine erop tüisyear are fiattering, and tiiat the berry erop will be immense. At the Unitarian church uexl Sunday morning there will be a special Easter service in which the congregatiou and Sunday School will unite. Sermón ou "Immortality." In the evening there will be choice Easter muslc and a sermón on the subject, "The Future Life, a Kevolution or an Evolution ?" E hvard A. Gott, of this city, son oi the late Jas. B. Gott, is to be married at Detroit on Saturday, April 26th, to Miss Ortmann, of that city. The wedding is to be a quiet nioininj; wedding. The couple ure to go to housekeeping at once in Detroit, where Mr. Gott enjoya a growing practice as an attorney. If the class of mea kuown as "saloouIsts," had attenipted to secure a justice of the peace in the marnier the prohibitionists have done, what a howl would have gone up from the throats of the multitude who now go around and brag about what a smart thing they have done. "Consistency, thou art,1' etc. The pruspects for a line (ruit erop were never better than now in thls vlcinity, so Mr. Ganzhorn, the nursery man, tells usHe says that the peach trees give espeoially good proinise, as well as the apple, cherry, luin, pear, etc. The winter has not injured any of the sinall fruits, either, and if nothing happens from now on, Washtenaw county will be a paradise for fruit lovers this year. Good news. Seveial little kinks in the water works contraet are coming to Ught, showing that Mestrs. Goodhue & Birnie certainly understood how to draw a contract, if the couneil did not. It was thoughtthat water had been secured tree tor the court hottM lawn, but it seems that it is tied to a condition tliat will cost the city $100 per annum. The two "tree" public fountains will also cost the city $150.U0 per auiium i f they are ever put in, etc., etc. It is a commendable facr. tliat dead birds for the ornamentaron of bats and bonnets of the fair sex is going out of fashion, and flowers and laces are taking the place of tiie bird. That's right. If the ladies would only stop to think before purchasing these dead birds many of them would hesitate a long time before they would follow so cruel a fashion. Just think of it! 5,000,000 of tbese beautiful songfters of tbe air slaughtered in one year to gratify vanity and fashion ! For every blrd slaio, hundreds of caterpilars and nasty worms will be brought into life. Let the birds live. A Detroit gentleman by the name of Barton Case with bis wife spent last winter in this city with a son who is in college. Last week they started on a trip to California, but at Lansing three pickpockets caught him in the aisle of the sleeping-car and captured bis pocketbook in which were bis railroad tickets, money, etc. He discovered bis loss too late to catch them and returned to Detroit. The tickets were round-trip ones with his signature on them, so no one else could readily U9e them, and a part of his money, being in post-offlee orders on San Francisco, was not easlly convertible into cash. Last Saturday bis son in this city took a letter out of the office in which were the orders and tbe tickets with a note signed " Proiessional Pickpockets." They wished him a pleasant journey and requested him next time to have his money in ca.sh. As be is a man of considerable wealth the money they kept will be no great loss to him, and he will soon start again for California.