Additional Local

Mrs. Frank Smith was taken to Pontiac asylum on Wednesday. The Washtenaw Times has begun to stir up the slaughter house stenches. Faugh! The mysterious Algerian muscle dancers are a great attraction at the Light Infantry bazaar. A crossing should be put down immediately at the junction of Spring and Hiscock streets. The great dress goods and cloak sale of Mack & Schmid has been drawing Iarge crowds this week. Two victims survived the attacks of the Odd Fellows' goat in the initiator}' degree, Tuesday evening. Prof. M. E. Cooley has been in Saginaw this week, superintending some work in mechanical engineering. An entertainment will be given Thanksgiving afternoon in Armory hall, by thé fifth ward Sunday school. The recently organized Young Men's League transacted business on Tuesday evening at the store of Wagner & Co. A patent has been secured by Jas. E. Harkins and Jas. Willis on an adjustable hook for suspending fire pots in coal stoves. A strenuous effort i's being made to secure ex-President Harrison to deliver the oration here on VVashington's birthday. William Keppler, who was sentenced to two years for stealing wheat, was taken to Ionia by Sheriff Brenner, Wednesday. Mr. Manny, Gen'l Sec'y S. C. A., will speak at chapel, Newberry hall, at 9:15 next Sunday morning on B. Fay Mills, the evangelist. "Death from exposure" was the finding of the jury in the case of the tramp found dead beside the railroad track near Geddes. The painting of the booths used at ihe bazaar of the Light Infantry was done in a very artistic manner by Lawrence N; Armstrong. The sidewalks on the west side of Ashley street, between Catherine and North streets, are sadly in need of thorough repair or renewal. The Gesang Vcrenio Lyra wil] soon begin rehcarsals pieparatory to the production of the comic opera, "Pinafore," at a date not yet fixed. Chris. Brenner has been appointed deputy marshal, and his special duty will be to keep an eye on the conduct of hackmen at the railroad depots. Mr. Samuel Davis,of Dexter, and Miss Kate Krause, of Scio, were united in marriage at the Episcopal church in Dexter on Wednesday evening. J. V. Sheeley, a tailor on East Ann street, has assigned to Col. James Orr. An inventory places the value of the stock at about $2,500. It is estiniated that Michigan people spent at least $10,000,000 at the World's Fair, of which Ann Arbor and vicinity furnished no small proportion. A dance under the auspices oi -he Lotus Club will be given at the Palace rink next Wednesday evening. Music will be furnished by the opera house orchestra. The Detroit Grocery company have conimenced business at ii East Ann street. They say they are going to give people the benefit of '"hard times prices." A large number of invited guests were pleasantly entertained at Granger's hall last evening by Prof. and Mrs. C. E. Greene and Prof. and Mrs. J. C. Knowlton. There will be a game of football lOruorrow between the U. of M. . team and that of the University of Kansas, at Kansas City. The U. of IC. team left for the field of combat yesterday. The quarterly convention of the Good Templars of the counties of Washtenaw and Jackson was held yesterday at the Church of Christ. Large delegations from the lodges of both counties were present. Orations were delivered by representatives from the Saline, Dexter, Whitmore l.ake and Arm Arbor lodges. Mell Giilespie and Miss Minnie Davis furnished delightful ruusic. John Jacob Fischer, of North Main street, has been continuously , in the employ of Luick Brothers for twenty years, but on account of illness was compelled to cease labor { last suramer. - - - - _____ The stone walls under the building used for the of root . crops at the county house has un, dergone some necessary repairs, as also the wash-house, and the roof and chimneys of the main building. ■ The next S. C. A. reception will be held this evening in Newberry hall, when the gradúate students of all departments, together with a number of members of the faculties, will be received. A farewell reception to Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Carman was given at the residence of Mrs. C. A. Wright from 8 to io o'clock Tuesday evening. It was largely attended. by members of the congregation and other friends. The thirty-fourth anniversary of the advent of James Robison upon this sublunary sphere was celebrated on Tuesday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Robison. Many friends of the family were present. We understand thatwarrants have been issued for the arrest of several hackmen for violating the ordinance prohibiting soliciting passengers at the railway depots. The conduct of at least two of thern has been especially reprehensible. The remains of Guy Beckley, who death is recorded eísewhere in this issue, arrived here from Bay City on the noon train, Tuesday, and were taken in charge by Welch Post, No. 137, G. A. R., who laid him to rest in the fifth ward cemetary. Joseph Staebler has ten thousand pounds of wool ready for shipment at the Michigan Central depot. He paid for washed wool from 12 to 14 cents, and for unwashed from 9 to ro cents. He is waiting for a raise in the wool market before shipping it east. Prof.Bristol's congress of trained horses (and a mulé) will be on exhibit at the opera house tonight and tomorrow night, with a Saturday afternoon matinee