Local Brevities

The Central Mills have been closed down this week for repairs. Rev. William B. Pope, of Monroe, occupies the M. E. pulpit next Sunday. The two years old son of Charles Blaess, of Lodi, died yesterday of ery3ipelas. The Zion church Sunday-school held their picnic at Relief park yesterday afternoon. The Ferguson cart factory is shipping another car load of carts to San Francisco. The Democratie ward caucuses will be held at the usual places next Tuesday evening. The Democrats of Superior hold their cancos, Monday, at three o'clock at the town hall. The new wells of the waterworks company improve the quality of the water furnished. The prohibitionists hold their eounty convention to nominate eounty officers in this city, August 26. A new stone walk is being placed around the Hamilton block, which will prove a great improvement. The turntable of the T. & A. A. railroad, near Felch street, has undergone some necessary repairs. i Eighty youn? ladies and fifteen young men took the teacher's examination in this city, yesterday. The state legislature meets in Lansing today. The Washtenaw representatives will be in their seats. The imion services at the Baptist church, next Sunday evening, will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Bradshaw. Caspar Rinsey has put down an old fashioned tar walk in front of his residence on East Washington street. Eansom Randolph, of Toledo, will build an $1,800 residence opposite the dental college, on North University avenue. N. J. Kyer has had a new tar walk put down in front of his residence and barn on North Main street, near the City milis. The Northern Joint District Synod of Ohio, will meet in Zion's church this city, for the week commencing October 12. Isaac Green broke his collar bone by falling off his bicycle at the corner o North University avenue and Twelftl street, Monday. James W. Haley and Miss Ann Searl were married, yesterday, in Elsie, Mich. They will reside at 1 Geddes avenue. A bridge has been constructed ove Alleri's creek to give access to Mr Hall's coal yard trom the foot o Kingsley street. Union services were held Sunda evening in the Disciples' church. Th church was crowded and Rev. J. M Gelston preached. Dr. J . N. Martin caught a five pound bass in Whitmore lake last Friday. Two weeks ago he caught a nine and a half pound pickerel. H. E. Loyster, of Hudson, is the member of the World's Fair dairy committee who will look after the dairy exhibits f rom this county. The Democratie county convention to send delegates to the state and congressional conventions will be held in the court house next Wednesday. The penny weighing machine in front of the opera house block takes in a good many pennies. At least twentyfive persons were weighed there one night this week. Dr. W. B. Smith is all smiïes now-adays, his daughter, Mrs. B. J. Boutwell, having made him a grand-pa. It is hard to say which feels the prouder, the father or the grand-father. Albert Blaess, of Lodi, returned from Grass Lake, Monday evening, with a fine standard-bred driving horse, which he purchased at a sale ot superior stock held tbere on that day. A base-ball game was advertisecl Wednesday afternoon between the Ann Arbor Browns and the Df.troit Pearls, but the latter club failed to "show up" and no game was played, much to the disappointment of the large crowd (oí about forty persons) that had assembled. Charles P. Ferrier and James P. Deubel, oí Ypsilanti, yesterday filed a bilí in the circuit court against Alex. Fee, asking that the copartnership of the three in the Ypsilanti Condiment Co., be dissolved. This was a company organized a year ago for the making of pickles, catsup and table sauce. John Coyle, of Webster, had a yield of twenty-two bushels of wheat to the acre this year- a big yield when the year is considered. A leading Superior farmer estimates the yield of wheat per acre in Superior this year at ten bushels. One of the best farms in Salem is said to have averaged that. Zenas Sweet has had a lime house built beside the spur track laid down for the convenience of E. B. Hall's new coal yard. Third ward people are forging to the front in industrial matters. Dr. A. B. Prescott read a paper on the work of the school of pharmacy before the meeting of the State Pharmaceutical association in Grand Rapids tnis week. II. J. Brown attended the meeting. Mrs. Mary Wright, of Ypsilanti, bas filed a bilí in court asking to be divorced from John L. Wright, whom she married Novemberó, 1889, on the ground of desertion seven months after their marriage. It is proper to suggest that a stone walk should be ordered