Local Brevities

Bryan tonight at University Hall. Alvin Wilsey has removed to State street. Go and hear Bryan at Lniversity hall tonight. The Eepublican county convention meets here July 12. Enoch Dieterle will erect a house on South Fourth avenue. Kinsey & Seabolt have just received 34,041 pounds of sugar. Prof. C. W. Belser is building a new house on Hali's addition. Several houses are to go up on the Jewett addition, this summer. The young ludies of the ofifth ward chapel give a social this evening. Rev, Mr. Kionka, of the NortMeld church, has accepted a cali to Owosso. Theodore Wetzel caught a twelvepound pickerel in Zukeylake, Tuesday. TheD. A. C. defeated the University nine last Saturday, by the score of 9 tol. Complaint is made by a number of second warders about their neighbors hogs. The Wolverine Oycle Club have new rooms on the corner of Huron and First streets. Emery Snell, of Whitmore Lake1 launches his steamer for the season next week. The hour for evening service at St. Andrew's cluirch has been changed to flve o'clock. The W. C.T.'U. will meet at 3 o'clock, on Thursday afternoon, June 23rd, at Harris Hall. A new tar walk lias been laid in front of the Mitchell house on South Main street. Eli Nutche was sent to jail for ten days by Justice Butts, last Friday, for drunkenness! A number of Ann Arbor Masons attend the meeting of the Shrine in Detroit, tonight. The Keystone Club held a meeting, Wednesday night, to arrange the dates for the summer. Frank Kapp and Albert West are now firemen in the places of Sheldon Granger and Alex. Imus. See the long roll of deaths of the pioneersof the countyon our sixtli and seventh pages, this week. Fred H. Abbott, formerly of the Univei'sity, was married yesterday to Miss Emma Mills, of Adrián. Ann street was the scène of two eheap exhibitions last week, a wonderf ui clock and a museum of anatomy. Forty-seven inmates of the "jag" institute in Ypsilanti kept cóol ia and about its beautiful grounds, last Sunday. Ed. Dunn was given twenty-five days in jail, Wednesday, by Justice Butts, on the charge of being a drunkard. All members of the -First Voters' Cleveland Club should attend the speech, this evening, in University Hall. William Robison was fined $2 and $5.64 costs by Justice Pond, last Friday for assault and battery on his uncle, Sam ïaylor. A number of the senior law students went to Detroit, Saturday, and were admitted to practice in the United States circuit court. One man in this city is said to live in the same house with a piggery and chicken house. It is said he keeps 150 chickens in his house. Oswald WiMiams was fined$ö.00 and costs or flfteen days in jail by Justice Butts, Tuesday, for assault and battery upon Michael Sipfley. ïhe ladies of the Christian churcli give an ice cream social, this evening, at the church on South University avenue. Come and bringyour friends. George Clarken has been brought bef ore Justice Pond on the charge of keeping his saloon open last Sunday and the examination set for June 21. The Knights of Maceabees wil] attend the First M. E. church next Sunday morning. In the evening Rev. Dr. Cobern will preach on Man's Place in Nature. Mr. Williams, son of J. D. Williams, of this city, a late gradúate of Princeton Theological Seminary, will be ordained by Detroit Presbytery, at the Presbyteiïan church, this (Friday) evening at 8 o'clock. The public generally are cordially invited to attend. ' - M ' I On Friday evening. June 17, at th Baptist parsonage, No. 29 E. An street, Mr. and Mrs. Carman will be a home from 7 to 10 to all the church and its friends. Aid. Gil Snow was seen carryini home a four-weeks-old dog, Wednes lay, which he could almostcompletely hide in one hand. He is bringing i up on a bottle. The assessment rolls of the city will be open tor inspection at the council chamber next Monday. If you want to kick about your assessment then is the time to do it. Anna Cullinene was flned $5 and costs by Justice Pond, last Friday, for being drunk, and given twenty-four hours in which to raise the money. She skipped the town. The Democrats and sucli lïepublicaus who attend will Iiear one of the best political speeches of the year at University hall tonight. Republicana especially are invited. Patrick Mulligan has been arrested on the charge of moving a building on North street without a permit from the board of public works. The trial has been set for June 27. Lucius V. Brown was killed by the cars at Munyon, Wood county, Ohio, last Saturday. The remains, were brought to this city for interment in the Fifth ward