Local Brevities

The violin used by Remenyi malued at $7,000. Don't forget the eelebration tomorrow evening. The üicliestiion hall has put in a automatic organ. Wednesday was college, day for the Methodist churches of Michigan. The School of Music has lately purcbesed a I5-stop Farrand & Votey organ. There will he an extra reliearsal by the Choral Union this eveniug at halfpast seven. The Theodore Thomas orchestra opens the Choral Union series on Moiiday evening. It takes a good while to recover our breath af ter the great victory of November 8. The W. C. T. U. will meet on Thursday afternoon, Nov.24, atthree o'clock in Ilarris hall. A valuable lot of instrumenta for use in the medical depa'rtment will arrive trom Germany in a short time. Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. Dr. V. C. Vaughan entertained the lady members of the senior medical class. The position of assistant attorney for the Illinois Steel Company, of Chicago, bas been accepted by Víctor A. Trook, a post-graduate of the university. There will be a game of footbull, tomorrow afternoon, at 2:30, between the U. of M. team and Uberlin, on the athletic fleld. The seeond football game between U. of M. and Cornell will take place on the D. A. C. grounds, Detroit, on Thanksgiving Day. The senior medical class had a delightful time at the reception tendered them last Friday evening by Dr. and Mrs. Breakey. Christian Alliance meetings for bible study and prayer held every Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock, at 17 Elizabeth street. All are cordially invited. Chelsea celebrated the Democratie victories in great style last night. Hon. James S. Gorman and Hon. Charles 11. Whitman made rattling good speeches. Miss Carrie Berry Phelps, of Toledo, principal oL the Phelps school for physical culture, is about to organ ize ladies' classes at the McMillan hall gymnasium. The young people of the Baptist ehurch will hold a social in the church parlors, Friday evening. A literary program is provided and refreshments will beserved. After this week soason tickets for the Choral Union series of concerts caunot be obtained. A season ticket costs $2.00,while single tickets will cost $4.75 for the course. The instructor in boxing at the new McMillan hall gymnasium isC.M. Holt, class of '94. He is considered to be one of the best drilled men in gymnastics in the University. The Young People"s society of the Presbyterian church hold a social in McMillan hall this eyening, from 8 to 11 o'clock. There will be some very attractive features connected with it. F. E. Janette, managing editor of the U. of M. Daily, who has conducted it with much ability, has resigned to accept the position of managing editorship of the Copper Journal, at Hancock, Mich. A niovement is on foot to have the students meet on Saturday mornings topractice college songs. Professor Stanley has eonsetited to take charge f the prarl ■ if a sufficient number . ,ii'. turn . A genen utility store has been ' startod ia the building formerly occupied ■ fall bakery, on North i jfcreet The proprietor must be . of h taxidermist, as he has .e! ':oon in hisshowwindow. the liethlehem church zar at the rink from Nov ec. 2d, for the benefit of clturch. A musical program ,en eachevening. Admission, ■l,[2öcts. Icecreamand . r bet with John Wassaï Ilarrisoü would be elected presidition being that the heel the winner arouud ■ e square in a wheelbar.: , up" the drinks. Last ing Mr.Tessmer f uliilled : loor conditions of the coni in the presence of an amused 1 ei ov.i , an! then conducted the winner resort and drank bumpt Cleveland and the victorious ' Demccèntic party. The Knights Templar gave a very l'lensant social in tlieir hall, Wednes1 dny iiight. The Accacia Dancing Club held their firtst social in Grangr's hall, Wedneaday iiiht. Abinit forty tupie were present, aiui a very pleasaut time was liad. The Union Thaukagiving service will be held at 11 o'cloek next Thursday.Noy, 24, at the Baptist ehurch, (he sernaoB tu be preached by Rev Dr. C. M. Cobern, pastor of the M. E. chiuch. Mr. A. II. Lloyd, instructor in pliilosophy in the University, will have charge of the students' Bible class in the Unitarian church nntil the holidays, beginning nextSunday. He will speak to the class on "8ome Practical, Ethical and Religious Problems." The Evening News of Tuesday evening states that Prof. A. A. Jïliss, principal of the Chelsea high school, is acandidate for the position of state labor coinmissioner undüiRich and has Congressman O'DonnelFs indorsement for that position. At McMillan hall, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, Miss Jane Bancroft Kobinson will address the Woman's League on " The Advantages of Women in Foreign Universities." After the address a reception will be Eendered her in the parlors. lt is alleged that there was a lively row between same dental students, ! Monday afternoon, behind the dental building, in whieh'several coats were forcibly torn off, and noise enough made to disturb the dead in the cemetery over half a mile away. "Let us have peaee." Ths ladies of the Bethlehein church desire toinform the business men and i friends of the society that they wil j accept wlth thanks any article that they may wish to dónate to them; they can be sent to Miss C. Hutzel, corner of Washington and First streets, on or before Nov. 24th. A correspondent of one of the Detroit papers has made sorue very incorrect statements in regard to the j closing of our schools on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever. Professor Perry is indignant at this attempt