put down on the west side of Main street, from Ann o Catherine streets. The present conition of the sidewalks on that block s a disgrace to the city. Doe Collins, of Ypsilanti, no relative f our patrolman- was fined $2o and osts or 30 days in the Detroit House of Correetion by Justice Bogardus, Tuesay, for riotous and boisterous conduct D the car of the A. A. & Y. R. R. Through the kindness of Prof. Harington, we are in receipt of two valuable weather bureau bulletins, one on The Relations of Soil to Climate and he other on a New Method for the Discussion of Magnetic Observations. Patrick Irwin on Monday sold a line ix year old chestnut horse, sired by his stallion, belonging to S. A. Morgan, of Pittsfield, to Gfen. R. A. Alger, and on Tuesday Mr. Irwin delivered the horse in Detroit. The price was a good one. The firernen have added a very large hawk to their collection of live birds. They have three tame crows in the collection. but the crows give the hawk a very wide berth. The fox and the coon are still the old standbyes of the department. The ürst contribution in Ann Arbor for the Bay City fire sufferers was made by T. J. Keech. Other contributions should be made at once. Most of those burned out at Bay City lost everything they had. Contributions will be received at this office. This evening Company A will hold a guard mounting on the street and every member of the organization has been ordered to be on hand. Col. E. W. Bowen, Adjutant Hemphill and Sergeant-Major Sullivan will be on hand and assist in the ceremonies. Jas. Wm. Hayley, of this city, and Miss Ann May Searl, of Elsie, were married at the residence of the bride's brother at Ithaca, yesterday. They arrived home last evening and were given a f amily reception by the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hayley. A new departure in banking circles was inaugurated on Monday , the banks now closing at three o'clock instead of tour. Several of our business men didn't know of the ehange and when they went to make deposita at the usual hour, found themselves locked out. ' The Chubb street fruit farm has had on exhibition this week, in II. JBrown's window, five clusters of black raspberries of exceptional size and lusciousness, sttowing what can De accomplished by the judicious selection of plants and their careful cultivation. The clusters are an adornment to the window and a credit to Mr. Lajoie, proprietor of the farm on wbicb they were grown. The International Typographieal Union laws provide that in case of the death of a metáber a funeral benefit of fifty dollars shall be paid to the family of the deceased. On Monday last a draft for that amount was, received by the otlicers of the Ann Arbor unión and handed to the administrator of the estáte of the late Michael F. Goetz, who was a member of Xo. 154, of this city. The new bridge over the mill-race on Summit strekt has been completed by Street Commissioner Sutherlaiul, ancl extends neaiiy the entire width of the street. Two willow trees had to be sacriticed in order to afford the inereased width required. Tliis is the ürst work of any consequence that has been done on the street in many years and it is an evidence of the capability of the commissioner in his various lines of street work. On next Tuesday evening there will be a meeting ld this city of the county committee of the K. O. T. M., which consista of three members from eaoh tent in the eounty. There has been formed what is known as the naw Division, K. O. T. M., and as there are 12 tents, with about 900 members in the county, it is expected that there will be a large turnout at the Great Camp review in Detroit on the 30th of this month. City Clerk Miller while driving t the waterworks last evening to see the new springs, in trying to get through by the pulp mili, had his norse sink in the mud up to its body. It was some time before the horse could be extricated. The axle was bent and the shafts and one wheel of the buggy were broken. The state convention of the Peoples' party was held in Jackson, Tuesday. The anti-fusionists carried the day and John W. Ewing, an Eaton county supervisor was nominated for governor. He is a former República]). C. D. Johnson, of this county, was one of the assistant secretaries of the convention. Dr. G. II. Sherman, of Wayne, was narned for lieutenant governor. Frank M. Vandercook, of Gratiot, for secretary of state; Attorney General A. A. Ellis, for attorney general; J. W. Wilton, of Kent, for treasurer; M. O. Graves, of Emmet, for superintendent of public instruction. Eugene H. Belden, of Jackson, was named for United States senator.