Local Brevities

Zion Sunday school held a picnic at Relief Park, yesterday. The cellar of the new school of music is being excavated. Repairs are being made to the parsonage of Zion church. A twelve pound boy makes life happy at H. A. Kitson's home. John Wagner is rebuilding his slaughter house in the fifth ward. A new boy was presented to Rudolph Kirn on Monday, his own birthday. The Ann Arbor Light Infantry leave next Wednesday for camp at [sland Lake. Mrs. Caswell has moved into Mr. McAllister's new house on North Ihayer street. Ypsilanti feels proud because one iay this week passed with only two ïghts in that city. Dr. A. B. Prescott is one of the udges of the exhibits in the Liberal A.rts building in Chicago. Henry DePue has moved into the Frothingham house, corner of Divison and Washington streets. The National Loan and Savings ssociation has loaned $10,000 in ie city in the past two weeks. Rev. Gelston preaches at the unon meeting at the Baptist church ext Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Patrick Ryan is moving the house e recently purchased from Sellick Wood, on División street, to his lot n Beakes street. The regents yesterday accepted ie resignation of Dr. J. C. Wood :rom the faculty of the homeopaïic department. F. S. Gaige has purchased through ie real estáte agency of Jas. R. Sach, the residence of Mrs. L. L. anes, on Willard street. The appraisers of the property of ouis Betz, whoso mysteriously disppeared last week, appraised his roperty at $1,119.90. Charles W. Richards, for many ears with Mack & Schmid, now of Cleveland, Ohio, was married July 6 to Miss Nellie Cari. Mr. Wilsey, with a chorus of foureen voices, made a grand debut at ie union meeting at the Presbyteian church last Sunday evening. The excursión to Detroit and 5elle Isle, by the Young People's Society of Bethlehem church, next 'hursday, will be well worth taking n. The Ann Arbor Light Infantry howed up about sixty strong at the nspection, Tuesday night, and were omplimented on the condition of heir guns. Dr. J. G. Lynds was married last ?hursday evening, in Sturgis, to Vliss Emma E. Buys, the newly married couple taking a trip down he St. Lawrence. Mrs. William D. Vogel died of consumption, on Tuesday evening. The funeral services will be held at he house in the second ward at two o'clock this afternoon. The press of the state is very 'enerally supporting Miss Bower's candidacy for great record keeper of the Ladies of the Maccabees, and their support is deserved. Justice Pond on Tuesday married Charles M. Harwood, of Hillsdale, to Miss Louise Antier, of Ypsilanti. The bride was nineteen and the groom three years her senior. A farmers' picnic will be held at Whitmore Lake, August 19, at which speeches will be made by Hon. Wm. Ball, Rev. C. H. Morgan, Paul G. Sukey and Rev. L. P. Goldrick. Rev. L. A. Schoettle, of Columbus, Ohio, and Rev. H. Donnbirer, of Sandusky, Ohio, preach in Zion church next Sunday, morning and evening, a mission festival being held. The Evening News excursión on Tuesday took twenty-five Ann Arborites to the World's Fair. Another of these excursions will start next Tuesday. Tickets or information can be obtained of Mr. Stofflet. A large number from this city attended the Emancipation Day celebration in Ypsilanti. At the games the following from this city won prizes: Frank Smith the bicycle race and Buff Taylor the hop, skip and jump. Frank Wood, republican, was! elected alderman of the third ward, ; Monday, receiving 101 votes to 91 , for Thomas L. Godkin, and four ; ballots spoiled. The vote was very ' light, the republicans turning out j better than the democrats. Rev. Dr. Hannon, secretary of i the Home Mission Board of the English Lutheran church, gave a very instructive and eloquent discourse at the union meeting at the Presbyterian church, last Sunday evening, to a large audience. Andrew Smith died last Saturday, aged sixty-nine years. For many years he has been in tne employ of Airs. Israel Hall, and was driving for her up toa day or two before his death. The funeral was held Monday from the A. M. E. church. The Young People's societies of the Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and Congregational churcheswill hold union meetings this summer at the church where the union meetings are held. The first union ing of the societies will be held at the Baptist church .next Sunday evening. A bus returning from the picnic of the Schwaebischen Unterstuetzungs Verein, Sunday evening, broke down. It contained a load of fourteen people. Julius Trojanowski had a rib broken and William Rettich received a very black eye. The others were only slightly injured. General William P. Innes, of Grand Rapids, one of the best known Masons in the state, died in Grand Rapids, Wednesday. He has been grand recorder of the Knights Templar since 1-871. He had a brilliant military record and was state railroad commissioner under Gov. Begole. The Washtenaw County Horticultural Society will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon, August 5, at 2 o'clock, in the basement of the court house. The subject for discussion will be the suppression of the peach yellows under the new law. Transportation of fruits will alsö be attended to. The regents yesterday appointed Dr. Arthur M. Cushing, A. M., M. D., professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the medical department with a salary of $2,200, in the place of Dr. Abel, resigned to go to Johns Hopkins. For the past two years Dr. Cushing has been assistant of Prof. Schniedeberg, of Strassburg University, Germanv. William Hennells, of Augusta, filed a bilí in the circuit court, Monday, asking for a divorce from Elizabeth Hennells, whom he married in Norfolk county, England, October 18, 1890. He charges that she would go away from home, leaving him to do the house work, and also that she expressed a preference for other men. The couple have no children. The defendant is a resident of England. Complaint has been made against Joseph Polhemus for not paying his license on hacks and drays under the city ordiaance. This is the first complaint which has been made under the ordinance, but this year very few of the hacks and drays have paid any license, and all other parties will be complained of just as soon as Mr. Polhemus' case is settled. This case will develop the reason, if any, that the licenses have not been paid this year as in times past, Mr. Polhemus' case being made a test case.