to in jure our schools, as thére is no foundation in fact for the eorrespondent's statements. The county convention of Good Templars will be held in this city, Saturday, Nov. 19th. at 10 o'clock a.m. In the evening a public social and 1 tertainment will be held, to which all friends of temperance are invited. Music will be f urnished bythe Tonng Ladies' Guitar and Banjo club. A census of students taken recently by the Students' Christian Association, shows their religious preferences and membership to be as follows: Methodist 388, Presbyterian 370, Congregational 277, Episcopal 213, Baptist 151, Unitarian 136, Roman Catholic 84, Christian G2, Lutheran 32, S. D. Adventista 16, Mormons 14. Total ntimber canvassed 1773. William Donner, former'ly of Chelsea, but for two or three years past a resident of this city, died at the University hospital on Tuesday evening. He was a member of the Osteningo lodge, I. O. O. F., of the Encampment, the Cantón, and of Welch Post, G. A. 11. An autopsy was held, but failed to reveal the exact cause of his death. The funeral occurred yesterday. The Ann Arbor Art Club will give its annual exhibition in the Ladies' Library the week following Thanksgiving, on Nov. 31, Dec. 1 and 2. The work of the club has been unusually vigorous and enthusiastic. A large number of sketches f rom nature have been made during the summer, which, added to the regular studio work, will made an exhibit of moretban ordinary interest. T. E. Iloward, the newly elected judge of the supreme courtof Indiana, is a nativa of this county, having heen born in the townshipof Northlield, and also a gradúate of' the University. He is now a practicing attorney in South Bend, Ind., and a professor of law in the University of Notre Dame. He is a brother of Frank and Julia A. Howard, of this city, and was a member of the 12th Michigan regiment during the war. While in the army he was a correspondent of the Argus, and our liles show a number of letters f rom the newly elected Democratie judge. William Gillett Tibbals, a resident i of Ann Arbor since 1860, died November 13th. The funeral was held Wed nesday morning at his late residence on State street. 11e leaves, besides his widow, a son, Charles E. Tibbals.of Chesaning: a rand-daughter, who has always mude her home with him, Mrs. Lane, of Batavia, New York, and three other grand-children: Dr. Frank Bun Tibbals, of Detroit; William I. Tabbals, of Buffalo; and Mrs. John S. Thornhill, of Danbury, ConnecticutMr. Tibbals was born in Milford, Connecticut, in the year 1812. The Charitable Union desires this . year, as heretofore, to furnish al i Thanksgiving dinner to the poorof. the city, and aolicit contributiona for this purpose. These should be sent on Tuesday, the 22d. to Mrs. J. R. Miner, cor. Liberty and Thompson. PouH tv. vegetables, and all kinds of groceriea will be acceptable, alao money. Aitiong the various speakers of the state noie did more effeetive service "ii the slump than did Hou. Charles R. Whitman. In the villages in this county, where he spoke, the Demccrats are unanirnously of the opinión that his was by f ar the best political speech delivered there this year on eitherside. He has well earned the title of "silver-tongued,"' so oftened given hiin. ■ The next meeting of the Inbind I League will be Tuesday evening, Nov. 22d. On this evening Prof.Walter will give a talk on Montaigne, and Prof. ]5. A. Ilinsdale a talk on "Garfield as Student and Teacher." Persons attending this series of entertainment should note the fact that a change bas i been made on this occasion from Monday to Tuesday evening. This change was necessitated by the Thomas Concert, which takes place in University hall Monday night. Rev. J. T. Sunderland will begin next Sunday a series of six morning sermons on " Religión and Evolution." The dates and subjects of the series will be as follows: Nov. 20, The Evolution of the World; Nov. 27, The Evolutioc of Man; Dec 11, The Evolution of the Bible; Dec. 18, Evolution and the Idea of God; Dec. 25, Evolution in Relation to Christ and Christianity; Jan. 1, Evolution and Immortality. Next Sunday evening he will speak on Thomas Paine, giving the second lecture in his course on "Some Great Skeptics." Competent instruction will be provided by the Hobart Guild for its lady members, and tor the ladies of St. Andrew's parish in two courses of physical culture. The first in Calisthenics, will consistof i;0 lessons given on Saturdays, at $1.50 for the course. The second will be acourse in Delsartean Culture, given on Fiday afternoons, 15 lessons, for $ö.00. Applicants should give their names at once to the curator, who may be found in Harria Hall from 10 to 11 a. m., and 8 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. in. The gymnasium has just been put ín excellent condition, and batlis will be ready soon. Last Sunday evening the Presbyterian chnrcb was crowded to its utmost capacity at the meeting of the Christian Union, which consists of the members of all the Young People's societies of the various churches. The meeting was addressed by President Walker, Mr. Bowen, and the Misses Gebhard oncl Buck. They presented a vivid and interesting picture of the necessity for and workings of the Union. The music was excellently rendered by a choir numbering over one hundred. Mr. St. John, the soloist, in the song, "Throw the Life Line," captivated the entire audience, as did also the chorus which followed him. The B. M. Q. very impressively rendered the Lord's prayer. It was announced that there are now thirteeii hundred church members in the University.