thrown in - for a consideration. The show is highly commended by prominent eastern papers. The sheriff announces that he will charge the city for the maintenance of all prisoners confined in the jail for violation of city ordinances. He Is closely in touch with the supervisors in this matter, as demonstrated at the October session. Edward Genther, brother of .Miss I.ou Genther, of Detroit, who was the guest of Miss Matilda Koch, of this city, last week, was killed at the fire on Jefferson avenue, Detroit, yesterday. It was a sad shock to the many friends of Miss Genther in'this city. Luick Brothers employed a forcé of seventeen men in their planing mili all through last summer, notwithstanding the financial stringency that compelled so many.other establishments either to close temporarilyor discharge a large number of their men. The fire wardens are on the i path against violators of the ordinance governing the erection of frame buildings within the fire limits. Something will drop with an ominous thud in a day or two, and the guilty parties will discover exactly "where they are at." The case of John Earl vs. Edward Táylor for assault and battery was tried in Justice Pond's court yesterday. Defendant plead guilty, and was tinedSio with costs of Í7.71 added, or 30 days in jail. Not ' having the cash, he had to accept : the jail alternative. I A company for the manufacture of electrical apparatus has been organized, under the firm name of Burdick & tfood. They are located in the Courier building, and are prepared to manufacture or repair all electrical apparatus used by scientists in colleges or high schools. The bazaar of the Light Infantry will close tomorrow night. Those who fail to attend it tonight and to morrow night will miss an immense amount of clean fun. The music this evening will be furnished by the Ann Arbor Banjo and Guitar club, and will be a great treat in itself; j and on Saturday night a splendid musical program will be given by the University orchestra. This will be your last opportunity to see the most unique representation of the -Midway Plaisance that has been placed before the people of this, city. The venerable David Edwards, supervisor from the first district of Ypsilanti, and a very efficiënt member of the, committee on county buildings, was in the city on Monday afternoon, assisting ' the local memoer of the committee in renewing the insurance policies on some of the county buildings. The penal establishment connected with the county jail, and known as the stone-yard, has been abolished by the board of supervisors-. It didn't pay nor did it please the tramps a little bit. The county has a large quantity of broken and unbroken stone remainingin the yard, which will be sold cheap. All along the route of the main sewer are large piles of stones which have been thrown out during the process of excavating. It is somewhat of a problem what the city will do with them. They are mostly of small size. Perhaps they could be used in paving crossings and in other like public improvements. The Forest Hill cemetary board of trustees, Messrs. E. -fi. Pond, H. J. Brown, Major W. C. Stevens, William Wagner, Col. H. S. Dean, Moses Seabolt, and Fred Schmid met on Monday and inspected the recent addkion on the east side of the cemetary and the work that has been done upon it. This addition contains a large number of very desirable lots, which can be secured at f rom $15 to 50 a lot. Arrangements have been made for the planting of trees on the new grounds. The following ladies are in charge of the booths at the Light Infantry bazaar: Mrs. Ross Granger, Miss Roby Pulcipher, Miss Elma Gasser Miss Bertha Christraann, Mrs. R Kempf, Misses Amelia, Emily and Julia Gwinner, Miss Matie Carr Miss Tillie Koek, Miss Olga Laubengayer.Miss Emma Binder, Misses Sophia and Bertha Schneider, Miss Emma Kemper, Lydia Miss VVeitb recht, Miss Mary Eischer.the Misses Catherine Caspary, Georgia Brown Anna Riley, Kate Irwin, Emma Weinraainn, Emma and Carrie Collier and May Clarken; and a better selection could not have been made. The ftfth entertainment in the Inland League series was given at the Church of Christ on Monday evening. Mr. N. J. Carey, of Boston, gave a very entertaing and instruction lecture on Wagner's -'The Niebelungen Ring." The lecture was illustrated by excellent pictures many of them having been taken from scènes and characters as Wagner himself staged them. Several illustrative musical selections were also given. The next speaker will be Miss Jessie Brown, of Cleveland, on the evening of Nov. 27 and 28, her subjects being "Child Characters of Dickens" and "Héroes and Heroines of George Eliot." On Tuesday evening ófficers Tice and McCabe arrested two young wonien and two young men, in a saloon, for being drunk and disorderly. The woraeri came from Ypsilanti, and gave their names as Roby Hodge and-Emma Moore. They were taken before Justice Pond the next morning, plead guilty, and were fined ?io each and S5.20 costs, with the alternative of spending ten days with Sheriff Brenner. They hustled around to raise the money. The two men, Walter Fick and Wm. Collum were taken before Justice Bennett, who fined Fick S5 or five days in jail, as a disorderly, while Collum will languish 20 days in jail for over-indulgence in that which biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.