cemetery. S. E. Williamson, representing the Harvey Land Association, was in the city this week and appointed James R. Bach local agent for the temperance manufacturing town of Hai-vey. Attention is called to their ad in another column. By request, the pastor of the Baptist churoh will deliver a sermón to the senior law class of the university on the subject, Incorporeal Hereditaments, next Sunday evening, June 19. Seats wil] be reserved in the body of the church for the class, but all are welcome. A memorial window to the Rev. Dr. Gr. P. Williams, for over forty years a professor in Michigan University, has just been placed in St. James church, Woodstock, Vermont. Prof. Williams was the flrst superintendent of Sunday school in that church. Mr. Whiteman, just west ef the city, has two acres of strawberries which are being much damaged by a grnb or maggot which imbeds itself in the roots of the plant and kills it. It is thought the long drenching rains we have had might have brought on this state of things. The monthly meeting of the Washtenaw horticultural society will be held June '2ñ, at 2 p. m., at the Court house. This is strawberry day. Topics - Strawberry and fruit prospect, what trees to plant, the insect question, exhibit of strawberries and other fruit and of vegetables. The tlorists, Cousins & Hall, will have a llower exhibit. All are cordially invited. A well-known farmer, who was in the city Wednesday, had evidently been doing a little quiet thinking. He said: "Four years ago they told me if I would vote for Harrison I could get more for my wool. I voted for him and they passed the McKinley bill and wool went down. This year they have put np Harrison again and they won 't offer me but twenty cents for my wool." At the business meeting of the Cleveland club last Tuesday evening, the resignation of President Doty was not accepted and he consented to remain as president. An executive committee was named consisting of Capt. J. F. Schuh, chainnan, and one f rom each ward as follows: S. W. Beakes, John Meyer,William Kennedy,William J. Miller, Ernest Rehberg, E. 15. Norris. A band was authorized to be employed for the meeting this evening and the members of the club weve requested to turn out in force. The people's party formed an organization in this connty last Saturday. The attendance was not large but R. Trevellick, of Detroit, made an eloqnent address. Samson Parker, of Lima, was chairman and C. D. Johnson, of Dexter, secietary. The delegates elected to the Lansing convention were George W. Boynton, Sylvan; Geo. A. Peters. Scio; C. D. Johnson, Dexter; W. E. Stocking, 'Lima; John Hall, Dexter; T. W. Baldwin, Sylvan; Jonathan Sprague, Arm Arbor and James Ooyle, Milan. "The Literary Century" for June will contaiii an article that will be of especial interest to every resident in the city. It will be a history of "The Industrial School" of Ann Arbor accompanied with a splendid portrait of Miss Brown, the president. The publisher of the magazine has given the board of managersone thousand copies to be sold in the interest of the school, and it is hoped everybody will encourage the work. The little girls will sell the magazines begiiming June 18th. Have your money ready, buy a copy for yourself and one lor each of your friends. I - - ___ James Monahan,of Denver, Colo rado, returned to tliat city Tuesday accompanied by his bride, who wa Miss Susie Herey, of this city. Th maniage occurred at St. Thomas church at nine o'clock Tuesday morn ing. The best wishes of many f riend accompanied them. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Wines. widow o the late W. W. Wines, died at half past twelve, Thursday morning, aged seventy-four years three months am four days. She leaves two daughters The funeral services will be held from the house on División street at five o'clock this afternoon. The Webster Farmer'sclub held their June meeting last Saturday at Rev. S T. Morris' in Dexter. George Merril read a paper on, Is Farm Life Desirable and What Can be Done to In crease the Valué of Farms. He advocated tree postal delivery, bettei schools, legislation against monopolies, good roads, and rcstriction of liquoi drinking. Mrs. Scadin thought the country growing better, so did Mr Blodgett and Mrs. Erwin Hall. Mrs. Lincoln spoke up for the good old days and Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Brockway, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mi's. McMahon and Mrs. Brown spoke for tlie present. Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Olsaver and Mrs. Morris took the other tack.